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. Check out the nifty action in these brand new steaming hot screens ;)

Hot on the heels of its success with Duke Nukem - Manhattan Project, leading European independent publisher HD Interactive of Amsterdam is burning rubber with its next PC release. Developed by Bumblebeast, Big Scale Racing (BSR) is more than just a race game. It's a true simulation of the compelling sport of 'big' radio controlled car racing with 1/5th scale vehicles that are an exact representation of the cars that compete on model racetracks around the world.

Robert Duffy programmer from ID Software updated his .plan file with following Quake 3 Arena statement:

" Just a quick note on future releases for Quake 3 Arena. We will be releasing a new point release in the relatively near future which includes a handful of fixes and updates and also includes full Punk Buster integration to combat cheating. No firm date on when this will be out but it should not be too far off "

Buka Entertainment, a leading leisure software publisher in Russia and the CIS, is pleased to announce that it has recently entered in a series of license agreements; which will bring Buka's titles to a number of local markets from Germany to Japan, and from Italy to South Korea, and also will greatly expand Buka's international distribution network.

BioWare Corp. today announced that over 500 new adventure modules are now available online through the Official Neverwinter Nights community. A central resource for players, module builders and Dungeon Masters, the BioWare Neverwinter Nights community has never been busier as module authors, and fans hit the site looking for new, high-quality, Neverwinter Nights adventure modules.

Face of Mankind is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) within a persistent world. Thousands of players throughout the world can compete in this realistic and futuristic world of the 24th century. It combines an epic story-driven mission system over years with a complex economic system which can also affect the story deeply. Check out some impressive renders below!

'Strike Fighters: Project One' has apperently gone gold a little while ago already and unlike it official September release is already available as a limited release only at .. WAL MART. Makes you wonder why SF has not said a single word or announced any of this prior to today (which they did still not really "announce").

An illegal street racing game. As in, it's about illegal street racing. You're allowed to buy it and everything. Beam Breakers is one of the most original and breath taking racing games ever created due to the superb combination of innovative 3D racing where AntiGrav cars overtake from all sides and the super-fast vehicles can reach almost half the speed of sound. Check out 14 screenshots with a resemblance to that bit in The Fifth Element.

Today we bring you a bunch of screens from diffrent JoWooD games.. Seven new Arx Fatalis shots. And just to warn you, one of them's of a big spider. Five K.Hawk Survival Instinct shots of the back of some girl's head. Ten Archangel screenshots, some of which - calm down - include topless males. Njoy!

Jim Scott, Managing Director at Play X Europe, today exclusively announces that his Play X Europe Group is expanding, with a new venture into the publishing world with the launch of a new label – Oxygen Interactive. Scott, a veteran of the Industry since the late 80’, first marked the games industry with his Beyond Belief label back in 1988, developing and publishing games for the Spectrum and Commodore.

Well it's Sunday and there aint much news to toss up today.. Anyway we got some links to post up, so read on..

Review mix

• F1 2002 (PC) on GGMania
  
• Soldier of Fortune II (PC) on CanadianGamer
  
• Gran Turismo Concept (PS2) on NLGaming
  
  Interview mix
  
  
• Breed (PC) on U.S.C. Darwin
  
• Ultima Online: Age of Shadows (PC) on GameSpy
  
  Preview mix
  
  
• Hegemonia: Legions of Iron (PC) on Homelan
  
• Fahrenheit (PC) on Ferrago
  
• Far Cry (PC) on 3DAvenue
  
  Screenshot mix
  
  
• Battlefield 1942 (PC) on XGR

You ever wonder what goes on during the development process, how the game you're currently playing came into it's current incarnation, what steps were taken by the team, what changes were made? Want to know what you might have been playing? Here you are. Now be very thankful that you aren't. Read the full story over at 3DActionPlanet..

Voodooextreme got some new screenshots posted for this upcoming MMORPG, Neocron (our recent posted screens is available here). The open beta test will begin early August, and the game is due out Q4 of this year. At the same time they posted 3 screens from the upcoming 3D strategy game, Soldiers of Anarchy and some screens from Big Huge Games upcoming historical based real-time strategy game, Rise of Nations.

What do you get when a design team composed mostly of designers who worked on GoldenEye 007 for N64 set out to create a first person shooter for Nintendo GameCube? You get TimeSplitters 2, and you're very happy to get it. Due to be released this September, TimeSplitters 2 challenges players to blast their way through time at a glorious 60 frames per second. Awesome four-player action coupled with a serious single-player adventure should put TimeSplitters 2 at the top of your hit list.

"The show must go on..." and thus, Alex Röder, Music and Sound Coordinator at SUNFLOWERS, lets you have a glimpse into his daily job. Follow the complex process from the craze to the final implementation of its remains. Find out about the ups and downs of a musician's life in this chapter of "Gamespy's 1503 A.D. Developer Diary".

Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced the landing of an elite squad of creative talent that will add an even deeper level of drama and immersion to upcoming games in the popular Medal of Honor franchise. Art Director Mark Lasoff, Lighting Supervisor Tom Allen and Technical Director Laurent Ancessi, will re-enforce the highly-decorated team at EA’s Los Angeles Studio (EALA).

We just received 4 new screens showing off the "Russian" and "Indian" maps in Monolith/Sierr'as upcoming first person shooter No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way. Check them out ...

Bethesda Softworks's just slapped out another patch for their 3D role-playing game, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind bringing it to v1.2.0722. The patch is an average 3.8 MB and includes save game improvements, tons of bug fixes, a bunch of quest fixes as well as updates for all plug-ins. Read the included txt file for details. Also noticed on Blue's News that there is a new patch for Real War, last year's isometric real-time strategy game by Rival Interactive. The 2.0 MB download takes the game to version 1.6 and "resolves an issue which allowed cheat codes when playing On-line."

Sismoplay is launching its own DuelField Expert servers on July 26th 2002 allowing people from across the world to meet and interact while playing our latest online strategy game: DuelField. It revolves around Internet-based duels and has been available in Europe since March through partners including Tiscali, Europe’s number 3 ISP. Sismoplay is now focusing on North American and Asian players. Thanks to its low system requirements anyone equipped with at least a Pentium-based or equivalent internet-connected computer, 32MB of RAM, and a 28.8K modem is able to enjoy DuelField. No need for ADSL or cable to take part in the action.

Noticed over at Blue's News that Take 2 Games has issued a patch for Age of Wonders II: the Wizard's Throne , updating the isometric turn-based strategy game by Triumph Studios to version 1.1. The patch requires a 7.3 MB download and adds a new beginners difficulty level, more gameplay options, a sizable number of bug fixes, some balance changes and more, as detailed in the included Readme file (thanks Blue's News).

All Gothic Fans pay attention! A thread from the developers of Piranha Bytes is published in the forum on www.worldofgothic.com, explaining the differences between Gothic & Gothic 2. This is the first thread, in which the developers themselves talk about Gothic 2 – further threads will follow until the release.

Today CDV has unleashed another bunch of screens from their upcoming RTS titles .. Grom, American Conquest and Combat Mission 2 .. In case you dont know what they are about .. check out the screens!

Renowned for its high speed and aggressive race action, Codemasters' multi million-selling TOCA Touring Car series provides some of motorsport gaming's most spectacular real-car collisions on world famous circuits.

For a number of business and technical reasons, Raven Shield will not be playable on the Microsoft Gaming Zone. All of the Ubi Soft studios, including Red Storm, are committed to providing multiplayer features through the ubi.com game service. Read more ...