Valve just released Counter-Strike: Condition Zero which is available now via Steam.

If you pre-ordered your copy of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) over Steam, first restart Steam then double click the CS:CZ icon in your Steam Games list to begin playing. Those who did not pre-order the game over Steam can purchase CS:CZ at any time.

3D Gamers reports there's a new but unofficial patch for Will Rock, upgrading the OEM edition of Saber Interactive's fast-paced first-person shooter that came bundled with Gigabyte ATI video cards to version 1.2. That edition couldn't be updated with the regular patches, and this release insures multiplayer compatibility of the Gigabyte OEM game (including the Italian and Spanish language variants) with the original game, along with making several other changes.

Gamer's Hell reports that a story on Swedish site GameReactor.se brings word that designing of guidelines and ideas for a third title in the serie has started.

DesignTechnica reports that Microsoft Europe has issued a surprise statement that categorically denies the rumoured unveiling of Xbox 2 at the Games Developers Conference next week.

GameSpy have thrown up a new article that tells you, a bit about the time they spent with the guy's at id as they did the DOOM 3 voiceovers for different characters.

It's worth noting that we got to see many bits and pieces of the DOOM 3 script while watching the various actors do their thing; we didn't see too many spoilers throughout the day (we were only there for one day of a four-day shoot), but we did watch one of the more important plot points being explained.

Kuma Reality Games has released a public beta client of KumaWar, allowing you to try out their imminent reality-based 3D tactical action game. This beta client offers two missions set in Afghanistan and North Korea, driveable vehicles, and new weapons and other improvements over the previous closed beta.

There is a new multiplayer map for Unreal Tournament 2004, expanding the just-released futuristic first-person shooter by Digital Extremes and Epic Games. This is an Onslaught map called Icarus Plaza, and while not an official release, it was created by UT2004 level contributor Chris Blundell.

[H]ardOCP have an internal memo from Best Buy, dated 2/12/04, indicates a July ship date for DOOM3.

The single player demo of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow features:

The complete ?Paris-to-Nice train? mission. The mission is located on a high-speed French train between Paris and Nice. Your objective is to locate and question a man called Norman Soth.

The beta test will be running for the following two weeks, after which the launch date of the final product will be announced. When released, Massive Assault Network will be immediately available for download and will include free deathmatches on a beautiful planet. Other planets as well as participation in tournaments and clan wars will be available for a reasonable subscription fee.

These files allow anyone to run a dedicated UT2004 server, even if they do not own a retail copy of UT2004. Once installed, it will occupy around 2.0 GB of disk space, significantly smaller than the 5.5GB required for a retail installation. Server admins wanting to advertise their server to the official master server list, and be included in UT2004 stats will require a dedicated server key.

Tiscali Games have snagged some new Doom 3 scans from a recent GamePro mag article.

Battle Field 1942 Mod: The Galactic Conquest 0.2 patch which adds compatibility for the Battlefield 1942 1.6 patch, map/kick voting, etc has been completed...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.

The playable demo of kill.switch is out, allowing you try out the upcoming military shooter by Namco Hometek and The Bitmap Brothers. Details on the demo's contents are sketchy but it appears to contain one full mission from the game.

Fountainhead Entertainment, in conjunction with Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, UPN and GameFly have released Game Over in Machinimation, a game/Machinima product developed for the new CGI show, Game Over.

Security Focus reports that Luigi Auriemma found a bug in Epic's Unreal engine that was reported to EpicGames on 2th September 2003 and still nothing has been done about it! here's some of the games that are effected!

Unreal 1 Unreal II XMP Unreal Tournament Unreal Tournament 2003

Here's a list of some of latest games patches , Screenshots , trailers and Demos that the doing the rounds on the web.

Red Ninja Trailer Ground Control 2 Waterfall Movie Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Movie

Ubisoft and Crytek are proud to announce that Far Cry? has gone gold! The game is scheduled to release in the UK on March 26th.

Far Cry SP Demo
Die Singleplayerdemos vom deutschen Shooter Far Cry werden Ende des Monats indiziert. Grund für die Indizierung ist die Ragdoll-Physik, welche das realistische Verhalten von leblosen Körper ermöglicht.
Damit das finale Spiel nicht indiziert wird, wird überlegt diese Physik in der deutschen Version zu löschen. Battlefield 1942 WW II Anthology
Am 21. Mai erscheint Battlefield 1942 WW II Anthology in Deutschland. Enthalten ist das Hauptprogramm, die beiden Add-Ons (Road to Rome, Secret Weapons of WWII), sowie alle Zusatzkarten und der neuste Patch. Ein Preis steht bis jetzt noch nicht fest. Quelle: GameStar

Following the New Doom 3 System Requirements? article I posted yesterday! we have a reply from Editor-in-Chief Thilo Bayer at PC Games Hardware and we also have some news from GamePro regarding co-op play for the Xbox version of Doom 3!

Hi Guys,

I have to apologize for all the mess concerning the doom 3 article in pc games hardware.

first: the interview is ripped off out of the context of the whole article (3 pages).