The Warcraft III development team recently announced two new features to the game: Hero inventory has been increased from 4 to 6 slots to allow a hero to carry two additional persistent, consumable, or charged items. Also new to the world of Azeroth is Upkeep. Find out more here!

Blizzard will once again bring its legendary characters to life with the third collection of Epic Action Figures. Based on heroes from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, this collection will include three highly-detailed 6" action figures and will be available when the game releases. Click on this link for a sneak peak of the unpainted master sculpture for Thrall, the Orcish Warchief.

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord takes you from Normandy 1944 to Germany 1945 on World War Two's Western Front. Play as Allied or Axis, ranging from US Airborne to German Volkssturm. Battle across the blockage, tackle a village or two, drive through the plains, push into the woods, and slog it out in cities. We have four new screnshots from the Front Line.

Forget Sonic, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikachu and Harry Potter, it’s that ghost munching yellow ball that’s still the favourite, as Pac Man tops the Gameplay poll to find the greatest video game character of all time.

Mobile Forces offers all you'd expect from a 1st person shooter and more, the player takes a control of a wide range of vehicles, armed to the teeth with special weapons across a range of contemporary, military styled city locations. Crafty tactics need to be combined with a quick trigger finger if you're going to survive. Find out if you do… Njoy the screens!

Infogrames has announced today its partnership with the Australian surfwear brand, Billabong, to support the forthcoming European launch of the long awaited "Transworld Surf" video game - one title of Infogrames' Atari-branded range of extreme sports video games carrying the official Transworld* licence.

Hired to hunt, paid to kill - Soldier of Fortune - Gold, the best-selling first-person shooter, is coming to PlayStation 2. Codemasters has secured from Majesco Sales Inc the European publishing rights to Raven Software's 18-rated classic.

Codemasters has released a wealth of resources to support its military blockbuster Operation Flashpoint over the winter holidays. A new multiplayer demo, a new Upgrade and Gold Upgrade now available to buy as a download.

Monolith today released a 5 Mb big patch that fix a lot of multiplayer improvements for Aliens vs Predator 2, at the same time they release a new 12 Mb map pack that includes 10 new maps.

Russian video game developer and publisher, 1C, is gearing up to make its debut in the North American market with the PC 3D adventure game Jazz and Faust. Set for release in the second quarter of 2002, Jazz and Faust will feature a rich, innovative storyline and beautiful 3D graphics, which will satisfy game fans that are looking for both qualities in a game rather than just one at the expense of the other.