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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

In an interview on DiabloII.net, 3dfx's chief spin doctor Bubba Wolford has commented on the full-scene anti-aliasing vs transform & lighting acceleration debate .. just for a change. Bubba repeats that 3dfx believes "T&L is important for the future", but that "the main difference between T&L and FSAA is that T&L must be coded into the game", whereas FSAA should work with any 3D accelerated game.

Graphics seem to get all the attention these days. Games often rise and fall based on their visuals, and gamers lay down hundreds of pounds on the latest graphics cards and big screen monitors to get the best possible quality. But at the end of the day, as games like System Shock 2 and Thief have proven, sound can be just as important to a game's atmosphere.

Our third and final batch of exclusive new screenshots of "Arcatera : The Dark Brotherhood", the rather odd role-playing game from UbiSoft and Westka Entertainment, are now online here at EuroGamer. Once again they feature a mixture of both cinematic and in-game shots, but this time with the focus more on actual game footage and conversations. If you missed our earlier shots of the game, you can find the whole lot starting here.

UK-based hi-tech music magazine "Future Music" has got together with Sierra to run a competition to remix a piece of music from the forthcoming space-bound strategy game "Homeworld : Cataclysm". The winner will take home £500 in used fivers, as well as having three thousand copies of their meisterwerk lovingly pressed into 12" vinyl and distributed to DJs and radio stations around the country. Sierra are also promising to use the winning piece in their demo of the game later in the year.

Angel Munoz, founder of The CPL, an organisation which has run several major professional gaming events over the last few years, has spoken about how he sees the future of the company and the growth of pro-gaming as a valid sport. "This year the CPL sponsors will give away close to $250,000 in cash prizes. Next year that number will double to $500,000, and the following year it will double again to $1,000,000."

The highly-anticipated Rocket Arena 3 mod for Quake 3: Arena has finally been released! A few last-minute technical problems (who pulled the power cord out of the web server?) meant the release was delayed by a few minutes, but now you can finally find out whether it was worth waiting for.

Today sees the return of our weekly round-up of what's new around the EuroGamer network -

, the Korean online gaming organisation announced today their first foray into pro-gaming in the UK kicking off with a big money tournament to be held at the Millenium Dome. The tournament is intended to promote the British Internet Game League, an on-line ranking system similar to the Korean and American versions already launched.

Our daily dosage of eye candy continues here at EuroGamer, with another batch of eight exclusive new screenshots from the 3D accelerated vehicle based action game, "Infestation". The shots are taken from a review copy of the soon-to-be-released game, using a GeForce 2 graphics card with full-scene anti-aliasing enabled. You know you love it... Go feast your eyes now!