Erste Details zum ANNO 1503 Erweiterungsset "Schätze, Monster und Piraten" Das österreichische Entwicklerteam Max Design und der deutsche Publisher SUNFLOWERS geben erstmals Details zum Erweiterungsset von ANNO 1503 preis. Mit dem offiziellen Erweiterungsset, das Anfang November 2003 für 19,95 Euro erscheinen wird, soll an die einzigartige ANNO Erfolgsstory angeknüpft werden.

Ubisoft has news that patch version 1.31 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Raven Shield is basically finished: We've added the finishing touches to 1.31 and it is confirmed that the patch will be made available Tuesday, July 29th. Initially, the release date was set for this week but due to an addition to the patch (Windows SA Server support), it was delayed until next week.

Prepare for Doom 3. id Software and Activision are bringing Doom 3 to QuakeCon 2003. The world?s most legendary multiplayer gaming event will host the first-ever opportunity for fans to play Doom 3 multiplayer. In Dallas at the Adam's Mark Hotel from Aug. 14th ? 17th, QuakeCon attendees will go toe-to-toe at the Activision/id Software booth in the ultimate sneak preview of the most anticipated game ever. QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to play Doom 3's four-player Deathmatch on a level co-developed by id Software and U.K. based developer Splash Damage, Ltd. Splash Damage has most recently worked with id Software on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and will be co-developing Doom 3's multiplayer levels.

The new Tournament is faster, higher and meaner. Land and air based vehicles take combat to a new level, while an arsenal of new weaponry, daunting arenas and battlefields and the challenge of the Assault and Onslaught modes make the gladiator blood sport of the future a brand new experience.

A recent post in the Half-Life 2 forums questioning the possibility of full screen anti aliasing with Half-Life 2, especially on Nvidia GeForce FX graphics cards, has caused many gamer's a headache. Gabe Newell, Valve Software's managing director, now posted more details on the matter: Since people seem to be hyperventilating over the anti-aliasing issue, I thought I'd update everyone. 1) How bad is the problem? With current multi-sample implementations of anti-aliasing, you may sample texels outside of the polygon boundary, which may result in sampling light maps from other polygons.

GGmania have a news brief that says that Doom III will now be released in March of 2004, and not November 2003 as first expected.

RBC Capital Markets has issued a research brief in advance of Activision's releasing financial details from its first quarter next Tuesday. One area RBC expresses some concern with is the release of Doom III, in development by id Software.

Our german friends at DoomVision have scored four new screenshots showcasing the upcoming id Software horror shooter. The shots were collected over the fast few days from fan sites and forums. UO.Stratics.com an Ultima Series fan site claims to have received the first ever screenshot of Ultima X: Odyssey. This comes as a surprise as Origin's Richard Garriot - lead designer of the Ultima Series - is currently working on a MMORPG called Tabula Rasa. Rumours have it Odyssey will use the Unreal Engine.

Wie Gamesweb berichtet hat Piranha-Bytes alle Arbeiten an der Zusatzmission beendet. Mit dem Rollenspiel 'Gothic 2' landeten die deutschen Entwickler von Piranha Bytes im vergangenen Jahr vielleicht den Überraschungshit 2002. Nachdem die Ausmaße des Erfolgs bekannt wurden, war klar: Ein Add-on muss her! So wurde schon recht bald nach dem Release des Hauptspiels die Erweiterung 'Die Nacht des Raben' angekündigt, welche nun fertiggestellt wurde. Das bestätigte Kai Rosenkranz von Piranha Bytes nun in einem Posting im RPGDot.com-Forum. Demnach wurden die Arbeiten bereits am vergangenen Freitag abgeschlossen. Einer pünktlichen Veröffentlichung am 20. August sollte somit nichts mehr im Wege stehen.

The Half-Life Mod The Specialists version 2 is out and includes some new weapons, major updates and the Kung-Fu system.

Command & Conquer: Generals is the first C&C RTS title to be presented to in full 3D. Generals is all-new Command & Conquer, with a modern conflict inspired by events relevant to today. Set 20 years in the future, the game involves the United States and China versus a rogue terrorist-like state, the Global Liberation Army.

Die ASCARON Entertainment GmbH stellt seit heute einen neuen Patch zu DEVASTATION zur Verfügung.

NHL 2004 von EA SPORTS erhebt einen völlig neuen internationalen Anspruch. Den Spielern steht diesmal eine internationale Elite-Liga mit 39 Teams aus Schweden, Finnland und Deutschland mit einzigartigen Trikots, Logos und Regeln zur Verfügung.

There has been a patch released to address some issues that had slipped through testing. The main issues being addressed are missing Esc menus while running KOTH w/o the Chaos mutator, and the lockups experienced by some when using the crossbow. Both have been fixed.

Shanghai Dragon beginnt im Jahr 1937 als die Japaner in Shanghai City einmaschiert sind und die Perle Chinas besetzten. Der Spieler ist Mitglied der chinesischen Militär Elite Force und hat den Auftrag gegen die Feinde rund um Shanghai zukämpfen, dabei muss er auch ins Hauptquartier eindringen und den japanischen Boss umlegen.

Ein Patch für Faceoff ist verfügbar.
Der Name hat nichts mit dem gleichnamigen Film zu tun.
Faceoff versetzt den Spieler in eine Welt moderner Gefechte mit ...

All Opened Up ist ein Mod das man sich unbedingt installieren sollte. Es bringt unzählige neue Features mit.

Die erste MultiplayerMod für ViceCity.
gta Tournement ist noch im Alphastatus, erlaubt aber schon die ersten Matches auszutragen.

Techseekers reports that in a preview of Half Life 2 over at Game (video game store chain here in IE+UK). There are quite a few new screenshots, well vidcaps judging by the quality still impressive none the least. There's a few weapons on show and cityscape views as well as some giant alien that's mows it's way through a road strewn with wrecked cars and a lot more, e.g.driving in vehicles. Check it out. Read more for the GTA Mods!

Thanks to bigmacsc99 for sending in the preview from Eurogamer.

Like it or not, The Sims is the biggest selling PC game of all time by some margin. It's not a success, it's a bloody phenomenon, and each and every expansion pack gets snapped up faster than chocolate drops dangled over the jaws of a slavering canine.

The highly-anticipated Half-Life 2 game will have a major bug with current DirectX 9.0 hardware resulting in impossibility in enabling Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing, a popular feature that dramatically improves image quality in games. Apparently, there is a limitation in DirectX 9.0 and/or DirectX 9.0-compliant hardware that will not allow the function to be enabled on certain graphics cards if the workaround is not found.