The 21st century, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. The USS Shark, a nuclear submarine on an exploration mission, detects a strange echo on its sonar. No one on board can identify it – is it a creature from the depths or a man-made creation? One thing is sure, never in living memory has a sonar operator ever heard anything like it. The crew of the Shark is divided: should they go and investigate or wait and observe? The Secret of the Nautilus - inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - is released for PC CD-Rom priced £29.99 in May 2002.

Stealth Combat is a tactical action game for PC CD-Rom set in the near future, where a war is raging between the EMA (Economic and Military Alliance) and the Great Empire. Choose your side and immerse yourself in more than 25 infiltration, reconnaissance or destruction based missions in the cockpit of the best mobile military equipment the Special Forces have to offer. Stealth Combat is released in June 2002, priced £34.99.

THQ Inc. announced that it will unveil "Red Faction II" at the (E3) in Los Angeles on May 22. Developed exclusively for the PS2 by THQ's studio, Volition, "Red Faction II" is the sequel to one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed original game franchises of 2001. Featuring an enhanced Geo-Mod engine that allows players to strategically alter and destroy the game environment in real-time, "Red Faction II" builds upon the experience and technology of the original game with more blistering action, highly detailed graphics, new multi-player options and an engaging storyline. "Red Faction II" is scheduled to release in holiday 2002.

Free Mind Software turns back the clock for strategy games with Knights of the Cross. Based on a period in time surprisingly undiscovered by the gaming industry, the 15th Century conflicts between the Polish and German nations, KotC revives a game format that many will follow: that of the turn based strategy game.

The renowned UK development veterans, The Bitmap Brothers, creators of hit titles across almost every generation of hardware today announced a significant internal restructure to allow for expansion and diversification across current and future products and platforms.

THQ, developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, wireless devices and those manufactured by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will be at the biggest trade show (E3) for interactive entertainment, being held May 22-24, 2002 at the Los Angeles Convention Centre

Paradox Entertainment appoints CD Projekt to publish the Polish, Czech and Hungarian versions of Legion, the revolutionary strategy game based on the history of Roman Empire.

Since E3 is just around the corner so the past few weeks all major companies have send in their E3 lineup with titles they will be showing off during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in LA. Today Wanadoo send us their list showing off quite a few interesting titles to look out for in the coming year. Read more ...

HomeLAN chats with Amazing Games's James R. Shiflett as he talks about their upcoming super hero action-adventure-RPG Hero-X for publisher Infogrames. HomeLAN chats with Tesseraction Games' Kelly Asay and Blake Hutchins as they talk about their upcoming massively multiplayer combat game Enigma: Rising Tide. PC.IGN has posted up an extensive Q&A with Blizzard's Bill Roper as he talks about their upcoming and long awaited RTS title Warcraft III. Games-Fusion have Interviewed Oleg Yavorsky from GSC Game World to find out about their upcoming racing shooter, HoveRace. PC.IGN has up a brief Q&A with Big Huge Games's Brian Reynolds as he gives an update report on their upcoming RTS game Rise of Nations. GameSpot has a lenghty Q&A with Lionhead Studios founder Peter Molyneux talking about the upcoming Xbox RPG, Project Ego.

Japanese media reported on May 6th that the PS3 console is in development. The goal is to make new processor technology, called "grid" about 200x faster than current console technology. This is almost achieving their original goal of making the PS3 1000(!) times faster than the PS2. This goal was publicly set by Mr Okamoto, the Senior VP and Chief Technical Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, at the 2002 Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Full story over at PSR!

Ricochet is a classic brick busting game featuring state of the art graphics and incredible game play. It's a winning combination that your WHOLE family will enjoy. Grab the new demo 7MB right here, check out screens here.

The official site for Project Entropia now offers a new screenshot from the Commercial Trial Phase. "Project Entropia is the next generation of online Virtual Entertainment software. A persistent state virtual world that allows you to experience high adventure as well as more quiet times with friends online. It has a heavy MMORPG influence, but is much more than just a mere game".

The official site for the upcoming Xbox title Brute Force, an action-packed sci-fi squad-based shooter, has launched. Visit the site to get in-depth information on each of the operatives, enemy and world descriptions, screenshots, a video trailer and much more.

Blizzard tossed up the official system requirements for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and they are listed on their official site, there is also a new Night Elf wallpaper available for download!

A dozen new screenshots of Purge have been posted from the upcoming Purge beta. Images depict the wildly varied maps in Purge, from a six-story building to an outdoor snowy landscape. Last minute beta signups are still open. Purge begins its closed beta on June 1st. "Purge is an online-only computer game. It is a hybrid Role-Playing-Game / First-Person-Shooter set in the near future accounting a war between the diametrically opposed forces of science-fiction (the Order) and fantasy (the Chosen). Technology versus magic. Science versus religion. Purge is being developed by Freeform Interactive LLC and utilizes the LithTech Talon system".

Rage Software announced today that their 'vehicular team-based shooter' "Mobile Forces" has gone gold. "Mobile Forces is expected in stores in Europe end of May 2002 (retail price of £24.99). US people will have to be a little bit more patient as US Publisher Majesco has not yet confirmed a street date. If you cant wait then you can always check out the demo.

Quantum Redshift challenges gamers to display a rare combination of raw racing skill and savvy weapons strategy to achieve ultimate victory. We posted a trailer only a few days ago and here are some renders character and vehicle renders to enjoy.

We got 6 new screens showing off the never before seen demo level that was included in yesterday's Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast demo release. Check out the screens and either grab the demo or the map itself which is made available as a standalone download for the retail version. Njoy!

Today we score a few more screens from Ubisoft's upcoming tactical shooter Rainbow Six : Ravenshield. Showing off some splendid looking indoor and outdoor map shots.

We received a bunch of mail about that CDV tossed up the first Breed Q/A on their official forum for Breed. "Breed is an upcoming science fiction FPS game" There will be further question and answer sessions posted in the forum soon. Here is a clip from the Q/A:

Will there be the usual game types such as Capture the Flag (CTF), DeathMatch (DM), and Capture & Hold (C&H)?

Breed will not only support all the usual modes of multiplayer gaming (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, 'Hired Guns', 'Eliminator', 'Assimilation', Co-operative Mission, Opposing Mission) but will also introduce a number of original variants. We'll be revealing more details on these closer to the launch...

Today the first official plugin in what will be a series of official plugins has been released for "The Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind". This one is called Entertainers and is just 620 KB to grab. Read more below for download links and information!

Black Isle Studios tossed up the latest batch of Icewind Dale II interface screenshots! Be sure to mosey on over to the VISUALS section of the site to feast your eyes on 5 all new spiffy interface screenshots!

Bethesda Softworks Inc. a ZeniMax Media company, today announced that it will publish Black & White for the PlayStation game console throughout North America. This award-winning, best selling title, created by Lionhead Studios, is a unique god simulation game that allows you to play the role of a god as you interact with villagers.

Dragon empires is a MMORPG where the game play encourages players to group together into clans and fight with other clans. Among other things, clans compete for glory and for ownership of the 50 cities scattered throughout the world across 5 empires. Check out some new screens below!

Yeti Interactive today announced that it has changed its name to Tiwak(TM). Tiwak was founded in August 2000 by key members of the development team for the award-winning action-platformers Rayman and Rayman 2.

"We had the team choose between various names, and Tiwak was the clear winner! We later found out that Tiwak was the name of a little boy, hero of an Indian legend. It was just cool!", said Yann Le Tensorer, CEO of Tiwak.