A microchip project between Sony, Toshiba and IBM, which aims to create a powerful processor for home electronics, could be a clue to Sony's plans for gaming in the future.. "It's possible PlayStation 3 would come out in 2005, since that's when Sony's cell project will yield something," said Kazuharu Miura, an analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. More about it..

Russian site Xaos added four new 'The I of The Dragon' screenshots to their gallery, showing the blue dragon and more monsters and spells effects from this flying action/RPG. Check out the screens here!

GGMania got a chance to chat with Sniper: Path of Vengeance lead producer John Linn to find out more about this soon-to-be-released first person shooter that utilizes powerful Lithtech Jupiter Engine. He provided them with both pretty interesting information and 12 new screenshots. Read on!

Right off the bat i must say this is really sick stuff.. Getting arrested for playing Counter-Strike.. Whats this world coming to? Here is a clip from BBC:

The first case of its kind will come before the Greek courts next week following the arrest of two people who allowed gamers to play the popular online game, Counter-Strike. They face fines of 150,000 euros (£95,000) and up to 12 months imprisonment. Full scoop here! Post your comments below!

SEGA of America, Inc. announced today that "SEGA Sports NHL 2K3" will be online for the Xbox. Expanding upon the company's online roster of games for the new next-generation consoles, "SEGA Sports NHL 2K3" marks the ninth online game that SEGA will deliver this year allowing gamers to play online head-to-head against friends (or foes!) across the country. With the most experience in online console gaming, SEGA will deliver more online console games than any other company in 2002. Additionally, SEGA is the first and only company to deliver online content to all three of the new consoles including PlayStation2, the Xbox and GameCube.

Strategy First announced today that they have begun accepting people for the closed beta of their 3D Real Time Tactical game, Nexagon: The Pit. "At the turn of the fourth millennium, a brave decision is made regarding the treatment of prisoners, one that will supply our galaxy with an extraordinary new form of entertainment…a chance to fight for freedom in the most compelling tournament of all time…the NEXAGON!" Sounds cool, doesn’t it? Find out for yourself by joining the beta. Follow this link and Good Luck! (Only a selected few will make the cut so act NOW!)

Fans of the mega smash hit Cossacks and its add-on Cossacks – The Art of War are in for a treat this October, when CDV releases its greatest expansion pack to date: Cossacks – Back to War. Best of all, gamers will not need an original copy of the game as Back to War will either run as a standalone title, or integrate itself into players’ current Cossacks configuration. Read more below for Features and NEW Screens!

Xenus is a upcoming RPG and action game by Deep Shadows. Killing is not the goal of the game. There are no predefined enemies in the game. There are a lot of characters but almost all of them are neutral to you at start. Actually, there are six sides in the game: officials, guerrilla, narco mafia, Indian, bandits, CIA. When you help to one of the side you inevitably spoil your relations with others. In the world of Xenus everything costs money. Therefore you have to purchase weapons, ammo, armament take a car for a rent. Money is also helpful to get necessary information.

Joacim Jacobsson Senior Programmer @ GRIN Inc. tossed up some information on the official Bandits forum about the release of a public 'Bandits: Phoenix Rising' demo. Here is the clip:

Well, the demo is going trough some testing at GameSpy right now to check that arcade intergration is done properly (witch it of course is...). So the demo should be zipping around out there on the net by friday boys and girls (girls? did someone say girls?). "It will be ready by friday!"

Update: I just noticed this posting from Joacim Jacobsson.. I think you will be happy to know that I have just finished building the BANDITS: Poenix Rising GOLD MASTER..

NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced the availability of the NVIDIA Detonator 40 unified drivers for the Company's award-winning suite of desktop, mobile and workstation Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Detonator 40 delivers a robust suite of software applications designed to extend and enhance the visual computing experience and gives users more control over their environment then ever before.