CNN.com have posted a short preview of Half-Life 2 with a few screenshots. Rancho*: Well there is another little piece of interesting news in there: Half Life 2 will be shown on the ATI booth at E3. 'Get in the game' vs. 'The way it's meant to be played'... Here's a snip:

Half-Life 2 is scheduled to hit store shelves Sept. 30. Developed once again by Valve and published again by Vivendi's (V: Research, Estimates) Sierra games division, the game will put players back in the familiar shoes of crowbar wielding hero Gordon Freeman, battling aliens from the planet Xen.

There's a new Unreal Tournament 2003 patch out version 2225, which you can grab here and the full changelog here. This release includes a huge number of changes in the gameplay, weapons, AI, engine, networking, spectator, mod support, WebAdmin, D3D/OpenGL and sound/music departments, including the removal of the CD check and the addition of the UTClassic mutator.

Thanks to SIRUS.

Gamers Hell have posted the first info about Half-Life 2!

Half-Life 2 takes place in a Eastern European city, called City 17. It happens a short time after the end of the first game. Earth is once again under attack by aliens from Xen, and you, Gordon Freeman (now working for a secret government agency) have to save the day. Valve promises 12 chapters and almost 40 hours of gameplay.

Thanks to BradfordPimpo at Futuremark we have the first Screenshots of Half-Life 2!

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Just spotted this at GameSpot: In its half-year financial reports, Ubi Soft made brief mention of several upcoming games, including Splinter Cell: Shadow Strike and Ghost Recon 2. Several other games were mentioned as being key products for the company within the coming months as well, such as Beyond Good and Evil, Batman 2, Charlie's Angels, Prince of Persia, and Myst Online. Unfortunately, no additional details were revealed about these upcoming games.

Just spotted this at ShackNews.com... Although incredibly brief this is probably deserving of a full news item all by itself since it's the first direct correspondence from Valve Software on the topic. We just got this very brief statement from Valve Software:

Half-Life 2 will be shown at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Update: I've posted the Half-Life 2 pic on the cover of PC Gameplay magazine! Hit Read More...

As you may remember the US version of Vietcong has been released with a 'Teen' ESRB rating. The Vietcong community has started a petition to developer Pterodon and publisher G.O.D Games for a mature patch that enables content that is present in the UK english version. Word is that publisher G.O.D were taking this step ('Teen' rating) to be allowed to sell the game in supermarkets and the like. Pterodon developers have stated that a patch could be ready within twelve hours if enough votes are cast. Sign up to the petition.

There's an interview with the developer of an upcoming new game called Arcturus along with some exclusive screenshots over at Xabre Gamers. Thanks SimonP.

Described as a heavily action-based game with strong real-time strategy (RTS) elements, it is a vehicle-based game offering non-linear progression. The action takes place in extremely large 3D environments and players will be able to take either side in the conflict in both single and multiplayer modes.

Ubi Soft as issued a minor update of the US retail version 1.2 patch for Splinter Cell released early this week. Word is the patch "is essentially the same with the addition of a small diagnostic tool that was left out of the first one," and as before this release implements a variety of graphics enhancements and fixes, as well as gameplay tweaks and other bug fixes.

This documentary shows just how tied together the Enter The Matrix game is to the Matrix: Reloaded film ? and how the game will take you places the film doesn?t, giving you the ability to experience and explore environments you see in the film.

Just spotted this at Gaming Horizon.com.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is approaching rapidly and Gaming Horizon has a full list of what games we can expect to see at this upcoming event. Soul Reaver 3? Halo 2? Check the entire list at Gaming Horizon!

The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon?, the second expansion for its RPG-of-the-Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® for PC. Scheduled for release in May, Bloodmoon takes you to the frozen Island of Solstheim where the Empire is establishing a new mining colony - a venture being threatened by the prophecy of the Bloodmoon and rumors of werewolves.

Inspired by its celebrated Secret Weapons? series of classic World War II flight combat games, LucasArts announces Secret Weapons Over Normandy, which brings the historic air battles of that era to PlayStation®2, the Xbox? video game system from Microsoft, and PC this fall. Secret Weapons Over Normandy presents a dynamic, deeply engaging story-driven flight action experience that puts players in control of authentic World War II aircraft and challenges them to undertake the war's most dangerous missions.

3dgamers.com reports that NovaLogic has released a new patch for Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, upgrading their new tactical shooter to version 1.2.0. This release adds more cheater validation checks and a new server option, tweaks several single-player levels, and fixes an "erroneous punting problem.

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YahooBiz.com reports that Atari and Shiny Entertainment are pleased to announce that development is complete on "Enter The Matrix" for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube(TM) and the personal computer.

Now you can try out AC2 for free, with no obligation and no credit card! Just download the Free Trial Setup, put in a fresh new account, and you'll soon be playing.

The Kreed Public Beta Sign-up is now open! As promised in the news section two days ago (15th of April), today beta-testing of the KREED project started. To take part in this program you need to read and complete the registration form. Please, write as wide information in every field as you can, try not to skip any fields. Also, if you have anything you like to mention (for example, participation on the Burut CT forum) don't forget to write it the field "why should we choose you as a beta-tester". Don't be afraid to write too much information about yourself, it will be useful anyway.

PC.IGN.Com are reporting that the upcoming Enter the Matrix game will come on 6 CD-ROM discs.

Can you PC gamers cope with a 6-disc version? Guess what? It'll cost "more," too. Infogrames reps didn't bust out the specifics, but we do know the PC version will be somewhat pricier than its console counterparts. So, can you cope? It looks like you'll have to. Time to clear up your games rack, I guess. The game is now only one month away from its May 15th, 2003 worldwide release. Is this the future for high-content PC games over the next couple of years? We'll see.

Wired.com's David Kushner has posted his 3 page preview of Doom III called Prepare to Meet Thy Doom. Here's a snip:

John Carmack's game engines set the standard for PC graphics - and legions of gamers and the industry love him for it. Now he's brought the world to the brink of Doom III.