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We love a good slice of phat Funk here at EG. That's not to say we've got da Funk, because we clearly haven't, but that doesn't stop us shaking our booty every time a bit of down and dirty groin music pumps out (you should see Rauper's moves). But according to the alien trio of ToeJam, Earl, and 'hot new homegirl' Latisha, the Earthlings just haven't got the groove. How patronising.

Nintendo's E3 line-up isn't all that difficult to guess - particularly when it's laid bare (for the most part, we expect) on this rather helpful page, which sheds some light on each of the games featured. Before we get onto that though, they will be "Mario Kart Double Dash!!", F-Zero, Pikmin 2, Kirby Air Ride, Wario World and Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising. No sign of Mario 128, but we wouldn't be too surprised if the portly plumber rears his moustachioed head in some capacity during the show.

"The awesome sequel to 'The Fighting Game Of The Year', Capcom vs. SNK," Capcom proudly boasts of this one. Indeed, that would be a good claim, if it weren't for the fact they probably mean the year 1999.

BuenaVista have quite proudly announced that they've managed to sign Rebecca Romijn-Stamos up to lend her voice to Mercury in forthcoming sci-fi shooter TRON 2.0. The character itself acts as a sort of mentor for the player, easing them into their power as a 'User', and revealing the back-story to the game in the 20 years that have passed since the original TRON movie. Apparently she is very pretty as well.

JoWooD and Infogrames have signed a deal that will see the French firm publisher the Austrian one's Piranha Bytes-developed RPG Gothic II all over the world. Except Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where JoWooD has already released it (as far as we can make out).

Racing games are hardly uncommon, now, are they? With each passing year, we all watch the endless procession of increasingly beautiful and expansive racers pass us by, like little blurs of metallic lightning. Some are crap and some are good, but the truly excellent ones have uniform stunning visuals, all manner of vehicles to toy with, and varied, authentic tracks. The top one or two per cent will play better than Ridge Racer Type 4. If you only buy a couple every year, the chances are that any given driver has to have Heidi Klum's looks, Michael Schumacher's skill behind the wheel and Jay-K's fleet of sports cars to even come close. Unfortunately for WorldRacing, at first glance it doesn't seem to check all the right boxes.

EA has named the Allied Assault expansion pack mentioned during its recent announcement of the Pacific Assault line of World War II-based shooters. Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough is being developed by EALA and TKO Software and is due out by the end of the year.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is bound to inspire a lot of hot-tempered emotions in some people, not least of all Eurogamer's resident moral guardian Rob Fahey, whose rather venomous first impressions piece left a lot of people either sighing in accordance or seething with rage. Then again, any game that aims to make money by giving blokes a brace of virtual Barbie dolls under the guise of a sports game will obviously polarise opinion.

A few details of LucasArts' Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike have been revealed over at Gamers.com. The game will feature a return to the ice planet of Hoth, just like every other Star Wars game ever, and players are also seemingly able to enter and exit vehicles, probably only at specific points, to indulge in some third-person action. This is evident in one of the screenshots showing the player dangling beneath the chassis of an AT-AT, attacking it with a lightsabre, and another depicting some interior action that looks like it could be on board the Death Star.

Sam Fisher remained the nation’s favourite stealth hero, clinging onto the No.1 slot for a second straight week, fighting off the All Format might of The Sims, which crept back up to No.2. The record breaking CM4 slipped to No.3, while the heavily-discounted Primal remained at No.4 for a second week.

It's bizarre to recount that the best Indiana Jones game ever made was in fact a point and click adventure; the several half-hearted attempts over the past decade and a half have merely disappointed those looking to LucasArts to come up with a whip cracking adventure worthy of sporting the Man With The Hat's license.

Sony has David Braben's Frontier Developments working on a dog simulator for the PS2, PlayStation.com is reporting. "Dog's Life" is aimed at youngsters, and gives you control of Jake, a happy puppy from Clarksville, USA, whose little life is thrown into disarray after the dognapping of his best pal Daisy. Jake immediately sets out to rescue Daisy, travelling across the US, visiting everything from ski resorts to bustling cities.

CDV has seen fit to offer PC gamers a little late Easter present, in the shape of Rosso Rabbit, a free download. Sadly, the download only consists of one level to try out, after which you can upgrade to the 18-level version for a measly €9.99/£6.95.

We're just drawing your attention to them really. They're here. What does everyone think? We like the idea of having multiple characters per Kart, chariot-racing style, and the split-screen modes are an unsurprising but welcome inclusion. And on the whole, it looks very pretty - perhaps a bit conventional compared to Nintendo's recent revamps (Metroid, Zelda, etc), but as long as the gameplay lives up to its billing we shouldn't have anything to worry about. With any luck, Mario Kart will be playable at E3.

Another new patch for Master of Orion 3 has been released over at the official website, again addressing some balancing issues and fixing a few bugs, including tech development slowdown, slight improvements in military strategic AI, changes to race picks, and easier off-road travel.

Valve are pretty chirpy at the moment, aren't they? But ignoring that game for the moment, the developer's other recent announcement - a standalone Day of Defeat title to be published by Activision - has taken a step further this week as the mod, game, patch - whatever you want to call it - has gone gold.

Microsoft in Europe is finally dumping the original, bulky controller from Xbox packages, 13 unlucky months after it launched to widespread criticism. The pad was of course succeeded some six months later by the much better, lighter and hand-fitting Controller S, and this will of course replace the original pad in system packages and presumably bundles.

Vectorman, one of Sega's classics from the 16-bit era, is the latest in a string of old titles to get the remake treatment. The game, developed by Pseudo Interactive for PlayStation 2 and expected for release early 2004, will get its first proper showing this year at E3.

Having just spent the weekend in Goth central, a.k.a. Nottingham, it's probably as good a time as any to dust off the All About Eve records, apply the eye liner and indulge ourselves in some dark Action Adventure antics. The original Devil May Cry established itself as an instant classic on its release shortly before Christmas 2001, with its relentless blend of sword and gunplay, dressed up in some of the finest gothic visuals gaming has ever seen. The prospect of a quick-fire sequel was certainly welcomed, but it was hard to see what Capcom could do to improve upon the original in such a short space of time.

Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to secure the film rights to The Getaway, The Hollywood Reporter reports - presumably from Hollywood. Sony's Screen Gems label will apparently handle production early next year, so that the game coincides with the release of the sequel during 2004.

Evening. Kristan found this a little while ago. Interesting, isn't it?

Russia's Buka Entertainment has revealed its mostly new line-up for this year's E3. Here's what we can expect:

Acclaim has joined the growing list of publishers to announce their E3 line-ups this month. They will be occupying booth #152 in the Concourse Hall (hurray) with sexy secret agent caper Alias, Roman adventure Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance (formerly "I, Gladiator"), arcade basketball revival NBA Jam 2004, bandwagon tenderising Summer Heat Beach Volleyball, Urban Freestyle Street Soccer and the latest futuristic racer in the Extreme-G series, XGRA. NBA Jam 2004 in particular is something we definitely want to clap eyes on.

THQ has released a trailer of forthcoming WWE destruction derby type title Crush Hour, which puts all manner of lunatic wrestlers behind the wheels of monstrous vehicles. You can grab the 15MB trailer from us here, and it's about 75 seconds long, mostly comprising in-game footage.

SCEE released details today of another forthcoming PS2 action-adventure title - Ghosthunter. Not to be confused with Empire's Ghost Master (well, we were confused for a second, anyway), the game is in development by Studio Cambridge, the masterminds behind - ahem - Primal, C-12: Final Resistance and the MediEvil series.

We're pleased to announce the release of the official World War 2: Frontline Command demo, courtesy of publishers KOCH Media and developers the Bitmap Brothers. Featuring one exclusive Normandy mission not available in the retail release, and the opportunity to gather new military hardware much faster than in the full game, the demo offers a comprehensive look at the forthcoming real-time strategy title.

Sega has announced that Headhunter: Redemption will be demoed for the first time at E3 this year - exclusively on PlayStation 2, by the sound of it. The game, in development at internal Sega studio Amuze, is due out in North America and Europe in late 2003.

Japanese publisher Capcom has slashed 18 games out of its development schedules – nearly 20 per cent of titles in progress – following significantly larger than expected losses for its 2002 fiscal year.

Activision has signed Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman and Michael Madsen, along with a host of other, lesser stars (notably Michelle Rodriguez of Resident Evil movie fame), to lead the voice cast in True Crime: Streets of LA. God knows how they managed that. The other stars, for the sake of completion, are Russell Wong, Ron Perlman, CCH Pounder, James Hong, Mako and Keone Young.

In a somewhat laudable move, Relic Entertainment will be releasing a free modification for its animal-creating strategy title, Impossible Creatures. The expansion, Insect Invasion, will feature 15 new base insects and animals that can be combined with the existing creature library to create a wide variety of new creature designs. The release will also contain new environments and multiplayer maps, as well as nine additional special creature abilities.