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Premium playgrounds for Splinter Cell fanatics.

Sources have seen it running, but the publisher of the game of the moment has nothing to say. The real question is, just how well will PS2 manage to render the baldest head in entertainment?

Nintendo Europe managing director David Gosen has strongly criticised Microsoft for attempting to drive the industry to a hardware transition too early, and also attacked the games media for its focus on the next generation.

House of Pain, Pantera, Faith No More, The Cure and Violent Femmes amongst artists set to appear in future sports titles.

Featuring new songs and Live score uploads.

Including ESPN NFL, NHL, NBA, College Hoops and Major League Baseball, with an option to do more in future.

Don't just Sand there!

An unhelpful save-related bug in both the PC and Xbox versions of Thief III is threatening to upset fans by not killing them efficiently enough.

Rockstar's 'Most Wanted' gets out of development jail older, but not necessarily wiser.

Lack of new releases leaves the coast clear for the boy wizard.

"The majority" of SCi titles to support PS2 Online and Xbox Live in the not too distant future.

It's finished now, according to Atari and Reflections. We only hope it wasn't finished the last time we played it...

Mammoth buyout ruled out, but Viacom may still be hunting for a publisher.

Original armed forces training sim secreted in Pandemic's tactical army title. Screenshots and details.

So says a Japanese newspaper.

Reports put the movie in Universal Pictures' lap, but although the production team line-up is apparently accurate, Id reckons the rights are still up for grabs.

(Updated throughout the day.) New Links 2004 course on Live, Digital Jesters signs D-Day RTS, Oxygen signs a pair of FPSs, Strategy First commissions Jagged Alliance 3D and 3, Disciples III.

Backyard Wrestling 2, Crash 'n' Burn, Imperial Glory and that mysterious Highway 1 Productions-backed "urban action" title - of which more details inside.

Variety reckons so, although it's more to do with the book than the game by the looks of things.

A recently updated Lionhead FAQ document points to a more specific goal - with European and American release months mentioned.

(This week's new PAL and key US releases.) F-Zero on the GBA is about the height of it, but the US gets Riddick and Full Spectrum Warrior. Import-ant games.

Ubisoft registers a new trademark, but won't explain its significance and reckons it might not be what we think it is.

It looked like a movie license done right, albeit derivatively, but in the end Saffire's vampiric Devil May Cry clone lacks heart.

While Phantom Dust might not leave Japan at all.

Prisoner Of Azkaban makes it five number ones for EA already this year...