PC.IGN have thrown up their hands-on experience with Star Wars Battlefront for the PC!

Rather than actually go into work yesterday morning, I decided to drive up to San Rafael to play a little Star Wars Battlefront. The team's currently working to meet its September 21 ship date and offered us a chance to come and try the current PC build for ourselves. (Star Wars Battlefront is being designed by Pandemic Studios for the Xbox, PS2, and PC, and will ship simultaneously to all three systems in September.)

Bungie writes we've finally updated our concept, print and screenshot galleries to include hi-res versions of the assets featured in the Game Informer Halo 2 issue. But as a special bonus, we explore those levels just a little more closely.

Wargaming.Net announces the patch v. 1.2.209 for Massive Assault Network: This update contains all the fixes from the previous patches. It fixes some critical bugs with Air units, adds new enhancements to game's chat and firing effects. All this has greatly improved the already spectacular gameplay, making for an incredible turn-based experience.

3D Gamers reports that two months after the Russian demo, there is now an English playable demo of Silent Storm: Sentinels, renewing the opportunity to try out Nival Interactive's 3D turn-based strategy expansion in a language you may be more familiar with. This demo sees you taking the role of female American sniper Toby in three missions.

This upgrade features:

Improved the ghost car tracking system, to improve the visibility over LAN/Internet. Controller calibration is now smoother and less hard to control. The gear box testing sections are now better balanced. The game now report the ready state correctly in LAN/Internet multiplayer modes. Added code to display name, damage, tracks, etc when using GameSpy Arcade.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at Atari's forum.

Epic just made the latest version of the patch official and final version of the patch is 3236.

The Stargate BFM mod has been released for the public to enjoy. This mod promises to bring the Stargate world to the Battlefield with many new vehicles, weapons and more.

Wargaming.net today reveals the first 42 screenshots of its upcoming turn-based strategy game Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance. The Screens can be viewed at: PhantomRenaissance.com

EuroGamer reports that the Half-Life 2 release date saga continued to rumble on this weekend, with an Autumn release date now mooted as the title's likely launch window despite development on the hugely-anticpated game reportedly being completed in a matter of a few weeks .

Reports emanating from Half Life Radio in the US state that Valve will deliver the game to publisher Vivendi in the next few weeks, in line with the Seattle-based developer's recent promises that work on the project would be finished this summer. In fact, Valve's marketing director Doug Lombardi restated last week that the game was still "on target" for the summer.

GamesRadar have snagged the first trailer for Far Cry Instincts the Xbox incarnation.

Here's some of the latest games patches that are doing the rounds!

Painkiller Patch v1.2 Perimeter Patch v1.01 SÖLDNER - Secret Wars Patch v28446

I pre-ordered Doom 3 from Game UK some time ago. This morning I received this email:

Your pre-order reference xxxxxxxx/x.

Multiplayer mayhem with Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising is here with a new demo by Novalogic. Take the "Dormant Volcano" as Joint Ops or Rebels in this First-person shooter from the makers of Delta Force.

Electronic Arts have released a new patch for Battlefield Vietnam. This should replace the last update v1.01 and only has two fixes to it: Crash to desktop and disconnect issues have been corrected.

Gamer's Hell - 3D Gamers

Acclaim Germany has released a playable demo of Juiced, allowing you to take this street racing simulation by Juiced Games for a spin. Details on the demo's contents or even its system requirements are however not available, so your mileage may vary.

There's no question that Grand Theft Auto is one of the most revered franchises in modern games history. Rockstar's premiere property has the power to make even the most anticipated firstparty titles squirm on their release schedule. And after many months of speculation, last month's E3 finally spilled the details on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Here's a bug that was found in Thief 3 Deadly Shadows by Steerpike over at Iom Storm's Forum.

The bug I just discovered tonight (which will effect everyone, including XBox players) will make me wait for a patch. Yes, its that bad.

UnWheel is a driving modification for Unreal Tournament 2004. The idea behind UnWheel is not to create the ultimate racing game, or the 4x4 simulation with the best physics, or to specialise in any one area as other modifications and games do, but to simply create an assortment of gametypes and vehicles with the focus on fun driving, whether it be racing, rallying, or simply freestyle driving around! Thanks to Unreal Tournament 2004's support for extremely detailed models, you'll be driving some of the highest quality cars and trucks available, created by SupermotoXL.

Tweak Guides have two new guides out! One for Thief: Deadly Shadows and the other for America's Army: Special Forces Downrange! Here's a snip.

I've just completed a handy Thief: Deadly Shadows Tweak Guide which covers all the major tweaks for this fantastic game. It contains detailed descriptions of the performance and visual quality impacts of all the in-game settings, links to important resources and all the advanced tweaking you need to make an outstanding Thief game even better!

VUGames are currently taking applications for the Tribes®: Vengeance beta testing program, which will begin June 14th and run for several months. The closed beta program will begin with a very limited group but expand weekly until later this Summer when the public will be invited to partake in the testing. Tribes: Vengeance will ship to retail stores worldwide in October 2004.