Ultimate Arena is giving away 2 Xbox systems every week for playing UT or UT2003. Ultimate Arena is giving away one Xbox every week in a random drawing. To qualify for the random drawing, you simply need to play one free game of UT or UT2003 on the site. Ultimate Arena will also be giving away a second Xbox every week in a contest. Every time you play a for-money game of UT or UT2003, you gain five (5) points. The person with the most points at the end of each week wins an Xbox. You can read more about the giveaway.

Infinium Labs announced today that the highly anticipated new gaming console, Phantom, will be unveiled to the public at the first annual Ultimate Gamers Expo in August. “We’re very excited to be unveiling the Phantom for the first time at the Ultimate Gamers Expo,” said Tim Roberts, CEO of Infinium Labs. “This show is the perfect venue and gives us the unique opportunity to show the system firsthand to over 100,000 gamers and industry insiders.”

UO Stratics let us know (thanks Blues) that the latest issue of GMR Magazine has the following quote in their June 2003 Issue on Page 21, written by Jeff Green of Computer Gaming World:

"The really exciting news this month should be going public as you read this. For over a year now, Origin has been quietly woodshedding Ultima-X its new MMORPG. And it’s going to surprise you. I can't say anything just yet except maybe three quick words: Unreal Warfare engine. Watch this one. EA surprised everyone when Battlefield 1942 showed up out of nowhere last year. They may do it again."

Strategy First announced today that they will be releasing the "Ultimate Trainz Collection" (UTC) in the North American market just in time for Christmas. Hitting store shelves on November 19th, UTC includes 2 CDs full of dynamic railroad gameplay that lets you not only create your own landscape, but collect and customize your locos and control as many trains as you and your PC can handle.

UFC is the premier mixed martial arts event in the world. There are no flying chairs or unrealistic moves; spectators expect and demand to see true-to-life combat. Ultimate Fighting Championship is an ultra realistic, full contact fighting game that brings all styles of mixed martial arts together in the Octagon. With incredible deep offensive and defensive strategies, players can string limitless combos together and exploit the fighting technique that most suits their personal style. Featuring 22 of the UFC’s top fighters, gamers will experience the full intensity of this incredible sport where every move has real consequences.

Earlier today we tossed up the announcement for this new upcoming XBox title, MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology.. Now we bring you the screens! Read more below and enjoy!

THQ Inc., today announced MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. Scheduled for release in summer 2002, MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology puts players in control of some of the fastest, most thrilling machines on two-wheels.

Dreamcast, the original next generation gaming console, just got BIGGER! Launching on the 29th September, the new, highly anticipated bundle offering for the Dreamcast, provides the consumer with everything they could possibly need to get playing on the machine straight away.