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Those of you who are 'going in', or doing whatever IGI stands for these days, may be pleased to learn that IGI2: Covert Strike publishers Codemasters has released a free, downloadable multiplayer mission via their website. The map is part of a larger update, which "enhances the game's online and LAN multiplayer functionality".

Well, gosh, we're very sorry about that folks. Those of you who summer here regularly will remember that the site fell off the Internet a little while ago much to our mutual disgust, and came back up after a few hours of downtime. Well, sadly, the same thing happened for most of today, and Eurogamer would like to wholeheartedly apologise to those of you who had to do some work this beautiful Monday. We gave up and had a beer in the park - sorry!

Back in the day, automated AI sentries went off like car alarms if you got within 50 yards. Their all-seeing eyes were enough to pierce the backs of their own heads, pools of water, wooden doors, metal constructions and even time as they annoyed the hell out of cautious players and exhibited 'artificial intelligence' to frighten even GM crops. But whichever boot camp it was that pissed forth these furious vesicles of world domination, banana theft or whathaveyou, it must have been shut down oh so long ago, because these days the average grunt makes no effort to sprint, all guns blazing into the jaws of my sword, preferring instead to flail about uselessly in the dark until mercifully dispatched.

CDV has rechristened its Xbox action adventure game Core, announcing The Kore Gang early this morning. The game is an Xbox exclusive set in a world basking in an "explosion of colours, bizarre characters and scenarios that resemble a trip to a crackpot planet in some far away cosmic galaxy." The stars of the game, "Wacked-out gang members" Pixie, Madboy and dog Rex will share the magical Kore Suit, which enhances the wearer's abilities like a strength multiplier. The suit will morph according to the personality of the wearer, and Swedish developer UDS (whose biggest success seems to have been Ignition on the PC) will use this to build interesting new experiences out of the suit's capabilities, we're told.

Interplay has sold off the rights to the Hunter: The Reckoning licence. According to reports, Vivendi is now in charge of publishing rights to the game (based on the White Wolf paper and dice role-playing titles). Interplay cited financial strategy - in other words, they need the money. "Our focus has been on improving our balance sheet and steering the company toward highly profitable content," Interplay Chairman/CEO Herve Caen said in a statement.

LucasArts has slipped Star Wars Galaxies from its original April 15th US release date, so you can be sure we won't be seeing it any time soon. The reports come straight out of Lucasville, along with news that the third beta - expected to provide a much more representative look at the final game - has been postponed. Rained off? What?

Digital Theater Systems used the 2003 Game Developer's Conference to announce a free licence for use of its multi-channel sound tech in PS2 games. All game which were DTS certified prior to April 1st, 2004 will quality for zero fee status according to reports - and of course any initiative to get better surround sound into PS2 titles is to be applauded.

Ah, Roman action games - another oversubscribed genre without any truly decent specimens. Rather like Vietnam titles, eh? Acclaim has changed the name of its Roman action game "I Gladiator" (like it or loathe it, it's different) to Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance. According to Acclaim UK this morning, the new name is a product of focus groups and, barring any legal obstructions, should be what you see on the box later this year. The game is due out on PS2, Xbox and GameCube.

One of those Vietnam games has had a demo released. Actually, the demo of nFusion's Line of Sight: Vietnam was released late last week, but it was an exclusive for paying customers of FilePlanet so we didn't bother to mention it. You can download the 175MB demo here - the game is a typical Vietnam-cast title which focuses on the sniping, and the demo comprises a tutorial, a single-player mission, three multi-player maps and four MP modes.

Although Ubi Soft in the UK will offer "no official confirmation," C&VG reports that the publisher let slip in a Q&A forum that there will be a Rayman 4. OK, it's not the most shocking news in the world, given the most recent title's widespread critical acclaim and Ubi's penchant for stretching franchises (say hello to Tom Clancy's Day Off), but we know that you like to be kept abreast of these things.

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, the long awaited third person action follow-up to The Infernal Machine, has finally gone gold on the PC according to LucasArts' official website. The game is due out in the US on March 26th. It should be out by the end of the month over here also, and has started picking up critical momentum - PC Gamer in the UK awarded it a mid-70s score.

Final Fantasy X-2, the first ever direct sequel to one of Square's FF titles, has sold an astonishing 1.2 million copies on its first day of availability. According to Square reps, nearly two million copies of the game were shipped to retailers and pre-orders and preliminary sales data accounts for over half.

It's perhaps with a degree of irony that the gods of the sequel, Electronic Arts, has announced the sequel to god game Black & White, which once again forces you to make moral choices: to buy or to ignore, buy or ignore, buy or ignore…

Nintendo of Europe is hoping to stimulate demand for the GameCube in Europe by offering £30 (50 Euros) off the standard retail price of the console with the first 400,000 Game Boy Advance SP units on sale, which launches on March 28th across the continent.

Acclaim Studios Cheltenham, fresh from churning out Paris Dakar Rally 2, is setting its sights on the recently announced Beach Volleyball, or Summer Heat Beach Volleyball to give it its new officially confirmed title. The title was apparently held back from being officially named until Acclaim's efforts to secure a big-name licence fell through. But who exactly in the world of beach volleyball is a big name? Hitomi?

Comments made by Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi during a Tokyo press conference about Gran Turismo 4 are being put under great scrutiny this morning, as fans of the series try to work out what Yamauchi-san's ambiguous outburst really means.

Cyberpunk FPS Devastation will be previewed in multi-player demo form on March 20th (that's next Thursday), according to publisher NovaLogic and developer Digitalo. The MP demo will contain two maps (Emberacdero Depot and the Union Rail Yard, apparently), with plenty to do in Deathmatch, Streetwar and CTF modes. Digitalo is hoping to entice players with its beautiful OFX Particles and real-world physics engines.

Virgin and Interplay have announced that Run Like Hell for Xbox has gone gold. The expanded version of the game features a new hydroponics level, five additional rooms and several new adversaries, and takes advantage of the Xbox's DD5.1 surround sound and HDTV support. Furthermore, mini-games and skins (for what?) will be available via Xbox Live when the game is released in April.

Although there are technically only two games we recommend this week - in the respective shapes of slaughter-hungry The Mark of Kri on PS2, and that icon of simian scintillation, Super Monkey Ball 2 - few would argue that this is the best week of the year so far for gamers.

PC RPG series Fallout is making the transition to consoles, Interplay and US distributor Vivendi have announced. The new title, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel will appear on PS2 and Xbox in Q4 2003, and has been shaped to best fit the console systems.

IGN has returned to the subject of the next Mortal Kombat game, after reporting that a second MK Advance title would appear on the GBA. Midway has apparently confirmed that the new title will be called Mortal Kombat: Deadly Revenge (see what they did!).

Strategy First has announced plans to release two new standalone expansion packs for Disciples II - Dark Prophecy. The first, Guardians of the Light, will allow players to control the 'good' races; the Empire and the Mountain Clans, while the second, Servants of the Dark, gives you control of the two evil races; the Undead Hordes and the Legions.

American Conquest developer CDV has established that we all know less than a pass mark's worth of American history, despite the historically accurate RTS title putting on a good show critically and hopefully worming its way in to some of your collections.

Delta Force - Black Hawk Down has reached the end of its long and winding path through development, and will emerge as planned on March 28th. NovaLogic has confirmed the game is gold, and we should be getting our hands on finished code in the near future.

Dr. Muto's not your average mad professor. No, before you ask, he's not mute; he's apparently a Doctor (although of what, we're not entirely sure) and he can mutate himself into other creatures. Do you see what they did? Those crazy fools.

No One Lives Forever 2 will finally get the multi-player modes it deserves courtesy of patch 1.3, available today at 9am PST/12pm EST. We don't actually know when that is, but the patch will be made available at this FTP location when the hour dawns.

Although Vivendi has published a number of Fox Interactive titles over the years, the French publisher yesterday announced that it will publish and distribute all Fox titles currently underway and not subject to other arrangements.

Bohemia Interactive's Xbox project, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, was announced on April 16th, 2002, but this is the first time we've actually seen what it looks like. It looks pretty good, and it's due out this summer.

As we found out last Friday thanks to Eidos chairman John van Kuffeler's address in his company's earnings report, the UK-based publisher has secured a deal to make a game of The Italian Job. Terrifyingly, however, it is to be based on the dreaded Paramount remake starring Marky Mark.

Microsoft has announced that Lleyton Hewitt, some sort of professional tennis player (I know), will adorn their game of the same sport. Mr. Hewitt has apparently won two grand slams in his time, and will feature alongside tennis legend Michael Chang and another as-yet unnamed player on the game's cover.