After Doom 3 MODS Pack #1, #2 and #3, it's time for the Pack #4. Lots of MODS, such as:

* DOOM 3 B4SHED_T0_D34TH Mod
* Demonic Powers v1.0 Mod
* Afraid of the Dark Mod
* Cold Breath v0.3 Mod

And so on... Descriptions are inside the packages.

After a 13-01 convincing victory on the semi-finals vs AMK and an immaculate group stage, K1ck's PT Counter-Strike section lost the final vs Exotic.

A well deserved win for our opponents and a Silver Medal ( Olympics year :P ) for our team.

Some updates for different Call Of Duty mods have been released.
Swat, a Call Of Duty total conversion, has some new features in the latest update: "in this update we have included a full arensal of Deagle in-game, 3rd person, and render pictures for you to take a look at. Also we have the beretta m12 (you may reconize the render from a older update) in-game".

The crew at Gang-Life on the other hand, finished off their Glock Model. Too plastic or not enough ? Just give it a look.

Modern Warfare released another update, always on the move. The final release may be even closer, as they are working really hard ( so they say :P ).

And to finish the round-up, Operation MarketGarden has some great renders of British weapons models:Piat an anti-tank weapon and Vickers MG a water-cooled Machinegun ( and of course, some new shots ).

Microsoft released the list of software, games included, that may ( or may not, who knows ? ) behave differently with XP Service Pack 2. According to the statement, "introduces a number of new features that help increase the performance and the security of your system. These changes also affect the operations and functionality of some programs."

So, check them out before upgrading your SP1 to SP2, if you don't want to get some shocking new behaviour on your favorite game...

"The rumors are spreading, and people are getting anxious to get their hands on Counter-Strike: Source. Many people have ventured to their local LAN centers, which often aren’t all that local; just to get first impressions for the new game. What’s new? What’s changed? Is it still playable? Could it actually be an improvement over 1.6? We’ll tell you... "

And indeed they do at Gotfrag.

K1ck Counter-Strike Brazilian Division won the Maranhão WCG Pre-Qualifier that took place in São Luis.

So if you are in Brasília's neighborhood on September's 10th,11th and 12th just drop us a visit at the Americel Hall ( Brazil WCG Finals :P )

Valve confirms assets for the long-delayed shooter will be loaded onto the developer's Steam service next week. But they will only preload textures, audio, and "other stuff that doesn't change".

Rumors state that "Half-Life 2 must be near gold status and that it will complete its final debug next week and will be submitted to VU Games for approval shortly thereafter".

A new project, this time in Spain, is now starting at K1ck Counter-Strike. The new division, k1ck.cs.sp, is formed by skilled and experienced Spanish players and the target in sight is the WCG. The lineup is:

- Namek
- TezZ
- Smooth
- aLz
- LooL
- Wit0s
- Oxk4r

Staff:
- Overz

Read the Press Release for further details.

And hope is on the horizon... Back to those Team Fortress days, now on Doom 3 ? Doom 3 Fortress is on the move, based on TF 2.9, and even Gudlyf, original TF coder who did TF 2.9, displayed some interest in the project. Keep on with the good work!

And if you're a Linux fan, check this Instructions Page to set you up and running Doom 3 on your favorite OS.

The server browsing utility is now on the 3.81 version. QTracker has some new features, including support for Doom 3:
* Adds support for: Halo CE and Painkiller.
* Adds Half-Life Steam support.
* Adds Initial Setup Wizard for first-time users.
* Adds First-Time User documentation.
* Added Pause feature.
* Watch Server now works and has added functionality.
* ICMP pings can now be disabled.
* Numerous bug fixes and visual enhancements.
* QtUplink: Adds support for Halo CE, Painkiller, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Unreal 2 XMP.

And of course that with any game release ( or pre-release for that matter ) a cheat list has to come along. Where would the great players be without a little God Mode, full Weapons, Armour and Health or a little promenade through the walls ?
Bahhhhhh...

Check this whole bunch of World of Warcraft Screenshots. Among many shots, you'll find the lovely two-headed siamese twins that usually yell waaah waah weee wee wee! before knocking your lights out, while you watch them pounding to pieces all of your built-with-care armies.

"Guys, somebody stepped on a switch. I'm not kidding; someone actually stepped on a switch and unplugged our network!". Well... not exactly what someone might expect to hear from the organization staff in the middle of Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Extreme World Championships $100,000 Counter-Strike finals.

But after the game was restarted ( and after the offender was shot 3 times in the back and dumped in a garbage container ), Team Eyeballers won vs Schroet Kommando, becoming the new CPL CS Champion. The Swedish clash results: 7-5;6-0.

The software development kit for Far Cry is now available for download. So if you want to start designing your own Far Cry mods, just go ahead and take a peek at the 29 MB file.

You'll find everything needed to alter and expand the first-person shooter, namely "documentation, samples, exporters, plugins, source assets, and other useful things to learn how to create any kind of MOD or TC."

The ETFgame.com site has been launched and already some news are spreading out. ETF is powered by the Enemy Territory game by Splashdamage, the dev team are recruiting experienced 2D Artists and Modelers/Animators and don't forget to visit the shots section to keep yourself uptaded on the new developments.

For those of you that have never played a Fortress game ( shame on you! ), ETF has "10 classes to choose from and is only the start of what this game has to offer. Every class is unique in its own right from the Recon's speed to the Minigunners Powerful minigun which is not so 'mini'."

Read about the official release of DirectX 9.0c on Microsoft's DirectX 9.0c downloads Homepage. Among other stuff, "DirectX 9.0c improves the graphics, security, and performance of your operating system. Download and install this update for your Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP-based system".

But take note that "The DirectX 9.0c runtime cannot be uninstalled. We recommend Windows Me and Windows XP users create a 'System Restore' point before installing".

Just 12 days, 21 hours and 2 minutes away, as this news is being written, QuakeCon 2004 site has some info about the Quake 3 tournament rules, Doom III expectations and Deathmatch Championship, along with the final teams that have been accepted.

Check the Quake 3 Capture the Flag 4vs4 confirmed Team List and also the participants in the Quake 3 1vs1 Tournament.

Three and a half Years in Jail, the largest custodial sentence ever to be awarded by a UK court for games piracy, was given to a Welsh man as he pleaded guilty to 30 counts of trademark and video recording offences.

He was selling the products over the Internet via spam emails and was caught with goods worth an estimated quarter of a million pounds. If that was the guy that has been spamming my email for the last 2 years, then 3 years and a half is not enough...

And after another patch release for Far Cry, suddendly, news arise that the patch has been recalled by Ubisoft. "Unexpected behaviour on specific hardware configurations" seems to be the cause for the "unpatch" :). And again, let us all wait for the 1.2 Far Cry patch...

Another K1ck movie, this time for Counter-Strike, is now available for download on a PT mirror at the moment. Taken from the Qualifiers for the ESWC, the 298 Mb and 14:34 min movie has lots of frags, music and effects.

Following the success of the Quake 3 Fortress movie, mirrored in US, UK, Sweden, Italy, France and so on, this time Counter-Strike is on the spot. A different director, another goal and perspective, watch it and enjoy!

And the winner of the most hardware limits pushing game is...you guessed it right, Doom 3. Just read this article where you can find words and phrases like "Players will be treated to near-cinematic images", "Doom 3 is probably as good an excuse as any to buy a new PC", "Cards at the top of the heap" and so on.

Doom 3 will require:
• A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500.
• 384 megabytes of memory.
• Two gigabytes of hard drive space.
• An nVidia GeForce 3 graphics card or better; or an ATI Technologies 8500 or better.

Watching the list, one can't help feeling that with that setup you won't stand a chance :)

Spreading our Counter-Strike sections to the United Kingdom, We have created the UK Counter-Strike K1ck Division. The lineup is:

- Immune
- deep
- Plateau
- joe
- cainn

Read the Press Release for further details.

Version 3.7 this time. Will it reach 3.9 before moving up to 4.0 ? As usual, you can get the 2.89 Mb update or the full version at http://www.urbanterror.net/.

"Features include: Boot is now available with Beretta and DE and grenades, Sr8 damage to waist and groin equalized at 80%, knife damage increased, ut_timenudge, improved walljumping, and more."

Back in business, Larry in his Leisure Suit, goes back to school in a 3D adventure for PC and consoles - Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. Check the latest video from the Sierra Entertainment Downloads page, featuring Barbara Jo Bimbo.

The eagerly awaited 1.2 patch of FarCry will produce some nice publicity for NVIDIA. The patch is supposed to boost Farcry performance for all video cards, but with Nvidia getting the biggest boost from SM3 engine.

"But that's not the major update that we are here to talk about. The FarCry 1.2 will feature a new rendering path based on Shader Model 3.0 (Vertex and Pixel Shader 3.0), which is currently only supported by NVIDIA's 6800 series cards and not by ATI's X800 line of cards."

And now for something completely different: Sherlock Holmes' Adventures. The Silver Earring is an upcoming first-person point-n-click adventure sequel, scheduled for Aug 2004. Of course Dr. Watson couldn't miss the action and he will be assisting Holmes, as ever, in his new adventure. Check the screenshots.

The Mystery of the Mummy is the previous adventure, released Dec 2002, and you can check out the demo to see for yourself the environment and feeling of some rooms out of the full game.

There are plans to create an expansion for Painkiller - Battle out of Hell. This Painkiller Expansion Pack is expected in Winter 2004.

It "includes an additional single-player chapter with 10 levels, as well as new multiplayer modes, maps and models. It will also offer an amplified arsenal of un-deadly weapons, bigger and badder bosses and the map editor Software Development Kit."

After a good tournament at FunkyByte and a breathtaking Final vs Midnight ( 11-13 ), we will now be at the ESWC Finals that will take place in Guimarães. Great games, emotion, nice organization, some time well spent.

More Info and photos in our K1ck LAN section.

New to TeamSpeak ? A veteran but still not knowing how to change between channels in mid game ? Check this step-by-step TeamSpeak guide.

You can also download TeamSpeak Overlay so that you can find out about that "intruder" while you're ingame. "TSO allows you to see who's talking without having to switch out of the game".

Concerns about a virus actually existing in "keypress.dll" ? False positive according to TS site, but just in case download and install the latest TS Version.

So Doom III will be out in the summer and according to id Software CEO Todd Holleshead, "Playing through areas of the game for the first time in many months, even though I've demo'd those same levels dozens of times, I'm still caught by surprise, move with trepidation, and generally get the shit scared out of me on a regular basis". Who could ask for more ?

Some more shots can now be seen, this time for XBox. Lovely as ever, but my favorite is the guy with lots of red eyes...

"BTW, Doom beta testing is going very well." - John Carmack on a forum.

Valve has announced that several ppl linked to the the theft of the Half Life 2 code has been arrested. The suspects have been taken into custody in a number of countries, thanks to online gamers working with the police ( there is a first time for everything :P ).

According to Gabe Newell, "It was extraordinary to watch how quickly and how cleverly gamers were able to unravel what are traditionally unsolvable problems for law enforcement related to this kind of cyber-crime. Everyone here at Valve is once again reminded of how much we owe to the gaming community."

Now on version 3236, the new patches are available for download on a 12 MB Windows version and a 19 MB Linux version. Onslaught has lots of changes and several fixes, General Gameplay and Network stuff related were enhanced, along with some tweaks and engine bug fixes.

You have problems with validation and errors logging in to Steam ? So what's new ? Well, it seems that something will change according to Steam News: "An update for CS:CZ and Counter-Strike has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the changes:

COUNTER-STRIKE: CONDITION ZERO:
* Added updated player models under CS

COUNTER-STRIKE:
* Added crosshair customization (color, size, opacity)
* Corpses fade out with cl_corpse_stay"

As usual, you can always count on Valve's broadband delivery service to fix your problems. :)

We have reached rank 5/10 on google. Just download the Toolbar, install it and check it yourself. According to expert opinions "any page that reaches rank 4/10 ( google.com has 9/10 ) on google is an important page and relevant to the community where it belongs". Nice :)

After some time at the table ( a virtual one ) we have created a Counter-Strike K1ck Division in Brazil. They already have plans to participate in the 2nd Stage of the Norte/Nordeste Championship and WCG Pre-Qualify. The lineup is:

- Alvetz
- BoBoNiCo
- chastinet
- rickbob0
- TrovaO

Staff:
- h3Lp! (6th Player/Manager)
- Speed (Lan Man)

Growing and growing, we expand to other continents... Read the Press Release for further details.

There is a 2.0 version of this spectacular Unreal Tournament Mod available for download at the official Deathball Site.

* Added new control feature: Holding altfire, then pressing first fire: releases a pass to the locked player, but the player's movement is being ignored. So a pass to a "dancing" player will still arrive.
* After releasing ball it takes 0.25 seconds until you can use the hammer
* Bouncing and deflecting now works flawless
* Reduced self-volley-power from 1500 to 1400
* Enemy-Volley-Power in Own Half increased from 1000 to 1600 (when you volley a ball in your own half that was shot by enemy)
* DB-Smallcube remade, looking much better, no more spammy roof, it's a little more width.
* DB-Bowl new. Basically it's like Cube, just widther (NOT longer).
* DB-Touchdown new! It's about carrying the ball into the enemy end zone. The ball alone can't do anything, you have to carry it!

Yup, you have no worries...just insert the cd and you get a ready-to-frag nothing-to-install QuakeWorld installation, playable from the bootable CD. QWCD has been released and includes popular Quake clients FuhQuake and MWQCL, besides up-to-date Kernel, and every piece of software a player should need (ATI and nVidia drivers, internet connection and browser, IRC client and so on).

Just don't mess things up and give the CD to your boss as your latest developments at the office...

CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) announced for 2005, a $1,000,000 Gaming World Tour in cash prizes. Some more information will be revealed at the Unreal Tournament 2004, Counter-Strike, Call Of Duty, Halo PC and Painkiller, CPL World Championships.

"The complete CPL World Tour announcement is scheduled for the final ceremony of the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships, taking place Wednesday, July 28 to Sunday, August 1, 2004 at the brand new Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas."

Volume 2 of the UT2004 CBP is now available. It contains 20 more maps, 4 skins and 2 mutators and the designers hope that we will have fun with this second part of the pack :) Check the full details on the official site.

Snowblind was unveiled, a new first-person action game to be released Fall 2004. "Snow-blind´ (snó bli-nd´) - adj : Military jargon for a complete system shutdown of all internal electrical and bio-mechanical systems. Generally created by an EMP blast or similar electrical disturbance in the local vicinity. "

Product Description: Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game.

Players live the fantasy of being an elite special operations combat soldier with access to the most high-tech weaponry, gadgets and vehicles, presented with all the realism, emotional intensity, and valor found in the popular “War Games” shooter genre.

Game Features:
• Robust online multiplayer experience with 16 players and voice over IP support – classic and new multiplayer modes are offered, including some modes uniquely designed for the PS2 and XB platforms • Arsenal of unique weapons and secondary items including the Riot Wall™ and the “K1cker” physics gun yield a variety and depth of gameplay never before realized, especially when leveraged in multiplayer play. • Vehicles serve as functional obstacle solving tools, for rescue attempts and as weapons in both single and multiplayer gameplay • Use Biomods to customize, upgrade and exploit the superhuman powers of your character • Build an emotional connection to your comrades in battle; during the missions you have the power to rescue, heal and protect them. Neglect their cries for help and view with shame their names on the War Memorial Wall at the end of the game • Wide variety in mission pacing ranges from frenetic action of battlefield chaos to tactical infiltration style missions • Storyline is grounded in a believable, relevant near future setting, in a war as seen through the eyes of a hero • Pick-up & play, visceral action pulls the player through a cinematically immersive storyline • 11 missions spanning across 16 maps including the dilapidated Opera House, the twisting jungle at the city perimeter, a Buddhist Temple converted, and sprawling urban Wasteland

The owner of Gameonline, a popular Japanese videogame website, has been arrested for copyright violation regarding unauthorized screenshot scans. The entity that locked the dangerous felon and threw away the key is The Association for the Copyright of Computer Software, an anti-piracy consortium based in Japan.

Among the over 20,000 screenshots available for download on his game news site, "several hundred were allegedly found to have been taken from magazines and overseas game sites without the permission of the game publisher, a violation of Japanese copyright law."

You'd better start deleting those screenshots you have on your site if you don't want to look at the sun behind a barred window in the future...

Right after version 3.5, here's the Urban Terror 3.6 version. The 500 KB patch was released in order to solve a problem caused by an exploit that was included in the last release. "The point is, this exploit is no longer an option."

Now you have to start all over again and find a new one, so that they have to release the 3.7 version :P

With Sentitec's pre-qualifier at Felgueiras near the end of the month and the big Counter-Strike tournament that will take place at Penafiel 12-13 June, organized by Netplanet, the CS team sees the schedule getting thicker...as it should always be, because it is always a pleasure to play Counter-Strike ( for ppl who like it, anyway :P )

So move your ass and join Netplanet's event at torneio@netplanet.pt.

1.30 version of Challenge Pro Mode Arena is ready for you to take it. As usual, several things were changed, improvements were made and some additions in order to help ppl with poor net connections. "There won't be a full package for a while yet: my conn is too shit to actually upload it". Talk about making miracles in your own house...

The 12 Mb patch for UT2k4 is now available for download. For the first time, Unreal Tournament 2004 has a patch making it 3204 version. There are lots of changes, too many to put them in here, so grab the patch and read the release notes :).

BuddyWatch is an utility for Quakers that always dreamt about watching what their buddies were doing and where. Basically, it pops up a notification when one of your designated buddies shows up on one of your designated Quake III Arena servers. It's small, it's neat and you don't need to feed it, so have a go at BuddyWatch.

Time now for some old news - "03rd June 2003 - K1cK Q3F Movie Out! - Our Q3F movie, engineered at our hi-tech laboratories by our fine players ( state-of-the-art :P ) is finally out! 33M, divx 5.05 compression, low quality to make a reasonable fast download, you can check it at the mirror on Railbait or if you want a slower server but Portuguese Traffic, here."

Well, I watched it again and if you have ever wondered what Quake3 Fortress is about you should definitely take a look at the movie :)

Call Of Duty's Heat of Battle is now running on version 0.31. This teamplay modification for CoD has been massively altered for this new version: "Servers are online and ready for you soldiers. Plus, with all of the fixes and additions in this version you can't afford to not download it. (...) The work that has gone on in the past month has rivaled that of professional game studios and we only have all of you to thank. Now go get v0.31! Don't forget to snag the map pack right afterwards!"

One of our first Multigaming divisions has been officially reopened. K1ck Medal Of Honor is, once again, active and with a long path to walk through. Keep checking the section news, members and further developments on the Mohaa community.

The Play of the Week is a compilation of demos from the previous week's league matches edited together and put to music by the ppl at The Catacombs. The 125 Mb Plays Of The Week #22 have been released so if you are curious about these cool funny videos, just go get them.

Great news for the Portuguese EGaming community! At last we have a Game Server Provider created by players for the players, with high quality machinery, connections and professional assistance.

And of course we couldn't be left out when tough action develops, so we grabbed a fine deal for both sides and secured ServersPro as our HeadSponsor!

Netplanet is our newest Counter-Strike Sponsor. The partnership was established and everybody was happy with the result, so let's put the show on the road and pursue our goals, hardly as ever!

There is a new Doom III set of images available for the XBox. Although there is nothing truly new, it remains ugly as ever and it seems that this game will win the first prize in any Shop of Horrors competition.

It seems that ppl all around the World are Modding their Xbox and PS2 Consoles to allow them to play DVDs and games from other countries...Well, I'm shocked, I could never imagine that :). But if you do it in Spain, you are not breaking any laws. According to this article that envolves the Guardia Civil, loopholes, but not whips and women in leather boots, "A Spanish judge has ruled that modifications to games consoles to allow them to play DVDs and games from other countries are not illegal."

So, go to Spain, enjoy the weather and buy a Modded console...you are not commiting any crime. :)

NS v3.0 beta 4 is now available for download. There you will find all the information you'll need to give a try at this spectacular Half-Life Mod.

According to the news in the NS website, "NS has been downloaded over two million times and has 25,000 unique players every day. NS v2.01 release and NS v3.0 beta 4 are publically available from the downloads page."

Well, when it comes to personal taste, you sure can't discuss it. The winner of 'The Bachelorette' contest that took place at a San Francisco Giants baseball game was confronted with a hard choice: either take the beautiful, young, brunette bachelorette out on an all expenses paid date, or receive a Playstation 2. Yup, you guessed it right...a date with a PS2 :P

"Looks like when it comes down to a choice between video games and female attention, these days, videogames are winning out."

If you are one of those guys always looking for that extra FPS ( well, who isn't? ), check this Guide for Far Cry tweaking.

"Most notable of all, however, seemed to be the difference in the performance between 512 and 1 gig of RAM. Using Sysmetrix to observe system performance while running FarCry, practically the full 512 MB of RAM is engaged throughout. When running a gig of RAM, up to 800 MB is used."

Did I forget to mention that K1ck are selling RAM nowadays ?

K1ck Natural Selection Division will be participating in the most famous NS Cup, the NSL Cup. Starting with 32 clans, they will all be fighting for a place in the Final. Stay tuned...

There is a new Call Of Duty Patch, this time the 1.4, available for download. At last Punkbuster is here to stay, hoping that those long time cheaters don't find a way to get around pb.

Stalingrad multiplayer map, some bug fixes and tweaks can be found on this new patch:
* This patch will update ALL retail copies of Call of Duty™ as well as versions patched to 1.2 and 1.3. It is all-inclusive, containing the fixes included in the 1.2, 1.3 Beta, and 1.3 patches.
* It is recommended that any user modifications that have been installed to the Call of Duty™ directory be removed before installing this patch. These modifications are not supported by Activision® and may not be compatible with some of the new features that are included.
* Upon installing the 1.4 patch, you may be prompted to re-enter your CD key. Please be sure to have your Call of Duty™ CD key handy.

Well, it had to happen one day and better sooner than later. We now play Call Of Duty and as usually stamped with the "K1cK Quality Approved" seal.

On a Week full of new situations, lots of stuff happening ( all of them were great moves towards a bright future and a great present ), we couldn't let it end without a CoD Division :)

Since 1999 that we've been hearing about the Team Fortress Sequel for Half-Life. Although the original TF was designed for Quake ( some still think that it was the best game ever designed, and they are not that far from the truth :P ), "TF2 was to be a stand-alone product, featuring more classes, weapons, and far more sophisticated game types than the original title. But it's been a long wait so far. Very long. What's up with TF2?".

Well, say no more, here's the word from Valve's Doug Lombardi: "The project is still in development here at Valve and we will be announcing more info after HL2 ships."

Natural Selection is our newest Division and let's hope that this means an increasing number of players in the HL Mod. Former great Portuguese NS clans' players, the looks of this new Division seems promising.

Check out the roster, the future matches and Natural Selection leagues that will soon appear on our site.

NVIDIA Launches the GeForce 6 Series, the biggest performance and feature leap in company history according to the press release. Some of the stuff that people will find on GF6:
* Industry-leading 3D performance -- new superscalar 16-pipe architecture delivers more than twice that of current industry leading NVIDIA GPUs
* New features, including Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 feature set -- for ultra-realistic cinematic effects
* Unprecedented on-chip video processing engine -- enabling high- definition video and DVD playback

"The first GPUs based on the NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series, the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GeForce 6800 models, are manufactured using IBM's high-volume 0.13-micron process technology and are currently shipping to leading add-in-card partners, OEMs, system builders, and game developers.
Retail graphics boards based on the GeForce 6800 models are slated for release in the next 45 days."

And now for something completely different :). Unreal Tournament 2004 is the next in line and as of today we also play UT. UT2k4 to be more precise, is our newest division and let's hope more will come along.

The page will be updated soon, keep checking UT2k4 news, info on roster, matches, configs and so.

Finally we will have something new and with the necessary quality required, in the GSP Portuguese market. Still testing and optimizing, ServersPro will be launched soon, "a Professional Game Server Provider created by players for the players".

With some heavy hardware that would delight even the more demanding players and the best connections in pt, let's wait and see what they are capable of...and of course, we wouldn't miss the action, as always.

Word is that Far Cry will hit the consoles market created from the ground up. Far Cry Instincts is still on project, with no release date or target consoles specified, but it will surely cause some impact.

"In addition to the original's signature locations, non-scripted A.I., and unprecedented view-distance, Far Cry Instincts is said to feature brand new gameplay scenarios that 'will challenge players to use an even broader range of strategies and survival tactics in order to uncover the many secrets within the beautiful-but-deadly islands".

Next week in the California State Assembly they will try to approve two laws (AB1792 and AB1793) in order to "reclassify violent video games in a manner similar to pornography (1792) and require retailers to display Mature rated games separately from other games (1793)".

IGDA already issued a document contesting this scenario - "The IGDA sent a letter to CA Assembly member Leland Yee in opposition to Assembly Bills 1792 (redefining harmful matter for minors) and 1793 (content segregation). Additionally, the IGDA send similar letters of opposition to the Arts Committee and Safety Committee, who will be ruling on the bill in April 2004."

Let's keep track of further developments and find out how it turns out.

Now you can tweak you UT2004 using this guide. "More than just an incremental upgrade from UT2003, UT2004 returns Unreal Tournament to its roots. The character models, guns, music and maps all look and play like UT. Bigger, better and with a great new gameplay mode called Onslaught, UT2004 is the real thing."

"As a compilation of detailed setting descriptions, recommendations, tweaks and links to important resources it guarantees something for every fan of this great game."

The game that everybody is expecting, Painkiller, will be on the shelves in April and the word is that reached the Gold Status.

"DreamCatcher Games announced today that it’s highly anticipated FPS, Painkiller, has reached Gold Master Status for the PC. The game will be available April 12th at retailers across North America. Created by development team People Can Fly, Painkiller puts gamers in the role of Daniel Garner, the unfortunate victim of a fatal car accident who finds himself trapped in a dark and unwelcoming world somewhere between Heaven and Hell. The key to salvation is to fight through more than 50 species of Hell’s wildest incarnations in an attempt to stop an imminent Unholy War."

"Offering a completely original storyline and frantic, physics-based gameplay using Havok 2.0, Painkiller has quickly become one of the most anticipated PC shooter titles of 2004. The game boasts 24 incredibly detailed single-player levels and 7 intense multiplayer maps. The single player demo can be found at www.painkillergame.com. A multiplayer demo will release soon after ship."

They are thinking on making a game out of the series that almost everybody watched. Who can forget those sparkling eyes that the bad guys turned on and off ( it must be useful to read at night, in bed )... Although the platform and genre have not been revealed, check the news:

"Perception PTY Ltd. and MGM Interactive Inc., a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. (NYSE:MGM) announce today that they have entered into a licensing agreement to develop videogames based on the hit TV series Stargate SG-1."
"(...)We think ‘Stargate SG-1’ is a perfect premise for great games. We’ll be announcing more details about the specifics of our first Stargate game in coming months."

Version 3.0.0 of ETPro is now available for download. It seems that this is a major new release, so the online documentation will be also available in a near future.

Known Bugs:
* All win32 demo playback is borked at the moment, we will be fixing this asap.
* /ready up lights are broken.
* Client disconnects on large servers (need recorded client demos from someone who gets disconnected).

Icarus Plaza is the name of the new UT2004 Multiplayer Map. Although it's not an officil release, it was created by one of the UT2004 level contributors. It's just there for the taking.

A vulnerability has been found, that surfaces in any game using the Unreal Engine.

"The problem is a format string bug in the Classes management. Each time a client connects to a server it sends the names of the objects it uses (called classes). If an attacker uses a class name containing format parameters (as %n, %s and so on) he will be able to crash or also to execute malicious code on the remote server."

Even before Battlefield Vietnam is out there, the Linux dedicated server has already been released so that admins have a go at setting it up in advance. This 104 MB full distribution contains game executables, all 14 maps and full documentation.

Battlefield Vietnam "drops players into some of the Vietnam War's fiercest battles. Fighting in theatres from jungles surrounding the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the city streets of Hue, players will choose from two well-equipped forces, the United States or the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Vietcong."

Well, the headline sure is nice - Steam Update - Let's Try This Again...Bugs are the most annoying insects on the face of earth ( at least for programmers they are ) and it seems that one of them just found a way to the previous Steam release.

This new update is for all of the games currently on Steam and the specific changes are:
* Changed HTTP download behavior to retry connections using old trickle download method if it can't download all files.
* Fixed a crash bug when connecting to a dedicated server with an empty mapcycle.
* Fixed a bug where MP3 volume wasn't working properly.
* Fixed "STEAM UserID 0:0:1 is already in use on this server" message when connecting to LAN servers in offline mode.
* Fixed memory leak in HLTV.

RA3 1.75 is now available for download. New features and updated versions of four of the Quake III Arena edition of this modification's maps, can be found within the pack.

Full list of changes:
* Topshots accuracy ranking
* Many new cvars and console commands
* Support for custom team names
* New scoreboard
* Updated maps 17-20
* Built in HTTP server for dedicated servers
* Database player stats tracking
* Team auto-balancing
* Auto-record demos and screenshots
* Bug fixes

There is a new level for the Far Cry demo, recently released. This bonus level is being distributed with the consent of the FPS makers and can be found here along with some instructions.

This new level is called Research and was released after being extracted from a different version of the demo from the cover-mount disc on PC Gamer magazine.

As of today, K1ck Clan will be sponsored by the well-known hardware reseller Chipsite. So if you are interested in buying that exquisit piece of hardware but don't have the money, well, don't hesitate and give us a call.

A Call Of Duty 1.3 version patch was released but bear in mind that this patch is a beta patch and is not supported by Activision Customer Support. Nevertheless, you can get it here.

* Fixed a slow update problem with the server list.
* Fixed a problem where the server list would improperly list servers with a ping of “1.”
* Fixed a problem with the server list being incomplete.
* Fixed an exploit where prone players who leaned around corners could see the enemy without being seen.
* Fixed an exploit where players could switch between prone and jumping positions to move rapidly across a map.
* Fixed a bug with the sway animation of the sniper rifle scope on high ping servers.
* Made improvements to Autobalancing.

Not a FPS game but probably the funniest series that ever showed up in the gaming world. "How many wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood ?" is one of many questions that you had to answer, along with winning spitting competitions, facing Largo's Embargo, listen to Murray the talking skull, deal with really polite cannibals and of course, LeChuck.

And according to the news posted in the Monkey Island SCUMM Bar, "Continuing in the vein of unannounced-but-in-the-pipeline games, The Spy's LucasArts informers let the monkey out of the bag: there is, apparently, a fifth Monkey Island game in production. The adventure genre continues to cheat death." which is great news to the MI series fans.

And while the game isn't in the shelves for us to grab, Look! A Three-Headed Monkey!

So if you are trying to play as Daniel Garner, a guy that got killed in a car accident and got stuck in a world between heaven and hell, you will find this Info very useful.

Prepare yourself, go kill those demon soldiers and stop the unholy war that is about to start.

Check out K1ck's results at GNet Counter-Strike Tournament. Great conditions but it could get more organized. Maybe next time...

Nice ppl, good games and a presence to repeat in future events.

And on we go, stronger by the hour, this time with a brand new Soldier Of Fortune 2 Division. As usual, the get together went on rather well, and soon we will be fighting on SOF2 servers.

Keep checking out our news, members and reports of our matches. Soldier Of Fortune 2 content inside :P

If you are one of those ppl that think the cd-drive format will last forever, well, I hate to bring this to you but...it won't :). And DVD-Only stuff is beginning to show up, Far Cry being perhaps the first on the gaming world ( Europe only though ).

"As you know since a few days, Far Cry will only be released on DVD. But not for not-europeans. Up to date only europeans will enjoy the game on DVD. FarCry will e.g. in the United States released on a couple of CDs. This will be helpful for people don't have a DVD drive. They can now order an import-version for europe."

The Unreal Tournament 2004 demo has now been released. Linux ( 199 MB ), Windows and Mac versions are now available for download.

"The Unreal Tournament 2004 official demo includes five playable game modes, and offers fans their first taste of Unreal Tournament 2004’s two new game modes: the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode and the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, which last appeared in the original Unreal Tournament. The demo also features established gametypes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run."

A new version of PunkBuster for Battlefield 1942 has been released, as usual for auto-update and manual download.

Version 1.074 has some new commands and settings, but go easy on players with PB violations #80031 and #80036 and give them the benefit of the doubt, because these could be players not really hacking the game in some cases.

Version 0.7 of the Desert Combat modification for Battlefield 1942 is a result of careful listening to the community, according to the release announcement. Keep in mind that BattleField 1942 Version 1.6 or greater is required and just get and install the 0.7 version:
* Optimizations have been made to the models for performance
* Currently the game feels balanced
* Features a slew of bug fixes and additions aimed at creating one of the best war game experiances on the PC.

"Crytek, the developers of promising PC FPS Far Cry, had their offices raided by police today after a tip off from a former employee who said they were using pirated development software.

According to German news sites, Bavarian police officers were accompanied by computer experts and searched both the offices of the developer and the home of the head of the company.

If the claim is found to be true then Crytek could be forced to pay damages of up to six figures in euros, however rumours are circling that the accusation is false and is in fact petty revenge."

From what we've seen in the recent demo, Far Cry could be a serious contender for the best game of the year award. Let's hope that all of this doesn't cause any delay in the release date.

Counter Strike and World Cyber Games were some of the items displayed at the Samsung's IT Show that took place in Lisboa, Pavilhao Atlantico.

Great technological stuff from Samsung was exhibited and of course we wouldn't miss it. Check our clan family photo :)

The upcoming Unreal Tournament 2004 demo will include five maps, AS-Convoy, BR-Colossus, DM-Rankin, CTF-BridgeofFate and ONS-Torlan. These were announced in the official #UT IRC channel.

In the meantime, you can check these screenshots while the demo is being polished.

Lots of news on the Battlefield 1942 world. Following up on the release of the new Linux server, 1.6 Patch is now available.

Besides PunkBuster support, you can also find many changes such as:
* A new voting interface
* An improved server browser
* New maps and changes to the old ones
* Client and dedicated server bug fixes

The so long awaited patch for Call Of Duty is now available. The 1.2 patch version also includes a new game type - "headquarters". So check the new features:
* Killcam On/Off
* Disable Freelook Spectating
* Disable spectating enemy players
* Force team balancing
* Shared Friendly Fire
* New script commands
* Allow Downloads

No, it's not a mix-up, Silicon Ice Development has plans to make Urban Terror, the famous Quake III modification, an Enemy Territory modification.

"After some discussions with id Software and Splash Damage, we have decided to move forward with our plans. We know there are many out there who want to know what is going to happen to Quake 3 Urban Terror. The Macintosh users are a bit uneasy, since there is no support for ET. We will be providing more information shortly, as there are still some loose ends we need to finalize, before laying out our plans."

And the winner is...out of 40 eagerly awaited games this year, Half-Life 2 got the first spot in Gamespy's Most Wanted 2004 feature. Doom 3, Halo 2 and Gran Turismo 4 are the runners up.

"And yet, we're still totally excited at the mere thought of playing the sequel to Half-Life, one of the most highly praised games of all time. Gordon Freeman is back (with trusty crowbar, of course), and most of what we've seen takes place in an Eastern European locale known as City 17."

According to Activision, in the near future you will be able to sit down, relax and enjoy a cheater's free CoD game. That is, if you don't have any kind of problems connecting to the servers or updating PunkBuster...

"We know concerns about cheating are a big issue in the fan community right now, so we wanted to pass along the following update: Infinity Ward has signed a deal with Even Balance to include PunkBuster for Call of Duty. As more information, including timing, develops on releasing PB support for Call of Duty, we'll let you know."

Activion released new info about the promised CoD patch:
"We wanted to let you all know that we're listening to your questions about the Call of Duty patch. I've spoken to the team and thought it might help to let you know that updates are definitely coming. Infinity Ward is working now to complete the first update meant to address several issues like bunny hopping, etc.. We also know that you're very concerned about cheat protection. The guys at Infinity Ward are currently considering the best way to address cheat protection. The guys are working really hard and as soon as I have more info, I'll pass it along."

It seems that UT2004 will be network-incompatible with UT2003. Although the development team had plans to support the compatibility, the network code changed so much in order to reduce bandwidth, support vehicles and increase performance, that they could not keep the two games network-compatible.

The 37MB version 3.2 of the Q3 realism conversion will be released today, according to Urbanterror.net. Drop by #urbanterror to know the exact details and the time of the day. New stuff:
* Updated levels
* Bug fixes
* New weapon

New stuff for Call Of Duty. This time you can modify the weapon models along with the game's editing tools.

CoD Model Tools weighs 1.6 MB and remember that you must have a valid installation of both Call of Duty and Call of Duty tools.

212.13.197.139:27976 is where you will find us in UK. Enemy Territory, Quake 3 Fortress, Quake 3 OSP, Call Of Duty, Mohaa and Counter-Strike are the possible choices for the time being.

As we continue our path in order to expand the clan games and the clan members, observing and filtering the information ( yes, we give you a hard time if you want to join :) ), maybe you'll find some other games there or even new servers soon.

Already available, the place where you can pre-order the Call Of Duty Expansion can be found here. The release date is still miles away, Pre-Release ETA: October at $29.99, but in these cases that's what matters the least.

Go grab your copy, someday eventually, or at least go secure your place in the e-tailer listing...

The v.1 Software Developer Kit for the most awaited sequel, Half-Life 2, will be released in the coming weeks. And one expects that the game release will follow, not far behind.

Still the infamous code leak saga continues, but let's hope that it will come to an end and that the cheats industry will not release a new cheat for HL2 before the game ever comes out...

And still Steam keeps on updating. This new released update mainly affects the server browser:
* Fixed bug where "no LAN servers on network" message wouldn't appear in server list if no servers responded to LAN ping
* Fixed bug where servers weren't being sorted by ping by default
* Added region to filter info string
* Added installed MODS to game filter dropdown
* Change game filter to display full game name instead of short name.

The FPS where you can relax and enjoy the weather on a tropical island while getting shot at, punched and bashed amongst all of the evil things they'll try to do to you, Far Cry, can be checked out on a new series of screenshots.

"An accidental hero finds himself on a remote tropical paradise, where a madman plays God; engineering various species of enhanced creatures to replace what he believes is a genetic dead-end... mankind.
The game is set around 2020 on a set of tropical islands in the pacific. And has a strong tropical-paradise feel, scenic in its beauty, but, harbors a terrible threat. It is a mix of jungle / primal / and next-gen technology."

There is a new version of the Challenge ProMode Arena modification for Quake 3 Arena. New features and significant changes can be found in this 22MB upgrade package or 82MB for first-time installers pack.

"the introduction of the first new 1v1 gametype in *any* FPS in several years (...) Having CTF become a real game again is a huge bonus, and we've included a couple of CTF maps (the first CPM CTF maps ever) in this release to give people a chance to experience that gameplay in levels that are worthy of it. There are also 4 new DM maps for the 1v1 crowd, including one with a rather familiar name."