A new set of textures was released for Quake 3 today on the website of Yves evillair Allaire, EvilLair.net. This new set of textures, called the eCell, are all based on cell shading technique.. Very beautiful, check out this screenshot of the textures here. Quick note, in order to use these textures you will need to use the compiler tool of Ydnar, Q3Map2.

The staff at Q3Arena.com wish each and everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season!

Yep, today is the day that it has been 2 years exactly since I've started posting on this website. Lemme tell ya, time fly for sure! Have fun gang!

The newest version of GtkRadiant in the stable release is out, making it version 1.4.0. Nothing too new for this release, hit the webpage of GtkRadiant for your download needs!

Just like last year, the Jolt servers (located in the UK) will feature, again, a game of 64 players of Threewave CTF with the Kineterra map. The IP adress is: 195.149.21.141:27960.

Evenbalance just release a new update for Punkbuster, no major change only a maintenance release. On the other hand, there seems to be a software that will generate a violation error for Punkbuster, here's what EvenBalance has to say on this:

We have confirmed that new software (Bigpond Toolbar used primarily in Australia) has recently been released which raises pre-existing PunkBuster violation #60045. This violation number has been removed from our system. We encourage PB Admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players and ignore instances of this violation occurring after December 3, 2003.

So there we go!

Kilderean, develloper on my favorite mod, Threewave CTF has now some spare time to code for threewave and he announced at the end of november that he will fix some small bugs that are still left in Threewave CTF. So far the changelog look like this:

add: offhand grapple (g_offhandgrapple 1 on server, clients use +button5 to use).

add: added matchmode, lockteams and coaching to votes, you need to enable "matchmode" votes by adding 128 to the g_allowVote cvar on the server.

fix: fixed timers when pausing the game and connecting/disconnecting afterwards.

fix: not all players sent to spectator when matchmode is toggled.

fix: removed prediction on shotgun hitting other players shotgun should only draw blood if it actually hits the player.

fix: holding fire button with gauntlet doesn't work any longer after respawn.

fix: powerups cannot be disabled in portal area any longer.

fix: jumppad crashing damage when someone jumps over you.

fix: specred and specblue now set the correct forced team model.

fix: spectators are now allowed in the portal (for punkbuster).

fix: exploit where someone could do follow1 and follow2 in ctfs and arena and not be on a team.

fix: promode (pm) model icons are not loaded in team gametypes (uses correct red/blue icons).

fix: only failed votes are counted for maximum number of votes- chg: teamed spectators will now hear the last player alarm and the teammate death sound- chg: ripped out the anticheating code, gameplay should be smoother.

chg: teamed spectators will now hear the last player alarm and the teammate death sound.

chg: ripped out the anticheating code, gameplay should be smoother.

chg: improved networking of CTFS and ARENA events (no more double restarts).

No word about the release date on the next version of Threewave CTF, but rest assure that I will let you know about that.

A new update was just released for the New expert Quake 3 CTF mod. Since that they're so many changes, you will need to delete you existing installation of XCTF and install the new one after that. If you never installed this mod, I suggest you to give it a try (if you are a CTF addict, it's a must to try it out). Here's the changelog:

Added some player Effects for 4 levels of health for all players, all game modes.

Made crosshairname show health for enemies ,teammates, and spectators, all game modes.(Now you'll know when to fight, and to run!)

Improved bot grappling a bit more, made them tougher to play against and less predictable while grappling(try a team game, you'll be surprised). They arent perfect, but pretty darn good offhand grappling bots.

Added "lethality" cvar for new instagib style play.

Added "railonly" cvar, which when enabled, will disable freegear, except triple rail. With this there is no gauntlet, but you still have a grapple.

Adjusted the health statusbar to show over 999 health, as playing a few bot only games i saw a few bots able to make health they had over 999.

Increased weapon firing speeds, and weapon switching speeds to smooth weapons out a bit and to not leave a player with a time where they wouldn't be able to fire for to long a period.

Adjusted the grapple to do damage and when colliding with players do damage and pull you around.

Added some new configs to run a few different gametypes.

You can get their download page here.

Planetquake3.net is hosting a new video of trick jumping from the clan JatS. A lots of cool jumps and teamtricks. This is not a video of frags so it's only for those of you who like tricky jumps in Quake 3.

It's that time of the year where map pack are hitting us everywhere! Now we gotta mappack for Urban Terror itself with words from Oswald, lemme copy/paste you the presentation of what this map pack contain:

Dragonne and QueenBee recently released the first post-Urban Terror 3 map pack which include updated versions of Druglord 1: Airstrip, Druglord 2: Harambique and Proving Grounds (night and day) from Dragonne and Desertville, Fort Dicks and Nuclear Plant from QueenBee. These new and updated levels support the current 3.1 release of Urban Terror. You can download the map pack from the Urban Terror Map Depot or from Urbanbase.DE.

Nice work!

Q3Speech is now available for Windows! Weee, the software was only available for Linux before that but now a version for Win32 has been released. This software will take the text in the console from Quake 3 and play it with a voice on your speaker. Hey that's why it's called Q3Speech. Thanks to PQ3.net for the update!

Update on the Generation Arena mod, bringing it to version 0.99d. The download page is here. Notice that this is an upgrade only, you must have the previous version installed before getting this one.

For those of you who didn't noticed, there was a small update on the official webpage of Doom3.com last week. Wallpapers has been added, a new trailer is there (well it's an existing trailer with new shots in it) . At the sametime, you may wanna check the Gamespy special on the 10 years of Doom (yep, that's right, the first Doom game is now 10 years old). The IDsoftware store has also been updated with new stuff (check out their new Doom t-shirt).

New update to DarkPlaces for Quake 1 from LordHavoc. This time fixing some small bugs and also removed the limits on the 20 FPS when in the console. Lemme copy/paste his complete update here:

Added r_wateralpha cvar to the effects options menu.

No longer limits framerate to 20fps while in console because I got so many complaints about this (no REALLY that was not a bug like everyone assumes, that was a feature, just a very misunderstood one), so no

w it only drops to 20fps when not the active window (it already did this).

Changed hardware gamma handling in glx to no longer turn on/off based on mouse being in the window or not, but simply whether it is the active window.

Fixed 16bit video modes in Linux support. (oww this was broken, I only use 32bit :)

Fixed a bug with console parsing that existed in almost all versions of quake except quakeworld by switching to the qwcl COM_Parse for console parsing (in english: fixed connect commands involving a port, like 127.0.0.1:26000), thanks very much to Fuh for mentioning this bug.

Removed need for gfx/menuplyr.lmp, some old unused code required it, no idea why that was still there (in english: this has no importance to quake players, only modders making standalone stuff).

Pheew there we go. Hit the webpage of DarkPlaces in order to download this new update!

New levels were reviewed @ ..::LVL, take a look at:

Heart O' The City by Seremtan (CTF 6-14 player)

Lost World - Tourney Edition by TymoN (DM 3-7 player)

Anguis in herba by dAde (CPM/DM/Tourney 2-6 player)

DM17 Egyptian Redux by heffalump (DM/Tourney 2-6 player)

A fresh reviews for fresh maps, hit ..::LVL for your mapping needs!

Planetquake.com was kind enough to remind us that yesterday, Quake 2 hit a year and is now 6 years old. Geee time fly so fast sometimes and now today, Quake 3 has reached 4 years! Happy birthday to both games! Am I gonna play Quake 3 even after 6 years? Probably!

Small update for Ultimate Deathmatch, fixing some small bugs. The newest version is now version 1.82 (available as a patch). Check out the webpage of Ultimate Deathmatch for all the details!

The Quake 3 mod, Generation Arena has released a new map pack, (pack #3) last weekend featuring 10 new maps with an update version of Bad places (from the first map pack). The pack is about 50 megs and you can get the download page here.

New update, again, for the modification for Quake of Darkplaces from Lord Havoc mostly related to scripts and shader files. New screenshots of e1m1 with realtime lighting mode has been put on the website under the screenshots section.

As usual the website of PlanetQuake3.net is hosting some excellent new videos of Quake 3 Arena. Take a look @ WinterHaste 2 a CTF movie (warning, 550 megs for 29 minutes) based on the WinterHaste 2 tournament (which was hosted by Cached.net). Next one is TriCkED 2, "The sequel of the CPMA/VQ3 trick movie Tricked". Video of deathmatches on CPMA and VQ3. 250 megs. Enjoy!

For those of you who like trying beta versions, the popular demo viewers, Seisomivision has hit version 2.24 beta. Here's the changelog:

fixed: Quake 2 demos not playing in play list mode due to overlong alias. (Thanx to MikeG)

- fixed: Rare random deletion of game application after demo play. (Experimental)

Hit down the beta section of the Seisomovision's website for all the details!

The excellent mapper, BerneyBoy has released a new pack of photorealistic textures, more than 2000 .jpg so that you can use the pack in more than Quake 3 but for other engines also. All pictures are high resolution and features bricks, concrete, crate, doors, ground and many many more. At the same time you may wanna check this small memory card game!

New version for Navy Seals : Covert Operation, making it to version 1.9. The mod is available for Windows, Mac and a .zip file for independent OS. Download page is here and even a BitTorrent link is available. For those of you who like realism FPS, I suggest you give NS a try, very well made!

Bobo_the_seal is sponsoring a small challenge over the Polycount board for Halloween! Modellers must create a model based on the halloween theme (vampires, werewolf, mummies, etc.), no textures at this point and respect some others points. Check out this thread for the complete list of rules. Deadline is the 31 of October of course!

A new mod has made its debut, called Fortress Evolution for Quake 3, this mod intend to recreate the feeling of physics of Quake World and present a class based system for gameplay (check out the About section for all the details on the mod). Even if the mod is alpha, a league has been started for the mod, Fortress Strike League is already taking registration from clan to start a league of Fortress Evolution. Download page is here.

With the devellopement going on, I started playing more Rocket Arena 3 lately and I've taken an interrest in the RA3 competition scene. I had nothing to do for the research since Cali Girl sent me an email about a new article online on her website, LadyGammers. She got a lot of interview with the players, admins and staff of the RA3 CAL (Cyberathlete amateur league). I always heard a lot about the RA CAL league and wondered how was their games, guess I better start getting the demos...

Words from Team Terminator, the team behind the TC True Combat. Work are still going on for the next patch that will make it version 1.1, the list is not so small:

- fix falling damage bugs
- Add clientID numbers to scoreboard
- Don´t let ppl with m76 or r93 take a 2ndary weapon
- Make console background darker or solid
- Binelli and saiga will be switched (primary/secondary)
- decrease the time it takes to unholster/switch to pistols
- fix missions/mapcycling/voting
- fix flashbang bugs
- fix bandage bug
- New improved kick/voting system with integrated 2 minute temp ban
- remove cocking animation when unholstering
- remove muzzle flare from silenced weapons
- A all-new gun
- New (old) maps: Urban Aussault, Warehouse, Industrial, Baugebiet and an all-new map by Waylander

Devellopement is going on well for True Combat, No date has been given yet for the rlease but it shoud be pretty soon.

The newest expansion for Medal of honor, Breakthrough has been released and is now available in stores! You can read the full press release here. Would you like a review of the expansion at the same time? Well, here's one from Gamespot and another one from Eurogamer. Enjoy!

The Chaos Conspiracy clan is launching a FFA challenge. Instead of re explaining the rules I'll do my lazy and simply copy/paste the rules here:

Well now's your chance to find out if your really the best FFA player. The 400 Frag FFA Challenge is a single elimination competition with 3 rounds of game play which starts with 50 players and reduces to the top 10 players. Round 1 consists of 5 groups of 10 players who play to a frag limit of 200, the top four players from each group are then moved into Round 2 where they play in two groups of 10 and play to a 300 frag limit. At the end of round 2 the top five fraggers from each group in round two will then be pitted against each other and play until the first person reaches 400 frags.

The challenge is running on the latest version of OSP and the server for the challenge will be in North America, Chicago.

Second video, Team Fortress done extreme 2 is a video of more than 19 minutes showcasing some of the best capture the flag I've ever seen in Classic Quake, using the mod Team Fortress of course. The video is available on 3 different quality format, mirrors are listed here.

Our favorite website for models, Polycount is featuring 3 new models for Quake 3! Yaa! Okay I won't give too much critic on these one, I'll let you check them out yourself:

Bloodseeker

Torque Monkey

Pillsbury Doughboy

Click on the link for the review of Polycount and of course what we all wants, the screenshots!

New update for Seisomovision making it to version 2.23 with the following changelog:

added: Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (.dm_82) Full Version

fixed: Missing comctl32.ocx with DemoInfo

fixed: Splash screen icons not loading correctly when playing play lists directly.

added: Bulgarian translation (now 9 languages!!!)

At the same times, news are coming out that the beta for version 3 is starting soon. If you are a demo fanatic, this is the software for you!

Yep, again, PlanetQuake got their hands on Tim Willits from ID and manage to get an interview about Doom 3. Some good questions about the way combat will be done and how the gameplay of the game is interracting with the player. The interview is not technical but gameplay oriented.

PlanetQuake is presenting us this week the last review for the level of the week for Quake 1. The last review from Daz is on the level "All that could have been" from RPG. You get the most important details from the review and after having played it I must say that I am also impressed by this level. Feeling a little bit nostalgic for a single player game in Quake 1 but wanna try a new map? Then by all means, download this level and play it (I even suggest you using the DarkPlaces engine to have a more beautifull look)!

Q3Pong Arena version 2.0 is now available for download! Remember the game push the ball? Well do it this time with a shotgun and you just shoot the ball until you push it in the enemy's goal. Easy to say, tough to do. And if you stand in the way of the ball? You'll get fragged for sure. For expert player!

Ultimate Deathmatch will give your DM games in Quake a lot of flexibility. Spawing any items that you would like to have in any maps, even featuring some tools for level editings in real time, new weapons, config files to save your variables, Chain reaction effect with explosive boxes and much more (the feature list is quite big). Okay like Quake boosted on transgenetic corn hormones... I think that I get it. You want to experience a new kind of DM games? On Quake? You might wanna try Ultimate Deathmatch!

Man there is too much good news these last days and here I am working like a crazy at my new job. Yeah life's tough on me, but what the heck, I can still frag (and capture the flag). As always I am still a CTF player and here's an excellent video that I've found lately on PlanetQuake3.net: Fight 4 the Flag is, as you correctly guessed it by the name, a video of CTF from the #ctfpickup.fr and some league from Europe. Lots of nice shot definitively worth the download!

I was kind of updating my news about Return to castle Wolfenstein when I found these 2 interresting tidbits:

A new SP maps pack has been released for RtcW titled: Mages Skulls (learned it through the Map-Center website).

Also an interview with Kevin Cloud from ID about RtcW and ET and the speculation are on fire about RtcW2 running on the Doom 3 engine (on RTCW online).

New version of the tool for mapper, Q3Map2 is now up to version 2.5.7. Featuring:

New: Jedi Academy support via -game ja

New: DDS (DXT1/3/5) texture support for future games

Re-enabled q3map_surfaceModel support, and the 'oriented' flag works as well

Re-enabled (fixed, really) large external lightmap support

Fixed a bug in the model code that would cause a crash if an uninvertable matrix was created

Fixed a bug in Mathlib m4x4_t code where the tolerance for a singular matrix was too low and crapping out on small (scaled down) matrices

Fixed bug in divide-by-zero on lightmap efficiency calculation

Added -force switch, allows unsupported BSP formats to (try) to be loaded

You can read the release post here.

Found this new small utilty for Quake 3 that look very interresting. AliasBuster (version 3.1.3) will interface with the Quake 3 console to provide the user (you) a comma delimited list of known aliases for any players on a Quake 3 server with PunkBuster enabled. Roger from PlanetQuake3.net got an interview at the same time with the author of the tool, p[]-DunE. You can download the tool from the author's webpage or here. Nice tool!

The latest game using the Quake 3 engine, Call of duty (from the same team that designed Medal of honor) is now available for download (only the demo version mind you). While checking for the demo, I've found some interresting tidbits about the release of the demo itself by Activision. You can read the news here. On the other hand if you want to download the demo, you can do it from:

FileShack
FilePlanet

Sorry I only found 2 sites that got the demo so far and their both asking for a registration. If you got other links for downloading the demo, feel free to share them in the comments section of this post!

The Ataxia team has released a new update for Rocket Arena 3, making it to version 1.7 and introducing new features:

Three new maps, plus one updated (ra3map16)

User definable colors for enemies and teammates

Option to have no picmip for certain things

Accuracy award

Improved netcode (removed the "built-in-lag", smoother movement, better hit prediction)

Scoreboard groups people in other arenas by arena.

Team captains and team captain commands

Display current time and timezone

Warmup in compmode

IP bans stored in database, unlimited number of bans

Admin definable callvotes

Log format changed: Timestamps are in "real" time.

Avg team ping and team damage added to scoreboard.

Misc Bug fixes

Download is available here.

A small update on the PunkBuster has been released, fixing a small bug:

addressed a bug in v1.043 related to win32 multi-threaded DNS resolution.

Quake 3 admins may want to read the whole update on how to install the patch as they may encounter a small problem while trying to update their PB server. Check out the release news for all the details.

I'm sorry but it seems that I've got a Quake 1 frenzy these days. Get ready to rumble as clan RuM has sent an open invitation for those of you out there that got the blues and would like to play Threewave CTF in classic style. I mean Quake 1 style. That's right, it's gonna be a Threewave CTF bash/fight tonight on 8:00 pm EDT and the server adress is: ctf.clan-rum.org:26000. You can join the clan before the game on their IRC chan #clan_rum from the irc.enterthegame.com network. Be sure also to get the Threewave mod for Quake 1 here. Thank to PlanetQuake for the info!

Okay folks, I've got some really old stuff for you. TextQuake. Asci text graphix while playing in Quake 1. I've seen 2 screenshots (here) and the only thing to make it works is to have Quake 1 running on linux. Question : can you recognize from which part of Quake was these screenshots taken? Text graphics in Quake? Like the author said on it's webpage, this is just plain wrong!

Remember Oaned from RocketBear? Well, he's back again with a new video for us, showing a lot of good shots! Round2 is what you want to download! Like the previous movie, all shots where taken in Rocket Arena.

Whoa, the webpage of the QuakeCon 2003 has now been updated with all the links to the event's coverage and a lot of fan's gallery. Lots of crazy pictures and some that I can only make: No comments on it.

Alright, it's map time again! Want some new maps for Quake 3? Fear not as there is always some new ones on the net! First off, it's LeakSpot with a bunch of new reviews:

Station 52 by Quaker-X

Q3W ARENA 2 by axbaby

The Industrial Plant by LordDaimos

zfs_full by falkesan

Q3ff7 (Featured) by falkesan

GuGu by falkesan

The Tower by Boffo

Gotic Warp by kanC

Next we have also some new reviews from ..::lvL with:

Got Wood by on-X

Beasty Twist by Obsessed

My iron lung by mIKE

Like spinning plates by mIKE

Howling wilderness by Jugulator

Gregyptctf1 by Greg Crockatt

Castle of LANaholics by 187-J4CK4l

LabC12 by Frank_i

Wheeew what a list of new maps. So many good maps to download, but beware there are also bad maps in the lot... :) I'll let you find which ones!

Want some pictures of the QuakeCon 2003? The webpage of the event has not been updated with all the links for the pictures yet, but until then I've found the webpage of Yossman where he put all the pics he got of all past QuakeCon and the latest one. You can find his webpage here.

On the other side, if you want a point of view on the QuakeCon from the hardware side, be sure to check the webpage of Tom's hardware where they put some pictures of some crazy cases that was being displayed at the event. They even managed to get an interview with Todd Hollenshead and Tim Willits!

So today was the official last day of the QuakeCon 2003. I will try to give you the best links I've found so far on the event and if you think that I've missed some, feel free to post the links in the comments section! The coverage from GameSpy is excellent and they managed to get an interview with John Carmak, even if he wasn't giving any speech this year. Here's a small part of it to give you as a taste:

GameSpy: Are you going to retire after DOOM 3?

John Carmack: No. I've got at least one more rendering engine to write. The development of rendering engines is driven by two major factors. One of these is, of course, the question, "When you finish a game, is it time to write a new engine?" The answer is based on what is happening in the hardware space.

A lots of comments on the futur of ID software is done. Good reading! On a completely different matter, I got a nice wallpaper made from the multiplayer demo of Doom 3 that was @ the QuakeCon this weekend. Thank to Nico for the link!

Next is HomeLAN who also had the chance to sit down and talk with Tim Willits. Lots of nice info in the interview, like:

Quake IV is also on the horizon and while Willits is supposed to be the game’s main supervisor from id, he admits, “It’s really Raven Software’s game; I really don’t do that much supervising.” As Quake IV will be a sequel to Quake II, Willits said that the game will have more of a space war theme than the original Quake or Quake III Arena. Willits did say that Quake IV would have vehicles in the game but wouldn’t comment further on that aspect.

Still from HomeLAN, check out the QuakeCon 2003 boot babes. You want their impressions on Call of duty? Read on here

After that we got the results of the MsQuakeCon 2003 tournament.

And lastly, the QuakeCon webpage has been updated with the final thanks and farewell until next year:

Sadly, another QuakeCon has come to an end.

I speak for the entire staff when I say that this has truly been a monumental show. Year after year, America's largest gaming event gets bigger and more exciting.

We would like to take a moment to thank our sponsors, our volunteers, and of course id Software. Without any of which, QuakeCon simply would not be possible. This show takes months of planning and literally thousands of man-hours of work to bring to life. Not to mention significant amounts of cash. It is a testament to the strength of our little gaming community that something like this can happen every year. Thanks to all those who donated their time, talent, and money to bring QuakeCon to their fellow gamers.

In the upcoming days and weeks, we will have many pictures to share of all the fun we've had. Indeed, if you attended QuakeCon and have pictures, movies, articles, etc. you would like to share with the rest of the community, send me a link.

And as always, the fun will continue in our Forums throughout the year.

And yes, I promise that I won't make any news as big as this one, until the next QuakeCon.

There it is, the results of the official tournaments of the QuakeCon 2003:

Q3CTF results:
First Place: Cloud9 ($10,000 / $2,500 per person)
Second Place: Clan519 ($7,000 / $1,750 per person)
Third Place: Gunzoids ($5,000 / $1,250 per person)
Fourth Place: Against All Authority ($3,000 / $750 per person)

RtCW Results:
First Place: infensus ($20,000 / $3,333 per person)
Second Place: gmpo ($12,000 / $2000 per person)
Third Place: Affliction ($8,000 / $1333 per person)
Fourth Place: Four Kings ($6,000 / $1000 per person)

Q3 1v1 Results:
First Place: ZeRo4 ($20,000)
Second Place: Z4muZ ($12,500)
Third Place: czm ($7,500)
Fourth Place: fox ($5,000)

Be sure to hit the website of Cached.net to download the demos of the games!

Mind you, I didn't lost any power with all that problems since yesterday, but my ISP did. So here I am with a day late for the QuakeCon. Fear not, I've got some good updates for you. First thing: Roger from PlanetQuake3.net has posted 2 screenshots of the Doom 3 multiplayers demo. First screenshot here and the second one is here. Okay at this point, my heart is going crazy, each time I see some new screenshots of Doom 3 I can't think anything else except that I am impressed! If you also want the comments of Roger on it, you can get it here.

Jube from PlanetQuake is also very busy on her side. The coverage she's doing is starting well with some pictures of crazy cases. Complete report also on the mod developer's rountable, 3 sessions of 2 hours each are on the schedule and Jube give us a very good report on the first session.

Let's not forget also that GameSpy is doing a good job on covering the event with their QuakeCon2003 Coverage. I can't even put all the links and story here gang, there is simply too much. To make a story short, next QuakeCon, 2004, rumors are starting about maybe showing something from Quake 4 (a demo maybe)? We'll see in due time. Want more pictures of the event? Go on.

What else? Oh yeah, results of the tournament with that? Cached.net is DA place for that. All results are there and ready to be analysed and dissicted with also demos starting to be available for download. So many to watch this week end, I'll hope that my connection stay put with all these problems on the east coast. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Oh yeah back to the results:

Quake 3 CTF

Quake 3 1vs1

RtCW

Okay I am getting very tired here, my mind is not even inside my brain anymore. I'll keep you informed during the week end!

PS: I was almost forgetting, if you want to hear from the event live you can connect on the X-Cast radio for live comments and music from the QuakeCon.

The QuakeCon will begin tomorrow and already a lot of people have arrived on the site (check out the webpage of the QuakeCon to see some pictures of the setup being done). Roger from the website PlanetQuake3.net is already on site and giving us some of his first feedback. He already posted his first pictures of the setup also. Also a new small tournament of RtCW has been announced and is sponsored by You play game where you can win a trip to the company's headquarters in tropical Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. What's next? Oh yeah, Jube from PlanetQuake is on her way and they will, as usual, make an excellent cover of the QuakeCon. You can get all their coverage on the event here.

Next is, of course, Todd Hollenshead from ID who is giving us his first impression about the event through is .Plan update. Lemme copy/paste that for you:

Here it is already time for QuakeCon 2003. While the festivities officially start on Thursday there are quite a few folks already helping with setting up what will be the biggest QuakeCon ever. It looks like the weather is going to give us a break this year and we'll mark the first QuakeCon I can remember where we won't hit 100 degrees.

New for this year will be the location in Downtown Dallas at the Adam's Mark Hotel and Conference Center which gives us tons more room for more cool stuff. And our sponsors are really outdoing themselves to help us make sure that everyone that comes out sees cool new games and gear, has a good time, and probably picks up some free stuff, too.

The BYOC will be the biggest yet, with room for up to 2000 PCs. The reservation list is booked up, but first-come-first-serve starts Thursday afternoon if you didn't get on the list. The keynote is Friday afternoon, and tournament finals, awards ceremony and party are all Saturday night. But the fragging is non-stop Thursday to Sunday 24 hours a day.

And, of course, we will be unveiling DOOM 3 multiplayer for the first time. And everyone will be able to play it, too.

For more information, details, directions, etc. the website is www.quakecon.org. There's no charge to attend, so come on out. I look forward to seeing everyone there this year.

And with all the website out there going at this event, there is too much to cover for me here. For those of you who want to watch the games on GTV, there is a map available to see which servers you can connect to for all the tournaments.

Quake 3 1vs1 GTV network

Quake 3 CTF GTV network

RtCW GTV network

Wheee this is getting rather long. What else? Wanna know the CTF brackets? or the ones from RtCW?

The website UnderGround Online got a nice article on the upcoming Doom 3 from IDsoftware. Mind you, the article make the reference to Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails doing the music, but like I said in one of my previous post, Trent cancelled that since he's going back in the studio for recording a new album. Nothing too new in the article but a lot of reminder on this serie. You can read it here.

A little bit late on this one, Graeme Devine has left ID software to meet up with his former colleague, Paul Jaquays @ Ensemble Studios, creators of Age of empires and Age of mythology. Sandy Petersen (mmmm remember the old RPG game of Call of Cthulhu), former employe of ID is also working there. You can read the news on Blue's news.

The 322 megs file is ready to be downloaded and a lot of mirrors has been posted for handling the bandwith! Check out all the mirrors on the website of Urban Terror for all the address!

One of my most favorite mapper has released, again,a new map for Quake 3 Arena with CPMA designed in mind. Charon is introducing us to his latest map called 5quid! 1 vs 1 in tournament mode, this map is a blast (I've tried i and it's really nice). The map can also be played in teamDM 2 vs 2 but is rather more for 1 vs1. Hit the webpage of Charon : InteractiveDeath for all the details!

Activision has confirmed on being yet again, at the Quakecon this year. Co hosting the Doom 3 multiplayers demo with ID, they will also presented a new game based on the Quake 3 engine : Call of duty. You can read the whole press release of Activision on the webpage of the QuakeCon.

It's a map festival these days. First of all, ..::lvl is at it again with new reviews of maps:

Capture In Distress by Sokar - DM

Crash & Burn by dAde - DM

Blood and Iron II by Tsacaboid - DM

Kothill by heXum - DM

Steel Plant (sp1) by Kirk Barnes - DM

Saint's End by kangajoo - DM/

After that we also got some reviews from LeakSpot with:

q3dade12 - Kill You by Dada - Tournament

Q3F Island Wars by MoV|Jeppa - Q3 Fotress

The Industrial Plant by LordDamos - DM

Q3W ARENA 2 by Axbaby

Okay I think the list is big enough for the moment!

Tough to post a news these days without it being related to the QuakeCon 2003. Now the website Lady Gamers is doing a good coverage on the MsQuakeCon tournament. You can see all the coverage here.

New .Plan update from Rick Johnson, lead programmer on Quake 4, who has announced the GBA (that's for a gameboy) Doom II challenge. Hellchick and him has decided to throw a challenge at the Quakecon for a Doom II deathmatch on a GBA. To be able to participate in the challenge you will need the following:

If you want to take us on, you'll need to bring two things: your own Gameboy Advance, and your own copy of DOOM II for the GBA. We'll bring link cables to link up.

More information to come for the time frame on this small tournament!

..::lvl is presenting us new critics for our enjoyment! Take a look at all the new maps:

Citadel Insatiable by Myth - DM
Leaks2 by Speedy - DM
Nice dreams by mIKE - DM
Nectar by Nickster - DM
Sewer by Adrian Kurtin - DM
Spirit Of The Age by 187-J4CK4L - DM
SUCKIT by Gazoline - DM
Teh Quash-Dome by kangajoo - DM

Fulfill are your mapping needs @ ..::lvl.

I've found on Plantequake a link to the webpage of a Quake Fanatic and I must say that he got a nice collection of wallpaper with Quake as the subject!

Of course, like past years, we will be able to see the matches/tournaments of the QuakeCon, live through the GTV servers. Speaking of the devil, big update today on their webpage regarding the QuakeCon. Here's a small part of their udpate:

The Quakecon GTV network will be the largest one yet, with anticipated needs of 7000 spots for Quake 3 (1vs1 and CTF), and 3000 for RtCW. To help find your way around this mammoth network a "map" of all the GTV servers will be released in a week so you can connect directly to a server close to you. You can make watching GTV even easier by testing it out ahead of time. Try connecting to gtv.speakeasy.net (gtv.speakeasy.net:27965 for RtCW), and see the GTV Help if you have any problems.

4 days straight of games to see. I won't be able to watch them all, oh the drama!

The biggest event in the Quake community is approching fast and each days bring some attention to this. The Quake 3 CTF seeds were announced earlier tonight through the Shoutcast radio, X-cast. The results are now all posted on the official website of the QuakeCon. After that, HardOCP and Ratpadz will give a Ratpad to all the players in the BYOC. Next, there will be a workshop organised by OverdrivePC where players will get some assistance with their computer on the performance and various advices will be offered for them. For all the information you can still and always check the webpage of the Quakecon.

It seems that a lot of new mod in 2D only for Quake 3 are the rage these days. Here's a new one from 3d[Power] called Need for kill, a 2D deathmatch based on the engine of Quake 3 and is of course, totally free. Be warned that the current version is 050 right now, so it doesn't seem to be finished yet. For all the information on Need for kill, check out the webpage of 3D [Power].

GeekWearZ has announced that they are sponsoring a small competition (non official) of Quake 3 Arena, DM, for girl/female only, during the upcoming QuakeCon. That's right! An all girls only DM tournament, for all the information, rules and settings about the competition, you can hit the webpage of the Ms. Quakecon 2003.

The canadian website, The Toque has released a humoristic article on how the life of "Greg" will be changed and what he intended to do when Doom 3 will be released! You can read the text here.

After much anticipation, Oswald is announcing, at last, the release date of Urban Terror 3. Here's the part of the announcement:

Urban Terror 3 Release Date Announced Posted Friday, July 25, 2003 by Oswald Silicon Ice Development is one step closer to the release of Urban Terror 3. Today we are proud to announce we have agreed upon a release date of Saturday, August 9. The files for the new release will be made available beginning at 5PM EST (22GMT).

Hit the webpage of Urban Terror for all the details!

After more than 8 months of devellopement, the map pack from the Burial Grounds, Viralis is now ready to be downloaded! 60 megs, the map pack is already running on some servers, here's the list: BG server list. Also, Pappy-R from PlanetQuake got a nice interview with dmschaos project lead of the map pack. Small note for those of you who know what the art of Feng shui is, the project leader say in the interview that this map pack was inspired from some of the fundamental ideas of the Sheng Fui and tried to put these ideas in the maps. I'm downloading it right, now, can't wait to see these new maps!

A press release inform us that players who attend the Quakecon this year will have the opportunity to test Doom 3 in a deathmatch! Here's a snip from the press release :

QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to play DOOM 3's four-player Deathmatch on a level co-developed by id Software and U.K.-based developer Splash Damage, Ltd. Splash Damage has most recently worked with id Software on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and will be co-developing DOOM 3's multiplayer levels

What a nice and pleasant surprise from ID!

There was some database problem with the last 2 news and to fix that we had to delete the news itself. So here I am back with something else for all of you! FilePlanet is hosting a new small pack of 3 maps for Quake 3 Arena made by ReApeR. The 3 maps are a remake of 3 maps from the Doom 64 version. The maps are: Dark citadel, Watch your step and Even simpler. You can download the pack here.

Agan, Ydnar has updated one of the most popular tool for mappers, the Q3Map2 which is now version 2.5.5 test 10. For all the changelog, check out this thread on the forum of Splash damage.

Niflheim version 1.00 is out! After many months of silence, the total conversion of Nilfheim bring a lot of cool features like:

A single and multi player game. (Expert should be able to defeat the Super Lucifer of the single player)

A souls capture game type

6 maps adapted for the Niflheim game play

Music

8 demons class with 10 different and original weapons to use. (Hey, that makes 80 weapons!)

A new spawn option, allowing you to come back from the death!

Demon bots to fight with, including a nice combat AI

Third-person view option

A new installation program for Windows

Ever wanted to feel like a flying demon who could shoot magic spells? Then give this TC a try, very original!

Planetquake3.net is hosting, again, a new video. This one from Cetus feature only trick jump. Pretty impressive for those of you who like to see some good jumps, I recommend it.

The biggest LAN party in Canada, Fragapalooza will be held in Edmonton, Alberta from july 17 to 20 and will feature tournament of Counter Strike, Warcraft 3 and of course, Quake 3 Rocket Arena 4 vs 4. I won't be there since it's across Canada from where I live :( but I'll let you know about the results for sure. You can get all the rules for the Quake 3 rocket arena tournament here.

Cached.net got all the results of the final tournament of the ESWC. Cooler from Russia won against Zero4. There is a lot of good matchs you can download from Cached.net.

..::LVL got some new reviews for us!

Pull your socks up by Lunaran

Gut blue ice by dONKEY and RasputiN

Aeon's Capture by Aeon

Aeon's pyramids by Aeon

Aeon's timeless by Aeon

Leather and Space by 187-J4CK4L

Agony by Boffo

Wheeeew what a list!

Was is not one of the purpose of JC to make a tool for making movies with his engine? The idea is taking on. Of course we won't see a movie like Pixar made this year but the idea is taking on. With project like Machinima, the futur look promising! Wired got an excellent article on the subject. Read on for more details!

For those of you who where not aware, the Electronic Sport World Cup is running at the moment in Poitiers, France. With tournaments of Counter Strike, Warcraft 3, Unreal Tournament 2003, there is also a small Quake 3 competition on invitation only. The website Cached.net got an excellent coverage about the competition. The Quake 3 competition is on the second round but you can already download the matchs on their website. The controversy? I'll copy/paste a small part from the article on Cached:

As the final game of the first group stage was being played controversy hit. Fazz had learned that to avoid ending up in the same second stage group, the Russians, LeXeR and Cooller, had decided that either one would lose on purpose. Fazz, remembering what happened last year at WCG where ZeRo4 was knocked out after a plot by the Russians, did not want to see this happen and lied to the Russians that no matter the outcoome they wouldn´t end up in the same group. "Knowing" this, the Russians played to their full potential and won their games. After the game however fazz corrected his lies and thats when all hell broke lose.

For all the details, read on Cached.net.

This game just don't want to die. A new company has announced that it's develloping a new game based on the engine of Quake 3 from IDsoftware. BroadCraft Studios are creating a FPS (you guessed right.. :P) in an alien world with some RPG elements. Screenshots are already available under the project section. No name has been given to the game so far. Thank to PlanetQuake for the info!

I realised that I spent a week without updating this webpage and I missed something very important (I had too much work last week). The Quake Expo is a good idea for Quake (the first, only) to create a virtual event (on the web only) for sharing ideas and tricks for editing Quake. Lemme give you a part of their FAQ:

What is Qexpo and when will it take place?

Qexpo is to Quake 1 what a meeting like E3 is to game developers. It's a chance for all Quake 1 coders, mappers, skinners and modelers to get together during a limited period of time (6th to 13th of July) to show their skills. Unlike E3, Qexpo is a virtual meeting, that is, the meeting place is a site (http://www.qexpo.com/) and not a "real" place. However, much like E3, Qexpo also offers booths (even if virtual) and many opportunities for Quake 1 fans to get together, during IRC and QuakeWorld parties.

Okay now that the introduction is done, I've browse some pages in the booth sections and I must say I'm really impress! Even if Quake 1 is still old, it's really not dead yet (even more alive since the code is now part of the free domain and with projects like Tenebrae, Darkplaces, Telejano and many more). Some original ideas also, like this 2D fighting game or Quarnage, an RTS game. Bring out your old cd of Quake from that dusty corner and try out something new with some of these mods.

Some new update of the already existing tools available for Quake 3. First of all, a new version of GTK has been released, version 1.3.9 is available for Windows and Linux at the moment. Also, Ydnar has released a new test version of his popular tool, Q3Map 2.5.5. You can get all the details of the new version in this thread.

Okay, shame on me again, I had a video file lost on my hard drive for the last 2 weeks and I completely forgot about it until today when I was missing some space and found back the video. It was released by the website Own-age and it's about 15 minutes long. Really well made, the synchronisation of the music is excellent with the frags. You can get all the details on the file here. Also, take note that the website Own-age has started a contest of the best Quake 3 frags video. Please refer here for all the details about the contest itself!

ESreality got an interview with Sascha Dikiciyan, original member left of Sonic Mayhem, creator of the music of Quake 2 and Quake 3. Some good things to read.

After many weeks of devellopement, the new map pack for Quake 3 Arena, WTF is ready to be downloaded! 14 maps for CTF, there is 2 flag per team (yes I said 2) and each map are designed for one weapon. If you weren't aware also, this map pack is the second one for the WTF team. Check out their download page for both files here.

A new mod is in town, called xCTF. The mod seems to be like ctf but with a new twist. Each team got 20 seconds before the start of game to hide the flag somewhere in the map. Each team got to find it. xCTF support also some other mod of gameplay which is: Stopwatch Mode, Instagib, CaptureStrike and Rocket Arena mode. Current version is 1.0.

As it was announced, the patch for True Combat is just freshly out. Version 1.0a, changelog:

Added more recoil to Ak47 tac mode.

Added more recoil to m4a1.

Removed old weapon cmds in UI.

Fixed a couple UI problems.

Changed music loop in UI.

Fixed problem with cheat kick.

Removed g_realism cvar.

Added g_modms [1] stops global means of death messages.

Added g_nametags 0-3 [2] 0 No names, 1 both names, 2 team names only

3 just playing around. both, very small range/text and same colors.

Changed Lives code. Stopped g_maxlives from affecting CTF RCTF FFA TDM. Only affects LMST and LMS.

Moved m_scriptlives out of script into server only cvar.

Fixed up swap team code.

Spectators stuck in tac fov after using the spacebar to stop following a player that was in tac.

Fixed Flashbang during warmup and intermission.

Capped maxfps to 225.

Made stamina and bombs frame dependant.

Added a bit more anti-cheat code.

Temporarily disabled pmove_fixed cvar to solve a few server related problems.

Wheeew another lengty update. For downloading the patch you can choose a mirror server here.

PlanetQuake3.net is hosting a new Quake 3 OSP movie from Travis Warnell. I've watched it just finished watching it and I must say that there was some impressive hits in it. For those of you who like the style, you can get all the details on the video here.

Fred Nilsson from IDsoftware has updated is .Plan file and give us 2 new candy for old school quaker like us (okay we are not so old). One map is for Q3A which is pro-q3tourney7 and the other one is for Team Arena, called mpteam9 who got some origine from the q3tourney6_ctf map. To get all the details on these maps, you can read Fred's .Plan here.

Nope, that's not the name of some James Bond movie but rather a new map from LordSquat himself! Octopus revenge has a lot of new idea in the map. First, the map is available in 5 different theme color. Simply download the first part of the .pk3 file which is the map and then download the second part .pk3 which will represent the color theme of the map (all instructions are given in the readme file). The map is a complete remake of Q3DM17/The longest yard. And the textures, talk about cell shading. The look of the map is like fragging in cartoon land! Very fun. A new map that bring, again, some new originality in Quake 3!

For those of you who got the Enemy territory fever, I just found a link on GameAdmins about setting up a dedicated server running on Linux.

Polycount is featuring 2 new models for Quake 3. Say hello to Wrokdam and Bobo who got some big hands... Mmmm I wonder what for?

PlanetQuake3.net got an interview with Red Barchetta, the Quakecon 2003 tournament director. If you are into competition and want to have more details about the incoming competitions during the Quakecon 2003, you can download it here.

Okay, I just had a busy week and I'm really tired. Didn't had the time to post lately, my apologies! Summer has begun here in Montreal, and like many people, sometimes it's good to be outside and spend less time on the computer. But that doesn't stop me from checking out what's going on in our small world of Quake. As a follow up of the last release of the TC True Combat, I've taken some information and condensed it here.

The TC has been featured on the german television, Giga Games.

It has been choosen as the mod of the month @ the ModDatabase.

There is an interview on Homeland with the TC's project leader, Acrid-.

The first ladder of True Combat has been launched on Clanbase.

And lastly, a patch is in the progress and will fixes the most important bugs that has been found since the release.

Graeme Devine has updated his .plan letting us know that a new build of Quake 3 PR 1.32 has been released for Mac OSX 10.2 and up. This build fix some problem for certain add in audio sound card, add a new ppc QVM compiler and the altivec code to aid MD3 rendering. Talk about upgrade! You can download it from ID's ftp

2 new single map for the classic Quake has been reviewed @ Underworld's Fan. Small but very fun, I recommend it with the Dark Place mod for better graphics! You can read the reviews for both maps here

Tiki_Man has updated is webpage with the result of his contest, the Mappers Challenge. If you remembered, the rules was to create a map in a specific amount of time (2 to 3 months only). The big winner is... TymoN with ts_dm5: Full Moon!. Congratulation to him and all the participants who took the time to create a map for Quake 3! For a complete list of all the results, you can check it here.

Mirrors servers are out for downloading the mod (about 80 megs). Here's the list. For technical support check on the chan #tc.support on the irc server gamesnet.

That's right, the latest version for the most popular FPS demo player is out. Bringin'it to version 2.22. Read on the webpage of Seismovision for the changelog and the download link!

The Urban Terror webpage has been updated with a new utility called the Online Server Directory which is a re introduction. This nice webpage will let you find any Urban Terror servers running out there without any software. I just checked it and I must say that it's well done!

Since 9:00 pm tonight, registration for the Quakecon 2003 are open! Free of charge, this is one of the biggest FPS LANparty in north america (to be more precise, it's in south of north america). With Nvidia giving away 125 000$ in prizes this year, it will be an excellent LANparty again, I'm sure of it!

The webpage of the Quakecon 2003 has been updated with more information regarding the CTF tournament 4 vs 4. Maps that will be used are:

q3ctf2: Troubled Waters
q3w2: Courtyard Conundrum
q3wcp1: Japanese Castles
q3wcp9: Spider Crossings
q3wcp15: Industrial Revolution

You can read all the rules for the tournament here. 25 000$ will be given to the 4 winning teams.

After many months of devellopement, Team Terminator will released the much anticipated next version of True Combat in one week exactly. Featuring:

Tactical mode wherein you aim using the iron sights of the actual gun; read: no crosshairs.

Two teams, different mission objectives, emphasising realistic team tactics.

Scriptable mission objectives in maps.

The ability for different weapons to penetrate different objects with varying degrees of success.

Realistic sounds for both enviroment and player.

The addition of C4 and smoke grenades to your arsenal.

New attachment system for weapon upgrades (scopes, silencers, laser sights, etc.).

Brand spankin' new models for the weapons and player.

A host of new animations for weapon reloads, player movement, etc.

Realistic lens flares, glare, and flash blend effects.

Voice commands for quick communication with teammates.

The choice between 4 different huds, including the old-school flavor from previous builds.

If you are into realism combat, you should definitively check this total conversion.

I'm never talking too much about other games running on the ID engines, there is so many to cover and I'm all alone for that. Just found this: City Night is a total conversion/mod for Medal of honor, designed by the mCT (Medal of honor Conversion Team), reproducing a complete city with subway and drainage system, new weapons and much more. The mod got only one map called Genereal cobra. Take a look at the screenshots, it's worth it! First one, second and third.

The organisation behind the Quakecon 2003has officially announced the date for registering to the event and the competition (125,000$ in prize for the Nvidia championship). 4 tournaments are held and take note also of a new competition of Quake 3 CTF! Oh yeah! I wanna see that. Here's the list of the official competition:

The Return to Castle Wolfenstein Team Tournament
64 teams will begin six versus six online qualifying rounds during the week of June 16, with the top 16 teams advancing to the double elimination championship round at QuakeCon 2003, where they will compete for $45,000 in cash, including a $20,000 first prize. Registration for the qualifying rounds will commence at 9 p.m. EST on June 9 and conclude at 12 a.m. (midnight) EST on June 14. Teams can visit http://rtcwqualifiers.quakecon.org to register and www.quakecon.org for official tournament rules and prize money distribution.

The QUAKE III Arena 1 vs. 1 Championships
The ultimate test of gaming prowess - the 1 versus 1 battle in the Arena, and the only QUAKE III Arena tournament officially sanctioned by id Software. The battle begins at QuakeCon on Thursday, Aug. 15, with 256 players going toe-to-toe in the ultimate deathmatch experience. The competition will be intense with $45,000 on the line, including a champions prize of $20,000. Registration will begin at 9 p.m. EST on June 9 at www.quakecon.org. Please visit www.quakecon.org for official tournament rules and prize money distribution.

The QUAKE III Arena Capture the Flag Championship
A new addition to the line-up of QuakeCon tournaments the 4 versus 4 Capture the Flag Championship is sure to deliver a new level of fast-paced team action. 64 teams will begin 4 versus 4 qualifying rounds on the week of June 16, with the top 16 teams advancing to the double elimination championship round at QuakeCon 2003, where they will compete for $25,000 in cash, including a $10,000 first prize. Registration for the qualifying rounds will commence at 9 p.m. EST on June 9 and conclude at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) EST on June 14. Teams can visit http://ctfqualifiers.quakecon.org to register and www.quakecon.org for official tournament rules and prize money distribution.

The Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Open
It's no longer only the "pros" that have a shot at walking away with some QuakeCon tournament prize money. For the first time ever, QuakeCon will host a big money tournament open to 128 lucky attendees at the event. Each of the 16 eight-person teams will be comprised of randomly selected BYOC attendees at QuakeCon on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 15. To qualify for the drawing, players must simply submit their name when registering at the event. Competition will begin following the drawing on Thursday, with teams waging war in id Software's newest offering Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for $10,000 in cash, including a $4,000 first prize. Please visit www.quakecon.org for official tournament rules and prize money distribution.

Wheew that was rather long, visit the Quakecon 2003 website for all the details.

The team behind the BombQ3 mod has posted some new screenshots of 2 new map being designed for the mod. Look rather sweet. The mod is under the beta version right now, you can download it (about 11 megs). Beta version 2 should be out this month as they said.

I got an email from Aphextwin who informed me about the Punkbuster Log Parser. Lemme copy/paste you the description of this nice utility, since Aphextwin already type the text I'll simply paste it here:

Punkbuster Log Parser v1.0.16

This program scans punkbuster dedicated server logs for game violations, hacks, cheats, ogc, etc. and populates a list of valid violations in an easy to read grid display. The user can select to merge the displayed violations with their pbbans.dat master list, a zipped backup of your original pbbans.dat file is created prior to any merge, or they can generate a html page that can be sent to the guys at www.punksbusted.com for them to add your list to their ever growing master list of cheaters. Note that you will need to resgister with punksbusted but its easy and its free. The advantage of this program is you do not need to manually scan through hundreds if not thousands of lines of violations to find valid violations, this process is quick and easy and will save you an enormous amount of time. There is a screenshot of the program at http://www.gamerunners.com/images/punklog.jpg

There we are!

I am terribly sorry to the lack of updates lately, but unfortunately, due to events beyond my control I've lost my Internet connection temporary. It took me a couple of days to find a good ol’ dial up access that is working. My update for the next week will be sporadic. Now on to the subject. CPMA version 1.1 has been released. Mostly fixing some small annoying bugs with with GTV in some TDM games. Check out the webpage of Promode for all the details and a link to download CPMA 1.11 and take note that this release is for a server side only.

If you are not already aware, the new team (Ataxia software) working on the devellopement on Rocket Arena 3 is looking for new maps to be include in the next release of RA3. The rules are posted on their forum. To summarise it:

No remakes/conversions-to-ra3 of any kind.

The map must not have been released before.

You must include a compiled, ready-to-run version of the map.

You must provide us with the 'source' files for the map so we can have a look.

Keep polygon counts/shader counts/etc within reasonable limits.

Thanks to Tumi's Tomb for the news.

The full version of Enemy territory has been released last night, featuring 6 levels, this expansion pack doesn't require you to have the full version of Return to castle Wolfenstein be installed and on top of that it's free! What more do you want with that? The game is available for Linux and Win32 for the moment, IDsoftware have set up a BitTorrent link for download or you can also take a look at the ever after Fileplanet for downloading.

Fileplanet - Win32 (257.8MB)

FilePlanet - Linux (258.1MB)

BitTorrent - Win32 (257.8MB)

BitTorrent - Linux (258.1MB)

Well, another good game using one of the ID engine!

Update: Just a small reminder for those of you who can't stand waiting for Fileplanet, there are mores mirrors on the official webpage of Enemy territory.

Been a while since I saw some new models @ Polycount. We are lucky since they posted 3 new models for Quake 3 yesterday! Check out:

Bitsumi

Barbarella

Major Bludd

All you models need will be fullfilled @ Polycount!

Not too long after version 1.6 here come version 1.65 fixing some bugs:

Shaft gfx pointed at ground

Falling damage sounds

Specinvite messages

Player lean

End-Of-Round window bugs

Flood protection

Better \stats

Floor damage bugfixes

Arena selection menu fixes

Crosshairs

Competition mode gives a black screen for spectators not following a player

Talk about being efficient! Hit the Rocket Arena webpage for download (upgrade or full version available)!

Oswald has updated the Urban Terror website with some new regarding the next version of UT. Version 2.7 was supposed to come but the devellopement went along and the next version should be beta 3.0. The update regarding this next version is pretty big so I'll just post a small part of it and if you want to read the rest, well you can hit their website.

First off, Beta 3.0 will be completely repacked; gone are the seven pak files from your 'q3ut2' directory, replaced by a single, trimmed down pak file. Right now, we only have estimates for the final release, but once it's confirmed we will pass along the total size. Remember by repacking the files, many duplicate files will be removed, including .tga, .jpgs and .bsp files (ever see the size of some of those .bsp files for the maps?). So, while this new pack will be a considerably larger download than an update, it will allow us to clean up much of the mess we have made getting to this point. Now, onto some of the details from the development team.

And go read the rest for all the details because the next version of UT should be a major release!

4 screenshots have been released for the next version of Tenebrae! Geee the graphics are impressive! The screenshots have been released on the webpage of willihammes.

First screenshot

Second screenshot

Third screenshot

And the last one

Actually, it's the mod's team that need some help. Lemme copy/paste you what they want exactly:

Modellers, whether you just model or if you can even animate, we can use your help.

2D Artists, if you can skin weapon models, or player models, or if you can make awesome graphics, or map textures, we can use your help.

Coders, if you have some experience in coding, we can most likely use your help.

Mappers, we can always use some skillful mappers.

So you think your skills are good enough to help for a matix mod? I've been playing the video game enter the matrix lately and I must say it's pretty good, but I would be curious to see if this mod could be even better than the official game itself. Hit the Matrix Quake 3 project for more information.

The website Cached.net got an interview with Daler who beated Fatality during the QuakeCon 2002. Again, another interview on the live of professional gamers, good read if you like that.

The team behing the WTF map packs are now working on some new maps and with that 3 new mappers are joining the team, Hal9000, Q and 79DieselRabbit. And as always, the maps are designed for CTF.

New version of PunkBuster was released yesterday from EvenBalance making it version 1.034 and fix the following bug:

addressed bug that forces players in OK status to spec mode when a new update is released

The Machinima festival is calling for entries (.pdf format)! Think you can make a movie in 3D and it's worth showing it? Why not give Machinima a try? Machinima is to make films with a 3D game engine. An example of that is the music video from Zero 7, "In the waiting line" which was made with the Quake based tools. Hit Machinima for all the details (and thx to Planetquake for the info).

If you haven't still see it, a new Doom 3 demo was released last week for the E3. Worth to download, the demo is about 30 megs. You can download it from the ever there FilePlanet or you can download it from BitTorrent for the best speed.

..::LVL is featuring new reviews again! Again, some reviews on CTF maps. Mmmmm I wonder why?

Bad news! From the website of The NIN hotline it seems that Trent Reznor, creator of Nine Inch Nails will no longer compose the music for Doom 3. This is a sad day indeed, for me at least, since I always (and still are) a Nine Inch Nails fan! Here's the reason why Trent don't make the music for Doom 3:

Trent Reznor is no longer involved with ID software's Doom3 project. The length of time needed to complete the gaming project has taken longer than expected. Reznor is now working full-time on the next NIN record and word is that recording is going very well. Stay tuned!

To clarify... Trent's music/sound will not be available for release in the retail game or in any further game demos.

Bouhouhouhou /me is crying! Well at least we got confirmation that he's working on a new album, but oh the humanity!

Well, I completely missed this one, I just found the article on HardOCP just now! Shame on me. They published an article that benchmarks some video card of Nvidia against, you know it, ATI. Cards tested are: The GeForceFX 5900 Ultra, 5600 Ultra, Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB, 9600 Pro, and 9500 Pro. All tested on Doom 3! For the hardware amateur.

Update : Also take a look on the story that is running about Nvidia who may had some problem with "optimization" of their drivers. You can find the story on Ars technica.

If you remember, I told you that Carmak was going to make a speech at the E3 this year, well here it is, and as always, GameSpy is there to give us all the juicy details! The article was written by Fargo himself!

It's official, IDsoftware got a deal with Microsoft for porting Doom 3 on the Xbox console. Not too much details on the deal, but I'm pretty sure that Microsoft will have the exclusivity of the game on the Xbox only and no other console could get it. Anyway I'm not going to play that game on a console, it would be sacrilegious! Here's the official press release"

id Software Confirms Doom 3 For Xbox
Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 19:39 GMT

id SoftwareTM and Activision confirmed today that id Software's DOOM 3TM, the most anticipated game of the year, is headed to the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft.

Built on id's revolutionary new 3D graphics engine, DOOM 3 draws players into the most terrifying and riveting 3D gaming experience ever created. id Software and Activision will feature a new trailer of the PC version at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, beginning Wednesday, May 14, in Activision's booth #1224 in the South Hall.

First released in 1993, DOOM is widely recognized as the catalyst for the first-person action genre. Since its inception, the franchise has been one of the industry's best-selling PC series. A release date for DOOM 3 for Xbox is not available.

I'll stick to the pc version on my side!

This one was published in the USA Today. An article meant more for the meanstream reader. But with an excellent view on the subject. You can read it here.

Some new reviews are posted @ ..::LVL, by some well, eeerr, nice guy? Hehehehe, take a look for a CTF madness review:

UMP 3

Hydrophobia

Head in the clouds

XCMCTF-Pak1

Putty CTF

If you are looking for some maps but don't know which one are good, take a look @ ..::LVL.

Well, Oswald, Project Coordinator for the Urban Terror mod has given us a small update on their mod on the webpage of Silicon ice, the team behind the mod. A small project for the mod is going on at the University of Texas (in Arlington) with a small team of programmers that are looking into improving the bots for Urban Terror. No date has been given since it's a project that will be merged with Urban terror in a not-so-certain futur yet, but it should be interesting to see a better support for bots in the mod in question.

A spanish clan, called LsN has released a video from their recorded games. A lot of nice shots that you should check out! With techo music (hey I love that stuff). The video is being hosted on PlanetQuake3.net, here's the download page.

Well, well, well. I drank my beer too fast and here I am trying to write a news without making too much mistake. This is a tough challenge, but don't worry I'll handle it! The QuakeCon 2003 is coming this summer (hey, you should already know that) and again I won't be there (I feel like crying for that). Anyway until then here's some information for people who will go there. First of all, on the website of Planetquake3.net they've got some pictures of the new site where the convention will be held. And next friday, the website Clanmatch radio will have an interview with Doc Wilco a staff member of the QuakeCon @ 6:00 pm EST on the Winamp radio. Could be interresting to listen.

..::lvl got 3 new review for us:

Apocalypse by Burnz and Moze

Ancient Tower Construct by Jan Janele

Hang on by dAde

At the same time they are warning us that due to moving from from Germany to Australia, ..::lvl will not be updated for the whole month of june. They also need at the same time some help from you, for making some reviews of the maps on their waiting list. If you think you can write some good review and you have some spare time, feel free to make one!

A new game, again worth mentioning, well actually it's a demo. 'Cauz the game is not ready yet. Can you believe that after more than 3 years that the Quake 3 engine has been released, a new game will use it again? Yep, the demo for Star Trek : Elite Force 2 is still using it. Ritual seems to have made a good job again and Even, Bobo_the_seal (who's working for Ritual) has managed to post a small message on a forum aobut changing the skins in the demo. And yes, the game look very beautifull. Even after 3 years, the Quake 3 engine still has it! Take note also that the first Elite Force was develloped by RavenSoftware, so it's not the same gang as before. And the demo is about 118 megs.

Industri is the first public maps based on the Tenebrae engine. Single player game using the eye-blowing engine of Tenebrae! You can read a review of the custom maps here.

Well, it was really fun. 4 days straight under the sky, I feel better already. And here I'm back with some news for Quake, the classic! 3 news about 3 mods in one shot!

FuhQuake is a win32 (and linux also) quakeworld client that brings you a lot of gameplay and console improvements (and some new special effects). Latest version that has been released today is 0.28 and here's the features list:

Saving/loading single player game support.

Complete skybox support is now available.

FPS speedups for GL clients (especially linux GLX).

XMMS support for linux clients.

New pyro flame and emp effects for teamfortress.

After that we got Ultimate Deathmatch which is a mod that let you save your Deathmatch setup and any settings in the game and the feature list for this mod is too big for me to paste it here. Check out the webpage of Ultimate Deathmatch for all the informations regarding this mod.

And for the last one, some news about the Telejano where version 7.2 has been released lately featuring, again, a lot of new things.

Xtreme Arena version 1.16 is out. This mod includes a big list of server and client-side modifications including a new command menu system, a mini score board, increased guantlet running speed (by 50%), and more. After you download a copy be sure to check out their server page for a bunch of places to play.

Gamespot got an interview with Tim Willits on the current development of Doom 3 @ ID's office. Not too big, but an interesting read nonetheless. You can read the interview here and 2 new screenshots where updated. And for your information, I will be gone until next sunday since I'll go camping, lost in the woods without any electricity. Fun!

Today is the last part from GameSpy on their serie called: Masters of Doom. 2 articles again, first one is the last part of chapter nine of the new book, "Masters of Doom" and an interview session with John Romero, Sandy Petersen, Jay Wilbur, Mike Wilson and Tom Hall who talk about their days at ID. Again some excellent read, I recommend it!

Been a while since I've I've posted some news about some Quake 3 mod. Reaction Quake 3 which is a kinda follow up from the Quake 2 mod, Action Quake 2 (but it's not developped by the same team, mind you), has released a new version of their mod, bringing it to version 3.1. Here's the changelog:

-In-game server browser now fixed to show RQ3 3.x games, yay!
-Added an error message to the /radio command to let you know if your bind is messed up and you're trying to play a radio sound that does not exist
-Allowed CTB radio sounds to also be played in other team-based modes
-Added a Zoom Sensitivity Lock during fire sequence of ssg to improve aiming
-Added local cvar cg_RQ3_ssgZoomSensLock to enable or disable the feature above (default enable)
-Upgraded the gamesource RQ3 is built on from 1.29h to 1.32b
-Removed most of the unlagged stuff. Only optimized prediction and smooth clients remains.
-With allWeapon/allItems enable it won't toss weapons/items when you die
-Various helmet bugs fixed.
-Successful mapvote now waits for a round to end in TP

The mod is available as an update or full mod download.

Part 2 from the serie "Master of Doom" published on the website GameSpy has been published today. Second part of Chapter 9 of the book from David Kushner. At the same time, take a look at the retrospective of all the ID's game from Fargo.

Gamespy is hosting a serie of article that will be released this week only, from today to wednesday. The serie? Well lemme explain, David Kushner is a writer/contributor to the Rolling Stone, Wired, The New York Times and Village Voice (what an impressive list) and he just finished writing a book, that will be released in May by Random House. Called the "Masters of Doom", it will be available on electronic version (and it's 10 buck less for the price, pay less and save some papers, what a deal). Okay from the title, we can guess that yes it's a book on the story of IDsoftware, from the childhood of Carmak and Romero, to the day that Doom 3 was planified to be done. Gamespy will publish the whole chapter nine fo the book in a 3 part serie, starting today until wednesday. With the first part today, they also posted an interview with the author of the book itself, David Kushner. From the interview, I could paste it all here since it's good, but it's 3 pages long, so I've got to choose only a small part:

GameSpy: How did this book come about?

David Kushner: I'm a gamer myself. I've been covering the game industry for a long time, mainly writing for consumer magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone, for more of a mainstream audience. And I just saw an opportunity to do a book about the industry. Carmack and Romero was just a great story waiting to be told. Obviously, it's a story gamers are familiar with and have been following since the early '90s. It gave me a good way to tell the story of how the industry evolved, how the culture evolved, how the technology evolved, but also the story of these two guys.

But on a more general level, what interested me is that this could appeal to someone who doesn't know anything about games. There are so many misconceptions. The country, and society in general, just hasn't come to terms with video games yet. There are misconceptions about who's playing them and the effects of games. It seems like a good time to have a book that takes people into that world.

That was from the interview, part 2 of chapter nine should be out tomorrow with a retrospective on ID by Fargo himself!

Last night, (or afternoon depending where you are), Rocket Arena 3 version 1.6 was released. After more than 2 years, a small update is refreshing to the mod. Hooray for everybody who worked on it. 2 flavors for downloading, complete setup is 104 megs but the updates is only 25 megs. Choose your destiny here.

The test version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory has been released last night for the Windows and Linux platform! New features? Ah! This mod doesn't require you to have the full version of Return to castle Wolfenstein! It's a stand alone expansion by itself (but since it's a stand alone, it's not an expansion, it's a game by itself). This multiplayer game is totally free and contain only one map (called the "fuel dump"). If you are new to this Wolfenstein thing, I suggest you take a look a the player guide or you can also read the Enemy Territory for dummies (I've foud this link on Planet Wolfenstein. And if you wanna know the system requirements, check out this link. So you wanna download it? Lemme give you some mirrors for that:

Mirrors	Windows	Linux
FileShack	Windows	Linux
FilePlanet	Windows	Linux
SweRtCW	Windows	Linux
AusGamers	Windows	Linux
BlueYonder	Windows	Linux
RtCWFiles	Windows	Linux
FragLand	Windows	Linux

If you want more mirrors, I suggest you take a look at the official website of Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Don't forget, this is only a test version so far, not the final...

If you remember correctly, not long ago I told you about the update on Rocket Arena 3 (you can refresh your memory here)? Well, it's almost here, after more than 2 years, the latest update of one of the most popular mod will be released next friday (the 25 of april), Rocket Arena 3,, version 1.6. Of course you wanna know what will change?:

Many bug fixes, including SuperPummel, Silent Jumppads and the "Specbug"

Support for pure servers and PunkBuster

Mac support

New console commands: ready, cg_noProjectileTrail, cg_oldtruelightning, cg_crosshairColor, cg_crosshairStats

The stats command has a new look, it shows stats for all the weapons.

Stats overlay

Railgun-look options

New 'OSP' look shaft or the old shaft

Invite a spectator to your team

Ignore chat from specific player.

Chat escape sequences

Three new maps: Mid Night, Stormator Complex, and q2dm1-ish

Ooooh yeah! This is gonna be sweet!

Sorry about the lack of updates these days, my time has began, again, to be pretty busy. So I'm late for that but happy easter for those who celebrate it and for the rest I hope you had a good week end. On my side I had a good week end of 3 days straight, it was fun (had to spend some time with my families). Now on with the subject of this webpage, which is Quake! Xtreme Arena, a mod for Quake 3, has released a new version, 1.15. What is Xtreme Arena? As the author said it, it's a kind of mix between Rocket Arena and Excessive. The list of features is pretty big so instead I'll give you the link to read it.

Can you believe that a map pack for Weapon Factory has been released? Oh yeah! Featuring 8 new maps for WF version 3.5b, this download is around 41 megs (you can get the mirrors list here). You can see the screenshots on their webpage or if you still don't know what is this excellen mod, then you should check it out. For WF lovers!

I'm a little late on this one. CPMA version 1.1 is available since last sunday. The new update is a small file but you can also download the new map pack of CPMA along with that (the new map pack is about 24 megs big).

The ever excellent magazine Wired got an article about the upcoming Doom 3 from IDsoftware. A good view on a normal day at the ID office, a small history of IDsoftware. Also the rumor going on about Microsoft offering a lot of money to ID for having Doom 3 on the Xbox seems to be true. A very good read if you're into ID. you can get the article here.

It's out at last, the Unofficial map pack 3 has been released! Featuring 7 quality maps from the community from mappers like: Bailey, On-X, Phooka 79DieselRabbit and Mike. Take a look at the 7 maps with a screenshots here or simply download the map pack here.

The WTF maps are one of the map pack that got the best name. When you start playing one of these maps, you always goes like that: What the f...?. The team behind these maps have updated their website with a new pack that is coming soon. For the moment, to keep us waiting, they have put some screenshots of these new maps on their website!

Okay, if you are not already aware of this, the news has hit the net yesterday, The reservation for the QuakeCon 2003 are opened! Todd Hollenshead, CEO of IDsoftware gave us the information for this year:

"Whoever said size doesn’t matter has never been to QuakeCon," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "We won’t turn away our fans. Last year we hit our capacity, but we’re increasing the BYOC nearly 50% to 2000 gamers, and we expect more than 4,000 attendees for the four day party."

As for this year, the QuakeCon will be held in a new location, the Adam’s Mark Hotel. Well, are you ready for one of the biggest LANparty and the most important one of FPS?

Well well well, again there is a new update on the Quake 1 mod, Dark Places. And this new version fixes some small bugs that was found lately. If like me, you have been playing in single player mode and updated the mod with a new version, you may have lost your saved game. But fear not as this new update will resolve the problem! Woot! If you haven't already tried this mod, I sincerely recommend it! The lastest version is build: 20030408.

The Q3F Minigames site has released their first map pack that includes five maps with custom sounds and music. These maps are designed with several "mini-games" that are played with the 9 classes of Q3F. There's also a server up to try them out:

The people at Railbait.com have been so kind to put up a server, so be sure to download the mappack, and connect to this server at 66.109.229.102:27960

Some news at last about the next version of Quake 3 Fortress! Remember that they had version 2.3 in planning? Well, Locki has updated the webpage giving us some info about the next release (version 2.3, which will be dedicated to a fellow Quake 3 player). 10 new maps will be included (if you wanna see some screenshots, just check here). Others maps will be updated also, some bugs fixed and PunkBuster support. No date has been given yet for the release, but we'll let you know for sure when it'll be out!

Small thing that I've found out this morning while checking my usual website: Best Buy is already taking reservation for buying the Doom 3 game. No date of course has been given on when the game will be actually released. Some companies are fast to take orders! And don't get fooled by the price, it may change (like going higher).

Again, a new update on the mod for Quake 1, Dark Places. If you haven't still played that mod, I really recommend it. I've started a new game in Quake 1, in single player with this mod and it's really a blast! The feeling of terror from Quake 1 is even better than before with this mod. The new update of the engine fixes some bugs but also give you new features:

- Color Control Options.
- hardware gamma now works in Linux.
- viewmodelforclient now works (useful for modders).
- Should be able to connect through NAT (such as Linux ipmasq, ADSL routers, etc).
- FrikaC's file access and string handling extension FRIK_FILE has been added.
- More extensions added for some effects that have been around for quite a while.

What are you waiting for? Get your Quake 1 cd out of that dusty pile and download this excellent mod: Dark Places!

Oh yeah! Got an email from dmschaos telling me that the first screenshots of the next Burial Grounds map pack - Viralis, has been released. Check out The crypt for more information about this map pack!

Lucast Art just announce in a press release that they will release a new FPS game set in the star wars Universe. In fact, it should be a follow up of Jedi Knights 2 outcast. The game will be called Jedi Academy (for those of you who read this trilogy, you should be familiar with the settings). Ravensoftware will still be developping the game. No word has been given on the engine but I'm pretty sure it'll use the same one as JDK II: Outcast, i.e. The Quake 3 engine. The game should be release in fall 2003. You can read the full press release here.

Map-center is hosting a small challenge for beginner modellers. You are new to modeling and want to learn more? Check out this small challenge: Map Object Model Challenge #1 - Light Fixtures. The purpose of this challenge is to create a model for Quake 3/Team Arena/RtCW (or any games using the Quake 3 engine). That model must serve as a light fixture, it can be anything from a torch on the wall, to a lamp on a pole or a candlelight hanging from the ceiling. Your imagination is the limit. There is nothing to win as a prize, except, maybe to learn more. The challenge is closing on the 30 of april. Check out this thread for all the rules and information concerning this challenge.

The much anticipated Quake 2 mission pack, Pax Imperia has been released! Created by Mark Shan, this mission pack feature a re vamped Quake 2 engine, 8 new maps and more than 2500 ennemies to shoot for! What a blast, can't wait to get back home tonight to play that one. Get your Quake 2 cd out of that dusty pile, open it and install Quake 2, 'cauz tonight it's going to be a total blood bath, back in the good old Quake 2! You will need Quake 2 installed and 2 files to be downloaded, the engine (called the Knightmare's Engine ) and the mission pack (choose a mirror). At the same time, you can read the review of this MP on the website of Ten - four.

Okay it's april's fool day, Happy whatever that turn you on. I don't really care about this day personnaly, but hey if you like it, good for you. Now to be on the topic of Quake, The QuArK (Quake army knife) just released a new patch, bringing the tool to version 6.3.0. What is QuArK? It's a map editor for many games (Quake serie, lots of games using the ID engines) and much more, you can check out the features section for more info. Also, version 6.4 is coming soon, development is moving on this tool!

OomJan, the author of the excellent demo viewer Seismovision has just released the newest version, making it to 2.21. Fixing the following bugs:

- fixed: Demos not playing on Counter-Strike Retail
- updated: Seismovision - Update System v1.10
- added: The Update System now states when it cannot reach the server.
- added: Size in megabytes is now displayed in the Update System when selecting downloads.
- fixed: A nasty bug that made the playing if demo impossible on certain systems
- added: Greek (thanx got greepLayer) and Spanish (thanx to [mostoles*arena]memphis) translation of Seismovision, now 8 languages!!!

At the same time, he's already planning version 3.0 and ask for your suggestions about what would you like to have in Seismovision. You can post your comments on the forum here.

Remember True Combat? The mod that aim to be the most realistic combat engine ever? It has been under alpha development for a long time. But now we got some update as the version 1.0 will finally be released soon! With that a video teaser that you can download here, until the version 1.0 is out.

I just love modifications that can breath new life into older games. Pax Imperia by Mark Shan looks to be a good filler for that role. It's a complete Quake 2 single play mission that includes 8 maps, over 2500 enemies, new monsters and models, and a new Quake 2 engine (!). The release date is currently set at April 1st.

LordHavoc has a new dpmaster release over at the Dark Place's website. Here's a news clip from the site:

New dpmaster release, major bugfix (no longer locks up after running for a very long time when someone asks for a server list, encountered this on my own dpmaster), thanks Elric!

OGL has a new tournament ladder up for Quake 3. Think you can successfully team up with another player and fight it out 2v2 style? Here's the sign-up page if you're interested.

Planetquake is, again, hosting a new mod project, this one called: The bug zone, a starship troopers total conversion. Already some nice pictures of the mods are available. The TC is a 2 team (the marines vs the bugs) with different classes and of course will be focused on teamplay. Checkout the screenshots or download the small previews in an .avi format available. This TC look really nice!

Leakspot got, again some new maps, this one is a CTF! Yeah you know me, when it's CTF, I'm there right away! And on top of that the mapper look to be from the same city as me (or around Montréal). Anyway, I can't wait to get back home tonight so that I can try Gregypt CTF1. And yes by the name it's an egyptian themed map.

Big news people, Crt, the author of the popular mod Rocket Arena 3 will pass the flame to a team of programmers. With this, Crt will let the mod continue to grow and expand and be more updated, since he didn't have the time for it anymore. Here's an introduction for them

The group is actually a Swedish Company (Ataxia Software HB) filled with RA3-players who are passionate about improving the game, led by Patrik 'ElQueffo' Persson. Both because they are long-time RA3 players, and because they are an experienced team, I have high hopes for their success.

They are already working on a new version, which will be more integrated with the point release 1.32. More details on the website of Rocket Arena 3.