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Reach for the Stars is one of the first space strategy games ever developed, and the inspiration for whole series of computer games, including the Masters of Orion series. The new RFTS game contains all the gameplay of the original plus a host of new features including R&D trees, ship design, tactical space combat, and much more. Check out GA-Strategy's interview with Gregor Whiley, Executive Producer, to find out more about this ambitious remake.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Nocturne, the horror action-adventure game which was released at the end of last year. A few months on the system requirements are a little less outlandish, so how does the game size up? Read our review for the full story...

Q3Log v0.97 has been released, adding support for custom variables and CTF to this Quake 3 log parser.

Wow, some hot news here (the game was was signed off like one minute ago), I noticed over at Gone Gold that Looking Glass Studios' anticipated first-person shooter, Thief II: The Metal Age have finally gone gold and will be available on the shelves soon (there's no official date yet, but stay tuned).

we left Gestalt running through the woods, scattering rabbits left and right, as he discovered that his cordon bleu chef skills weren't going to make him rich and famous in the land of Dereth, and that his dreams of a vast franchise-driven magical pizza dungeon delivery service were sadly in vain...

Speccy informed me that the blokes at Barrys World are giving away a few copies of Tzar : The Burden of the Crown, all you have to do is to answer a few questions about the game. To get the answer for these questions you have to read their review. The competition is open to residents of the UK & Ireland only and the closing date for entries is midnight on Sunday 19 March.

The lucky chaps over at GA-RPG have gotten their hands on a new Vampire: The Masquerade Quick Time (12Mb) featuring actual in-game footage and demonstrations of character creation on the Maya API. I assume the server is pretty swamped at the moment as I'm getting a slow speed but just keep trying. If you want to find out more about this game, check out their in-depth interview with Ray Gresko, Project Leader and guess what kiddies, we got a preview of this baby too :)

There are only twenty places left open for our first EuroLAN event, taking place in Brighton on the weekend of April 1st and 2nd. The event will feature Quake 3 tournaments, live DJs, real life CTF, and much much more. Head over to the EuroLAN website to find out more...

Here's a bizarre one... 3D Wars are reporting that Activision are bundling copies of Asteroids and Extreme Mountain Biking with packs of American breakfast cereals "Trix" and "Cinammon Toast Crunch". Get the full scoop here.

John informed me that GA-Source have conducted an interview with David Luoto, Creative Director on EA's upcoming Quake III engine powered action/shooter, The World is Not Enough. David reveals information about the game's design, gameplay, and more.

Randy of the popular I.am/TFC website informed me that he have updated the site with a bunch of interesting stuff for all you Team Fortress Classic addicts out there. Here's a list of all the updates:

Speccy from Barrysworld sent us word that a student at Manchester Metropolitan University here in the UK is doing a dissertation titled "Not a Game, a Way of Life!" about the online gaming community. If you have time to help her out, fill out her questionnaire.

City of Games have updated their UT Deathmatch strategy guide.

I spotted over at VE that Computer Artworks have finally released the demo for their anticipated action/adventure game, Evolva which should be out soon. The demo is available in two flavors, full demo w/movies (130 Mb) or the demo without movies (30 Mb). While you're at it, be sure to check out our preview of this undeniably cool game. Update : Apparently, there's something wrong with the 30 Mb version so I suggest you grab the big file.

You can now sign up for the PC GAMER Championships £5,000 Unreal Tournament competition that's taking place in Nottingham, UK on April 9th. To register your interest in attending or to find out more about the event, check the PC GAMER Championships website here on EuroGamer!

Breaking news from around the EuroGamer Network...

I noticed over at the Shack that the rumored Quake III expansion pack have now been officially announced by Paul Steed at the Game Developers Conference. There are no specific details yet, such as what the expansion pack will contain etc, but Gamespy.com have gotten their hands on a few pictures of one of Paul Steed's model's. Stay tuned for more details on this expansion pack.

Our friends over at ModGamer have just launched their new WAP service! You too can now catch up with all the latest mod information on your WAP-enabled mobile phone, with the whole of ModGamer's extensive mods database now available on a dinky little LCD screen near you at www.modgamer.com/wap.

Q3Center have updated their console guide, which includes a full list of all the millions of Quake 3 Arena commands that id didn't deign to document, as well as a guide to tweaking Quake 3 using a variety of console commands and game options.

I noticed over at Blues that the official American McGee's Alice page have been updated with a description of a new enemy, the Boojum which can be found throughout the wonderland.

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Microsoft's latest mail shot mentioned that the Software Development Kit (SDK) for their Flight Simulator 2000 is now available, allowing you to develop your own aircraft, multiplayer add-ons, and "adventures" amongst other things. Check the FS2000 website for the full monty.

The latest beta version of the popular Half-Life mod Counter-Strike is now available, adding new maps, new game modes, and new weapons including my personal favourite, the MAC-10 machinegun. Aw yeah! Grab the latest files from over on the Counter-Strike home page.

The Online Gamers Association has teamed up with PC Gamer, the UK's biggest PC gaming magazine, to bring you .. the PC Gamer Championships!

Our UK release dates list has been updated again, this time with the latest information from Cryo, Eidos, Mattel Interactive, Microsoft, and UbiSoft. We've also had confirmation from Nemesis that Tomb Raider III (budget) and Nerf Blast Arena have both been released today.

In real life he is Minh Le, a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University with a degree in Computing Sciences. On the net though he is better known as "Gooseman", head of the Counter-Strike team, as well as lead modeller and coder for the project.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Septerra Core, the console-style RPG from Monolith and Valkyrie Studios.

Monopolistic UK telco British Telecom has taken another beating over internet access charges today, this time from AOL UK. In a letter posted over on The Register, AOL UK's director of corporate communications had this to say about BT's latest "free" internet access proposal -

Earlier this week Check Six Studios unveiled the Maya Real Time SDK, a game development tool kit for next-generation hardware. Wanting to find out more, GA-Source conducted an interview with Brent Oster, president and founder of Check Six Studios and lead engineer on the Maya Real Time SDK.

Eric Biessman, "Prime Minister" of Raven, has updated his .plan with a reminder that the company behind games like Soldier of Fortune and Heretic II is still looking for level designers experienced with designing maps for Quake-engine games.