Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell will release in time for the lucrative Christmas 2002 market exclusively on Xbox, with a PC version to appear by the end of the year. Xbox is the lead development platform for the game, which has been designed to take full advantage of the advanced graphics and sound capabilities of Xbox. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell will also feature online elements using the recently announced Xbox Live service. Today we serve up a new trailer showing off some stealth restaurant action. Read more for links where to grab it ...

In the game, Sub Rebellion, players are taken to 2139, a time when the earth’s tectonic plates began to shift, producing massive seismic activity throughout the world. As most of the worlds land began to sink into the sea, civilizations changed forever. Survivors of this era had to adapt to the new conditions of life under and above the sea.. By 2145 two factions arose, the Melgis Empire and the Alliance Army. The Alliance, in a desperate attempt to turn the tides on the war, deployed the experimental Clonos attack submarine. We had a few questions for Irem Software Developer/Manager Kita Hiroya.. Torpedos away!

Electronic Arts posted an all-new video showcasing the PS2 version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 earlier today. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 shows off 14 courses spanning six of the world’s most well known courses (Pebble Beach Golf Links, Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass, The Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Princeville, Torrey Pines, Poppy Hills, Spyglass Hill and Tournament Players Club at Scottsdale), a selection of 17 PGA Tour professional golfers, and an all-new gameplay mode called ‘Play Now’, a mode in which players are faced with 18 competitive scenarios. The video shows us some action from Vijah Sing and Kellie Newman on Scottsdale (thanks Gamespy). Read more for links where to grab it ..

Today we serve up 4 new screens from Bluebyte's second mission addon for their best selling title, Settlers4 : The New World. The new mission cd will add 4 new campaigns including all new singpleplayer and multiplayer maps.

Right on – it’s summertime! Our favorite kids from Ocean Shores are looking forward to the best summer yet and, more importantly, to the Annual Ocean Shores Surf Contest. But as Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam finally reach the beach they make a startling discovery - most of the sand is missing, and the surf contest has been postponed . . . indefinitely! Local town officials announce there is nothing to fret. The head of a mysterious new robotics company, Mr. A.I. Golem, vows to get to the bottom of the missing sand. However something’s amiss and the kids aren’t buying into Golem Inc.’s generosity. It’s now up to our sand sleuths to figure out who’s stealing the sand from Ocean Shore’s beach! Some screens for the Gameboy Advance and Gamecube version .. Njoy!

Zapper is an action-packed and addictive game that starts with the “avoid-em-up” game play mechanics of Blitz Games’ own Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge, and then takes the action to a whole new level. In this action-adventure game, Zapper (a cricket) hops his way through six interactive worlds in a quest to find his brother, held captive by the evil magpie queen. Dangerous traps and even more dangerous enemies await Zapper. It will take fast-footed skill and timing to conquer all the worlds and survive the final showdown with the magpie queen. Recently gone gold, shipping this week so read more for links where to grab the demo and check it out!

Mario, Nintendo's mustachioed plumbing hero, has bounced on to NINTENDO GAMECUBE establishing his debut game on the system - Super Mario Sunshine - as a smash hit with sales of over 175,000 units across Europe during the first weekend on sale.

Konami of Europe has announced that the highly anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2 for PlayStation 2 will be released across Europe on October 25th.

Ubisoft's official Shadowbane site is updated with a new video interview, and this time it's Ashton Kai, one of the original artists for the Shadowbane team that got tricked into the interview.. In this interview, fans will learn about the 3D art process for Shadowbane, at least from Ashton's point of view. He also gives some advice to aspiring artists about breaking into the gaming industry. And as a special treat, fans can hear about some of the names Wolfpack considered for Carnage.net during a brainstorming session, before they decided on Shadowbane.

Horizons is the next generation online epic adventure. It is based in the massively multiplayer fantasy world of legend and lore. Filled with humans, fiends and dragons, Horizons allows thousands of players to adventure together in the civilized or untamed frontiers of the world. Artifact Entertainment, developer and publisher of the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game Horizons is very pleased to present the newest installment of the Horizons beta trailer for your viewing pleasure.

Metro3D, Inc. the multi-platform video game developer and publisher today announced the release of Cinemaware’s Defender of the Crown for Nintendo Game Boy Advance, which began shipment today at retail stores nationwide. Developed by Cinemaware, Inc., Defender of the Crown is a medieval action combat and strategy game based on one of the most successful award-winning software classics originally created for the personal computer. This new and enhanced game features an ESRB Rating for “Everyone” and an MSRP of $29.95.

Simon & Schuster Interactive announced today that its Real Time Strategy (RTS) game "Soldiers of Anarchy" for the PC has gone gold. A Next-Generation 3D Strategy Game Set in Post-Apocalyptic 2014 To Arrive At Retail in Mid October.

Robin Hood – The Legend of Sherwood arrives on store shelves on November 5, but today Strategy First and Gigex are giving you the chance to play it by downloading the never before seen demo! Read more for details and links where to grab it ...

Sports Interactive announces date for first Championship Manager 4 details.. It’s a good job that there are no UK football fixtures scheduled for October 24th, as that is the day fans around the world will be sat glued to their PC screens, digesting the first official Championship Manager 4 news, which will available for download on www.sigames.com and on the The Official Championship Manager Magazine coverdisc.

Primal is the first PlayStation 2 title by SCEE Studio Cambridge, the Bafta Award winning studio behind C-12 and the MediEvil series. Primal features state-of-the-art motion capture animation, advanced AI and integrated cut scenes. Dynamic loading and detail management methods are used to present environments of exceptional size, beauty and complexity with no load delays.. Check out character profiles of the Wraiths and prime yourself for 16 new screenshots.

Empire's Trucking extravaganza Big Mutha Truckers has been deemed too rude to be shown before the 9PM TV watershed by the BACC. Bear in mind this is the same BACC that allowed a rather sexual beer ad which blatantly suggests fellatio from a vacuum cleaner for the robotic drinker. Yet again it seems to be either a case of games paranoia by the powers that be or simply the age-old problem of big blue chip companies not having to play by the same set of rules as the smaller companies.

TimeSplitters 2 is the sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed TimeSplitters, which was released to coincide with the US and European launches of PlayStation 2. The game is developed by Free Radical Design of Nottingham, England.. Check out more character profiles below. Today meet the residents of the Notre Dame and Planet X levels.

Bioware Corp. is seeking an experienced writer to help development on new ground-breaking role playing games.

Duties:
Primary Task: Writing dialogue. Scripting dialogue. Must be able to write interesting dialogue in a timely fashion.
Secondary Tasks: Updating documentation that details the level design in the game. Coming up with story and puzzle ideas.

Read more below!

Today Capcom updated their Japanese site with a new trailer from their sequel to the action-orgy game, Devil May Cry.. The .mpg trailer is 17MB to grab, showing of some ingame action (enemies - bosses - locations - moves) and runs for 1min 53seconds.. Read more for links! (thanks EvilAvatar)

Today we serve up a gallery with screens from Sega and following games:

• ToeJam & Earl III (16 XB Shots) "an irreverent blend of action, risqué comedy"
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (15 XB Shots) "fighting/action"
• Shinobi (5 PS2 Shots) "Ninja action/adventure"!

The Neverwinter Nights development team will be online and chatting with interested fans in an open moderated chat event Thursday, October 10th 8pm(EDT), 6pm(MDT), 5pm(PDT). Here's the chat details:

• IRC Client:
  
• Server: chat1.ign.com
  
• Port: 6667
  
• Channel : #neverwinter

The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal, IS an expansion pack for its critically acclaimed RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.. In Tribunal, a ruthless new king has taken the throne of Morrowind, while an aging god drifts deeper into madness. Into this chaos you are thrust, with deadly assassins close behind you and Morrowind's uncertain future ahead. Your journey will lead you to Mournhold, capital city of Morrowind, to the Clockwork City of Sotha Sil, and through massive, epic-sized dungeons. The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal is scheduled for release this November. It will be distributed in North America by Bethesda Softworks, and in Europe by Ubi Soft Entertainment.

Noticed on FileShack there's been some UT2003 goodies today. First off, the Unreal Tournament 2003 stand-alone server for Windows and Linux have been released. You will need to get a cd-key from Epic to run it. And also the original Unreal Tournament 2003 3DStudio MAX character source files are being offered on PolyCount. They were created using 3D Studio Max R4 with Character Studio so you'll need that in order to play around with them.

Sam "Serious" Stone has a whole mess of bad guys to waste, and fortunately for planet Earth he has the immense firepower to pull it off. Today we scored some screenshots hightlighing the devastating weapons available in SERIOUS SAM, coming NOVEMBER 12 exclusively to the Xbox. Njoy!

O.R.B. is a visually stunning 3D Real-Time strategy game that pits the forces of two races against each other in a desperate struggle to control the resources they need to expand their empires. O.R.B. stands for Off World Resource Base and what happens in the “Off World” is the stuff that dreams or nightmares are made of. Within the multiple systems are the precious resources that both planets desperately need to thrive. The stage has been set for a battle to control the solar system. While the two races play a deadly game of hide and seek in the asteroid belt, they are unaware of a predatory alien menace that threatens the entire solar system. Some new screens AND a new trailer!