Ryan McKane, a test driver with gasoline running in his veins, spends his life struggling against his father?s disappointment, while his brother?s phenomenal racetrack success overshadows every minor victory he achieves. When his father perishes in an octane-fuelled blaze of fire on the asphalt that...

Big Thanks to Atul Fatpie for noticing that the lucky peeps over @Ferrago.co.uk have had the chance to interview Id Software's Todd Hollenshead! Here's a snip from their interview.

Ferrago: From what we've seen of Doom III so far, it looks like it's going to have a decidedly chilling ambience. What devices of graphics, sound and storyline are you using to create this experience?

TH: The technology is an entirely new paradigm, which is why it stands alone among games with it's visual quality. Dynamic lighting, bump-mapping, real-time 5.1 sound mixing, and realistic physics are what drive the technology. We've hired a professional science fiction novelist to help us with the story. And we've taken a cue from the film industry and story-boarded out the entire game.

While were all waiting for the Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo! Here's some more screenshots and movies for you to drool over. Check out this cool screenshot or watch the movies! full list below.



Unreal Tournament 2003 Bombing Run: Kalendra
Unreal Tournament 2003 Bombing Run: Temple Anubis
Unreal Tournament 2003 Capture The Flag: Chrome
Unreal Tournament 2003 Capture The Flag: Citadel
Unreal Tournament 2003 Capture The Flag: Lost Faith
Unreal Tournament 2003 Death Match: Antalus
Unreal Tournament 2003 Death Match: Curse3
Unreal Tournament 2003 Death Match: Inferno
Unreal Tournament 2003 Double Domination: Outtrigger

Just got word from Gamesdomain.co.uk that they have got their exclusive preview of Rally Fusion for PS2 up. Here's a snip:

The PlayStation2 version of Rally Fusion: Race of Champions is now in its alpha phase. This means that the game is now considered feature complete, in so far as all game modes, vehicles, tracks and functionality are in place. Tweaking, polishing and bug fixing are the order of the day for the next few months.

There is a new movie trailer of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, showing the third-person action game of contracts and eliminations by IO Interactive in motion. The movie sports offers a minute and a half of high-res but overly dark MPEG footage, mixing both cutscene and lead-infested gameplay sequences.

Microsoft Announce Halo 2, a sci-fi action/first-person shooter game, is a full sequel to the best-selling original and will continue the story of the Master Chief, a genetically enhanced supersoldier who is the only man that has successfully defied the Covenant, a coalition of alien races on a murderous march toward Earth. "Halo 2" surpasses its predecessor both in graphical beauty and combat intensity.



The Master Chief and his marine allies return to battle the full complement of Covenant forces, as well as new enemies who have not yet revealed themselves. "Halo 2" also expands the Master Chief's already substantial arsenal with powerful new weapons, many pried from the twitching claws of defeated enemies, as well as more than twice as many drivable vehicles for exploring vast landscapes or speeding into battle. In addition to its epic single-player campaign, "Halo 2" will be playable online through Xbox Live.

Bioware has released a new patch for Neverwinter Nights which updates the game to version 1.22. Bioware recommends that you update the game by selecting 'Update' from the Neverwinter Nights game launcher which will download a 1.4Mbyte version of the patch.

Read more for the added fixes and additional notes.

"The first secret of UT 2003: it's pretty much finished. "Basically, the game is done," explains James Schmalz, creative director at Digital Extremes. "We've been doing tons of fine tuning to the game -- a lot of the little stuff, such as improving the visuals in terms of performance to make it totally kick ass, making sure the HUD works in different resolutions, making sure the menus work properly. It's that last 4%, so to speak, that we're working on right now." Hit Read more...

Gas Powered Games have released the official v1.1 patch for Dungeon Siege, their 3D action role-playing game. The patch is available through the auto-updater or as manual update 1.1 with approximately 29.1 MB file size patches (depending on your previous version) from Microsoft's official site. Read more...

It's hard to see that the 928 version of UT2003 is a fake, after you see this short AVI file. The game play and new maps that is shown, looks absolutely amazing, Face III.

Project 3 Interactive sends along the new multiplayer beta of New World Order, bringing this team-based tactical shooter by Termite Games to version 2.0. This new beta still features the "Sweden" map playable with up to 32 players on LAN and Internet, but it requires DirectPlay 8.2 beta, which you must download from Microsoft's Beta Place (case-senstive Beta ID: DXBeta, password: DirectX9) after completing their short "Game Enthusiast Survey."

I'm a happy man. No ... change that. I'm an extremely happy man. Why, you ask? Did Nicole Kidman finally come to her senses and come knocking at my door? Did Publisher's Clearing House notify me I'm their next million dollar winner? No, on this blessed day yours truly got to check out Unreal Tournament 2003, and not just for a little while, but for hours.



The first secret of UT 2003: it's pretty much finished. "Basically, the game is done," explains James Schmalz, creative director at Digital Extremes. "We've been doing tons of fine tuning to the game - a lot of the little stuff, such as improving the visuals in terms of performance to make it totally kick ass, making sure the HUD works in different resolutions, making sure the menus work properly. It's that last 4%, so to speak, that we're working on right now.

Sierra Entertainment has released the promised multiplayer beta of Empire Earth: the Art of Conquest, the 3D real-time strategy expansion in the works at Mad Doc Software. The beta contains one multiplayer map and offers "a sneak peak at the new units and epochs to be included in the upcoming expansion pack.

Big thanks to Atul Fatpie for noticing that Tiscali Games also has a video of Unreal II which they got from the German magazine's PC Action cover disk!

Just got word that Tiscali Games have got their hands on a new 4.5mb movie trailer of Ritual Entertainment's upcoming first person shooter - Star Trek: Elite Force 2.

Found this on Geeknewz.com: The test for the upcoming game Delta Force Black Hawk Down has been released! The beta will only be available for download for a week and will expire on the 16th of August. So go get it!

ID Software will be conducting its first fan demonstration of the DOOM III Theater at this year's QuakeCon 2002 and this will be the first public demonstration of the game that includes a new level (?) that was not shown off during E3 this year.

Valve Software has released a movie trailer of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, showing the upcoming team-based tactical shooter by Gearbox Software in motion. The high-res movie features a minute and a half of mostly gameplay footage

Massive Development have opened the official AquaNox: Revelation website for business, revealing more from this upcoming underwater 3D action game.

AquaNox: Revelation Website

The Marksmanship pack takes players to the U.S. Army's Sniper School in Fort Benning, Ga., for training missions. In order to progress to this advanced level, players must qualify as an "Expert" in the Rifle Range single-player mission. In the Army, relatively few Soldiers attain an "Expert" qualification badge, so meeting the requirements to proceed to this level in America's Army is not easy.

After successfully completing their advanced marksmanship training missions, players will be qualified to select this higher-expertise level in online games. Many of the multiplayer missions in America's Army: Operations, including the Insurgent Camp and Bridge maps, that were released in the initial RECON release, include these roles.