Thanks to Brewskie over at Half Life News , Techseekers.net got a chance to talk to Valve about certain aspects of their upcoming game: Half Life 2. In short, release dates were not discussed, but they did discuss that AA problems were solved, and there will be a benchmark system released before the game ships. They also talked about a comprehensive demo playback control and camera movement in recorded demos.

3D Realms have posted the news that the September 2003 issue of Computer Gaming World Magazine has the scoop on Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

The demo also unleashes the power of ten of the 16 new weapons in Secret Weapons of WWII. Fly and fight at the same time with the experimental German rocket pack, or buzz the skies in one of the new compact dynamo fighter planes?the Axis Natter rocket plane or the Allied F-85 Goblin. Both the Axis and Allies also have new motorcycles with machine gun-mounted sidecars, as well as amphibious assault vehicles: the German Schwimmwagen and the American LVT-2 Water Buffalo. The new Axis Flakpanzer, a T-38 tank with an anti-aircraft gun mounted on top, is a nasty beast?but it looks tame compared to the Allies? Sherman tank with a T-34 Calliope rocket launcher.

Just saw this at GamersHell. UBI Soft released screenshots of Splinter Cell Pandora Tommorow. By looking the shots it looks like UBISoft has carried on where it left the game, the enviornment looks more vibrant and the detailing more real. Take a look here: Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Also read the some more on the story line here: http://gamershell.com

Gamers Hell reports that the first alpha release of Modern Mod is now available for download. Modern Mod is a custom addon for GTA Vice City which replace all vehicles models with modern cars and bikes, including Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0, Ferrari F40, Corvette Stingray, Porsche 911 Carrera, Ducati 996, and more.

Here's a few game movies that are doing the rounds!

Final Fantasy XI XIII Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Half Life 2 Codename: Gordon Tony Hawk Underground Gorky Zero

Gamers Hell.com reports that courtesy of Revolution Software LTD the higly acclaimed and all time classic adventure title by the name of Beneath a Steel Sky is now available for free! We have mirrored both the CD version and the floppy disk one together with latest version of SCUMM VM if you have issues running the game on any modern o/s.

A german gaming print magazine Gamestar.de reports that ATI plans to bundle the upcoming Valve Software first person shooter Half-Life 2 with its new Radeon 9900.
This speaks against the release speculation, because the offical GOLD release is set to be the 13th of September.
More info on that will be revealed in two steps by the magazine itself.

Thank you Mertsch for this information.

There's a new demo of TRON 2.0, updating this playable 3D cyberspace action game by Monolith Productions to the final code. This demo contains light cycle and disc combat tutorials, a full mission from the single-player campaign, a single-player light cycle map called "Newbie Authentication," and improved multiplayer code that you can try out on the "Old System" light cycle and "Battle Rings" disc arena maps.

Well, after completing MTA (Multi Theft Auto) for GTA 3... the MTA crew went on to develop a multiplayer mod for GTA : VC... Whilst improving the old mod at the same time! The mod has been released and you can grab it here: Multi-Theft Auto .com

In den letzten Tagen hat sich wieder viel in der Gameszene getan.
Schaut ob was für eure Lieblingsspiele dabei ist. :)

- TRON 2.0 Final Demo
- Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates Patches & Server v2.5.4.12
- WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos & the Frozen Throne Patches v1.12
- Ghost Master European Retail Patch v1.0.20.0
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Screenshots
- Colin McRae Rally 3 Retail Patch v1.1
- Armed & Dangerous Screenshots und Download
- Half-Life dedicated Servers v1.1.1.1d Beta Patches

Fileplanet have posted the first look at the new world of Tribes: Vengeance, in form of an awesome high-quality 640x480 resolution video. The movie highlights the "rag doll" physics you'll encounter in this extension to the Tribes universe.

Here's a couple of game mods that were released yesterday! Half-Life: Natural Selection 2.0 and Battle Field 1942: Galactic Conquest v0.1a.

Battle Field 1942 Mod: Galactic Conquest v0.1a ...The first release of Galactic Conquest places you on the ice planet Hoth in an epic battle of survival from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Blaze over the snow in speeders, man the anti-personnel cannons, and ready those blasters for a long battle between the Empire and Rebel forces.

Just spotted this bit of news at Planet Half-Life.com:

Just a follow-up on yesterday's Half-Life 2 delay story: to clear things up, we have confirmed directly with Vivendi Universal that there is a delay. We've even double checked. Valve has yet to send an official confirmation or denial either way on this, and other sites are reporting that there isn't a delay based on alleged email answers Gabe Newell sent to random fans. In some cases, these mails are obviously forged.

Mertsch send the information, that a new Half Life 2 movie has been released and is ready for download.
For download and watching the movie you have to use Sierras technique "Steam" which if free for using.

Get more information and download the movie over here via Steam. Download the movie without using Steam over here @ ShackNews.

Here's a few game movies that are doing the rounds!

Hunter The Reckoning Redeemer Buffy Chaos Bleeds Ghost Master Freedom Fighters The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King SimCity 4: Rush Hour E3 TRINITY E3 Far Cry

Racer is a free (for non-commercial use), car simulation project using professional car physics papers to achieve a realistic feeling. Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations). The 3D and other file formats are, or should be, documented. Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator. OpenGL is used for rendering. Click on the picture for a first screenshot or read more for features, screenshots and download.

GameSpot reports that the release date of Half Life 2, originally scheduled for September 30th 2003, has been canceled and that the game will be released later this year. GameSpot has received this information from an unnamed Vivendi Universal representative. Without commenting on the delay, the representative reaffirmed that the game would ship this year, sometime during the holiday season. Update: Maybe the information is wrong, as Shacknews pointed out. Gabe Newell from Valve reacted to this information with: First time I've heard about this. We will see if it's true or not. We will keep you posted. Thanks to Jay for the information. German version / Deutsche Version

Wie GamesWeb berichtet, hat Valve heute nacht das Erscheinen von Half Life 2, das am 30. September in die Läden kommen sollte, revidiert und auf ein unbestimmtes Datum verschoben.
Es wird vermutet, das der Ego Shooter pünktlich zum Weihnachtsgeschäft in die Läden kommen wird, bestätigt ist dies allerdings noch nicht. Die Gründe für das Verschieben sind offen, allerdings ist bekannt, das der Hersteller derzeit noch Probleme mit dem Fullscreen Anti-Aliasing hat. Allerdings hat man bei Valve mit der Reaktion: Das ist das erste mal das wir davon hören reagiert, sodass noch alle Möglichkeiten offen sind.
Wir werden euch auf dem laufenden halten.

Die neueste Version der wohl erfolgreichsten Marke der PC-Spiele-Geschichte ist da: Pünktlich zum Jubiläum der Luftfahrt gibt es jede Menge Extras. Chip Online hat sich die Neuauflage in der englischen Finalversion angesehen, die deutsche Fassung kommt im August. Die Grafik ist - wie soll es auch anders sein - wieder einmal ein absoluter Hammer. Vorausgesetzt, Sie besitzen einen leistungstarken Rechner.