Just in case you missed this Unreal Tournament 2003 Mod, here it is again featuring 3 player models including the Stormtrooper and the Fleet Rebel, 6 distinct skins combined with the models to make 8 different characters. 4 weapons from the Star Wars universe included: the DH-17 Blaster Pistol, E-11 Blaster Rifle, A280 Heavy Blaster and the DLT-19 Blaster Rifle.

Publisher Konami has released a patch for Silent Hill 2 to address missing text and/or missing videos on Nvidia GeForce FX cards. Mobile chipsets are not included.

UGO have thrown up their Preview of Unreal Tournament 2004! Here's a byte:

The developers of UT2004 don't want to split hairs with this game. It is still using the same engine and the majority of gameplay elements will be very familiar to players of the 2003 version. If you hated the first game, you'll probably hate this. Sorry, but that's how it is.

That said, if you remotely enjoyed UT2003, Unreal Tournament 2004 is better in every single way. The new game adds everything from the already released bonus packs, as well as a ton of new maps, game modes, weapons, and vehicles. Did I say vehicles? You bet I did.

The allure of the Star Wars universe has made details of this game highly prized since it was announced. Wanna be a wookiee? Fancy some Mon Calamari? Gotta dance? You can do it all and more. But how well? Join GameSpy as they explore the universe. Pros: Star Wars feel; solid graphics; [...] Cons: Bugs, bugs, and more bugs; poor customer service; [...]

Valve Software released the first of a series of Half-Life 2 videos via Steam. This super high-quality Bink-formatted movie highlights the increadible detail displayed of the G-Man, from old to new. For the whole demonstation, check out either FilePlanet (Registration required) or 3DGamers.

Jump through your television directly into the cockpit of the Navy/Marine workhorse fighting machine-the F/A-18 Hornet. Now you can fly the most prolific carrier-based aircraft in the Coalition arsenal. Load up with precision guided munitions and bring the forces of freedom to bear on the Iraqi regime of terror.

Here's a few new Game Trailers doing the rounds at Gamers Hell:

Medal of Honor Rising Sun NBA Live 2004 Powerdrome Etherlords 2 SSX 3 Drake

Here's a few more new mods that where released for UT2003!:

Death Ball v1.8 Global Warzone v3.8 Chaos UT2 Evolution Fatal Arts v0.284 Domain v1.0 Overload Build 120

NewsWare have posted a Half-Life 2 gameplay video which requires registration with NewsWare and a 160 MB download! So I don't know if this is a new or old video.

I have the Half-Life 2 Gameplay video available for all our members. This video is coded in DivX and it's about 160MB. Because of the size you can only download this file if you're a member. I hope you can understand that!

Formerly know as Troopers - Rise Of The Rebellion, the highly anticipated UT2003 mod will be released as a demo version today, Dan ?ViperEye? Tennant announced yesterday on the official website. The battlefields upon which the gameplay of Troopers will take place will include many of the well-known and recognizable locations from the original Star Wars trilogy. They comprise a wide and varied selection, and are sure to entertain any demographic. The demo will contain 3 different maps as well as three player models including the Stormtrooper and the Fleet Rebel with six distinct skins.

FilePlanet have thrown up the multiplayer demo of Midnight Club II for FilePlanet and Founders' Club subscribers. The demo includes 3 vehicles, the popular L.A. level and 4 modes of play. Online play is available for up to 8 players.

Xbox-linux.sourceforge.net reports that the 007:AUF save game hack was released on March-29-03, to a lot of skepticism, mostly due to the proximity to April Fools day! It turned out that the hack was real, and now the full details of how it works are being revealed. The author of the hack never explained how it worked, and some effort was made to make reverse engineering it difficult. Nevertheless, after some quick analysis, it was figured out within a few days of being released.

Here's two new mods that where released for UT2003!

Conquest Marines 2003 Faceoff

Tenebrae is a modification of the quake source that adds stencil shadows and per pixel lights to quake. Stencil shadows allow for realistic shadow effects on every object in the game world. Per pixel lighting allows you to have fine surface details correctly lit. These are essentially the same algorithms as used by the new Doom game.

Gamershell.com reports that after almost half a year of closed beta testing the Steam Beta is entering its final phase, and is now open to the public (again). To enter this beta, simply download and run the 500K installer. Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content, currently features a variety of Valve games including Counter-Strike 1.6, which introduces the new riot shield, the official CS bot and more. Valve is also planning to deliver Half-Life 2 over the Steam technology this year.

Here's it is one of the best free movies I've seen in a while. Anachronox is back and doing the rounds! Grab it while you can.

Anachronox: The Movie is a tour-de-force. One of the finest Machinima films produced to date, and probably the most accomplished Machinima feature to date. Hell, it managed to hold two over-worked jury members in a room for two and a half hours before the MFF 2002 - what more can we say?

According to a story in today's Variety, Valve has been actively talking with Hollywood studios about a Half-Life feature movie project. The new movie talks are timed to follow up on all the attention Half-Life 2 received at E3 2003, and Valve's Doug Lombardi is quoted as saying that Valve is looking to for a project that would extend the elements of the game and broaden the franchise's audience. The talks are at an early stage and no details are available. The Unreal technology website now offers an updated DefOpenAL32.dll for UT2003 version 2225. The update fixes spatialization issues with the default software mixer.

Fusion Pack v11 incorporates many new visual features that were lacking in previous versions of the pack. With the addition of many 2D graphical changes, such as HUD improvements and a full set of revamped weapon sprites, Fusion Pack v11 builds upon previous versions to make it a truly top quality pack in every respect. In addition to updating the 2D graphics also some entirely new models to the weapons arsenal are included. Fusion Pack v11 is also the first version to fully support Counter-Strike MOD and Retail users.

The Jungle Warfare mod for Unreal Tournament 2003 is now out. Click on the link for more info and the whopping 294 MB download.

Electronic Arts sends along a new map for Battlefield 1942, expanding the multiplayer 3D action game by Digital Illusions with the Battle of Britain. As usual, the map comes in client and standalone server variants, it offers new Junkers Ju88 (on the German side) and Radar Tower (English side) weapons. This map requires version 1.4 of the full game.