The Sims: Vacation will be the fourth expansion to The Sims. This new expansion will let players take their sims to a number of different locations, including a beach, a mountain setting, and a wilderness camping area. Maxis has confirmed that they are working on a new expansion for The Sims, but did not confirm any details. A spokesperson said an official announcement would be made next week.

30 GOLD screens came at the same time as the Serious Sam: The Second Encounter was announced today. Just hit the Read More link below to enjoy the screens!

Computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., along with PC developer, Croteam, announced today that "Serious Sam: The Second Encounter" has gone gold. The game is due to arrive on store shelves February 5, 2002.

There is a lot of Unreal storys today and this time Computer and Video Games has updated there site with a new 9.7 Mb movie from the X-Box version of Unreal Championship. Bring me there.

We grabbed and tried out the recent expansion pack by Cyberlore Studio's sci-fi 3D action game, Mechwarrior 4: Black Knight Multiplayer Demo.. Check out our screens from this game below!

The Freedom Force Skinning Competition has been extended to the end of January! The competition allows skinners to have their work submitted to be judged and made eligible to win. Prizes include free copies of the game, signed artwork and T-shirts as well as the grand prize: having your original skin included in the final retail version of the game! For full contest rules click here!

Final Fantasy XI, is already in the beta testing stage in Japan, but Japanese gamers have stated that the online multiplayer Playstation 2 game "looks too American". Anyway, more information and full story about Final Fantasy XI including details and impressions is avaliable over at thegia.com.

Well i was surfing around a bit tonight and jumped over to the German site epicnews and found an interesting article about UT2 and also a nice cover of next issue that comes out 2 January 2002 of the German magazine GameStar. Now you might guess whats on that cover? Well check out below for more information..

Currently a contest on the best Cossacks multiplayer map and the best mission/historical battle is running under the aegis of Russobit-M and GSC! You can submit your best creations until 30 April 2002 (CIS Players Only).

Winners have been secured really amazing prizes:
Computer INTEL© PENTIUM© III 800 PPGA MHz i815/128MB PC133 HDD 30GB 7200rpm/Windows ME SB PCI 128/32M TNT2/3"+48xCD-ROM/ATX/Cool 370 will be awarded as the grand prize! Find out more here!

As demand for Xbox continues to grow, so does the portfolio of games available for Microsoft Corp.'s future-generation video game system. By the end of this year, 38 games will be available for Xbox enthusiasts, nearly double the number developed for Nintendo's GameCube. An immediate hit with consumers since its Nov. 15 launch, Xbox also is proving to be a hit with developers.

Pharaoh Productions today released the first-ever screenshots for DOMINION featuring the new proprietary 3D engine codenamed HEKA. These are prototype screenshots that was taken on a PC using a GEForce3 and all done in-house by the DOMINION team. Check them out!

The popularity of the X-Men continues to grow with each incarnation of their mutant adventures, said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. The advanced technology of these next gen systems will allow us to give gamers faster action, more varied and expansive environments and characters that look better than ever before. We have 5 new screens for you to check out!

Last of the Xmas updates is an extra StarTopia mission from the depths of the design deptment. To play it you will need to have the 1.0.1 patch installed. Take me there!

Sismoplay opens beta test subscriptions for DuelField Expert Edition today (GMT +1:00). We invite gamers to register on www.duelfield.net. This version features added functionalities. The beta allows players to get a free taste of the subscription-based game.

Forget the sun block next summer - it looks like being a mud-spattered June for PlayStation 2 gamers. Leading interactive games publisher, Infogrames, has announced that it's driving the hugely successful V-Rally brand out of the garage and onto PlayStation 2 in June 2002; and with 4 million units already sold in the series, it's a welcome return for one of the most realistic rally games yet seen.

Ubisoft announced today the fist mission package for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. The new mission pack is estimated to be released in March 2002.

Blizzard will once again bring its legendary characters to life with the third collection of Epic Action Figures. Based on heroes from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, this collection will include three highly-detailed 6" action figures and will be available when the game releases. Click on this link for a sneak peak of the unpainted master sculpture for Thrall, the Orcish Warchief.

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord takes you from Normandy 1944 to Germany 1945 on World War Two's Western Front. Play as Allied or Axis, ranging from US Airborne to German Volkssturm. Battle across the blockage, tackle a village or two, drive through the plains, push into the woods, and slog it out in cities. We have four new screnshots from the Front Line.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. today announced that it sold an additional 1.5 million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems since Thanksgiving week, bringing the overall installed base to 6.5 million units since its October 2000 debut.

Gamers are heading for the great outdoors with two new games from Activision Value, a division of Activision Publishing, Inc. -- "Cabela's Big Game Hunter Ultimate Challenge,'' the company's flagship title for the PlayStation game console, and "Cabela's 4X4 Off-Road Adventure 2'' for PC.

Hired to hunt, paid to kill - Soldier of Fortune - Gold, the best-selling first-person shooter, is coming to PlayStation 2. Codemasters has secured from Majesco Sales Inc the European publishing rights to Raven Software's 18-rated classic.

Codemasters has released a wealth of resources to support its military blockbuster Operation Flashpoint over the winter holidays. A new multiplayer demo, a new Upgrade and Gold Upgrade now available to buy as a download.

1503 A.D. scenarios can be pretty exciting. One minute, you've discovered a beautiful island and are about to explore it, the next a massive volcano starts erupting and all your plans are thwarted. Or, your computer opponent hasn't taken any notice of you for ages, when he suddenly decides to establish diplomatic ties with you. Your hitherto peaceful trade routes are suddenly plagued by pirates or you happen upon a mysterious treasure on some idyllic island. So how much work does it involve to ensure that every scenario in 1503 A.D. tells a fascinating story? Read full Developer Diary Here!

We picked ut the these words from Serious Monday development diary: The word that I would use to describe how demo went would be: "Super!" If we were in the fifties, the word would probably be: "Swell!". Thanks God we are not in the fifties. We received thousands of e-mails with positive reactions regarding demo and that's why we are all very happy and excited. It seems that you like new enemies, weapons, gameplay, setting, sounds, music... yadda yadda yadda... everything... except the box. Which you all just adore!

The next generation of cereal box promotion is coming to a store near you. From January to October 2002, across 13 European Countries, 26 million Kellogg's cereal boxes will feature mini-games from the top selling Infogrames' software range. "Plastic dinosaurs have had their day"