Origin Systems, and Electronic Arts development studio, today announced that it has begun shipping Ultima Online Lord Blackthorn's Revenge, the latest version in the award-winning Ultima Online (UO) series. The game introduces 30 new monsters designed by Grammy and Emmy-winning Producer and Director Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn, McFarlane Toys and Spawn.com.

Dutch publisher Project Three Interactive today announced they have acquired 100% of the shares in Swedish development studio Termite Games, who are currently developing the highly anticipated tactical first person shooter game "New World Order" for PC.

Sega of America today announced the release of "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle" for the Nintendo GameCube. The title, which is the first to take advantage of the Nintendo GameCube* Game Boy Advance Cable, also marks Sonic's first appearance on a new next-generation video game console.

Crave Entertainment today released details regarding its future generation title, "Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter." Mace Griffin, a former government ranger, seeks revenge on land and in space. Melding both the first person shooter genre and vehicular combat on land and space, the game reaches far beyond any game currently available. Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter is scheduled to ship fall 2002 on Xbox and PC.

A new dawn in lifestyle festivals emerges between May 4th-6th, when 2C: The Official PlayStation Event opens its doors. Full pressrelease below!

Strategy First and Auran announced today that their new model railroad simulation, Trainz has shipped to stores nationwide. Njoy the impressive screens ...

Update: Trainz Spotters Competition! Auran let us know that the first five people to email them a photograph of Trainz on the shelves will win a Trainz T-Shirt signed by the Trainz team. Find out more here!

Simply connect to Battle.net to download the (1.09) patch. If you have trouble patching from Battle.net, you can also download it here. For more information on the 1.09 Patch go here.

Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and Impressions Games today celebrated the Chinese New Year by announcing the development of "Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom," the newest addition to their award-winning City Building Series of games. Due on store shelves this Fall, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom takes aspiring city governors to ancient China, adding several revolutionary features, including multiplayer gameplay, a first in the city-building genre.

THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced the North America release of their newest World Wrestling Federation licensed video game, WWF Raw, now exclusively for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.

Gamers can rip up the streets and rub out the mob in Activision, Inc.'s WRECKLESS: The Yakuza Missions, the first high-speed, high-suspense mission-based driving game for the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft. Featuring ultra-realistic, free-roaming interactive environments with unique, pulse-pounding missions and unprecedented instant replays, the game takes the mission-based driving genre to new heights. WRECKLESS: The Yakuza Missions, which has shipped to North American retail stores nationwide, is rated "T'' (``Teen'' - Violence - content suitable for persons ages 13 and older) and carries a $49.99 suggested retail price.

Disney Interactive and Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced the signing of a sales distribution agreement. Ubi Soft is to distribute three video games for GameBoy Advance in Europe: Disney’s Peter Pan Return to Never Land, Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, and Disney’s Treasure Planet.

Today GamingGroove got a in-depth walkthrough of Croteam's latest shooter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. The walkthrough covers pretty much everything and is quite solid if your looking for a little bit of help or guide through a particular level or perhaps even the whole game. Check it out!

The German site Atratus today tossed up a 32 MB movie showing some gameplay from the upcoming team based, first person shooter Global Operations. Here it is.

Experience life on the soft powder in the arctic world of TransWorld Snowboarding, available from Infogrames in early 2002 on the Xbox. New screens below!

Last month John Carmack wrote in his .plan file about the Radeon 8500 support for Doom. The bottom line is that it will be a fine card for the game, but the details are sort of interesting. Today he updated his .plan file with some new interesting reading.. Click read more below to check it out!

Rabid Dogs² is a twisted story about crime, sex and money. The player takes on the role of various 'bad guys', such as hired guns, mercenaries and hit-men, who make a living killing, robbing, demolishing, kidnapping and doing all sorts of other 'evil' things. Rabid Dogs² is dripping with wicked black humor, similar to that found in the best Tarantino films.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, a world leader in interactive entertainment, today announced that Destroyer Command, its highly anticipated World War II naval combat simulation, has gone gold. The title is expected to ship to retail shelves in two weeks with an MSRP of $39.99.

Eidos today released some new screens from their upcoming first-person title, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Check them out below..

3dactionplanet today tossed up 8 beauty shots of the Bridge Commander Federation Akira Class. There is also a note about today rumors and the ST: Bridge Commander Demo will be out tonight, they have it confirmed that it was just a rumor.

SportPlanet reports that 3DO today announced it has shipped the latest edition in their award-winning baseball game series, High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 for the PlayStation 2. High Heat 2003 is endorsed by Arizona Diamondbacks ace, Curt Schilling. Schilling led the World Champion Diamondbacks with 22 wins and was named co-MVP of the 2001 World Series.

We got some new in-game screens from arxeltribe's upcoming action - adventure - RPG title, Mistmare. Find out more below!

Strategy First and Arxel Guild (part of the CTO S.P.A. Group) announced today that they have entered an exclusive European distribution agreement for two of Strategy First's premier titles, Disciples II: Dark Prophecy and Trainz.

CM 01/02 is a confirmed release on the XBox console from Microsoft. The game will be released this March and we've got ten new screenshots of the game for you to admire.

CDV Software Entertainment UK announces Mini Combat, an online mini-game, designed to promote the forthcoming Combat Mission.

THQ Inc., the #1 kids’ videogame publisher, and Nickelodeon, the #1 entertainment brand for kids, today announced their extensive videogame lineup for 2002. (PC and Console)