Tuesday's Game Shorts

Ultima AmnestyDupers of Gold have but a single day remaining in Origin's offer of amnesty. Turn yourself in and be forgiven for past indiscretions, or brace yourselves for the ultimate insult... a quick toss to the pavement, forever banned from the Ultima universe. Ultima's online update center has details on how to turn in your illegally duped items.

Release Date for GEXGEX: Enter the Gecko for the PC will make it to retailer shelves this spring, Midway says. The PC release will follow the PlayStation release next month and the N64 version will be released this summer.

Clancy at it AgainRed Storm will once again try its hand at a one-two punch of simultaneous Tom Clancy book and PC game release with Rainbow Six, a game/book loaded with terrorists and good guys.

Rainbow Six will be an action/strategy title with players leading an elite multinational task force in battle against international terrorists. Players will assemble their team, plan strike force operations against terrorist installations, and then lead the assault. Rainbow Six will be playable over the Internet, Red Storm reports.