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My old company The Coven has released all their commercial Quake and Quake II add-ons for free, complete with full source code. Former Coven members who worked on these add-ons have gone on to work for companies like Epic, Legend and Looking Glass, so go fetch already!

Up today here on EuroGamer is our review of MS Flight Sim 2000, the latest in the long (very long) line of civilian flight sims from Bill and the boys at Microsoft.

Valkyrie Studios (developers of Septerra Core) is currently in the process of developing several new game concepts, and GA-Source has the latest details - including new concept sketches, renders and paintings. Ever since the completion of their RPG, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator, Valkyrie Studios has been working on their next titles. Valkyrie is working on proposals for several different genres and platforms. Some could take the Septerra Core engine to the next level. Others could marry licensed, cutting edge 3D technology with their experience at creating immerserve worlds. Check out the full scoop over at GA-Source.

The demo for Test Drive Le Mans is now available over at 3D Files, weighing in at 55Mb. The game will feature 50 cars and the full Le Mans track to race them around, as well as a range of other tracks.

In part 3 of GA-Source's Gamestock 2000 coverage, they take a hands-on look at Motocross Madness 2, Starlancer, Sidewinder Force Feedback 2, Sidewinder Strategic Commander and the Sidewinder Game Voice.

Scott Miller of 3D Realms updated his .plan with six reasons why the X-Box and Playstation 2 won't kill the PC, as some other developers have apparently been predicting.

Keng from Qtec dropped us a line to let us know that their QLP3 event is taking place on Sunday 19th March (that's tomorrow) at The Playing Fields in London, UK. Entry is £30, and there are Quake 3 duel and Unreal Tournament Domination competitions taking place, with about £900 worth of hardware up for grabs.

Don from 3D News sent word that the demo for Sudden Strike is now available. For those of you with an aversion to Shermans, Sudden Strike is a real time strategy game set in the Second World War, giving you a chance to recreate the Normandy landings and kill that damn Tom Hanks...

Our fellow limey at Telefragged, Kung-Fu, sent word of a post over on the 3D Realms messageboards, talking (very briefly) about the game's skeletal animation system, terrain, and why they're not keeping up with the latest versions of the Unreal Tournament engine that powers the game.

Sierra sent us word of a major upgrade to Edgar Torronteras' Extreme Biker. As well as fixing a number of bugs and hardware issues with the original game, it also adds shadows, more realistic braking, and improved net play. For the full list of fixes and information on where to find the patch, check the press release.

Thanks to Nemesis for confirming that "Tiberian Sun : Firestorm", "Ultima : Ascension", "Settlers Gold" and "Heroes III / Armageddon's Blade" were all released in the UK today. Our UK release date list has now been updated with this information.

According to a story over on Gone Gold, Shiny's third person action adventure game featuring the exploits of the cherub Bob has finally gone gold, a mere fifteen months late. Still no news on when Messiah will be in the stores, but it should be fairly soon now...

Here's something a little different... 3D Files have mirrored the demo for "Pinky And The Brain : World Conquest", based on the cult cartoon series about a pair of laboratory mice who try to take over the world each day. Weighing in at 18Mb, it should be .. interesting.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Tzar : Burden of the Crown, a medieval fantasy real time strategy game that borrows rather heavily from Age of Empires II. How does it compare to the real thing? Read our review to find out!

The Team Assault mod page (a Team Fortress sytled mod for Quake 3 which is similar to Quakeworld TF) was just updated with 4 new weapon screenshots of Strong Arm's original map, IKBase

Robert Duffy, programmer at id Software updated his .plan stating that a new Quake III: Arena point release (1.16) is out now. This release contains the original player models done way back when for Xian, Carmack, Hellrot, Paul Jaquays, Willits, and Brandon James ( now at Rogue ). This release weighs in at 8.2 Mb and check the full .plan update for the scoop on this release, here's a list of available mirrors:

I noticed over at the Shack that Fox Interactive have announced an upcoming third-person action/adventure game based on the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer show. The game is going to be developed by The Collective, who are also developing the upcoming Unreal engine powered third-person shooter/action game, Deep Space Nine: The Fallen. This upcoming Buffy game is slated for a fall 2000 release. Update : John has let us know that GA-Source have put up the first screenshots of this recently announced 3D action/adventure game. Update II : Even more screenshots at GA-Source, Fox Interactive sent them two more "very impressive" screenshots of the game in-action.

Rich Fleider, artist from Rogue Entertainment updated his .plan announcing that Rogue needs more artists, that can start immediately. They got openings for 3D Animator/modeler's, Concept/storyboard artist's and 2D skin artist's. For more information on these employment opportunities check out Rich's .plan or the official Rogue website for other employment opportunities as well.

Chris "Outlaw" O'Brien and Billy "Wicked" Wilson over at VE have conducted an interview with Lee Perry, Art Director on ION Storm's upcoming Quake II engine powered RPG, Anachronox. They discuss several things such as, personal facts, the latest on Anachronox, and a few other interesting questions.

here on EuroGamer takes a look at "Thief 2 : The Metal Age", the sequel to one of the best games of 1998. Can it live up to the reputation of its illustrious predecessor? How has the ageing Dark Engine that powers the game been upgraded? And is it still as bloody dark as the original game?

"Thief : The Dark Project" was, for me, the game of 1998. Half-Life? Never heard of it...

Hellhound have posted a new "model of the week" feature, this time picking out the Tank Girl model for Quake 3.

Raven Software's lead programmer, Rick Johnson updated his .plan stating that Soldier of Fortune have gone gold, unofficially. This means that the head of QA (Quality Assurance) has to sign off on the paper work today to make it official, but they are done. Expect this Quake II engine powered first-person shooter to pop up on the shelves very soon. Update : The game has gone gold officially now, this was confirmed by Activision. Thanks Gone Gold.com.

Reach for the Stars is one of the first space strategy games ever developed, and the inspiration for whole series of computer games, including the Masters of Orion series. The new RFTS game contains all the gameplay of the original plus a host of new features including R&D trees, ship design, tactical space combat, and much more. Check out GA-Strategy's interview with Gregor Whiley, Executive Producer, to find out more about this ambitious remake.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Nocturne, the horror action-adventure game which was released at the end of last year. A few months on the system requirements are a little less outlandish, so how does the game size up? Read our review for the full story...

Q3Log v0.97 has been released, adding support for custom variables and CTF to this Quake 3 log parser.

Wow, some hot news here (the game was was signed off like one minute ago), I noticed over at Gone Gold that Looking Glass Studios' anticipated first-person shooter, Thief II: The Metal Age have finally gone gold and will be available on the shelves soon (there's no official date yet, but stay tuned).

we left Gestalt running through the woods, scattering rabbits left and right, as he discovered that his cordon bleu chef skills weren't going to make him rich and famous in the land of Dereth, and that his dreams of a vast franchise-driven magical pizza dungeon delivery service were sadly in vain...

Speccy informed me that the blokes at Barrys World are giving away a few copies of Tzar : The Burden of the Crown, all you have to do is to answer a few questions about the game. To get the answer for these questions you have to read their review. The competition is open to residents of the UK & Ireland only and the closing date for entries is midnight on Sunday 19 March.

The lucky chaps over at GA-RPG have gotten their hands on a new Vampire: The Masquerade Quick Time (12Mb) featuring actual in-game footage and demonstrations of character creation on the Maya API. I assume the server is pretty swamped at the moment as I'm getting a slow speed but just keep trying. If you want to find out more about this game, check out their in-depth interview with Ray Gresko, Project Leader and guess what kiddies, we got a preview of this baby too :)