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"

From the official site of Pool of Radiance: Attention, Pool of Radiance Collector's Edition owners - share with us your most exciting moment playing Pool of Radiance on your PC and become eligible for a set of role-playing books with an approximate retail value of $90. Contest runs December 14, 2001 through January 31, 2002. Find out more here!

Microsoft updated the Links Course Converter to support Windows XP in addition to making the three St. Andrews Courses (Old, New, and Jubilee) available for download. Grab 'em today at the Links 2001 site.

Codemasters today confirms that the United States Marine Corps is to use a special combat training application based upon Operation Flashpoint (PC), its chart-topping military simulation game. Full story and screens below!

Croteam just released a small fix for the recent released demo, The Second Encounter. This 'fix' is for people that run a dedicated server. Here is a spot from the article:

So, we are releasing the FIX for the scripts needed to run dedicated servers for the SSam:SE Demo. This fix is ONLY for those who are running dedicated servers. IF YOU DON'T PLAN TO RUN A DEDICATED SERVER, YOU DON'T NEED THIS FIX. Head over to Croteam for full story and download!

VoodooExtreme just tossed up the story that the official Global Operations website just got re-launched. There will be 16 new screens and some other new media avaliable on the site.

Well i just want to remind all Serious Sam fans that the Serious Sam: Second Encounter Demo is Out! The demo is almost 111 Mb to download and its available at Fileplanet and Gigex.com.. Enjoy!

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today announced that Max Payne has shipped and is currently available at retailers for the PlayStation 2. Originally developed for PC by Remedy Entertainment and produced by 3D Realms, the highly anticipated action title is published under Take2’s Rockstar label and developed for the next-generation platform by Take2’s internal studios.

Strategy First Inc is pleased to announce that it will be publishing Microsoft Train® Simulator's Regional Add-On Pack (USA and Canada), developed by Auran in January 2002.

Since a few days, players all over the world can enjoy the free access version of DuelField: The Disciple Edition. due to technical difficulties we have only bene able to offer you these files since today (death to all admins ;). By logging on to www.duelfield.net you will learn the basic game mechanics and get ready for your first duel.

A new Zeus: Poseidon bonus adventure is now avaliable for free. This new adventure named Rich Man's Blues is only 644k to grab and you can find it over at impressionsgames.com!

Entertainment software developer and publisher NovaLogic officially announced today that their globally successful Delta Force(R) franchise will be coming to the PlayStation(R)2 in Fall 2002.

This is a fantastic movie showing the making of this hot and popular sequel in the Civilization series. Watch Sid Meier and other Civ3 team members talk about the creation and aspect of this turn based strategy title. Many features such as graphics, sounds, gameplay, and tactics are talked about in this seven and a half minute movie. Grab this 72.6 Mb movie from Fileplanet.

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Majesco Sales Inc ("Majesco") which guarantees the release of all of the Company's forthcoming console titles in North America, until autumn of 2002.

As the PC version of Rayman M™ is released in Europe, Ubi Soft Entertainment can proudly announce that its game featuring the famous character with no arms or legs has sold over 10,500,000 copies. Rayman reaches a new stage in his epic story.