THQ Inc. today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Rainbow Studios, a leading creator of digital entertainment. The acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the execution of definitive documents.

Havok has signed a deal with Eidos Interactive's Ion Storm Austin studio (ISA) to provide real time physics. Ion Storm will be building on the go-anywhere, do-anything theme of Deus Ex and Thief in their next releases to allow even greater interactivity with all objects in a scene. Havok physics will work alongside the ISA-modified Unreal engine in both titles. The freedom to engage the game in an unpredetermined way will be a hallmark of using the Havok physics engine.

Digital Worldwide Prepares to Launch GBA Version of Phenomenal Puzzler.

Virgin Interactive Announce the release of Resident Evil Gaiden for Game Boy Color as 14th December.

Activision let us know today that the upcoming game Star Trek Armada II has gone Gold. The game will start to be shipped to stores nationwide in the US on November 13, and should start showing up on store shelves the day after.

There is two new movies from Take 2 and there upcoming game Mafia released today. Head over to Take 2 in Germany to grab these movies.

Several games gone GOLD today.. The games is as follow: Gorasul (PC), IL-2 Sturmovik (PC) and Etherlords (PC).

Empire Interactive is getting some Sega titles out to PC next year. The titles we are talking about is Crazy Taxi and Virtua Tennis. Releasedates is for Crazy Taxi April 2002 and Virtua Tennis February 2002.

The Simpsons Road Rage blends renowned Simpsons wit and edge-of-your-seat racing action into a rip-roaring, reckless and riotously-funny arcade-style driving game. Now we have 22 new screens for you to check out!

Buffy the Vampire SlayerTM is a third-person action/adventure game based on the international hit television series. Fox sended over 23 new screens to us today.. See them below!

Westwood has released a new 6 meg movie for C&C Renegade and it's avaliable on Westwoods ftp!

Electronic Arts has announced that it will not publish BattleTech 3025, its massively multiplayer online mech combat simulation. The game is currently in closed beta testing, and the servers for the game will be shut down on December 6. Full story is avaliable over at the official site for the game!

Even more awesome screens. This time we tossed up 20 screens, yes you heard right, from Take 2 and the game Mafia.. Bring em on!!

Take 2 was so kind and sended over 3 great screens from the upcoming PC and PS2 title Hidden and Dangerous 2. Take me there!

With just 9 days to go, the countdown to the release of The Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys on November 16th 2001 is well underway. Christmas is just around the corner and this incredible product looks set to bring PC's nationwide to life!

Take 2 sended us factsheet for the sequel to the surprisingly enjoyable, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, um, original. With, interestingly, PC split-screen support. Check out facts and screens here!

A new Take 2 site to support both the UK consumer and trade partners is now live at: www.take2games.co.uk

Bits Studios unveils details of a new breed of real-time strategy blaster for the Game Boy Advance..

Valve is the people behind Half-LIfe and now they currently looking for betatester for coming games in the future.. Try to sign up as betatester here!

TDK Mediactive, Inc. , a global publisher of entertainment software, announced today the shipment of "Shrek(TM)" for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft.