Ubi Soft Entertainment today proudly announces a series of awards won by multiple games presented at this year's ECTS trade show in Earls Court, London.

Ubi Soft's soon-to-be-released XIII picked up two awards including Overall Best Game of the Show and Best Console Game of the Show. Other award winners are Far Cry, for Best PC Game of the Show and EverQuest II for Best Online Game of the Show.

A few days ago the official Chrome website www.chromethegame.com got a new design. The website has a new, lighter, and more appealing layout. They also added new sections dedicated to player’s clans, Chrometeam, and game’s editor ChromeEd. While creating the website, they also took into consideration players with slower internet connection.

In a bold move designed to shake up the sports gaming industry, Microsoft Corp. officially unveiled its new brand of sports video games, XSN Sports. Each XSN Sports video game will include cutting-edge technology that will for the first time link the Xbox video game system, Xbox Live service and personal computer. XSN Sports will take sports gaming to another level by offering gamers the ability to set up leagues, build tournaments and analyze scouting reports on the centralized Web site, XSNsports.com. This new brand and the exclusive XSN Sports technology go live today, offering exciting new opportunities for sports gamers.

Nokia today announced an agreement with Electronic Arts (EA) to deliver select EA titles for the highly anticipated Nokia N-Gage platform. Beginning this year for the holiday season, EA will deliver some of its leading game titles for the Nokia N-Gage, the world's first mobile and connected game deck that will be available globally on October 7, 2003.

Midway is also presenting several of their upcoming titles at ECTS, such as:

• NHL Hitz Pro (PS2)
• Freestyle MetalX (PS2 Xb)
• Freaky Flyers (PS2 Xb)
• RoadKill (PS2 Xb)
• SpyHunter 2 (PS2 Xb)

ValuSoft, a division of THQ today announced the release of Care Bears: Care-a-lot Jamboree for PC and Mac. The game was created under a licensing agreement with American Greetings to develop computer games based on the ever-popular Care Bears. The deal was brokered on behalf of American Greetings by The Joester Loria Group, the exclusive worldwide licensing agency for Care Bears. Care Bears: Care-a-lot Jamboree is rated "E" for Everyone and will be available at retailers nationwide for $19.99 SRP.

Namco Hometek Inc. promises intense, nonstop action in its newest thriller, Plague of Darkness (tentative title), announced today. Scheduled for release on the PlayStation2 and the Xbox, Plague of Darkness will ship in the summer of 2004. Developed by Widescreen Games in Lyon, France, Plague of Darkness will feature Xbox Live functionality, complete with downloadable content, as well as PlayStation2 online support with exclusive extras. Read more for details and the first screens ...

Also Atari has a bunch of interesting titles coming up in the near future. So far we got following screens from ECTS (more to be added as they drop in):

• Driver 3 (PS2/Xb)
• Unreal II: The Awakening (Xb)
• Kya: Dark Lineage (PS2)
• Risk: Global Domination (PS2)
• Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon (PS2)
  
  Also a few days back from the 'Atari's Gamer Day' we posted up following screens (same screens they show up at ECTS), worth checking out:
  
  
• Civilization 3: Conquests (PC)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
• T3: War Of The Machines (PC)
• Once Upon A Knight (PC)
• Hordes of the Underdark (PC)
• Gothic II (PC)
• Temple Of Elemental Evil (PC)
• Dead Man's Hand (Xbox)
• DragonBall Z: Budokai 2 (PS2)
• Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
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  You find the Atari's Gamer Day screens here, read more for the ECTS screens!

Resident Evil Outbreak retains the signature Resident Evil storytelling, visuals, and bone-chilling audio that Capcom's survival-horror fans demand. The game introduces an all-new story, an assortment of new characters, and a large number of non-player characters (NPC's). Scenarios are generated for the player by the game with storylines branching off in new directions based on decisions made. Players can enjoy each character's own storyline, as well as communicate with others.

NCsoft Corporation has unveiled plans to establish a joint venture, NC Taiwan, with Taiwan's leading game distributor, Gamania. The announcement came during a joint press conference held in Taipei, Taiwan. One of the first products to be distributed by the new venture will be NCsoft's highly anticipated Lineage II. Officials indicated plans to launch beta services for Lineage II in Taiwan by the fourth quarter of this year.