The new year is approaching and so is an incredible 2002 Nintendo lineup! Here is some of the outstanding titles scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2002 for Nintendos best-selling video game systems, Nintendo GameCube and GameBoy Advance.

NPD has released new data on video games sales of GameCube software titles for the period of December 2nd through 15th.

NPD has released new data on video games sales of Playstation 2 software titles for the period of December 2nd through 15th.

NPD has released new data on video games sales of Xbox software titles for the period of December 2nd through 15th.

Video games for Sony's consoles outsold the titles for all its major rivals combined in the first half of December, according to a report released Wednesday.

Peroxide has released the second technology demo of the Ultima 1 remake, "A legend is reborn". In this build you willl find: A showcase of the 3d engine capabilities. Smooth daycycle transition. Idle animation for NPC's and morphtargets. Dialogue demo. A large map containing civilized and wilderness areas. A small quest preview. Original Music preview (By Peter Moore). GameSpyDaily has also tossed up some screens from this demo that you can check out!

Sierra Entertainment, Inc. is proud to announce their latest racing title from the people who brought you the first NASCAR racing simulation game. NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, developed by Massachusetts-based Papyrus Racing Games, will feature every track in the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series with teams, drivers, and sponsors of the 2002 race season.

Monolith just released the Aliens vs. Predator 2 mod tools today and it includes: DEdit, the AvP2 world editor (also contains texture and sprite utilities). ModelEdit, the AvP2 model editor. LithRez, a command-line program for packing and unpacking AvP2. REZ (Resource) files. Softimage 3.7 exporters. Maya and 3d Studio Max Exporters and much more. Grab this 8.7 Mb file over at fileplanet.

Westwood just released a Map Editor for Emperor: Battle for Dune. You can dowload this new editor over at westwoods ftp.

Nival Interactive has released an updated demo of their 3D turn-based strategy game Etherlords, which contains not only the Duel mode of the original one, but also offers a chance to try out the strategy mode on two missions. Also a bonus map for the full game is available, titled Evil Dale. You find it here!