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Interview: Jamie=20 Carlson

S.C.S.=20 Dangerous Waters has recently seen a = major update=20 and gone retail. So what else is going-on with = this=20 favorite high-tech naval combat sim? Read what = Jamie=20 Carlson, Producer for S.C.S. Dangerous Waters = has to say=20 here in the 8 page article = with Guest=20 Interviewer Thorsten "OneShot"=20 Bergmann.

Interview: Eric = "Aeyes" de=20 Best

Tom "20mm" Hayden = interviews one=20 of the key persons in the successful Falcon 4 series = =97 cockpit creator "Aeyes". = Learn how=20 Eric builds those beautiful photorealistic pits = here.

Feature: "Second = Look" -=20 Richard Burns Rally

What's the best racing = sim you=20 possibly haven't played? The answer is Richard Burns Rally. = Read Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad's "Second Look" Series = update=20 "Richard Burns Rally. A Year On." here.

"Got Game?" Review: = Far=20 Cry

One of the most = popular games in=20 the past couple years is Far=20 Cry. From it's unique graphic environment = to it's=20 difficult gameplay, it has certainly impacted = the FPS=20 world. Read Guest Writer Bj=F6rn =93M@verick=94 = Hagman's "Got Game?"=20 review here.

Interview: Jet=20 Thunder

Chris "BeachAV8R" = Frishmuth=20 interviews Dante = Mendes De=20 Patta, Jet Thunder Project Manager, to = discuss=20 the highly anticipated project covering the 1982 = Falklands / Malvinas War. We also have seven = exclusive=20 new screenshots in 1600 x 1200 of the = work-in-progress=20 sim. Read the interview here.


Today is the = 20th=20 anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
We honor = the brave=20 crew who remind us of the danger in space exploration. =


Community News=20 for January 27, 2006=20

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

EECH / EEAH:=20
  • "AI_Guy"=20 has released a movie showcasing EECH mods.=20
European Air=20 War:=20
  • "Col.=20 Gibbon" is looking for feedback from users who = suffer from=20 the 7217 error.
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted a = shot of EAW's first lighted instrument.=20
Event=20 Photography:=20
  • "Yojimbo" has posted a link = to Basic Portrait Lighting reference = page.=20
  • "Top=20 Gun" has posted a A-10 nose shot. =
F-22 Total Air War:=20
  • "Reticuli" has posted a link = to an Air and Space Power review of = TAW.=20
IL-2 Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20 Jane's Longbow=20 Series:=20
  • "Shadow=3DASP=3D" has = released a new mission - News of Nuisance.=20
LOMAC = / Flaming=20 Cliffs / Black Shark:=20 Over = Flanders=20 Fields:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20
  • "Pasko"=20 has announced the release of the Horten Ho-229 / Gotha Go-229 flying = wing.=20
  • "MrJelly" has announced that = Filemanager V4 is available for = download=20 and Beta testing.
  • "Eagle114th" has posted 'The Survivor of World' = Destruction',=20 Storyline of Survivor of WWIII add-on. =
General News:=20
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted a = link to a=20 flight maneuvers web page. =
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted a = link to a=20 basic air combat maneuvers web = page.=20
  • "Pobs"=20 has posted a link to the 1./JG51 flight training web = page.
  • Members=20 have posted link to resources for Slovakia and = Romania during=20 WWII.
  • "Mangrove" has posted a link = to a Polikarpov fighters in Finnish = Service web=20 page.
  • "Polak"=20 has posted a link to a reference page for the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion. =
  • Aerial Strike: Low Altitude High = Stakes=20 video game review for the PC.
  • "Dice-man" sends along the news about = Hawgsmoke2006:=20 "Your readers may be interested in the upcoming = Hawgsmoke 2006 = which will be=20 held at DM in AZ at the end of March. Here's their web site with more = info."=20
Aviation = World=20 News:=20

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

Monthly=20 Magazine Overview

PC Gamer, Feb. 2006: = Top 10=20 games of 2006, Pg. 20; Review of Gun, Pg. 34; Review = of BF2:=20 Special Forces, Pg. 36; Review of Sniper Elite, Pg. = 39; Expert=20 tips for BF2, Pg. 42.

Computer Games, Feb. = 2006:=20 Spring Preview Guide, Pg. 26; Review of Gun, Pg. 56; = Review of=20 Vietcong 2, Pg. 58; Review of Shattered Union, Pg. 60. =

Computer Gaming = World, Feb.=20 2006: Review of BF2: Special Forces, Pg. 72; Review of = Vietcong 2, Pg. 81; Review of Gun, Pg. 81; Tom vs = Bruce in=20 Civilization 4, Pg. 94.

Matrix=20 Games announces a 14 day free trial of Battleground Europe, = starting=20 this weekend. A large invasion is planned to showcase = the game=20 in all it's glory also. Read about it here.

Shrapnel=20 Games is now shipping "The Star and the Crescent", which = is a=20 strategy/war game based on Arab and Israeli armor = conflict=20 from 1956 to 2009.

Hot=20 SWAT Mods has word and a link to an online petition to bring = Punkbuster to SWAT 4.

Worthplaying has news that Iron Warriors is = coming to=20 Europe. Iron Warriors is T72:=20 Balkans on Fire. Read about it here.

Worthplaying has a trailer for = American Conquest: Divided=20 Nation here.

Blues News=20 has word that Splinter = Cell:=20 Double Agent has been pushed back.

10-David has news that the mobile = phone=20 version of SWAT = called "SWAT Force" has been released. =

The Steel=20 Beasts web site has a new 15 minute video of some = great in=20 game action, and the AAR tool. Check it out here.

Naval Combat News

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

GMX = Media=20 announces Pacific Storm.

Motorsports News

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

A demo for the = upcoming=20 Crashday has = been=20 released. You can download the 309MB file here.

Le Mans Bugatti is = the latest=20 track release for rFactor.=20 Screenshots and download locations are to be found here.

Technology=20 News

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

AMDZone tests the Asus Extreme AX1800XT = TOP video=20 card here.

GamePC looks at the ATI Radeon X1900 XT = and XTX 512MB video cards = here.

TweakTown tests out the Gigabyte 8N-SLI Quad = Royal=20 motherboard here.

PenStarSys checks out Icemat's Audio Siberia=20 headphones here.

3DGameMan looks at the Nexus 350W Silent NX-9003 = SFB=20 w/Security Fan Backup here.

Bjorn3D checks out the PC Power & Cooling = 1KW PSU=20 here.

XYZ Computing tests PowerColor's X1300 = video card=20 here.

3DXtreme tests Thermaltake's Max 4 = hard drive=20 enclosure here.

"Davros" has posted a = link to free programming software from=20 Microsoft.

Konami Digital = Entertainment has=20 announced the tentatively titled game Steel Horizon will release for = both the=20 Nintendo DS and Playstation Portable handheld gaming=20 devices.

Community News=20 for January 26, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

Event Photography:=20
  • "RSColonel_131st's" Pitts S-2 "ribbon cutting" = picture has=20 been accepted by Airliners and JetPhotos.=20
  • There is an ongoing = discussion=20 about Photoshop and it's auto = features.=20
FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20
  • "JG5_Grue" has posted = shots of Active Sky v6.
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "CanonUK" has released = a Bf-109G-10 (Yellow 6, II./JG52, = Ainring=20 Airfield, 1945) skin.=20
  • "RONNCO" has released a = F4U-1A VF-17 skin pack.=20
  • "Cyrpa" has released new = Fiat skins.=20
  • "Cyrpa" has released new = Ki-46 Dinah skins. =
Jane's Longbow = Series:=20
  • Members are planning an = online meet for this Saturday = January=20 28th.
LOMAC / Flaming=20 Cliffs / Black Shark:=20
  • "Blad_RJ" has released a = low res water skin. =
Over Flanders Fields: =
  • "bisher" has posted shots = of a Fokker Dr. 1 and Sopwith = Triplane.=20
Pit = Builders:=20 RC and Scale = Modeling:=20
  • "Captain Anthem" has = posted a link=20 to a Lego F-16.
Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a shot of=20 a Pitts S-2.=20
  • "Magnum SimHQ" has posted = Ghost Recon shots.=20
  • "akdavis" has posted a = shot of two engine bombers over the = ocean.=20
Strike = Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20 General=20 News:=20
  • Star Trek: Legacy Announced. = Thanks to=20 "Aladar" for the information.=20
  • "DaveO" has posted a link = to AV-8 3D artwork.=20
  • "allenjb42" has posted a = link to an=20 Aviation Art web page. =

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

The=20 WarGamer has news and screenshots of the soon to = be=20 released, Birth of=20 America. Check it out here.

There's a new SWAT4 fan site just starting. It = has a nice=20 tactical and screenshot area so far. Check it out here.

IGN = has an=20 interview, screens, and a video of the just announced = Medieval 2: Total War. Check them = out here.

Worthplaying has the official = announcement=20 for WarHammer: Mark of = Chaos, along with some features and = screenshots. Check=20 them out here.

Ghost=20 Recon Retreat has a new mod that combines all = missions=20 from the original Ghost=20 Recon campaign, the Desert Siege campaign, and = the=20 Island Thunder campaign into one massive connected = campaign.=20 Get it here.

Operation=20 Flashpoint Editing Center has released a crowd = add-on.=20 Check it out here.

GameSpot has=20 nine new PC game screenshots of FSW: Ten Hammers. Check them out = here.

A few screenshots of Ghost=20 Recon have been shared in our forums. Check them = out here.

BeachAV8R has posted a nice = AAR of=20 Conflict Desert = Storm here.

Naval Combat News

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

New screenshots of the 104 Gun Ship at the Pirates of the Burning = Sea web=20 site here.

Motorsports News

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

New screenshots from netKar Pro have been = released.=20 netKar Pro is expected to be released Q1 2006.

Technology=20 News

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

Creative Sound = Blaster Audigy 2 series and Audigy 4 series = Driver=20 02.08.0004 has been released.

ATI R580 Architecture = Interview=20 here at Beyond3D.

ThinkComputers.org checks out = Altec Lansing's iM616 = Headphones here.

3DAvenue=20 tests the ASUS = and Gigabyte GeForce 7300GS = PCI-E=20 128MB Video Cards here.

bit-tech.net=20 looks at the ATI = Radeon=20 X1900 family of videocards here.

Silicon=20 Factor checks out the ATI=20 Radeon X1900XTX CrossFire Edition Video Card here.

X-bit Labs=20 tests ATI's Radeon = X1900XTX=20 CrossFire Edition Video Card here.

techPowerUp checks out ECS' PF5 Extreme = Motherboard here.

Overclockers Online reviews SilverStone's SG01 = Case here.

Overclockers Club tests Saitek's Gamers = Keyboard here.

Community News=20 for January 25, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

Combat Flight Simulator = 3:=20
  • "BEAR - AvHistory" has = posted the=20 MAW map.
European Air War:=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted = a 1 Gruppe JG51 flyer.=20
  • "Captain Kurt" has posted = a P-40 screenshot.
Event Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • Post your FPS and setup = here.
FS2002 / FS2004:=20
  • "neil0311" has posted a = link to the=20 Flight1 Pilatus PC-12.=20
  • "Fastfreddy" has posted a = link to=20 the freeware Socata TBM700 A.=20
  • "Legend" has posted a = link to AlphaSim F-22A Raptor project = shots.=20
IL-2 Series: = Forgotten=20 Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "GregSM" has released = several new Yak skins.=20
  • "Firebird" has posted a = link to news from Oleg.=20
  • The newest and possibly = last set of=20 graphics DLL`s has been = released.=20
  • "Tromplamort" has = released a ETO B-24 skin pack.=20
  • "Jarink" has released a = B-17G (709BS, 447th BG) skin = pack.=20
  • Scorched Earth: Small updates to = DCS and=20 MP.=20
  • "Col. Douglas King" has = posted a=20 shot of a P-38L-5-LO (King=B4s Lady, 475th = FG HQ=20 Section).
LOMAC /=20 Flaming Cliffs / Black Shark:=20 Screenshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20 General News:=20
  • "Magnum SimHQ" has posted = a link to=20 upcoming PC games.=20
  • "U-96" has posted a link = to an aircraft and ground vehicle = reference=20 (pictorial) web page.=20
  • "Lagarto" has posted a = link to WWII pilot interviews.=20
  • Jet lets fingers do the flying. = Thanks to=20 "Subguru" for the information.

GMX announces a=20 new expansion pack OSTFRONT - Decisive Battles = in the=20 East for = IL-2 Forgotten = Battles for release February 4th 2006. = "Fly=20 on the Eastern Front for the Red Airforce, Luftwaffe, = Royal=20 Air Force and the French Regiment Normandie-Niemen in = 24 new=20 airborne campaigns." Read the announcement here.

GMX = also announces a flight = simulation=20 title Pacific=20 Storm scheduled for release in March 2006. = =93Pacific=20 Storm recreates one of the most epic airborne military = confrontations down to the finest detail=94, quotes = Eugene=20 Perry, COO for GMX Media =93Players are given absolute = freedom=20 to control nearly every available military unit = involved in=20 the engagement. This is no ordinary flight sim title = =96 Pacific=20 Storm will redefine games based upon historical = military=20 warfare." Read the = announcement=20 here and find out more = about Pacific=20 Storm here.

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

Magnum has posted a link to upcoming PC games.

"Dwukwiat" has posted OFP shots - Sightseeing on = Nogova.

Destineer Publishing's Bold label has announced = today a=20 global publishing agreement with Tripwire Interactive, = winners=20 of the NVIDIA $1,000,000 Make Something Unreal = Contest, that=20 will bring the World War II first-person shooter: = Red Orchestra: Ostfront = 41-45=20 to PCs this March. More information on Red Orchestra: = Ostfront=20 41-45 can be found here.

Naval Combat News

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

There are new Distant=20 Guns screenshots here.

Motorsports News

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

A presentation = video of the=20 upcoming GP2 mod for rFactor has been = released and=20 can be downloaded from here.

Yet more new tracks = for GT Legends have been = released:=20 Oschersleben and Estoril.

Top Gear's Jeremy = Clarkson=20 tries to beat his Gran Turismo lap time on the real = life track=20 in the same car. Thanks to "CoffeeDrinker" for the = heads up.=20

Technology=20 News

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

ATI announces the launch of = the Radeon X1900 here. Read reviews at these sites: = Elite Bastards, NGOHQ, HotHardware, Neoseeker, HardOCP, ExtremeTech, OCWORKBENCH and Beyond3D.

MADSHRIMPS tests out the AMD Athlon 64 Stock = Heatsink=20 with 4 Heat Pipes here.

X-bit Labs checks out ATI's Radeon X1800 XT = CrossFire=20 Edition Video Card here.

Sudhian Media has a Micro ATX Case = Shootout here.

bigbruin looks at the Raidmax RX-9 ATX = Gaming Case here.

A1 Electronics tests the SilverStone Strider = 600W PSU here.

3DGameMan reviews the Zalman ZM460-APS 460W = Quiet PSU=20 here.

Community News for = January 24,=20 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European=20 Air War:

  • "RAF_Dumoulin" has posted = screenshots -=20 Ardennes, the front of the JG51 = and=20 352FG.....
  • "Skylark" has posted a link = to Japanese Career screens by Julio = Junqueira.
Event Photography:=20
  • "hbxov"=20 has posted links to Axalp the Swiss Air Force's Air = Power=20 Demonstration. Part 1, Part 2
  • "Yojimbo" has posted a shot = of a helo.
  • "Snare_TS" has posted a shot = of a dirty=20 CF-188.
FS2002 / FS2004:=20 IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • Scorched Earth: Version 2.0 Beta = (G) has=20 been released.
  • "UF_Zargos" has released a Bf-109K-4 (W.Nr 332380, 9./JG3, = Uffz.=20 Werner Krause, 1945) skin.
  • "vpmedia" has released a = wallpaper - Messers in Action.
  • "vpmedia" has released a P-39 desert camo skin.
  • "Rudi=20 Jaeger" has released KTO La7 3xB20 skins.
  • "Box-weasel" has released = updated bare metal P-47 skins.=20
MiG=20 Alley:=20
  • Naturalpoint has released a = TrackIR 6DoF patch for MiG = Alley. Thanks=20 to "markuardt" for the heads up. =
Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "312_Jura" has posted a = wallpaper - Clouds of Victory.=20
  • "PanzerMeyer" has posted a Ju-88 video using = TrackIR.=20
Strike = Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20 General News:=20
  • "Coot"=20 has posted a link to Jetwalls a military aviation = wallpaper=20 site.

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

The official Steel=20 Beasts web site has two new videos. Check them out = here and here.

GameSpot has new screenshots of = the just=20 announced "The Regiment", check them out here.

Gamespot also has screenshots of = the=20 recently announced "Medieval 2:=20 Total War". Check them out here.

Worthplaying has new screenshots = of "Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten = Hammers". Check=20 them out here.

Worthplaying also has new = screenshots of "Splinter Cell: Double Agent". = Check them out=20 here.

From the Forums- Heinzi has shared a number of = screenshots=20 from Battleground = Europe.=20 Check them out here.

Magnum has posted a few screens of the SWAT series, as a = visit down=20 memory lane. Check them out here.

Magnum has also posted a number of screenshots from = Americas Army. Check = them out=20 here.

PanzerMeyer has posted a few videos of Star Wars: Battlefront = 2. You=20 can find the links here.

Naval Combat News

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

New devlog at the Pirates of=20 the Burning Sea web site here.

Motorsports News

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

Le Mans WIP for = GT Legends has been = released.=20 Download locations are found here.

The = Pits=20 have released more cars for the GN70 mod for NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season. Go=20 to the files=20 section.

Technology=20 News

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

PC = Perspective=20 checks out the Asus = Extreme=20 AX1800 XT TOP 2DHTV video card here.

ByteSector=20 looks at the ATI = Radeon X1800XL=20 All-In-Wonder video card here.

Pro-Clockers checks out the AzenX Evo-Jet 2in1 = heatsink here.

SystemCooling tests the Enermax Noisetaker AX = 600W PSU=20 here.

Bjorn3D tests=20 out the HIS X1600XT = IceQ=20 Turbo video card here.

MADSHRIMPS=20 checks out the I-Star = Nitro AX=20 S-1000 full tower case here.

HEXUS has a=20 Mouse Pad = Roundup here.

XYZ=20 Computing checks out the Thermaltake Blue Orb = cooler here.

Community News for January 23, = 2006=20

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

  • "stickman" has posted a link = to a modification to make the the = yellow nose=20 show up better with the distant 109's. =
EECH / EEAH:=20
  • "Craigmire" has posted a link = to a EECH utility page. =
European Air War:=20 Event=20 Photography:=20
  • "Skylark" has posted a photo = of the P-51 Mustang "Grim Reaper".=20
Falcon 4.0:=20 Allied Force:=20
  • "AV8R"=20 has posted a link to a video of a MFD project. =
Fighter Squadron: Scream 'n = Demons=20 Over Europe:=20