A multiplayer demo for Colin McRae Rally 2005 will be released next week, which will feature both Single and multi-player options.

Full story here

Related:
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Single-Player Demo
Official Website

As this years American Presidential election between George Bush and John Kerry seems to be boiling down to the just whos military record is clean, pure and served. There is one company (Kuma Reality Games) that is looking to grab a piece of this action and turn it into a gaming profit.

They are working on a new military simulation title (yet to be named) that revolves arond the February 28, 1969 incident in which Lt. John Kerry’s Swift boat was ambushed by the Viet Cong.

Read the full story here

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Designed for gamers by gamers, the Razer Diamondback features on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment, non-slip side rails, a new ergonomic ambidextrous design, 1,600 dpi for increased precision accuracy and tracking ability, ultra-high speed motion detection for either low or high-sensitivity players and seven independently programmable buttons optimized for gamer response.

The highly stylized new gear is the ultimate optical control devices for today's adrenaline-pumping, white knuckle action PC games.

Read on

Story via RedAssedBaboon gaming blog

Info:
Razer Diamondback official site
Discussion >>

The Sims 2, "The sequel to the best selling game of all time", is now available to buy in shops across the U.S.

In The Sims 2, your Sims now have a purpose in life. Will they aspire to a life of popularity, fortune, family, knowledge, or romance? Give them what they want and they'll lead a long, successful existence; indulge their fears and risk leaving their lives in shambles. Take them to extremes; from being left at the altar and needing a shrink to inheriting a fortune and becoming filthy rich. Witness the big and extreme moments that make every Sims' life uniquely memorable.

Unleash your creativity -- generate unique Sims with the new Create-A-Sim, packed with a vast selection of facial features, hairstyles, and outfits. Build dream homes and design neighborhoods with new building, design, and home furnishing options. Make films with the all-new movie-making feature. Create the cast, set the stage, take control of the camera, and capture your own screenplay in action. Zoom in close to record every detail as your very own Sims sitcom unfolds.
From the official press release

The Sims 2 is the first new stand-alone version of the game to be released in four years.

Requirements:
With T&L capable video card + 32 MB of video RAM:

* 800 MHz processor or better
* 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
* At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series):

* 2.0 GHz processor or better
* 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000
* At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
More information on graphics cards here

Info:
Review on SFGate.com
Official website
The Sims 2 trailer
Discussion >>

A demo of the World War II FPS Mortyr 2 is now available on Gamershell.com (111.3 MB)

Info:
Mortyr2.net - Official site
Discussion >>

A new build of the poplular, free and constantly updated Ad-aware has been released. Ad-aware is your 2nd line of defense against spyware, adware and other forms of intrusive software.

Before Ad-aware, comes Firefox. Take back the web, ditch Internet Explorer and download Mozilla's Firefox browser.

With a built in pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, better security keeping your system safe by not loading shady active-x controls, live bookmarks with rss integration and a wealth of plugins to customize Firefox to your own use.

All this plus ease of use, a friendly interface, constant updates and care poured in by the dedicated Mozilla team and last but not least, it's free.

Grab Ad-aware from download.com
Download Firefox over at Mozilla

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A single player demo of the much welcomed expansion to last years "game of the year" Call Of Duty has just been released. Featuring the intro level of the expansion which itself sports 13 new single-player missions, 11 multi-player missions and 3 new modes.

I loved Call Of Duty, a class game through and through. From its cinematic musical score , realistic graphics and gameplay, to the real ww2 scenarios.

The best of Battlefield 1942 and Call Of Duty combined

Minimum System Requirements

- 3D Hardware Accelerator Card required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 32MB
Hardware T&L-capable video card and the latest drivers*
- English version of Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
- Pentium® III 800MHz or Athlon® 800MHz processor or higher
- 128MB of RAM (256MB or more recommended)
- 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest
drivers
- 225 MB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® 98/ME
swap file, 600MB for Windows® 2000/XP swap file)
- 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
- 100% Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
- DirectX® 9.0c (not included)

IMPORTANT NOTE: *Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not
be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Call of Duty™
United Offensive™. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX
9.0c compatibility.

SUPPORTED CHIPSETS:
- All ATI® Radeon™ cards
- All nVidia® GeForce™ chipsets
- Matrox® Parhelia™

Download the demo from 3dgamers (220 MB)
Call of Duty And United Offensive Website

Discussion >>

ID Software allowed a gaming magazine to publish some screenshots from Quake 4

- BoingBoing.net

The scans have been taken down from the original link, but are available here.

Discussion >>

Gabe Newell posted on the hl2fallout.com forums:

Yes, the RC went to VU yesterday.

, but due to scepticism of any announcements from that account, he also confirmed it to halflife2.net.

Mr. Newell's hl2fallout.com forum account was recently hacked and used to make a false Gold announcement.

Link via waxy.org

Info:
Half Life 2 - Coast gameplay movie
Building the Ultimate PC for the arrival of Half Life 2
IGNIQ.com HL2 Fact list
Half Life 2 - Stage 3 Preload
Discussion >>

Conflict: Vietnam follows the progress of four US soldiers, cut off from their unit and behind enemy lines during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Tasked with fighting their way back to friendly lines, they are faced with day-to-day survival in a hostile environment where the enemy could be hiding anywhere and everywhere.

Download the demo from Gamershell.com (247.1 MB)

Info:
SCi Entertainment
Official Conflict: Vietnam site
Official Conflict Series site
Discussion >>

A demo is now available of Shade Wrath of Angels by Cenega Publishing:

Shade: Wrath of Angels is a 3rd person perspective action, horror, adventure game where intrigue grips the player as our hero begins to unravel the mystery surrounding his brothers’ disappearance.

The game is set for release on October 1, check out the playable demo on Gamershell.com (83.5 MB)

Minimum System Requirements:

Operating system: Win 98SE, ME
Processor: Intel PIII - 700 MHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Video card: 32 MB GeForce2
Sound card: SoundBlaster compatible sound card
Hard disc: 2 GB free space on HDD
Other: MS DirectX 9

Recommended System Requirements:

Operating system: Win 2000, XP
Processor: Intel P4 - 2 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Video card: 256 MB GeForce4
Sound card: EAX compatible sound card
Hard disc: 4 GB free space on HDD
Other: MS DirectX 9

Info:
Official Shade site from Cenega
Discussion >>

From the official Novalogic press release:

November 16th 2004 should be marked on the calendar of all Joint Ops fans, as that date sees the release of Joint Ops: Escalation, the first expansion pack for the Number 1 Selling, world record breaking, large scale FPS.

The conflict in Indonesia has spilled over to other parts of Asia where rebel troops have gained support in the war against the newly reinforced Joint Ops forces. Set against a backdrop of South East Asia that includes Airports, Radar Tracking Stations and Rocket launch facilities, players enlist once more to take part in intense large scale modern FPS combat, in games of up to 150 players online.

As the battles shift to different locations, new vehicles enter the fray: Attack Choppers and Battle Tanks make their debut, along with Mobile SAM Launchers and Dirt Bikes. Players will also be able to make airborne insertions into hot zones via Parachute.

Joint Ops: Escalation will also feature:
• Ceramic Body Armor.
• Optional 3rd Person weapon view for select vehicles.
• New emplaced weaponry for enhanced base defense.
• Over 25 new maps, including new Co-Op and Training missions.

Set in Indonesia in the near future, Joint Ops is the record breaking, largest multiplayer Modern Combat FPS game ever released. Developed using NovaLogic’s enhanced Black Hawk™ engine, with superior multiplayer technology, Joint Ops lets gamers play revolutionary 150 player games, across vast terrains online over NovaWorld.

Joint Ops: Escalation ships in November on PC CD ROM. For updated info on the game, visit the Joint Ops web site: www.jointopsthegame.com.

Info:
Official Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising Website
Free demo (249.8mb)
Discussion >>

This will be of huge interest to fans of the original 1997 PlayStation game: a new game for the PS2 centered around the character of Vincent Valentine called Dirge of Cerberus:

The only information currently available on the game is that its story involves a mysterious group called the DGs attacking peaceful towns in the world. The game will take place one year after Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the CG movie that recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival and is slated for release next year on DVD and the PlayStation Portable's UMD format.

While Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is slated for release on the PlayStation 2 in 2005, Square Enix lists the game's genre as "undetermined," which suggests that the game is still in the early stages of development.

From Gamespot.com

More info:
PS2 Final Fantasy 7 Spinoff
Square Enix planning FFVII spin-off? - First rumour of the game
Square Enix - Final Fantasy Developers
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - CG Movie
FFOnline - Unofficial guide to the series
Guide to Final Fantasy VII
Discussion >>

An editor is now available to create maps & mods for Painkiller.
It's available on 3dgamers.com

To use the editor, a patch is required: painkiller_update_v1.3.5.exe
Info:
Painkiller: Official Website
Buy Painkiller from DreamCatcher games
Painkiller: Single And Multi-Player Demo
Discussion >>

Mods for DOOM 3 are constantly being produced, we have compiled a list of all the ones we've seen so far, with links to reg-free downloads wherever possible:

• Pentagram Flashlight Mod - replaces the default spotlight from your flashlight with a pentagram texture
• Classic music mod - Changes the menu music to old Doom music
• Plasma shotgun mod - Adds plasma shotgun to game
• Parallax mapping mod - adds parallax mapping technology to the graphics engine in doom 3
• Shadow legion gun mod - Adds flashlight to most weapons
• No f.e.a.r. mod - Adds new visual effects to enhance fear
• Nex doom mod - The gore has been increased, enemies no longer vaporize
• Battle ready v1.2 mod - Increases game difficulty with several effects
• Super-doom 3 v0.4a mod - Adds 3rd person mode, new sounds and weapons
• Doomer v0.2 mod - Features several weapon adjustments plus custom bullet holes
• Old school sound mod - Replaces all of the sounds in the game with sounds from the classic doom
• Hello kitty flashlight mod - Changes the image of the flashlight projection
• Ghob mod - Increases muzzle flash for all weapons
• Cams mod - Makes weapons more powerful
• Decal mod - Allows all decals to remain
• Hyper mod - Enhances all weapon power
• Battle ready v1.3 mod - New particle and lighting effects
• Classic sounds mod - Replaces Doom 3 players and weapon sounds with original Doom
• Chainsaw dm mod - Lets you have chainsaw deathmatches and increases run speed by 30 percent.
• Fight club mod - focuses on hand-to-hand combat. the walking and running speeds have been slowed, there are no weapons other than fists and flashlights, head shots do four times as much damage as other shots, there are no gibs, and the flashlight now has ammo.
• Mortal Kombat flashlight mod - Replaces the usual spotlight from the flashlight with a lighted mortal kombat logo.
• Third person mod - Allows you to play the game from a third-person perspective.
• Rroject brian mod - zombies come back to life after a short while unless you dismember them with the chainsaw, the bfg explosion is much brighter, grenades are less bouncy, the shotgun is more powerful, the chaingun clip has been increased to hold 200 rounds, and more.
• Grenade launcher mod - Replaces the rocket launcher with a grenade launcher.
• Fluffyinsanity sound mod - Replaces some of the weapon sounds with louder, more powerful sound effects.
• Duct tape mod - Allows you to use your weapon + flashlight simultaneously
• Falkens light mod - Enhanced flashlight mod
• Bloody Mess Mod - Makes weapons more powerful, stops enemies disappearing once killed
• Expspice Mod - Includes several visual effects such as increased gore, slow burn time for dead enemies, permanent shell casings and bulletholes, and more.
• Enhanced Doom 3 Mod - Replaces the sounds, makes enemies ungibbable, and updates the physics for more spectacular effects.
• Sentry Minion Mod - Flashlight equipped sentry follows you around and helps you.
• Nitro Gore Mod - Increases the gore effects in the game and makes corpses remain after being killed.
• Pistol Flashlight Mod - Adds a flashlight to the pistol in the game.
• Ultra Extreme Quality Mod - Enables self-shadowing for all characters and monsters to increase the quality of the graphics.
• Ungibbable Mod - This mod makes the bodies remain where they fall.
• Cel Shader Mod - Gives the game a unique cartoonish cel shaded look.
• D-link Sound Mod - Updates the sound effects for all the weapons in the game, making them louder and conveying their power more effectively.
• Doom 3 Upgrade Mod - Increases the run speed, ammo and health capacity, fire rate, and damage of all weapons.
• Fireball Mod - Lets you throw fireballs like the hellknights. You have an unlimited supply and yours are more powerful.
• Laser Site Mod - Adds four different laser sights to the weapons in the game.
• Flamethrower Mod - Adds a flamethrower to your available arsenal.
• Machinegun X Mod - Increases the power and ammo capacity of the default machine gun, also updates the look and firing effect of the gun.
• The_1s Weapon Mod - Replaces the machine gun with a grenade launcher, makes the chaingun fire plasma rounds, the pistol fires shotgun slugs, and more.
• Classic Shotgun Mod - Brings the shotgun from the classic doom games to doom 3.
• 32 Player Mod - Eliminates the 4 player limit for multiplayer games, allowing up to 32 people to play simultaneously on a single server.
• Super Doom Mod - Adds a flamethrower, third-person mode, adjustable camera angles, new textures, respawning zombies, parallax mapping, a preliminary version of co-op, and more.
• Demonic Powers Mod - Gives you the power to launch the same ranged attacks that some of the demons use.
• UAC Sentry Mod - Programs a Union Aerospace Corporation sentry to follow you around and offer assistance.
• Radioactive Mod - 2 mods in one. Radioactive mod adds new glowing effects to bullets and grenades, flares, updated weapons, and more. Afraid of the dark mod is similar but without the glowing radiation effects on all of the weapons.
• Easy Grenade Toss Mod - Makes it easy to throw grenades on the fly by simply clicking the right mouse button. Grenades are also less bouncy for more accurate throws.
• Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 Melee Mod - Removes all projectile weapons and adds a big bounce fun gun to get people out of your way.
• Mini Rocket Arena Mod - Spawns all players in an empty arena with no pickups, every weapon except the bfg, and a limited supply of ammo. Also players no longer take fall damage and will not be hurt by rocket jumping.
• Flares Mod - Changes grenades into flares that can be thrown into dark areas to provide illumination for a short period of time.
• No Beep Mod - Removes the beep noise that occurs when you shoot someone in multiplayer games.
• Chainsaws Only Mod - Removes all weapons from the game other than the chainsaw, and also doubles the run speed for all players.
• Rocket DM Mod - Takes away all weapons except the rocket launcher, speeding up the running and walking rate, and changing splash damage values to allow for rocket jumping without killing yourself.
• Instagib mod - Makes all weapons strong enough to kill with a single hit.
• Golden Gun Mod - Takes away all weapons except the pistol, which is now powerful enough to kill with one shot in the Multiplayer Deathmatch game
• Battle Ready Mod - Gameplay balances have been tweaked to make the game more difficult, and several new particle and lighting effects have been added.
• Flashlight Deathmatch In the Dark Mod - Puts you in a completely dark map with no health and only a flashlight. One hit is enough to kill, so it is to your advantage to find your enemies before they find you.
• Mycelo's Weapon Enhancement Mod - Adds several gameplay changes by tweaking the weapon dynamics.
• Beefy Sounds Mod - Makes the Shotgun, Pistol, Chaingun, Machine Gun, Rockets, AND Plasma shots/impacts sound MUCH better than the default fire sounds.
• Enhanced Gore Mod - Blood stays around much longer, all wounds bleed (amount and length dependant on weapon and enemy), and gib effects have been enhanced.
• MegaEfx Mod - Enhances the visual appeal of the game by upping the visual effects throughout.
• Poly Modifier Mod REG REQUIRED*** - Smooth out the polygons in some of the cinematic models.
• Fragger Mod - Adds new visuals to the doom 3 experience with new skins for the bad guys.
• Power Up Destroyer Mod - Disables all the powerups in multiplayer games.
• True Zombie Ressurection Mod ******REG REQUIRED - Zombies will randomly come back to life after you think you've finished them off.
• Delta Mod - Enhances the gameplay experience by providing better AI.
• TH-lights Mod - Combines enhancements from other light mods including flashlight-to-weapon additions and colored flashlight glow effects.
• TETS Gore & Quality Mod - 3 new decals, weapon effects, and gore tweaks. Doesn't actually change the gameplay.
• Plasma Sentry Bot Mod - Sentry armed with plasma gun follows you around
• Enh@nced-DOOM 3 Mod - Adds many tweaks to the weapons to make the game more challenging, and is based on a combination of previous mods.
• Flares Mod - Changes grenades into flares that can be thrown into dark areas to provide illumination for a short period of time.
• Dr. Blood Mod ****REG REQUIRED - Increases the blood, and associates wound sizes with weapon calibre
• Awesome Sauce Mod - Re-skins weapons and adds different sounds & effects to enhance gore effect
• Xio's Skinpack - Updates and increases the detail to the character and weapon skins of the game
• Doom3[CC] ******IN DEVELOPMENT - Project to create a closed caption option for DOOM3
• DoomXL ******REG REQUIRED - Adds new types of weapons such as homing rockets, flashlight flares, and sentry sidekicks
• Homing Rocket Launcher Mod ******REG REQUIRED -

MOD PACKS

• Killer DOOM Pack
  Includes:
  
  ungibbable mods
  weapon mods
  the Hellish Complex map
  UAC guards
  increased gore mods, and more.
• Illumine Mod Pack
  Includes:
  
  Third Person View v0.1 Mod (157 KB)
  B4SHED_T0_D34TH Mod (194 KB)
  Bog Decal Mod (25 KB)
  Cold Breath v0.3 Mod (3.2 MB)
  CougarMod (988 KB)
  Demonic Powers v1.0 Mod (21 KB)
  Illumine Mod (1 MB)
  Plasmagun Radar v1.0 Mod (23 KB)
  Scary Realism v1.3 Mod (45 KB)
  Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 Melee Edition v1.0 Mod (4.9 MB)
  UAC Mars City Incident v1.0 Beta Mod (45 KB)
  Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 Melee Edition v1.0 Mod (235 KB)
  Afraid of the Dark Mod (341 KB)
  RadioActive Mod (344 KB)
  A Slight Edge Mod (477 KB)
  
• The GamersHell DOOM 3 Mod Packs Collection
  (mod descriptions contained in each separate mod file):
  
  Pack 1
  Pack 2
  Pack 3
  Pack 4
  Pack 5

If you have a cool mod not included here, send an email to either Rob or Gary or post it in here. It will be added shortly after with a credit to the sender.

More DOOM 3 links:
DOOM3.com
id Software
Tried & tested DOOM 3 cheats
Collective IGNIQ Review of DOOM 3 (4 out of 5 stars)
Discussion >>

Create your city and defend it in a hostile medieval setting!

Monte Cristo, developers of Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand have released a playable demo of the 3d strategy release.

In a medieval setting, you are the administrator of a city and must make it thrive through the course of time, in spite of the various attacks it undergoes, and the geographical and climatic constraints of the immediate environment. Listen to your population, organize your city and make it thrive.

Minimum Configuration
• Pentium 1,4 GHz
• 256 MB RAM
• GeForce 2 - 64 MB Graphic card
• Sound card DirectX® 9 compatible
• 4x speed CD-ROM
• 1,2 GB free disc space

Recommended Configuration
• Pentium 1,7 GHz
• 512 MB RAM
• GeForce 4 - 64 MB Graphic card
• Sound Card, DirectX® 9 compatible
• 4x speed CD-ROM
• 1,2 GB free disc space

Official Website
Related sites here
| and here
Grab the fully playable demo from 3dgamers (231 MB)

Discussion >>

Gamershell.com have announced a 14 day free trial for EVE Online, the massive multiplayer RPG from CCP games.

Read the story here and generate a key for the trial here.

Once you have the key, you can download the game client here (464.1 MB)

UPDATED:
You can now sign up for the EVE Online 14 day free trial in affiliation with Igniq here.

Info:
EVE Online official website

Discussion >>

Nvidia is partnering with Blizzard Entertainment to add World of Warcraft to Nvidia's "The Way It's Meant to Be Played" program.

To promote the partnership, Nvidia are giving away 1000 places in the closed beta test for World of Warcraft.

The places will be chosen randomly from everyone who applies; to get your name in the list, sign up here.

Info:
World of Warcraft official site
About Nvidia's "The Way It's Meant To Be Played"
Discussion >>

The official website for the upcoming action game, Terrorist Takedown, is now online at www.terroristtakedown.com

Terrorist Takedown will be available on 1 November.

The features:

* Take the helm of deadly Apache and Huey helicopters and Humvees

* Fire off machine guns and rockets to destroy terrorists and their sponsors

* Seeped in today's headlines with realistic Middle East environments

* Nonstop arcade action as you pursue cold-blooded warriors across sand dunes, training camps and fire fights

* 16 awesome missions thrust you into an array of modern combat scenarios

* Fully realistic sound effects, including military dialogue

* Extremely detailed 3D environments bolstered by a spectrum of special effects

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ADDED
An official trailer is now available from Gamershell.com

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Info:
New Website/Screens: Terrorist Takedown
Merscom.biz - publishers of Terrorist Takedown
Discussion >>

The OMENS OF WAR expansion for EverQuest will be available in Europe on 14th September. This expansion will be available from Ubisoft exclusively on download at a price of €29.99.

EverQuest players can purchase this expansion at the following online retailers:
http://shop.ubi.com (this site is available in English, German and French)
http://www.dlgamer.com (English and French)

Read more at Gamershell

The features for this expansion are:

Level Cap Increase

Develop your character beyond level 65. Unlock new innovative items, powerful spells, and thrilling quests.

Epic Weapons 2.0

Earn specialized, hand-tailored Epic Weapons with the completion of any of 16 epic quests. New epic quests will challenge even the toughest and most experienced Norrathians as they journey alone, in groups, and in raid groups to win these valuable items. Designed for higher level players, each weapon will be unique in design and will have specialized characteristics.

Guild Tribute System

Enhanced tribute system allows you to turn your loot into favor points for your whole guild to enjoy.

Task System
Whether you're on for a few minutes or a few hours, you can always advance your character by completing tasks using this new system!

Custom PC Titles

This extension of our title system provides new flexibility in displaying the titles you've earned and creates new opportunities for you to earn more!

Extra spell slot

For the first time, characters can earn an additional spell slot allowing for even more versatility.

Increased number of buff slots to Player Characters

Be battle ready with more room for buffs and effects that you can earn as you take on the challenges that Omens of War has to offer.

Voice macros

Set up hot keys that will send voice messages to your group, letting them know vital information about your character's status.

Improved Graphics

Discover rich new zones with detailed environments featuring expanded graphical elements, improved spell effects and all-new graphically-improved monsters to fight.

All-New Content

New disciplines, AA's, items, spells, quests and tradeskills continue to make EverQuest the most-compelling and persistent online world ever created.

More info:
Everquest official website
Omens of War Expansion official site
Official Everquest F.A.Q.
Discussion >>

A PC playable demo is now available of the game CSI: Dark Motives, adapted from the CBS T.V. series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Download the demo here (official website)

Info:
Official site for the original Crime Scene Investigation game
Official site for the T.V. series
Discussion >>

Rome Scenery, a new mod for the highly reputable (and equally expensive) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 has been released and is available over at Lago Sim.

Rome, the Eternal City, cradle of civilization, capital of an empire extended to the limits of the known world.
Lying on the famous Seven Hills, Rome is now the Italian capital, visited every year by millions of tourists, watching its marvellous pieces of art and the ruins of a glorious past.
Founded by the legendary Romolus on the Palatino Hill, Rome has been the centre of the World for ages, place of the temporal and spiritual power, centre of cultural exchanges.

New techniques to save frame-rates, a never seen territorial extension of the scenery, including Fiumicino, Ciampino and Urbe airports.
All the airports are highly detailed in 3D, extensive use of photo-realistic textures, for full integration of the airport with its surroundings.

WARNING!
If you have an old ViMacore version and you see an error message during launch of Flight Simulator 2004 click ´NO´ Flight Simulator will run normally.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
FS 2004
Pentium IV 1.5 GHz or equivalent
256 Mb RAM
250 Mb of free space on HD
Video card 64 MB 3D accellerator
Sound card
Windows 98 - ME - 200 - XP


FEATURES
- more than 2000 sq/km of terrain included
- completeley 3D reproduced city
- 1 arc/sec mesh for the whole area
- Runways, taxiways and aprons reproduced with high details using customized textures with rubber and wear and tear marks
- Lights systems and Calvert designed with 3D objects and totally controllable by the pilot
- Airports buildings designed with 3d studio MAX and compiled following the native FS2004 techniques
- Photo-realistic textures for buildings and objects at all airports
- Animated fingers controlled by the pilot
- Animated airports handling objects
- Customized AFCAD layout
- Completely designed to reduce the impact on frame-rates
- Airports completely integrated in the surroundings area terrain
- navigable water surfaces
- modular development ready for new expansions

Game available over at Lago Sim
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Website

Discussion >>

The revolutionary new Tiger Proofing course alteration technology allows you to modify course dynamics and call out your PGA TOUR® rivals by adding lengthier Tiger Tees, tighter fairways, dramatic undulations to greens, deeper bunkers, higher rough, and more. An enhanced EA SPORTS™ Game Face featuring non-proportional bone scaling and texture blending creates incredibly realistic looks, right down to the bags under your eyes. After making a name for yourself on the TOUR, tee off against legends including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan to see how you stack up against the all-time greats

The game will be available in shops on 20 September for the XBox, PlayStation 2 and PC.
It will retail at $49.95 for consoles and $39.95 for the PC.
More info available here.

Info:
Official site from EA Sports
Gamespot preview
Discussion >>

Atari will be re-releasing their classic console games in a single pack for the XBox and PlayStation 2.

The Atari Anthology will include 85 games that were originally released for the Atari 2600 system.

Capturing the nostalgia and sheer fun of the original video game revolution, ATARI ANTHOLOGY is scheduled to hit retail shelves in November at the competitive price point of $19.99 that could make it irresistible for holiday shoppers.

Read the official press release from Atari here

Atari also recently announced a new Flashback console, also to be released in November, that is a replica of the original Atari 7800 system and will include 20 classic games built-in.
Discussion >>

Yet another Half Life 2 trailer has been released (rolling eyes)
Ah well, still something to whet the appetite, even though the appetite could not really get any more juiced in my opinion. This video showcases the beautiful and mind-blowing detail in the Half Life 2 scenery and finds Gordon driving along a desolate beach in his buggy whilst tackling big mean aliens and some other forms of nasty entities...

It appears G-Man is as concerned about the release date as much as you or i...

Check it out over at gamershell (166 MB)
Half-Life 2 Fact list
Discussion >>

Some previously seen footage from an ati gameplay clip. The resolution is boosted and quality of the clip is done by rad tools

Check it here

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18.9.04 Colin McRae Rally 2005 Multiplayer Demo
 Help Kerry save the day, 'Nam style'
17.9.04 Ultimate Gaming Mouse Coming Soon
 The Sims 2 Released
 Mortyr 2 Demo
 Ad-aware build 1.05 / Firefox
 COD: United Offensive - Single player demo
 Quake 4 Screenshots
 HL2 Release Candidate Sent to Publishers
16.9.04 Conflict: Vietnam Demo
 Shade: Wrath of Angels Demo
 Joint Operations Expansion in November
 Final Fantasy VII Spin-off Planned
 Painkiller Editor
15.9.04 DOOM 3 Mods List
 Medieval Lords:Build,Defend,Expand - Demo
14.9.04 EVE Online 14 Day trial
 1000 World of Warcraft BETA Slots
13.9.04 Terrorist Takedown Official Website
 EverQuest: Omens of War - Available Tomorrow
 CSI: Dark Motives Demo
 Rome Scenery 2004 released
 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 - Gold
 Atari Announces Anthology
12.9.04 Half Life 2 - Coast gameplay movie
 Half Life 2 - Beach Movie