Knowledge Adventure, a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, today announced the expansion of it's popular Fisher Price range with the launch of three all-new titles specifically for boys ages 5 plus, on the PC and the Sony PlayStation One console this Easter, based on Fisher Price's best-selling Rescue Heroes toy line and their best-selling battery powered ride-on vehicle, Power Wheels.

Well this is a funny story about Microsoft posted on The Register (thanks Fragzone). Seems like MS ***** again.. Here is a clip:

If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and install Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine." Read full article here!

Atriarch is a 3-D, massively-multiplayer online, persistent game depicting life on the alien and organic world of Atriana. Today we tossed up the first Atriarch Bolera Caverns "dungeon" area screens. Check them out!

The team from Gaminggroove today tossed Vladimir Nikolaev "Burut's Project Head" into a corner and wouldn't let him out until he agreed to pen (type) a Kreed Developer Diary for them! Here is a clip:

After that we gather the whole team together and started on mission projection, describing each step of the player in detail, thinking of traps and all kinds of level tasks, making up tactical and logical riddles, creating mission plans and numbering each level, each room, even each single polygon. We made 9 missions, each consisting of 3 or 4 episodes and it took about 4 weeks of working hours, 3 packs of paper, about twenty pencils, and lots of Tonic. It was one of the hardest parts, a long brainstorming exercise.

In 2038, a war rages between the EMA ( Economic and Military Alliance) and the Great Empire. You must choose what side you want to be on, as you are going to undertake 25 infiltration, reconnaissance, and wipe out missions behind the wheel of the most powerful military hardware that the Special Forces possess... Find out more and download the NEW 82MB demo HERE!

Why do you still need an editor? To create cards and missions according to your own taste of course! How? The new card is ready by simply placing objects such as routes, trees, and buildings on any spot you like. Even playable missions can be created by setting units and markings. The editor to the long-awaited RTS-Game will be included in the game. Find out more here!

A new movie trailer from Activision and their upcoming title, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, is now available for download. The movie runs for 2 minutes and shows some kewl in-game action.. Fileplanet offers 3 diffrent versions from 45 MB down to 11 MB and we offer you a 7 MB compressed "high-res. wmv" version. Read more below for the links!

Codemasters' let us know that the “demo” that is being circulated online for Codemasters’ TOCA Race Driver should be taken as unofficial. Very early demo code produced several months ago for US long lead-time magazine usage, the code was not intended for distribution online. The code is not representative of the current status of the game, nor should be taken as an example of the finished title, which will be released in September. It has only experimental car physics, basic AI, the car damage is an early test model and it will not run on a wide range of machines, as it is not optimised code.

Continuing on the success of the original EverQuest and in line with its tradition of consistently providing new and exciting content, Sony Online Entertainment Inc., a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, today announced it is developing EverQuest II. Scheduled to launch in Winter 2003, EverQuest II adds significant improvements over the first, widely popular, iteration.

UPDATE: Official site is now available HERE!

Set in the fantasy world of Vermilion, Dragonkind follows the adventures of a young man named Grail who has the mysterious ability to control the power of dragons. Today Trilunar updated their site with New Images and Concept Art from this upcoming title. Check it out!