Ubi Soft® Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Visiware announced today they have signed a worldwide accord to publish games based on the classic novel "Planet of the Apes" written by Pierre Boulle, and which will feature elements from the classic “Planet of the Apes” film franchise.

TDK Mediactive, Inc. , a global publisher of entertainment software, announced today that in cooperation with TDK Mediactive Europe, a division of TDK Recording Media Europe S.A., the company has the exclusive North American publishing and distribution rights for games based on the Mercedes-Benz license.

The Simpsons Road Rage blends renowned Simpsons wit and edge-of-your-seat racing action into a rip-roaring, reckless and riotously-funny arcade-style driving game. An XBoX version is also scheduled but wont be ready till early 2002.

EON Digital Entertainment announced today it will be the European publisher for the latest title in Bethesda Softworks’ epic, best-selling, award-winning RPG series: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

Team Vortex just put up a playable demo for Operation Na Pali, their upcoming single-player Unreal Tournament modification - mission pack. You can grab this 26 Mb file here! We also got 4 screens for you to check out here..

UK developer/publisher Akaei took their ECTS opportunity with both hands and decided to get busy... New deals and new products ...

Red Alert fans will face another challenge this fall with an expansion to Red Alert 2. Westwood Studios™ announced today that Command & Conquer Red Alert Yuri’s Revenge™ has gone gold and will ship to stores in North America September 25.

EA MAKES INTERACTIVE GAMES MORE IMMERSIVE WITH MULTICHANNEL SOUND FROM DTS¨.. EA’s NHL 2002 and SSX Tricky For The PlayStation 2 Console Offers Theater Quality Sound.

You can now mount horses. (Stop snickering at the back.) Check out some screens and the gameinfo through this link!!

All Aboard! Flyinglab.com releases original photos and sound recordings from the upcoming game, Rails Across America... And yes .. they DO really have a Mountain named after "ME" (aswell as a baseball team and my own beer ;)

Interactive entertainment company Infogrames, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with UK-based game publisher, Codemasters. Under the terms of the one-year deal, Infogrames will be the sole distributor of Codemasters’ interactive entertainment titles throughout North America.

Westwood Studios announced today that it will release Command & Conquer™ Theater of War™, a bundle of four of its most popular C&C games. The bundle includes the original Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun™, Red Alert™ and Red Alert 2. Theater of War is published by Electronics Arts under the EA GAMES™ brand.

Futuristic First Person Action Game Lands on Mars Next Fall. Fishtank Interactive announced today that they have signed the worldwide publishing rights for the action game "Chaser(tm)," and the company plans to ship the game in Fall of 2002.

DuelField’s Disciple edition will be launched at the beginning of December. This version features free access and free software. It allows gamers to get familiar with the game’s rules without worrying about time limitation.

Jeepers Creepers anybody? 3DO brings us some truely weirdo characters in their upcoming PS2 title 'Shifters'. Nine pics of the characters. And a charming looking bunch they are too.

MindArk's Virtual World Welcomes 500 New Participants. MindArk AB announced that the Phase II beta test of its innovative Internet-based interactive entertainment enterprise, Project Entropia, has begun.

Microsoft Corp. today announced it had reached an agreement with Indianapolis Colts Pro Bowl quarterback Peyton Manning for Manning to be the spokesman for "NFL Fever 2002," Microsoft's exclusive football title for the Xbox™ video game system.

Electronic Arts® and Thrustmaster® have joined forces to bring together the best elements of software and hardware for the Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, to give gamers the ultimate gaming experience.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.'s 'Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2' becomes official BMX VIDEO GAME SPONSOR of 2001 Gravity Games. Game Kiosks, Event Signage, Internet Promotions and National Television Exposure Kick Off 'Freestyle Thursday' September 6, 2001 At Annual Extreme Sports Competition.

Nintendo's did let us see there new miniature console in London ECTS show. It's small thats for sure. Hmm! Check it out here..

Lost Boys games has signed a deal this week with Havok, which will enable it full use of the Havok Physics Technology. This technology will be used on the 3D platform action adventure Knights, currently in development in the company's Amsterdam Studio.

Havok previewed the Havok 1.5 SDK at ECTS, it will be on full release in early October. Added features to the top selling physics SDK include fast character cloth, enhanced deformable object physics and a groundbreaking car dynamics tool for real time changes. The Havok Car Tuning Tool is the first application that facilitates real-time tuning of vehicle SDK parameters via a graphical user interface.

Mr. Molyneux certainly let go with all guns at this year's ECTS: we now have solid confirmation that a sequel to Black&White is in development. Read more about it over at PlanetBlackAndWhite.. Source: GameSpyDaily

Leading UK developer BITS Studios signs its Next Gen John McClane adventure with Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing International.

There is a new movie avaliable now from Commandos 2: Men of Courage. The movie is 15.1 meg MPEG to download and you can get it here!