After requesting the download for the update to fix the cheat detection problem, today Transgaming announced the release of WineX 2.01, that FIXES the problem of WineX users playing Counter-Strike 1.4.

WineX is based on "Wine" the popular application layer to use Windows programs under Linux, however WineX takes it a step farther and adds DirectX 8 support!

Gas Powered Games' Community Director Darren Baker informed us that the anticipated patch for Dungeon Siege should be ready sometime next week. Hey Everyone, here?s a quick note to let you guys know what?s going on with the Dungeon Siege v1.1 update. We have the beta version of the v1.1 update almost ready for you and we should be all ready to hand it over next week. This has been a learning process for us. You would not believe the amount of steps, checks, and double-checks we are going through to ensure that this beta is ready and easy to upgrade to. As always, we very much appreciate your patience with us as we work all the kinks out of the process here at GPG.

According to Amazon.co.uk the release date for Doom III is November 29th, 2002!

The E3 movie trailer of Battlefield 1942 is now available, showing off the hybrid 3D action title under construction at Digital Illusions. The movie sports nearly two and a half minutes of impressive and often dramatic gameplay action.

Aurora Beta Toolset for Neverwinter Nights is now available, allowing you to experiment with creating content for the upcoming 3D role-playing game by BioWare. That is, provided you can stomach the massive download size, and live with the fact that your creation will likely not function in the final version of the game.

3DGamers is hosting some new interesting game material. The most interesting are:

New screenshots for Unreal Tournament 2003, the upcoming multiplayer first-person shooter by Digital Extremes, are now available for download! Dated May 15, 2002 .

Raven Software sends along updated dedicated servers for Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, their recent lightsaber wielding 3D action game. This version 1.03a release fixes the "com_error on very large packet fragments," and as usual the servers come in Win32 and Linux flavors.

Just saw this @ Xp-erience.org.

This cam movie of "StarWars Galaxies", the new MMORPG... And what can I say? After seeing this... THIS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL! It's about 20 or so minutes long but you can see some WICKED stuff happening here.

You have to see this, the cam is a little flaky, but the gameplay and graphics for this game are AWESOME!

I just got Medal of Honor Allied Assault! Great game you got to play this Game online in the co-op mode! I love the Bazooka and the sniper rifle! any way I got a problem if you can call it that?

when you first get the game you will notice that there's no online browser with the game just that crappy thing called GAYSPY! then I noticed that a patch had been released v1.1 with online browser! so I downloaded the patch. all went well and started playing the game until I need to reboot, then I noticed during the reboot the system was updating just like when you install or uninstall software, am using windows 98se! now it only does this after I've played Medal of Honor Allied Assault! anyone one else having this problem. this problem only started happening after I patch to V1.1

I have spoken too EA! The first time they have heard of this? Post your comments here! if your having the same problem and can the person I spoke to @EA please email me by clicking on Newsfactory top left of the post! Thanks

If you look at the official Unreal Tournament 2003 site under the F.A.O section at the bottom of the page you're going to see this:

What game modes will there be?

Deathmatch
Team Deathmatch
Capture the Flag
Domination 2.0
Bombing Run

Want to know what the Maps are called in the game modes Capture the flag, Death match and Domination? Then hit Read More.

Coming to your harddisk soon... Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Raven Software's Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix has gone gold and is on its way to manufacturing. The sequel to the award winning Soldier of Fortune, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix drops players into the ranks of America's shadow soldiers in a gritty and intense battle for survival. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is rated M for MATURE (17 and above) for animated blood, violence and gore.

Just a quick note for all gamers out there that the official UT 2003 website is now live and kicking. Log in for a complete overview on features, weapons, warriors and information about the game. Gallery and preorder program included as well as a forum. Go ahead and check it out! Click to enter

The Day of Defeat team is proud to announce the release of Beta 2.1. This upgrade features the resurgence of several great maps, weapon tweaks, HLTV support and improved game play (as well as fixes for those nagging lag problems.

The proprietary Siege Editor in Dungeon Siege gives you the freedom to rework nearly every aspect of the game, making Dungeon Siege not only a game, but also a role-playing platform for those who want to create their own characters, spells, dungeons and even entire worlds. You can share these user-created mods with your friends over the Web, making them available for anyone to download and explore, or play together in a multiplayer game.

The demo version of Raven Software and LucasArts's hit action game Star Wars: Jedi Knight II has now been released. As promised, the demo contains a single player level that is not in the retail version of the game (initially shown at E3 last year). Update: Added 3 more download links. Click on Read More... for download links.

If you liked yesterdays Unreal Championship Wallpaper then your going to love this one! It's called Gorge.

There is now a playable demo of F1 2002, offering the opportunity to take this upcoming Grand Prix racing simulation by EA Sports for a spin. This is a Work In Progress demo featuring the Albert Park, Australia circuit with the Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Sauber teams!

Just saw this @ MegaGames

GameCube gets a revamped version of the original classic survival horror trip with the S.T.A.R.S. team. The introduction CGI movie leads into the beautiful version of GameCubes survival horror remake, Resident Evil.

Just got word that the Official Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo will be released on May 24th 2002 and then the Game should hit the streets on 27.06.2002!

For an extremely cool wallpaper hit read more.

As it is to be read on the games homepage Gas Powered Games is working hard on getting the patch v.1.1 ready. According to their site a beta patch 1.09b will be released this friday May 10th. The final version will be polished and released shortly after. A list of current know issues can be found here.

There are new beta patches for the dedicated Half-Life servers, bringing the Windows server to version 4.1.0.9a and the Linux one to v3.1.0.9a. This release addresses a handful of engine and HLTV issues, and there are also a few Linux-specific changes and some other fixes.