Westwood Studios has issued another round of patches for Command & Conquer Renegade, updating their 3D action game to version 1.037. As always, there are patches for the English and international editions and a corresponding dedicated Win32 server. This release addresses one crash to desktop in both client and dedicated server.

3DTweakers.net: Controllable vehicles are the heart of the Battlefield 1942 experience and The Road To Rome will feature eight new vehicles in addition to the more than 30 in the original title. These include the German BF-110 and British Mosquito twin-engine fighter-bombers. Also debuting are an Italian torpedo boat as well as British and German tanks and anti-tank guns. 1 page summary of the BF1942 add-on.

Here's a cool mod that coming out for UT2003 called Unreal Fortress 2003.

planetunreal.com writes that the website for Unreal Fortress 2003 isn?t available quite yet, but that hasn?t stopped Jason from providing the community with some eye candy.

Blue's news.com have found the Battlefield 1942 patch version 1.3 on EA Taiwanese server! If you want to try out the patch? hit the above link.

Hi All, Sorry for the confusion, but our colleagues at EA Taiwan have inadvertantly posted an old, work-in-progress version of the patch. That version was sent to them for review...but not for posting. We are still nailing down some issues which are in that version...and the official version has yet to be finalized.

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The old and loved map from Counter-Strike is now available for Quakers to enjoy! Quake.co.il.

Planetunreal.com writes If you're a mapper, you need to go visit Unreal Expectations right now, since he's updated with about 25 brand new, high quality static mesh prefabs ready for you to download. Spice up your maps, bucko!

Gamer's Hell have got hold of the new Counter-Strike, Fusion Pack v10....

Games Fusion has released the latest version of their replacement pack for Counter-Strike, Fusion Pack v10, to the public. This new version is "the biggest update since v6.5 and includes a wide variety of replacements including bug fixes and additional enhancements" (read full story for details). A small patch is also available for v10 that "corrects a few minor issues and also replaces a few items such as the Ak47 and some sounds

Just spotted this @ HomeLan Fed

During Activision's third 2003 fiscal quarter conference call earlier today (you can listen to the conference call right here), execs at the company mentioned in passing that a sequel to last year's Quake III engine powered first person shooter Star Wars: Jedi Outcast was in the works to be released in their fiscal 2004 time frame (April 2003-March 2004).

This is the 4th game in the Sim City series. Sim City 4 is no kids game, but it will leave you with endless hours of gameplay

Epic's Steven Polge posted a quick update on the bonus pack to the official boards:

We are working hard on testing the bonus pack. All the content and code going into the bonus pack is complete, but we are still testing, finding bugs, and tweaking.

Do you miss the sniper rifle in UT??? Welcome back Sniper Arena to UT2003! This is a port of the Unreal Tournament Sniper Arena mutator.

Sniper Arena 108 For UT 2003

Ubi Soft Entertainment sends along the promised patch for the multiplayer demo of Rainbow Six: Raven Shield, bringing this squad-based tactical shooter to version 1.2. This release addresses the high capacity magazine and thermal scope cheats, and adds "more error messages for unsupported video card features."

Computer and Video Games reports that If insider speculation is to be believed, Microsoft has bought US publisher Vivendi, with an announcement to that effect due soon. Take a deep breath and reflect on the implications of that, if true.

Half-Life 2, Warcraft, Counter-Strike, Crash, Spyro, Lord of the Rings... Vivendi has an enormous portfolio boasting some of the biggest titles on all formats, and it would be an ultra-smart move on Microsoft's part to snap them up. Such a buyout, of course, would come at a terrifically high price, making the 365 million acquisition of Rare look like peanuts. But if anyone has the necessary funds, it's Microsoft.