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Radeon owners may be pleased to know that a new build of the Omega Drivers (based on Catalyst 5.1) are now ready and available for download. Sorry for the delay...
Try them out for yourself: Windows 2k/XP mirrors here. Windows 9X/ME mirros here. Discussion >> By Gary
 Risk Your Life: Path of the Emperor will be available for the public to play when it goes Open Beta tonight at 12am GMT (4pm PST).
This open beta will only be for a limited time before the game is launched officially, targeted for 1 March 2005. Planetwide Games are also doing a promotion with the open beta; the chance to become a "RYL Founders Guild Member" RYL Founders Guild Members will receive the chance of a lifetime to receive unique and special privileges when they choose from four different offer packages. Some benefits of becoming a RYL Founders Guild Member include locked-in, discounted “for life” subscription rates, MP3 Players, and additional months of game play for free.
More info: IGNIQ Contest:Win a Free RYL Voucher Discussion >> By Rob
A demo of Prince of Persia 2: Warrior WIthin is currently available for download.
Download it from: ftp.ubi.com 3DGamers Worthplaying Ausgamers (297 Mb) UPDATE: A second demo is also available. Grab it through Bittorrent here or here (304 Mb) Official Site Here Discussion >> By Gary
James Caan and Robert Duvall will lend their voices to the upcoming game based on The Godfather. Marlon Brando will also be posthumously reprising his role as Vito Corleone through voice-overs he recorded before his death last year: "Authenticity is the key," said David DeMartini, executive producer for the high-profile game title. "James Caan and Robert Duvall were there when the original 'Godfather' movie was filmed, and there is no substitute for that. Along with Marlon Brando, they are some of the most respected actors in Hollywood and bring tremendous star power to 'The Godfather' game."
More info: The Godfather Teaser Trailer Discussion >> By Rob
 With the release of the Source SDK (software developement kit) there was a lot of buzz within the modding community and end-users a like. Unfortunately many people have found the sdk to be a little daunting and have not got to grips with all it has to offer. Well, editlife have just launched their new website to diminish peoples' misunderstanding of the Source sdk. The site includes many features including: entity tutorials, brush tutorials, lighting tutorials and also an entity list. After many months of hard work and late nights, we here at Edit Life are proud to present our site to you . Be sure to check all there we have here, including: Have a look for yourself and get cracking on those mods. ;-} Discussion >> By Gary
A press release from Sega Europe sets the specific street date of 25th of March for the The Matrix Online MMORPG. The plot for the game was created by the Wachowski brothers, and will continue on where the movie trilogy left off: Key features
Official website Sega EuropeDiscussion >> By Rob
 Details about the artificial intelligence feature in S.T.AL.K.E.R. have been posted to HomeLAN Fed:In real life all the living creatures require feed and rest. So as in our world the sense of hunger flogs a creature to seek food, and the acuter is hunger, the more aggressive the monster becomes. After satiation the animal either gets to rest – sleeps therefore, or sets off to inspect his territory. All the character types have their personal territorial preferences. Thus, for instance, rats prefer basements, ruins or dumps, while blind dogs adore roaming down valleys and forests. During the look-out there may be encountered an aggressor – a hostile creature or stalker. Then, depending on circumstances, the creature will decide whether to attack or clear out.
Official site GSC Game World S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 16 New MP Videos (28 Dec 2004) Discussion >> By Rob
A New Zealand man was fined $2400 and had two of his computers destroyed - for the crime of selling the banned Playstation 2 game Manhunt: Jones was caught by an undercover inspector selling copies on a website he ran.
Discussion >> By Rob
Dejobaan Games have released a free demo of their FPS Inago Rage. The game lets players fight in 3D arenas they design themselves through a drag & drop interface: In Inago Rage, players leap into the air to take on and destroy swarms of mechanical enemies. The demo includes nine levels, challenging players to fight within city streets, on the rooftops of skyscrapers, and above platforms in deep space. A storyline illustrated in graphic novel format introduces players to new challenges as they come. Download the demo (18 MB) More info: Official website Dejobaan Games Discussion >> By Rob
3D Mark 03 Patch 360 "3DMark 2003 340 patch. Requires a full installation of 3DMark to be installed already." 3D Mark 03 v3.60 "3DMark 03, the video and cpu benchmark tool from Futuremark. Updated April 29, patched for DirectX 9.0a. v 3.60" 3D Mark 05 Patch 120 "This hotfix patch for 3DMark 05 fixes the following - A possible exploit to inflate results in 3DMark05 version 1.0.0 has been fixed - Updated Entech DLL - One incorrect unit in the MS Excel importer has been fixed" 3D Mark 05 v1.20 "3DMark 05, the latest video and CPU benchmark tool from Futuremark. v1.20" Discussion >> By Dave
We have a new trailer for Risk Your Life: Path of the Emperor, which is currently in closed beta testing.
The game is shaping up very nicely (it got a 4/5 rating in our recent review) and it's expected to go open beta to the public very shortly. Download the trailer (WMV format, 12.36MB) Added Our second review of the closed beta by Dave is posted up now, check it out here. More info: IGNIQ Contest: Win a RYL voucher RYL.net Planetwide Games Discussion >> By Rob
 This competition is closed, thanks to everyone who entered. MtS_Alien has kindly donated a RYL voucher to give away in a competition; the voucher will give Send the answers to these simple questions in an email, with "RYL Voucher Contest" in the subject line for a chance to win! · What is the name of the demon race in Risk Your Life? · Who are the publishers/developers of the North American Risk Your Life? Don't miss Alien's exclusive review of the RYL closed beta here & TheBlacksmith's first impressions post here. Discussion >> By Rob
This patch apparently addresses an unspecified multiplayer exploit, but further
Download it from 3dgamers (8.9 Mb) Far Cry Review by Dave Dalley Discussion >> By Gary
 In Doom: The Boardgame, demonic invaders have broken through from another dimension into the Union Aerospace Corporation’s Mars base. Marines have been deployed to the base to protect UAC personnel and destroy the invaders. Up to three players will take the roles of heavily armed and highly trained marines, while one player will control the legion of demonic invaders.In the game, the marine players explore the claustrophobic rooms and corridors of the Mars base, attacking monsters, picking up new weapons and equipment, and working together to complete specific mission objectives.
Discussion >> By Rob
 Lots more information has been released about the massive multiplayer Star Trek game in the form of a lengthy F.A.Q.:When is the Beta date?
More info: Official website IGNIQ: Star Trek Online Game Planned (7 Sept 2004) Discussion >> By Rob
There is another alternative to downloading drivers from Nvidia or ATI. A guy calling himself " Angel "Omegadrive" Trinidad" claims to have produced better image quality and framerates from both Nvidia and ATI drivers for the Radeon and equivalent cards. I know a few of our members use these drivers and swear by them. I am pretty sceptical at downloading software for hardware that is not from the official makers of the hardware, but i may just try these out as Nvidia have not been exactly regular in recent times as far as improvements in drivers are concerned. Their last official release was November last year. If anyone has anything to say about them (good or bad) please do let us know. The purpose of the Omega Drivers is to provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers, ones that have more options and features than the original sets. The drivers contain optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that can give them the edge in a gaming environment over the normal drivers, which are often tailored for synthetic benchmarks. All Omega driver sets are tested (unless noted) by myself in my own PC or in an alternate PC (in the case of the Nvidia drivers) to ensure maximum compatibility and reliability. Check out the drivers yourself over at omagedrivers Discussion >> By Gary
 TheBlacksmith alerted us to a widespread problem users were having with their Steam accounts:I can't log in, period. It says can't connect to the steam service when I try to log in with the account I've been using for months. The Steampowered.com forums were swamped with complaints from gamers, but Valve have posted an announcement that the problem should be solved now:Yes as is pretty clear from what you've read or from the fact you couldn't get Steam started, something was not quite right today. Some accounts were able to log in right, and some could not.
Slashdot | Steam Users Steamed Discussion >> By Rob
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