A new movie trailer of BloodRayne is now available, showing off the upcoming bloodthirsty third-person action game by Terminal Reality. Check out Agent BloodRayne, the anti-heroine from BloodRayne, in one of the most eagerly anticipated action/horror games from Majesco, available this fall for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and PC. Read more for links where to download this action packed trailer with bloody in game footage! (thanks 3DGamers)

Brace yourselves! The Sims are coming to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The #1 PC game of all-time makes its console debut. Create and control your Sims on the PlayStation 2 with new level-based game play and 3D graphics. Customize your Sims' personality and appearance then move into the neighborhood. Get a job, make friends and advance through your career and life's big moments. Unlock new objects and bigger houses along the way. Meet, flirt and fight with a neighborhood full of wild characters. You can also load your Sims into a friend's game and play two-player games. 8 new screens .. Njoy!

Midway Games Inc. a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Metropolis recording act - KMFDM - and Black Black recording act - Trigger - have provided videogame-exclusive songs for Defender, an all-new 3-D version of the popular 1980s arcade classic. Defender is currently in development and scheduled to ship October 21, 2002, for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, with releases for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance to follow in November 2002.

EA today announced that it has begun to ship in North America its new character-based action game, TY the Tasmanian Tiger for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube. The game drops players into the richly animated, 3D backdrop of Australia, where as the boomerang-wielding TY character, players will go "down under" for a variety of Outback-themed adventures.

EA’s first The Lord of the Rings action adventure game will allow players and fans of the movies to relive the most memorable moments from the first two films, “The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Two Towers.” Players can take control of the motion picture trilogy’s main action heroes: Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, with other members of the Fellowship taking an active role during gameplay. Today you can find 15 NEW PS2 screens on factornews. Njoy!

Yesterday Sega of America announced that its currently in development of The King of Route 66 for PS2. Developed at Sega’s AM2 studios, The King of Route 66 takes players on a road trip, barrelling down the road from Illinois to California. The game features over 40 characters, a variety of stages with multiple objectives, and is slated for release during March 2003. Check the first few screens ...

By building upon the exceptional content of the hugely popular original WRC game on PlayStation2, WRC II emphatically delivers more rally realism than any other game on the market. WRC II comes with over 800km of photo realistic track, 115 rally stages across 14 countries, twice the draw distance and 4 times the density of objects of WRC 2001. With updated sponsors liveries and car modifications modelled to an unprecedented level of accuracy, WRC II truly captures the essence of this dynamic extreme sport and raises the stakes in terms of content, quality and depth of raw rally experience. We have a gallery of 80+ screens for you to browse through .. Njoy!

More Playstation 2 screens dropping in.. Check out 11 screenshots of Sony's jolly jester-based platformer, Jinx and 11 more shots of THQ's lycra-twanging action, WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth.

Yesterday we posted up the Red Faction II GOLD announcement, today we serve up ten more screenshots. Red Faction II is scheduled to ship on October 16. Njoy!

Sony just send us a batch of screens for the first PS2 title from Insomniac, Ratchet and Clank. Insomniac is the team behind the hugely successful Spyro the Dragon series. An entertaining blend of action adventure, exploration, puzzle-solving and combat, Ratchet and Clank takes you to the furthest, most exotic reaches of the universe - and lets you blow them all up. Njoy!

Get off the bench and onto the court with EA SPORTS NBA LIVE 2003, released today by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube. The game was originally slated to ship in late October. The ninth installment of the best-selling basketball franchise, NBA LIVE 2003 allows players to get into the action and live their dreams of NBA superstardom.

THQ Inc. today announced that development on its highly anticipated action title, Red Faction II for the PlayStation2 is complete. Created exclusively for PlayStation 2 by THQ's Volition studio, Red Faction II is the sequel to one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed original game franchises of 2001. Featuring an enhanced Geo-Mod™ engine that allows players to strategically alter and destroy the game environment in real-time, Red Faction II builds upon the experience of the original game with non-stop action, highly detailed graphics, new multi-player options and an engaging storyline. Red Faction II is scheduled to ship on October 16.

An uncompromising action thriller of a game, The Getaway features breakneck, ultra-realistic driving action, mixed with combat on foot and unprecedented levels of cinematic realism, in what promises to be one of the toughest, grittiest games on any format. There's no getting away from it: here are 17 new screenshots.

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.

SEGA of America, Inc. announced today the simultaneous release of "SEGA Sports NBA 2K3" for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube.

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.

Capcom has announced a new title for PS2, Chaos Legion. The game is based on the serial of the same name which runs in the popular Japanese fantasy anthology Dragon Magazine. Though it has the look of a 3D action title, producer Yoshinori Ono describes it as a "fantasy opera," with some RPG elements, different in style from the Resident Evil, Onimusha, or Devil May Cry series. American gamers can look forward to it sometime in 2003. It's to be released in Japan next spring. Stay tuned for more info soon! (thanks ps2.ign)

The top athletes in BMX biking will soon be treating gamers to their own brand of riding with the release of Activision, Inc.’s highly anticipated Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX2 for the PlayStation2, the Xbox and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The game launch coincides with Mat Hoffman’s historic performance at this year’s 2002 ESPN Summer X-Games, where he pulled off the first-ever “no-handed 900°” (two and one half rotations while airborne). Njoy the PS2 screens...

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"!

NDA Productions will publish Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death, from Oxford-based super-developer Rebellion, on the PlayStation 2. The game is based on the legendary comic strip Judge Dredd, published in 2000AD every week since 1977. It will be a first-person shooter seen through the eyes of Judge Dredd as he patrols the mean streets of the stunningly realised future metropolis, Mega-City One. Dredd will find himself having to deal with the full spectrum of criminal behaviour, from littering and caffeine abuse to saving the city from the utterly evil Judge Death.. Read more for full story and a pair of screens!

The top athletes in BMX biking will soon be treating gamers to their own brand of riding with the release of Activision, Inc.'s highly anticipated Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX2 for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The game launch coincides with Mat Hoffman's historic performance at this year's 2002 ESPN Summer X-Games, where he pulled off the first-ever "no-handed 900" (two and one half rotations while airborne). The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 are rated 11+ & 15+ by Elspa and both carry a suggested retail price of £44.99. The Game Boy Advance version is rated 3+ and has a suggested retail price of £29.99.

Playground basketballers everywhere can now get their game on street-style with Activision, Inc.'s Street Hoops for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft. The game features a slammin' soundtrack, authentic apparel, notorious courts like NYC's The Cage and Rucker Park, and a roster of playground legends including 1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing, Headache, Hot Sauce and more, as featured in the AND 1 Mix Tape Series. Street Hoops is currently available at retail outlets nationwide at a suggested retail price of £39.99 and is rated 15+ by Elspa.