We’ve got a press release and some screens taken from Ford’s Off-Road Racing and whew does it have lots of Ford stuff in it. I don’t have anything against Ford cars and trucks personally, but I’ve found the games featuring nothing but Ford cars a bit odd and almost too “advertisy” or maybe too niche for my tastes. Nothing but Fords? Hmmm..

Key Features

* 18 officially licensed Land Rover and Ford off road vehicles.
* 24 detailed tracks encouraging high speed racing.
* 3 off road environments, Desert, Water and Ice.
* Real time, on-the-go damage repair.
* Discover hidden routes to gain a racing advantage.
* Power sliding; throw powerful 4×4s around the tracks.
* In-game pickups: Discover repair pods, time extensions, artefacts & cash.
* Multi-player racing via split screen (PS2 – 2 players ) and Wi-Fi (PSP – 6 players).
* 12 race modes: Standard Race, Elimination, Time Attack, Overtake, Slalom, Checkpoint, Checkpoint Sprint, Seconds Out, Gold Rush, Gauntlet, Low Damage Race and Expedition.

Licensed Vehicles

2005 Defender 90 Station Wagon
2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged
2007 Discovery 3
2007 Freelander 2
Range Stormer Concept
SVX Concept

2008 Ford F-150 FX4 pickup
2008 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II
2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty
2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty
2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty

2008 Ford Escape
2008 Ford Explorer
2008 Ford Expedition
2007 Ford Explorer Sport Track
Ford Bronco concept
Ford Equator concept
Ford Mighty F-350 concept

Off Road is scheduled for release on 21st March 2008 for the PlayStation® 2, Sony PSP and PC at an RRP of £19.99 The Wii version will be released during Q2 2008.

Here’s the official press release concerning Wii Chess, coming from Nintendo as part of the Touch Generations lineup of games for the Nintendo Wii. There’s also a few screens of the game in action below the PR:

You can now test your Chess skills against the Wii, with the latest Touch Generations title from Wii. Wii chess is considered one of the most powerful chess computers. Wii chess uses loop express, a conversion of the loop chess engine which ranked 3rd in the 2007 World computer chess championship in Amsterdam.

To improve your Chess skills Wii chess allows you record, review and replay previous games. So you can hone your chess skills, ready to battle any opponent.

Wii chess comes with 10 difficulty levels from beginner to expert, and when you have finished going up against the Wii you can challenge players across Europe online, using the Nintendo WiFi connections from the comfort of your own home.

More screens available here at Wiiz.fr.

The guys and gals over at the NeoGAF forums have been discussing Endless Ocean and they’ve posted a few screens up of some interesting finds. Check out the shots I grabbed below from there as well as a video showing off plenty of situations from the game and even a scan from my most recent issue of Game Informer where they give the game a 6.0. They also gave Jenga a 2.0 in this issue so I’m sure they know what they are talking about but I’m still going to be picking up Endless Ocean myself. So relaxing looking!

This guy put some work into this Wii made entirely out of Legos. It’s even got some little Lego guys inside playing tennis and bowling. Also, check out the Wii Remote beside the console also made of Legos.

Sega’s Superstars Tennis is coming and will feature over 15 Sega characters that you can control as you volley balls back and forth against your opponents. It seems like you will also be playing on some rather colorful and Sega themed courts by looking at these screens over at CVG. It’s cool to see other developers putting their character lineups in games like this, especially a developer like Sega with a strong lineup.

Watch.impress has some new screens up taken from Opoona which is coming from Koei for the Wii. Still in development and described as a full scale RPG, check out a few sample shots below and the link for even more!

Puzzle Quest is hitting the Wii around March of 2008 and 1up has a few screenshots of the game you can checkout. I can’t wait to play it on the Wii as I never got to spend much time with it on the DS, but I hear it’s a great puzzle game.

Famitsu has a few screens up from the House of the Dead 2 & 3 bundle, check out a few samples below:

For $30, this set is going to be a must own for us as we love the HotD series.

Project HAMMER has been canceled, but that hasn’t stopped some folks from the NeoGAF forums from getting their hands on some screens from the now defunct game. Check out a few of them below and then visit the link for the rest of them. Still a shame the game was canceled as it had potential!

The NeoGAF forums have a post with a few new screenshots taken from Cruis’n for the Wii and while they do look better than the first batch of screenshots, they still leave a bit to be desired. So long as it’s fun, I’ll be down for some crazy Cruis’n racing, but where’s all the cars on the streets? Did everyone stay home knowing you would be out racing?

Jeux-France.com has their hands on some new screens from Soul Calibur Legends, check out the samples below:

Click here for the rest of them.

GamesPress had the following screens from Medal of Honor Heroes 2 up this morning showing off it’s fancy texture work and lighting effects. I particularly like the screen showing off the guy using a metal detector, that looks exciting!

GamesPress has the following screens up for Medal of Honor Heroes 2 which look good but the real joy is coming in it’s 32 player online mode.