Welcome to the new News0r design. Yes, it's much like the old site, but we've loosened things up a bit and shifted a few things around, to give us a cleaner layout and to show more. There may be one or two glitches here and there, so bear with us as we find and exterminate them all!

The new design makes much greater use of CSS to build the page, and it's also no longer a fixed-width site - we decided to widen things a little using a little dynamic CSS. It also allows us to better integrate the new right-hand site skyscraper ads, as well as bringing some things higher up the page.

All of the content links still work, and as an added bonus, the page-top links will automatically take you to the latest feature article, review or screenshot gallery, whilst the left-hadn menu links will take you to the section lists, allowing you to see all the old articles, reviews and galleries we've posted.

So, enjoy the new site, and drop us a line and let us know what you think of it!

Nintendo have published their planned release list for the US for the next few months. The list includes a couple of new Pokemon games, Starfox for the DS and Super Paper Mario.

Here's the full list:

Nintendo DS
June 5: Big Brain Academy and Magnetica
June 11: Nintendo DS Lite
June 26: Sudoku Gridmaster
Aug. 28: Star Fox DS
September 18: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
September 25: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
October 9: Clubhouse Games
October 30: Children of Mana

Nintendo GameCube
September 25: Baten Kaitos Origins
October 9: Super Paper Mario

Game Boy Advance SP
September 18: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

Funcom have released a new patch for The Longest Journey, addressing a potential crash that can occur in Chapter 7. If you're unfamiliar with the game, you can read our review, download the demo or check out the trailer, which we've posted here as another part of our experimenting with browser-based video.

Nobilis have announced that the fifth game in the Atlantis series of adventure games will be released towards christmas this year.

The year is 1937. Howard Brooks, a young aeronautical engineer, finds himself on the tracks of a mysterious atlantean vessel. The latter is coveted by a clandestine group desirous of getting it for harmful purpose. In order to carry out his mission, Howard has to track down the brilliant archaeologist Miss Sullivan and the former captain Nathaniel Blackwood. Those two strange characters will prove to be the only people who can help him in his quest. However, once on-board the famous Zeppelin "Hindenburg", our heroes may be leaded to making some discoveries for himself beyond imagination...

The release date for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the Playstation 2 has been confirmed by Rockstar as June 23rd.

Technorati Tags: Playstation 2, Grand Theft Auto, Liberty City Stories, GTA

US based Gamespot has suggested in a weekend feature that Apple is gearing up to launch a new gaming platform, most likely based upon the iPod.

According to the US video games content giant, former LucasArts technical director Mike Lampell is the man heading up Apple's fledgling gaming division. Citing a specialist recruitment site, Gamespot claims Mike Lampell's team is current seeking C/C++ programmers with videogame experience for the project.

Although it is suggested the project is 'Super Secret', there has been rumours abound for the past few months that Apple may be planning a moving into the games industry, and industry currently dominated by its rivals Microsoft and Sony.

Technorati Tags: Apple, iPod, gaming, mobile gaming

Atari has announced that their upcoming racing game Test Drive Unlimited will feature licensed vehicles from manufacturer Ford. The lineup of cars includes the recently released Ford GT, the current model Mustang Convertible, the Mustang GT and the Mustang GT-R Concept. Head over to Test Drive Unlimited for more information. Test Drive Unlimited is due for release across all major platforms in October.

Funcom has extended it's licensing agreement with Conan Inc, granting the developer the rights to develop all MMO games based on Conan until 2018.

"It's great to see the evolution of Age of Conan, and we truly believe we will deliver a special and fun online experience," said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom. "At the same time we look ahead, and we feel confident that Conan is a brand which will stand strong for many decades. With the investments involved in today's online games and the very long life spans of MMOs, it is important to have long term license agreements, and together with Conan Inc. we will continue our focus on investing in the Conan brand."

"We have a great passion for the qualities and works of Robert E. Howard, and we share this with Funcom," said Fredrik Malmberg, Head of Licensing at Conan Inc. "We have worked very close with Funcom for more than three years now, and we have great belief in their ability to deliver. Virtual worlds become ever more important, and we feel certain Age of Conan stands a great chance of gaining a large share of the MMO market."

For a long-term project we're working on, we need a couple of people who are deeply into games, can read and write German and who are interested in doing some paid freelance work on an ongoing basis.

All the work will be in written German, although it's not translation work. So if you can read & write German (speaking it is not necessary) and are interested in earning a little extra, drop me an email!

Eidos has also released a patch for the recently-released Hitman: Blood Money. The patch addresses a number of issues. You can download the 10Mb patch from one of the following mirrors.

• Direct from Eidos
• 3D Downloads
• 3D Gamers
• FileFront
• Gamer's Hell
• Worthplaying

Sony have released a UK flash-based playable demo of their upcoming PSP game LocoRoco for those who don't have a PSP and haven't downloaded the Japanese demo yet. The site includes a number of wallpapers, screensavers, movies and even a ringtone! LocoRoco for PSP is due for release on the 23rd of June.

Technorati Tags: LocoRoco, PSP, Sony