Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced the development of a new game from The Settlers series by Ubi Soft’s German studio Blue Byte. This new episode is set for a worldwide release on computer and consoles. Recognized for its detailed graphics, hand painted textures, bright and happy colors, The Settlers’ universe presents a mixture of history and imagination, all spiced up with cartoon-like elements.

Slow news.. Well we all here at worthplaying is pretty buissy for today and next two coming days. Rainer just moved to California and will be back on Sunday, (PS Happy birthday Rainier DS); and on this side we got school graduations... Dont worry ill do my best to cover up the news mean while ;) Back to news.. Fights, dust, crowd, blood are waiting for you in the DEATHBOWL, the Imperial Arena ! You will find here the first images and the story of this well awaited RTS-Action game to be released in Autumn 2002. The Gladiators official website is still under construction; but check it out now and then to get more new screenshots and videos.

The official site for the FPS title, Day of the Mutants, from Techland is now available. The site includes some screens and some game features. I bet more will come in the future. Well, check it out here.

Rage, one of the UK's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce that is has launched a new website for its forthcoming aggressive inline skating title ‘Rolling’. The new site includes all the very latest screenshots, exclusive audio tracks, skater profiles and a developer diary. Regular updates and special interviews will also be appearing on the site over the coming months. Rolling is an athletic, fast and exciting entry into the world of aggressive inline skating and incorporates 18 of the world’s best skaters, including Cesar Mora (Aus), Fabiola da Silva (Bra) and Jon Julio (USA) across two of the most popular disciplines ‘street’ and ‘vert’. Check it out!

Today there is two new movies to grab. #1 is a 6MB small movie or 21MB high quality movie from ALTAR Interactive and their title, UFO: Aftermath. The second one #2 is from Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness, and its available in low rez. 7.7MB here and high rez. 19MB here!

ACT LABS Ltd. developers of cutting-edge unique gaming peripherals, today announced support of the Force RS Force Feedback Steering Wheel on the Sony PlayStation 2 along with EA Sports' new F1 2002 title. The multiple award-winning Force RS has been widely regarded by the hard-core sim-racing community as the leader in force-feedback controllers for the PC platform. Now with EA's F1 2002, PlayStation 2 users can benefit from the same force-feedback technology by simply plugging the Force RS' USB plug directly into one of the PlayStation 2's USB ports. Pricing and availability The ACT LABS Force RS carries a US MSRP of $139.99.

These screenshots feature an updated version of the Darkfall environment module. Interface turned off for your viewing pleasure.. The screenshots are taken close to the Human town Redburg like last time, and on the first screenshot you can see the Redburg Iron Mines facility in the distance. Also remember to drop by the Darkfall HoC on Stratics IRC #DarkfallHoC TONIGHT at 6pm PST (9pm EST). "The Darkfall Dev Team will be featuring in a Stratics sponsored House of Commons developer chat on June 13th at 6pm PST." Read more below for the screens!

Based on the December 2002 movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, follow the Wild Thornberrys from majestic settings of the Serengeti to the proper streets of London. After an incident in Africa puts Eliza in grave danger, she is sent off to boarding school in London. Upon hearing about an evil plot by poachers to capture the wild elephants of the Serengeti, she escapes back to the wild to stop the catastrophic event and faces her biggest challenge yet. With her ability to speak with animals, Eliza gets help from her favorite chimp Darwin. But will Eliza get back to Africa in time to stop the poachers? Take a ride full of action and suspense with the Wild Thornberrys!

Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, today announced that upcoming PC action game, Tsunami 2265, will ship August 5, 2002.

Square Co., Ltd., (Square) and Disney Interactive today announced the all-star voice cast for KINGDOM HEARTS, the 3D action role-playing game for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. The player will assume the role of the lead character, Sora, voiced by Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense," "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"). Osment will lead an all-star voice cast, which includes David Gallagher ("Seventh Heaven") as Riku and Hayden Panettiere ("Ally McBeal," "Remember the Titans") as Kairi. KINGDOM HEARTS will also feature the voice talents of Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings," "Rudy"), Lance Bass (member of *NSYNC), David Boreanaz ("Angel," "Valentine"), Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember," "The Princess Diaries") and Christy Romano ("Even Stevens," "Kim Possible"). In addition, many of the original film star voice actors are reprising their role for this project.