There's a new v2.20 beta of the Tactical Ops mod for Unreal Tournament!!!!

Here's what Tactical Ops are saying

We're proud to announce that Beta 2.2.0 has finally been released! The package is available in 4 different flavors: A Windows patch from 2.1.x, a manual patch from 2.1.x, eaching weighing in at about 25mb. Also available are complete full installs, which are 115mb apiece.

A new version of Weapons Factory Arena v3.3 has been released!!!!!!!!

Download Quake III Arena mod Weapons Factory Arena v3.3

What's New in Weapons Factory Arena v3.3

Activision's Caryn Law just sent along the latest update on the 1.1 patch for Return to Castle Wolfenstein: The Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.1 multiplayer patch that was originally scheduled to be released late this week will be available on Monday. We had a minor issue with the update installer which we have fixed and are now testing. This is a multiplayer only patch (does not affect single player at all), and will be compatible with the original 1.0 version of the game. So check back with the official page on Monday.

While your waiting for Medal of Honor to been released to the stores!! Here's a New Medal of Honor Movie.

Your Springfield '03 Sniper Rifle not doing the trick? No need to worry, grab a tank to mow down your enemies!

New Medal of Honor Movie

Well it seems like one of the most anticipated games of the year is finally coming to our favourite gaming boxes, the PC. GamesDomain now has a preview up to give you an update of what's in the pipeline: If you dig not very deep, you'll probably uncover Games Domain's five star review in our ever-growing Xbox section. But the question is, of course, will the title transfer successfully to the PC format, or will it fade away in the insipid horde of PC first-person shooters? Let's examine the evidence. Check the preview out

GamingGroove received an email today from Activision already stating the issues adressed in upcoming version 1.1: Zombie Clients issue resolved Lieutenant grenade spamming solved Issue with loading single-player maps fixed Various server stability issues implemented Link to easily find future updates Added Voice-Chat abuse fix [...] Activision have just sent us an e-mail informing us that the upcoming version 1.1 patch for Return to Castle Wolfenstein should be released soon, possibly even today.

bluesnews.com A German TV Show GIGA GAMES has aired an Unreal Special from which downloadable movies are now available online!! :D

There are seven videos in DivX AVI format showing the Infogrames press event where Unreal Tournament II was unveiled to the press, and the movies offer plenty of ShakyCam footage shot off computer monitors that illustrate various new features and aspects of the game's design along with gameplay action, as well as a few bits on Unreal II and Unreal Championship, and an interview with Digital Extremes' James Schmalz.

So hit Read more for your Unreal Tournament II Fix

AND THE WINNER IS...

Judging by the sales reports we're starting to get, it looks like everyone went nuts for games over the break. For those of you curious about the "winners" of the holiday season - if this were the Olympics, the PS2 would be at the top of the podium with Xbox at number two, and Gamecube bringing up the rear looking slightly pissed for being pipped at the post by a slim margin.

It was a pretty close battle, and towards the end of the year we even heard that the Xbox was actually starting to catch up with the PS2 in terms of day to day sales. Apparently Halo really is the killer app to end all killer apps. Let's face it - there still isn't an enormous list of must-buy games for the Xbox aside from it. Beyond Halo, DOA3 and Max Payne, there are a few "hmmm...OK" chin-strokers like NFL Fever. But look further and you're into the realm of Johnny-Sports-Star-No-one-Gives-A-Crap-About- Extreme-Moto-Cross-Boarder-Skater-Surf-Dude 2. Or Cel Damage.

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Medal of Honor Bunker.com have a modification that allows the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault single-player demo to be played online in co-op mode!! :D

This map lets you play the single player demo in "co-op" mode online! Be sure to read the readme file!

A new version v3.1 of the Server Watch utility is now available!!

Here's what their saying

This new version is primarily a bug fix and plugin release. We've fixed a serious bug that could cause advertising errors to be thrown during game play. This was unintentional and is now fixed. We've also added plugins for Medal of Honor, Quake, and Tribes. This release puts Server Watch 3 on par with Server Watch 2's server support allowing us to finally retire Server Watch 2.

3dcenter have released a new beta version 1.25 of Demo Show Creator Light , offering Quake III Arena 1.31 support. This demo playback utility can now make use of the dm3, dm_48, dm_66, and dm_67 formats.

Download Demo Show Creator -v1.25 Beta English

Download Demo Show Creator -v1.25 Beta Germany

Maab over @ MaxReboot send me this words: Looks like Amazon slipped up by telling the whole World when Duke Nukem Forever will be Released! Here's the info from Amazon UK: Our Price: £ 27.99 Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98 Release Date: 8 March, 2002. Not Yet Available: You may still order this product. We will ship it to you when it is released by the manufacturer. Thanx Maab, I can´t wait to grab my copy!

Ibelite have found a new Max Payne Mod called Kung Fu!!!!

Here's what their saying

There's a new kung fu style mod out for Max Payne. The mod allows many new game elements to be introduced. The first of which is Kung Fu style fighting, as well as kung fu style defenses and shooting angles...Another added feature is the ability to run up walls and jump off of walls.

bluesnews.com After all the upheaval over the inadvertedly distributed cover-disk version and its subsequent withdrawal (on which topic Leaked game demo sparks online debate on CNNmoney offers a round-up of the events, including quotes from our very own Blue), it may come as a surprise that earlier than announced, Electronic Arts has now decided to release the official single-player demo of Medal of Honor:

This whopping 175.2 MB version features a regular installer that unfortunately includes DirectX 8, but that otherwise offers the same Nebelwerfer Hunt level in 2015's imminent WWII first-person shooter as before.

So hit read more for your copy!!!!!!! If u missed it the first time around.

bluesnews.com Serious Sam: the Second Encounter Goes Gold is the press release announcing that the follow-up to the Croteam's original Serious Sam game has gone into duplication. According to the release, the sequel is due on store shelves February 5, 2002, and will feature: "Seven new fiends added to Mental's evil army, in addition to all your old enemies - Over 20 multiplayer levels - Three all new weapons: Flamethrower, Sniper Rifle with 8X zoom and the ultra-wicked Chainsaw - 12 new single player levels plus over 15 multiplayer levels for Scorematch and Deathmatch - a HUGE addition to the 'Serious Sam' Universe - Four power-ups: Serious Speed, Serious Damage, Invulnerability and Invisibility for a twist to the classic Doom-style gameplay 'Serious Sam' is famous for - Seriously Warped Deathmatch right out of the box, plus expanded Deathmatch straight from Croteam.

and those's great peeps at Blue News also have a whopping 30 new Second Encounter screenshots for you !!! so hit read more

bluesnews While Infogrames still refuses to comment on the ongoing series of revelations, Belgian site JIM.be has now taken the next step and posted the full press kit for Unreal Tournament II , the sequel to Epic Games' multiplayer shooter that's in development at Digital Extremes. There is a fact sheet listing the game's features, along with sizable collections of concept art and screenshots (complete with faint but huge watermarks).

The ultimate in first-person action returns! Developed by Digital Extremes, Unreal Tournament II is the sequel to the mind-blowing, award-winning action of Unreal Tournament.

planetunreal.com A French gaming magazine by the name of Joystick has featured Unreal Tournament 2 in the December issue of their magazine (available since Friday, I am told)! The article is a preview that contain many screenshots, and is written entirely in French (tough luck for many of us out there). The facts come from a hands on account of playing UT2, so you can be certain that this game is not a simple rumor (think something around the lines of Unreal Championship for the PC).

Hit read more for the screenshots

Papyrus has published the new demo of their great Nascar Racing 2002 game. This Direct3D based racing sim has built-in support for anisotropic texture filtering and a handy frame rate counter which can be used to fine tune your graphics settings.

Nascar Racing 2002 Demo

It looks like somehow the MoHAA single player demo leaked to the web which is for sale @ Amazon.com for $4.99. The ETA for the retail version is January 23, 2002. Mirror 1 | 175MB Mirror 2 | 150.5MB without DX 8. Simply select no when prompted to install DX. 3DGamers.com Mirror Bluesnews Mirror If this download is real I bet the servers are hit hard! :) Note: The multiplayer demo can be downloaded here.

Westwood has released the first official map pack for Yuri's Revenge, the expansion pack for C&C: Red Alert 2. The 143kb download contains two multiplayer maps, one titled "Transylvania Trouble" for 2-6 players, and the other called "Irvine, California" for 2-8 play.

Download Red Alert 2: Yuris Revenge Map Pack 1

OK peeps it's time for me to go to my new years eve party and find MR BONG! lol have fun ALL and happy new year