The story takes place in the very near future. Gamers play a rookie member of the Global Assault Team, a commando squad created by international powers to take on a dangerous group of freelance terrorist factions better known as The Syndicate. Is this the CounterStrike killer as many people claimed it "could" be? Read more and find out!

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2003 brings to life golf on the PC and snaps it into 3D, allowing the player to feel the pressure of taking on Tiger Woods as well as some of the top courses in the world, with accurate shot-making finally at the fingertips. Electronic Arts has released a new patch for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, bringing your retail game to v1.2. This upgrade adresses an issue with 256 MB video cards and is required for EA Sports Online Play. Read more for download links ...

Codemasters has released a new multiplayer map for its stealth-based FPS, IGI 2: Covert Strike. IGI2 must be installed on your PC before you can download/install this new "Dockside" beta map. Read more for download links ..

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines will -- for the first time on next-generation console systems -- allow players to become the Terminator Series signature icon, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the original Terminator. This marks the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice and likeness has ever appeared in a home videogame. A few new Aaahhhnold screens...

Bethesda Softworks announced today that The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon - the expansion pack for its critically acclaimed RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC - has gone to gold master and will ship to stores the first week of June. In Bloodmoon, you'll help build a mining colony and face the threat of werewolves, or decide to become a werewolf and indulge your thirst for the hunt. Either way, Bloodmoon offers a completely different experience from anything you've seen in Morrowind. To celebrate Bethesda sent us 3 new screens, as well as a cutscene trailer ...

Conker is a cartoon rodent with a penchant for booze, wild women and lewd conduct, and the world he lives in is a reflection of him. With a wide variety of customizable multiplayer scenarios available, the game centers on teamwork and fun. Each scenario has its own objectives, rules, environment and back story that provide hilarious gameplay and wacky entertainment. Also included is the original, critically acclaimed single-player game, “Conker’s Bad Fur Day,” with never-before-seen, uncensored content and completely revamped, only-on-Xbox graphics and sound. Check out some new screens ...

Nearing the end of my E3 Screens Gallery list is one of the smaller developer/publishers but big in quality. Sammy Studios is a fairly new addition to the battlefield but with last year's Guilty Gear X2 and Galerians Ash they proved to have what it takes! This year they have 2 equally impressive titles (and a few more not yet announced in house developments coming) such as:

• Lethal Skies II (PS2)
• Seven Samurai 20XX (PS2)
  
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Next at bat is 3DO's E3 screen gallery and one particular title i am eagerly looking forward to is the Four Horsemen. They have a few other interesting titles coming up such as :

• Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (PS2/NGC/Xbox/PC)
• Jacked (PS2/NGC/Xbox)
• Street Racing Syndicate (PS2/NGC/Xbox)
  
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Smash up Derby is a fast and dynamic arcade racing game bringing the idea of destruction derby back to the new millennium! In this game, like in no other, you will face competition with expanded, heavily tuned cars who, apart from aiming to win, will do all to crash your car and get you out of the race. This demo allows you to take a choice of two cars for a spin in single-race mode on the Night Arena and Lacroix Long tracks (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links.

One of the promising publishers with a bunch of nice upcoming titles i checked out at the E3 was Majesco. Check out the screens on their E3 lineup, such as :

• Black 9 (Xbox/PC)
• Bloodrayne
• Drake (Xbox/PC)
• Blowout (Xbox/PC)
• Advent Rising (Xbox)
• Iridion II (GBA)
• Block Party (GBA)
• Quad Desert Fury (GBA)
  
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Forget about Columbus! Each attempt to conquer the New World failed. Then a plague wiped out the European population. Those who were able to flee to America saved themselves, yet were enslaved by the native Americans. Now, centuries later - no traceof progress whatsoever. For entertainment for the broad masses, the outlawed "Vultures" fight in huge arenas. And you are one of them. You only think of one thing: To become the number one gladiator in order to win your freedom! This can only be achieved by ability, skill, and cold-bloodedness as the only valid Vultures rule is: You either leave the arena as the winner or in pieces!

Slow news day as it seems so an opportune time to catch up on some more E3 screens galleries. Next at bat is Eastern European publisher Cenega with some of their upcoming titles, such as :

• UFO: Aftermath
• Korea:Forgotten Conflict
• Gooka 2
• Shade: Wrath Of Angels
• Timothy
• Mortyr
  
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Slow news day as it seems so an opportune time to catch up on some more E3 screens galleries. Next at bat is Empire Interactive with some of their upcoming titles, such as :

• Starsky & Hutch (PC/Xbox/PS2)
• Ghost Master (PC)
• Vega$: Make It Big
  
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Set to be the most accessible, exciting and entertaining open-wheel racing game designed, Indy Racing League features adrenaline-fuelled, ultra-close pack racing, with up to 33 cars racing on track, and requires total focus to handle the incredible overtaking manoeuvres at speeds well over 200mph. In a video game competition that ended in classic IndyCar Series fashion, Sam Hornish, Jr. earned his first virtual victory of the 2003 season. To celebrate the 87th running of the Indy 500 and the launch of the IndyCar Series video game for the PS2 on May 20, Codemasters conducted a pre-race simulation of the race in which Sam Hornish, Jr. emerged triumphant. Check some new screens ...

THQ and SEGA Corporation today shipped 'Sega Arace Gallery' for the Game Boy Advance. 'Sega Arace Gallery' is now available at major retail outlets throughout North America. 'Sega Arace Gallery' is a compilation of four classic arcade titles, "After Burner," "Outrun," "Space Harrier" and "Super Hang On," all created by Sega's top game designer, Yu Suzuki. Combining speed, action and high-flying adventure, the SEGA ARCADE GALLERY brings four classic SEGA titles together for ultimate arcade fun on the Game Boy Advance.

Using the latest Unreal Technology from Epic Games, developer Zombie Games is creating an ultra-realistic game world spanning Middle Eastern cities and towns to the secret military bases in the frozen backcountry of Russia to other global hotspots in the Philippines, Bosnia and Western Europe. Ten new screens for you to enjoy!

Publisher Strategy First Inc. and developer Paradox Entertainment have announced their latest title based on the award-winning Europa Universalis engine, Victoria – Empire Under the Sun.

Ubi Soft Entertainment confirms the next Splinter Cell installment: Pandora Tomorrow, the new episode of the critically acclaimed stealth action game. Ubi Soft confirmed today that development has begun on the next Splinter Cell game, subtitled: "Pandora Tomorrow." Readm ore for details and the first "teaser" screens !

Sam Fisher, the shadow agent starring in Console Game of the Year (AIAS), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, has simultaneously penetrated Nintendo's GameCube and Game Boy Advance game systems. Developed by Ubi Soft Entertainment's Shanghai and Montreal studios respectively, both games will be released on June 5, 2003 in Europe (May 6 in the US)... Check out some new shots below!

In SÖLDNER - Secret Wars the player takes command of one of these special teams. As Commander he leads the small high tech army consisting of soldiers, light armoured vehicles, helicopters and VTOLs to fulfill a wide variety of mission. The Simulation of a highly complex political system creates a dynamic campaign: each decision has direct impact on the flow of the game. Read more to check out in game as well as vehicle screens, no less than 80 in total...

The story of the game takes place in a past, about 3000 years B.C. Two greatest nations on the Earth - nations of Incas and Atlantis are rivals. The Atlantis are on a greater evolution level, while Incas have dominance in citizen count. The situation is balanced until an alien space ship lands on a tenth planet of the Solar System. Aliens are interested in earth raw materials, and due this reason they start to communicate with Inca nation. For trading the ore from the earth, Incas receive an alien technologies and weapons from space visitors. Read more for screens & trailer or check out the freshly launched official website!

The official Battlefield 1942 website now has a movie with plenty of ingame footage from Secret Weapons, the second expansion pack for the popular WW2 vehicular action game (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links...

New nations, new campaign missions and a new game mode. An add-on disc, basically. Except... it isn't... Strategy players who can't get enough of CDV's classic RTS American Conquest will have a new set of challenges as American Conquest Fight Back is published in August. Read more for details and screens ...

Pilot Down is based on a true story.. 180,000 Allied airmen were shot down over enemy territory during WWII. 5,000 landed safely and tried to reach the free world. Only 300 of them succeeded in reaching Switzerland. Shot down over Germany in the winter of 1944, Bill Foster, a US Airman, is about to embark on the most daring journey of World War II. Bill must survive against the elements in an epic adventure behind enemy lines. Reaching the Swiss border is his only goal and the manhunt is on: pursued by the most elite German forces, incapable of speaking without giving himself away, all he can rely on is his survival kit, weaponry and wits. Bill will cross the harsh environments of central Europe during winter, avoiding the enemy patrols that inhabit the towns, villages and forests of Germany and France on the way to the Swiss border. The player must use stealth, resourcefulness and combat to guarantee survival while Captain Killinger, a notorious Luftwaffe pilot, hunts him down and develops into a dangerous enemy within the game...

Curse is an action horror game due to be released on PS2, PC and Xbox in October 2003... London, 1890.The Eyeof Isis, apriceless Egyptianstatue,disappears mysteriously from the MuseumofGreat Britain. It is rumoured thatanancient cursehas beencastonthestatue,and‘the Curse’will be unleashed upon whosoever darestolayafingeronit…there’snot a soulwho willescapescreaming insanityor ahideous and painful death. At the heartofVictorian England,Curse immerses youin aterrifying adventure full of suspense and action,which willhave you rubbing shoulders with the supernatural. Check some Q/A below!