A new patch for Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield have been released to upgrade this tactical shooter to version 1.53. Download Here

Wie Blizzard gestern mitteilte wurde der Plan gefasst ein 'Pan-Europa-Team' in Frankreich zu gründen. Dieses Team ist dann für die Serverpflege, Lokalisation und Communitybetreuung in Europa verantwortlich.
Außerdem soll der Betatest für Europa starten, sobald der Betatest für die USA abgeschlossen ist.
Die offizielle Pressemitteilung findet ihr HIER .

I want to believe Very little news is better than no news at all, and PC gamers will be clinging to a small tidbit reported today in a CNN Money article: Valve has claimed that they are "currently targeting this summer for the completion of Half-Life 2."
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This should make some of you laugh as Crytek, the developers of Far Cry, had their Studio raided by the police this morning for, get this using pirated software ! Hehe Click here for a Babel Fish translation of the article over at PC Games Online.de

Gamer's Hell reports that Electronic Arts has released the fourth patch for Need for Speed Underground, the urban racing game by EA Black Box. Unlike the previous updates, this patch is now also available as a manual download, but details about the changes/fixes are missing, as usual with EA Sports.

LucasArts have released the official patch for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, updating this sci-fi 3D role-playing game by BioWare to version 1.02

Wie die Macher von DesertCombat auf ihrer Homepage mitteilen, wird die neue Version 0.7 am Freitag den 6.2.2004 veröffentlicht. Diese Version wird keine neuen Fahrzeuge etc mit sich bringen, dafür aber viele Fixes für die bekannten Fehler. Auch ein Fix für den Menü-Fehler aus dem neusten Battlefield 1942 - Patch (1.6) wird beinhaltet sein. Um auf den neusten Stand zu bleiben besucht die Homepage oder das offizielle Forum.

The first movie trailer for Star Wars Battlefront is now out, This movie comes in regular and high resolutions, and demonstrates the game's premise and features in a minute and a half of action-packed, in-game footage.

The first public beta release of the Unreal 2 XMP Community Pack has been released!

The pack contains the following maps:

Electronic Arts has now released new client patches for Battlefield 1942, updating the 3D multiplayer action game by Digital Illusions to version 1.6.19. This large release adds the new BF1942 map 'Liberation of Caen', the new Secret Weapons of WWII map 'Raid on Agheila', new vehicles, map tweaks, Punkbuster support, a new scoreboard voting interface, improved server browser, and other enhancements and fixes. As usual, you can upgrade from the previous v1.5 or any older version, and the corresponding Win32 dedicated server is available as an upgrade patch or full install as well.

Activision have released patch v1.2 for Call of Duty updating the popular WWII FPS by Infinity Ward.

This release adds a new gametype (Headquarters) and several other new features, and also fixes a lot of single and multiplayer bugs (read full story for details). An updated dedicated Linux server is also available for download.

Version 1.60 of Vietcong has been released allowing owners of the original VC and the new add-on Fist Alpha to play on the same servers. It also allows the original to use the new skins,hats and weapons. A MP demo was also released to go with it.

3D Gamers reports that TDK Mediactive has released a second playable demo for World Racing, offering another chance to try out last year's modern racing simulation by Synetic. This demo features only the Hockenheimring track which you can race in the Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Kompressor.

Go to Blizzard and sign up for the World of Warcraft Beta, seems like a lot of people are trying to sign-up so, if you can't get on don't worry. You have until next Wednesday, Feb. 4th before it is over.

The single-player demo of Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps is now available, offering an opportunity to try out the 3D real-time tactical combat game that is nearing completion at Digital Reality. This demo contains one mission from the Axis campaign of the full game.

3D Gamers reports that Activision has released the public source code for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the free team-based multiplayer first-person shooter by Splash Damage. This package contains all the game source code, header files, menu definitions and other files for aspiring Enemy Territory modders, but it's not supported by id Software, Activision or Splash Damage.

3D Gamers reports that new patches for Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield have been released to upgrade the English and all international editions of the squad-based tactical shooter by Ubi Soft to version 1.52. This release implements an auto-update system, support for custom operatives, compatibility changes for the upcoming Athena Sword mission pack, and many small bug fixes. A corresponding patch for the dedicated Win32 server is available as well.

From Blizzard.com "At 6:00 pm PST on Wednesday, January 28th, the signup period for the World of Warcraft Beta Test will officially begin. We will provide a link to the beta-test application right here in the news section at that time. Testers are not going to be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis, so you will be able to submit an application and receive equal consideration anytime during the signup period, which will end on Wednesday, February 4th at 6:00 pm PST. Please note that multiple submissions from the same household will result in complete disqualification.

FileShack reports that we have a Bink format techo demo, showing the "unified real-time per-pixel lighting and shadowing engine" created by Irish developer Torc Interactive

Natural Selection version 3.0 promises to be a giant leap forward in the evolution of the Half-Life Mod with new levels, new abilities, and significant tweaks to game-play balancing.