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Wouldn't it be great to be able to travel through time?

Q3Center have posted a small coding tutorial showing you how to change the names of weapons in the game.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of NBA Basketball 2000 from Fox Sports.

Digital Extremes (Unreal Tournament co-developers together with Epic Games) have finally announced what will be their next big thing, which is Dark Sector an upcoming first-person shooter powered by the Unreal engine. Here's a snip from the press release I received from James Schmalz:

This week's interview is something a little different from usual... I was lucky enough to be one of the half dozen journalists who got into Infogrames' big "ETC 2000" developers conference earlier this week, which included a speech by the company's founder, Bruno Bonnell.

3dfx fired off a press release to announce that they will be unveiling their new Voodoo 4 and Voodoo 5 graphics cards at the big CeBIT 2000 exhibition in Germany at the end of this month.

Taking place at the National Center For Popular Music in Sheffield last Wednesday, the Emerging Technologies Conference 2000 gave some of the many developers who work for Infogrames the chance to catch up on the latest developments in PC hardware and Microsoft's DirectX API.

I noticed over at 3D Files that Delphine have released a new patch for their popular (..and fun) role-playing game, Darkstone. This patch fixes some stuff with the monsters which are stronger and faster in this patch, a new "Legend" mode of play have also been added (that requires an experience level of 60). Head on over to 3D Files and read the full list of changes/fixes together with some downloading mirrors.

Everybody's favourite monopoly, Microsoft, sent us word that a public beta version of Starlancer should be out by the end of March! For those of you with an aversion to asteroids, Starlancer is an impressive looking space combat sim from Digital Anvil, the company founded by the Roberts Brothers who brought us the awesome Wing Commander series and the rather less awesome Wing Commander movie...

Our friends over at Adventure Gamer sent us word that they have a report up suggesting that Activision may be working on a remake of the classic Infocom text adventure game, Planetfall. It's just a rumour at the moment, but if you want to find out more read on...

Our UK release date list has been updated again, this time with the news that Final Fantasy VIII's release has slipped by a week to February 25th. For all the latest information, official and direct straight from the relevant publishers, check our UK release date list!

The Team Assault mod page have been updated with 12 new weapon screenshots (including a skinned axe and knife) and a rehauled FAQ.

More guides from the chaps over at CGO, today they have tossed up the second installment of their Battlezone II guide which helps you through this game, click here for part one. They have also posted the third part of their Ultima IX: Ascension guide to help you on your quest.

Acclaim recently announced the latest installment in the Turok series, Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion for the N64. However there was no mention of a PC version, and it looks like there will be pretty much zero chance that Turok 3 will see the PC. "Easy marketing choice - when you look at the competition in the PC market for first-person shooters, there are a ton of games that are designed specifically for the PC and took years to make," Adam Kahn, PR Manager for Acclaim Entertainment told GA-Source, I suggest that you read the full news-bit over at GA-Source.

Raven's programmer, Jake Simpson made a huge update to his .plan with information about Soldier of Fortune, Playstation 2, Raven and some hardware stuff. They are currently putting the finishing touches to Soldier of Fortune, tweaking and polishing the game before they let it out the door. Here's a chunk on Soldier of Fortune CTF:

John informed me that GA-RPG have received three exclusive screenshots from Black Isle Studios' upcoming role-playing game, Icewind Dale along with a bunch of tasty details. While you're browsing around there you could check out their in-house interview with Chris Parker of Black Isle Studios, Producer of Icewind Dale.

Here's something a little different... A pair of South African Quakers are getting married on Monday February 14th, and the ceremony will take place .. on a Quake 2 server!

New today on EuroGamer is our review of the Razer BoomSlang 2000, a mouse specially designed for gamers with above average precision and a flashy ergonomic design. Is it worth the rather extravagent (for a mouse) price tag? Read our review to find out!

- kärna LLCPrice - $99.99 for BoomSlang 2000 Price - $69.99 for BoomSlang 1000 (NOTE - shipping is extra outside USA)

I noticed over at my file resource 3D Files that Westwood Studios' have finally released the multiplayer demo of their anticipated role-playing game, Nox which will be released within a few days. Grab yourself a copy of the game and start playing.

GamesXtreme have updated their UK CPU price list, for any fellow Brits out there looking for a new processor...

We just got word that publisher Take 2 are going to be offering both Grand Theft Auto and its mission pack GTA London 1969 for free download through a new site, freeloader.com, when it goes live on May 1st. Sounds too good to be true? Check the full press release for more details...

Speedy 3D have written a how to guide showing you how to build your own hard drive cooler, for those of you who just can't cram enough heat sinks and fans in your PC...

Something strange is happening in Sweden. The country best known as the homeland of Volvo, Abba, and reindeer is suddenly becoming a hive of game development activity.

I noticed over at 3D Files that 3dfx have released a new set of drivers for their Voodoo3 3500TV card. These drivers fixes a lot of bugs and major problems, visit 3dfx Gamers' for the full list.

DeEtte Christie informed me that Microsoft have released the first downloadable trailer of Digital Anvil's prequel to Freelancer, Starlancer which is a futuristic space combat game that combines the action of a first-person space shooter with the drama and intrigue of a classic air combat movie. Download it from Microsoft's Starlancer website.

Michael Raymond-Judy, designer on Raven's upcoming Quake III engined first-person shooter, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force updated his .plan with a little development update on Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, which is according to Michael, moving along very well.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of SWAT3, the latest first person tactical combat game, this time from Sierra. Can it take on the might of Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6? Read our review to find out!

GameLinks.net have slapped up an article called "Build Your Own Gaming Machine", which does exactly what it says on the tin.

This month is beginning to look like happy hour at the local Job Center... Today's choice employment opportunity is over at Raven, the company behind the Heretic and Hexen games and of course Soldier of Fortune. They're looking for several level designers based in the USA - check this .plan update for the full scoop.