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The Wheels of War team Carnage Council has now released the newest alpha of their thrilling Carmageddon like mod for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Check it out:

EARTH, 24 June 2008: The Carnage Council is proud to announce the public release of Wheels of War Alpha 0.2!

Hey Guys, great news - version 0.2 has been released! It features a small amount of bug fixes, three new vehicles, a whole new 'Championship Racing' game mode, 5 racetracks for that racing mode (which include the 3 for DM Campaign matches), and web-based stats in the form of a global best-lap leaderboard.

It became apparent the zombies, in-game upgrades and stunt systems were going to take a while to develop. Web-based stats were always on the cards for a later inclusion, so this new race mode lets us examine how that works whilst giving you another reason to play Wheels of War. We think it ties in nicely, hopefully you will agree

If you want to read the whole news be sure to head over to their site and don't forget to try out this mod. You can get it from our very own download portal Total Gaming Files.

I just looked at the news at Planet Quake and look there, it's Quake's Birthday today! Check out what they say about it:

It was on this day back in 1996 that our beloved Quake was born/released! That’s right it all began on an early summer’s day, and we’ve all never been the same since id Software unleashed this game. Take a moment to think about what Quake has not only done to, or for you, but to the world itself. All hail the grand master of online play and a creative community that still marches on, all hail Quake!

Happy Birthday Quake!

What do you feel hearing that? It's so long since the first release, what where your Quake highlights since then?

GamesRadar has interviewed John Carmack, Technical Director and founder of id Software, about there upcoming free Quake title, Quake Live. Here's a short part of the interview:

PCG: How much of the original game has been ported?

JC: Every single level of the original game has been touched to bring them up to modern quality standards. All the little things, like level alignment and lighting in different areas. We also integrated in-game billboards throughout the levels. So, all the levels are modernized a little bit, but there’s no pretense about this being a modern technology game. One of the key benefits of this, with the old game being a standard graphics benchmark, is that this is going to run on almost any machine you’d want to play it on, and at a very high framerate.

Playing directly inside a browser window is moderately new in that it integrates friends lists and messaging. The core of the game remains the same.

PCG: How will matchmaking work?

JC: Increasing the approachability of the game is one of the absolute top-level priorities here. If someone bought Quake III right now and found a game online, they would have a miserable experience because people playing the game right now are too skilled and experienced. We’re doing a few things to address that. Skill-based matchmaking is extremely important, so when you jump in, you’re going to be someplace appropriate. But we’re also adding things like bot-guided training levels offline. When you initially set up your account, you get to give the system an indication of what your skill level is. After a few matches, the game will see how you’re performing and adjust your choices.

If you want to read the whole interview and take a look at the new screenshots, including a dm17 comparison to Quake III Arena, be sure to head over to the article.

Activison has published a new press release today announcing the launch of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on consoles. Take a look:

Santa Monica, CA – May 27, 2008 – The alien invasion has begun with the announcement that id Software’s Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ published by Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Set in the year 2065, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars pits the armies of Earth’s Global Defense Force (GDF) against the invading alien menace, the Strogg, in an all-out struggle for the fate of the planet. Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is slated to arrive on European and Australian store shelves on May 30, 2008.

"Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars raises the bar for next-gen console games with its variety and intense combat," said Kevin Cloud, Executive Producer, id Software. “Whether you’re playing online with fifteen friends, or playing a single-player campaign against amazing AI, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars delivers a new level of team play and combat strategy to the PS3 and 360.”

Set within the expansive QUAKE® universe in the year 2065, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the ultimate team and mission-based multiplayer warfare game offering console gamers distinct classes, vehicles and weapons to choose from, giving players countless ways to join the battle. Players work as a team to defeat the enemy and achieve objectives either online against other players or battle offline with surprisingly lifelike AI. Across multi-mission campaigns, players earn experience and promotions while stats are recorded globally for players to track their rank and prestige in the community at www.enemyterritory.com.

Based on the critically-acclaimed game from id Software and Splash Damage for Windows® PC that has received over eighty awards and nominations, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars was developed for the Xbox 360 by Nerve Software.

So if you're a console fan, be sure to head out to the store and pick up your copy!

Splash Damage has finally released their newest patch and the SDK of Enemy Territory:Quake Wars. The long awaited patch focuses on bugfixing and other decent improvements.

Here is the official news from the community page:

The Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.5 game update is now available for download both via the in-game updater and the mirrors below. 1.5 comes with a large number of improvements and fixes, a full breakdown of which you can find in this blog update.

If you have the Steam version of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, you can get the update automatically by simply starting up your Steam client. The Mac version of the update is still rumbling through Aspyr's QA department and should be released within the next few days.

If you want to download the patch do it over your ingame-patcher or pick one of the download servers, if you wanted to read the whole changelog you can find it hear. You can get the SDK from here.

Splash Damage now announced, that the newest patch for Enemy Territory:Quake Wars is near its release and has to be awaited later today. Read what they have to tell us:

Great news - The latest Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars game update is currently headed straight for the tubes of the internet! We're planning to push the the Windows and Linux versions along with the upated SDK this evening London time, while the folks at Aspyr are currently putting the finishing touches on the Mac version. If you want to read up on the changes and improvements included in 1.5, you can do so by way of this blog update. To round out the impending file assault, we'll also have the final version of the Official Competition Mod available within the coming days.

As soon as the 1.5 update is ready for download, we'll publish a list of mirrors here on the ETQW Community Site, so keep checking back!

You find the news here.

Splash Damage has now revealed the coming achievements for the Xbox360 version of Enemy Territory:Quake Wars. Check it out:

For those planning to pick up the Xbox 360 version of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and wondering what magical achievements they can look forward to, look no further! We've compiled the complete achievement list right here, sporting some 50 achievements in total. The goods are fairly evenly spread out across ETQW's instant action, campaign, and Xbox Live multiplayer modes, so there's something for everyone. Click the 'Read more...' link for the full list.

You can see the complete list on their site.

To help market the upcoming console releases of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Activision has released two new commercial parodies. These two videos show off two uses for a new product called Stroyent. You can learn more about Stroyent right here. In the mean time, check out these funny commercials:

The changelog of the upcoming 1.5 patch for Enemy Territory:Quake Wars has been posted over at the Community page. Check it out:

Work on the 1.5 game update for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is steaming ahead at full knots and we're now testing the latest version of it internally to see if there are any glaring issues left to fix. Even more exciting, we've put together the final changelog for the update, which you can find concealed somewhere within this blog update. In a smallish nutshell, 1.5 brings a number of new features and customization options to ETQW and fixes all of the issues left over from 1.4.

Be sure to head over to the page itself and read the whole huge changelog.

The annual LAN event and computer gaming expo in Dallas, TX from July 31 to August 3, 2008, QuakeCon, opens registration at 9:00pm EST today. QuakeCon features a 2000+ slot BYOC and a massive vendor area. Here are some additional details:

QuakeCon is a free convention held every year in the Dallas, TX area. Thousands of computer gamers from all over the world make the pilgrimage to play with their friends on a giant gaming network, see the latest cool technology, and compete in a world-class tournament. Though mostly volunteer run, QuakeCon is sponsored by id Software, makers of the immensely popular Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein series of games. While the convention celebrates these games in particular, it is really a huge party for fans of computer gaming in general from the hobbyist to the hardcore.

For information on Registration and more general information, please see the official QuakeCon site here.