Bits Studios can today confirm the news that all Game Cube owners have been waiting for - its brilliant first-person action adventure Die Hard: Vendetta, published by NDA Productions, a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, will hit stores across Europe on November 15th and the rest of the world very soon after.

Sega has today shipped Sonic Mega Collection that includes seven classic Sonic games in one collection for NGC, they also let us know that they shipped their next-generation debut of the Shinobi series for PS2. THQ Ships The Fairly OddParents!: Enter the Cleft for Game Boy Advance, Hot Wheels Velocity X for PlayStation2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and PC reaches store shelves in time for the Holidays. Disney Interactive's 3D action strategy title for PC, Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, cruises into retail stores and Microsoft has been active today and let us know that MechAssault is in stores for the Xbox and Xbox Live.

Electronic Arts announced today that it has shipped Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead, the new expansion pack for the highly acclaimed WWII PC action title, Medal of Honor Allied Assault. The Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead expansion pack has owners of Medal of Honor Allied Assault assuming the role of Sergeant Jack Barnes while continuing their fight from behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge to the Fall of Berlin and the defeat of the thousand year Reich. More over, the game includes nine new single-player levels and over 12 new multi-player levels. Players can play as British, American, German and Soviet troops in an enhanced multi-player mode. Additionally, players have the ability to choose from a vast arsenal of authentic Soviet, British, American and German weapons. Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead for the PC carries a "T" (Teen) rating from the ESRB and is priced at US MSRP $29.99.

Electronic Arts announced today that it has shipped Shox for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Racing rookies as well as seasoned speed demons will hit the circuit to compete in amped-up arcade-style off-road car racing. Jumping into one of 24 licensed high voltage vehicles from Porsche, BMW, Subaru, Toyota, Ford, and other manufacturers, players race through three-lap circuits on dirt, snow, and asphalt. Sliding through dusty roads, slipping on ice, and shredding through tree-lined dirt trails, it's crowded on the open road, as six competing cars try to muscle into prime position, wreaking havoc along the way. Additionally, up to 4 players can compete for top rankings in a multiplayer split-screen mode. Shox for the PlayStation 2 carries an "E" (Everyone) rating from the ESRB and is priced at US MSRP $49.99. Shox was developed by Electronic Arts UK.

SpectraVideo has just started to ship the new Logic3 PS2 Memory Booster. The Memory Booster comes in an 8Mb or 16Mb size and works in conjunction with the Official Sony 8Mb PS2 Memory Card to give up 24Mb of data storage, more than enough to meet the demands of the modern day gamer.

Stronghold: Crusader" is a dynamic "castle sim" set in a distant Arabian land that combines the finest aspects of the city builder and real-time strategy genres. Today Take 2 released a new multiplayer demo. This new demo is 88MB to grab and you can download it here!

Three MA students Music Technology from the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU-KMT) present Drive, a computer racing game for blind children, developed in co-operation with the Bartiméus Institute for the blind. This game, which only consists of sound, is the ultimate response to the lack of fun games for blind people. The students translated the essence of visual racing games into sound instead of the graphical elements

Due for release on 4th November 2002, Millionaire marks a major leap forward for entertainment on the platform. Previous versions of Millionaire have proved phenomenally successful, shifting well over one million copies on both PlayStation and PC, but the creation of a stand-alone, interactive title of this quality is a first for DVD.. Hmm, four screenshots from the DVD-Extra version.

Specnaz is a first person shooter from Byte Software, and it's built on the outdoor 3D engine (Amoeba), in which main character passes through real environments and uses real weapons. SPECNAZ ( read spetsnaz ) is a shortcut of the military name called SPECIALNOGO NAZNACENIYA, which means SPECIAL FORCES.. Check out 8 new screens!

The Mall of America - America's largest enclosed shopping mall - has scheduled the dates for the 3rd Annual Twin Galaxies Video Game Festival. Taking up the entire weekend of July 18-20, 2003, the event plans four major gaming world championships in addition to a classics arcade and a midway of console and PC games open to the public on free play. With thousands of dollars promised in prizes for contest winners, Twin Galaxies has scheduled these four championships: the 3rd Annual Console Video Game World Championship, the 1st Annual Classic Video Game World Championship, the 1st Annual Mall Pinball World Championship and the 1st Annual PC Games World Championship.