EA GAMES has announced the release of Quake III Revolution for the PlayStation 2. Quake III Revolution for the PS2 features six different game modes including Deathmatch, team-based Capture the Flag, Elimination and a newly designed single-player campaign. Players will hone their combat skills on 30 arenas designed specifically for the PS2. Advanced characters can be saved onto a memory card and used to battle up to three other friends in four player split-screen action. The game will feature 12 weapons including the chain gun, grenade launcher, rocket launcher and BFG.
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The "Art of War" Quake 3 Mod team has released the first custom Music Pack. The music was composed for the Art of War mod, but can be used in any Quake 3 mod or map that supports custom music files. Visit the official Art of War web site for the download.
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Strategy First Inc. and BreakAway Games have announced that Waterloo Napoleon's Last Battle has shipped. Waterloo captures the excitement of the early 19th century battle with all the color, pomp, and pageantry of the Napoleonic era. Take command of Napoleon's troops or Wellington's army and change history in this epic game based on the award-winning Sid Meier's Gettysburg engine. Waterloo accurately depicts Napoleonic warfare in one of the most famous battles of all time.
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GameSpy is now offering full Serious Sam support and also support for LAN Master. Both the Shareware and Registered versions of GameSpy 3D can be downloaded here.
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This week in the Forum Frag we spotlight threads discussing the best games coming out in 2001, Thief 3, Serious Sam, and Windows XP. Just for fun, we have also included some of the best Star Wars quotes and a fun discussion about those crazy abbreviations people use online.
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In Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising, players will control construction, research, and strategic planning from onboard the Antaeus in traditional real-time strategy game style, using a 3D strategic map to monitor their unit's progress, allowing them to give new orders in the midst of the action. To be victorious, however, players can directly control any of their units in 3rd person perspective and fight alongside the tanks and choppers they just gave orders to, making strategic decisions on the fly while engaging in 3rd person combat. [Download: DemoNews]
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Here is today's list of gaming-related features published around the net. If you would like to submit gaming news to us, drop an e-mail to news@sharkyextreme.com.
Screenshots:
Interviews:
- GameSpot interviews Clive Barker about the Undying game
- The BackBurner has an interview Serious Sam's 3D artist, Admir Elezovic
- Stomped has posted a World War II Online Interview
Reviews (and Previews):
- The Avault has posted a preview of Operation Flashpoint
- The Avault also reviews the Logitech SoundMan Xtrusio 100 Speakers
- GameSpy has posted a preview of Tropico
- EuroGamer has a preview of the Diablo II : Lord of Destruction add-on
- Intelgamer has posted a new review of Serious Sam
Patches & Mods:
- 3DFiles has posted the Sacrifice Beta Patch
- 3DFiles has also posted a Fallout tactics patch
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