The Playopedia was finally updated about a week ago. Bill imported an additional 900+ games to the directory bringing us, by my count, to 10,936 video game entries across 39 platforms (the majority of which are ancient history but hey, we're listing every game we can).

Strategy First is making a big push for their new WWII game, "War Times". Screenshots will be added to PlayRage shortly. Here's a bit from their press release on features and the such:

Features:
 3D graphics give the player full freedom of movement with several kinds of cameras and zoom levels.
 Four nations to choose from: Germany, USA, USSR and Great Britain, each of them with exclusive units, buildings and tech-trees.
 More than 80 different units and 70 structures to build.
 32 mission campaign replaying real acts of the Second World War, accompanied by spectacular full motion videos.
 Powerful multiplayer game: Cooperative gameplay and the possibility to share allied units of different nations on more than 35 multiplayer maps.
 Military units of every nation are unique: each military unit has its own properties and special abilities.
 Battle on the ground, sea and air.
 Spectacular soundtrack and incredible sound effects.
 A powerful map editor allows you to create new and exciting missions easily and quickly.

Learn more at www.strategyfirst.com and www.lsgames.com

GameStop has a free shipping deal on the new Counter-Strike that came out today. From the announcement:

Counter-Strike™: Condition Zero™, the follow-up to the number-one on-line action game in the world, ships today. Order on GameSpot.com and receive free shipping from now until mid-April. Also, while supplies last, get a bonus offer! - Order Counter Strike™: Condition Zero™ and receive FREE trading cards!

GameStop.com

Atari is on a roll with a brand new partnership to add to their already expansive game reach. From their press release:

Atari and Stormfront Studios, under license from Hasbro, Inc., have announced plans to develop Forgotten Realms®: Demon Stone™, an action adventure game set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons® world created by Wizards of the Coast. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will place players in the middle of a heated battle between two demonic armies set to overrun the world of Faerun. The intense story setting in Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will highlight the game’s use of an enhanced version of Stormfront’s powerful game engine, allowing for greatly improved graphics, faster gameplay and even more intelligent enemies. Scheduled for release in the fall of 2004, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will push action adventure on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system to an entirely new level.

It took a long time and distracted me from my Railroad Tycoon 3 project but we launched Playopedia finally. It's an online directory of more than 8,000 video games. It's sweet.

We matched the game ratings with some content info to pull it together. The traffic is up and growing. Now, my only challenge is to add links between the various PlayRage game reviews and the specific product in the Playopedia. I have one done as a test but it's a bit of a challenge for a non-technical person like me. I'm also updating the database with new releases and pending releases. The 8,000 titles was the number as of January so we need to get cracking on what's happened in the marketplace since then.

I hope people like it and use it. We're going to add a search feature soon to make getting around a lot easier.