Zapper is an action-packed and addictive game that starts with the “avoid-em-up” game play mechanics of Blitz Games’ own Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge, and then takes the action to a whole new level. In this action-adventure game, Zapper (a cricket) hops his way through six interactive worlds in a quest to find his brother, held captive by the evil magpie queen. Dangerous traps and even more dangerous enemies await Zapper. It will take fast-footed skill and timing to conquer all the worlds and survive the final showdown with the magpie queen.

Blizzard Entertainment will be making their next product announcement at the Tokyo Game Show. The press conference will be held at the Hotel New Otani Makuhari on Friday, September 20th, at 9:00 AM. A second press conference will be held immediately following at 10:15 AM. Additionally, Blizzard will be holding press meetings at the New Otani Makuhari on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21st and 22nd. Everybody is invited .. errr.. yea, lemme check my schedule ;)

The next age in the upcoming game, Myst III: Exile for PS2 and Xbox -- Edanna the Nature Age. Edanna is a fantastic, living edifice that rises some 200 feet above the ocean. This nature-infused Age is a tree-like structure, that grows inward. Knotted, sun-bleached branches weave a labyrinth down the trunk's interior, creating three distinct ecosystems: the dry Deadwood Ridge, the lush canopied forest and the murky saltwater swamp. To find Edanna's unique symbol, players must discover how various plants and animals in the Age react to different stimuli.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it has commenced shipping the motorcycle racing game Riding Spirits for PS2 to North American retailers. The critically acclaimed title includes more than 200 licensed motorcycles from Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki, as well as licensed accessories and gear from Shoei, Alpinestars and other major race sponsors. Called "BAM! Entertainment's two-wheeled answer to Gran Turismo" by online video game magazine IGN.com, Riding Spirits has been in development by Spike in Japan for the past two years.

The people over at Unreal Admin Page tossed up an interview with Epic Games Joe "DrSin" Wilcox about some UT2003 Server only questions. Here is a clip:

Shaggy: Can we have an in game graphical interface to set admin/game options fitted as standard - I find the command line stuff too slow and easily screwed up so it would be nice if I didn't have to wait around for ages until some nice person wrote a mod for it.?

DrSin: Yes, but probably not until the first patch. Michel Comeau (DarkByte) is doing it once all the default in-game menus are done. He also wrote the new web admin system so I would expect it to follow the functionality fairly closely.

Keep your head down as you storm the beaches of Normandy to defeat the dreaded Nazi scourge. EA reveals details of Medal of Honor Frontline, the highly acclaimed first person shooter where players travel from the shores of France to the heart of Germany to put an end to Nazi tyranny. The game is currently under development for the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox video game system from Microsoft and will ship this fall. Details and screens below!

Rockstar Games and Sony Music Entertainment proudly announce a landmark collaboration to release the soundtrack for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the follow-up to the global blockbuster videogame, Grand Theft Auto 3.

CDV today updated there gaming sites with following news:

• Neocron has arrived in Germany! Read More
  
• Brand new screens from No Mans Land! Check them
  
• Demo of Project Nomads & new Screens! Here
  
• Four new Screens from BREED! See them here
  
• Project Nomads French Site online! Take me there

Welcome to America, 1492. The undiscovered continent has for centuries remained a beautiful and peaceful place, its indigenous people – but for the next 321 years it is the place of bloody conflict and almost continual warfare. Welcome to American Conquest, the most ambitious real-time strategy game to emerge from the stables of CDV Software Entertainment UK, the genre’s masters.

Today InfoGrames send us 20 screens of this Xbox fantasy footie title 'Sega Soccer Slam'. No more details at the moment, though. Enjoy the candy below!

Eastside Hockey Manager Franchise Edition to appear at London Arena Sports Interactive – developer of the recording breaking and best-selling football management game Championship Manager – has today announced the completion of yet another high-profile sponsorship deal to promote its forthcoming Eastside Hockey Manager Franchise Edition. The game, which is due for release during 2003, will receive a significant boost throughout the coming ice hockey season thanks to a year-long sponsorship agreement with the London Knights Ice Hockey Club.

PlayStation 2 gamers will soon be dancing to a new beat thanks to the revolutionary music mixing game ‘Ministry of Sound BPM: Build Play Mix’. A collaboration between Start! games, Intelligent Games and music masters Ministry of Sound, the game will offer music fans the chance to remix well known music, create their own tracks playback their mixes against a background of challenging graphic visualisations.

MicroMachines is one of the strongest and most successful franchises in the history of video games. It has now been updated to take advantage of the processing power of next-generation consoles. Read more for factsheets, characters, vehicles, modes, weapons and ofcourse a bunch of screens!

Thrustmaster is recognised worldwide as the experts in simulation and high technology accessories. F1 Force Feedback Racing Wheel for PC announced and 360 Modena Force GT Racing Wheel for Playstation announced.. Read more below for these two announcement!

New features in RollerCoaster Tycoon II will include a tuned ride creation system for more control while building roller coasters and scenery, new shops and stores to help raise player’s profits in their parks, new park themes to help gamers attract new customers to their theme parks and a scenario editor with which gamers can create their own park challenges.

With the most comprehensive entry level TV card available on the market, HERCULES is thrilled to announce the launch of its Smart TV. The new TV card will be available from our distributors at the end of september 2002. Smart TV is a fully featured PCI TV Card with which you can watch TV on your PC. With Smart TV you will be able to record movies and football games in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats onto your hard disk and directly Burn-to-disc recorded programs from Smart TV capture gallery.

Hercules is thrilled to announce the launch of its new DIGIFIRE 7.1 sound card. DIGIFIRE 7.1 completes Hercules' revolutionary 7.1 channel PCI sound card range with an all-in-one digital upgrade solution, providing both high speed FireWire connections and powerful audio performance in games and DVDs.

Can't wait for the release of TimeSplitters 2? We have a treat for you - a brand spanking new adrenaline filled trailer featuring bad-ass characters, big guns and thrilling locations set in the past, present and future for you to feast your eyes on! Click on this link and enjoy the ride - hold tight Ladies and Gentlemen as we prepare to split through time! TimeSplitters 2 is due for release in October on PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.

The official Gothic II website has a new section ... The making of Gothic II and they have put up the first part. First on deck is Sascha talking about 3d-modeling and texturing, offeringyou an inside view on the development and show you how the world of gothic II comes to live. Check it out!

The Great War has been fought for 50 years now. Mankind seems to be condemned to eternal warfare… That is, until the inconceivable is discovered: an unscrupulous military-industrial Consortium is speculating on the armies quoted on the stock exchange: the longer the war lasts, the richer the consortium becomes… A handful of men and women have now revolted, their aim: to throw off the yoke of tyranny and restore peace. To do this they must first find the consortium and then destroy it… Check the new batch of screens ...

In Bandits the player is thrown into a Mad Max-like environment where the survival of the fittest is decided by vehicle combat. A story driven action game where the handling of gears and guns decides your fate. Pretty cool demo they released the other day with 1 single player map and 2 different multiplayer maps. You can add various weapons to your car/buggy and different type of cars are available .. sounds promising so check out the 20+ screens ...

Splinter Cell invites gamers to delve into the dark shadows of cyber-terrorism, shadow agencies, and covert operations. The player controls Sam Fisher, a solo operative directed by a top secret, “black ops” wing of the National Security Agency. Alone, yet armed with some of the best hi-tech weapons on the market, Sam walks the fine line between what is legal and what is necessary. He must infiltrate enemy territory and neutralize the opponents—all without leaving a trace. We cant get enough of the game, so here are some more new screens ...

Naki, videogame accessories developer, announced today the release of the much-anticipated Naki G-Pak Console Organizer And Travel Case for PS2. The Naki G-Pak for PS2 was developed in response to the videogame industry' s acclaim and endorsement of its sister console system organizer and travel case, the Naki G-Pak for Xbox, which was released in January earlier this year. Within a month of its release, the Naki G-Pak for Xbox quickly snatched Official Xbox Magazine's "Editor's Choice Award" for best videogame system organizer and travel case for the Xbox..

The official Arxel Tribe site got an announcement up, letting us know that they been selected by Microsoft to join its X-Box Game developer Program. More news and info on this will follow in coming days..