Conspiracy, based in California, USA, has opened its doors in the UK today, announcing its launch title in the region to be Archer McLean’s Pool Paradise International Editon on the PS2; the game will retail for £15.

The publisher’s UK office will be completely autonomous and will establish its own identity with a number of goals and objectives mirroring its parent company. Conspiracy also disclosed that it has made successful negotiations at E3, announcements regarding which will be made over the next few months.

These titles were shipped and are now available:

• Zoo Tycoon 2 - African Adventure

• Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command

As promised, the Blood Money demo has been put up today.

• Hitman: Blood Money on 3D Gamers, 4players.de, Download.com, GameSpot, VGPRO and Worthplaying
  
• Virtual RC Racing on the Official Website

Yes, there’s indeed no limit on Tom Cruise’s insanity – the Mission Impossible star has barred his two kids from watching TV and playing computer games.

Isabella and Connor, 13 and 11, respectively, are also being home-schooled by tutors from the Church of Scientology. However, all is not bad: the kids can watch select movies on weekends because come on… you just can’t get enough of Tom Cruise movies, can you?

With Microsoft trying to redefine PC gaming with the upcoming Windows Vista OS, IEMA has unveiled its first major redesign of the organization’s now-standard PC icon and packaging. All PC games released from now on will come in standard DVD casing similar to console titles, and will feature a more prominent and smarter PC icon. IEMA has played out this move to make PC games more consistent with similar console titles.

The first game to be released in the new packaging will be EA’s Madden NFL 07 (pictured right). Detailed information on the packaging change, along with the various new PC icons, can be found in this PDF file.

The latest Halo 3 Bungie weekly update is up, offering a new screenshot from the E3 trailer as well as word that Halo 3 multiplayer is up and running in the studio’s offices… and that it’s very polished at the moment. And yes, the post is accompanied by assorted Master Chief tomfoolery.