I noticed following news on the official site for The Lost Paradise: Outcast II.

Because of new development opportunities the development of Outcast 2 has been momentarily suspended.. "thats all"

The Quake 3 Fortress Beta version 2.0 is now available for download. This release "140.2 MB" includes new maps, gametypes, player models, skins, special effects, and anti-cheat features. Grab it from FilePlanet or from the Q3F site.

XBOX IGN tossed up the first Quick Time video of TriLunars recently announced action and exploration of classic platform game, Dragonkind, for XBOX and PS2. The movie is 6.27 MB to grab and you find it here. Our earlier posted Q/A with Trilunar is available here.

GameSpyDaily today tossed up an interesting article about that the E3's brochure for this year's event has included a conference program titled "Sneak Peek: Inside the Development Process of the Hottest Upcoming Titles". The topic is of a "Command & Conquer RTS slated for 2004 release"!

JD from Tiscali Games send us a note about that they talked with Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Software about Condition Zero, their upcoming single-player version of the popular Counter-Strike Half-Life multiplayer mod. Topics in 17 questions include improvements and compatibility between Condition Zero and normal Counter-Strike, time needed for completing objectives, visibility of gas mask, hardware requirements, bots, plans for demo and more. Full interview here!

Sorry about slow posting this weekend, but it hasn't been so much news to post anyway. I have most of the time been out spending some time with the family and i know that Rainier has been busy checking out some games, for example Army Men RTS, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza and a few others "expect screens and some reviews soon". We also made a cleanup in our forum this weekend. If you have any game cheats, questions, gaming rumors and etc. that you feel you would like to share with us and our readers, just drop over to the forum and toss them up.. Stay tuned for more and happy gaming..

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for Modelers/Texture Artists with an eye for color, shading and detail, who are adept at creating texture maps for environments and structures. 3D Artists also assist with the design and creation of objects and characters that populate the World of Warcraft, using programs such as 3D Studio Max, and participate in game design with the rest of the team. An Ideal candidate would be an Illustrator with experience modeling and texturing objects and environments, and has the ability to conceptualize worlds and architectures. Read more here!

Nihilistic Software Inc. is looking for a full time Texture Artist/Modeler to join their team. They are creating a next generation Action/Adventure console game based on an extremely popular property. They are looking to round off their team with an additional artist to help model and texture detailed environments. Read more below!

GameSpot offers yet another Delta Force: Task Force Dagger Q&A with NovaLogic Producer Wes Eckhart talking about the upcoming standalone expansion in the Delta Force series. An interesting interview on MacGamer with Bill Roper producer for Blizzard talking about his work on "WarCraft III", amongst other things (thanks ZenGamer). Action Vault has a Unreal Tournament 2003 Q&A #1, starting yet a new chapter in their home made format of "one question, many answers". Today the Digital Extremes team is at bat. The Gaming Lounge offers a Q&A with Irrational's Jonathon Chey discussing their just released superhero game "Freedom Force".

Yesterday we announced that Serria was up to no good and mentioned some stuff about a possible Tribes 2 re-release. Homelan picked up the phone and decided to give Sierra a call to find out more dirt on this event .. Go check it out!!

Dreamcatcher just informed us that Agassi Tennis Generation has a new site including game features and screenshots for Game Boy Advance, PC, and PlayStation2. Agassi Tennis Generation 2002 is a fast paced tennis simulation game based on one of the world’s top seed tennis players, Andre Agassi. Play as Andre Agassi himself, or play against him, as you win your way to the top ranks of tennis stardom. There are also 2 trailers available showing off dear Andre at his best ... a first trailer in avi format (45seconds, 30megs) and the second is a quicktime mov (13mb).

DreamCatcher lets us know they just released their demo for Starmageddon, a full 3D real-time strategy in space. The gameplay takes the best and proven elements of RTS genre, where both quick thinking and long-term strategies are important. The user interface is intuitive and very easy to get into and use, with some never before seen features (e.g. for the first time in 3D space RTS the player has a complete freedom of the camera movement). Get it at 3DGamers while its hot (a whopping 106 megs)!

CDV today announced "Cossacks: Art of War," the highly anticipated expansion pack to the popular hit "Cossacks: European Wars," is now available in retail stores. An expansion pack for the PC, "Cossacks: Art of War" extends the story of the historical real-time strategy title. With more than 30 missions and an impressive array of new elements, the expansion pack enhances gameplay for devoted Cossacks fans as well as first time gamers.

Sabotain "Sabotage" is a genre mix: A First person shooter with 3D action and RPG elements. It is a mission-based adventure packed with interaction between persons and locations. The gamer has to fulfil several missions such as sabotage, espionage, rescue missions, information missions, theft, reconnaissance, assassination and combat. Sabotain includes a role-playing-style character-development system that lets players build their ordinary character into the ultimate assassin.

One of the new features in Fireglow' s Sudden Strike 2 will be the morale of the units, which will have influence on the respective troops' behaviour. Generals in particular will be able to influence the level of morale, as they will have the power to raise low morale with the help of propaganda. The new nation in Sudden Strike 2, the Japanese, seem to have their very own secret weapon for avoiding morale problems: the very unique art of Japanese motivation training! British soldiers succeeded in crossing the enemy line and returning with sound clippings with parts of this training! BANZAAAIII!

The official Grom website is is going online today and will bring some adventure spirit to the web. Packed with information about the adventure title by Polish developers Rebelmind, such as some new screens, FAQ, features and artwork, the site will not only be interesting to fans of this Indiana Jones-que title. Grom is truly an epic game that will provide players with loads of pure adventure, a bit of humour, and a touch of mystery to arouse the imagination. It's an action-RPG product combining deep storyline and real time strategy elements for combats. Easy to get into, yet the powerful interface and blockbuster movie feeling will appeal to everyone - amateur or pro. The mysterious lands of India and Tibet are waiting to be explored…

Take 2 Interactive has released a new update patch for their medieval title "Stronghold". Read more to get get some download links and a full detailed list of what this puppy fixes/adds/updates ... (Thanks Blues)

Wizardry Summoner is classic RPG game, in the style of the well-known and extremely successful Wizardry role playing series. The title is exclusively being developed for the Game Boy Advance by Natsume.

Strategy First and Paradox Entertainment announced today that they will be publishing Hearts of Iron, a definitive real-time WWII strategy game, in the Fall of 2002.