Leading children’s video game publisher, NewKidCo International Inc. announced today it’s thrilling lineup for this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. The company will unveil next generation games from their impressive catalog of licensees based on well-known licensed properties including Dora the Explorer, Dr. Seuss, Tom and Jerry, Little League Baseball and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

T-Rex truly is king. According to a survey commissioned by Microsoft Game Studios, the Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur, whose name means "lizard king," tops the list of uncommon creatures Americans would most like to see in their local zoos. Americans can satisfy their dinosaur fascination with "Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs," an expansion pack for Microsoft Corp.'s top-selling* PC Game "Zoo Tycoon." Landing on store shelves this weekend, "Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs" brings prehistoric beasts to the PC, enabling players to include dinosaurs and Ice Age beasts when creating the ultimate zoo.

Majesco, one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software, today announced their entrance into the action sports genre with Rolling. Developed by UK-based Rage Software, Rolling provides a true aggressive inline skating experience for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance game systems.

Irrational Games announces the release of their new editing tool for the tactical RPG, "Freedom Force." "FFEdit" is a powerful tool designed to facilitate the customization of almost every aspect of the game. To complement the release, Irrational has launched a new site, www.modforce.com, geared specifically toward the needs of the mod community.

Matrix Games is pleased to announce that Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific is now shipping to customers and dealers around the world. Co-developed with the legendary Gary Grigsby, Keith Brors and Joel Billings of 2 by 3 Games, Uncommon Valor is a completely new operational game covering the campaign in the area around Australia, New Guinea and Guadalcanal during World War II.

LucasArts is working on their Beta Program. "More will be announced after E3". As they announced earlier they would be 3 to 4 beta periods, depending how test goes. The first round of testing will be limited to a hundred or so players, and in Beta 3 they will open up their testing to thousands of players. Sign up here!

Bohemia Interactive today released a new (4.86MB) multiplayer test patch v 1.55 "beta" for Operation Flashpoint. The patch has new netcode and some of the Multiplayer features that will be in Resistance. Grab it from Navy Seal here.

Activision, Inc. is taking on the Russian and Chinese mobs with the announcement of True Crime: Streets of L.A. for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube. Inspired by Hong Kong action films, the game lets players assume the role of tough-as-nails detective Nick Kang, bent on settling a personal vendetta with the L.A. underworld. As Kang, players will be able to dispense their own personal brand of justice through automotive combat, a variety of rib cracking martial arts moves and the business end of dual 45s. True Crime: Streets Of L.A. has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

Kaydara Inc. today announced the upcoming release of MOTIONBUILDER 4.0, a new generation of its award winning real-time 3D character animation software previously named FiLMBOX animation. With a completely new, redesigned drag-and-drop user interface, MOTIONBUILDER 4.0 is a compelling professional 3D character animation solution that is substantially more powerful, faster and easier to use than any other product on the market. MOTIONBUILDER 4.0 will be available to customers in August 2002.

Today GameSurf publishes an interview to Raylight Programming Group that have developed a new graphical engine that has definitely changed the way we play on Game Boy Advance. Here is a clip:

Lord Axl: Hi Massimiliano, can you tell us something about the great graphical engine developed by Raylight that you call BlueRoses?

Massimiliano Di Monda: BlueRoses first came out with a multiplatform 3D engine, whose versatility and power are greatly demonstrated by the fact that lately we've been able to bring such technology into GameBoy Advance, too. A lot of people was astonished by our brilliant results.