Superhero cartoon innovatively gets turned into scrolling beat-'em-up. The Ripping Friends are a team of the most manly men in the world. Their mission is to “RIP” anything that stands in the way of freedom and goodness.

The folks on the official site for Meridian 59: Resurrection tossed up a mesage about that Meridian 59 have completed client testing and the game has been sent to the CD manufacturer for duplication. Expect to be able to purchase the game in a couple short weeks!

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it will publish WRC: World Rally Championship for PlayStation 2. Developed by Evolution Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, WRC: World Rally Championship has received rave reviews since its release in the European market in the fall of 2001. Incorporating all aspects of the real World Rally Championship, WRC: World Rally Championship offers more than 70 tracks all featured in the real 2001 FIA WRC rally stages.

MPH is an arcade-racer that lets players experience incredible speeds while illustrating down-to-earth real world locations and vehicle designs. MPH features gameplay-friendly arcade physics, an effective damage model, and performs various tricks with the camera setup in order to simulate insane speeds without making the game uncontrollable. The game is expected to hit retail shelves Q3 2002.

Sega send us ten new screens from their upcoming title Virtua Striker 3 Ver 2002. Just hit the read more link below to check them out!

The official 1503 A.D. community site has been updated with Part XI: In the King’s Halls. Here follows a sample from it:

"Elinor! Where are you?" My younger brother runs through the streets of our hometown excitedly. Sighing, I drop my book: my grandfather's diaries. The former King and founder of our town handed them over to me on my 20th birthday. Since that day, I have regularly been hiding from my noisy younger siblings in the library in order to read my grandfather's records in peace. Well, it seems like this is it for today... Read more.

Get ready to fight an honorable battle of sorcery and enchantment in JoWooD Productions innovative new PC title, Etherlords due to be released in March 2002.

JoWooD Productions announces the latest addition to every PC gamers diet.. The vicious battle between the Pigs and the Rabbits is about to commence. S.W.I.N.E (Strategic Warfare In Nifty Environment), the latest real time strategy PC Game from JoWooD Productions is due for UK release in March 2002 and will invite gamers to explore their animal instincts.

The well-known Australian developer, Tantalus has produced a new Woody Woodpecker game for publishers, Kemco - ‘Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5’. Check out some gameinfo/facts below.

Take 2 let us know that the Hidden and Dangerous 2 website has been updated by Illusion softworks. There’s been a few additions to the H&D2 website hidden-and-dangerous.com and, by the sound of it, the game has undergone a few changes too! Developers of the game, Illusion Softworks, have recently posted some news on their upcoming masterpiece – H&D2.

Determined to make it as real as real can get, the most dangerous videogame developers on the planet, Running With Scissors, today announced that POSTAL 2's malicious motion-capture data is "in the can" for the new first-person shooter to be released this Fall.

On the eve of its ship date, Westwood Studios revealed that it is testing two new multiplayer maps for Command & Conquer Renegade that will allow players to control air-based vehicles from the original Command & Conquer RTS game. Electronic Arts will publish Renegade under the EA GAMESTM brand and it ships to retail stores tomorrow.

Have you ever wanted to get a Sneak Peek of game before it hits the shelves? Do you like to win prizes? Well, here is your chance! Global Ops will be visiting select GameCenters across America to give you an opportunity play this awesome new team-based action game. Make plans for the Ultimate Gaming Experience! Read "more" for locations!

Raven got an open spot available to their console development team and they looking to fill it with a talented, experienced and team-oriented professional character animator-type person. You got the skills they looking for? In that case hit the read more link below to check out Bobby Duncanson latest .plan file and Ravens announcement..

Shrapnel Games is proud to announce that the latest game from ProSim, BCT Commander, has shipped and will be available in your local store SOON!

More screens.. This time we got some new screens from Ubi Soft and the upcoming expansion, Ghost Recon: Desert Siege. This mission pack will see the elite members of the Ghost Recon outfit undertaking military operations in the war-torn lands of North Africa, where overt conflict has broken out between Ethiopia and Eritrea. With UN support under constant threat and attack, and key aid and supply ports closed, restoring order to the region rests in the hands of the "Ghosts". Read more below for five new screens!

Today the official Breed site offers a new 7.0 MB movie from this 3D action game "Breed" that is in the works at Brat Designs.. SCi has been active today and now they bring up a 21.5 MB movie from the tactical PC, XBox, PS2 shooter game "Conflict: Desert Storm" that is in the works over at Pivotal Games.

Codemasters today released a bunch of new screens from their upcoming first-person shooter game, IGI 2, that is in the works at Innerloop Studios. Check them out below!

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