GameSpot sits down and talk to Digital Extremes lead designer Pancho Eekels about Unreal Tournament II, "the recently confirmed first-person shooter".

Pancho Eekels: Unreal II is a single-player-focused mission-based game and has lots of story and background, tasks, and events, as well as a bit more action than the original. Unreal Tournament 2 is a sequel to the original multiplayer-focused action-packed game for the PC. Unreal Championship for Xbox is similar to Unreal Tournament 2 in the multiplayer focus and action but incorporates the element of console play into an FPS that many have not been able to do yet.

The turn-based strategy game Disciples II: Dark Prophecy from Strategy First returns you to the magical realm of the Sacred Lands where four races - the Empire, the Mountain Clans, the Legions of the Damned and the Undead Hordes - continue the battle for the destiny of their Gods.

Developed By Gathering Of Developers and Published By Take2, Stronghold is one of 2001's BEST Real Time Strategy Games. Plain and Simple... If you want to know WHY ... read on ... then go buy it!

Six new preview movies of Kreed is now available on Giga.de. Each of the six movies requires the DivX codec, and range from 12 to 46 Mb in size. Kreed is a upcoming shooter being developed by Burut. Here they are.

Once again the Medal of Honor site is hosting a new preview movie, this time showing off some footage of the tank in action. The movie is in .mov format, and available in both 1.4 and 4.2Mb download. Grab this one here.

Leisure announced today that seven of the company's hit arcade titles for DVD Video including Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp are now Mac compatible. The latest Mac Operating System, version 10.1, enables fans of these much-loved titles to enjoy these classics for the first time at home.

Activision gave us an update on the 1.1 patch for Castle Wolfenstein. It looks like the patch will be released on Monday and not today as some sites hinted. Here is a snap..

The Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.1 multiplayer patch that was originally scheduled to be released late this week will be available on Monday. We had a minor issue with the update installer which we have fixed and are now testing. This is a multiplayer only patch (does not affect single player at all), and will be compatible with the original 1.0 version of the game.

Val d’Isère – Ski Park Manager will drive you in one of the most pleasant simulation of management : to take the control of a holiday resort. A winter one ! And winter comes quickly…

New World Order is most likely to succeed where many other First Person Shooters failed ... Unless a nuclear attack wipes out the world .. New World Order will be the first REAL CounterStrike killer ... Something i personally have been looking for... Project 3 Interactive was so kind to send us 10 exclusive screens and some product information ... A Multiplayer Demo is to be expected next month (february) so keep checking in with us if you want it ;) Full game expected in May 2002!

Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced the signing of an exclusive European publishing contract with Bethesda Softworks Inc., a ZeniMax Media company. The agreement covers nine games, including several yet-to-be-announced titles and the highly anticipated The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC and Xbox video game system from Microsoft, as well as the award-winning Sea Dogs for PC. Sea Dogs will be released in Q1 2002 and Morrowind will arrive in Spring 2002.

Strategy First is lining up 3 brand new titles due for release SOON. The English version of the German blockbuster "Diggles", the impressive looking Disciples II : Dark Prophecy and Trainz, the train simulator developed by Australia's Auran ... Dont forget to wipe off the drool ...

The "AirBlade" is an anti-gravity skateboard that allows users to fly through the sky and to do the wildest tricks ever imagined, without any limits. Grinding rooftops, weaving over cars, swinging around flagpoles and doing just about everything any thrasher has ever wanted to do is now made possible. Best of all, AirBlade will be a "many-tricks pony".

MathEngine has received the endorsement of one of the world’s leading development studios with the announcement that Peter Molyneux’s Lionhead Studios has adopted its Karma physics solution for use in the creation of the PlayStation2 and Xbox versions of the star designer's best-selling game, Black & White.

The Sims and their families have been in overdrive with all the bustle of the holidays and the magic of Livin’ It Up, the parties of House Party and the social obligations of Hot Date. They need a break and The Sims On Holiday provides the perfect opportunity to give them a little rest and relaxation on a fun-filled vacation island!

Capcom send over six new biohazardous shots from the upcoming GameCube title, Resident Evil.

TTG has tossed up screens from Settlers IV The Troyans and Star Wars: Starfighter, Eurogamer got a bunch of screens from Team Factor and there are some new Kreed screens on Daily Telefrag.

We managed to track down one of Philos Entertainment's developers working on the upcoming Space Sim/Strategy game "Imperium Galactica III: Genesis" A few impressive looking screens were also given up after we threatened to brake his pinky toe .. sucker!

Interactive Ideas, a leading distributor, have decided to go in to publishing and their first game called Atrox is out in April. Atrox is a strategy game for the PC and has already sold well in Korea.

Playnet.com,Cornered Rat Software and Strategy First announced today details of a re-evaluation program targeting former account holders, providing an opportunity to experience the many improvements made since launch.

On the official forum for Master of Orion III you can read following statement that Quicksilver changed the release date of Master of Orion 3 from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2002."The Official Release Date for Master of Orion III is second quarter of 2002." Read on..

Electronic Arts today announced plans to release this Spring The Sims Vacation, a new add-on disk to the top-selling PC game of 2000 & 2001, The Sims. The Sims and their families have been in overdrive with all the bustle of the holidays and the magic of Livin' Large, the parties of House Party and the social obligations of Hot Date.

3DO just send over a couple sheets of wallpaper. No not to decorate your living room with! Read more below to view and download..

For fun and quirky gameplay, Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. Mini-Games let kids join Mike, Sulley and the monsters gang - where else? - in the "Wreck" room, the place where monsters relax after a long day at the scream factory.

Junior monsters offered 300 levels of fun-filled ‘work’ in Disney Interactive’s junior game for Windows PC. We all know what they do at night, but what do monsters do throughout their working day?

This is the last part of the 1503 A.D. series "A King's Tale". Soon, a new series will be started on www.1503ad.com! Check out Part X: The Falcon No Longer Flies.