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has been announced, a set of standards that promises to offer LAN-quality play over the internet. Whether it will deliver is another matter entirely, and we'll have to wait until the trial starts at an ISP in the USA within the next few months to find out...

id Software have released a beta version of the Quake 3 Arena point release, fixing all sorts of problems like the terrible scoreboards, having the CD key appear unencrypted in people's config files, and bots talking all the time even when you're standing right next to them.

Thanks to John for the heads up.

AGN 3D got 20 exclusive screenshots from Westwood's upcoming role-playing game, Nox available today.

A new feature here on EuroGamer makes its debut today - the aptly titled UK Release Date list, which lists all the latest game release dates for the UK. The list is based on the latest information we have received directly from the games' publishers, and we'll be keeping it up to date with all the latest dates in future. Enjoy!

David Ryan Hunt has posted part 2 of his guide (featuring some nasty tips) to Planetscape: Torment over at CGO

System Logic have posted a " Guide To Buying A PC", which does exactly what it says on the tin.

have announced that their first person shooter "Amen : The Awakening" has been cancelled.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of F/A-18E SuperHornet, a flight sim from Digital Integration and Titus which lets you fly one of the US Navy's most advanced jet fighters. For the full scoop, check our review.

The chaps at RPG Vault have posted a huge preview of SquareSoft's upcoming role-playing game, Final Fantasy VIII along with a bunch of impressive screenshots. According to this preview, we can expect the game on the shelves at January 25th but if you can't wait that long then be sure to grab the demo from IGN (67 Mb).

GA-Source has gotten their hands on a few screenshots from the Legus3D Engine Version 1.0.

Apache from Unreal Universe informed me that the official Wheel of Time website has been updated (the mainpage with news that is). There's some information about the upcoming WOT 310 Patch and a bunch of other interesting stuff, be sure to check it out.

There's a new issue of "The Smoking Gun" up, including a funny rewriting of the history of Daikatana, complete with faked screenshots of the game running on the Commander Keen and Doom engines!

I noticed over at Unreal Universe that Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games responded to a post on the GT Unreal Tournament forums regarding the release date of their upcoming free add-on pack for Unreal Tournament which should be out soon.

My bud KungFu over at Telefragged told me that the official Oni page has been updated with four new screenshots which can be found on the screenshots page (look for the top four).

An add-on for the real-time strategy wargame, A.R.S.E.N.A.L., has recently been announced by Tactical Soft - A.R.S.E.N.A.L Extended Power. You can find three screenshots and some more details about this add-on which is scheduled for a march 2000 release over at GA-Strategy.

Sebastian informed me that there's a Gabriel Knight 3 contest going on over at Gamelinks, they are giving away two copies of Gabriel Knight 3. All you have to do is enter your name and e-mail address, if you don't have a clue what Gabriel Knight 3 is then you can check out our review.

A new version of QBind Free Edition has been released which adds support for Quake III Arena v1.11 Final Retail and Demo. QBind is an advanced script editor for Quake Engine games that allows scripts to be edited the way most of us are used to. QBind is aimed at advanced users who want total control of how their config is structured. However, beginners will find it very easy to use if setting up a config for the first time.

This week's preview here on EuroGamer takes a first look at Pompeii, an adventure game from French publisher Cryo set in the final days of Pompeii, a Roman city buried in ash by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. For the full scoop and a whole pantheon of new screenshots from the game, check our preview!

French publisher Cryo Interactive are rapidly carving out a niche for themselves as purveyors of bizarre adventure games.

Another update at the official Counter-Strike website, this time they have posted some information about the 5.1 patch which is currently being tested. Cliffe also mentions that they intend to release the 5.1 as a server side only patch and later release the 5.2 patch as a client patch.

Our pals at System Logic have posted a new article taking a look at all the bits and pieces that together make a computer, titled "Aspects Of A Performance Machine".

The lovely Eva Whitlow of Eidos Interactive just sent us their latest release schedule for the next few months. Here are a few of the key dates -

A lot of rumors have been going on regarding the release date of ION Storms Quake II-engined first-person shooter, Daikatana (I decided to skip the sarcasm ;-). First, Billy "Wicked" Wilson over at VE fired off an e-mail to John Romero asking if we're ever gonna see Daikatana and John responded:

John "Jcal" Callaham has published an article over at Gamespy.com, the article is called "The Expansion Game", JCal has looked deeper into the mod world and talked to numerous mod authors about UT and Q3A. It's a very interesting article because we got some nice mods coming our way.

, a team oriented mod for Quake III has finally opened up their doors over at The Fortress. This mod is very similar to Quakeworld Team Fortress and includes character classes like the scout, sniper, and the medic. The page is currently a bit thin on information but we can expect some updates very soon, for now you can check out a few screenshots of a level and a few badass characters (especially the Pyro guy).

Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games has just updated his .plan with some information regarding the "Make Something Unreal Contest" which is back and in full swing. They are now accepting submissions for the Best UT Deathmatch Level/Map category, you got until January 18th to get your submissions in for a chance win a share of the $7,000 being given away in this category alone. If you're not a mapper genius then you can register as a judge and have the chance to win a Voodoo3 graphics cards and a lot of other ass kicking stuff.

My bud Kungfu sends word that the official forums for the popular Action mods ( Action Quake and Action Half-Life ), have opened their doors to the public (over at Telefragged). So if you have any questions, comments or anything be sure to post it here.

Eric Biessman, designer from Raven Software updated his .plan with some information about their upcoming first-person shooter, Soldier of Fortune which is powered by the Quake II engine. If everything goes well we will finally see this baby on the shelves very soon, and within a week or two we will hopefully see a neat demo on the 'net.

New today on EuroGamer is our review of Urban Chaos, a third person shooter from British developers Mucky Foot.