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id Software's David "Zoid" Kirsch has released three new maps for Quake 3 CTF. These ones look a whole lot better than the out of the box maps, so if like me you're a CTF fanatic be sure and grab them!

Never let it be said that we're not generous here at EuroGamer... This week we are giving you the chance to win yourself a copy of "Half-Life : Opposing Force", the first official mission pack for the award winning first person shooter. You can find the full details here.

Looks like it's going to be a Quake 3 day... Redwood posted a story over on Stomped to say that he is one of the people beta testing Zoid's Q3CTF maps. There should be three of them in all, and they will be available "soon". It also sounds as if they are a lot better than the ones in the boxed version of the game. Looks like point release time again folks...

Robert Duffy updated his .plan to say that the editing tools for Quake 3 Arena are now available, allowing us to create our own maps for the game!

Graeme Devine (id Software's resident Brit) updated his .plan with a report on Y2K testing of Quake 3 Arena, admitting that "Q3A does not survive a nuclear war", and revealing that should John Carmack fail because of a Y2K glitch they have 200 backup Carmacks hidden in Idaho...

The bytestream badasses at 3D Files have mirrored the demo of Hired Team, a first person squad-based shooter developed in Russia of all places.

Our review of the latest soccer management from Eidos, Championship Manager : Season 99/00, is now up.

Last week at the Sports Academy in London the Online Gamers Association (or OGA for short) was launched, with a mix of gamers, publishers, service providers, journalists and gaming league admins on hand.

The EuroGamer mailbag is back, with a new installment up today featuring feedback on our "first look" review of Quake 3 Arena and our article about release dates in Europe. Check it out!

The megabyte mothers at 3D Files have mirrored the demo (28Mb) for Interstate '82, a driving and shooting game from Activision in which you play the "legendary road warrior" Taurus.

Robert Duffy of id Software updated his .plan to say that he is planning to have the level editor and associated utils for Quake 3 Arena ready for release early next week, hopefully Tuesday. Woohoo!

New today on EuroGamer is our review of the Elsa Erazor III Pro Video graphics card, based on the new TNT2 Pro chip from NVIDIA. How does it size up? Check our review to find out!

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We have been experiencing technical difficulties with our mail server since yesterday evening, which is why we've had a rather late start today.

New today on EuroGamer is "KISS Me", an interview with Third Law Interactive, the folks behind the "KISS : Psycho Circus" game. We talked to them about working with KISS and Todd McFarlane, using the Lithtech engine, and Doom. To find out more, read the interview!

Since their mass exodus from troubled developer Ion Storm last year, Third Law Interactive have been hard at work on "KISS : Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child".

UK sent along these screenshots of Beetle Crazy Cup, a racing game featuring everyone's favourite car, the VW Beetle.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Trickstyle, a futuristic hoverboarding game from Acclaim.

The first patch for Unreal Tournament is now available. This solves problems with detecting some Direct3D graphics cards, as well as fixing a few minor bugs, improving server performance, and adding a spattering of new features such as a "flesh hit sound" for bullets. Mmmm... Juicy.

And talking of patches... A post by Zoid in this thread over on the messageboards on Quake3World seems to suggest a point release is on the way for Quake 3 Arena...

The OGA Launch Party last night has been judged a success. Sadly the excitement (and expansive bar tab) was just too much for some people...

If you've been wondering why there hasn't been any news or new features here on EuroGamer today, it's because I've been at the OGA launch party at the Sports Academy in London tonight.

The demo for the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII is now available over at 3D Files. It weighs in at a rather hefty 70Mb, and comes with a warning that the demo is provided as-is with no technical support. So cross your fingers and hope for the best.

According to this story over on The Register, British Telecom are finally going to introduce unmetered internet access. If OFTEL (the body that regulates the telecoms industry in the UK) clears the plan, it could be available next spring.

New today on EuroGamer is our "first look" review of id Software's latest creation, Quake 3 Arena. Does the game live up to the hype? Read our review to find out!

Fans of the long running "Might & Magic" series of computer games rejoice! A new online RPG by the name of "Legends Of Might And Magic" is apparently in the works. Full details in this story over on GA-RPG

Shaun Caudle of Epic updated his .plan to say that his website now has a UT Skins FAQ on it, telling you how to make and use new skins for Unreal Tournament.

Those megabyte monkeys over at 3D Files have mirrored the demo for FIFA 2000, a new soccer game from EA Sports (who else?).

have managed to track down and interview Lt.Col. Grossman, who is notorious in the gaming community for his views on violent computer games, describing Quake as a "murder simulator", and writing a book called "Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence".

This week's article here on EuroGamer is "Please Release Me", a look at why it takes so long for games to be released in the UK.