"World Championship Snooker 2003" is currently being developed for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC formats and is expected to launch in spring 2003. Continuing the genre-leading brand's reputation as the most realistic snooker video game, World Championship Snooker 2003 will bring all the skill, tension and atmosphere of professional snooker matches to game screens. Read more to check out the goods...

Hercules is delighted to announce the release of its 3D Prophet ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 Pro 64MB, the latest entry in its award-winning line of innovative graphics and multimedia boards. Read more for a detailed list of features ...

To be released December 6th.. Championship Manager season 02/03 boasts a number of improvements like the implementation of the new transfer league window, the most up-to-date statistics on console and the facility to play music from your Xbox. All this should go nicely towards filling in the time between the festive football matches with the same addictive gameplay that is the hallmark of the series.

The English firemen have been widely criticised for moonlighting. Now, Ma from Hick State County seems to be getting in on the act. Will this woman never stop? Ma, from the legendary Big Mutha Truckers game is working as a call girl in the London area, [and is] advertising her wares by way of illegal postcarding in phoneboxes around the European Capital. She is quoted as saying "Now I is retired, I need sorting to keep me'selfs oiled up. Them long winter evening are slow in this cold capital, so I may as well keeps me Deep South warm and moist."

Since its a slow news day (due to ThanksGiving), we will catch up a bit on patches ... This new patch can be applied to any Bestseller or Gold Edition of Sudden Strike Forever. If you own another version of Sudden Strike, please apply all previous patches (1-4) prior to adding this one. The patch fixes problems with tank barriers in the desert and the implementation of the € character in the chat system. Read more for links where to grab the goods ...

Blue Byte has just released a bunch of new patches for several of their Settlers 4 versions. This upgrade brings your Settlers 4 retail game to v1.10.1578 and is for all versions of Settlers IV. Thyis patch is also available automatically when this management/strategy game is played online (thanks Bluesnews). Read more for details and links where to grab the goodies.

Empire Interactive has issued new patches for Total Immersion Racing, upgrading the recent racing simulation by RazorWorks. This update patch 1 fixes issues with replays, controllers in two-player mode, force feedback on some controller wheels, and a DirectX 8.2 warning (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab the goods ...

Torquemada Games proudly present Video Strip Poker. It's the most advanced and probably the world's best strip poker game that has ever appeared for PC computers. A unique, and absolutely never seen anywhere else, video control engine makes an impression of playing with a real girl sitting next to you. You can choose from 5 beautiful opponents that smile, move, deal the cards, dance and take - if you win - all their clothes off. Read more for demo links and a few screens ...

Only a week after the previous update patch, Termite and Project3 have issued a new upgrade for their recently released (in Europe anyhow) FPS, New World Order. It fixes a number of bugs and a bunch of gameplay tweaks. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab the goods ...

The sequel to the classic “survival horror” game Galerians, Galerians: ASH brings a new quest-driven thriller to the PS2 that continues the series’ masterful blend of horror and science-fiction. Six years has passed since Rion discovered his own identity as an artificial being, yet succeeded in destroying the genocidal Mother Computer Dorothy before perishing himself. Is this a worthy successor or a horrific title that never should have seen the light of day? Read more and find out!

On a storm-swept ship, the adventure begins. You are the Queen of Halassar. Thousands have fought and died for you. Millions adore you as the “goddess reborn.” Your fate is written in the Book of the Prophets. You are the savior of all creation. But your enemies are strong. The King of Galdyr wants you dead. Sinister factions plot your downfall. The armies of Urath march on your borders. Below Munari City, the mysterious Unseen weave a dark conspiracy. And now one of your own has betrayed you. A thief robs your inner sanctum. Intrigue lures you to the Midnight Sea. In a howling tempest, your destiny begins to unfold. Today a new batch of screens, njoy!

Sammy Studios Inc. today announced the release date for two upcoming action-packed titles for Sony PlayStation 2. Guilty Gear X2, the newest sequel in the exceptional 2D anime fighter series, and Galerians: ASH, a third-person 3D action game that continues the sci-fi horror saga that began on the PlayStation, will be available on February 4, 2003. The titles are both rated T for Teen and will have an MSRP of $39.99. We added a fresh batch of Galerians Ash screens .. yummie!

TDK Mediactive, Inc. announced today that "The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure" has shipped for the PlayStation. Based on the upcoming December 10, 2002 home video release, The Land Before Time: Journey to Big Water, the new game introduces Mo the Ophtalmosaurus, a completely new character in The Land Before Time family. The action adventure game will be available at major retail outlets throughout North America and carries a suggested retail price of $9.99.

Atari, BioWare Corp. and Floodgate Entertainment are joining forces to expand the universe of the smash hit Neverwinter Nights, the award-winning fantasy role-playing game based in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms world created by Wizards of the Coast. Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide is the first official expansion pack and is scheduled for release in Spring 2003.

Mad Catz announced today the launch of the company's first Lynx wireless controller for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. This is the second in the Mad Catz family of Lynx wireless controllers that was first introduced last July with the Lynx wireless for PlayStation 2, PS one and PlayStation. The Mad Catz Lynx wireless controller for Xbox is currently available in major retail stores for a suggested price of $59.99 (U.S.).

4Gamers are pleased to announce the exclusive license for the light gun version of the Walther P99, the chosen weapon of the world's most famous agent.

Ignore dribbling, elderly relatives and forget about boring old repeats of movies after Christmas dinner because Eidos Interactive and Sports Interactive have the perfect Christmas present for you. The release date of the Xbox-exclusive Championship Manager: Season 02/03 has been announced as 6th December 2002.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it is shipping The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage for the PlayStation 2 to North American and European retail outlets. This fast-paced, action-packed adventure marks the first time the popular trio will make their way to a 128-bit gaming system. Arriving in time for the holidays, The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage is designed to appeal to kids of all ages with exciting high-speed action, straightforward controls and classic gameplay, capturing the sights and sounds of Cartoon Network's popular animated TV series. Airing daily on Cartoon Network, The Powerpuff Girls debuted in November 1998 and attracts nearly 19 million viewers per week. According to Cartoon Network, the series, created by Craig McCracken, consistently ranks among its top-rated programs across a wide range of demographics, including boys, girls, tweens, teens and even adults.

In Haegemonia: Legions of Iron you will explore and conquer the galaxy at the head of your fleet, plan colonisations, terraform planets, manage your resources and decide on the appropriate technological research to lead mankind where you want it to go. Diplomacy combined with a top-notch spy network will enable you to survive in a stellar system which is much more dangerous than it would at first appear. Who says that space is empty? Black Holes, asteroid fields, nebulas, cosmic clouds and wormholes, and alien races make each fleet sortie a perilous affair... We sat down with Laszlo Peller,lead designer and project manager of Hegemonia, and fired off a few questions ...

Quiet on the set... and action! Join the excitement and take on the role of stuntman extraordinaire, Pepper Roni, in Island Xtreme Stunts from LEGO Interactive and Electronic Arts. The game, geared toward young gamers, will be released for Game Boy Advance, PS2 and for the PC on December 6th 2002. It's time to put the pedal to the metal and hit the road in Drome Racers from Electronic Arts and LEGO Interactive. Released for the PS2 and for the PC on December 6th 2002, this multi-terrain "anything goes" racing experience gives young racers the challenge of a lifetime as they race for the coveted Drome Championship.

The promised update of America's Army: Operations is now available, bringing this team-based tactical shooter by the U.S. Army to version 1.4.0. This release adds the new River Basin map, a new scoring system, a new Report-In feature, binoculars for team leaders, an improved Honor system, and other tweaks and bug fixes. (thanks 3DGamers).

Today the Army is anticipating releasing a significant update to the America's Army game. The update includes the new River Basin map, a new scoring system, a 'Report In' feature, and multiple 'tweaks' and fixes to existing gameplay. The patch will be released during the day, read more for all features in this new patch! (thanks Blues)

EA today released a new video from Sim City 4, showing of some of the highlights of creating landscapes from the game.. Hit the read more link below to find out more about this game and where to download this 3.13MB Quick Time movie!

Super Bubble Pop is a colorful, fast-action, pulse-pounding puzzle adventure, incorporating key elements of some of history's most classic games. Super Bubble Pop showcases stunning 3D graphics and light-sourced, environment mapped models that surpass anything available in the genre today. Read more for some facts and a few screens on each platform ...

Publisher Strategy First and Developers Maple Leaf Tracks are happy to announce that they have entered into a publishing deal to bring the MSTS Add-on Sandpatch to the North American market in early 2003.