BAM! Entertainment today announced that its first title for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Chase: Hollywood Stunt Driver, has gone gold and will be the first published title from Microsoft's Incubator Program when it reaches retail shelves later this month. The title was developed by South African-based I-Imagine Interactive, which became the first independent developer in the world to be signed up with Microsoft's Incubator Program and is the only licensed Xbox developer on the African continent.

Adrenaline levels are set to soar as Acclaim Entertainment announced today that the arcade racing video game Burnout 2: Point of Impact will be available on PlayStation 2 from Friday 11th October 2002. The sequel delivers an incredibly fast and high action driving experience, with vastly improved gameplay, new game options and bigger, better and more insane crash carnage.

Armed, ready and returning to where it all began for the infamous dinosaur hunter, Turok makes his Nintendo GameCube debut with the release of Turok: Evolution on Friday 27th September. The fifth instalment in the series – the fourth full adventure – sees Tal'Set battle against an array of dinosaurs and reptilian armies in one of the most anticipated games of the year. Full announcement and first screens below!

Today Global Star Software announced that they have gone gold with their upcoming 3D sports simulation, Take-Out Weight Curling. This title will represent one of the first ever 3D simulations of this traditionally Canadian winter sport, which has exploded in popularity across the globe as of late, especially since being featured prominently at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.

Armobiles (Developed by Ganymede Technologies) is a combination of crazy car race and really hard shooter. High-speed cars moving across the map, on open, different environments in any direction with perfect graphic gives you amazing realistic entertaiment... Today we got a bunch (49) of new screenshots that you can check out below!

'Voice 2 Music' and 'DJ Supermixer' modes lead list of innovative additions to multiple award-winning Music series… North Wales: Jester Interactive, the award-winning creators of the unique Music and MTV Music Generator series for PSone and PlayStation 2, and publishers of Super Trucks and Manic Miner, has announced it will release Music 3 for PlayStation 2 in Q4, 2002.

Legendary NBA announcer Marv Albert has said "YESSS!" to working with Electronic Arts, the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Albert will lend his voice to the highly anticipated NBA LIVE 2003 and future iterations of the game.

Today the official nominations for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards are announced. Amongst the front-runners at this stage are EA Games’ Medal of Honor franchise, which has been nominated in five categories (including Game of the Year and Online Game of the Year), Take Two’s Grand Theft Auto III (three nominations) and Blizzard’s WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (also three nominations). In total, more than 60 computer and video games, products and services have been nominated across 14 separate categories.

Welcome to McDonald's. Would you like virtual fries with that digital Big Mac? Electronic Arts Inc. said on Monday it has struck multimillion-dollar product placement deals with fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. and chip heavyweight Intel Corp. for its heavily anticipated computer game "The Sims Online."

Invisible Dream today tossed up a Q/A with Raven Software's Kenn Hoekstra, drilling him about their, past, present, and future. He even reveals a little tidbit about their next project! They also got an hands-on preview of Hegemonia that you can check out here!