Available today is a demo for Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, the hit PC game from ARUSH & 3D Realms. Without further ado, here's some info about the game:

Duke has a new nemesis, and this time it's not scumbag aliens! It may be even worse..

Mech Morphix has perfected GLOPP (Gluon Liquid Omega Phased Plasma), a slimy, radioactive substance that mutates living things on contact. After using his own henchman guinea pigs, turning them into grotesque beasts, he unleashed the ozze on the city of New York. With an elaborate pipeline to manufacture and ship the powerful plasma to a secret labl, Morphix plans to use it to take over the world (of course).

Morphix thinks GLOPP will help him rule the planet, but Duke's GLOPP powered weapons just might turn the tables on Morphix's plan!

This update for Windows and Linux will upgrade your retail Return to Castle Wolfenstein game to version 1.33. This update for Return to Castle Wolfenstein addresses issues found in multiplayer and single player since the release of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. In addition, we've added new features that will enhance your gameplay experience. For a complete list of what we fixed and added, please check the readme. The 1.33 Full update will bring any version up to 1.33, and the Windows Lite update will bring 1.32 users up to version 1.33

Westwood has also released another updated toolset for Command & Conquer Renegade, their recent 3D action game. While the package has been updated into a slightly larger download, there are again no details on the changes. As before, it contains contains the Level Editor along with assorted utilities, as well as RenX for gmax.

There is a new audio update version 1.0 for Grand Theft Auto III, adding some improvements to the MILES Sound System employed in Rockstar's 3D action game.

Nvchips-fr.com have snagged some great screenshots of Unreal 2!

PlanetSoldier has conducted an interview with Bryan "Apoxol" Dube, Ravensoft programmer about their latest FPS SoF 2: Double Helix. The interview covers the experience of programming the game and a short notice on the upcoming patch. Read more here.

Some video game players got a nasty surprise this week when they downloaded software from a popular online gaming site - the Nimda computer virus.

The installer for GameSpy Arcade 1.09, the main file exchange and gaming software of GameSpy.com, was infected with the Nimda virus twice this week, GameSpy Chief Executive Mark Surfas told Reuters. Now you know why I call them GAYSPY... Hehe

Bioware has released a new patch for Neverwinter Nights which updates the game to version 1.19. Bioware recommends that you update the game by selecting 'Update' from the Neverwinter Nights game launcher.

Here are the fixes in this patch:

Creatures will now use their spell-like abilities again
Bards will no longer become illegal characters
Sort community names alphabetically in chat
Neverwinter Nights now works with DirectX debug DLLs
Added a Tech Support chat area

But if you want to manually install the patch hit read more.

Medieval: Total War allows players to take control of one of twelve world powers as they attempt to rewrite history through a mixture of trade, diplomacy, resource management and wars of conquest. Featuring an incredibly powerful 3D engine, the game supports real-time 3D battles of more than 10,000 troops and more than 100 unique unit types, including knights, infantry and siege engines, in terrain as varied as deserts, forest, plains and mountains. Players will utilize authentic battle strategies and tactics as they unleash their forces against medieval castles and mighty fortresses with an arsenal of battle-field weapons including long-bows, muskets, cannons and catapults which can pound castle walls and buildings to rubble.

Take Two Games has released a patch for Grand Theft Auto III, upgrading the game to version 1.1. The changelog is provided within the patch zip file.

Operations will be available for download on the 4th of July. What better way to celebrate America's freedom then by downloading and playing Operations: Defend Freedom. Stay tuned for more info and keep checking our downloads page.

Update: Currently the site is down.

Sierra have a second patch ready for testing. This fixes a few additional issues with the game and repairs some new issues that we inadvertently created with the last patch. Additionally there will be a linux version of the patch available soon.

MilkShape 3D - Create and edit models for games like Quake I, II, III, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, including full animation! Or write your custom export plugin with the SDK!

3Dgamers report that now since the retail game has been released, DreamCatcher Games sends along the final playable demo of Gore, the first-person shooter developed by 4D Rulers. This demo offers the starting section of the single-player campaign as well as two multiplayer maps (UMC Cube and Vertigo) playable in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tactical and Capture the Flag modes.

Just saw this @ Evil Avatar.com:

Activision sends along eight new screenshots of the new maps that will be included in the upcoming Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix patch file. The shots are from the four new multiplayer maps that will be in the patch: Kamchatka Factory, Airport Warehouse, Hong Kong Streets and Barn.

Well it seems that with the latest leak of Unreal Tournament 2003 build 927 there's a little surprise in that. It includes the Unreal Editor!

Just noticed that Mark Rein of Epic Games Inc has posted a bit more info about Unreal Tournament 2003! these details should get you going unlike the German Football team! hey boss get the beers out Coz their coming home their coming home? the Germans are going home! LOL


Resident graphics wiz, Andrew Scheidecker, has cranked up graphics performance very nicely and hardware guru Daniel Vogel has somehow managed to get 16 bit working quite well and make the game run on low-end cards like TNT2 and even 3DFX's famous Voodoo3!

So there it is, Voodoo3 and Voodoo5 will work with our game. Here's the disclaimer: the company that made these boards is no longer in business so these boards won't be "officially supported". The Voodoo3 drivers we tested with were 3rd party drivers from voodoofiles.com. Dan thinks the Voodoo5 drivers he tested with were the ones provided with Windows 2000, the OS on his test machine. We can't guarantee everyone who has a Voodoo3/5 card is going to be able to get the game working nor can we guarantee that the game is going to run well on their system. On our test box, an Athlon 1Ghz we ran the game consistently on Voodoo3 around the low to mid 20's (frames per second) at 512x384 and 640x480 both, of course, in 16 bit color. Visual quality was decent, not perfect as there are some visual flaws, but good none the less. The Voodoo5 was able to achieve the same kind of performance but at 640x480 with 32 bit color and the visual quality was actually quite good. A TNT2 achieves about the same performance but at a lower resolution - for TNT we're running 320x240 at 16 bit color - the absolute lowest end of the scale. Even at these resolutions the game is still a LOT of fun to play. On the sound side we have some amazing news! Dolby Laboratories informed us today that we are officially Dolby Digital 5.1 certified! UT2003 will be one of the first PC games to ship with true Dolby Digital support.

Just saw this @ Thedigitalresource.com

A couple of days ago, there was a new leak of Unreal Tournament 2003. This time it's build #927 and it's filesize is 921 Mb to download. The build contains 50 maps and also the detailed characters and the amazing karma physics. I must say, the levels look awesome and the amount of detail is just cunning. lights and shadows are even more realistic in this build, and I can sense and improvement of the gameplay. There is one thing about this though; it's timebombed. After 15 days the trial will expire, unless you have a crack, that is ;-)

It requires about 4 gig of free hard disk space and it actually installs 2,27 gigabyte. Though the enormous amount of disk space it takes in, the loading times are no more then 10 to 20 seconds for a big level, which I think, is a great achievement. Great engine guys :-) I made some screenshots (289 of them) of each map and also included are screenshots of the improved menu and every gameplay setting. Have fun watching them!

A playable demo of Spider-Man: The Movie is now available, allowing you to try out this recent web-slinging action adventure. That is, provided you can stomach the massive download size of 176 MB, and there currently are no details on the demo's contents.

Bethesda Softworks has released the first patch for their massive role playing game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The patch size is rather moderate with 3.41Mbyte. Please note that this patch is for the U.S. version of Morrowind only. Hit read more for the changelog and download link.