CDV Software UK is pleased to announce new additional maps for Mini Combat, the free online game created for launch of Combat Mission in the UK, which has subsequently been a huge success for CDV UK.

Sega send us four tiny screenshots from Crazy Taxi 3 High Roller. But that's better than no screenshots, right?

Ubi Soft Entertainment has filed a claim against Cidiverte JOAG Italy Spa at civil courts in Gallarate, Varese (Italy) for the producing and selling of unauthorized copies of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear on PC in Italy in 2001. Cidiverte JOAG Italy Spa is a fully owned subsidiary of Take Two Inc.

LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is pleased to announce that Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast has Gone Gold and is approved for manufacturing. Expect it at fine retailers everywhere March 29! Also the second Game Trailer has been posted! It comes in two flavors: the normal 320x240 size (6mb) and 640x480 (20mb) for those with broadband. Click here to go grab the movies.

Just being a slow newsday .. there are a few previews available for your enjoyment ... GameSpot Previews Ghost Recon: Desert Siege describes the setting in the not-to-distant future, the storyline, a feel for the eight included missions, how the graphics hold up, new weaponry, new specialists, new enemies, gameplay changes, multiplayer fixes, and more. Included are 26 new screenshots. PC Game Central takes a look at Black Moon Chronicles , offerering a sketchy overview of gameplay and a couple of thoughts gleaned from Vircom's Humberto Valencia. Also included are six new screenshots

Today we take a look at Capcom's "Maximo: Ghosts to Glory", an all new 3-D action adventure game for the PS2. In this original creation from Capcom, players control the fate of the gallant hero Maximo who returns home to find his kingdom in shambles. Not only is the countryside filled with hordes of the roaming undead thanks to his once trusted adviser Achille, but the scoundrel has imprisoned four beautiful sorceresses and forced Maximo's beloved, Sophia to marry him. Maximo must even confront the Grim Reaper himself as Achille's actions create havoc resounding throughout the underworld. Presented in a playful setting, Maximo must rescue the four sorceresses, restore good to the kingdom, kick Achille's butt and get back his girl.

Digital Reality is working on a yet unnamed tactical realtime strategy game. It is scheduled for release late 2002 and will be published by MonteCristo. We were able to obtain a few screens and once you seen those .. you will have to agree this looks like a very promising game with beautiful graphics. We WILL keep you posted!

Activision, Inc. is taking gamers on a mysterious journey to confront a malevolent force that threatens the future of the world in Lost Kingdoms, the first real-time action RPG for the GameCube. Partnering with premier Japanese software publisher and developer FromSoftware, Inc., Activision will publish Lost Kingdoms worldwide excluding Japan, Korea, and China. The game will be available this spring and carries a “T” (Teen) rating for comic mischief and violence from the ESRB.

Commercial messages are set to appear on gravestones across the UK as the first advertising campaign to take place on memorial plaques is today announced by video games company Acclaim Entertainment. Tombstone advertising will form a key element of the marketing campaign for its ShadowMan: 2econd Coming game being released this week on PlayStation 2.

Nival Interactive today tossed up the first info (russian) and screens from their upcoming WWII 3d turn-based strategy game, Silent Storm.

Codemasters' TOCA Race Driver* development team are about to showcase a new level of excellence in game production values, as action movie production methods are integrated into character and scene creation, for this dynamic and gritty racing game.

Since its June 2001 debut, more than 5 million Game Boy Advance hardware systems have been sold in North America, making it the most successful new hardware introduction ever. To celebrate the first anniversary of America's favorite boy wonder, Nintendo is releasing a limited edition, platinum-colored Game Boy Advance on June 3, 2002, with a suggested retail price of $79.95.

Wield an enormous chopper against scantily clad Amazons in the PlayStation 2's first four-player beat-'em-up. Live by the sword and die by the sword. Or be crushed by a bloody great stone pillar this June in Barbarian on PlayStation 2.

The development of the new upcoming real time strategy title of RTS cradle CDV Software Entertainment AG, Blitzkrieg, is advancing fast and steadily! Nival Interactive document this development stage with new pics portraying the different nations with their respective equipment in the game. For a look at the screens, click here.

News right out of Tibet! Developers Rebel Mind received pics from colonel Grom himself, who currently is in his preparations at the training camp in Tibet. Check out these new screens here!

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge will offer both the new and current player a host of new and exciting features significantly expanding the depth of the experience offered in the game world.. Today GamesDomain tossed up a 10 MB big promo movie from Lord Blackthorn's Revenge. Grab it here.

We already mentioned this a week ago but now its official. Ubi Soft Entertainment and Red Storm Entertainment are pleased to announce that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon : Desert Siege, has gone gold. Desert Siege is the mission pack for the 2001 PC Gamer U.S. and IGNPC Game of the year Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it has begun shipping Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars for the Game Boy Advance to stores this week. An engrossing and addictive graphic-adventure game based on the hugely successful PC and PlayStation series, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars was developed by the York-based Revolution Studios.

There's a bunch of Battlefield 1942 shots at battlefield1942.de -- taken from a beta build of this WWII flavored FPS game from Digital Illusions (for the PC & Xbox). Damn nice looking game. We'll keep an eye on that one. Check the screens HERE.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, a world leader in interactive entertainment, and Strategic Studies Group (SSG), today announced that Warlords Battlecry II, the sequel to the popular and award-winning fantasy Real-Time Strategy game Warlords Battlecry, has shipped to U.S. retail stores with an MSRP of $39.99. The title is expected to hit shelves by this weekend.

TimeGate Studios, Inc. announced today that it has been nominated as “Rookie Studio of the Year” by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) for their March 21, 2002, Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony in San Jose, California.

Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced the development of XIII, a unique first-person shooter (FPS) game that creates a completely interactive graphic novel within a cel-shaded world. XIII is based on the comic license of the same name from Belgium comic book author, Jean Van Hamme, and the game will be powered with next-generation Unreal Engine technology. XIII will appear across the PS2, GameCube, Xbox and PC CD-ROM and is targeted for a Q1 2003 release.

Warcommander from CDV is due in the UK this week. This game look like a budget Sudden Strike clone. Today we offer you the intro movie for the game and later on we will have some screens coming up ... I guess in anticipation of Sudden Strike II, this might do for a few hours. Grab the intro movie HERE (7mb/2min).

CDV Software Entertainment AG has entered into an Xbox Publisher License Agreement with Microsoft. The first title will be the upcoming 3D action/adventure game - CORE. We can only applaud this strategic move and are looking forward to seeing CDV quality on the xbox.

In case you were STILL not convinced of the sheer brilliance of this overwhelmingly acclaimed FPS (voted best tactical shooter of 2001 in about every magazine) then have a look at these screens from the upcoming Desert Siege Addon. Dont forget to wipe .. the drool! The release date for the mission pack is SOON!