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FvF World have done a tutorial showing you how to make a new weapon model for Quake 3 Arena.

PC Stats reviews the Super Duper Slot Fan (no, that's its name, really) from 3D Cool.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Codename Eagle, a mission-based action game set in an alternative history where Russia has invaded Europe before the Germans could kick off the First World War.

Our Sidewinder Dual Strike competition is now over, and two lucky people have won themselves one of these lovely joypads from Microsoft. And the fortunate duo? Andrew Rossiter of Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Brad Maloney of Pennsylvania (United States).

Epic Games today announced that its Unreal Tournament game engine is being licensed by Gold Creek Technology, L.L.C. for its upcoming Second Genesis role-playing game. The game, which is being developed by Gold Creek Technology's creative business unit Alternate State Entertainment, will be released in fall of 2001. You can read more about this game on Gold Creek's official website.

A new movie of Human Head Studios upcoming kick-ass Viking action game have finally been released, exclusively for Ragnarok, a sanctioned fan site of Rune. Be sure to grab this movie from the Fileplanet ( 29.7 Mb).

Our UK Release Date List has been updated with the latest information from Activision UK.

This week's article here on EuroGamer is "Online Gaming For The Masses", a look at how the arrival of internet-ready consoles like the Dreamcast and Playstation 2 could effect the online gaming community, and in particular first person shooters.

Our Sidewinder Dual Strike competition ends today, so if you want a chance to win one of two Dual Strike gamepads make sure to check this page for the rules and get your entry in today! The lucky winners will be announced tomorrow, so keep 'em peeled!

The screenshots page over on FvF World has been updated with shots of the ten new weapons from the forthcoming mod, which is a sequel to a fairly popular QuakeWorld mod from "back in the day".

With the worldwide release of the Dreamcast last year, the new generation of consoles was born.

Hentai, the man behind the original Quake 2 VWep mod is back with "Viz", a mod for Quake 3 that adds a ton of server and client configurable options.

George Broussard, the 3D Realms' head honcho made a post on the Planet Duke forums about their ultimate plans for Duke Nukem Forever, here's a snip:

AnandTech reviews the Microstar BXMaster i440BX Slot-1 ATX motherboard

Cliffe from the Counter-Strike team made a lengthy update to the official page regarding beta six of their extremely popular Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike. In the beta six release we can expect two completely new gameplay modes, they are, "Assasination" and "Escape", I'll let Cliffe fill you in on the details about these two modes. They are in need of high quality maps for these two new gameplay modes, so if you have any mapping skills at all then I suggest that you start designing those Counter-Strike maps. Check out the interesting update on the official page, here's a blurb on the gameplay modes:

Yes, after a prolonged hibernation, the EuroGamer mailbag is now back! We've got feedback on our Planescape Torment review, as well as a little selection of the weird e-mails we get sent here at EuroGamer... Need something to brighten up your Sunday? Read the mailbag damnit!

Our buddy Sameer from Warcraft3.net has fired up a lengthy in-depth analysis of the Warcraft III gameplay videos from the recent press conference that was held in Korea. But that's not all, Sameer has also tossed up some concept art from Blizzard which has never been shown on ANY website before, this concept art was featured in a Finnish magazine a while back.

FvF World have posted a flamethrower tutorial, showing you how to add everyone's favourite weapon into Quake 3.

Tumb, webmaster at UT-Web.de, a german UT site fired, off an email to Epic Games' lead programmer, Tim Sweeney asking about upcoming patches or fixes for UnrealED, the Unreal/Unreal Tournament level editor. Here's the reply from Tim:

The lucky chaps over at Square Gamer have received some juicy details about SquareSoft's upcoming project, if you thought the praised Final Fantasy series would die after Final Fantasy VIII, then you're wrong. Squaresoft have announced three more games in the Final Fantasy series that will make their appearance for Sony's Playstation (both PSX1 and PSX2), they are, IX, X and XI. Final Fantasy IX will be released summer 2000 in Japan, and will be available for the Playstation (you'll still be able to play it on your Playstation 2 though, as that console will be backwards compatible). The other two Final Fantasy games will only be available for the Playstation 2, Final Fantasy X will give players the option of playing a single-player game or an online game while Final Fantasy XI will be an online only title.

Mike Dussault, programmer over at Monolith has updated his .plan with some information about Monolith's LithTech 2 engine, he talks about new LithTech 2 features, Third Law Interactive, DirectX 7 (which is now in the engine) and there's even a little blurb about skeletal animation. I recommend that you check out the two screenshots of the engine in action over at VE, shot 1 and shot 2.

I noticed over at VE that GameSpot have put up an interesting little news blurb about Quake III for the Dreamcast. Apparently, an official announcement regarding Quake III for the Dreamcast will be coming next week. An interesting thing is that the Dreamcast version of Quake III will be online-playable, perhaps even against PC users.

This week's EuroGamer interview is with Insidia, the Italian company behind the forthcoming first person role-playing / adventure game Malleus. We caught up with them to find out more about the company, the game, and the 3D engine they've developed for it. For the full scoop, read our Insidia interview!

As part of our on-going series of interviews with European developers, we caught up with Italian game company Insidia to talk about their work on the first person role playing / adventure game, "Malleus"...

Good news for all us Brits - Games Inferno are planning an 0800 service for modem and possibly ISDN users that will allow you to access the net for free! And as the service will be designed specifically for gamers, it should perform well.

"If you are into wrestling games, and have been looking for a one stop for all your related news, I am very sure Wrestling-Games.com is what you were looking for."

Sid Meier's company, Firaxis, are now accepting international orders at their online store, which means that we poxy Europeans can now buy their games direct from them like the Americans have been doing for the last few months.

Monolith sent us word of a new subsidiary company called LithTech Inc, which will be dedicated to developing their LithTech engine technology and other software.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Creatures 3. Guide the cutesy little creatures known as Norns through life on board a massive spaceship, watching out for thieving Ettins and nasty Grendels. Is it any good? Read our review to find out!

Are you tired of being fodder for the frag masters, then be sure to check out the third-installment of CGO's "Deathmatch Guide for Beginners", it features a bunch of useful tips even for you "advanced" players out there.