The Games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, Vivendi Universal Games, announced today the acquisition of Massive Entertainment by its studio, NDA Productions (known for their Ground Control title).

Infogrames just put up a new patch for the retail version of Tactical Ops: Assault On Terror on their Support Page. There update brings your RETAIL (not for the UT mod) game to v3.32 and has a big ass list of fixes,tweaks and additions. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab it. (Thanks Bluesnews).

We just announced UbiSoft and Sony teaming up to bring the ever popular EverQuest to the European community with localised versions. To make things smoother (and clearer) we have a Q&A from the Ubisoft PR people adressing a few burning questions about this specific "European version". Njoy

Ubi Soft® Entertainment and Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE) today announced the launch of European versions of EverQuest® and its expansion packs. These versions will be playable through new EverQuest servers located in Europe. The European version of EverQuest will be available in English, French and German languages from November 21.

Simon & Schuster Interactive and Crowd Control Productions (CCP) announced today the highly anticipated Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) "Eve Online: The Second Genesis," currently in live beta testing, has been rescheduled to ship in March 2003. There will also be a IRC Chat with the developers, so read more for details.

Dragon Ball Z fans and fighting game aficionados alike will soon be able to enter the world of the highly-rated animated series and engage in a series of high-intensity fighting battles, each one more epic than the one before. Infogrames is proud to announce its upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Budokai video game, exclusively for the PlayStation2.

NVIDIA.com has a new Q&A with Pivotal Games producer Lee Singleton talking about their recently released suqad based shooter Conflict: Desert Storm. IGN Insider has a new Q&A with Dan Houser and James Worrall of Rockstar Games talking about their upcoming action game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. GameSpot has a new Q&A with UbiSoft's producer Mathieu Ferland talking about their upcoming Tom Clancy tactical shooter, Splinter Cell. LoneGamers has a new Q&A with the COO of Epic One talking about Fung Wan Online. The Electric Playground has a new Q&A with Ensemble's Bruce Shelley talking about their imminent RTS game, Age of Mythology.

American Conquest, is the latest masterpiece from the makers of Cossacks, the undisputed champions of several-thousand-unit combat. Spanning the moment Columbus set foot on America to the American War of Independence, players must shape the future of the continent through over 50 missions spread across eight campaigns. Read more for links where to grab the goodies ... (Thanks Bluesnews).

Techland released a new movie trailer from their sci-fi first-person shooter, Chrome. Previously seen at the ECTS last month the movie contains about two minutes of in-game footage. Read more for links where to grab it ... (Thanks 3DGamers).

In the game, players find themselves in the year 2024 where highly evolved dragons are the dominant species left on the planet. Only a few human beings remain including a brave Englishman named Quinn. Quinn and his followers battle for survival against the creatures and unexpectedly encounter American dragon-slayer Van Zan and his rag-tag squad, who are planning a dangerous crusade to post-apocalyptic London to fight the dragons. As a human, the player takes the role of a resistance fighter defending the last remaining humans from attack and eventually making their way to the site of the ultimate dragon. A bunch of brand new Gamecube screens ...