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sent word that the demo for their new Formula One motor racing game, "F1 World Grand Prix", is now available. The demo (which weighs in at 66Mb) features the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, all 22 cars and drivers, and multiplayer support.

have unveiled the KYRO 3D graphics card, which is based on their new PowerVR Series3 graphics chip.

The game will feature several modes of play. The confirmed ones thus far include a multi-level training mode, a storyline mode and a mission editor to allow you to create your own levels. Quite how big these levels will actually be in electronic terms is uncertain, but I assume the whole point will be the ability to transfer them between the Playstations of yourself and your friends, so with that in mind, the way in which they are programmed will presumably not be all too complex. Rikimaru and Ayame, the two ninjas mentioned in the plot, are both available for you to control. As is to be expected, both ninjas exhibit their own inherent strengths and weaknesses. Both storylines are interwoven with one another, but each mission will be playable from a totally different perspective. The 20 missions present in Tenchu II consist of 12 taking place in the night, dusk and day, and a two-level training mode. I know that doesn't add up, but I'm only following a press release here. Assuming Activision aren't innumerate, there's bound to be sense in that statement - try and find some.

A new beta version of Quake 3 Fortress is now available, adding new features and commands, fixing some bugs, and including a re-make of the classic Team Fortress map "Well6"

Dave Halsted, one of the mappers at Human Head Studios who is working on their third person Viking action game, "Rune", at the moment, took time out from his polygon pushing to describe the use of scripting in the game's maps.

If you've been wondering when we might finally see "Team Fortress 2", the follow-up to the popular prehistoric QuakeWorld mod that your grandparents used to play when you were just knee-high to a grasshopper, Gabe Newell of Valve Software has some bad news for you. "We have a lot of work to do".

New today on EuroGamer is a big hands-on preview of "Homeworld : Cataclysm", the forthcoming sequel to one of last year's best strategy games. The original Homeworld featured some of the most gorgeous graphics we've ever seen, as well as solid gameplay, a great story, and superb multiplayer. Can Cataclysm live up to the Homeworld name? Read our preview to find out!

Homeworld was one of the most innovative real time strategy games of last year, a glorious 3D accelerated game set in the depths of space that put you in charge of the proverbial rag tag fleet in search of a long lost home in the stars.

GameSpy have posted the second part of their "The Good, The Frag and The Ugly" feature on Quake 3 mods, this time looking at some highly anticipated mods yet to come. And the third part is up as well now, looking at some "do's and dont's" [sic] of mod making

Paul Steed, who was recently sacked for no apparent good reason as a result of the upheavals at id Software, has sent a short statement to the folks at Stomped giving his opinion on the recent events there.

You wouldn't expect a skateboarding game to amount to much, really. Surely it could only be as good as 1080 on wheels and dry land, right? Wrong. The level of variety, excitement and just sheer quality of the gameplay available here is utterly astonishing. No word of a lie, myself and a friend spent six hours straight playing the various 2 player battle modes and attempting challenges in single player... he left my house at 2am. Controlling the game is simpler than I would have expected. The moves you can pull off are extremely simple to execute, because what counts is getting enough air in order to pull of huge combinations of moves which really rakes the points in. No one move is more complicated than a combination of a direction and two button presses or vice versa, and each character has a specific set of unique moves, including a main special stunt and other hidden specials. What this means is that there is a fair amount of value in trying out different characters, instead of the only difference between the players being their costumes.

, a computer games bar in the heart of London, has announced that it will be running a special "Ladies Night" for women gamers only on Thursday July 13th. The event will be sponsored by Guillemot and WON.net, with proceeds going to a breast cancer research charity. Sounds like a worthwhile cause to us - look for more details on the Playing Fields website.

While most games, especially first person shooters, are aiming for photo-realistic graphics at the moment, adventure games could be headed the other way... The latest buzz for adventure gamers is the ability to create a game that uses real time animated 3D models that look just like hand-drawn cartoons, a technique that is currently used in the cartoon TV series Futurama, and is coming soon to real time gaming on a desktop near you.

Luis Miguel Quijada of Spanish developers Rebel Act has described the process of creating models for the game, from the initial sketches to a fully modelled, animated and textured monster.

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war", or something to that effect... Yes, EuroGamer has now posted its full review of "Dogs Of War", the new 3D real time strategy game from Take 2 Interactive and Silicon Dreams. Is it "the dog's bollocks", or just plain bollocks? Read our review to find out for yourself!

There he is. Craig Charles, "star of TV's Red Dwarf", looking all curmudgeonly on the back of the "Dogs of War" box. He's smiling .. no, he's grinning at me. Does he know something I don't?

More updates from the strange world of "American McGee's Alice" - the Chesire Cat sends word that there is a new portrait of Alice and himself "relaxing in the pale light of the mushroom forest", which you can find in the "Downloads" section of the game's official website, as well as a new map of the Queen's Garden in the "Wonderland" section.

Kevin Cloud, co-founder of id Software and one of the artists who sacked Paul Steed on Wednesday night, has updated his .plan to explain his side of the story, pointing out that "Paul Steed is one of the most vocal and controversial people in gaming. Therefore, it is not surprising that his departure from id would also be controversial."

The folks over at Freelancer Vault are launching a petition demanding the inclusion of "pirate accessories" in Digital Anvil's massively multiplayer space sim, Freelancer. What are pirate accessories, I hear you ask?

If you ever wondered what all those people listed in the credits of a game actually do, Michael McHale of Eidos has explained what his own job involves.

New today on EuroGamer is a big interview with Scott Herrington of Turbine, the company behind the massively addictive massively multiplayer RPG, Asheron's Call. We talked to Scott about the game's development, its launch, the on-going storyline and constantly changing world of Dereth, as well as finding out a little about the future of the game and Turbine. For the full story, read our interview!

Since the first public beta tests of the game last year, Asheron's Call has quickly grown to become one of the biggest massively multiplayer games in the world, with thousands of players online at once.

Bleem! is a name that Sony just wish would go away. The team behind the famous Playstation emulator have the unrestrained right to ship bleem! all over the world, thanks to the judicial system at work in the States. Enraged, Sony have since been beating down the door of court after court, attempting to gain some sort of preventative injunction against the American company responsible for the software, which they claim damages Playstation sales. I managed to conduct an interview with the guys behind bleem, shortly after their return home from E3 in Los Angeles, where they debuted their latest product, affectionately termed bleemcast!

If you ever wondered what Ritual get up to on a quiet Thursday morning when they're not working on "Heavy Metal : FAKK2", wonder no more... His lo'ness, level designer Levelord, brings word that Tom Mustaine spent the morning "spread-eagled on the floor" being searched by a "tall blonde policewoman"!

Nemesis sends confirmation that the strategy games "Sim City 3000 : World Edition" and "Metal Fatigue" have both been released here in the UK today. We've also got all the latest release date information from 3DO (Might & Magic, Army Men), Eidos (Daikatana, F1 World Grand Prix), Hasbro (Grand Prix 3, Starship Troopers), and Take 2 (Blair Witch Project, Heavy Metal : FAKK2).

GameSpy have posted part one of a feature on Quake 3 mods, titled "The Good, The Frag, and the Ugly".

Rich "Zdim" Carlson sent along word that Electronic Arts has decided to drop "Jane's Attack Squadron" (formerly known as "Flight Combat"), a game which was nearing completion at Looking Glass Studios when the developer closed down recently. This is despite a campaign to save the game that raised almost 5000 signatures.

The latest Asheron's Call newsletter includes a mention of a spate of recent weddings between adventurers in the land of Dereth. Must be something in the air... We're a little worried at their divorce procedure though. To quote the newsletter, "If things don't work out, there's always the "death do you part" escape clause - just be sure you can get back to your corpse!"

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The CPL here in Europe and over in America might be dominated by Quake 3 Arena, but the Asian division of the CPL is apparently considering branching out. According to CPL-Asia's President Jevan Tan, "CPL Asia will look into different games" for their tournaments, as well as the traditional first person shooters.