Need I say any more? Xbox 360/PC Quake 4 FIRST ingame shot

Now that most of you will no doubt have played Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 to death, there's most likely a hole in your life which needs to be filled by a good, fun, high-quality first-person shooter. Enter Pariah to try and fill that void - But does it succeed?

A very brief teaser movie for Quake IV has been released, hinting at this sci-fi first-person shooter sequel being crafted at Raven Software. This clip offers a quick selection of action-packed in-engine sequences running for a mere 14 seconds.

This video shows off the new models and a bit of gameplay from STALKER, and in particular the new lighting modes of Direct X 9.1.

FileRush

An update is available for Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2 and the Source Engine. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is another World War II game, but it does not cover the whole war, which is what?s unique about it. Brothers in Arms, which is based on a true story, is about a team that was in World War II at the time; the entire game is based on their eight days in France. The life that the soldiers went through and their tactical deployment throughout the experience is truly attention grabbing. This obviously is the main point of the game. The game first introduces you with your team members after you?ve been knocked out from a grenade, and later proceeds to the actual combat and tactical alliance. Does it have what it takes to set itself apart from the rest of the WWII games? Read on and find out?

HardwareOC send word that they've got four Hi-Res screens of Unreal Tournament 2007!

Ubi Soft sends along an AMD64 / WinXP Pro x64 upgrade for Far Cry along with an "exclusive content" add-on for the tropical island first-person shooter by Crytek Studios. Word on the massive downloads is: "The AMD64 upgrades of Far Cry are meant to run on the final released version of the new Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. If you are running a Beta version of this software, we cannot insure compatibility. Please note that the goal of the AMD64 upgrades is to transform the 32-bit version of the game into a 64-bit version of the game to be played on the Windows XP Pro x64 Edition OS.

For years, AMD has been talking about the positive impact that 64-bit will have on games. Honestly, we never bought it; games are still a couple of years away from breaking the 2GB process limitation under present day 32-bit Windows. Despite our lack of belief, AMD still did their best to convey the message that gamers would be given a better experience in a 64-bit environment.

AnandTech

Clan LRRP had a chance to visit Dice and play test a good amount of Battlefield 2. Below is 250 megs of combined video fury, showing off large amounts of new engine goodness. Saying that I'm excited about this game is an understatement.

FileRush

We've updated our UT Codename Envy Unreal Tournament 2007 page with a bit of new info as well as a crapload of screenshots from various sources, including the hi-res screenshots that surfaced earlier today. We're only mirroring the low-res versions of these screenshots for the moment.

Beyond Unreal

Groove Games has issued the first patch for Pariah, upgrading the new futuristic first-person shooter by Digital Extremes to version 1.01. This patch addresses a "problem where the game would not load when using Windows 98 or Windows ME."

3D Gamers

We'll also be showing off some products at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Half-Life 2 Xbox will be shown in the Xbox area of Microsoft?s booth. Meanwhile Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, which is the new, single-player level created to introduce High-Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting to the Source engine, is slated to appear in the Games for Windows area at the show.

SteamPowered

An update for the Steam Client (and the HLDS Update Tool) has been released, along with some improvements to SourceTV. (SourceTV is for broadcasting Source games to large numbers of spectators.) The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Activision reveals it's targeting the holidays with a fusillade from its top-tier catalog; hints next-gen games will arrive this year.

GameSpot

Cold Fear is a unique game that is featured exclusively on a ship. Now, some might think of this as boring due to the same depth of levels while others may like the concept due to its compact action sequence. Whatever the opinion, Cold Fear is a unique title for Xbox, but does it deliver? Cold Fear thrusts the players deeply into the game. It is a bit predictable, but the predictability in the game also helps out when you are lost by the confusing and similar looking surroundings from one level to another. Since the story is constructed on a ship, it gets a bit confusing throughout various levels. What else does the game have to offer? Read on and find out?

Solid Who? What Snake? That's what people have been saying since being exposed to Splinter Cell for the first time a couple of years back. Now Sam Fisher has returned, leaner, meaner and with a much bigger can o' woop ass. How much bigger? Read on to find out.

Thanks to Wunderchu in our forums for the heads up that 1UP have post the 4 page article from last month's Computer Gaming World Mag, which looks at Unreal Tournament 2007! Here's a snip.

I'm looking at a level from the next Unreal Tournament game, and it's not pretty. In a darkened conference room at Epic Games' North Carolina offices, lead designer Steve Polge, lead level designer Jim Brown, and producer Jeff Morris are walking me through a level that appears to be made of the equivalent of digital cement blocks -- and gently explaining to me why this is a good thing.

We take a First Look at NCSoft's MMOG for rev-heads: Auto Assault, where Mad Max meets Everquest.

Bit-Tech

A playable demo of S.C.A.R. - Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo is now available, offering the first opportunity to take the single-branded modern racing simulation by Milestone for a spin. This demo contains the Valenciana Circuit drivable in three car models in Instant Action and Dynasty Time Assault modes, along with a countryside track and a city track in Dynasty Tour mode.