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I noticed over at Planet Unreal that a new version (v2.75) of the popular Unreal Tournament mod, Infilitration has been released. This release contains a few new features such as you're finally able to play online (for a full list of new features, check out the official website). So head on over to their download section and grab this new version immediately, remember that this version requires the 413 UT patch.

Fur Fighter's Conceptual Artist, Jeff Lewis, has given GA-Source details on the engine that will be powering the third-person action/adventure shoot-em-up. Fur Fighter will be published by Acclaim and is scheduled to be released on Sega Dreamcast in Q3 with a PC release in Q4.

ValuSoft, the US publisher for SoftLab-NSK's trucking driving simulation "Hard Truck 2", has informed GA-Source that the title has gone gold and is scheduled to be in stores May 15th for around $20. To find out more about this unique racing title, check out their interview with PR Manager Nikolay Baryshnikov.

That's right, Zippeteers, a new version of Winzip is available to download. Just about everyone on the Internet uses this application, so it makes sense to link to it. No word on the new features, but... heck, it's Winzip.

Just a little quick note before I hit the sack (really tired!), remember that the anticipated Unreal Tournament mod, Strike Force will be released tomorrow (the first beta atleast). Pyromancier, one of the guys behind this mod updated the official website with some information about the first beta, he also mentions that there will be a Mac release but only after the PC release is out. As for Bot Support ; bots are available in Strike Force, but only spawn with a Desert Eagle and play very poorly since they haven't been optimized. Proper Bot support will hopefully make it's way into Beta 2. Be sure to check us out tomorrow for a complete list of mirrors.

ATI has officially announced its next generation graphics card, formerly known as the Rage 6 and now sporting the bizarre epiphet .. "Radeon 256". Features include -

New today on EuroGamer is our review of "Close Combat IV : Battle Of The Bulge", a real time wargame based on Germany's last great offensive of the Second World War, a counter-attack into the Ardennes during the winter of 1944. Can it live up to the promise of the last three games in the Close Combat series? Read our review to find out!

Joytech Price: £19.99 Joytech is a name that frankly no-one's ever heard of. They produce accessories for home consoles, including the Playstation, N64 and Dreamcast, and they also run off a group of Gameboy Color bits and pieces. Their trademark seems to be to undercut the prices of official units and try and alter the design of the official ones slightly, for the better. Third party controllers never really appeal for me. The garish neon designs and fluorescent buttons just look out of place on my carefully laid out desk, and the controllers have a tendency to break, too, from experience. For example, I bought an official Super Nintendo controller a few years ago, and an unofficial model from some cowboy accessories outfit. The official model works, to this day, but the other unit is unresponsive and damaged. Not to mention blister-inducing. Still, you can't judge modern day products by yesteryear's standards. There's every chance that these companies will have learnt from their mistakes, and capitalised on the time in between. Probably.

The Battle Of The Bulge was the desperate attempt by Hitler to defeat the advancing Allied forces near the end of the war. The Allies had by then regained most of Europe, and were beginning to engage the retreating German army on their own soil.

I noticed over at Blues that EA has released a new patch (v1.2) for Square's RPG, Final Fantasy VIII. The patch is available in a non-GeForce version and a GeForce version, this patch resolves a rare game crash at the 'Game Over' screen and a problem where the "player's cards for the card game, in some instances, would disappear."

Not gaming related but still very interesting, a new version of the very popular program, ICQ (version 2000a) has been released for public. If you didn't know it, ICQ is a user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who's on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. Grab it from the official website and check out the list of "What's New" in this version as well.

Curious about the opinion of some of the top developers in the gaming industry, eUniverse.com asked the simple question of "online gaming, overrated or inevitable future?". They have Director of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford's response in this update, it's a very good-read so be sure that you check this one out.

Our UK Release Date list has been updated with the latest information from Virgin Interactive and UbiSoft, including confirmation that "Everquest : Ruins Of Kunark" will be released in the UK on Friday, and the latest news on MDK2 and Icewind Dale.

Total Reload have posted an interview with Austin, part of the team behind the Matrix mod for Half-Life

Wrestling is one of those sports that you either love or completely and utterly hate. Fortunately I am of the latter category, so can review this game with an enthusiasm for the sport itself.

This week's article here on EuroGamer is "The Professional", taking a quick look at the current state of play in professional gaming, and having a peek at what the future may hold for this emerging sport.

For millions of people around the world, playing computer games is a hobby. But for a growing number of players it is also how they pay their bills...

The CPL Asia website has been launched, with details of the first CPL-Asia event, "Frag Fest 2000". This will be held at the World Trade Centre in Singapore from June 9th to 11th, with prizes totalling S$20,000 up for grabs. As well as Quake 3 Arena, there will also be some Counter-Strike games going on at the event. Check the CPL Asia website for the full details.

For all you fly boys and military history buffs, SimHQ have posted an article about the role of close air support in modern warfare, concentrating on the German Luftwaffe in the Second World War this time round, and looking at the blitzkrieg on Poland, France and Russia in particular.

I spotted this over on Stomped - SkinSmith has released a funny Quake 3 skin that looks just like Lt Col Dave Grossman, the former US Marine who claims that playing violent games causes real life violence.

GamersVoice are running a competition to celebrate their first birthday, giving away copies of nine different Microsoft games, including Allegiance and Starlancer.

Breaking news from around the EuroGamer Network...

The Deus Ex Zone has posted an interview with Warren Spector of Ion Storm's Austin office, talking about Deus Ex naturally enough. The interview also includes some comments from Chris Norden, and Harvey Smith, who they interviewed seperately last week as well.

New today on EuroGamer is our big preview of Ritual's new third person shooter, "Heavy Metal : FAKK2". Based on the animated movie of the same name and using the Quake 3 engine, can this game live up to its promise? I took a trip over to Ritual's offices in Dallas for a closer look at the game... To find out what's new, read our preview!

While I was in Dallas to cover the massive Razer-CPL Quake 3 tournament, I took time out from the fragging to drop by Ritual's offices and check out their latest project, a third person action-adventure game by the name of "FAKK2".

John Romero of ION Storm updated his .plan file with some solutions to a few technical issues with the recently released Daikatana demo. So I suggest that you read this update if multiplayer is laggy or extremely choppy for you or if you can't run Daikatana with a Voodoo 2.

QAPete of Planet Unreal has let us know that the first beta of the much anticipated Unreal Tournament mod, Strike Force will be released Wednesday, April 26th at 11:00 PM EST. To make us drool even more, Planet Unreal scored two brand new screenshots from this upcoming mod. Be sure to grab this file as soon as possible next week, the size will be between 50 - 80 MB.

Tom "Diabolic" McClure informed us that VRMagazine has a new look, along with a texturing tutorial for creating quality textures to use in mapping for games or other 3D applications. This tutorial should be useful for anyone with Photoshop, be sure to download the VR Texture Pack as well.

Mall of the Sims are giving away a shiny, sparkly, 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 AGP Video Card as well as Strategy Guides for "The SIMS" and Free memberships to their exclusive VIP Club.

Admittedly I was worried about this port. Having sat through an exhibition of how great the game was by my PSX-owning mate (that's as in "friend", not sexual in any way, you understand... erm...) several thousands of times, I wasn't entirely sure how the hugeness was going to fit into the little plastic thing. Still, wonders will never cease with this magic box of...magic...things. Anyway, all my fears were soon expelled (like a big Odour-Eater had come into the room and stamped gratuitously all over them) when I started up the console, jumped straight into the game and was mesmerised by what appeared to be a five minute long segment of FMV... on the Nintendo. FMV. Nintendo. Five minutes. This was superb, and I was amazed. Either I've been missing out on something, seeing as I was a late starter with the Nintendo and all, but I was truly astounded, I really didn't think this was possible. The short movie was the same as the one placed in the PSX version, and what the superbly rendered piece does is to set the scene perfectly, and before you even start to play the game the tentacles start to reach out of the screen and pull you into into the game's sick little world. But then I realised what Capcom had done to fit all this stuff in the cart, as I noticed quite heavy artefacting on the video, and that familiar mp3-style "warbling" on the audio samples, both the remnants of heavy compression techniques. But without getting into the piddling technicalities, I was still pretty excited by the time the opening in-game scene began and I was plopped into a flaming scene surrounded by the brain-craving living-dead.