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Microsoft's Flight Simulator series is one of the most successful and longest running computer game series in history, stretching from back in the early 1980s all the way up to the recent Flight Simulator 2000.

More live ECTS coverage from Monday's events here in London, this time looking at the PC end of things. It's been a busy day for me, taking in both NVIDIA and 3dfx as well as a whole range of games including Hostile Waters, Mafia, Anarchy Online and Neverwinter Nights. For the full story, read my entry in our ECTS diary, and look for more news, previews and screenshots from the show over the next few days!

3dfx has had a difficult time of it recently, losing their frame rate crown to arch-rival NVIDIA last year, and then facing a series of costly delays to their VSA-100 chip (formerly known as Napalm), which resulted in NVIDIA having a six month reign as undisputed speed kings with their GeForce graphics card while 3dfx couldn't release any new products...

Continuing our live on-site coverage today we take a look at Sony's offerings and the other stuff that's been going on at the show. Metal Gear Solid 2 and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing 2 were impressive, the former being demonstrated on a 9' x 9' wall screen! For the full low-down on today's events in terms of console coverage, check out our ECTS 2000 diary, updated throughout the event!

Fresh tonight on EuroGamer is our massive three page preview of "Black & White", the latest game from the demented mind that is Peter Molyneux, designer of classics such as Populous and Dungeon Keeper. We were lucky enough to get a first hand look at the game as Peter demonstrated it at the Electronic Arts "Show B4 The Show" party at their lush UK headquarters last night, and today we have a full report on the game, including a selection of the latest screenshots and some photographs taken at the demonstration. For the full skinny on what is sure to be one of the best games of the year (whichever year it ends up being released in), read our preview!

The highlight of the "Show B4 The Show" party which Electronic Arts held at their plush new European headquarters in Chertsey last night was undoubtedly "Black & White". Designer Peter Molyneux, a man who (as the announcer pointed out) needs no introduction, was on hand to demonstrate the game to a room packed to overcrowding every hour, on the hour, with many people returning to watch the show again and again throughout the evening...

Wondering what was on display today at ECTS? Take a look at this page in our ECTS Diary - it includes a lot of information about upcoming titles from Cryo and JoWood, including some the latest Tom Clancy title (he of Rainbow Six fame), some management simulation games that push the boat about a bit (Traffic Giant and Industry Giant 2) and some good old fashioned mayhem and slaughter in HellBoy and Jekyll & Hyde, although the latter introduces Metal Gear Solid-like stealth sections too. It was a pretty well-rounnded display, so take a look at the index to see the rest.

Our hands-on live coverage of the European Consumer Trade Show continues this morning with news of Nintendo's latest developments in our ECTS Diary. Unfortunately the GameCube wasn't available and the press advisors were tight-lipped on the subject. Nevertheless we got to try out the GameBoy Advance and lots of new GameBoy Color titles. Check out our up to the minute coverage of the event, and check back later for even more.

The big European computer games trade show ECTS 2000 is about to kick off here in sunny London. We'll be bringing you full coverage of the event over the next three days, with all the latest news, press releases, previews and screenshots live from the show - so stay tuned! If you haven't already check it out, be sure to read our ECTS preview for a sneak peek at what we can expect from this year's show, and check our ECTS diary for regular daily updates throughout the show. The first installment, featuring a look at last night's Electronic Arts party, is already online with more to follow!

Our ECTS 2000 diary has kicked off tonight, with a write-up of EA's "Show B4 The Show" event at their lavish headquarters in deepest darkest Surrey. The feature comes complete with photographic evidence where appropriate, and will be continuing throughout the next few days as ECTS kicks off for real. We will also be linking all of our other ECTS coverage from the diary to help you keep track of what we're up to here in London. For the full scoop, read our ECTS 2000 diary!

Our dose of eye candy for armchair pilots today is a second batch of eight exclusive new screenshots from Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2. Once again they are taken from a beta version of the game, using a GeForce 2 graphics card running at 800x600 in 32 bit colour, with four sample full-scene anti-aliasing enabled. Feast your eyes, and look out for a full preview of the game coming tomorrow!

With the madness that is ECTS now less than 24 hours away, EuroGamer today takes a look at Europe's biggest computer games trade show and what we can expect from it this year. We have a quick run through some of the games and hardware we are expecting to see over the next few days, as well as taking a look at the equally interesting topic of who isn't going to be at ECTS this year - Activision, Eidos and Infogrames amongst the frontrunners in that category. For the full low down, read our ECTS preview!

When it comes to computer games trade shows, America has the lycra-clad mad-house that is E3, while Europe has ECTS - three days of foot-slogging and sweating in the vast Victorian greenhouse that is the Olypmia, located in the polluted heart of London.

The playable demo for Monolith's kitsch 60s spy game "No One Lives Forever" is now available, featuring sample levels from three different missions from the full game, as well as the first training level to help you get to grips with the game. Inspired by the classic spy TV series and movies of the period, from James Bond to the Avengers, No One Lives Forever sees you taking on the role of secret agent Cate Archer, a member of the anti-terrorist organisation UNITY.

3DO have announced that Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of a little football club that you might have heard of called Manchester United, has put his name behind their forthcoming soccer game "Player Manager 2001". Sir Alex will also be consulting with the developers to help them out with tactics and player data for the game amongst other things. And as well as the new celebrity license, the game will also feature an all-new game engine, motion captured animations, realistic stadiums, and "enhanced post-match statistics" for all you Excel fans. Expect the game to appear on Playstation towards the end of the year, with the PC version due out in April 2001.

Love 'em or hate 'em, those cute little Norns have become a fact of life, starring in three "Creatures" games plus "Creatures Adventures". Developers Creature Labs have now announced that their next entry in the series, a children's game called "Creatures Playground", will be published in Europe by Havas Interactive, while Encore will be handling the north American distribution of the game. Encore will also be publishing "The Creatures Collection", which will include the entire Creatures trilogy for newcomers to the series.

This week's interview here on EuroGamer is with Karl Jeffery, President and CEO of Climax, the BritSoft developer which is currently working on a multiplayer strategy game based on the popular table-top wargame "Warhammer". We spoke to Karl to find out more about how the project got started, and what we can expect from the game (which is due out some time in 2002). For the full skinny on Warhammer Online, read our interview with Climax!

As a teenager I wasted many a weekend stooped over a large sheet of plywood covered in polystyrene hills, match-stick fences, and various bits of assorted shrubbery, moving little hand-painted lead and plastic figures around, measuring out firing ranges and areas of effect.

We've got a special dose of eye candy for you here on EuroGamer today, in the form of eight exclusive new screenshots of Microsoft's stunning "Combat Flight Simulator 2", taken from a beta version of the World War II flight sim. For the best visual quality, all of the shots are at 800x600 in 32 bit colour, using four sample full-scene anti-aliasing on a GeForce 2 graphics card. Feast your eyes - you know you want to!

The latest release schedule from Hasbro just arrived, with some major changes since we last heard from them. One sure-fire hit is the Rollercoaster Tycoon add-on, now named "Loopy Landscape" and due on September 22nd. "Squad Leader" is now due on October 20th, with the real-time strategy game of the movie "Starship Troopers" also set to appear during October. Also noteworthy is the long-awaited flight sim "B-17 : The Mighty Eighth", which has slipped to November 3rd, while we're now expecting a 1999 season update to hit motor racing title "Grand Prix 3" some time in November as well, assuming nobody breaks a leg...

It's Friday so it must be UK release day. New on the shelves today are the role-playing / real-time strategy hybrid "Warlords Battlecry", and EA Sports' imaginatively titled Rugby sim "Rugby 2001". Sadly there is still no sign of THQ's promising looking "X-Tension" add-on for their space sim of last year "X : Beyond The Frontier", although given that an English patch for the game is already available it must be out there somewhere surely... SCi's gore-ridden driving game "Carmageddon TDR 2000" was also expected this week but has apparently failed to materialise.

Sierra last night announced that the fast paced 3D real-time strategy game "Ground Control" has spawned a mission pack, in the form of "Dark Conspiracy". Due out this November, the pack will feature fifteen new single-player missions, as well as new environments, units and multiplayer modes, plus an entirely new third faction to play as. To find out more, read the press release.

One of the (many) features which made Deus Ex stand out from the first person crowd was its use of nanotech augmentations, which the player had to choose between when "upgrading" their body. According to lead designer Harvey Smith, talking in an interview with RPGVault, developing and balancing the augmentation system was one of the big challenges in designing the game.

A new version (1.40) of the funky looking Strike Force mod for Unreal Tournament is now available

Today's review here on EuroGamer takes a look at Leadtek's "WinFast GeForce 2 MX" graphics card, based on the latest budget chip from NVIDIA. With all the features of the GeForce 2 but at a lower clock rate and with cheaper memory, can it live up to the GeForce name, and does it provide good performance for its low price? Read our review to find out!

- LeadtekPrice - £135

Amongst the new features of Wizardry 8, the latest installment in the (very) long running role-playing game series, is a new character class known as the "Gadgeteer". In an interview with RPG Vault, project leader Linda Currie explained that the "Gadgeteers create strange and unusual devices to help their teammates".

Strike Force v1.40 for Unreal Tournament reviewed on Gameplay

Havas will be announcing at ECTS on Sunday that they have signed a three year deal with Universal Interactive Studios to publish the fourth installment in the popular "Spyro The Dragon" series. Due some time in Spring 2002, the fourth Spyro game will be available on PC as well as the usual host of consoles - Playstation 2, Xbox and Gameboy Advance amongst others. The first two Spyro games have already notched up over 5 million sales worldwide on Playstation, with the third game due for release through Sony this November.

Today EuroGamer takes a look at one of the most bizarre titles to be announced in recent weeks, Microsoft's "Train Simulator", which (as the title suggests) will be bringing all the thrills of driving or travelling in a train to a PC near you early next year. It's a strange idea, but it just might work, and as Microsoft were showing it alongside Combat Flight Simulator 2 at a press day in London this week we decided to take a look... Read our preview to find out more about what could be one of the oddest games of 2001.