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Land = Combat
Preview:=20 T-72: Balkans on Fire! Screenshots
Feature: Multiplayer in = Blackhawk=20 Down
Review: Red Orchestra: Combined=20 Arms
Preview: Steel Beasts = Professional -=20 PE
Preview: SWAT 4
Preview: = Tank T-72:=20 Balkans in Fire: Part 1 Part 2

More Armor Combat articles = here.
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Naval = Combat
Preview:=20 Silent Hunter III Screenshots
Review:=20 S.C.S. - Dangerous Waters
Interview:=20 Silent Hunter III

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Community = News for=20 April 8, 2005=20

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

SimHQ Feature: = Tom "20mm"=20 Hayden visited the AMARC recently. Read his = report here on the legendary=20 "Boneyard".

SimHQ Review: = Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad drives the Team Redline = GTP mod for = NASCAR Racing=20 2003 Season and gives his impressions here. A pdf is available here (375 = kb).

SimHQ Preview: = Exclusive=20 new screenshots from Battlefront's in-progress = tank sim,=20 T-72: Balkans on = Fire!=20 are here.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "Herr Shreck" has posted a preview of = a EAW golf course.

Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe: Fighter = Squadron: SDOE Tracer Pack v1.0 has been = released.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Simulation France Magazine has posted a P80 Kansas ANG skin by Tchaika. = Simulation=20 France Magazine has posted a ME 163 Komet EKdo 16 to JG400 skin = pack by=20 Tchaika. Simulation France Magazine has posted a = ME 163 Campain "Against Overhelming = Odds" by=20 Dunkelgrunn. A 360 degree panorama photo of Lancaster = cockpit has been=20 made available. Several members have posted Rolls Royce Merlin sounds.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: The = unofficial=20 add-on for LOCK ON 1.1: Flaming Cliffs is = available for=20 download! See also the seasonal and movie packs.=20 "D-scythe" has posted an enhanced FPS water mod. There's a new movie at Andrew MacPherson's = Lomac Movie=20 Page.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "MK2" has posted = some MiG skin previews.

General=20 News: The Burning Blue, a 1940 Battle = over Britain=20 board game, is now taking pre-orders. Thanks to "MK2" = for the=20 heads up. NASA fine-tunes orbital rescue scenario. = Click here for the full story. Boeing = proposes=20 Dreamliner jet sale. Read the full story here. V-22 refueling drogue under = test on=20 TA-4 jet here. Eisenhower Certified to Fly. = More here. H-1 Upgrades get nod for = LRIP II.=20 Click here. Think you're hot in a = dogfight? Try this.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

In case you missed it, = there's a new=20 v1.03 patch out for Brothers In=20 Arms: Road to Hill 30. You can grab it here at Gamershell.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Sea Lords? From=20 the place holder page one can deduce that this is a=20 WWI Naval=20 game.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Worthplaying=20 reviews NASCAR=20 SimRacing here. Thanks to m4driving=20 for the link.

M4driving=20 also has screenshots from an upcoming Formula Renault = 2000 mod=20 for GP4 here, as well as a Renault Clio V6 = mod=20 for F1=20 Challenge here.

A trailer from the = upcoming=20 World = Racing game by Synetic has been = released. Blackhole Motorsports has the link = for the=20 download here.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Trusted=20 Reviews looks at = Acer's AT3201W LCD monitor here.

Adrian's Rojak=20 Pot tests out the = A.C. Ryan XTOR = Tanky hard disk cooler here.

Bjorn3D reviews HIS' ATI X850 XT IceQ II = Dual DVI=20 VIVO 256MB PCIe = video card=20 here.

SLCentral tests=20 Powmax's Demon=20 580W PSU here.

AMD=20 Gamer reviews = Thermaltake's = Shark aluminum gaming case here.

Hardware Zone=20 looks at Gigabyte's=20 GA-8N-SLI Royal = (nForce4 SLI=20 Intel Edition) here.

XYZ=20 Computing checks out = the=20 SuperPower=20 XP03P Case = here.

Ninjalane reviews=20 the Cooler = Master=20 Aquagate here.

ExtremeMHZ checks=20 out the BenQ=20 DW1625 16x DVD = +-RW Double=20 Layer DVD Writer here.

Trusted=20 Reviews looks at the=20 Biostar K8NHA=20 Grand=20 motherboard.

Mikhailtech has their Basic System Buyer's = Guide for=20 April 2005 here.

Community News=20 for April 7, 2005

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: Launchpad crosses 300th membership = mark.=20

F-22=20 Total Air War: The F22taw = web=20 site is online.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has found a static aircraft program. Just Flight has announced the = Flying Club=20 Seneca is available for download. Also, you can now = get a free=20 catalog of Just Flight products. Get the following at = the FlightSim web site: FS2004 Oil = Tankers=20 (FILENAME: xotanker.zip) FS2004 Automated Weather = Randomiser=20 (FILENAME: awr_v2.zip) FS2004 Air Show Smoke System = (FILENAME:=20 smokesys.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Simulation France Magazine has announced a ME262 JG7 Skins by UF ZARGOS. = Simulation=20 France Magazine has announced a I16 historical aerobatics team skin by = TCHAIKA.

Jane's=20 F-15: "Joe" has announced a Sound Manager utility.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: = "Mat_Starlight" has=20 posted new F-4 Phantom II skins. Lomacfiles = have posted=20 new 1.1 screenshots.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = announced=20 the SS Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty ship.=20 "Digital-Overload" has posted some night CVN screenshots (WIP). = "Boopidoo" has=20 posted some Su-15 cockpit screenshots.

General=20 News: Click here for an update on the Spitfire = build=20 project. "spitty" has found a Ace fighter pilots of WWII list. = "Aladar"=20 has found a cockpit web site.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

"Uziyahu" has uploaded a = video of=20 action in the SWAT 4 = SP=20 Demo using weapons unlocked by a user-created = mod. The=20 video is called "SWAT 4: Shooter with a Heart". = It can=20 be downloaded from here and weighs in at about 54 = Megs.

Matrix=20 Games has announced the release of a new official = update=20 for their grand tactical war game, Flashpoint Germany. = The new=20 version 1.02 is now available from the Matrix Games = web=20 site.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Canada' Navy reports that after 32 years of = service to=20 Canada, the ship Huron will be officially paid off in = the=20 presence of the Honourable Iona Campagnolo, Lieutenant = Governor of British Columbia, and Commodore Roger = Girouard,=20 Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific. Read more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

The Alpha demo of Live for Speed S2 has = been=20 released. You can download from one of several sites = you can=20 find here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the tip.

An interview with = Wolfgang=20 Duhr of SimBin = is up at=20 Computer Games Magazine here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for this link.

M4driving=20 reports that G4TechTV has a review of NASCAR Sim Racing here.

An intriguing = news-item was=20 reported by m4driving:=20 10Tacle studios apparently are going to release a sim = called=20 "GT Legends". This bit of news is posted here. Thanks to xjussix, we can = show you=20 some screenshots here!

There's a new cockpit for = the ThunderCars mod for = GPL. Read here at Race = Sim=20 Central. Thanks to David Ogden for the news = tip.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

eCoustics=20 has an article on = different=20 cable types here.

bit-tech=20 reviews Coolermaster's Praetorian=20 731 case here.

Legion=20 Hardware looks at the = DFI LANPartyUT = NF4=20 SLI-DR mobo = here.

ExtremeTech looks=20 at the ECS=20 nForce4-A939 = budget gaming=20 mobo here.

ExtremeTech also=20 has test results on a reference design nForce4 Socket = 775 board with SLI for Intel = processors=20 here.

PC=20 Perspective takes the = Venice Core = Athlon 64=20 3200+ for a spin = here.

PCStats looks at the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI-Royal = nForce4 SLI=20 Intel Edition mobo = here.

Silent=20 PC reviews the = Shuttle SB86i BTX SFF PC here.

Community News=20 for April 6, 2005

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: Click here to see the cliffs at = Dover.

Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe: SDOE = sound and=20 effects pack version 1 has been released here. SDOE radio expansion pack = version 1=20 has been released here.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has released a preview of an = F-18=20 skin (VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters) here.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "vpmedia" has released a P-39Q1 sharkmouth skin. = "Tromplamort" has=20 released two Yak-9P skins. Click here for information on the = Virtual Fronts=20 online war. Forgotten Skies is looking for = Axis=20 squadrons. "Tchaika" has released F-80 skins.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: = "BritRadarDude" has=20 released an updated Caucasus tour.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = announced=20 the release of the new Ju-88C4. "MajorLee" is looking for = help on=20 project Nord Afrika. "Gepard" has = released a=20 new MiG-17 skin. "kout" has released a = Iran-Iraq menu preview. "kout" has = released=20 a new F-15C loading screen. "Gramps" has = released=20 a new Eastern Front Ju-88C skin.

General=20 News: Click here to see an RC F-14 with = burners in=20 flight. Thanks to "vpmedia" for the link. Video: Super Hornets arrive at Oceana. = Thanks to=20 "NC_Creeper" for the link.

Click here to=20 learn about Condor, the=20 sailing flight sim. Thanks to "Dalibor" for the news = and=20 link.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has news of the Brothers in Arms = patch here.

SWAT 4=20 has been released to the masses. There's already = been a=20 couple of reviews done on the game, all with high but = not=20 perfect scores. Gamespot has=20 there review here, and also a video review here. IGN = has there=20 review here, along with a video review here.

The Battlefield Connection has = announced a=20 SWAT 4 video = making=20 contest with the prize for best video being a set of = Dick Kramer's SWAT series art = work, check it=20 out here.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Silent Hunter III PATCH! Patch 1.2 for = Silent Hunter = III has now been released and = fixes a=20 multitude of things. UbiRazz says "New patches = modify game=20 data and in some cases, the saves that are made while = in=20 missions will not load properly. We highly recommend, = before=20 installing a patch, that =93all the Captains should = return to=20 bases=94 or to load a previous in base save (after = install) in=20 order to avoid possible problems" Go to the = download=20 update here.

Dangerous Waters: Bill = Nichols has=20 New General Quarters & Diving Alarm sounds for = Mission=20 Designers. Check for these and other mods under the = downloads=20 section at SubGuru.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Traveller's Milano = conversion=20 from GPL to = NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season has=20 been released. Day and night versions. Get them here at the US=20 Pits.

According to this thread, the first patch for = NASCAR Sim Racing = should arrive=20 on April 8th.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Bona Fide=20 Reviews puts the = HIS X800XL IceQ II = Turbo 256MB PCIe card through its = paces=20 here.

LostCircuits=20 checks out the ASUS=20 A8N-SLI Deluxe = mobo=20 here.

X-bit Labs=20 has an item suggesting = that=20 ATI's = R520 chip will be announced in = June. Read=20 more here.

SLCentral=20 reviews the Ultra X-Connect 500W titanium PSU here.

Remember when=20 a 20GB hard disk seemed huge? Well, Gamer's Depot=20 reviews Seagate's Cheetah=20 150GB and 300GB = (that's=20 GIGA...) here.

XtremeResources=20 reviews the Sharkoon=20 Silvation case = here.

EXTREME Overclocking reviews the SkyHawk Power = ONE 570W power supply w/audio = standby=20 here.

HEXUS and Legit=20 Reviews both look at=20 Intel's Pentium = Extreme=20 Edition 840 and = 955x Express chipset, here = and=20 here.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "vonOben" has posted screenshots of = new FAW=20 items here.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Zuki" has posted a screenshot of the = Denver=20 Mega City scenery here. The following have been = released at FlightSim. The FS2004 Southwest = ANG Military=20 AI Package (FILENAME: ai_ang2.zip), FS2004 Random = Weather=20 Generator AKA "Wetter 2004" (FILENAME: wett2k42.zip), = Updated=20 English and additional German documents for Wetter = 2004 v2.0=20 (FILENAME: wettdocs.zip), FS2004 Hopping Round The = World=20 Adventure (FILENAME: hrwpak77.zip), FS2004 Flight = Information=20 Display 3 (FILENAME: gafid3.zip), FS2004 Vistaliner = Boeing 727=20 Strobes (FILENAME: vistrobe.zip), FS2002 / FS2004 Fiat = CMASA=20 RS 14 featuring a virtual cockpit (FILENAME: = rs14_fs9.zip),=20 FS2004 Heliservices Newcastle Bell 206B III (FILENAME: = jr3_mxw.zip) Features highly detailed exterior and = virtual=20 cockpit with multi-LOD models, maximum moving parts,=20 interactive VC, dynamic shine, and reflective = textures. Paint=20 kit available.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Paul Lowengrin has announced IL-2 DCG 3.12 here. "Leadspitter" has posted a = ki43 skin=20 here. "RaFiGer" has posted some = Hungarian=20 Fw-190 skins here. "Box-Weasel" has posted a = preview of a=20 Mustang skin, "Delta Queen," here. "Magnet_ger" has announced = four new=20 guncam movies here.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "Joe" has released the Sound Manager = README here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: Post your = favorite=20 screenshot here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = announced=20 the release of the Ju-88A4. "Hi Ho Silver" is looking = for=20 MiG-25RB test pilots here. "Sundowner's" paint faded = F-4 and=20 VMFA-122 skins are available here. "Sundowner" has released a = F-4E-35-MC Skin. "Gramps" has = posted a MTO=20 Skin for the Ju-88A here.

Falcon=20 4: Scoob, has = released a new=20 Korean Theater for Falcon 4.0, that works with = SuperPak 4.2=20 and FreeFalcon 3.1. This package, called KTO, (Korean = Theater=20 of Operations) contains 3 new campaigns, 4 new = training=20 missions, and several UI improvements. The Free = Falcon=20 version overview can be found here and can be downloaded here (4.5 megs). The SuperPak 4.2 version = overview can be=20 found here and can be downloaded here (4.6 megs).

General=20 News: "Pathfinder" has posted some photos of = his day at=20 Duxford here. Click here to=20 go to the Airforce aircraft fact sheets. Airbus = presents the=20 A380 cabin at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2005 in Hamburg = Germany,=20 April 5-7. Click here for more information.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has new screens here of Delta=20 Force Xtreme.

Fileplanet=20 has two high quality game play video's of Battlefield 2.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

With Silent Hunter III's success comes = sad new=20 that 'Rohr=20 1... Losss!!!' has called it a day. Manuel says = "More=20 than one year is the time that last new in this site = has. Most=20 of you would think that the project is canceled, and = in fact=20 it is, more or less. At the end of this month of = March, Silent=20 Hunter III will be released, and as it seems, it has a = lot of=20 similarities with the project that I wanted to do, so = it would=20 be a waste of time for me to dedicate to something = that now=20 exists (or will exist), with all the work it = means." Read=20 more here.

Dangerous=20 Waters Reviews! Jamie posted at the = Subsim Review Forums that PC Gamer = UK=20 (magazine) gave DW an 82%; Gamezone gave it an 88% = (read here) and the Finnish magazine, = Pelit gave=20 it a 90%. Well done Sonalysts and Battlefront!

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

The patch for EA's NASCAR SimRacing is = not here=20 yet =97 but gets a mention on EA's homepage.

M4driving=20 has some new screenshots from the upcoming 1975 mod = for F1 Challenge here.

From Race = Sim=20 Central we learn that a patch v1.31 for Team Virtua LM's Prototype-C = mod has been released and you can download it = either=20 from m4driving located here, or from Boomtown here.

Worthplaying reviews the Logitech Driving Force = Pro here. It works for PC too. Thanks = to m4driving for the link.

A = stand alone=20 BMW carset for GTR has=20 been released and you can download it here from m4driving.

MethylEthyl has = created=20 the 4th edition of "Sounds of Nascar" for NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season. Read=20 all about it in our forum here.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

X-bit=20 Labs reviews = Plextor's PX-716A = DVD=B1RW dual layer burner here.

Trusted=20 Reviews looks at = Evesham Technology's = SilverSTOR NAS=20 500Q SFF PC = here.

Tech-Mods=20 reviews the Corsair Cool Water Cooling=20 Kit for = P4775-AMD XP here.

CNET = News=20 reports on Moore's = Law=20 turning 40. Read here.

ExtremeTech has a Performance = Preview on the=20 Intel Dual Core = Pentium=20 here.

HardOCP has=20 their preview on the Intel Dual=20 Core Pentium here.

Reuters UK=20 reports that Google is adding personal video to = search=20 repertoire. Read here.

HotHardware has an nForce4 motherboard = roundup here.

CaseModGod reviews the A4Tech-AK5 Easy = Go optical notebook mouse = here.

ByteSector tests=20 out Koolance's = NV2-L06=20 GeForce 6800 = cooler=20 here.

GideonTech looks=20 at Sunbeam's=20 Minibaybus = here.

System=20 Cooling gives = ThermalRight's XP-90C=20 P4/K8 heatsink a = test=20 here.

Extensive=20 Mods evaluates the = XG Box Viper gaming case here.

Community News=20 for April 4, 2005

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: Bird strikes do happen in EAW. Click = here for proof. "VonBeerhofen" has = posted a=20 preview of the Stratocast skyset here. "RAF_Roy" has posted = EAWQuickLink here. "vonOben" has posted on = Ground object=20 filename standardization here.

Falcon=20 4.0: "Scoob_SBM" had announced a new Korean = Theater -=20 KTO - FF3.1 here, and a new Korean Theater - = KTO - SP4.2=20 here. Join the cockpit contest for = April=20 2005 here. The 338th=20 Virtual Fighter Wing has a large selection of = downloads to=20 get you up to date in Falcon 4.0.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters: MAT=20 Manager v2.20 Easter egg is revealed here. The Letov S-328 is finished. = Click here. "vpmedia" has released a = CR-42.hu skin=20 pack here. "vpmedia" has released a = IAR-80 and=20 Ar-196A-3 Skinpack here. There are four free = campaigns by=20 "Extreme_One" available here. The Pearl Harbor Payback = (final v4.2)=20 mission has been announced here. "1.JaVA_Serval" has released = new P-40=20 skins here. "Leadspitter" has released a = preview=20 of a Fw-190D13 skin here. Check out the new movie: One = o Ninage,=20 here. "obelixC6" has released some = new P-40C=20 skins here.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "Mac 4.0" has posted Eagle's F/A-18E = add-on=20 updates here. "Mac 4.0" has released a = VFA-103 Jolly=20 Roger Skin here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "Thomas DW" = has=20 released a new F-15 dog fight mission pack here. "ZoomBoy27" has posted an = A-10 systems=20 tutorial here.

MiG=20 Alley: Click here for the MiG Alley links and = mods page.

Shockwave's Battle of = Britain 2: Wings=20 of Victory: Check out four new screenshots here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The F-4E-35-MC = has been=20 released here. Armourdave's Korat RTAFB for = DRVv1.4=20 has been uploaded to Combatace. Click here. "MANTIS_111" has posted some = MiG-19=20 cockpit (WIP) screens here. "fubar_512" has posted a = flyable=20 re-skinned WoV B-52 here. "Simon" has released the = Avro Canada=20 Avrocar here. The Forum Quick Reference = page for=20 Strike Fighters: Project 1 and Wings Over Vietnam is = here. "MK2" has posted a new MiG = cockpit=20 repaint here. "RussoUK2002" has posted = some shots of=20 W.I.P.'s here. "WOLF257" has uploaded = P-51D-30 (V2.0)=20 which includes the engine fix. Click here.

WWII=20 Fighters: World War Two Fighters HQ offers many = free=20 add-ons. Click here.=20

General=20 News: Learn how to build a DIY USB joystick here. "granny" has posted a link = to jet=20 fighter out-takes here. "Migkiller" has found some = rare P47=20 gun camera footage here. "Redwolf 2" has found a WWII = movie=20 clip site here. Thanks to "Spitfire King" = for the=20 information. "cv" has found a web article on "Rolling = Thunder"=20 1965 here. American Airlines flight = gets too=20 close to military jets. More on this here. Fly the Texan advanced = fighter trainer=20 (1940-1945). Click here for more information. = Australian Jet=20 Adventures offers aerobatic flight in jets and more here. Hawker Hunters WV322 (based = in Exeter=20 UK) offer the chance to ride in a Hawker Hunter jet = aircraft=20 here.

Air=20 & Space has a good article on aerobatics here. Thanks "Kestrel" for the = link.

There's a good thread here at the Ubisoft Forums that = discusses=20 Fighter Op's = XSI.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has news that = the Empire Earth 2 = multiplayer demo=20 is out. Read about it here.

There's also new screenshots = and a new=20 trailer of Battlefield = 2=20 here.

Fileplanet=20 has the newest version of award winning UT2004 mod, Red Orchestra v3.2 here.

JoWood has=20 officially announced Panzer=20 Elite Action and have the web site = up-and-running here.

Matrix=20 Games and 2by3 Games=20 have released the final v2.41 update for Uncommon Valor. It = updates the=20 v2.30 and v2.40 versions with additional fixes based = on player=20 feedback. Head over to Matrix=20 Games for more information.

Tactical Gaming Radio has added a = number of=20 new shows to its broadcast schedule, with plans to add = Top 20 (chosen by the = station's=20 listeners) and History = of the=20 Tactical Shooter shows to its line-up. In fact, = if=20 SimHQ visitors would like to record their reminiscing = and=20 impressions of yesteryear's classic tactical shooters = and=20 compress them to a 128-bit .mp3 file, they can send = them here.=20 Please try to keep the .mp3's under 5 megs.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

A Century of Silent = Service=20 100 Years of Submarine History DVD is now = available=20 from Battlefront. Produced by Sonalysts, makers of the award = winning sub=20 simulation S.C.S. Dangerous Waters, = this DVD,=20 hosted by former President Jimmy Carter, the only U.S. = president to serve on a sub, is a story about = submarines told=20 by the men who served aboard them. Submarine admirals, = officers and enlisted men describe their experiences, = from the=20 sinking of the USS Squalus, to WWII war = patrols, to the=20 cruise missile attacks on Kosovo. See more here.

Pirates of the Burning Sea say = that "Our=20 new milestone is underway, and we've updated our = Status page=20 to show what we're working on". Read more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

A = new soundmod=20 for Richard = Burns=20 Rally has been = released. You=20 can download it here from Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

TVR Cerbera Speed 6 = v1.2 has been released as a stand = alone=20 add-on car for GTR.=20