Taste the PAIN with the face damage in Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing. The PAIN (Polymorphic And Interpolative Node-mapping) damage engine, created especially for Codemasters’ Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing, delivers dynamic visuals of boxers’ faces that show off the game’s promise of being the most intense boxing experience on consoles.

The science fiction shooter BREED by Brat Designs, to be released the 2nd half of 2002, will skillfully blend addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the game potential but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world. Today the official site for Breed is updated with an example for the development process in the form of USC GRUNT (Genetically Revived UNiversal Tactical Sentient).

Sega send over 16 rather fuzzy screenshots from their upcoming Game Cube title, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Check them out below!

Seems like we missed to toss this announcement up, but here it is anyway.. Konami of America, Inc. announced today that its successful PlayStation 2 adventure game, Shadow of Destiny, will be released for the PC in April 2002. Originally released in Spring 2001, Shadow of Destiny has received numerous accolades for its rich story line and stunning graphics.

XGR tossed up a bunch of new screens from press the build of the 3D tactical RPG, Freedom Force, that is in the works at Irrational Games.

Fileplanet is now mirroring the Star Trek: Bridge Commander Demo. The demo is 120 MB to grab and you can find it HERE. It´s also available on the official site for Bridge Commander. The demo requires 350 MB of uncompressed temporary space to install (but requires only 275 MB of permanent hard drive space to run).

Today, Westwood Studios and GameSpy Arcade will be holding an official multiplay demo of Command & Conquer Renegade. GameSpy Arcade will be the exclusive download site and host for the demo, which includes one multiplayer map, and will allow full access to all 28 characters, 23 weapons, and 11 vehicles available in the team-based C&C Mode. The demo will be found on FilePlanet!

Update: Westwood Studios has released the playable demo now for Command & Conquer: Renegade, its recently gone gold first person shooter. Grab the demo true the link above or head over to tiscali.cz to download it.

The great conflicts of the Star Wars universe become larger and more dynamic this spring with Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns, a collection of new scenarios enhancements for last year's acclaimed RTS (real-time strategy) game from LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. Expected to release in May on the PC, Clone Campaigns is inspired by the large-scale battles in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, as well as the classic and expanded Star Wars universe.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, a world leader in interactive entertainment, today announced that Destroyer Command, its highly anticipated World War II naval combat simulation, has shipped to retail shelves.

Fileplanet offers a new 3 MB movie today from Gas Powered Games 3D role-playing game, Dungeon Siege. Here it is!

Today Westwood released a new 10.9 MB movie of Command & Conquer Renegade, showing some action from their imminent first- and third-person shooter. Grab it here!

Titus Interactive has today confirmed that Top Gun: Combat Zones will be released on Game Cube in June 2002, making it the first air combat title to touch down on Nintendo’s home console. Facts and new screens below!

Today Voodooextreme talk to Black Cactus about Warrior Kings, their promising real-time strategy wargame hybrid heading to the PC courtesy of Microids. Here is a snap:

VE: Is any part of the game scaled down for multiplayer, or is it essentially the same as the single player game?

Nothing is scaled down in the multiplayer game. It has different maps, but all the units, tech tree etc are the same as the single player game. As in the single player game, everyone starts of as the same neutral race, and depending on how they progress through the tech tree they end up Pagan, Imperial or Renaissance... Read full interview here!

BAM! Entertainment today announced that the highly experienced development team, BAM! Studios Europe is taking its explosive PlayStation 2 racing game Driven to the Nintendo GameCube.

Yesterday we tossed up the first two screens from Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4, today we bring you six new ones..

Cube-Europe reports that Take-Two Interactive announced the planning to release Serious Sam 2 and Smuggler's Run 2 on the GameCube. The games will be released somewhere mid 2002.

Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4 is the latest instalment in a hugely successful PC racing series, having sold over 2 million units worldwide. The new edition will launch on both PC and Xbox in June 2002, bringing the sheer exhilaration of real F1 racing to a massive global audience. Check out first screens below!

Activision, Inc. and Totally Games highly anticipated space combat sim, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, has gone gold and is on its way to manufacturing. The game puts the player in command of a Galaxy-class starship tasked with identifying the cause of a mysterious solar eruption that destroyed a Federation colony. During the journey, players battle the Romulans, align with the Klingons, investigate the treacherous Cardassians, and reveal a secret plot that threatens the balance of power in the Alpha Quadrant. Star Trek: Bridge Commander is rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB and carries a suggested retail price of $49.99.

This month, SUNFLOWERS and Max Design are releasing details about trading in “1503 A.D.”. Trade is one of the five challenges players will have to master in 1503 A.D. alongside settling, exploration, diplomacy and combat. Read more about it here!

GameActive Networks is happy to announce that versions of the localized adrenaline-pumping unrelenting action Solaris 104 have just hit Poland and Italy; in Poland the game is distributed by TopWare Poland, while in Italy it's being distributed by Microforum Italia. The English wide-European version will be hitting shelves in the UK, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Benelux and Switzerland in the end of February (distributed by Akaei PLC), while the North American version will be hitting stores in March. The official English demo will be coming soon. Stay tuned!!

JD over at tiscali.cz let us know that they have a premiere demo of Hooligans: Storm over Europe, "recently released controversial real-time strategy from Darxabre". The object is to become the most notorious group of Hooligans in Europe. You must kill, maim and destroy the opposing Hooligan teams. You muster and control your faithful troops by administering drugs, alcohol and ofcourse a good dose of violence every now and then.The demo is 63 MB to grab and you find it here.

Nickelodeon today named THQ Inc. master interactive licensee for several of Nickelodeon leading properties. THQ now holds exclusive, worldwide interactive rights to publish games based on all existing and future individual Nickelodeon animated TV and movie properties targeting kids ages 6-11 on every game system through 2005. Game systems include those manufactured by Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, as well as PC.

Nintendo of America Inc. announced today upcoming releases for NINTENDO GAMECUBE slated for the first half of 2002. Star Fox Adventures and Eternal Darkness just part of a total library of 60 games expected by the end of June..

Yesterday Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and Impressions Games announced the development of "Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom," the newest addition to their award-winning City Building Series of games. Today we bring you five screenshots of Impressions' oriental city-building game. Enjoy!

Ubi Soft proudly announces of a five-year licensing agreement with Dupuis Publishing to bring the world of Largo Winch to video games. Ubi Soft will develop and publish an adventure game for the PlayStation 2, PC and X-Box in September 2002.