HL Rally.net released some new screens (also available below) "a remodelled Subaru Impreza, a brand new Skoda Fabia, a stylish new look for the Lancer Evolution".. Half-Life Rally is a racing modification for the highly acclaimed and everlastingly popular game, Half-Life by Valve Software. Unlike most mods currently being made for the Half-Life Engine, the goal of HL-Rally is not to blast your enemy to smitherines with relentless repetition prone to excessive cheating and hacks, but to race cars and be the first and fastest across the finish line, out-running your opponents in any way possible to gain a few milliseconds on them.

Shacknews got some more details on the recent Half-Life 2 source leak from Gabe Newell (thanks Blues). Here is a clip:

1) We've taken our network connection down to pretty much a minimum. We're still finding machines internally that have been compromised.

2) The suite of tools that the attacker was using included the modified version of RemotelyAnywhere (basically a Remote Desktop-style remote admin tool), Haxker Defender (a process, registry key and file hiding tool), the key logger, and various networking utilities that allowed them to transfer files (compressors, NetCat, and FTP). We also are pretty sure they were sniffing our network to gather passwords and other information. Haxker Defender includes a file system driver that allows an attacker to have stuff on your machine that is invisible, unless you do something like mount the drive under another OS that has NTFS support.

We have determined one way of detecting some infected machines, which is using a connection viewer to detect connections to anomalous hosts external to our network.

We still don't know their entry method.

The official site for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne now offers a new special Bonus map (156K) named Typhoon.. You find the map and all info here!

It’s time for a little ‘Fall’ cleaning… We received some updated information on DreamCatcher and The Adventure Company’s upcoming lineups... Read more and you will find release dates, game descriptions and more!

Nick Malaperiman @ DreamCatcher Games let us know that due to unforeseen circumstances, US Open (in other territories also known as Roland Garros 2003 or Next Generation Tennis 2003) has been cancelled on Xbox and PC... The game was expected to ship in conjunction with the US Open tournament itself in New York..

At Futuris Powerplay many big names will show their upcoming or recent releases for different platforms. Atari today announced which games will be playable at the show; these include "full products" but also several "preview games"; games which will not be releases in the near future.

Arguably the best-ever resource management game ever is available for the first time on Game Boy Advance from October 31st 2003. As a classic God simulation game, SimCity 2000 allows you to play God wherever you go. Read more for details & screens ...

Codemasters is set to bolster market presence for Pop Idol – The Official Video Game with a special hand-held edition for Game Boy Advance. Pop Idol – The Official Video Game, already confirmed for PlayStation 2 and PC, will launch for Game Boy Advance in November during the thrilling second series of the smash-hit reality TV entertainment show, co-produced by Thames Television and 19TV, on ITV1.

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish Mojo! for the Sony PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system. The game will be distributed on these formats in the UK by Mindscape priced £19.99 on PS2 and £24.99 on Xbox.

Weird War – that’s the title of a new cRPG taking place during World War II, which will be released under the Techland label. A dose of original humor combined with various and extensive terrain at player’s disposal makes this title very interesting not only for fans of such games as Arcanum, Fallout or Baltur’s Gate...