Big Thanks to Xbetas.net for sending this in.

" Thanks to my best friend, we now provide you with nice frame rate fix for that crappy 2FPS in Doom III Alpha Leak." Hey it is alpha, that is why it's crappy! So don't complain.

IEBeta has posted a snack up preview of Doom III. Wonder where that suddenly came from. Anyhow it's Sunday and still some hours to fill...

Every time you start thinking about old games, the good old days come in mind, you know, those times when you kept most of the games on your hard-drive for MORE than three days. For example, I played X-Wing for more than one year, I completely ruined myself because of playing Doom 2, as for the original Doom... well, let's just say I kinda sold my soul to the Devil to raise the money to buy a 2 meg SIMM back in '93 in order to play... and I DID! Although looked upon now, through the perspective of the new generation, with all it's Serious Sam's and Counter-strikes, Doom might look as a ran down joke that fits on three floppies, the great replayability and the crazy, unmatched feeling remains. id Software constantly drove the gaming industry insane with their releases and it appears they're not planning on stopping anytime soon because we all know the third part of the historical Doom is coming out.

Gamespot has reviewed Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Games recently released 3D realtime strategy game Age of Mythology. Earning a nearly perfect score of 9.2 out of ten Gamespot says it is a highly polished 3D version of AOEII in a fantasy setting. At its core, Age of Mythology does play a lot like Age of Empires II, as well as other real-time strategy games. A typical match will still require you to spend considerable amounts of time and attention on gathering various resources and building up your civilization, then on producing vast armies, researching numerous technologies and upgrades, and commanding your forces in large battles.

Playonline.com have released the Final Fantasy XI Benchmark Test! as the sites in Japanese: here's a quick translation.

Being something which obtains the index whether or not the FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows operates with the stock personal computer of, it does this software. In addition, it has possessed also function as a benchmark software.

New first patches for Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, bringing the English and German editions of the murderous third-person action game by IO Interactive to version 1.01 are available. This release improves compatibility with CD-ROM drives, enables the game console, and adds some graphical enhancements.

Sony Online has announced that the signups for the PlanetSide beta test are now officially open and will run until November 8. In the coming week, Sony will choose 1,000 testers who will get early access to the upcoming online first-person shooter. Those interested can sign up on

Mafia brings the 1930's underworld to live in this 3rd person 3D action game. Rise from the lowly but well-dressed Footsoldier to the envied and feared Made Man in an era of big bands, zoot suits, and Model T's. Take on the role of a hit man, enforcer, getaway driver and more in your struggle for respect, money, and power within the Salieri Family.
I was just searching around and I saw the demo, it came out on Nov 1st, here is the link ...

A new movie trailer for SimCity 4 is now available, again showing off the building and management strategy game currently under construction at Maxis. This trailer features a minute of mostly fast-forwarded in-game footage hightlighting the game's features.

The moment has come for you to try out Platoon for yourself! Take command of more than a dozen soldiers throughout an entire mission from the game. It will be up to you to secure a road for a passing convoy. You'll have to run a sweep-op to clear any mines laid on the road as well as confront any Vietnamese troops lying in wait to ambush you!

Ok can you Please stop emailing me as I don't have any links for you to Download it from! but for the lucky few that got it! Here's the link for installing the demo and everything else you need to know , on using the demo.

In a statement this year, Senator Lieberman singled out the game as a tutorial in bad behavior: "Games like Grand Theft Auto are particularly troubling because they go beyond just celebrating violence generally, and actually reward players for engaging in organized crime, murdering innocent people and other forms of perverse, antisocial behavior.", he said.

This is for all the peeps that said it's bullshit that DOOM III leaked!

removed Doom III - Alpha 0.02 - E3 Demo

Instructions and screen resolution changing hints added.

New patches for Iron Storm are now available, bringing both the US and European editions of this gritty first-person shooter by 4X Studio to version 1.02. This release addresses a crash problem with rebinding keys that primarily occurs with a USB keyboard and/or mouse.

There is a new movie trailer for Dragon's Lair 3D, showing more from the cel-shaded third-person action adventure being developed at Dragonstone Software. The movie offers some two minutes of cutscene and action-packed gameplay footage.

Tech-Critic has posted some new scans of screenshots from a magazine showing some Doom III content. Check them out via the above link if you like.

Here is the single-player demo that allows you to play as the Zeus civilization through two maps, five scenarios, and three Ages of time.

Bluenews.com reports that a new version 2136 patch for Unreal Tournament 2003 has been released by Epic. There is a local version of the 10.2 MB patch which also includes a list of mirrors along with the extensive list of what is new, changed, and fixed by the patch.

Thanks to Tim @Majorgeeks.com! UTBinder can handle all different settings that are normally hidden or hard to reach from within UT2k3 and can now be easily accessed by this program. Together with a nice and simple GUI there are many many features. Some keyfeatures the program has: General Key bindings, Handy 'press a key to bind' option, Many many settings can be changed with a mouse click: Display, Sound, Controls, Weapon Piotity, HUD, Screen, Textures, OpenGL / Direct3d, Aliases, And much much more!

Seems like Infogrames Germany jumped the gun today with some announcements in their login required press section. According to german magazine PC Games the add on to Bioware's Neverwinter Nights will be called Shadows of Undrentide and is to be released in February 2003 (Germany).
BioWare's Brad Grier (Communications Manager) said that "no expansion plans have been announced for NWN", which leaves room enough for behind the door development speculations. Another post reveals the release date of Unreal 2: The Awakening in Germany: January 23rd, 2003.