Just got word from Matt @ 3DGPU.com that he had a surprise drop on his doormat the other day and no it wasn't the dog. The lucky sod got his copy of Unreal 2: The Awakening and he's already posted his review! Here's a snip.

Unreal 2 is a first-person shooter just like it's predecessor, and highly touted by many to have the best 3D graphics engine available on the PC, and we can certainly agree with that after having played through the game. So how does the game fare, and is it worth the wait and cash of your wallet? Read on to find out.

If your video card does not support hardware transform and lighting, it will make the system CPU work harder to do the transforms and lighting in software. Video cards that support hardware transform and lighting include the Nvidia GeForce series, and the ATI Radeon 7200+ cards.

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Just at the moment the doorbell was ringing and the postman gave me a small package from Amazon. There was a copy of Unreal II: The Awakening included. ;-)

If you hear a scratchy sound in the game which sounds like your loudspeakers are broken, simple activate EAX (if you have it or not, doesn't matters) or reduce the sound channels.

Happy gaming.
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Explosive action in the all new ?Strike? movie. Showcasing how integral the game?s accurately modelled real-world weapons are if you?re to succeed in the covert missions.

The guy's over @ 3DStation.com have been lucky enough to have a chat with Jeffrey Unay modeller/artist on the Quake 4 team. The interview includes some cool looking pic's like the one to your left! Here's a byte.

Q: Can you tell me more about your current job (Raven Software, Quake 4 project)?

A: I'm a high res modeler/artist on the Quake 4 team with the focus on modeling characters/creatures. I also model anything else needed for the project (e.g. player weapons, map objects, etc.). And as a modeler and artist, I get the opportunity to add to the overall design of the characters that I work on.

The Vietcong Website, has a new patch for the Vietcong multiplayer demo, updating the demo to version 0.98. And here's what's new in this patch.

3dgamers.com: reports that after a beta demo last month, Papyrus and Sierra have now released the official demo for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, again allowing you to take this imminent racing simulation sequel for a spin. As before, the demo offers the Michigan International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway tracks in testing session and single-race modes.

The failed 1993 U.S. military mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, lasted less than a day, but the conflict cost the lives of 18 U.S. soldiers, injured 84 more and killed hundreds of Somalis (soldiers and civilians). The operation-as part of the larger relief effort to reopen food lines to the region-was intended to capture key Somalian military leaders as prisoners and quickly hustle them out of the city. Within minutes of the mission's start, however, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in an ambush, crashing into the streets of Mogadishu. What began as a get-in, get-out surgical strike quickly turned into an every-man-for-himself fight for survival amid flying bullets and rocket-fired grenades, but also to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades.

It seems that latest released patch 1.3 for Battlefield 1942 has a built in wall hack! There is a command that you can type in console that allows you to see where friendly and enemy players are on your screen, even if they're behind a building, wall, hill, etc. Thanks to MSFN.org.

This one is a bit confusing as the BF1942 webpage still hasn't been updated to reflect this patch's release. Grab it : here.

Development and support of 'Elite - The New Kind' a DirectX recreation of the original 80's ground breaking 3D space game has now formally come to an end. The project has achieved it's primary goal of reverse engineering the original Elite code. Development time has now passed onto a new 3D space game called 'The Dark Kind: Darkness Falls' which is inspired and based on Elite.

Source: http://www.cjpinder.clara.co.uk/news.htm

A new version 1.3.5 beta client for Purge Online is now available via the Purge Community Website. The new release: "fixes many severe bugs and greatly optimizes the netcode in Purge. Many bugs in skills have been fixed, which significantly affects gameplay. Several game rules have also been changed so using skills are more profitable. High lag weapons have been tweaked to reduce ping spikes. For players who still think Purge is played like typical deathmatch FPS, a new "helper" message system was added to assist new players to Purge's unique game style. Grab it from the Purge Community Website. Source : Blues News

Entertainment software publisher NovaLogic, Ltd. today announced that it has teamed up with NVIDIA Corp. to launch the official single / multiplayer demo for Delta Force - Black Hawk Down. Beginning February 4th 2003, the demo will be available for download exclusively at nVIDIA, with key mirror sites becoming available from February 7th onwards.

The demo will feature one single player mission entitled "Diplomatic Immunity." The objective of the mission is to recapture a UN building being held by Habr Gadir militia. Delta Teams 2 and 5 insert by helicopter and must locate and secure hostages before escorting them to a waiting convoy for extraction.





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Zardon @ DriverHeaven has put together some 60 odd fantastic looking screenshots from the latest yet to be officialy release Epic game Unreal 2. These are really really worth checking out. Some amazing graphics in this game. Just take a look HERE.

About the game: "You are John Dalton, an ex-Marine assinged to patrol the edge of human space as a Marshal of the Terran Colonial Authority. Unexpectedly, your monotonous life is shattered by a chilling distress signal, plunging you into an adventure beyond belief."



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Thats right it's been released, grab it here Thanks to Nova for the info

Looks like, we should see the new Unreal Tournament 2003 patch v2186 in the next couple of days..... Click here for what's new