The fourth official map pack for Yuri's Revenge is now available for download. In this download players will find two never before seen official maps created by the Yuri's Revenge team.

Features: Circuit Board is a crazy mix of buildings and landmarks found throughout Yuri's Revenge. Players should have no trouble finding tech centers of all types to occupy.

Gordon Currie, Online Marketing Manager at Dreamcatcher Interactive recently had the opportunity to Interview Jeff Tobler about the research and inside scoop behind the upcoming release of THE OMEGA STONE: Riddle of the Sphinx 2. Omni Creative Group are developers of the new Adventure Game, THE OMEGA STONE: Riddle of the Sphinx 2. Here is a clip:

Gordon: At E3, you demonstrated The Omega Stone. The textures and detail inside the pyramid ( MAYAN) where awesome.Were these actual textures from pictures you took on the site?

Jeff: Some were photos taken at Chichen Itzá and others were from an extensive library we have at the Omni Creative Group/Omni Adventures studio. It is ideal to go the location and get the textures, but not a necessity. Sometimes it actually works out better to use another texture from an unrelated area. Whatever looks right to our eye is what we use.

Paradox Entertainment and Pan Vision announce that they have entered a multiple-title publishing agreement for three of Paradox's upcoming titles for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The first game will be released in the third quarter. The titles in the deal are Legion, Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron. Pan Vision published several of Paradox's previous games, among them Europa Universalis and Europa Universalis II. Paradox games have done extremely well in the nordic market, and have a firmly established customer base.

Today there is a informative S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost interview posted at BGN.be. There at BGN you will also find a new screen from the game. Here is a clip from the interview:

BGN: Will STALKER have elements of RPG or Adventure games ?

Oleg: Yes, both of these. We define the game as an adventure 3D action with elements of RPG and tactics. For example, player can collect artefacts and exchange them for weapons and equipment, and he is also to explore the constantly changing anomalous Zone, communicating with Zone creatures and other stalkers in the area.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced the development of a new game from The Settlers series by Ubi Soft’s German studio Blue Byte. This new episode is set for a worldwide release on computer and consoles. Recognized for its detailed graphics, hand painted textures, bright and happy colors, The Settlers’ universe presents a mixture of history and imagination, all spiced up with cartoon-like elements.

Slow news.. Well we all here at worthplaying is pretty buissy for today and next two coming days. Rainer just moved to California and will be back on Sunday, (PS Happy birthday Rainier DS); and on this side we got school graduations... Dont worry ill do my best to cover up the news mean while ;) Back to news.. Fights, dust, crowd, blood are waiting for you in the DEATHBOWL, the Imperial Arena ! You will find here the first images and the story of this well awaited RTS-Action game to be released in Autumn 2002. The Gladiators official website is still under construction; but check it out now and then to get more new screenshots and videos.

The official site for the FPS title, Day of the Mutants, from Techland is now available. The site includes some screens and some game features. I bet more will come in the future. Well, check it out here.

Rage, one of the UK's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce that is has launched a new website for its forthcoming aggressive inline skating title ‘Rolling’. The new site includes all the very latest screenshots, exclusive audio tracks, skater profiles and a developer diary. Regular updates and special interviews will also be appearing on the site over the coming months. Rolling is an athletic, fast and exciting entry into the world of aggressive inline skating and incorporates 18 of the world’s best skaters, including Cesar Mora (Aus), Fabiola da Silva (Bra) and Jon Julio (USA) across two of the most popular disciplines ‘street’ and ‘vert’. Check it out!

Today there is two new movies to grab. #1 is a 6MB small movie or 21MB high quality movie from ALTAR Interactive and their title, UFO: Aftermath. The second one #2 is from Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness, and its available in low rez. 7.7MB here and high rez. 19MB here!

Based on the December 2002 movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, follow the Wild Thornberrys from majestic settings of the Serengeti to the proper streets of London. After an incident in Africa puts Eliza in grave danger, she is sent off to boarding school in London. Upon hearing about an evil plot by poachers to capture the wild elephants of the Serengeti, she escapes back to the wild to stop the catastrophic event and faces her biggest challenge yet. With her ability to speak with animals, Eliza gets help from her favorite chimp Darwin. But will Eliza get back to Africa in time to stop the poachers? Take a ride full of action and suspense with the Wild Thornberrys!

Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, today announced that upcoming PC action game, Tsunami 2265, will ship August 5, 2002.

Square Co., Ltd., (Square) and Disney Interactive today announced the all-star voice cast for KINGDOM HEARTS, the 3D action role-playing game for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. The player will assume the role of the lead character, Sora, voiced by Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense," "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"). Osment will lead an all-star voice cast, which includes David Gallagher ("Seventh Heaven") as Riku and Hayden Panettiere ("Ally McBeal," "Remember the Titans") as Kairi. KINGDOM HEARTS will also feature the voice talents of Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings," "Rudy"), Lance Bass (member of *NSYNC), David Boreanaz ("Angel," "Valentine"), Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember," "The Princess Diaries") and Christy Romano ("Even Stevens," "Kim Possible"). In addition, many of the original film star voice actors are reprising their role for this project.

Tomb Raider composer, Nathan McCree has been appointed to design and develop the music and sound for ‘Breed’, the cutting-edge science fiction shoot-‘em up, and debut game of Brat Designs Ltd. Nathan who is most well known in the computer games industry for his work at Core Design (in particular Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3) is teaming up with an ex Core colleague and graphic designer Jason Gee, now director and co-founder of Brat Designs Ltd.

Blizzard Entertainment, a studio of the games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, announced today that Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, the eagerly awaited sequel to the company’s #1-selling series of games, has gone gold. With record-breaking initial orders of 4.5 million copies, the game will be available at retail outlets worldwide in multiple languages beginning on July 3, 2002.

JoWooD Productions proudly announces the release of the critically acclaimed strategy game World War III - Black Gold at the new, tempting price of only £19.99.

Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, today announced that they have signed an agreement with Super Happy Fun Fun, Inc. to develop a game for several game consoles in 2004.

Tetris Worlds places the player in a universe where Tetris is played in different ways on six different planets. Test your Tetris skills in the most popular versions of Tetris, or the latest cutting-edge variations, such as Hot-Line Tetris, Cascade Tetris and Fusion Tetris.

Cenega is pleased to announce that after completing recording of the mammoth CD of speech in Harrogate for their RPG title Another War, which will come on 4 CDs, a September date has been set for the launch of this rebel rousing title. Using familiar RPG functions within a 20th Century environment, in this game you allocate points to build your character, carry equipment in your backpack (space permitting), and involve yourself in real-time combat. Its unique blending of ideas and humour with film and television influences enhances the experience.

Electronic Arts the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced an agreement for the acquisition of Black Box Games, a 100-person game development studio in Vancouver, B.C. Under the agreement, Black Box Games will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Electronic Arts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Developed by Climax, Race of Champions challenges players to master authentic road, desert and mountain tracks on their quest for the cup. Featuring incredibly detailed visuals as well as real-time damage modeling and dirt effects, players can select their dream machine from the top makes and models in the sport including Mitsubishi, Toyota, Ford, Lancia, Peugeot, Audi, Porsche and Seat as they race against industry legends like France’s Didier Auriol, Germany’s Armin Schwartz and Finland’s Tommi Makkinen , all of which have been participants in the annual event.

As part of a summer promotion to bring even more value to gamers, Xbox today announced that the European price of Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, Azurik, Nightcaster and NBA Inside Drive 2002 games titles will be reduced to an estimated street price of €59.99/£39.99, effective from today.

Atlus U.S.A., Inc. A leading publisher of console RPG's, today announced the availability of Robopon 2: Ring and Cross Version for the Game Boy Advance, the sequel to the popular robot collecting game on the Game Boy Color.

Operation Flashpoint: Resistance – advancing and enhancing the world of the number one best selling war simulator.. From Bohemia Interactive Studio, the creators of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, comes Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, the official expansion pack for the multiple Game of the Year award winner and world-wide number one best-seller. Launching on June 28th, with a RRP of £19.99, this full expansion to the ultimate realistic war simulator introduces a new island environment with remarkable high-resolution textures and models to take full advantage of the latest 3D graphics cards.

Another real RTS tidbit has found its ultimate appearance: the voluminous real-time strategy spectacle entitled American Conquest. With its unrivaled 16.000 units, American Conquest has impressed many and will gain even more admirers with its brand new cover! Follow this link.

Jedi Outcast Mod Central has a Q&A with Raven programmer Michael Gummelt about his part in Jedi Knight II, background, a bit about modifications, etc.... International House of Mojo has a Q&A with Ron Gilbert (creator of classic adventure games such as Monkey Island) talking about his new company Hulabee Entertainment. GameSpot has a Neverwinter Nights Q&A with Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka (joint CEO's of BioWare) talking about the project's background, their part in the developments and plenty of game info and future plans. GameZone has a short Q&A with Irrational Games's Ken Levine talking about "The Lost", their upcoming Unreal engine powered action-horror-RPG for Xbox and PS2.