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.

In search of dancers for her upcoming tour, Britney wants you to audition. Earn your place on stage by rhythmically pressing buttons to the beat of Britney’s hit songs, showing off your hottest moves. The best part is, as you beat songs, you unlock exclusive Britney videos and interviews. With a two-player mode, compete against your friends to see who’s best at getting their groove on. Do you have the right moves? Britney's Dance Beat is coming to PS2 April 2002.

The cops are back... and better than ever! Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system builds upon the original Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit's legacy by delivering a more intense, arcade racing experience on the next-generation game system. (scheduled for release by Electronic Arts in Spring 2002) Today EA send us 25 nice new screens. Check them out below!

The RtCW Battle on the Beachhead Tournament receives another sponsor! nVIDIA has decided to donate GeForce 3 video cards to the winning team! Most excellent, that l00t sure is getting interesting! Sign-ups are until January 28th, so if you've got a team of seven players then check the BoB Site for more information!

CDV and "Philos Laboratories" proudly present the first IMPERIUM GALACTICA: 3 trailer! Breath-taking battles in outer space after 2100 AD, in which the human race is desperately trying to survive and defeat a mysterious alien entity that is dominating the over-computerized Earth. The well-balanced mixture of space combats and missions of diplomacy and research will be in German, UK and US stores from the 3rd quarter 2002. But for now, welcome to the movies and enjoy the fantastic space battle. The trailer is 44 Mb and features realtime ingame sequences. Watch a bomber in action and observe the incredible effects and spectacular real time battles...

Sparkle Technology has stolen a march on its competitors through achieving ‘best of breed’ review scores in the specialist games media. Two of the biggest names in the publishing industry have praised Sparkle’s top-end products with glowing reviews in both print and online.

VideoLogic Systems - a division of Imagination Technologies - announces its ZXR-500 5.1 channel surround sound speaker system. The stylish silver ZXR-500 provides outstanding quality audio for surround sound games and movies for just £79.99 (inc. VAT UK).

Digital Eel just tossed up the official site for the upcoming space strategy - adventure game, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. Strange Adventures is an adventure strategy game set in the far future of humankind's exploration of the stars. Find out more and check out some screens here.

Members of Strategy First's head office confirmed rumors today that a Special Collector's Edition of the year's most highly anticipated turn-based fantasy/strategy game will ship to stores January 24th, 2002.

Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that SpyHunter, the all-new update of Midway's popular 1980s action-racing game, is in development and scheduled to ship this spring for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube. SpyHunter shipped for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system on Sept. 24, 2001.

Swedish game developer Digital Illusions upcoming Rally game, “RalliSport Challenge”, will be demonstrated during Bill Gates’ keynote speech on January 7th at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The game clearly demonstrates some of the great elements of the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.

On darkspace.net you can find a new 720x480 50-second movie of DarkSpace, a massively multiplayer game in which the player takes command of a star ship in a universe filled with intrigue and danger.

With "Raccoon Strike" you have the possibility to go against those naughty little creatures. In this game the waterthrowing raccoons will be put to flight with their own weapons. The Advantage: Nobody gets hurt. The Disadvantage: They come back all the time... klick here for flash game (708 KB)!

Sky Sport’s revolutionary online football management game, Sky Sports Football Manager, has now successfully launched, giving would-be Alex Fergusons and Mike Bassetts everywhere the chance to manage their favourite club and compete against thousands of other hopefuls for major cash prizes, season tickets, trophies and the coveted Sky Sports Football Manager of the Year award.

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.

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with best selling author and former SAS soldier - Andy McNab - and plans to produce a series of different military-based 3D-action games in conjunction with McNab across a number of leading gaming formats.

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.

This week John-Anders Pettersson and Fredrik Andersson discusses the aspects of MindForce. "Different areas of the development process"

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

Shrapnel Games, and developer Malfador Machinations, announced today that their newest game Space Empires IV is GOLD. From the pressrelease: Space Empires: IV is widely considered the grandest Space Empire Building 4X game of all time, the winner of numerous awards and accolades from the online and print media. Now take your SEIV experience to a whole new level with Space Empires IV GOLD! Additional details and ordering info are located at shrapnelgames.

Crazy PR stunt time. This time it's a poster where their clothes wash off in the rain. They sure get the attention they aimed for ... Mission Accomplished! Njoy the babes ;)

Today the Russian developers Revolt Software announce a new space combat sim game with the title Homeplanet. Daily Telefrag got the first details of this game and the developers also posted up half a dozen screenshots and a two-minute movie trailer.. The release is set to April 2002 through publisher Russobit-M. Now let's hope they get this game out to the rest of the world!

Ubi Soft® Entertainment, a world leader in interactive entertainment, today announced the signing of an agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products for the Charlie’s Angels license. This worldwide agreement provides Ubi Soft with the exclusive rights to develop and publish Charlie’s Angels video games on Nintendo GameCube™, Nintendo GameBoy®Advance, Microsoft Xbox™, Sony PlayStation®2 and PC platforms. The licensing agreement includes the rights to the television series, the film released in 2000 and the rights to the first sequel.

Sports Interactive and Eidos Interactive are looking forward to a very merry Christmas indeed as it seems the demand for Championship Manager: Season 01/02 shows no sign of abating. In fact, the best-selling update to the world’s favourite PC football management game has just been voted by Family Toys and Games Magazine as the most-wanted sports game for families this Christmas.

Microsoft today announced that MechWarrior™ 4: Black Knight Expansion, the highly anticipated add-on pack to MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, will be available for Christmas at retail locations throughout North America for only £19.99. MechWarrior 4: Black Knight Expansion drops the player into the notorious Black Knight Legion, a mercenary group of MechWarriors focused on taking care of the most important people - themselves.