Massive Entertainment has released a new multiplayer demo of Ground Control II: Operation Exodus, renewing the opportunity to try out their imminent sci-fi 3D real-time strategy game. This demo supersedes the previous single-player demo as it contains the same two tutorials and "Smells Like Victory" campaign mission, but it has now been expanded with three online multiplayer maps that require creating an account on their MassGate network.

Slashdot reports that did you ever wonder what you could do with a cluster of 20 AMD XP 1800s? Some German students and videogame fans did, and their answer has been what they call 'ray-tracing egoshooters', an entirely raytraced game engine which 'runs about 20 fps@36 GHz in 512x512 with 4xFSAA'. The first game to get this treatment is Quake 3 Arena : the screenshots look slightly better than the original 3D engine but the video (56 Mb, 3'19) is quite dramatic.

Sierra has now released an unrestricted version of the free Starsiege: TRIBES retail game as a promotion for the upcoming Tribes Vengeance installment in the multiplayer first-person shooter series originally created by Dynamix. This distribution includes version 1.8 of the full game along with the retail patch to upgrade it to version 1.11.

Troopers: Dawn of Destiny, is a multiplayer Total Conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004 that bridges the boundary between Game and Experience to draw you into an atmospheric, involving, tactical first-person shooter set in the fictional Star Wars universe.

GameSpy reports that Raven's work on the game is shaping up but not ready for public viewing, according to id.

GamesRadar reports it's the first footage we've seen in ages of Killzone - PS2's supposed answer to Halo - and, at last, here is some hard evidence that the game could indeed live up to the hype.

Game Cam allows the recording of real-time in game movies with sound via hot keys or an easy to use in game interface. Game Cam was designed to work with most DirectX 7, 8, 9 and OpenGL games.

We just released Game Cam v1.1 Final. This release corrects every issue we were notified about through email and our forums. This will be the last major release for this version. Any other fixes will be released as minor patches. This release does include full ATI and nVidia support. Please see the downloads page for more information.

Unreal Racing is looking for a few beta testers, to run through the race simulator - just to ensure that it works properly.

A playable demo of Spider-Man 2 has been released, offering the first opportunity to try out this Unreal-powered, web-slinging action adventure sequel by The Fizz Factor and Activision. This beta demo contains a tutorial and several missions from the full game.

If you want to know, what's new in the lastest Unreal Tournament 2004 Patch 3223? Then Clcik Here

A new update for America's Army: Operations is now available, bringing the popular squad-based tactical shooter by the US Army to version 2.1.0. This is the Special Forces (Downrange) release, containing the new M136 AT4 weapon, Stryker armored vehicle, two new maps (SF Arctic and SF Village), new Tournament and Demo/Kiosk modes, use of the Karma physics engine, bug fixes, and more.

PCZone have posted some exclusive details about Need for Speed for next-generation of gaming hardware!

While many of you will already be frothing at the mouth at the prospect of Need For Speed Underground 2, the enormous, Grand Theft Auto-inspired follow-up to one of last year's biggest titles, Electronic Arts has dropped a petrol-powered bombshell, revealing first plans for the next generation of its killer franchise.

Here's a custom single-player coop map for Far Cry! In this scenario you are the only survivor of a helicopter crash in enemy territory ... Click Here

We've all seen the images and videos from the GeForce 6800 launch, where Far Cry was shown off with some fancy new effects. Well, one of those effects was offset mapping, and the good news is that it is available in the current version of Far Cry!

3D Gamers reports that in a blast from the past, a playable demo of Grand Prix Legends 2004 is now available, courtesy of Blackhole Motorsports. GPL 2004 is a community project to bring the venerable Grand Prix 1967 racing simulation released by Papyrus in 1998 into the new millennium, and while this demo contains the same Watkins Glen track as before, it has been upgraded with the official patches, modern graphics, car models and other modifications.

Raven Software is looking for a Technical Artist for the Quake 4 PC title. We prefer a person with a strong understanding of the technical side of creating art assets, such as creating textures and world models, generating shaders, and proficient in scripting. We also prefer a candidate with strong drawing and painting skills and an ability to model hi and lo-poly models in Maya and/or Lightwave. Programming experience is a plus. A background with Quake 3 shaders, a familiarity with the Quake 3 Editor, and experience in animation and effects are also a definite plus, but not required.

The Second volume of Community Bonus Pack for Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for download.

PC-IGN have got their hands on the PAL-exclusive car. Check out the M5 as Arwin tackles NYC with one of Nurburgring's best.

Seriously! Thanks to some clever thinking and smart technology, Bungie are pleased to present you with the first ever 3D screenshot of Halo 2. So make sure your movie players are all up to date, this one's worth the download!

Eidos Interactive has released the playable demo of Thief: Deadly Shadows, offering an opportunity to experience this new first- and third-person stealthy action sequel by ION Storm. This massive download contains a tutorial and the first mission from the full game.