Crystal Interactive, Inc., publisher of independent and commercial software announces today the release of the 3D bowling game, Strike!. We'll put on our bowling shoes soon and give you some more details/screens...

Microprose is bringing the wildly successful online game, Tactical Ops to retail stores in May 2002 for the PC. Powered by the award winning Unreal technology, Tac Ops: Assault on Terror features advanced graphics, new maps, skins and improved code and animations available only in the retail version of the game.

Fishtank Interactive have released their monthly newsletter. Here is the updates for Arx Fatalis:

The sales version of Arx Fatalis is multi-lingual and includes the complete English, French and German localisation. The originally planned multiplayer mode was already deleted some time ago. As it would have constituted a completely new game, it would have been very difficult to meet the schedule. A version with fewer features was out of the question for quality reasons. There are considerations however to offer the multiplayer version as a game of its own. In any case, we have been able to fully concentrate on the single player mode, which now offers between 80 and 100 hours of gaming fun. The trilingual Arx Fatalis homepage is now really online at www.arxfatalis-online.de.

PC.IGN let us know that Raven's Soldier of Fortune II, the visceral, and surely to be controversial first-person shooter sequel, will be seeing a spring release because of the extra time required by the game's developer, Raven, to enhance and perfect the title's random mission generator and multiplayer component. The newly improved AI, graphics, and play style built into SoF II should prove to be well worth the wait for both fans of the original as well as the genre as a whole, whenever the hell it ends up shipping.

We asked Erik Johansson, responsible for the controversial rock'n'roll sim management ROCK MANAGER) a few questions about the making of the Rock Manager game ... Rock'N Roll Baby! Yeah! Read and Enjoy!

Tiscali.cz just tossed up two nice videos from Counter-Strike 1.4 beta gameplay, which shows in 2x 3-minutes long movies and some of the new features and maps in the upcoming version of this Half-Life mod. Grab them here!

A few days ago we presented you a ton of screens taken from the first few levels of Starfighter, today we bring you the rest of the levels, bonus levels and to add extra game value you can replay all missions with any of the 3 different spaceships (and Darth Maul's Infiltrator as extra bonus). This game is truely fun to play...

Manic Miner for the Gameboy Advance is to be published by Jester Interactive. No specific release date is set yet and until they do, mine away on these 20-some screens.

Universal Studios Theme Park from Kemco (developed by Japanese NAI'A DIGITAL WORKS) for th GAMECUBE covers various game themes ranging from Jaws, Jurrasic Park to Backdraft and ET. Interested already? Check out these screens coz its looking good!

Earlier today we tossed up some PC screens and a lot of facts around this game. Now we bring you a Worms Blast gallery for PS2 with 44 screens.. Check them out below! If you don't like the game, you can always catch fish with it. Release date: PS2 - 29/3/2002.

Infogrames celebrates 30 years of Atari classic arcade fun with the release of Atari Anniversary Advance for Nintendo Game Boy Advance. This special 6 game compilation is being released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Atari's founding in 1972, as the first company ever established solely for the purpose of creating and marketing video games.

Today GamingGroove have tossed up an interview with the Static development team, in a chat about their upcoming Fallout-style RPG that was a finalist for the Independent Games Festival Award. Here is a snip:

GamingGroove: What exactly is Static about?

Static Team: “STATIC” is an RPG that roots itself in a plot about mind-control and what happens when the process becomes futile... Read more.

Today tiscali.cz tossed up a new 3,5 MB, DivX movie from Electronic Arts and their upcoming title, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. This new movie is a 40-seconds long and it's available to download here.

Global Operations is available for PRE-ORDER at your favorite online stores! Order it HERE. Make sure you reserve your copy today! In related news "Firing Squad" posted a new preview and 29 screens .. Check it, Click HERE!

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that its forthcoming officially licensed boxing game 'Rocky' for the Sony PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft is scheduled for release in time for Christmas 2002.

We haven't posted these screens before so you might have seen some of them already, but hey it's a screenshot gallery with some facts.. Based on the outstandingly popular sport of Grand Prix Motorcycle racing, MotoGP is an ultra-realistic bike racer for the Xbox and PC, which puts you, the player, behind the handle-bars of some of the meanest, fastest, most thrilling machines on two-wheels. With a variety of innovative gameplay elements, supported by revolutionary graphical and technical features, MotoGP brings the perfect gaming mix of speed, style, bravery and technology to your Xbox. Expected Release date : June-2002.

Today GameSpy presents Volume 3 of their Divine Divinity Developer Diary featuring Swen Vincke talking about the triumphs and travails of developing this roleplaying game post-delay- announcement. It's a good read if you've ever wondered how developers feel about delaying games... Read more!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a third-person action/adventure game based on the international hit television series. Players take on the role of Buffy Summers, a typical high school student by day and a fierce destroyer of the undead by night. Buffy the Vampire Slayer combines fighting, action, drama, humor, exploration and puzzle solving in a complex interactive 3D environment. Eight new screenshots and no mi-"stake".

Tiscali.it today made an Interview with Aleksey Vlasov from the Russian developer Burut. They talk about the progress on Kreed, their upcoming first-person shooter. Here is a snip:

Lord Axl: Which creation-phase of the game do you think has been the most difficult for you?

Aleksey Vlasov: The most difficult creation-phase is connected with bringing into practice new technologies. There is lackage of information and experience here, so we have to work under pressure. Read on..

Star Wars Starfighter takes players on an epic journey that begins on Naboo and continues through the climactic assault on a Droid Control Ship. The game takes full advantage of the PC's robust graphic capabilities and features more than 20 beautifully-rendered 3D starships amidst 14 incredible environments set in air and space. Gamers can look forward to bonus missions, two-player games, a two-player dog-fighting mode, and two-player capture-the-flag arenas. Last week we announced Star Wars Starfighter went GOLD, today we bring you screens from the first 10 missions (mission 10 is a tough one!). Enjoy!

Microsoft today announced that Nightcaster has appeared at retail locations throughout North America. As the wizard Arran, players will harness the power of over 40 different magical spells from the four schools of Fire, Water, Light, and Dark. Nightcaster is available in stores now, exclusively on Xbox, for an estimated retail price of $49.99 (U.S.). Nightcaster has an ESRB rating of "T" for Teen. For more information, visit the official site at: http://www.nightcaster.com.

Crave Entertainment announced today "X-Bladez: In-Line Skater" for the Sony PS has shipped to stores. Based on in-line skating, one of the fastest growing and most creative extreme sports in the United States, this new racing game challenges players to get aggressive and trick, grind, and stunt their way through the levels. Rated E for Everyone, "X-Bladez" is now available at a suggested retail price of $9.95.

Shrapnel Games is proud to announce that the latest game from ProSim, BCT Commander, has Gone Gold. Details on this game and information on how to pre-order can be found on their website.

The alien "Breed" are already ravaging on www.breedgame.com, having occupied a world of their own in the infinite universe of the web. But now… madness! The countless banner events of Sudden Strike or Cossacks:European Wars have been highly successful, therefore they'll be repeated with •B•R•E•E•D• as well.