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We don't really understand why, but if IGN is to be believed then Nintendo of America will only release the Game Boy Player peripheral in Jet Black, while Japanese punters enjoy purple, spice (orange), platinum (silver), and of course black options.

Climax hit us for six with their surprisingly excellent MotoGP - our second favourite Xbox racer behind Project Gotham Racing, and about the only game which escaped our Top 50 due to stupidity - and plan to do it all again this year with an updated MotoGP 2.

Anyone who's played footy games as long as EG has will know two basic facts: firstly that a stock of spare controllers is necessary during particularly competitive occasions, and secondly that handheld attempts at recreating the beautiful game are almost always complete rubbish. Admittedly the arrival of the GBA 18 months ago helped matters a touch, but even the best that have arrived in that period are half arsed approximations of the 32 bit era.

The facts and figures behind THQ's GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing have become a bit clearer this afternoon, and we've even got some new screenshots for you. You lucky people.

AquaNox 2 developer Massive Development will soon release the successor to its popular 3D benchmark program, AquaMark 2.3, publisher JoWooD has announced.

The year is 2044. But as an amnesia-ridden fugitive in the sights of a heavily armed squad of shocktroop soldiers, that's probably not something John Chaser thinks about.

Trucking games are something of a rarity in the gaming world, with the nice but shamefully brief "18 Wheeler" being the only title to spring immediately to mind. Now Empire has entered the diesel-guzzling arena with "Big Mutha Truckers", an arcade racer with strategic trading elements. Armed with just a half-melted Yorkie bar, I jumped into my rig to find out just what in tarnation the fuss is all about.

Microsoft and Sega's plans for Phantasy Star Online grow ever more bizarre, as MS has announced that the US version will not talk to versions from other regions (citing security reasons), that the game will require Xbox Live to play, even if you don't plan to go online (hangover from the Japanese version which launched with Live over there), and that the notorious "hunter's license" will return, meaning an $8.95-per-month subscription fee for anybody planning to play beyond a two month free trial.

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is due out on February 21st on Cube, but it's the GBA version of the game which stands to make the Nintendo version the standout of the three. PS2 and Xbox versions will follow.

Damn. We were quite looking forward to a couple of new units for MechAssault, and seeing how the age-old tradition of Capture The Flag translated to the mechy world of Day 1 Studios' third person shooter, but it doesn't look like we will any time soon. Microsoft has helpfully announced that the promised free downloadable content will not appear on Xbox Live "in January". Yes, we spotted that. What's perhaps more upsetting though is that no new release date has been confirmed. We are of course assured that as soon as a decision is made we will be informed. Pfft.

"Two new Sonic the Hedgehog games to debut this summer from Sega," the blue blur's American minders have proclaimed. What this actually translates to though is the forthcoming release this May of Sonic Adventure DX - wait for it - "exclusively for Nintendo GameCube", with Sonic Pinball Party shipping in June for GBA.

"It's here!" beams Action Replay/FreeLoader Datel's announcement. "No it isn't!" we scream back, ever mindful that this mythical piece of software has yet to grace our desks. Still, the pandemonium surrounding this particular version of "It's here!" is more tangible and believable than previous attempts to drum up interest.

Young British developer Hiding Buffalo is looking for a publisher for its 1930s film noir inspired American adventure. The game sees the player take on the old-school role of a private detective working for a variety of clients solving crime novel style puzzles, adopting a style of gameplay the developer is only too willing to remind us eschews the fantasy and sci-fi conventions of the industry.

The Indy Racing League is no more. This is no doubt the puzzling news that greeted Codemasters, fresh from signing - and announcing - its own licensed game based on the franchise, and prompted last Friday's press release entitled "Codemasters' Indy Racing League becomes 'IndyCar Series' a the US motor sport series unveils its new name".

Can it really be ten years since Westwood released the wonderful Dune II? Apparently it is, and that makes both the writer of this feature and the real-time strategy genre really quite old. But some things age rather nicely, and we were unusually excited when the postie turned up with the latest in the ageing Command & Conquer series.

In the four months or so since our review of Battlefield 1942, the game has fast become one of the most popular multiplayer games in existence. Obviously seeing a prime opportunity to make a bit of extra cash on the back of this tremendous success, EA have seen fit to furnish fans with the Road to Rome expansion pack - can it successfully pick up where DiCE left off with the original BF1942, or is it more of a pathetic stumble in a vague forward kind of direction?

Ah, Fridays. Particularly this one. You probably feel like shooting someone right about now, and although we can't offer you that service, we can at least offer some videos of a couple of gamers doing just that - via the medium of Namco's Time Crisis 3 arcade machine.

Revolution Software's Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon will be released on October 10th on PC, PS2 and Xbox, and THQ has fought off rival bids to sign on as publisher.

Blueyonder's multi-player gaming service bygames will give you 840 minutes of private server time for just £2 per month, as long as you're an existing BY customer (broad or narrowband). This is equivalent to the old "Elite" subscription, which was the most expensive and best serviced option.

Yuna may have abandoned dignity and integrity for hot pants in her second outing, but Square has given her a dashing pair of guns to make up for it [oh do stop it - Ed]. And now Hori, in association with Square, is preparing to give you her dashing pair of guns, in order to control the game.

Sega.com, the entirely ethereal organisation formed out of leftover bytes in Sonic CDs, has announced a new Online Developer Program aimed at bringing little known but ingenious PC titles to a wider audience - via the interweb!

UT2003 developer Digital Extremes has updated its website with the news that the UT2003 bonus pack will be released sometime today! A full list of mirrors will apparently be placed here, so you can all just refresh that endlessly until the yanks are wide awake again, we suppose.

Vivendi and Fox have today unveiled an X-Files collaboration in the survival horror vein, to be developed by Californians Black Ops Entertainment. The game is due out on PS2 and Xbox in the US this summer from Vivendi's Sierra label, and will be called X-Files: Resist or Serve.

It looks as though the Xbox system will be dragged into the Clone Wars conflict, joining the side of the Lucas/Activision alliance. Republic spies in the IGN sector managed to obtain the information from secret Electronics Boutique documents recently, hinting that in the US at least, the escalating conflict could span all three systems as soon as March.

Digital Anvil's near-mythical squad based Xbox shooter Brute Force will feature System Link functionality for up to 16 players, and will benefit from downloadable content - mostly new maps and campaigns. A word of warning though - a quick scan of the Microsoft press release reveals no instances of the word 'free'. Could these sizeable extras be premium content?

NovaLogic do enjoy promoting Black Hawk Down. Not content with releasing a multi-player demo late last year, followed by a single player demo earlier this month, the publisher has announced plans to release - gasp! - an official single and multi-player demo on February 4th!

On the face of it, Bubble Bobble Old and New on the GBA doesn't really need any gimmicks to sell. Heck, we'd buy it on the strength of the name. But publisher Empire obviously feels that in the climate of thrift which apparently grips all GBA owners at the moment (unless, heaven forbid, they simply won't buy into repackaged ports for the remainder of the console's life?), it makes sense to offer a little incentive.

Golly. What a splendid day to be out. On a typical morning stroll to the newsagent you can look forward to being pelted with snowballs by subhuman bands of skateboard-owning-but-not-riding ingrates, falling flat on your arse thanks to a patch of black ice and freezing your nuts off. Sorry, what was so great about the snow again?

New GameCube owners will get to choose from one of seven free Nintendo games the company announced today - but for a "limited time only".

Capcom and Game Factory are reportedly working on a new, cross platform MMORPG called Makimura Online - or Ghosts n' Goblins Online. Due out in spring 2004 on the PC, with other versions to follow, the game is being developed on the Terazona and Renderware engine according to The Magic Box. Players will be able to pick from 11 characters, there will be six job classes (knight, archer, vampire, fighter, beast-man and dragon-man). TBM also has some early character art.