Big Thanks to Atul Fatpie for noticing this @ Fileplanet.com:

CliffyB and Allen from Epic show off their latest work, UT2003. They show off a ton of maps, game types, and UnrealED. Sorry for camera work, I didn't have a place to mount the camera and my arm got tired. The wmv file is a direct copy off my camera, so I did NO editing, you'll hear comments from Trapoon, HYDRO and alkali.

In the history of gaming, there was only one game that fit the requirements of being an rpg, action, adventure, hilarious, and entertaining game, Giants. For a quick sample of what Giants is, here is a screenshot:

Just saw this @ our affiliate site GeekNews.com

Under Ash is a first person shooting game that puts you in the battle in the middle east... as a Palestinian. The game makers say there are no civilian targets in this game that the player can only fight the Isreali Defense Forces. I guess I was shocked in a way but I really can't be when my own country has our own first person shooter. What do you all think of these games that mimic life a little too much?

Bethesda Softworks has released a new patch for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, upgrading their free-form 3D role-playing game to version 1.2.0722. This release includes save game improvements, over two dozen bug fixes, and over a dozen quest fixes.

Got great news from HQ: the Marksmanship Pack is nearly complete, troops! Even better, the Marksmanship Pack is packed with much, much more than just the single-player U.S. Army Sniper School missions. Responding to the feedback from our community, we've decided to add a number of additional features in this release, to include the following: tools that kick AFK players; TeamTalk options (allowing you to radio all your live and --er-- 'retired' team members); ...

Just saw this @ Thedigitalresource.com

The Unreal site Unreality comes up with the news that the German Infogrames site made a Unreal Tournament 2003 trailer available on their site. The trailer shows us some in-game action. Unfortunatly the original is in small stamp sizes, however, IGN has a QuickTime version that looks way better.

Infogrames Germany posted the official trailer for UT2003. Too bad it's in a kinda crap resolution, but we get to see a bunch of new maps + there's a lot of asskicking going on, so it is certainly worth the download. (and it is only 1.5mb)

Eidos Germany has made a drastic decision to prevent their games from being copied. Starting 2003, the company will only release it's games on DVD's. This will cost them more, but they hope to recover that by selling more games, since "they can't be copied"...
Personally, I think it'll just cost them more, unless they are going to ban DVD-writers.

Matrox.com have posted a list of games that now support Surround Gaming like Unreal Tournament 2003:

Bioware has released a new patch v1.21 for their award winning role playing game Neverwinter Nights. As usual it is recommended to update via the game auto-updater which reduces the download size. A manual patch is available here. Read more for the changelog. Please note that there is also an update to the auto-updater (v1.08).

The update patch version 1.07 offers new multiplayer features, such as extending multiplayer to the strategic map as well as introducing a hot seat mode for multiplayer duels on a single computer. Update patch v.1.07 fixes a number of issues that were found in 1.06 dealing with the strategic multiplayer mode, including multiple problems with connections and the loading of previously saved games. The patch also addresses several issues that were discovered by players in both the single and multiplayer modes. Please see the full list of changes in the Readme file.

Just saw this @3dgamers.com

Electronic Arts has granted us permission to post the new single-player demo of Battlefield 1942 that recently became available on the cover-disk of PC Gamer magazine. The demo allows you to try this upcoming vehicular 3D action game by Digital Illusions in one mission set in Tobruk.

Well I think this a new patch for Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix but as I don't have the game I am not sure but if I am wrong, I am sure somone will let me know.

Blizzard has released a minor patch for WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, bringing their new 3D real-time strategy game to version 1.01b. This release offers a single change: "Fixes a problem where players were disconnected from a game as it was starting and thus getting a loss.

Over the next couple of months, we'll be taking a closer look at what makes the Xbox Live service so phenomenal. We know many of you have been waiting eagerly for the promise of online console gaming to be fulfilled, and this fall, it will be. We also think you may be tired of hearing dueling press releases and hype. So we're going to take you inside the Xbox Live team and the hard work that has gone into making the service a reality. Why would you want to take time to read these articles? We're glad you asked. Here's what playing on Xbox Live will mean to you.

It's a good time to be James Bond. It's the suave superspy's 40th movie anniversary this year, and this winter's upcoming release of Die Another Day will be the 20th film that's featured the debonair MI6 secret agent. Electronic Arts and MGM are commemorating this momentous occasion by releasing a quartet of 007 games later this year, one for every major platform. And while Bond is no stranger to consoles--developers have been constantly trying to match the level of commercial and critical success received by Rare's GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64--EA's James Bond 007: NightFire will mark Bond's first appearance on the PC.

The moment we have all waited for as finally come. EALA has launched their first announcement about Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Expansion Pack with 20 new British and Russian weapons.

Players will assume the role of a new character, Sgt. Jack Barns, who's an OSS operative sent into Normandy with the 101st Airborne on the night before the D-Day invasion. The game will start with Barns parachuting from the back of a C-47 under the cover of darkness.

All UT server admins are encouraged to install this replacement IpDrv.dll.

This fix causes the UT server to correctly process ICMP port unreachable messages, and disconnect any connection it receives one for. This solves the Windows 2000 creeping ping problem and the denial of service attack mentioned in this article. Users not running UT servers do not need to apply this patch.

Nvidia have posted five new Unreal Tournament 2003 screenshots, by Digital Extremes and Epic Games from their upcoming multiplayer shooter.

For decades now, schools, booksellers, and libraries throughout the world have been giving voracious readers access to one of the most developed fantasy worlds ever penned--Middle-earth. The Lord of The Rings is the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired nearly all fantasy storytelling since then with his epic tales of hobbits, friendship, and power. Universal Interactive will be publishing games based on all three chapters in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Preview @ Gamespot.

Just got word from Dwarden @PaleStar Inc. that the Free 7 day Demo of DarkSpace is now available! here's the Press release and a screenshot for DarkSpace.



Austin, Texas, July 12th, 2002. Palestar Inc. and Playnet.com announced Friday that a free trial for the massively multiplayer online game DarkSpace will begin July 15th, 12:00CST and run until July 22nd, 12:00CST. During the free trial, ALL DarkSpace account holders will be able to play with no limitations, and will have the ability to gain prestige, rank, and join all available servers.