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After a pair of teaser demos, Argentinian developer Nucleosys now sends along the official playable demo for Scratches, their upcoming first-person point-n-click adventure. This demo contains the start of the full game "when the main character is arriving to a chilling Victorian mansion. There are plenty of rooms to explore, a few problems to overcome and some interesting tidbits of the mystery behind Scratches."
A new retail patch for F.E.A.R. is now online, upgrading the English edition of the recent supernatural first-person shooter by Monolith Productions to version 1.02. This Halloween-themed update adds the new Asylum multiplayer map, along with making preparations for the upcoming SDK/mod tools and fixing some localization issues.
There is a new movie trailer for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth II, revealing more of the fantasy 3D real-time strategy sequel in production at EA Pacific. This clip comes in regular and high resolutions (the latter inefficiently coded though), demonstrating the game's new water technology in two minutes of in-engine footage.
Just in time for the game's release, LucasArts has issued the retail standalone PC server for Star Wars Battlefront II, the sci-fi 3D multiplayer action sequel by Pandemic Studios. Word is this download "includes the Basic Dedicated Server Manager Application. It also includes two Beta versions of the much more Enhanced Dedicated Server Manager as well as a Remote Server application."
Nival Interactive has released a new movie trailer for Hard Truck: Apocalypse, showing more of the futuristic vehicular combat game with RPG elements being developed at Targem. This high-resolution trailer sports nearly a minute and a half of explosive in-game footage.
Eight new screenshots and a new movie trailer for The Godfather, the mafioso 3D action adventure game in the works at EA Pacific, are now available for download. The images have also been inserted into our online gallery for the game, while the movie offers a bit over a minute of racketeering gameplay footage.
3000 AD sends along an updated playable demo for Universal Combat - A World Apart, superseding the previous samples of their recent standalone 3D action / space-combat expansion. This demo uses the latest v1.00.09 game
kernel, includes all 12 previous demo missions, and incorporates tutorials, improved graphics and other enhancements not available in the previous demos.
A final set of recent screenshots for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! is now available for download to show off the newly released safari/zoo themed expansion pack to the 3D management strategy game by Chris Sawyer and Frontier Developments. If you want, you can also browse the images online.
This Sunday's catch-up entry is Ski-doo X-Team Racing, a snow scooter racing simulation by Daydream Software and Resolution Interactive that originally came out in September 2001 but saw a revamped re-release this week. Our game section for this title is now online, serving up the original v1.1 demo with the Bear Junction track and the v1.1 retail patch, along with the newly released Freestyle (Infinity Park level) and MXZ (Snakebite Loop) demos.
Our bonus catch-up addition today is Ultimate Baja Madness, an arcade off-road racing game that was released last July by Steel Monkeys and Akella. Our game section for this title is also online, featuring relevant information and a collection of officially released screenshots for download and online viewing to show what it looked like.
A new Gold demo and updated retail patch for Sailors of the Sky are now online, elevating the sailplane simulation by Jes�s Saiz Ayala to version 5.11. The demo has a 5 minute time limit, while the new patch adds an improved terrain algorithm, a new webcam feature, enhanced clouds, a fast qualifcation option, and other improvements and fixes.
Super Taxi Driver 2006 is a newly unveiled, budget-priced arcade racing game by genre specialists Team6 game studios. Our game section for this title is now online, offering the available information and the first eight officially released screenshots for download and online examination.
Another triplet of new movie trailers for Star Wars Battlefront II has been released, yet again illustrating the now-complete sci-fi 3D multiplayer action sequel by Pandemic Studios. These high-res clips introduce the planets/levels Jedi Temple, Mustafar and, of course, Mos Eisley in half a minute of in-engine footage each.
A baker's dozen new screenshots for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire are now available for download, more than doubling the amount of officially released imagery for the novel and motion picture inspired 3D action adventure sequel being created at EA UK. As always, the images have also been added to our online gallery for the game.
Pterodon has released a final movie trailer for Vietcong 2, again showing their just-released first-person shooter sequel in motion. This clip comes in medium and high resolutions, sporting two and a half minutes of action-packed in-game footage from the external multiplayer beta tests.
After skipping the previous v2.4.0, Icculus has now released new Linux and Mac OSX full installers v2.5.0 of America's Army: Special Forces, once again allowing non-Windows gamers to join the team-based tactical shooter by the US Army. This release combines the Q-Course and Direct Action updates with an upgrade to Unreal Engine 2.5, new missions, weapons and admin features, gameplay enhancements, numerous tweaks, bug fixes and other changes.
A new movie trailer for Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan is now online, showing off the imminent third expansion pack to the sci-fi MMORPG by Sony Online Entertainment. This movie comes in two sizes to again present the add-on's premise and features in a bit over a minute of in-game footage.
There are new retail patches for Age of Empires III, updating the German edition of the historical 3D real-time strategy sequel by Ensemble Studios to version 1.01a. In addition to the same changes as the English v1.01 patch, this release also fixes "a crash bug that occurred when selecting the Capitol building," and you can upgrade from v1.01 or the original game.
Bethesda Softworks has officially released the E3 demonstration trailer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, revealing much more of their fantasy first-person role-playing sequel in development. This movie comes in no fewer than six installments, offering in-game footage on the introduction, forests, combat, dungeons, traps, Radiant AI system, and a battle in the city of Kvatch that together runs for a whopping 21:30 minutes.
World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade is the newly announced fantasy MMORPG expansion pack by Blizzard that adds two new playable races, the new Outland continent, a level cap of 70, and much more. Our game section for this title is now online, serving up the initial two dozen officially released screenshots for download and online perusal, as well as the first movie trailer that introduces the add-on's backstory and features in a bit under five minutes of concept and in-engine fly-by footage.
