Forget Sonic, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikachu and Harry Potter, it’s that ghost munching yellow ball that’s still the favourite, as Pac Man tops the Gameplay poll to find the greatest video game character of all time.

Mobile Forces offers all you'd expect from a 1st person shooter and more, the player takes a control of a wide range of vehicles, armed to the teeth with special weapons across a range of contemporary, military styled city locations. Crafty tactics need to be combined with a quick trigger finger if you're going to survive. Find out if you do… Njoy the screens!

Infogrames has announced today its partnership with the Australian surfwear brand, Billabong, to support the forthcoming European launch of the long awaited "Transworld Surf" video game - one title of Infogrames' Atari-branded range of extreme sports video games carrying the official Transworld* licence.

Feel what it's like to be on the court, battling with the best of the NBA, only with NBA LIVE 2002. Experience life in the paint and above the rim with emotion like that of an NBA Entertainment video, or highlight reel. See Steve Francis, up close and personal, debate a call with a referee or celebrate following a patented Francis high-flying slam-dunk. NBA LIVE 2002 brings the excitement and emotion into video game basketball.

Ad Hoc-Announcement: CDV Software Entertainment produces the second part of the blockbuster "Sudden Strike"..

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. today announced that it sold an additional 1.5 million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems since Thanksgiving week, bringing the overall installed base to 6.5 million units since its October 2000 debut.

Gamers are heading for the great outdoors with two new games from Activision Value, a division of Activision Publishing, Inc. -- "Cabela's Big Game Hunter Ultimate Challenge,'' the company's flagship title for the PlayStation game console, and "Cabela's 4X4 Off-Road Adventure 2'' for PC.

Today Creative Assembly has opened up the official site for there 3D turn-based RTS game, Medieval: Total War. The site includes as usually a lot of game information, screenshots and much more. Check it out!

A few days ago we tossed up the first announcement informing that Lord of the Rings is coming to a game machine near you... Today more details came in.. Electronic Arts officially announced that they have signed an exclusive deal with New Line Cinema to create games based on the upcoming The Lord of the Rings movies.

Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. , the exclusive publisher of all SQUARESOFT products in North America, announced today that FINAL FANTASY X, a PS2 exclusive and the latest installment in the best-selling FINAL FANTASY game series, started shipping to retailers nationwide, weeks earlier than the originally scheduled release of January. Consumers can expect to find the game on retail shelves beginning December 20.

Hired to hunt, paid to kill - Soldier of Fortune - Gold, the best-selling first-person shooter, is coming to PlayStation 2. Codemasters has secured from Majesco Sales Inc the European publishing rights to Raven Software's 18-rated classic.

Remedy Entertainment proudly announced that the award-winning PC title Max Payne has finished its evolution to the PS2 and XBOX gaming platforms. PS2 version was released in the North American market on Dec 10th, whereas the XBOX version of Max Payne was released on Dec 18th.

Codemasters has released a wealth of resources to support its military blockbuster Operation Flashpoint over the winter holidays. A new multiplayer demo, a new Upgrade and Gold Upgrade now available to buy as a download.

The adventures of Captain Janeway and her loyal Voyager crew are to continue on PlayStation 2 in Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force. Codemasters has secured the European publishing rights to the PlayStation 2 edition of Raven Software's fast-paced first person PC shooter epic from Majesco Sales Inc.

Star Wars Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II is a dynamic single and multiplayer action experience that continues the saga of the once powerful Jedi Knight, Kyle Katarn, as he struggles with the power – and dangers – of the Force. We now got five new screenshots, without pesky watermarks for a change!

1503 A.D. scenarios can be pretty exciting. One minute, you've discovered a beautiful island and are about to explore it, the next a massive volcano starts erupting and all your plans are thwarted. Or, your computer opponent hasn't taken any notice of you for ages, when he suddenly decides to establish diplomatic ties with you. Your hitherto peaceful trade routes are suddenly plagued by pirates or you happen upon a mysterious treasure on some idyllic island. So how much work does it involve to ensure that every scenario in 1503 A.D. tells a fascinating story? Read full Developer Diary Here!

Konami of America announced today that it will publish Motocross Maniacs Advance for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in Spring 2002. This game will have a retail price of $29.99.

Konami of America announced today that it will publish Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in April 2002. The first in a series of classic Konami game collections, Arcade Advanced will carry a suggested retail price of $29.99.

Take 2 gave us 21 screens from the good looking "expansion" game Tropico: Paradise Island.. There's a new website too. Release date for PC is January 2002. Find out more below. Njoy!

Seems like we missed to post this up a few days back.. Matrix has released five new games that span from Napoleon’s glittering armies to deadly combat above far-flung worlds. “We wanted to give gamers a choice,” says David Heath, Director of Operations for Matrix. “From hard-core wargamers to space strategy enthusiasts, there is something here for everyone.” Read more below to find out more about these new games.

LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is pleased to announce that STAR WARS Obi-Wan for Microsoft Xbox has been approved for manufacturing and will be in stores later this week! Check out more about this game at the official site.

RPGDot today tossed up Divine Divinity Developer Profile #5. This fifth edition, features independent graphic artist, Wouter de Winter. Here is a part of the article:

1) Tell us about yourself. Who are you and what do you do at Larian Studios.

Wouter De Winter is my name, but what does this tell you? Nothing much, apart from that it doesn't sound German. Which is convenient, because that is one of the many things I'm not. I'm also not gay (contrary to popular belief ;) ) Bring it on!

We picked ut the these words from Serious Monday development diary: The word that I would use to describe how demo went would be: "Super!" If we were in the fifties, the word would probably be: "Swell!". Thanks God we are not in the fifties. We received thousands of e-mails with positive reactions regarding demo and that's why we are all very happy and excited. It seems that you like new enemies, weapons, gameplay, setting, sounds, music... yadda yadda yadda... everything... except the box. Which you all just adore!

Gamespot today posted up a bunch of new gameplay movies from Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The movies is between 7 and 13 Mb to download and comes in MPEG format. Take me there!

Chaser is a first person shooter, built on the high-end 3D engine (CloakNT), in which main character passes through real environments and uses real weapons. Now there is a new movie available for download and you find it on the official site for the game.