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It's been revealed that Chris Vrenna will be composing the soundtrack for the bizarre looking "American McGee's Alice", a third person action-adventure game using the Quake 3 engine and based on Lewis Carroll's classic children's stories about Alice and her adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass.

Explaining how a tactical RPG works without it sounding dull is not an easy job. By its nature the game requires hit points, action points, attack types, defence bonuses, upgrades… still here? FM3 has this in droves and introduces it gently step by step through the first few missions in a manner that leaves you considering the possibilities the game holds rather than the TV Guide. The game is played out on a series of terrains occupied by your crew, their opponents, and any obstacles the game sees fit to inject. Set in a typical Japanese future this can be anything from skyscraper filled cityscapes to dark claustrophobic underground bases, all displayed in rotatable isometric 3D. During the missions you progress by making your move and any consequently possible attack character by character with the enemy then getting a chance. Movement is handled in chess like fashion, affected by each Wanzer's characteristics. In this we find the strategic core of the game. As characters progress through the story they gain points for the wanton devastation they wreak on opponents, these boosting their own skills as well as providing greater resources for the Wanzers they pilot. Wanzers are built from individual components for the body, left and right arms and legs and during battle are randomly attacked and degraded by fighting. From this it doesn't take a genius to work out that different body part combinations and weapons can radically affect a Wanzer's combat style. In the heat of battle the trick of course is to get the balance right.

have released a demo version of their forthcoming Unreal engined action-adventure game, "Star Trek DS9 : The Fallen". You will take on the roles of Captain Sisko, Major Kira and Lt. Commander Worf from the long-running TV series as they try to recover three powerful orbs before a Bajorean cult can find them and use them to bring back their fallen prophets, the Pah-Wraiths. Weighing in at just shy of 90Mb, you can download the playable demo from any of the following sites -

Baseball is perhaps not the most popular of sports here in Europe, but with 3DO claiming that their latest Sammy Sosa game is the best baseball game money can buy, EuroGamer's resident baseball fan Keith "DNM" Ellis put the game through its paces to see if it can live up to the hype. For a full end of season report on the game, read our review.

Baseball is to the Americans what cricket is to the English. Ask anybody on the other side of the Atlantic, and you will almost certainly get laughed at if you even whisper the word 'cricket'. Similarly here in England, baseball is hardly the most popular of sports.

Engine licensing is big business in the gaming industry today, with the Quake 3, Unreal and Lithtech engines amongst the most popular. One of the more unusual uses we've heard about for the Unreal engine so far though is "Virtual Graz : Run For The Future", a game designed by Bongfish and the Computer Graphics & Vision group at the Graz University of Technology in Austria

Today's review here on EuroGamer takes a look at "Motocross Madness 2", the wild motorbike racing game from Microsoft and Rainbow Studios which sees players hurling their bikes through the air whilst doing hand-stands on their handle-bars. Or something. Is it even better than the original? Can the gameplay match the stunning 3D accelerated visuals? And is driving off the top of a cliff really a good idea? Read our review to find out!

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. For the past couple of weeks I have been beholding Motocross Madness 2, Microsoft's latest hairdryer-'em-up, and my goodness is it beautiful.

Friday is release day for new computer games in the UK, and this week there are some real treats on offer - the long-awaited Formula 1 motor racing sim "Grand Prix 3" from Geoff Crammond is finally available, along with excellent comic book inspired first person shooter "KISS : Psycho Circus", and the updated "Aliens vs Predator : Gold Edition". Other releases include "The Flintstone's Bedrock Bowling" and "Stuart Little". Thanks as usual to Nemesis for confirming those.

When Microsoft bought out NetGames USA earlier this month, one of the most immediate consequences of the deal was that the CPL lost its contract to use the ngTourney admin system to run its massive professional gaming events. The CPL has today announced that it has found a replacement for NetGames USA's technology in the form of "Eventricity", which will now power this year's Frag 4 and $100,000 Babbages CPL tournaments and future events.

After polling its members on the issue last week, the "Online Gamers Association", an organisation which represents online and professional gamers, today sent an open letter to ASUS concerning their recently announced "3D SeeThrough Technologies". Revealed early last week, the SeeThrough features were going to be included in future versions of drivers for GeForce 2 based graphics cards made by ASUS, and would introduce wireframe and transparent view options for 3D games, allowing players to see through walls and other obstructions.

The time, money and resources needed to make a successful computer game are increasing all the time as the graphical capabilities of our PCs increase. But brothers Chris and Tony West are currently bucking the trend, building the stunning looking motor racing game "World Sports Cars" almost single-handed, although they are out-sourcing the sound design and expect more people to join the team as the game nears release.

Raven's Kevin Schilder, sound director on their first person shooter "Star Trek Voyager : Elite Force", has spoken to System Logic about his experience writing music for the game, following in the footsteps of legendary Star Trek composers such as Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner as he boldly goes where any number of men have gone before.

Today's review here on EuroGamer takes a look at "F1 World Grand Prix", the latest Formula 1 motor racing game from Eidos Interactive. Can it bring to life the high octane excitement of the real thing, or will it prove to be as dull as sitting behind the pace car in the rain? Is it still worth buying in the face of the juggernaut that is Geoff Crammond's "Grand Prix 3", due for release in the UK tomorrow? Read our review to find out!

A heat haze shimmers above the dry tarmac. The faces of the team members in the pits tell a thousand stories - anxiety, excitement, adrenaline pumping fast, and a sweat forming on the brow.

Swedish developer Daydream Software have launched the first tournament for their recently released multiplayer game, Clusterball. The winner of the tournament will walk away with a top of the line PC with a 1GHz processor and a GeForce 2 graphics card.

In an interview with the appropriately named "Titanium Technology" website, Mobius Technical Director Justin Johnson has talked about the Revelation engine which powers the British company's latest game, the promising looking action game "Titanium Angels". According to Justin, the engine "represents in total at least 4 years of development time", showing once again just how long it takes to develop a cutting-edge game from scratch these days.

The first non-beta version of the Team Fortress style Weapons Factory mod for Quake 3 has been released

Swedish developer Iridon Interactive have announced that they are working on a new platform game for the PC, going by the unlikely name of "Akimbo : Kung-Fu Hero". Due for release across Europe in October, the game features six different worlds to explore, a range of animals and monsters to battle, and the traditional cutesy cartoon style graphics. To find out a little more about the game and check out some screenshots of it in action, head over to the Akimbo teaser site.

British gaming service provider Barrysworld have announced a partnership with multimedia company NOW ("Network Of the World") to broadcast their Quake 3 Arena European Championship "to an audience of millions worldwide" through both the internet and television. The exact details are somewhat hazy at this stage though - NOW seem to be a fairly new company and don't actually broadcast anything on TV as far as we can tell, simply streaming videos from their rather Shockwave-intensive website. No doubt we will know more soon though...

Today's preview here on EuroGamer takes a hands-on look at the latest installment in the controversial Carmageddon series, TDR 2000, based on several hours play time we got at a recent press event in London organised by publisher SCi. With vastly improved graphics, more varied gameplay and a little less focus on running people over, can TDR 2000 breath fresh life into the Carmageddon series? Read our preview to find out! And while you're here, we have also posted a small gallery featuring some of the latest shots of the game provided by SCi.

British developer Deep Red, based in deepest darkest Milton Keynes and currently working on Monopoly Tycoon and the Thunderbirds game, have announced that they are now slaving away over another project. "Real Football" is a soccer management sim with a difference, seeking to escape the "old-fashioned spreadsheet approach" and instead "give players a truly immersive football world, a world that will involve them at every level of the beautiful game". The game will be the first in a series of "Real Sports" games from the company. For the full story, read the press release.

Last week, I was privileged enough to be invited along to The Playing Fields in London by SCi to view the latest build of their up'n'coming gibs-on-wheels game "Carmageddon : TDR 2000". Originally set to be called "The Death Race 2000", the name has had to be curtailed to just plain TDR 2000 because of a trademark dispute with a certain film studio over the use of the Death Race name.

Lucas Arts have announced that they will be publishing a role-playing game based on the franchise to end all franchises, "Star Wars". To be developed by BioWare, the brains behind Baldur's Gate and the forthcoming Neverwinter Nights, the game will be set four thousand years before the Star Wars we all know and love, focusing on an ancient conflict between the Jedi knights and the evil Sith lords.

Professional gaming hit the spotlight in Los Angeles last weekend with the arrival of Korean company BattleTop and its "World Internet Gaming League" in America. Although the tournament's $35,000 prize purse was far from the largest ever offered, the event was one of the most spectacular so far, taking place at Universal Studios in Hollywood and with stars like Carmen Electra and Traci Bingham on site to add some much needed glamour to the proceedings.

German publisher CDV will be entering the UK market with "Sudden Strike", a massive real time strategy game set in World War II, and described as a cross between "Cannon Fodder" and "Command & Conquer". The game features massive battles with literally hundreds of units on screen at once, as well as destructible scenery and a full range of multiplayer options, with players able to take control of English, French, American, German and Russian armies. For more information about the game, which is due for release in September, read the press release and then check out the game's official website...

Our third and final batch of exclusive new screenshots from the soon-to-be-released vehicle based action puzzler "Infestation" is now online, with another eight shots of a review copy of the game in action in all its full-scene anti-aliased glory. If you missed any of the earlier shots in the series, you can find the whole lot of them starting here.

Today's review here on EuroGamer takes a look at Blizzard's latest role-playing game, "Diablo II". Released earlier this month, it notched up an impressive one million sales in its first two weeks on sale, making it perhaps the fastest selling PC game of all time. So for the two of you who haven't bought it yet, is it worth your hard earned money, or is it all just hype? Can it live up to the reputation of the original, or has the action role-playing recipe gone stale? Read our review to find out!

Blizzard, creator of such classics as Warcraft and Starcraft, are amongst the most popular of developers with a dedicated fan base. So when Diablo II, the long-awaited sequel to their 1997 smash hit RPG, was finally released earlier this month, it sold over a million copies in two weeks, making it the fastest selling game of all time on the PC...

Vampire Vault sends word of a new mod that adds over 20 new NPCs to Vampire : The Masquerade