Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the Links 2003 trial version is now available on the game's official site. Cybergolfers will be able to experience the back nine holes of Skeleton Coast, the new fictional golf course designed exclusively for Links 2003. Read more for details and links where to grab the 166mb swinging demo! (thanks EvilAvatar).

The world's most successful football franchise returns to classic form by focusing on the fundamentals of football. FIFA Football 2003 provides an immersive, authentic experience driven by an ALL NEW game engine. This is football gaming that lives by the rules of the real sport and absorbs the users in a world of detail and culture. FIFA is TOTAL FOOTBALL... So who wants some grabs of the GameCube version? Well, here are 33.

The 3DO Company today announced that its highly anticipated game expansion, "Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm" for the PC, is now in stores. Featuring massive never-before-seen campaigns and maps, the expansion pack includes four original creatures to fight and a series of new artifacts to collect. Players must assemble a strong team to defeat the diabolical Mad Wizard, Hexis.

NBA LIVE 2003 will be released this fall for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC-CD and the PlayStation console... Apparently Fabolous (sic), a "recording artist", appears as an unlockable character. And here are the pics to prove it.

Pick up any real time strategy game off the shelves and you'll be asked to beat off, out smart and over come numerous computer controlled adversaries set against you in every level. These enemies have been promised to be tactical geniuses that will tax you to the hilt but usually end up being moronic fools who'll happily run onto the end of your sword without a second thought.

Gathering of Developers announced today that FireFly Studios' Stronghold Crusader for the PC has shipped. Stronghold Crusader is a dynamic "castle sim" set in a distant Arabian land that combines the finest aspects from the city builder and real-time strategy genres.

Mindscape is pleased to announce that an exclusive agreement has been signed with Strategy First to distribute two PC CD-ROM titles, GI Combat and Dragon Throne - The Battle of Red Cliffs in the UK. Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs will be available in November and GI Combat will be available in Q1 2003, both priced £29.99.

Vampire hunters everywhere can now rid the world of the undead with Activision, Inc.'s BladeII for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft. Based on the popular Marvel Comics' sword-wielding super hero who was portrayed by Wesley Snipes in two successful feature films from New Line Cinema, Blade II features a 360 combat system, martial arts moves, signature weapons and attacks, players can now annihilate their enemies with all -new moves. The game is currently available nationwide in retail outlets for a suggested retail price of £39.99 and is rated 15+ by the Elspa.

Novosibirsk, Russia - Alawar Entertainment signed a contract for the publishing and distribution of a new puzzle game, Elite Jigsaw Puzzle, developed by Media Research Group.

Tantalus Interactive has partnered with Japanese publisher Kemco to develop Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5 for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The Crazy Castle series is one of the most popular handheld franchises ever, and Crazy Castle 5 promises to be the best yet. Crazy Castle 5 puts Tantalus at the forefront of GBA development worldwide, showcasing a prolific technology base, and rich pool of artistic talent. Today we got four .AVI movies, features exclusively in-game footage.. Read more for the links!

NOLFGirl.com has a very interesting interview with NOLF2 Producer, Chris Miller. Within the interview, Miller announced plans for NOLF2 to include Deathmatch and Team-based muliplayer! ToTheGame.com has an interview with developers of Black Element Software's action/adventure game, Shade: Wrath of Angels. Action Vault has a new Q&A (posted in 2 parts, this is part 1) with Wanadoo's Jérôme Cukier talking about their upcoming historical action-adventure game, Inquisition. Computer & Video Games has a new Q&A with Rare's Chris and Tim Stamper and Microsoft's Ed Fries talking about M$'s recent buyout of Rare.

H.A.R.M. is back with only one obstacle to thwart their quest for domination: Cate Archer, the beautiful but deadly UNITY operative who foiled their last nefarious plot. The world’s most deadly assassins are summoned with one simple objective: kill Cate Archer. Check out what we thought about our press beta experience (and of course check the BOATLOAD of screens).

Enters Microïds with Post Mortem, its second adventure PC game to be released in 2002 after Syberia. Don’t turn your light off and keep an eye open… There might be something behind your back…The game is set in Paris, between the two World Wars, a time that would change the world forever, a time of clashing ideas: new versus old, strong versus weak.

The game barely made it to stores and merely a few days after an earlier patch, Xicat felt the need to release a second one for their first person shooter, Sniper: Path of Vengeance (developed by Mirage). This puppy upgrades your game to v1.25 and address some memory issues, crashes, a few menu fixes and other fun stuff .. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab it (thanks 3DGamers).

Paradox Entertainment announced today the two-step acquisition of Conan Sales Company holding all the rights to Conan, one of the most successful character franchises in the world. The agreement allows Paradox to acquire 20% of the company with an option to purchase all remaining stock. Effective immediately, the management of CSC will be represented by Paradox Entertainment. Does this mean we'll see some decent Conan games for the PC soon?

Capturing the intrigue, danger and heroism of Allied escape attempts from POW camps during World War II, Prisoner of War is a new kind of escape adventure. Its gameplay delivers a tense third-person gaming experience where the only weapons are the player’s bravery, stealth and cunning. This unique adventure begins as Captain Lewis Stone, the game’s lead character, is imprisoned in the German POW camp system after his surveillance aircraft was shot down over enemy territory.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that its action title based on the film Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, begins shipping this week. Coinciding with the recent theatrical debut of the Franchise Pictures film starring Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu and Ray Park, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Game Boy Advance marks Ecks and Sever's second appearance on the handheld unit. BAM! Entertainment shipped the critically acclaimed Ecks vs. Sever the video game last fall as part of its multi-title agreement with Franchise Pictures.

THQ Inc. and Nickelodeon today announced that "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" for PlayStation2 and "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron" for Game Boy Advance are now available at retail outlets nationwide. The PlayStation 2 version features Jimmy Neutron, star of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies' Academy Award-nominated, digitally animated motion picture, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius." The Game Boy Advance version is based on the new television series on Nickelodeon, "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," Nickelodeon's highest rated TV premiere to date.

Today Sierra released a few trailers for some of their upcoming titles. We have a 'Malice' and 'No One Lives Forever 2' trailer in various formats for the bandwith impaired or broadband people .. read more for links where to grab all the goodies!

Publisher Strategy First and Developer/Co-publisher Monte Cristo are happy to offer general admission to Dino Island¸ a Management Simulation title that will surely put Six Flags to shame. Strategy First and Monte Cristo also announced that Micro Commandos has shipped to retail stores nationwide today.

Prepare to battle through history as the evil TimeSplitters get ready to rise again. 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 being developed by Free Radical Design of Nottingham, England, and is set for release in September. Today we scored some Character bio's for Jake Fenton, Lady Jane, Ghost and Chastity. More to follow, Njoy!

NVIDIA Corporation today introduced the industry’s first and only comprehensive family of AGP 8X-based products. Based on Intel’s AGP 3.0 specification, NVIDIA now offers an extensive range of top-to-bottom graphics processing units (GPUs) and platform processors for next-generation digital media, gaming, and business PC platforms. NVIDIA’s AGP 8X product line-up, which includes the NVIDIA® GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP 8X and the GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP 8X desktop GPUs, as well as the new nForce2TM platform processors, forms the technology foundation for the world’s most advanced PCs.

Empire Interactive plc, a leading AIM listed computer games developer and publisher, today announced it had signed the publishing rights to the eagerly awaited Hollywood martial arts film, Bulletproof Monk. The game will closely follow the film, which is based on the comic book first published by Flypaper Press in 1999. The film is being produced by John Woo's and Terrance Chang's production company, Lion Rock Productions, responsible for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Your name is Sam Fisher and you are the best field-operative of the secretive "black-ops" NSA sub-agency THIRD ECHELON. Sent to execute desperate missions, you're the last resort of your government, on the edge of legality and morality. Alone, yet armed with some of the best hi-tech weapons on the market, you are geared up to infiltrate and neutralize every enemy - all without leaving a trace. We cant get enough of Splinter Cell screens, this game just looks TOO sweet!

Are you a racing fanatic, a music enthusiast and ready for the ultimate driving challenge? If yes, then get ready, get set, to go, go, go as TDK Mediactive Europe, a leading entertainment software publisher announces today that its highly anticipated 3D racing-simulation game 'WorldRacing' for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft will feature unique soundtracks created by the Ministry of Sound.