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Over the last few years the gaming industry has been hit by a revolution. The rapid rise of the internet has opened up a whole new world of opportunity, from e-commerce to multiplayer gaming.

Those nice folks over at Adventure Gamer (no relation) continue in their efforts to review every adventure game ever made, this week taking a look at Versailles 1685, a 3D adventure game from French developer Cryo.

Ever wanted to drive the wrong way round the M25 at 100mph? Now's your chance... The unlikely sounding "M25 Racer" lets you drive like a mad man around the British countryside, as well as the M25 itself of course. The game's developers have just released this movie of the game in action over at 3D Files, so all you boy racers out there should probably check it out...

For those of you interested in such things, Appeal have posted an article " Outcast: Programming Towards a Design Aesthetic", all about Outcast and how its funky voxel graphics engine works.

I spotted over on GA-Source that work is now underway on a computer game based on the classic Evil Dead movies. Full details here.

After yesterday's Lara Croft bonanza, today it's the turn of Wheel Of Time. GameSpot UK have dumped over 100 Wheel Of Time screenshots on their site, enough to rebuild the entire game from scratch practically...

According to this story on the Adrenaline Vault, London's The Playing Fields will be hosting a qualifier for The Frag 3 on October 22nd.

Well, as good as. GameSpot UK have shovelled out 105 new screenshots of "Tomb Raider : The Last Revelation"!

My former employers over at the GameSpy Network have sunk to a new low with the opening of .. wait for it .. PlanetDeerHunter!

The Adrenaline Vault has posted a short story about Lionhead Studios, their recent deal with Activision, and how that whole studios thing works exactly.

Kulprit sent word of a Q3Test 3 vs 3 Invitational Tourney he's running at the big Frag 3 event in Dallas at the end of this month. At least one European clan has already signed up to travel over there and kick some American butt. :)

The Incredible Sgt Hulka has posted a resource specially for gaming weenies - a cheater's database packed full of cheat codes for over a hundred games, from Actua Soccer 3 to Ziriax. Nope, I've not heard of that one either...

It looks like 3dfx's latest reference drivers don't like the Codename Eagle demo which was released yesterday.

My review copy of Interplay's new space combat game Freespace 2 arrived this morning, along with a press release announcing that the game will be shipping here in Europe on Friday! We'll be bringing you a full review of the game next week, by which time it should have arrived in stores... Keep 'em peeled!

This week we've got an exclusive interview with Bob Wade for you here on EuroGamer. Bob was the co-founder of Binary Asylum, a small British developer that was forced to close down last month after their publisher cancelled their work on the promising 3D real time strategy game "Star Trek : New Worlds".

One of the most impressive games on show at ECTS this year was "Star Trek : New Worlds", a 3D real time strategy game created by a little known British company called Binary Asylum.

Our friends over at UK Gamer have just posted an interview with Colin MacDonald, producer of Grand Theft Auto 2. Three guesses as to what the interview is about.

(not to be confused with Geh Sauce) have posted the Codename Eagle demo, which weighs in at about 30Mb.

Start polishing your blackjacks! Thief Gold has just gone gold, and is due on shelves for October 19th.

Sgt Hulka is hosting a Homeworld launch party which will be broadcasting over Shoutcast tonight. If you've been living under a large igneous formation for the last few years, Homeworld is a 3D real time strategy game set in deep space. Full details at Hulka's place.

This week's Unreal Tournament map of the week over on the official UT website is my favourite CTF map, Facing Worlds. I'll be the one camping on top of the tower with a sniper rifle...

This week's EuroGamer review takes a look at Shadow Man, the new third person voodoo fest from Acclaim. If you can stop sticking pins in your Jar Jar doll for a few minutes, be sure to check out our review to find out whether it's as good as it sounds...

Probably best known for last year's Sin, the tribesmen over at Ritual are now working on a new brew. Based on the forthcoming movie of the same name, "Heavy Metal : FAKK2" is a third person action-adventure game using the Quake III engine, and is due for release next spring.

The full Unreal Tournament demo (with support for Direct 3D, OpenGL, and kitchen sinks as well as Glide) has been released. If you have the bandwidth to handle the 55Mb download, you can grab a copy from any of the following sites -

PC Zone sent word that they've posted the demo for Pharoah on their website.

In the last year or so the UK Quake scene has picked up significantly. Living in the US, it is not unusual to see more and more news on the bigger news sites coming from the UK.

Here's another exclusive Slave Zero shot from the nice folks at Infogrames -

Our first EuroGamer mailbag has been posted, featuring feedback on our coverage of ECTS and the UKPCGC finals. If you have something you want to share with the world or comments about something you've read on EuroGamer, drop me a line! After all, it's a pretty dull mailbag without any mails.

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Microsoft officially released DirectX 7.0 last night. The new version adds support for hardware T&L acceleration, environment mapping, improved 3D sound support, and the proverbial much more.