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George Broussard updated his .plan stating that 3D Realms' are looking for an additional programmer for Duke Nukem Forever. This position requires some professional experience coding with the Unreal engine (Unreal Script particularly), it also requires that you have professional experience on a major 3D engine, or having shipped (or worked on) an FPS game before. Be sure to check out George's .plan update and maybe you'll be the one to work on one of the most anticipated games ever.

My friend Major Killer from Combat World informed me that they have posted a lenghty Unreal Tournament vs Quake3 article, which features a review of both games then a comparison, and the last page is a beginners guide to first-person shooters. I definitely recommend that you check out this article, it's a good read.

I spotted over at UU that the german Unreal fan-site, UTWorld have posted an english version of the "Voice Making Tutorial", which was available in German a couple of days ago. It features a detailed description on how to make your own sound-files for use as UT-Voices.

I noticed over at VE that MonolithNews have arranged a chat with the folks at Valkyrie Studios, developers of Septerra Core! The chat takes place on Saturday, February 12th, 2000 at 7.30PM Eastern (EST) (that's 4.30PM Pacific and 12.30AM GMT). Stop by MonolithNews for the details.

A lot of Soldier of Fortune news lately, and there's more to come. Raven's programmer, John Scott made an update to his .plan with a quick rundown of the Video Settings menu, together with an informative description.

Role playing games are undergoing something of a resurgence at the moment, with single player games like Planescape Torment and Baldur's Gate making the charts, and online worlds like Everquest and Asheron's Call bringing a whole new audience to RPGs.

Raven's programmer, Marcus Whitlock (A Northern Bastard) has updated his .plan with some information regarding the upcoming patch for Raven's popular Soldier of Fortune demo, which should be out soon (wait for the official word from Rick Johnson).

Thresh and the boys at The Firing Squad have posted a massive (eight page) interview with John Carmack, co-founder and programming genius of id Software. It covers pretty much everything from his childhood to the Quake series, and Open Source and Linux to his recent marriage. Carmack interviews are few and far between, so catch it while you can!

Up today on EuroGamer is our preview of Allegiance, an online space-based action-strategy team game from those lovely monopolistic individuals at Microsoft. Imagine a mix of Team Fortress 2, Freespace and Homeworld, and you're getting warm.

In an unprecedented display of regularity, today marks our second consecutive mailbag weekend, an occurence not seen since November.

What do you get if you cross Freespace 2, Homeworld and Starsiege Tribes? Microsoft's new online space-based teamplay game, Allegiance, near enough...

New today on EuroGamer is our review of NHL Championship 2000, an ice hockey game from Fox Sports. Can it go toe to toe with EA Sport's NHL 2000? Read our review to find out!

Raven's lead programmer, Rick Johnson made an update to his .plan regarding the upcoming patch for the popular Soldier of Fortune demo which will be released in the near future. A few of the more popular items / fixes that will be include in the patch are:

I noticed over at 3D Files that Legend Entertainment have released a patch for their first-person shooter, Wheel of Time. This is an updated version of the 333 patch that was released on 1-24-00. It fixes the Movie and Music problems introduced by the original 333 patch, and fixes a crash problem when disguise was used in multiplayer games. Grab the file from 3D Files (1.5 Mb).

System Logic have slapped up an article about the Asus V6800 GeForce video card, showing how they did a custom cooling and overclocking job on it, complete with pictures, a step-by-step guide, and of course lots of big numbers (benchmarks).

According to a report over at Well-Rounded Entertainment, Activision and Verant Interactive have teamed up to create a massively multiplayer Star Trek game, called Star Trek: Conquest Online. Read the full report.

I noticed over at VE that 3D Files have put up a brand new patch for DMA's, GTA2. This patch gets GTA2 running smoother and cleaner than ever. Snag the file from 3D Files

The SIMS, the newest creation of Will Wright's team at Maxis has hit the store shelves. Already, one of the top resources for SIMS add-ons, Mall of the SIMS has come up with a way to cheat and have unlimited money in your SIM'S bank account. They have named this method "Holy Simoleons!" as the currency in the game is Simoleons. For more on this, hop over to Mall of the SIMS and take a look at their full tutorial on how this is done!

Tim has let me know that Telefragged have posted a new feature, it's a developer diary written by Robert Aronsson regarding Side-Scene, an upcoming action/horror title from The Otherguys. So head on over to Telefragged and read the first installment.

If you're in the Florida area and looking for something to do at the end of this month, why not check out the Armory Assault LAN party, taking place at the Army National Guard Armory in Jacksonville, FL.

I just spotted over on movie rumour site Dark Horizons that the official website for the Sin manga film is now online.

Tim Willits of id Software has updated his .plan with news that the company behind the Doom and Quake games are looking for a new level designer, hardly surprising as they lost at least two or three during the development of Quake 3 Arena...

LithTech Inc. have announced that 3DO's "New World Computing" division have licensed the LithTech engine to use in a forthcoming game set in the long-running Might & Magic universe. For the full scoop, check the press release.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of LeMans 24 Hour, a sports car racing game based on the classic 24 hour endurance race at Le Mans.

German publisher Topware sent us word that you can now find an MP3 of the title track from their forthcoming game Earth 2150 over on MP3.com.

Our friends at Cryo Interactive sent us word that they will now be publishing Test Drive 6. Originally the Test Drive series was developed and published by Accolade, who were taken over by Infogrames last year. It looks like Infogrames have now decided to off-load the long running driving game series though... Cryo are promising to have the game ready for release in May 2000.

New today on EuroGamer is our Deus Ex preview, taking a look at Ion Storm's first person role playing game. We got an up-close and personal look at the game down in London today with lead designer Warren Spector, whose previous work includes Ultima Underworld and System Shock, and I'm happy to report it's looking great.

I first saw Ion Storm's Deus Ex at ECTS '98, almost 18 months ago now. The game was still in its early stages, but already it was looking as if it had a lot of potential.

3D Realms' head honcho George Broussard made a response to a post on the official 3D Realms' messageboard regarding the most anticipated game of year 2000, here's the post:

There's a new edition of the Dino Diaries up on the Firaxis website. This time round, Sid Meier talks about snow and mutations, and Mike E. discusses graphics trade-offs and game shows. No, really.