Shiver me timbers! Computer and video game publisher Gathering of Developers, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. along with developer Frog City Software, today announced "Tropico 2: Pirate Cove," the sequel to the publisher's top-selling Caribbean simulation, "Tropico." Set on a hidden pirate island and starring some of history's scurviest sea dogs, the game is scheduled to ship this fall.

Nintendo today released some screens from their upcoming Game Cube title, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Relic will be releasing both animatic and NIS sequences from Homeworld on a weekly basis starting today. The first of these animatic sequences is now available for download "34 MB" for your viewing pleasure and can be downloaded HERE!

Impossible Creatures is a 3-D real-time strategy game that pits the player against an evil villain in an action-packed campaign across a chain of remote and diverse islands. Using Earth's most formidable animals as building blocks, the player creates an army of unique, mutant monsters in a desperate struggle to protect an unsuspecting world from a horrible fate. Impossible Creatures is set for a worldwide release sometime in 2002 via Microsoft. Check out some screens below!

Earlier we tossed up the announcement from Lucas Arts and their upcoming XBox - PC title, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Now we bring you six Xbox shots, seven bits of character art and four pieces of concept art, which even we have to concede look pretty tasty.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it will publish Way of the Samurai for the Sony PlayStation 2. Way of the Samurai, a 3D action-adventure game, is a weapons-based combat game with an interesting story element that follows a sizeable cast of characters. Way of the Samurai is being developed by Japan-based Acquire, the developer of the first two titles in the acclaimed Tenchu series, and will ship later this spring.

Nintendo send us some screens from their upcoming Game Cube title, Mario Sunshine. Release date: TBA.

Sega Sports, the brand that continues to set new standards in sports gaming, today announced the signing of New York Yankees Jason Giambi to a multi-year deal to serve as the official spokesperson and cover athlete for the "World Series Baseball" franchise. Sega Sports gamers also scored another "home run" today with the announcement that the highly anticipated "Sega Sports World Series Baseball" video game which ships in May 2002, will be available exclusively on the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.

Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, today confirmed that its highly anticipated PC adventure game, "The Watchmaker", will ship May 15, 2002.

LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC today announced its upcoming role playing game (RPG), Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, will debut on the Xbox video game system this fall and release on PC early 2003. Developed by BioWare Corp., the dramatic game features an original story set some 4,000 years prior to the timeframe of the Star Wars films in an era dominated by an epic conflict between the Jedi and the evil Sith.

The world of Dragon Empires, Codemasters’ massively multiplayer online RPG of incredible fantasy and clan rule, has been named “Fortitude” by the renowned science fiction and fantasy author Piers Anthony... Read more below!

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced that Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis, its futuristic Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game has gone gold and is expected to ship to U.S. retail stores on March 19, with an MSRP of $39.99.

Well MS today send us even more game overviews and screens from a bunch of upcoming games.. We collected all of them in this posting.. You find screens and overviews from following games below: Rise of Nations, Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, Impossible Creatures, Combat Flight Simulator 3 and Asheron's Call 2.. Njoy!

It’s time to call in the reinforcements with “MechWarrior 4 Inner Sphere ‘Mech Pak,” an add-on pack to the popular “MechWarrior 4: Vengeance.” Each “‘Mech Pak” provides further depth, creating the most complete “MechWarrior” experience in the long history of the franchise.

CVG today tossed up a movie trailer of the upcoming MMORPG title Highlander the Gathering by Kalisto Entertainment. You find it here!

We just received some fact sheet and screens from Microsoft and their upcoming title, Dungeon Siege.. If the rumours are to be believed, they've nearly finished it.

Activision, Inc. and Totally Games are putting gamers on the bridge of the most powerful ships in the Federation with the release of Star Trek: Bridge Commander. In the game, players must take command of a Galaxy- class starship after a massive solar eruption destroys a Federation colony and kills the captain.

Famous fantasy author Piers Anthony bids you welcome to Fortitude, the world of Dragon Empires.. The world of Dragon Empires, Codemasters' massively multiplayer online RPG of incredible fantasy and clan rule, has been named "Fortitude" by the renowned science fiction and fantasy author Piers Anthony.

Bam! Entertainment is proud to release the world's first screenshots from its explosive new game currently in development at Kuju Entertainment. Reign of Fire for PlayStation 2 will throw gamers into ferocious battles between two ancient species fighting for survival: humans and dragons. An action-packed game set in the near future, players will choose to take the side of the humans - struggling against a seemingly insurmountable fire-breathing foe, or to play as a dragon that's out to eradicate everything in its path.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, and CBS Consumer Products, CBS Enterprises, a division of CBS Broadcasting Inc. and Alliance Atlantis, today announced an exclusive licensing agreement for Ubi Soft to develop and publish games based on the popular television series CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONTM for all platforms. The PC version of the game will be the first to ship worldwide in the latter half of 2003.

Today at the Microsoft PC Games International Games Festival, Microsoft Game Studios announced that the newest version of its best-selling PC golf franchise, "Links 2003," is scheduled to hit store shelves this holiday season. PGA superstar Sergio Garcia returns to headline an all-star lineup of well-known professional golfers featured in "Links 2003."

Dungeon keepers, Cyclopes and golf pros headlined Las Vegas today as Microsoft PC Games unveiled its 2002--2003 games portfolio at the Microsoft PC Games International Games Festival. The two-day Las Vegas event celebrates innovation in gaming and spotlights some of the industry's greatest talents -- including Chris Taylor, Bruce Shelley and Brian Reynolds -- and the most anticipated PC games, from game-of-the-year contender "Age of Mythology " to "Dungeon Siege."

Grandia II takes the player to a world, in which good and evil are putting themselves in an endless fight. Before long time Granus gave humans the light to hope and it attained satisfaction. But Valmur, the prince of the darkness, tries to steal this light from the humans . Granus fights courageously, in order to protect mankind, but the fight lasts eternally. It is now over 10,000 years ago that this fight took place, but the earth trembles already again under the influence of the forthcoming fight. UbiSoft is releasing Grandia II for PS2 and PC .. Check the 2 mins long NEW trailer (17mb)!

Ubi Soft send us notice about a new trailer they just prepared on a new upcoming game ... not much info is known nor available .. but its called Hoodlum's .. Grab the Real Player Media File here (2mb) or get our converted mpeg file HERE (7mb)...

Sega of America today announced that its recently launched "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle" for the Nintendo GameCube was the #1 selling game for the system in its first week of sales according to independent retail data from NPD TRSTS (week ending 2/16/02). Selling five times more than the #2 title and as much as the next 12 titles combined, "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle" marks the debut of Sega's mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog, on a new next-generation video game system.