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Our coverage of the debut EuroLAN event which we ran in Brighton last weekend is now online, with match coverage of the Quake 3 CTF, duel and two-on-two finals, an event wrap-up, and several photos from the party. Several top British Quakers were at the event, including the Razer-CPL UK qualifier winner "Blokey". For the full skinny on how they all did, read "Brighton? Rock!" now!

Eidos fired us a press release to let us know that they will be publishing an historical real time strategy game set in Asia, "Three Kingdoms : Fate of the Dragon". The game is based on a 14th century Chinese novel of the same name apparently, and being developed by a company based in Beijing! For the full scoop, check the press release.

EuroLAN got off to a flying start in Brighton this weekend with a 75 player LAN party, featuring Quake 3 CTF, duel, and two-on-two competitions, and live DJs to drown out the screams of the dying...

When it first reared its head almost three years ago, the press acclaimed WarTorn as a breath of fresh air for the RTS genre. But back then it was due out in late 1998.

There are so many Diablo II beta news available these days, I've tried to sum them up in this post:

The chaps at VE have put up a short Q&A with Juan Pancho Eekles, lead level designer on Digital Extreme's upcoming game -- Dark Sector. Juan talks about Dark Sector's development process which is coming along very nicely, he also reveals that we won't see any Dark Sector screenshots for another two or three months.

The first beta of the much anticipated Quake III: Arena teamplay mod, Q3 Fortress has finally been released for the public. This beta release weighs in at 35 megs, head on over to their files page for a complete list of FTP mirrors. Remember that you'll need the Quake 3 Point Release Version 1.16n for both Clients and Servers running Q3F.

The German tribes fan-site, Starsiege-Tribes.de have gotten their hands on a brand new movie (10 Mb) from Dynamix' upcoming (and anticipated) first-person shooter, Tribes 2. This movie is apparently quite nice so you should grab it immediately and don't worry, the video is genuine and no April fools' joke.

I spotted over at VE that ATI has released a set of new Windows 2000 drivers for their Rage 128/128 Pro, All-In-Wonder 128, and All-In-Wonder 128 Pro which can be downloaded here. They have also released a beta Multimedia Center for Windows 2000 which you can download here.

Seems like we missed this one yesterday, but 3D Files have put up the demo for Lucas Arts latest RTS-game, Star Wars: Force Commander which have received some really crappy reviews lately. This demo weighs in at 79 megs but I suggest that you try this demo before you purchase the game.

John Bergerud informed me that GA-Strategy have conducted a short interview with Martin Walfisz, of Massive Entertainment - the developers of the much anticipated strategy game, Ground Control. Martin reveals some juicy details about the engine powering this visually impressive looking strategy title, as a bonus GA-Strategy have posted 15 brand new screenshots of this game in action.

have posted the latest installment of their weekly delve into the Q3 mod world - Mod Watch. Here's what they have in store for you this week:

Gaile from over at DiabloII.net has let us know that they have created a storyboad - overview, analysis, explanation - with story content, images, and full narration of the new Diablo II movie released yesterday, entitled "The Calling" (story).

Jason Hall, CEO at Monolith updated his .plan stating that they have released all the LithTech GDC Demo Stuff they displayed. As a bonus they have also released five new LithTech PS2 screenshots of the GDC PC demo in action, you can grab it all from their website.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Atlantis 2, a lush rendered adventure game from French publisher Cryo. Can it live up to its promise, or is it destined to sink without a trace? Read our review to find out!

The Shugashack have slapped up a pretty lenghty interview with Cliff Bleszinski, designer over at Epic Games and he is the guy behind some real nice maps in Unreal Tournament. Cliff talks about Unreal Tournament, console FPS, what game he would like to make, and much more.

Our UK Release Date list has been updated again. Today was a good day, with several new UK releases including Soldier of Fortune, Force Commander, Star Trek Armada, EuroLeague Football, and Tiger Woods PGA Golf. Thanks to Nemesis for confirming those!

New today on EuroGamer is the first part of a massive two part interview with Ion Storm's Warren Spector. Next week we'll be talking to him about his latest game, the stunning Unreal-engined first person RPG, Deus Ex.

Even if you haven't heard of Warren Spector, the chances are that you have played one of the many games he has worked on over the years - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Ultima VI, System Shock, Ultima Underworld, and even the original Wing Commander. And today he is at Ion Storm's Austin studio putting the finishing touches to Deus Ex, a stunning first person RPG based on the Unreal engine.

The busy chaps at SimHQ have posted an interview with Gary Stelmack of Red Storm Entertainment, talking about the new Rogue Spear mission pack, Urban Operations. The interview also includes several new shots of the pack in action.

Mod groups might not be as common in the tank sim genre as they are in the first person shooter community, but SimHQ have posted an interview with Michael McConnell and Michael Peters of the Panzer Elite Development Group, and Teut Weidemann, one of the game's original designers. The feature takes a look at the PEDG, which was set up to add new vehicles, graphics and sounds to Panzer Elite.

The Sony Playstation 2 received a monumental response when it launched in Japan on the 4th of this month. Selling in the region of 1,000,000 units in its first weekend, the machine created a footprint in the gaming economy bigger than the Dreamcast managed in 6 weeks of general sale. A fact that Sony has been pushing around the press battlefields with a JCB the size of Central Europe! But just what is it that's going to make the Playstation 2 the machine to own in the year 2000?

Toshinden 4 continues the ongoing story line of its predecessors. However, the usual hero Eiji has now turned villain, turning to the 'dark side'. His son, Subaru, has been left to pick up the pieces, and clean up the now tainted family name. With the assistance of a veteran of the Toshinden wars, you must guide Subaru through many gruelling fights in your search for the reasoning behind your father's transformation. As you'd expect from the game, there's going to be a huge variety of moves you can get Subaru to perform. Skill and timing will be of the essence, if you are to succeed against the game's many adversaries. Apparently a lot of work has been put into making even the most advanced of attacking moves easy to perform. Something of a blessing, when you consider some games require a stupidly complex combination of pad presses to perform a simple move. Things are made even simpler with the introduction of the 'overdrive' mode. This allows players to produce devastating combinations of moves, with only the touch of a button and a directional button.

New today on EuroGamer is our preview of Arcatera, a role-playing adventure game featuring a mix of real time 3D characters and gorgeous pre-rendered back drops, plus a non-linear storyline with ten possible endings, and hundreds of locations to visit and characters to speak to.

Role-playing games are enjoying something of a resurgence at the moment, with titles like Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate and Diablo impressing reviewers and players alike.

Eidos fired a press release our way announcing that they are working on an official Sydney 2000 Olympics game, which will appear on PC, Playstation, Dreamcast, N64, Colour GameBoy, and Atari ST. Well, maybe not the last one.

Rick Johnson, lead programmer over at Raven Software updated his .plan file announcing that the inital version of the SoF SDK has been released. This SDK contains a version of Radiant for SoF, the BSP utilities, scripting compiler, ghoul exporter, documentation, and the original map and script files for the first level of the game (the New York Subway). You can grab this SDK (3.56 Mb) from either SoF News or SoF Center.

For all you Linux geeks out there, GameSpy have written up an interview with Loki Games, the folks who have ported games like Civilization : Call to Power to Linux, published the Linux flavoured Quake 3 Arena, and are currently working on a Linux Heavy Gear II...

The official demo for the English language version of Earth 2150 has been released. Weighing in at a bandwidth sapping 81Mb, you can find it mirrored here over at 3D Files.

The lovely Kazi Wren and her viking hordes over at Ragnarok have posted a new movie of Rune in action (AVI - 29.5Mb), apparently featuring "new creatures, new levels, blood-splattering combat and more" from the forthcoming Unreal-engined fantasy action game.