Codemasters has released a new multiplayer map for its stealth-based FPS, IGI 2: Covert Strike. IGI2 must be installed on your PC before you can download/install this new "Dockside" beta map. Read more for download links ..

Mayhem Studios has released a new patch for Empire of Magic (thanks Bluesnews). The update fixes some minor bugs as well as the problem appearing in the eighth level of the game. Its main goal is to improve the game and (players) will (also) be (rewarded) with a new multiplayer level." Read more for download links ...

Cunyngas is the third game in the STG genre made by Akatora. A vertical scrolling shooter enhanced with the thrills of modern 3D graphics. The game is continuing the line with the same level of intensive action and wonderfully modeled 3D graphics to support the strictly two dimensional gameplay as its predecessors. This time with a heavy metal influence in the music to make it even more intense than the two earlier outings (thanks VE3D). Read more for download links...

Last week, Nintendo made some major announcements at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. Nintendo dropped jaws once again by displaying an incredible line-up of killer titles for both Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance... Click here to see the full Nintendo GameCube game list and Click here to see the full Game Boy Advance game list.

Atari Inc. Friday said it had sold more than 1 million copies of "Enter the Matrix" one week after the computer and video game hit shelves in the United States and Europe. The game was released May 15, the same day as the movie it is tied to, "The Matrix Reloaded." The game includes additional footage and is one of the most expensive ever made.

"Grabbed by the Ghoulies" is a humorous beat-'em-up adventure game that takes place in a haunted house full of crazed ghoulies. Gamers play the role of Cooper, a kid on a mission to rescue his girlfriend, who has been "grabbed by the ghoulies." Read more and check out a few new screens..

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines will -- for the first time on next-generation console systems -- allow players to become the Terminator Series signature icon, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the original Terminator. This marks the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice and likeness has ever appeared in a home videogame. A few new Aaahhhnold screens...

Bethesda Softworks announced today that The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon - the expansion pack for its critically acclaimed RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC - has gone to gold master and will ship to stores the first week of June. In Bloodmoon, you'll help build a mining colony and face the threat of werewolves, or decide to become a werewolf and indulge your thirst for the hunt. Either way, Bloodmoon offers a completely different experience from anything you've seen in Morrowind. To celebrate Bethesda sent us 3 new screens, as well as a cutscene trailer ...

Electronic Arts today officially announced plans to publish the hugely successful game Dead to Rights on the PS2 and GameCube. Both versions will be released next August in all PAL territories. Dead To Rights is an intense, hard-hitting, action-thriller game in which police officer, Jack Slate, discovers and unravels a conspiracy that threatens not only himself, but the city he’s sworn to protect, Grant City. Jack Slate’s adventure has him progressing through various game chapters by taking out hostile threats, solving challenging puzzles and mini-games, and defeating sinister bosses. Check out the screens ..

Conker is a cartoon rodent with a penchant for booze, wild women and lewd conduct, and the world he lives in is a reflection of him. With a wide variety of customizable multiplayer scenarios available, the game centers on teamwork and fun. Each scenario has its own objectives, rules, environment and back story that provide hilarious gameplay and wacky entertainment. Also included is the original, critically acclaimed single-player game, “Conker’s Bad Fur Day,” with never-before-seen, uncensored content and completely revamped, only-on-Xbox graphics and sound. Check out some new screens ...

The world's greatest secret weapon is being unleashed for the first time on videogame consoles as Natalie, Dylan, Alex and Bosley unite once again for an all-new, action-packed adventure. Incorporating a completely new and unique storyline, the Angels will go undercover to unravel a worldwide mystery and foil the devious plans of a criminal mastermind threatening to steal the world's most famous monuments. Read more and check out these sexy screens!

'Breed' is the first project to be developed utilizing the 'Mercury' engine. Breed is an action based game set both in Earth orbit and on its surface. From the orbiting USC Darwin the player launches attacks against the Breed, the aggressive biomechanical race infesting Earth. The long-elusive playable demo for Breed, the upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter by Brat Designs and CDV, is now available after previously appearing on a magazine cover-disk. Further details on this single-player demo's contents are however not available (thanks 3DGamers/Breedfiles). Read more for download links ...

Konami has released a new patch for Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance which enables support for ATI Radeon videocards, and also takes care of a language selection issue for the European version. If you have previously updated to the v1.0, you will need to uninstall and reinstall the game before applying the v2.0 patch. (thanks Shacknews). Read more for details and download link...

With the launch this week of PlanetSide, subscribers now have access to a new free service that can be used to track their empire's progress, their individual stats in the game and more via MyPlanetSide all of these features combine to give the player the ability to see what's happening in the game, even when they don't have time to play. Read more for some additional details ...

Xbox gamers are advised to leave their sanity at the starting grid as they prepare for the most mental adrenaline-pumping ride of their life! Burnout 2: Point of Impact is geared up to take pole position for best driving game on the console, taking the genre to new heights, with stunning graphics, white-knuckle foot-to-the-floor gameplay and heart-stopping auto-carnage. Can Burnout2 on the Xbox deliver? Read more and find out!

Nearing the end of my E3 Screens Gallery list is one of the smaller developer/publishers but big in quality. Sammy Studios is a fairly new addition to the battlefield but with last year's Guilty Gear X2 and Galerians Ash they proved to have what it takes! This year they have 2 equally impressive titles (and a few more not yet announced in house developments coming) such as:

• Lethal Skies II (PS2)
• Seven Samurai 20XX (PS2)
  
  Hit this link for the screens!

Staying true to all the gameplay features that made Medal of Honor Allied Assault one of the most acclaimed titles launched in 2002, the Medal of Honor Allied Assault Expansion Pack will build on the success of that game and add new multi-player gameplay modes, new soldiers including British and Soviet squads, new weapons, level editing tools, and an integrated server browser. A new & updated version of the 'Medal of Honor Allied Assault: SpearHead' has been released, no specific details are available but it would be safe to assume they have fixed "something". Read more for download links ...

KOEI Corporation, respected worldwide as the premier brand for strategy and simulation games, today announced North American plans to release Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII for the PlayStation®2. Read more for details and some new screens ...

1500 B.C.: four different peoples in a biblical land are waiting to be converted. The gamer is working with a God-simulator and has to convert the inhabitants to the good or the evil side. For this purpose, each side has seven prophets at their disposal, as well as an amount of wonders and plagues (lightning, flood, grasshopper ...) This German demo sports a tutorial as well as 1 game mission playable in three different difficulty settings. Read more for download links ...

Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! Creep around your neighbour ’s house performing ever more elaborate tricks upon the unsuspecting resident. As the star of a fantastic new TV show, cameras will track your every move as you set your fiendish traps. Your objectives are to create more and more disarray, increase ratings and maybe even winning prestigious awards. But beware of watchful neighbours and alert guard dogs; if they catch you then the show will be taken off air. The demo offers a tutorial and two levels from the first 'season'. Read more for download links ...

Following the fall of the mighty Soviet Union, the Republic of Novistrana verges on collapse, and numerous factions struggle for power. Starting with nothing more than a small base of local support, challenge the state and build a nationwide faction powerful enough to oust the President and enforce a new Republic…by any means necessary. Check the new screens ...

Smash up Derby is a fast and dynamic arcade racing game bringing the idea of destruction derby back to the new millennium! In this game, like in no other, you will face competition with expanded, heavily tuned cars who, apart from aiming to win, will do all to crash your car and get you out of the race. This demo allows you to take a choice of two cars for a spin in single-race mode on the Night Arena and Lacroix Long tracks (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links.

Konami has just launched the official website for their upcoming stealth action game Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes website. The site sports a wealth of new info, some new screenshots, the E3 trailer (local mirror here), and more. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (developed by Silicon Knights)will be only available on the Gamecube, expected in November 2003. Go check out the site!

Publisher Strategy First and developer Paradox Entertainment announced today that Legion Gold, the newest edition of the high-level strategy game, has shipped to retail stores nationwide.