Gamestar.de have posted details of valve upcoming first person shooter Half Life 2! as the sites in German, here's a quick Babelfish translation but I will try and get Rancho* to do a German to English translation. which should be a lot better.

we expect 2003 a good year for GPUs. The enthusiastische use of DirectX 9 and Cg ( meant: C for graphics ) by [ play ]Industrie will support the spreading of Geforce FX class GPUs. With hot desired NEXT generation titles such as Doom 3, unreal 2 and half Life 2 the DirectX-6-Klasse-Technologie in current environments becomes increasingly more mismatching for such modern titles.

Seems Ubi Soft will be releasing a bonus mission for Splinter Cell but only for Microsoft's Xbox Live! Gamespot had a sneak look at the bonus mission! Here's a snip.

This Friday, Ubi Soft will offer those who own the original version of its hit stealth action game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell a chance to download a brand-new, full-length mission for the game via the Xbox Live service. Set in a fortified stronghold in the Kola Peninsula in Russia, the mission takes place after the events of Splinter Cell, putting you back in the role of ultrasecret operative Sam Fisher. Fisher is hot on the trail of a criminal computer hacker named Phillip Masse, a character briefly seen in the original game and one who helped orchestrate the cyberterrorist threat that's the focus of Splinter Cell's storyline. Neutralizing Masse is Fisher's primary objective.

We are glad to present you the new materials from Stalker build demonstrated at Nvidia booth during the Game Developer Conference in San Jose.

Electronic Arts has released a new patch for Medal of Honor: Spearhead, the expansion to their popular WWII FPS. The patch (v2.15) adds some new weapons & skins, and fixes several bugs.
Please note that you need v2.11 to apply this patch. Click on Read More... to see what's new and download links.

A new patch is available bringing the award winning 3D role-playing game by BioWare to version 1.29. This release adds Gnolls, support for multiple Hak Paks, and tons of tweaks and fixes for the game, DM Client, scripts, server, Aurora toolset, Plot wizard and Hak Pak editor. It's accompanied by an updated dedicated Linux server and the full standalone server for Win32 and Linux. Click on Read More... for a link to see what's new and download links.

Electronic Arts has released another patch for C&C Generals, bringing EA Pacific's 3D RTS to v1.04. The patch fixes various issues and introduces usual balance adjustments. Brazilian, Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Spanish can be found on this EA FTP directory. Click on Read More... to see what's new and a direct download link.

Karlsruhe, 11.03.2003 - CDV Software Entertainment officially announces the German release date for its science fiction shoot em up, Breed.

The specialist press will be able to enjoy a detailed preview of the eagerly awaited title at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2003 in Los Angeles before Breed hits German shelves at the end of May. The demo will probably be published at the end of March and will offer a little taste of the masterpiece from Brat Designs and CDV.

Sierra has just released the v1.3 patch for No One Lives Forever 2 as well as map pack #2. This new patch will include two NEW multiplayer mods - Team Deathmatch and Doomsday.

The Bonus Pack from Epic Games for UT2003 includes 10 all new maps, 3 new gametypes, 2 new adrenaline combs, and much more! You will need the 2199 patch to install this.

Gta3mta.tk: McNeal has done a very nice re-vamp of the MTA website and headfonez has posted info on the upcoming release.

MultiTheftAuto version 0.3 is almost complete. The team is working hard to bring Mta to life.

Features in the new version include...

Warrior Kings: Battles features Advanced A.I. Generals, with their own personalities, strategies & histories, who probe your defenses and find weaknesses unlike any other strategy game!

Revolutionary Valhalla mode - Select an army without building resources. Units respawn when killed for frantic online gameplay.

Just spotted this @ Gayspy: No One Lives Forever 2 was critically acclaimed among the gaming press, winning numerous ?editor?s choice? and ?game of the year? awards (including our own PC Game of the Year for 2002). Despite the success, however, there hasn?t been much information available on the immediate future of the franchise.

The ?first big release? (as Monolith put it) is a huge NOLF2 multiplayer patch which will be released within a week or two, adding deathmatch, team deathmatch, and a new gameplay mode called Doomsday. The patch should contain over 10 maps, many based on NOLF2 single-player levels (including Siberia, Japan, and Khios), but including large pieces of original architecture as well.

Thanks to my mate waddy @ NTFS.org for letting me know that Infogrames have just released some new Unreal II test maps on their ftp server! For your download click on the Unreal II Pic.

Spotted this over Flexbeta: Bungie reveals that the much anticipated sequel to Halo won't make it to stores this year.

Bungie, the developer of Halo for Xbox, has updated its official site with news that Halo 2 will not be released in 2003. "This game is a vast undertaking, considerably more complex than any of our previous efforts, and there is just no way to squeeze all of the necessary work into this calendar year. We know many of you were hoping to get your hands on Halo 2 during the holiday season, and we're sorry to disappoint you - but making this game as good as we possibly can is our paramount concern.

The official website has been updated with four new screenshots.

Yes, that's right. The great people over at Rockstar Games are giving away their classic game, Grand Theft Auto. You have to register for free in order to download it and you may have to try a few times to get through as many people are probably trying to download it as well. The download is over 300mb, so 56kers beware!

Although it's not on the official site, you can grab it here at:

Fileplanet.com.

3dgamers.com