Rockstar Games announced the official name change of DMA Design, developers of best-selling tour de force "Grand Theft Auto 3" to Rockstar Studios. DMA Design was acquired by Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, and has been part of the Rockstar Games family since September 1999.

Termite Games tossed up the official site for their upcoming action title New World Order. The site features FAQ, screenshots of the game in action and more. New World Order is a team-based multiplayer game which features environments that could easily be taken right out of a film. It's fast paced team-action simulator with gritty attitude.

There is some FAQ posted today about Unreal Tournament 2ºº³ on cleaned beyondunreal. They have collected all known information about this upcoming game by Digital Extremes, in cooperation with and under license / supervision of Epic Games, the makers of U1.

GarageGames announces the kick off of Realm Wars, the first GarageGames Community Project and Demo to be built on the popular Torque Game Engine (their modified Tribes 2 engine). Realm Wars will allow massive numbers of players to team up and fight battles in a real time, team based, FPS, action format. To prepare for battle, the player chooses a race, customizes his character's abilities and appearance with a wide array of weapons, armor and items. Characters can join simple team based skirmishes, controlled battles, or epic wars, with persistent stats kept on the player's performance. They us know that they've just launched their official website for Realm Wars and have a 6mb demo available that gives you an impression of what to expect ... and for that small a demo, i can tell you its packing some serious heat! read more for links and other goodies

Playnet.com today announced details of a limited offer to international gamers who want to experience the virtual battlefield of World War II Online- Blitzkrieg, the award winning massively multiplayer online game. The program, which kicks of Monday March 10th, provides players from outside North America the ability to purchase an activation key online. The purchase of the key for $9.99USD is followed by a full, no-cost download of the Windows-based game and a 7-day FREE trial. Once the free trial expires, a monthly subscription for $9.99USD is needed to continue play.

Konami of Europe has announced a special press event to herald the imminent release of its Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty title for PlayStation 2.

A new dawn in lifestyle festivals emerges between May 4th-6th, when 2C: The Official PlayStation Event opens its doors. Full pressrelease below!

Ubi Soft Entertainment has launched a new official Web site for Rayman Arena, its upcoming multiplayer action game set in the Rayman universe. It´s loaded with screens, wallpapers and a video footage of the game. Rayman Arena is scheduled for release in March.

Sierra sends word that the new/official site for Papyrus' upcoming NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is now live. It has a link to the demo and a bunch of screenshots to keep you happy untill it arrives in stores (which ought to be SOON).

Patrician II from Strategy First (Developed by German Ascaron Software) sails the high seas! Claiming to be an innovative game in the RTS genre we decided to check if the ship stays afloat or sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Find out if we needed a life jacket or not.

Members of Strategy First's head office confirmed rumors today that a Special Collector's Edition of the year's most highly anticipated turn-based fantasy/strategy game will ship to stores January 24th, 2002.

Universal Interactive has launched the official site for their upcoming Xbox title, Fellowship of the Ring. You find storylines as well as development art and much more on this new site. Releasedate for Xbox - Oct. 2002.

With "Raccoon Strike" you have the possibility to go against those naughty little creatures. In this game the waterthrowing raccoons will be put to flight with their own weapons. The Advantage: Nobody gets hurt. The Disadvantage: They come back all the time... klick here for flash game (708 KB)!

In a far away future naughty aliens will get hit badly. With a great arsenal of weapons and a big pool of vehicles the gamer can either choose between 1st or 3rd person view. The official site for Breed is up, filled with lot of information, screens, wallpapers and etc.

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!

Rage, the UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with best selling author and former SAS soldier - Andy McNab - and plans to produce a series of different military-based 3D-action games in conjunction with McNab across a number of leading gaming formats.

MindArk seeks 5,000 participants to test its virtual world’s economy system with real cash. MindArk AB announced today that the initial trial of the revolutionary Project Entropia economy system will begin in the near future as part of MindArk’s release schedule.

The first official Tactical-Ops map pack has now been released. It contains 10 maps, 8 of which are new, and 2 that are reintroduced. Get over to all download mirrors here!!

Ghost recon ... People who havent heard of this title ought to be sniped .. shot etc... But just in case you havent ... its a MUST get .. In the UK they had a multiplayer and results in a grand (money that is ;) for the winners.

Never before has a video game offered such depth and innovation: Herdy Gerdy's epic adventure features unique gameplay mechanics that are integrated within a vibrant world with its own delicately balanced eco-system and a rather unusual population.

Creature Labs today announced the launch of an ingenious on-line e-commerce initiative entitled the Creatures Labs Shopping Mall that enables consumers to purchase and download new breeds of artificial intelligence Norns at £4.99 each.

Strategy First and Ascaron are pleased to announce that their highly anticipated real-time trading simulation, Patrician II has shipped to stores and should be available in retailers nationwide in the next few days.

Network Of the World is putting the finishing touches on the launch video for the Official UK Xbox Magazine. On sale from November 15th 2001 with a run of 50,000 copies, the video features exclusive footage from more than a dozen launch titles as played on Microsoft's new console.

Strategy First Inc. and German developer, Ascaron are pleased to announce that Patrician II has gone gold - setting sail for North American retailers next month.