With just 9 days to go, the countdown to the release of The Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys on November 16th 2001 is well underway. Christmas is just around the corner and this incredible product looks set to bring PC's nationwide to life!

Take 2 sended us factsheet for the sequel to the surprisingly enjoyable, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, um, original. With, interestingly, PC split-screen support. Check out facts and screens here!

A new Take 2 site to support both the UK consumer and trade partners is now live at: www.take2games.co.uk

Bits Studios unveils details of a new breed of real-time strategy blaster for the Game Boy Advance..

Valve is the people behind Half-LIfe and now they currently looking for betatester for coming games in the future.. Try to sign up as betatester here!

TDK Mediactive, Inc. , a global publisher of entertainment software, announced today the shipment of "Shrek(TM)" for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft.

Half-Life for PS2 that is developed at Gearbox Software got the relesedate set. Sierra today announced that Half-Life for PS2 is shipping to retailers across North America on November 14 and around the world by November 23. *yum yum*

We posted earlier today that Magic: The Gathering will be released for PC next year.. Now we have the first screens from the game. Check them out below!

THQ is preparing to blow open the next-generation wrestling genre on the PlayStation 2, and they're releasing new movies each week until release. Grab this 7 meg new movie here!

Return to the world of Khaldun, this time as a villain! Kohan: Ahriman's Gift ships to stores nationwide. Check out our preview we made on that game a little while ago ... Click HERE to read the preview

THQ sended over 5 new screens and 5 arts to us from the game Power Rangers: Time Force.. We tossed them up here!

Be at home wherever you roam with the Thornberrys in this all-new CD-ROM adventure. From the deserts to the forests to the deepest, darkest jungles, collect points in five games with up to ten levels each. Choose any one of the games from the worldwide map, and zoom into action-packed arcade-style adventure, right on your computer! The screens is here!

Depth and diversity of play, combined with 24-hour access to opponents and continual events, will make Magic Online the ultimate online competition. Wizards of the Coast to Release Magic: The Gathering® Online Game. Pressrelease below!

We got six new screens from Codemaster, showing player-character interaction in an evocative fantasy world, Codemasters has revealed new concept screenshots for its massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. Check them out!

When you enter the world of Gothic you must prepare to be consumed by a landscape unlike any you will have encountered before and when you take on the challenge of Gothic you must be prepared to face your ultimate quest.

Strategy First continues to expand worldwide, announcing today that it has signed a distribution agreement with two leading European companies, Nobilis and Vision Park.

The most advanced flight simulator ever made available for the PC! This spectacular product contains all of the real life flight dynamics of America’s top Air superiority fighter jet. Fly in real world missions and scenarios facing the best pilots in the world. Design your own missions and arm your plane the way you want. This real model of the world’s most stunning fighter plane will have you searching out an oxygen mask - at your desk!

Xicat Interactive are pleased to announce the signing of Takeda for PC CD ROM…Director of Sales Steve Brown commented Takeda is another title that really pushes the boundaries of RTS gaming. Based upon Historical data of some of great 16th Century Samurai, we are sure Takeda will find a home on all RTS games players machines.

Rage, the computer games developer and publisher, today announces that it has launched a brand new dedicated web site for its forthcoming David Beckham Soccer game.

Volition is ecstatic to bring you the brand new Sniper City Multiplayer Deathmatch level created by Brad Johnson! This map features two huge facing towers and plenty of long-range weaponry. Its an exciting frag-fest for all involved! Download it here!

JoWooD just announced that Rally Trophy for the PC will be available in a few weeks. Gamers can choose from 11 vintage cars like the 1971 Ford Escort, 1963 Ford Lotus Cortina, or a 1962 Volvo Amazon, and race them on "42 incredibly large and detailed tracks that wind their way through 5 different countries." Sounds pretty nice.. "i want the game now!" ;)

Activision just released an updated Return to Castle Wolfenstein demo that is 60 megs. It's essentially the same as the first demo, but has a few bug fixes and engine improvements. No patch avaliable so you have to download the whole thing again to play on the updated servers. Return to Castle Wolfenstein will ship on 11/23 2001. Grab this new version over at BluesNews.

Since we have been reporting about RayMan M quite a few times lately we at the WP staff decided to put on our cloak cape, infiltrate in the Ubi Soft Development studio and sneak up on RayMan M Project Managers Riccardo Lenzi & Arnaud Carrette... Still in cloak they had no idea who we were ... and bared all ... (thats why we did not include any photo's .. it was a horrifying sight).. Njoy!

Radica U.K Ltd, manufacturers of the highly regarded range of Gamester accessories have announced their launch line up of officially licenced Xbox video game system peripherals. The product range has been developed by a team of key designers in the UK and US in conjunction with Microsoft. Each accessory has been designed to be ergonomic and durable, giving gamers an “Unfair Advantage” across the complete range of Xbox games.