A new utility called Online Map Manager is now avaliable on BWVillage. This new tool allows custom Black & White maps for online play. Sounds interesting? Well head over to BWVillage to find out more and download..

A few days ago we were able to let you know Strategy First had secured the English distribution rights for Diggles .. Today we are able to provide you with a little trailer on the game ... download it HERE & Njoy! Check out our previously posted facts and screens.

BONGFISH presents "STOKEDRIDER" - the successor to last year's FLOW.game. STOKEDRIDER features all of the backcountry freeriding experience of the original, but takes a leap forward with new gameplay, graphics realism & accessibility. VERSION 2.09 is now available..

The Urban Terror web site has posted up a new six level map pack for their Quake III Arena mod. This new addon is 52 Mb to download and you find it here.

GameSpyDaily today talked to Vircom's Humberto Valencia to learn more about this interesting hand drawn MMORPG, Black Moon Chronicle... But that's not all, GameSpy also got an Interview With Airborne Entertainment about their latest development, Eternal Hero - a WAP role-playing game... Ragnar Tornquist of Funcom also got interviewed today by Shift.com and they talk about the storyline, the differences between Midgard and Anarchy Online, storytelling, and more... HomeLAN has also been active and tossed up an interview with Mark Welch, to find out more about their plans to bring co-op support to Deus Ex.

Playnet Inc. and Palestar Inc. are announcing that the upcoming pay-for-play release of the massively multiplayer online game, DarkSpace will be available at the online game destination, Playnet.com.

George Broussard from 3D Realms recently posted a note in there forums about Duke Nukem Forever will get full bot support. This is a pretty interesting posting, read it below!

Today Microids announce that the PC racing game, Master Rallye, has gone gold and should hit the store shelves early 2002. The game is developed by Steel Monkeys and published by Microids.

BAM! Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today announced that it has shipped its critically acclaimed game of government agent cat and mouse, Ecks vs. Sever for the Game Boy Advance to North American and European retail outlets.

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.

RTCW online just put up 3 nasty looking new Wolfenstein Wallpapers on there site. Each wallpaper comes in three resolutions. Take a look and grab them here..

Coming to PSOne is the sequel to one of the greatest war games available on console. Panzer Front Bis brings you the ultimate in WW II tank combat with even more missions, more tanks and more environments.

There will be no Nazi forces in the German version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The content has been changed to get the game in those territories.. Well if you are in Germany then you won't see Nazis in Return To Castle Wolfenstein. According to source over in Germany, they have "replaced the Nazis with a cult called The Wolves" and "renamed Heinrich Himmler to Heinrich Höller." Yakk that sucks.. Post your thoughts about this over at XGR.COM !

Dutch officials have banned the sale of the Playstation One console and related accessories from the country in November because the cables used in the system contained too much cadmium. The ban effectively blocked the sale of 1.3 million units in the country.

The PlayStation ® 2 broadband revolution is a step closer, as Telewest Broadband begins trials of the world’s first PlayStation 2 broadband network. The closed-trials began this week, and are expected to continue into the new year, with a limited public trial expected to commence in early Q1.

A survey conducted by computer games publisher CDV Software Entertainment has revealed that 86 per cent of those interested in purchasing the forthcoming PC title Neocron are considering upgrading to a broadband Internet connection – making the game one of the most important motivators in getting Britain hooked up to the high-speed Internet.

The Japanese-language version of a popular role-playing game developed for Sega Dreamcast is infected with a highly destructive virus. Full story below!

MindArk seeks 5,000 participants to test its virtual world’s economy system with real cash. MindArk AB announced today that the initial trial of the revolutionary Project Entropia economy system will begin in the near future as part of MindArk’s release schedule.

Another Resident Evil game coming for the PS2. Gun Survivor 2 Code: Veronica transfers the action to a first person perspective, placing gamers even closer to unknown terrors. Sounds interesting? Well head over to ToTheGame to check out the screens!

Sky Sports introduce the first massively multi-player online football management game with over £25,000 worth of prizes up for grabs..

The World Cyber Games is the biggest international game event, where the gamers selected through national preliminaries pit their skills against others for their countries. Similar to the Olympics, the World Cyber Games is a competition for the honor of countries, and citizenship of the pertinent country is required to participate in it. The 1st World Cyber Games will be held in Korea as was the World Cyber Game Challenge last year. Approximately 430 players from 37 countries will be there. Event Period starts: December 5, 2001. Take me there!

I just noticed over at Voodooextreme that Liquid Entertainment is working on a new expansion pack for Battle Realms. Ed Del Castillo "the front man" recently revealed during the course of a chat session over at Gamers.nl. Here is a spot from the chat:

[goodieman] are you thinking about an addon?

[castillo] we are already working on the Expansion Pack to Battle Realms called Winter of the Wolf. and we are also working on Battle Realms 2.

Nintendo of America reported today that, based on direct communications with its retailers, its new NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) home video game console has reached sales of nearly 600,000 units in America in 15 days, or an average of 27 per minute -- nonstop -- since its November 18th introduction.

Ubi Soft today announce exciting developments for EverQuest®, the world's #1 multiplayer online game. In an unprecedented move, it has been decided to coordinate all countries with a simultaneous GLOBAL release date of Monday 3 December for the latest installment. Everquest: Shadows of Luclin. This is in direct accordance with customer demand.