The Knockout Kings franchise features 40 of today's top boxers and boxing legends and is known for featuring the most extensive line-up of boxing talent in the genre. Knockout Kings 2001 also has a distinguished list of exclusive boxers like Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Lennox Lewis and Shane Mosley. Plus, this year in Knockout Kings 2001 the women move in and take center stage. Mia St. John, Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker and Regina Halmich will all be in Knockout Kings 2001 and bring a fresh new look to the game.
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Buka Entertainment and MiST land today announced that they decided to put off the release date of their Tactical RPG Paradise Cracked until autumn 2001. Today the project is at its alpha stage. However it still requires additional work upon and beta-testing.

Maxim Mikhalev, Buka's VP Marketing said "We position Paradise Cracked as a hit-title and would not like to release it until its quality meets our expectations. This was the only reason that we made this decision. Buka's main principle is publishing quality titles. Best quality is what our users want and expect from our games, including Paradise Cracked. That is why we have decided not to release the game in Q2 but to give the developers some time to polish it up."
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Shrapnel Games announced today the opening of their Customer Support Center. Top of the line help desk software combined with the reorganization of their customer service department will mean faster response times on customer related issues. Among the features added to customer support is support request tracking, which allows the customer to log into the Support Center and view the status of the request as the technicians work on completing the service request. Other features include automatic update e-mails sent to customers when a technician works on the request, time and date stamps that show progress and, the ability to enter emergency requests that actually page the technicians, alerting them to the emergency.
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Interplay and Shiny Entertainment have announced plans to develop interactive entertainment projects, encompassing current and future interactive gaming platforms, based on upcoming sequels to Warner Bros.' Pictures blockbuster film, "The Matrix." The agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products encompasses current and future interactive gaming platforms.
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The High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 Demo is a fast-paced, leading-edge baseball game for the Windows 95/98 environment. Visually, it features a high-resolution, high-performance 3D-stadium environment with polygonal players and animation derived from motion capture. The artificial intelligence features a highly accurate and leading edge simulation system, which utilizes statistics from actual MLBPA players on actual MLB teams. [Download: DemoNews]

NOTE: This demo of High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 is a pre-Beta version. Many of the game assets (animations, graphics, etc.) are in a pre-final state, and there may be several software defects.
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Chances are there's one weapon still missing from your gaming arsenal - your voice. Here's a look at a number of different programs that let you talk to team mates in game and even issue commands to your computer vocally, including Game Voice, Game Commander 2, Roger Wilco and more. Check our our latest feature - Voice Control Round-up!
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This is Action Shooting Online Game. Assault have many features. First of all, it used a 3D graphic, so users can experience incredible graphic. In addition, only ten people can play all together in each battle room. Also, even the users lose the game, they can watch the game using by watching mode. [Download: DemoNews]
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As they enter into their twentieth year of record keeping for the video game industry, Twin Galaxies has launched a global campaign to identify the world's greatest computer gamers for all titles, genres and game platforms, by soliciting the help of fans and industry players across the globe to provide record-breaking scores and achievements. The findings are slated for publication in a special commemorative edition of Twin Galaxies' "Official Video Game & Pinball Book Of World Records," the industry's official book of records. Twin Galaxies invites the public to nominate players displaying stellar accomplishments for this volume.
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