A fisherman was killed last week while using his PlayStation, when a wave crashed through a trawler's porthole.

For the Sony PlayStation 2 action gamers, Freekstyle by EA SPORTS BIG™ is the most dangerous motocross game around. Freekstyle dares you to harness the power of your bike while pulling off sick stunts in insane, over the top worlds.

MindArk seeks 5,000 participants to test its virtual world’s economy system with real cash. MindArk AB announced today that the initial trial of the revolutionary Project Entropia economy system will begin in the near future as part of MindArk’s release schedule.

Another Resident Evil game coming for the PS2. Gun Survivor 2 Code: Veronica transfers the action to a first person perspective, placing gamers even closer to unknown terrors. Sounds interesting? Well head over to ToTheGame to check out the screens!

JoWood's RPG game Gorasul Legacy of the Dragon is on it's way out to stores. GameSpot reports: The game is set in a medieval fantasy world, and players assume the role of Roszondas, a man who was raised by dragons. Roszondas has a number of special abilities due to his unique upbringing, and he is recruited to fight in an epic war against demons. Gorasul: Legacy of the Dragon was developed by Berlin-based game studio Silver Style, and it will soon be available in stores for an approximate retail price of $29.99.

Sky Sports introduce the first massively multi-player online football management game with over £25,000 worth of prizes up for grabs..

The World Cyber Games is the biggest international game event, where the gamers selected through national preliminaries pit their skills against others for their countries. Similar to the Olympics, the World Cyber Games is a competition for the honor of countries, and citizenship of the pertinent country is required to participate in it. The 1st World Cyber Games will be held in Korea as was the World Cyber Game Challenge last year. Approximately 430 players from 37 countries will be there. Event Period starts: December 5, 2001. Take me there!

I just noticed over at Voodooextreme that Liquid Entertainment is working on a new expansion pack for Battle Realms. Ed Del Castillo "the front man" recently revealed during the course of a chat session over at Gamers.nl. Here is a spot from the chat:

[goodieman] are you thinking about an addon?

[castillo] we are already working on the Expansion Pack to Battle Realms called Winter of the Wolf. and we are also working on Battle Realms 2.

TVG let us know that Take 2 Interactive today announced the PC version of the hit PlayStation 2 game Grand Theft Auto 3 will ship for PC during April of 2002. It may seam a little far away but hopefully the developers will have time to tweak the game for maximum performance on the PC.

A new Enhancement Kit 1.5 is now available for the Real Time Strategy game, Real War. This new kit is 5.46 Mb to download and got a bunch of improvements. Here are a few: four additional new skirmish maps, additional "stars and stripes" camouflage, improved sea pathing and much more! Head over to the official site for all information and download this beauty..

Nintendo of America reported today that, based on direct communications with its retailers, its new NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) home video game console has reached sales of nearly 600,000 units in America in 15 days, or an average of 27 per minute -- nonstop -- since its November 18th introduction.

It's official. The full retail version of Medal of Honor Allied Assault is scheduled to ship on January 22, 2002. Until then, gamers can get a taste of the action by playing the single player demo, which is available on Computer Gaming World's February demo disc or by pre-ordering the full game at Electronics Boutique or GameStop stores.

Acclaim today shipped the wrestling game, Legends of Wrestling for the PlayStation2. Get in action and fight against Hulk Hogan, Kamalla, Terry Funk, The Von Erichs, Brett Hart, Sabu, Rob Van Dam and many others. Check out the Legends of Wrestling pressrelease here. You will also find a nice contest here! // Thanks to GameSpyDaily.

Fishtank Interactive announced today that S.W.I.N.E, an innovative real-time animal strategy game, has shipped to stores. In a world of barnyard creatures run amok, peace-loving rabbits must strategize to rise up and defeat the arrogant pigs that have invaded their borders.

Shrapnel Games, and developer Malfador Machinations, announced today that their newest game Space Empires IV is GOLD. From the pressrelease: Space Empires: IV is widely considered the grandest Space Empire Building 4X game of all time, the winner of numerous awards and accolades from the online and print media. Now take your SEIV experience to a whole new level with Space Empires IV GOLD! Additional details and ordering info are located at shrapnelgames.

"The Story of Tamamayu 2" is the sequel to "The Story of Tamamayu" that was released in winter 1999 for PlayStation and inherits the same world setting. The title was released in Summer 2001 in Japan and has been in development by the same team who worked on the first Tamamayu. "The Story of Tamamayu" sold more than 200,000 units in Japan and it is still keeping a good sales record in Japan as a best hit series.

Ubi Soft did send over nine new shots of what looks decidedly like an RPG. Release is set for March 2002. Looks damn good.. Njoy the screens!

Enjoy single and multiplayer fun with the twisted humor, classic game-play and barmy arsenal you have come to expect from a Worms™ series game. That's right, the Worms™ have returned for a brand new outing and for the first time, you play in real-time - and in 3d!

Gameswire let us know that Sega of Japan is starting to produce Dreamcasts again.. Here is a snip from the article: Sega of Japan looks all set to blow the cobwebs off its Dreamcast plant, in order to re-start production of its formerly deceased console. Full story here.

Ubi Soft today announce exciting developments for EverQuest®, the world's #1 multiplayer online game. In an unprecedented move, it has been decided to coordinate all countries with a simultaneous GLOBAL release date of Monday 3 December for the latest installment. Everquest: Shadows of Luclin. This is in direct accordance with customer demand.