As a prelude to the launch of the highly-anticipated second season of Witchblade on June 16, Turner Network Television (TNT) will offer a sneak peek of "Witchblade: The Game" May 22-24 at the E3 Expo 2002, Room 501C, West Hall, Level 2, in the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. a leading manufacturer of video game accessories, today announced that the "Beat Pad" controller for Playstation2, compatible with THQ Inc.'s Britney's Dance Beat, is now available. Mad Catz' "Beat Pad," a digital controller for dance and action games, features four-way directional control, ten large high-performance action pads and a durable tactile surface for enhanced comfort and improved handling.

Warning! Helmets are NOT included. Infogrames, Inc. a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment software, will send Xbox gamers on a wild ride this Fall with Furious Karting, an extreme go-kart racing game soaked in attitude and hard-wired with pure adrenaline. Developed by Paris-based Babylon Software, Furious Karting is scheduled for a global release for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft in Q3 2002.

Infogrames, Inc. a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment software, announces that its highly anticipated video game, Enter The Matrix, developed in conjunction with the upcoming sequel to the critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning action thriller THE MATRIX, will be created for all next-generation platforms, including the PlayStation2, Xbox , Nintendo GameCube and the PC. (thanks Blues).

Davilex Games is delighted to announce a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Licensing, Inc., negotiated through Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, to produce a brand new Knight Rider based game for the PC and next-generation platforms. The Knight Rider game incorporates elements from racing, action and adventure genres and is slated for release on the PS2, PC, XBox, Gamecube and GBA in Q4 of 2002.

Project Three announce that the Public NEW WORD ORDER Multiplayer Beta Test will be released in the week after E3 (27th to 31st of May 2002). "New World Order is a single and multiplayer team-based game where teams battle it out in environments and situations that could be taken right out of an action-movie". Check out Game features HERE!

Infogrames, Inc. is working with leading developer Black Ops Entertainment to create Fugitive Hunter, a realistic first-person action game for the PS2 . Fugitive Hunter will put players in the shoes of Jake Seaver, a bounty hunter whotracks down and captures the world's most dangerous fugitives alive.

Activision, Inc. today announced that it has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish interactive entertainment games based on Revolution Studios’ upcoming feature film “XXX” starring Vin Diesel of “The Fast and the Furious.” The film reunites Diesel with Rob Cohen and Neal H. Moritz, respectively the director and producer of “The Fast and the Furious.”

Black Isle Studios, the award-winning RPG (roleplaying game) division of Interplay, and leading console game developer Snowblind Studios announced today their plan to bring the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance franchise to the Xbox.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced that it has entered into a publishing agreement under which 1C: Maddox Games will develop new content for the multi-award winning WWII combat flight simulation title, IL-2 Sturmovik. IL2-Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles will include two new maps for Finland and Hungary, expanding the battlefield for both single and multiplayer modes. It will also feature more than 20 new single player missions and ten cooperative multiplayer missions. IL2-Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles is expected to ship to retail stores worldwide in Fall 2002.

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. today announced the launch of the Company's Fall 2002 line of peripherals for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance. Man, these E3 line ups are starting to bore me to death .. get it over with already ;)

Grab your skateboard and a nice piece of asphalt as a skate tour has come to Springfield and the entire town has gone skate crazy on the half-pipes, ramps and rails. EA and Fox Interactive today announce that the Simpsons will be back on the PlayStation2 this summer with The Simpsons Skateboarding.

Rockstar Games is pleased to announce the return of the Rockstar Games Upload online media awards to celebrate independent artistic endeavors on the Internet. In 2001, Rockstar hosted what was considered to be the first strictly online media awards program where an astounding collection of imaginative contest entries were sent in via the Rockstar FTP site. Judging for the contest and the awards ceremony took place entirely online, making for a completely digital experience.

LucasArts will bring Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a ground and air-based combat action game inspired by and expanding upon one of the Star Wars galaxy's most dramatic and intensely fought conflicts, to Nintendo GameCube and PS2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, to be published and distributed by LucasArts and developed by Pandemic Studios, is expected to release on both platforms in fall 2002.

Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, today announced development of the first expansion to their award winning real-time strategy game, Empire Earth. In development by Mad Doc Software and due on store shelves this Fall, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest expands the scope of Empire Earth further into the future, allowing for planetary conquest. The expansion pack offers a new Space Age Epoch that covers the time period from 2200 to 2300 A.D., Earth's near future, and adds three new single-player campaigns, unique units, buildings, special powers and more to Empire Earth. Players have conquered new lands before, but this time to continue the dominance of their civilization, they must cross the boundaries of space.

Midway Games Inc. announced today that Haven: Call Of The King, a groundbreaking action and fantasy console videogame, is in development. Haven: Call Of The King is scheduled to ship fall 2002 for next-generation systems and is being developed by acclaimed London-based developer, Traveller's Tales.

Publisher and game site iGames along with developer S2 Games today announced its first multiplayer game for the PC, “Savage.” Set in a primal fantasy world torn apart by two power-hungry factions, Man and Beast, the game combines the best elements of real-time strategy with intense first person combat. With a fantastic storyline and the capacity to engage 64 players at a time, “Savage” provides gamers with the most realistic fantasy battle experience to date. Savage is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2003. Savage will be shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Kentia Hall, booth number 7336.

Rockstar Games announced today that Midnight Club 2, the sequel to the highly successful award winning PS2 launch title Midnight Club, is in production for the PS2.

THQ Inc. and SEGA Corporation today announced they will unveil three more titles in their exclusive, 16-title Game Boy Advance co-publishing agreement at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. ALTERED BEAST: GUARDIAN OF THE REALMS and THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI are scheduled for release in late 2002, while SPACE CHANNEL 5 is scheduled for an early 2003 release.

As a world premiere, during E3 2002 Ubi Soft Entertainment will be unveiling Project BG&E, the latest creation by Michel Ancel, creator of the critically acclaimed Rayman series. Project BG&E is scheduled to ship to retail shelves in the 1st Quarter of 2003 with availability on all next generation consoles and PC.

The biggest Dungeons & Dragons adventure ever to hit a next-generation game console comes to the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube video game system this Autumn with Dungeons & Dragons Heroes from Infogrames.

THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced WWE Crush Hour. The first ever car combat experience featuring World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars allows players to engage in battle across 12 intense levels littered with deadly traps and hazards. Developed by THQ subsidiary Pacific Coast Power & Light Co., WWE Crush Hour is the latest videogame based on the highly popular World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWF) license and will be available early 2003 for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. announced today the Sept 2002 release of "Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus", created exclusively for the PlayStation2. Developed by Seattle-based developer, Sucker Punch, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus takes action-adventure platform gaming to new heights on PS2, showcasing a conceptually new type of character,extraordinary character designs and animations with toon-shading technology, innovative gameplay and spectacular graphics.

Activision, Inc. is taking on the Russian and Chinese mobs with the announcement of True Crime: Streets of L.A. for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube. Inspired by Hong Kong action films, the game lets players assume the role of tough-as-nails detective Nick Kang, bent on settling a personal vendetta with the L.A. underworld. As Kang, players will be able to dispense their own personal brand of justice through automotive combat, a variety of rib cracking martial arts moves and the business end of dual 45s. True Crime: Streets Of L.A. has not yet been rated by the ESRB.