Marking a first for the series, Worms Blast is the first game to appear using 3D characters, play in a real-time environment and see the series start to move into new genre's whist crossing them with the familiar genre that is Worms. There are so many things that make a big difference to how the game plays. Just looking at screen shots it is easy to make the comparison but on closer analysis Worms Blast offers the player much more. Release date: PC - 8/3/2002.

Today GamingGroove have tossed up an interview with the Static development team, in a chat about their upcoming Fallout-style RPG that was a finalist for the Independent Games Festival Award. Here is a snip:

GamingGroove: What exactly is Static about?

Static Team: “STATIC” is an RPG that roots itself in a plot about mind-control and what happens when the process becomes futile... Read more.

Today tiscali.cz tossed up a new 3,5 MB, DivX movie from Electronic Arts and their upcoming title, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. This new movie is a 40-seconds long and it's available to download here.

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that its forthcoming driving game 'Crash' for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft is scheduled for release shortly after the launch of the console in Europe. Lets just hope the game doesn't crash ;)

Grandia II, the highly regarded RPG featuring one of the most critically acclaimed combat engines in history, is now shipping for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that its forthcoming Aggressive Inline skating title 'Rolling' for the Sony PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft is scheduled for release in time for Christmas 2002.

Global Operations is available for PRE-ORDER at your favorite online stores! Order it HERE. Make sure you reserve your copy today! In related news "Firing Squad" posted a new preview and 29 screens .. Check it, Click HERE!

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that its forthcoming officially licensed boxing game 'Rocky' for the Sony PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft is scheduled for release in time for Christmas 2002.

Highly-respected German developer Westka Interactive has spread word they are working on a new exciting game (no working title known as of yet). The product is a first-person action/adventure PC game, which utilises the latest Unreal engine. It is scheduled for release in 2003. More info soon!

We haven't posted these screens before so you might have seen some of them already, but hey it's a screenshot gallery with some facts.. Based on the outstandingly popular sport of Grand Prix Motorcycle racing, MotoGP is an ultra-realistic bike racer for the Xbox and PC, which puts you, the player, behind the handle-bars of some of the meanest, fastest, most thrilling machines on two-wheels. With a variety of innovative gameplay elements, supported by revolutionary graphical and technical features, MotoGP brings the perfect gaming mix of speed, style, bravery and technology to your Xbox. Expected Release date : June-2002.

Strategy First and Auran announced today that their new model railroad simulation, Trainz has gone gold. Previously released in other parts of the world Trainz is now ready to roll into North American stations. Next Stop, Your Local Game Store!

Crystal Interactive, Inc., a publisher of independent and commercial software announced today the release of two Gameboy Color compatible titles: Final Robot and Journey to the West.

Today there are some new Shadowbane screens available on the official site for the game. "The final ten character creation screenshots taken at the Shadowbane private screening gathering earlier this month in Austin". Take a look.

There has been a lot of talk about recently launched website for Independence Lost, which was guessed by some people as brand new game following the success of Operation Flashpoint or name of upcoming Expansion Pack from Codemasters, which should be out later this year. Today tiscali.cz asked Bohemia Interactive Studio what's purpose of yesterday's revealed website. Find full story HERE!

Today GameSpy presents Volume 3 of their Divine Divinity Developer Diary featuring Swen Vincke talking about the triumphs and travails of developing this roleplaying game post-delay- announcement. It's a good read if you've ever wondered how developers feel about delaying games... Read more!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a third-person action/adventure game based on the international hit television series. Players take on the role of Buffy Summers, a typical high school student by day and a fierce destroyer of the undead by night. Buffy the Vampire Slayer combines fighting, action, drama, humor, exploration and puzzle solving in a complex interactive 3D environment. Eight new screenshots and no mi-"stake".

The game that took the nation by storm last summer on the PlayStation 2 is back and better than ever, as EA SPORTS BIG brings NBA STREET and it's barrage of hot streetball action to the all-new Nintendo GameCube. Take basketball back to its roots on the street to face off against the biggest and baddest street legends in the land in the first and only streetball game for the Nintendo GameCube.

In keeping with the strengths of the Medal of Honor series, Frontline will put gamers in control of Lt. Jimmy Patterson as he carries out his critical missions in full 3D. Players will take Lt. Patterson on 15 crucial assignments ranging from destroying a German Naval base, rescuing a captured OSS operative from a Nazi held Dutch manor house, stowing away above and aboard a speeding Nazi armored train, to disarming the undercarriage of Nijmegen Bridge, made famous in the film A Bridge Too Far. 29 screens to check out below!

EA send us some new F1 2002 XBox screens this morning.The Xbox version will include a windblown rain effect and cubic environment mapping, no less. Check them out!

Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer announced today that the official title for the all-new, next-generation version of the popular fighting game franchise will be Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is currently in development and scheduled to ship fall 2002 for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance and other next-generation gaming systems.