Fate of the Dragon features three kingdoms, each with unique technologies, buildings and characters realistically modeled from the actual technological, cultural and social development of the era. The players' objective is to establish comprehensive power through production, construction, trade, science and technology, alliances and war. Gamers will embark on political, trade and strategic campaigns to win control of the kingdoms, all of which are based on historically significant events of the Three Kingdoms' period. Fate of the Dragon also includes head-to-head and cooperative multi-player support for up to eight players via LAN or the Internet.
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Microsoft Corp. announced that six world-class design studios plan to create exclusive games for the Xbox video game system, all of which will be published under the Microsoft label. The game companies, which join 18 other studios that are creating first-party games for Microsoft, are Blitz Games Ltd., Curly Monsters Ltd., Double Fine Productions Inc., Radical Entertainment Inc., Vision Scape Interactive Inc. and Yeti Interactive. These alliances further demonstrate the game community's confidence in Xbox and in Microsoft's commitment to becoming a leading video game publisher.
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Eidos Interactive has announced that its award-winning first-person shooter, Deus Ex, will be re-released in a special "Game Of The Year" Edition that will be available this May. In addition to the latest version of the award-winning single-player game, the Deus Ex "Game of the Year" Edition also includes an all-new multiplayer feature, allowing players to compete head-to-head with one another in a totally new kind of deathmatch experience as innovative in its own way as the original, single-player game. The "Game Of The Year" Edition will contain a Software Development Kit for gamers to create new single or multiplayer missions with the same tools used by the developer. Gamers can also create stand-alone Deus Ex missions, build 3D maps from scratch or modify existing ones. Also included is a music CD featuring over 30 of the best tracks from the soundtrack remixed for higher audio quality.
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. announced that it recently began development of a title based on Celebrity Deathmatch, the popular television program from MTV: Music Television, a division of Viacom International, Inc. Take-Two's agreement with MTV: Music Television gives Take-Two the exclusive worldwide rights to publish titles based on MTV's properties, including Celebrity Deathmatch.
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TimeGate Studios is hiring! They are looking for motivated, experienced and talented individuals to join the team in the creation of their Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)! They are hiring in all of these areas: Art Department, Programming Department, Design Department, Production Team. For a full list of benefits, perks and details on each position, check out the jobs page on TimeGate's new website.
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Egoboo is a 3d dungeon crawling adventure in the spirit of NetHack. It currently uses the Direct3D API and is available for Windows. Several different character classes are available to choose from, each having different weapons and stats. Note that this is an Alpha (meaning its possibly less stable then a BETA) so download and run at your own risk. [Download: 3dFiles]
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Eidos Interactive announced that in support of the launch of the Deus Ex “Game of the Year” Edition, the company has launched an online contest for fans of the PC game. With the support of Intel and Creative Labs, ION Storm/Eidos have created a Fan Mission contest that is being hosted by Gamespy Industries. Gamers will have until May 6th to submit fan missions created using the included Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), to PlanetDeusEx.com. Beginning May 7th, the Deus Ex development team will decide which fan missions will be voted for 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place. Warren Spector will announce the winners of the fan mission contest on May 12th.

The prize packages are as follows:

• Grand Prize: Intel Pocket, Concert MP3 player, Intel Wireless Gaming peripherals, 1 unit of Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1, 1 unit of Cambridge SoundWorks DeskTopTheater DTT3500 Digital Speakers System, 1 unit of EAX t-shirt
• 2nd Prize: Intel Wireless Gaming peripherals, 1 unit of Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1, 1 unit of Cambridge SoundWorks, FourPointSurround FPS1800 Speakers System, 1 unit of EAX t-shirt 
• 3rd Prize: Intel WirelessGaming peripherals, 1 unit of Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1, 1 unit of EAX t-shirt

Screenshots:

• Ga-Source has MechCommander 2 screens
• Daily Radar has new Zero-G Marin screens

Interviews:

• PC GAMEPLAY has a new Medal Of Honour Allied Assault Interview
• Stomped has an interview with New Millennium Entertainment

Reviews (and Previews):

• Avault has a Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns preview
• CGO has a Worms World Party preview
• Tribal War has posted up a preview at Tribes 2.

Misc.

• GameGirlz has a contest to win a spot in the Fallen Age beta and a Fallen Age t-shirt