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Today's review here on EuroGamer takes a look at Euro League Football, a curious mix of arcade style football game and football management sim, allowing you to run your chosen club both on and off the pitch. Is it a match made in heaven or a recipe for disaster? Read our review to find out for yourself.

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The word from German developers EgoSoft is that X-Tension, the massive mission pack for their space trading and combat game "X : Beyond The Frontier", is now gold. The add-on is due for release in the UK at the end of this month through THQ, or you can pre-order the game direct from the developers.

are reporting that, despite Eidos finishing the last financial year over £30m in the red, the company's directors took home £7.5m in bonuses, more than the previous (more profitable) year! You can't help but wonder if that money wouldn't have been better spent keeping afloat Looking Glass Studios, the development company behind the innovative Thief series, which was recently forced to close down after a deal with Eidos fell through due to the publisher's ailing fortunes.

This morning on Eurogamer we've got eight exclusive new screenshots of 4X4 Evolution, based on our early preview version of the game. According to Terminal Reality, the game is still a month or so away from Beta, and a further three months from full release, but based on these early shots, it could be a very promising prospect for offroad racing fans.

Quake3Mods.net have updated their models section, which now features 26 Quake 3 player models

EuroGamer has a visual treat for you today, in the shape of eight exclusive new screenshots of "XTension", the massive add-on pack for "X : Beyond The Frontier", an epic space trading, management and combat game released last year. Due out around the end of the month, XTension fixes many of the problems that stopped the original game from being a true Elite for the 21st Century. There are more than twenty different ships to fly, the plot has been extended, side missions have been added, and the graphics engine has been vastly improved. So while we work on a full preview of XTension, why not check out our exclusive new shots taken from a preview version of the game?

Virgin has announced that it has picked up the publishing rights to Team 17's next two games - "Worms World Party" on the PC and Dreamcast, and "Stunt GP" on the Playstation 2. "Worms World Party" is the latest in the long-running series of worm-blasting action games, this time with the focus more on multiplayer action over the internet. For the full story, read the press release.

Flight simulation games come in all types, from the 'fly about and do nothing' of MS Flight Sim to the Falcon 4's of this world. There never seems to be enough of the action oriented flight simulation games, where you get to enjoy the flying bit, but which also gives you big guns to boot!. Crimson Skies is one such title. Crimson Skies is a high-flying action adventure game in development by Zipper Interactive and Microsoft. GA-Source goes in-depth with Creative Director Jordan Weisman to find out more.

The UK's biggest broadcaster the BBC have recently announced its latest and greatest gameshow, 'Bleeding Thumbs'. Rumored to be in the planning stages some weeks ago the show will feature celebrities fighting it out in time honored gamer fashion -- in first-person shooter deathmatch.

Today's new releases here in the UK are "Army Men : Operation Meltdown" from 3DO, and Mattel Interactive's "Earth 2150", a stunning 3D strategy game which we reviewed yesterday. Thanks as usual to Nemesis for confirming those at his local Electronics Boutique.

German publisher BlueByte have announced an online beta test for their forthcoming strategy game Settlers IV, with up to 5000 gamers worldwide getting the chance to play a beta version of the game. If you are interested in taking part, check the press release for the full details, or head over to the BlueByte website to sign up.

At one stage or another we all have an idea for a hot new game, the next big thing. Most people who hang about on line have been part of a mod team, or have set about late at night talking about how they would make this game better, or going into minute detail about how a feature is crap, and ruins a games balance. Daily Radar have an article about how you go about taking it a step farther and getting your great idea made it into a game, and getting it published. They also go into how a producer will help you do this.

A couple of months ago the gaming world exploded with an apparent war inside id Software with one side trying to get control of the company, and the other resisting, and eventually failing. One of the casualties of that war was modeler and 3D artist Paul Steed. Stomped get hold of Paul and had a chat about what his plans are, his thoughts on id and Doom 3.

The StrikeForce team have posted their third Strike Force map pack, featuring three new team deathmatch maps for Unreal Tournament

Angel Munoz has confirmed what many of us already suspected - that The CPL is aiming for nothing less than "world domination!" as it expands outside of its native America and spreads its clutches across Europe and Asia.

With the game due for release tomorrow, our review here on EuroGamer today investigates "Earth 2150", a glorious looking 3D real time strategy game which sees you trying to fight your way off the planet as the Earth spirals into the sun. Can the gameplay live up to the impressive graphics? Read our review to find out!

Earth 2150 is the sequel to Earth 2140, a fact which developers TopWare don't seem to be pushing. Which is hardly surprising, as Earth 2140 wasn't one of the most memorable games from the 90's, and it appears that they want to start with a clean slate for Earth 2150.

Eidos just sent word that they will be publishing a PC version of Capcom's Playstation hit "Resident Evil 3 : Nemesis" in Europe this September. The latest game in the multi-million selling horror series sees you once again stepping into the boots of Jill Valentine, who returns to fight the G-Virus which is turning people into flesh-eating zombies. For the full scoop, read the press release.

The QTec LAN party folks are planning an all-nighter Counter-Strike tournament at The Playing Fields in London next month, with eight clans fighting it out over twelve hours through the night, starting at 10pm. Appropriately titled "Midnight Incursion", you can find more information about the event on their website...

Hot news just in is that Rebellion, the Oxford based developer behind Aliens vs Predator and the forthcoming team-based action adventure game Gunlok, have purchased cult sci-fi comic book 2000AD. The deal gives them the rights to make games based on the company's characters and settings, including of course the famous "Judge Dredd".

"Star Trek : New Worlds" boldly takes the Trek franchise where no Star Trek computer game has gone before, focusing on ground combat rather than the traditional starship shenanigans. Originally under development by old school BritSoft company Binary Asylum, production shifted to an in-house team at Interplay late last year.

The Spookhouse have assembled three new user-made missions for Nocturne.

The official website for this August's CPL-Europe "Scandinavian Open" Quake 3 tournament is now online, giving more details of the $25,000 event and all the various qualifiers for it which are taking place around Europe. You can also find information about the venue and tournament on the website, as well as a registration form for the event. There are still plenty of places free, so if you fancy your chances sign up...

For those of you wanting to get behind your country in a game you care about (football? what that?), the UT Council sent word that they are planning an European Unreal Tournament competition with national teams battling it out for King and Country (or something). If you want to find out more or are interested in playing Unreal Tournament for your country, head over to the UT Council website to find out more...

Our third and final (for now at least) batch of exclusive new screenshots from the third person sci-fi shooter "Soldier" are now online. Once again, the shots are taken from a beta version of the game using a GeForce 2 graphics card - 1024x768 in 32 bit colour, with full-scene anti-aliasing switched on. You can check out the latest shots here, or if you missed the earlier ones you can find the full gallery here. Look for a big hands-on preview of the game within the next week...

It's the one we've all been waiting for, the game to redeem Ion Storm after the decidedly mediocre Dominion and Daikatana, the latest masterpiece from industry veteran Warren Spector. Yes, it's Deus Ex, and according to the latest release schedule from Eidos it will finally be released in the UK on August 4th. For all the latest UK release information, direct from the publishers, check EuroGamer's UK release date list - now tracking UK release dates for over a hundred games!

New today on EuroGamer is a brief hands-on preview of Jetfighter IV, the latest in the long-running series of action-oriented flight sims from Velocity. We got our hands on some beta code thanks to publisher Take 2 Interactive, who have the game pencilled in for release at the end of October. To find out more, read our preview!

Jet Fighter is a name that should ring loud through the halls of flight sim fame. Since the original Jet Fighter from Velocity, this series has offered a slightly more arcade style flight sim which concentrated more on actual flight combat, and less on the gory details of 'engage target systems, adjust radar range, activate missiles'...

The game that came from nowhere to take over the world only gets bigger, fresh from his 1000+ person chat with Gameplay Counter Strike development team member Cliffe had a chat with the folks at GibMe. Its quite a concise interview, but ut still hits on some interesting subjects. Right into the thorny issue of Valves new net code, and the opinion of some people that it spoils the latest release of CS 6.6, "This was a *huge* overhaul of code, so much was changed. It's almost like starting over, like shipping the game anew. So there are bound to be bugs. And those bugs will be worked out."