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Review: Flaming = Cliffs
Review: Boeing vs. Airbus - = Part:=20 1 2 3 4 5
Review: Case Blue
Review: The Last Days
Interview: Apache Pilot Gene=20 Garrett
Feature: Boneyard
Preview: Battle of Britain 2=20 Screens 1 2
Feature: Make Your Own Sim=20 Movies

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Land = Combat
War in the Pacific
I of the Enemy
Brothers in Arms
Review: SWAT 4
Feature: Oh Brother, Where Art=20 Thou? 1 2
Preview: T-72: Balkans on = Fire!=20 Screenshots
Feature: Multiplayer in = Blackhawk=20 Down
Review: Red Orchestra: Combined=20 Arms

More Armor Combat articles = here.
More Squad Tactical = Shooter=20 articles here.

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

More Technology articles here.

Community News for=20 May 27, 2005

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

SimHQ=20 Review: "Cat" reviews=20 Eagle Dynamics Flaming Cliffs = follow-up to LOMAC. How = does it=20 compare to the original title? Read Cat's = article here.

SimHQ=20 Preview: Alex "Zander"=20 Keep previews this weekend's F1 European Grand = Prix=20 here in pdf format (138=20 kb).

SimHQ=20 Review: John = Reynolds=20 tests the new Intel=20 Pentium 4 670 3.8GHz against the Intel Pentium = 4 660=20 (3.6GHz) and 3.73GHz Extreme Edition CPUs. Read = John's=20 report here.

SimHQ=20 Review: Tom = "WKLINK"=20 Cofield looks at Matrix Games War in the = Pacific. How does the wargaming = title hold=20 up? Is it another winner from Gary Grigsby? Read = here.

SimHQ=20 Review: Teddy B=E4r has=20 completed his extended review of the WWII naval = combat=20 sim Silent Hunter=20 III. The = review spans=20 over 20 pages and includes more than 80 new = images. Read=20 Teddy's analysis here.

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Pit=20 Builders: "PB0_Fighter" is looking for plans = and=20 technical help to build a full scale Bf-109 cockpit. "Gecko6" has = posted photos=20 of a privately owned A-7D HUD.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Chappy USVN" has posted links to Kirk Olsson's F-16D (freeware). = The=20 following files have been released at FlightSim: FS2004 Tips And Tricks = - Part 11=20 (FILENAME: tandt11.zip). FS2004 Hopping Round The = World=20 Adventure (FILENAME: hrwpak79.zip). FS2004 = Photorealistic 2D=20 Panel For Fi-156 (FILENAME: fipnl_ew.zip). FS2004=20 Photorealistic 2D Panel For F-102 (FILENAME: = f102p_ew.zip).=20 FS2002/FS2004 Extra Objects (FILENAME: extobj11.zip). = FS2004=20 Tupolev Tu-144 Update (FILENAME: tu144pt.zip). FS2004=20 Takeoff/V Speeds Gauge (FILENAME: rcbvs-24.zip). = FS2004 Blank=20 Tomahawk From Just Flight (FILENAME: blankhwk.zip). =

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "MK2" has announced new Pacific Fighters campaigns. "vpmedia" has released = a P-47D skin of Glenn T. Eagleston. = The 718th=20 TFW has launched a new server.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: = "WhiteKnight06604" has=20 released a Chinese Tu-16A skin. "RussoUK2002" = has=20 posted Bf-109 news.

General=20 News: Are you a aircraft 3D artist? Post your=20 credentials here. "602RAF_Puff" has posted a = drawing of=20 a Porsche Boxster. "ColJLanders" has = posted=20 some links to a master model builder's work.=20 "Alexi_Alx_Anova" has posted a link to a Phys X destruction demo. = "Mysticpuma2003"=20 has posted a link to a Robert S Johnson movie trailer. = "M@verick"=20 has posted a link to nearly every Fighter Fling video. Airshow warning after near-miss. = Northrop=20 Grumman helps U.S. Air Force develop technologies for = more efficient supersonic flight. = Lockheed=20 Martin delivers 65th improved P-3C aircraft. Historic = World War II flying squadron to = appear May=20 28-29 at Naval Air Station-Willow Grove. Pilots give = new C-130J aircraft rave reviews. = Experts=20 defend Cessna's reputation. Helicopter firm lands =A3194m = deal. French helicopter pilot clips = Indian Air=20 Force record on Mt. Everest. NAS Fallon bids farewell = to F-14 fighter jets. Cryosat flight team in countdown = to launch.=20 Lockheed Martin C-130E simulators receive Level C=20 Certification. Measuring up to a Solar Sail.

A patch for Banzai has been = released that=20 makes it simpler to start from the carrier. You can = grab it at=20 X1 Software.

Land Combat News

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

There's a Ghost Recon 3 Q&A = here on GhostRecon.net

Naval Combat News

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

Pirates of the Burning Sea has 8 = new=20 screenshots here.

The Chicago=20 Tribune reports that 'The premier artifact at the = Museum of Science and Industry, a = captured=20 U-505 German submarine, will = resurface June=20 5 in a $35 million subterranean room of its own, going = back on=20 public display for the first time in three years in = dramatic=20 fashion' Read the full story here.

Motorsports News

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

There's a new Le Mans track = out for=20 GTR here at m4driving.

PC.IGN = has new=20 TOCA Race Driver = 2006=20 screens here.

Technology News

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

Hot=20 Hardware reports on the=20 Intel Pentium 4 670 3.8GHz here and the Pentium D 820 and = i945G/P=20 chipset here.

PC.IGN = reports on=20 the latest developments in Windows gaming here (say Longhorn).

Community News for May = 26,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has posted some shots of the = updated=20 Alphasim C-5.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "VOL_Mountain" has posted links to DR_Hanger's Historic Missions. =

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: LOMAN 3.3 is available for = download. "Stavr"=20 has posted an acrobatic display video.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "ajunaidr" has = posted a=20 F-104B and F-104A update. = "allenjb42" has=20 released new He-11H6 skins. "WhiteKnight06604" = has=20 released a Syrian MiG-23MS skin. "howling1" has = announced the=20 release of, Iraqi F-7B v1.8 ( Iran-Iraq = Compatible ).=20 "The Wrench" has released Jag hangar & loading screens.=20 "Digital-Overload" has announced the A-1H v5.0, WoV Campaigns update = for WoV SP2=20 is now available. "Badger 343rd Fighter Regiment" has = released=20 MiG-23 cockpits.

Wings of=20 War: "Jagdpanzer" has released five new German skins.

General=20 News: iEntertainment Network has announced = plans to=20 release a new WWII flight simulation: The Mighty Eighth- A WarBirds = Series Combat=20 Simulation. Thanks to "JMark" for the heads up. = "vpmedia" has=20 posted a link to a site of airshow photos. Second Generation = MiG-21 Fighter Jet for sale on = Ebay.=20 Starting bid 5,100 USD! Thanks to "CowboyK" for the = heads=20 up.

Land Combat News

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

Gamespot has=20 there first impressions of Operation Flashpoint = 2 here.

They also have the latest = news on the=20 next America's Army=20 version here.

Gamespot=20 also has the newest screens and information about = Ghost Recon 3 here.

Worthplaying has 56 screenshots of = the=20 upcoming Squad RTS game, Joint=20 Task Force here.

Fileplanet=20 has the new FPS F.E.A.R.=20 trailer here, they also have an insane = video about=20 Battlefield 2's = presence=20 at this years E3, here.

Gamespy has a=20 new article about what was presented at E3 in reference to = the PC=20 platform here.

IGN has=20 there first impressions of Call=20 of Duty 2 here.

Naval Combat News

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

Sonalysts Combat Sims have = released a=20 Sound vs.=20 Speed hotfix for Dangerous Waters. Jamie says = "Just a quick fix for those of you waiting on = Patch=20 v1.02. This database revision will be in the next = patch (among=20 many other fixes), but I thought in the meantime it = would be=20 helpful to release it to the community as it has a = profound=20 effect on the gameplay." Now note that Jamie refers to = 'Patch=20 1.2'... Download the = v1.01=20 patch here and get the Sound vs. = Speed hotfix here.

Motorsports News

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

GT=20 Legends is previewed by GameSpy here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the link.

Several cars are=20 available for the Classic Sports=20 Car & GT mod for F1=20 Challenge. Newest addition is a Porsche 917 = Langheck=20 (longtail) which can be found here at m4driving.=20 The Classic Sports Car & GT mod you can find here.

Technology News

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

TweakTown=20 looks at the VIA EPIA = SP 1300=20 Mini-ITX motherboard here.

Legion=20 Hardware tests out ChainTech's AE6800 = Apogee video=20 card here.

X-bit Labs=20 looks at Hitachi's = Deskstar=20 7K400 hard drive here.

Another Hitachi drive, the = Deskstar T7K250, is = reviewed here. Thanks to The = Tech=20 Report.

NextGen Electronics tests out the = Gigabyte X600 XT = 128MB PCI-E=20 video card here.

TechSpot has=20 a mouse roundup = here.

TweakNews=20 reviews the Thermaltake=20 PurePower TWV 500W ATX Modular PSU 2.0 here.

The=20 Register reports that AMD will launch a dual-core = Athlon X2 next = Tuesday, May 31.=20 Read more here.

Community News for May = 25,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: Sandbagger's latest news is out. "MrJelly" has posted B-17 raid intercept screenshots. = "Col.=20 Gibbon" is looking for feedback on the glass effect used with the MS 406. =

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: The following files have been released = at FlightSim: FS2004 Manual/Checklist = Default=20 DC-3 (FILENAME: fs9dc3.zip). FS2004 P&W JT8D-5 = Sound Pack=20 (FILENAME: dc9pwjt8.zip). Video--DreamFleet GA = Challenge=20 (FILENAME: gachlnge.zip). FS2004 Video--Experimental = AI Jet=20 Aircraft (FILENAME: fsalivid.zip). FS2004 U.S. Blimp=20 (FILENAME: usmblimp.zip). FS2004 Consolidated PB2Y-3 = Coronado=20 (FILENAME: pb2y3.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "THX-1138" is looking for a voice actor with a Southern US = accent.=20 "CanonUK" has posted four PTO USAAF P-39 skins.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "ZoomBoy27" = has=20 released a FC 1.1 Su25T Campaign and MissionPack. =

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "howling1" has = released=20 two new mods: F-4E IDF and Soviet Sounds.=20 "WhiteKnight06604" has released a new Mirage IIIC skin. "Charles" has = posted a=20 preview of the Wirraway Mk I.

Land Combat News

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

Fileplanet=20 is now selling SWAT 4 as a download product on = their new=20 Drive2Drive service.

Fileplanet=20 also has the E3 trailer for Full=20 Spectrum Warriors: Ten Hammer's here. Ten Hammers is the official = add-on to=20 Full Spectrum = Warriors=20 that got rave reviews a few months ago.

Worthplaying has 52 screens of = Operation Flashpoint = 2 here. Operation Flashpoint = 2 was=20 shown at the recent E3 with a lot of excitement. This = is one=20 tactical game to watch.

Gamespot has=20 their review of Stronghold=20 2 here, giving it a 5.9 rating.

Matrix Games and Strategic = Studies=20 Group (SSG) have announced that the next game in the = Decisive=20 Battles Series, Battles in=20 Italy, is now available for purchase from the = Matrix=20 Games web store. Battles in Italy brings the = award-winning=20 series to three pivotal battles: Sicily (Operation = Husky),=20 Salerno (Operation Avalanche), and the unfortunate = Operation=20 Shingle, the invasion at Anzio. Read more about = Battles in=20 Italy here.

Naval Combat News

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

Navy News reports that The first = of the=20 Armidale Class patrol boats has arrived in Darwin = after=20 completing most of its mission trial. NUSHIP Armidale, = which=20 was designed and built in Australia, is the first of = 14=20 Armidale Class patrol boats to be delivered to the = Navy.Read=20 more here

Herman posts over 27 new = scenarios for=20 Harpoon. Interested? Then head over to this thread here.

Motorsports News

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

Champ=20 Cars will return to Long Beach, this was = announced by=20 Champ Car today.

Technology News

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

Designtechnica has "Talkback: The = Console=20 Wars" here. A good read on the current=20 situation.

Legit=20 Reviews tests Corsair's=20 PC2-5400UL memory here.

PC = Perspective=20 tests the AGEIA PhysX = Physics=20 Processing Unit here.

HotHardware tests out Asus' Extreme Radeon=20 AX800XL-2DTV video card here.

Trusted=20 Reviews has a DDR2 = Memory round-up here.

LAN = Addict=20 tests the Thermaltake = Big=20 Typhoon Universal CPU heatsink here.

Red = &=20 Blackness reviews the Thermaltake Sonic = Tower case here.

PyroPort=20 reviews the Samsung = SyncMaster=20 243T LCD monitor here.

SystemCooling reviews the Thermaltake PurePower TWV = 500W=20 PSU here.

InsaneTek=20 tests out Cooler = Master's Real=20 Power 550W PSU here.

CoolTechZone reviews the MSI K8N Neo Platinum = motherboard here.

Bjorn3D=20 reviews the Sapphire = Radeon X850=20 XT PE VIVO AGP card here.

Virtual-Hideout.net tests the = SunbeamTech TRIO case = here.

A1=20 Electronics tests out the RaidMax Samurai case = here.

DriverHeaven reviews the OCZ EL DDR PC-5000 = Platinum=20 memory here.

MADSHRIMPS=20 reviews the TTGI Super = Flower=20 SF-610 Fan Master here.

HEXUS.net tests=20 out MSI's P4N Diamond = nForce4=20 SLI I.E motherboard here.

Community News for May = 24,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Pit=20 Builders: "phlerp" has found a site that posted = a working HUD using a C++ program = using=20 OpenGL.

European=20 Air War: "VonBeerhofen" has posted a preview of = improved clouds.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Tromplamort" has released a new FW-190-A8 skin. "Tchaika." has = released a MC 202 skin pack. "Jumo" has = released East=20 front and Pacific maps. "Robo." has released new Spitfire aces skins. "JakeSnake" = has=20 released a new historical mission: Marauders at Midway v1.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "ZoomBoy27" = has=20 released a new 1.1 A-10 mission: Mountain Pass 757.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "column5" has = posted a=20 fix for the F-104G turn problem. = Bpao have=20 released the Jaguar International. The F-16C Block 30 BETA has been = released.=20 "Edward" has announced the EAWEuro WWII Terrain is in Beta. = The Hawk 50 v2 is coming soon. = "RussoUK2002" has=20 posted Bf-109E3-4 news. Five new MiG-23s have been released. = "howling" has=20 posted an A-4H "Ahit" procedure to update it = to v1.3.=20

General=20 News: "Leadspitter" has found an E3 2005 Blazing Angels video. "Geo" has = posted=20 pictures of the Millville, N.J. airshow.

Lead=20 Pursuit has new developer notes here on the Falcon 4: Allied = Force web=20 site.

Land Combat News

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

E3 has now come and gone, = besides=20 SimHQ's own coverage of the event, here are a few = others worth=20 checking out for information. Once this information = starts=20 leaking out, and web sites get updated, more land = combat=20 related news will follow. IGN = has there E3=20 wrap up report here. Worthplaying has there E3 coverage = listed here. Gamespot has=20 there E3 coverage list and comments here. GameSpy has there E3 coverage list = here. A couple of the more well = known=20 upcoming land based games have had web sites updated = with new=20 information. The biggest story seems to be the = upcoming game,=20 Battlefield 2, we also have new = information=20 from America's Army web site, and Operation Flashpoint 2.

Naval Combat News

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

Subguru has released a 'teaser' = for his=20 upcoming Dangerous Waters Red Storm Rising = campaign.=20 'Polar Glory' is a P-3 scenario that takes place off = Keflavik,=20 Iceland. Check out the thread, with a download link here.

Motorsports News

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

A release of the first = carset of the=20 1975 season for F1=20 Challenge is eagerly expected. According to this thread, sometime after the = carset is=20 released, a surprise add-on could drive in to the mod, = using=20 more than 4 wheels!

RBRnet v. 3.0 has = been=20 announced by R.E.G.=20 and will include numerous improvements which you can = read more=20 about here.

Technology News

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

ATI demos R520 GPU at E3. Read = the report=20 here at AnandTech.

Do you know what your password is? Read here at Ars=20 Technica.

Read about the HardOCP $1000=20 Upgrade Guide = here.

Community News for May = 23,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Pit=20 Builders: "ESV_Dimoni" has posted links to two = personal=20 cockpits.

European=20 Air War: "Fran_Zee" has posted a preview of the = Regia=20 Aeronautica Fiat CR.32. "DeanH" has released a = new MS 406 skin. "FlyRight" has posted = a HS-129 skin update. Sandbagger's = Latest News is out.

Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe: = "ArgonV" has=20 posted an Intern FS-WWI Aircraft Update Pack.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Rick.50cal" has posted a skin for the = Pacific Western AI Aardvark 737 = 200.

Helicopter Sims: 1C = announces=20 new helicopter sim: Whirlwind of Vietnam. In-house = discussion of=20 "Whirlwind of Vietnam" is taking place here.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "v-i-c" has posted a link to a petition asking UBISoft = for a=20 Mac OSX Version of IL-2 / Pacific = Fighters.=20 "vpmedia" has release new B-24 skins. "vpmedia" has released = new Fw-190 F8 skins. "IceFire" has = released=20 "Turning the Tide" - RNZAF P-40 Campaign. = "Mysticpuma2003" has=20 released a P-47 D-27 North African skin. = "Jumo" has=20 posted East front maps. "JakeSnake" has = released=20 three historical missions of D-Day. Scorched Earth: Beta 02(B) has = been=20 released. "csThor" has posted three new Bf-109F skins. "Amagi" has = released "Disaster" - DGen Eastern Front = 1941. The ADW online war project is about to = go public=20 beta. "tankeriv" has posted TLD beta patch 1.07 news. = "CanonUK" has=20 released a 21 GIAP P-39 skin.

Jane's=20 F-15: "Zeckensacks" has released a new Glide Wrapper 0.84. You can = get it here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "BeachAV8R" = has=20 released a new video. "BBQ" has posted a link to = Iron=20 Hand's Su-25T training mission. "Thomas = DW" has=20 posted a Low-Res water replacement Mod. =

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The Third Wire = patch has been released. "MK2" has = announced=20 the Iran Iraq campaign has been = released. "MK2"=20 has announced the Aces of North Vietnam campaign is = coming=20 this week. "MK2" has posted a Korean war campaign preview. "MK2" = has=20 posted an India-Pakistan (1965-1971) = campaign preview.=20 Post your new Patches feedback here. "Digital-Overload" has = released a=20 SF/WOV CVN-75 teaser video. "howling1" = has released=20 a Foche-Wulf FW-190A-8/R2 "Wurger." New = additions to Fist of the Fleet have been = posted. "The=20 Wrench" has released new WWII screens. "USAFTML" has = announced the Long Cold Winter Campaign = (updated) has been=20 released. "ghostrider883" has posted a MiG-21FL (IAF Type 77) 8 Sqdn = skin.=20 "ghostrider883" has posted a MiG-21FL of No. 30 Sqdn Indian AF, = "Rhinos"=20 skin. "pasko" has released the Heinkel 219A-7/R1 Uhu. "allenjb42" = has=20 posted a He-111H6 (VI/KG26 Sicilia, Italy = 1941) skin=20 preview.

Wings of=20 War: "gambit_168" has posted a new Camel skin.

General=20 News: "Raz" has posted pictures of his flight = in a North American Texan T-6 SNJ = plane. "Heini=20 von Seppel" has found a restored Bf-109E flight video. = "LLv34_Doc_1" has=20 posted links to modern videos of the Bf-109G, = Swiss Ms 3801,=20 Mosquito, and P-38 fighter aircraft. "Mysticpuma2003" = has=20 posted pictures of the RAF Cosford restoration of planes. = There is=20 a new Fw-190A5 painting at the Virtual Aircraft=20 Web site. Thanks to "Reno" for the heads up. Ian = Boys has=20 posted a link to an Armarillo Spoof video by the = troops of the=20 Royal Dragoon Guards. "Magnum MGG" has posted a link = to a video of six basic fighter = manuvers. Aircraft carrier sunk in Atlantic, = some=20 veterans upset. Push-button aircraft landing hailed. Corsair is designated the official = Connecticut State plane. Middle=20 East Airports gear up for arrival of Airbus A380.=20 Teterboro installing jet barrier. Greater Montr=E9al = area selected=20 for the final assembly and major work packages of the = Bombardier CSeries family of = aircraft. Eads Eurocopter wins Spanish NH90 = military=20 helicopter order. Lockheed Martin has moved to assure=20 Australia its F-35 joint strike fighter will be = delivered=20 on budget and on time. It's Adam's Eve; Maker ready to = dominate the small-jet market. InterSense = Delivers Helmet Tracking Solution for = Boeing's F-15E=20 Flight Simulator Program. Legendary Filmmakers Tony = Scott and=20 Ridley Scott Reveal the Secret World of Military = Aviation in=20 "American Fighter Pilot." NASA = Honors=20 Northrop Grumman's William Sample With Distinguished = Public=20 Service Medal.

Land Combat News

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

There's a preview of Battlefield 2 here on TB2.

Naval Combat News

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

Spruegames=20 and Shrapnel=20 Games proudly = announce the=20 release of Salvo!'s full featured demo, available = for both=20 the Windows OS and Mac OS X, and when we say full = featured we=20 mean full featured. The demo not only boasts four = tutorial=20 scenarios, and the complete help documentation = consisting of=20 the quickstart and user guides, but the centerpiece of = the=20 demo is a full campaign, 'The Bourbon Navy'." ... = "Salvo! is a=20 single-player experience of naval war from the 17th = through=20 19th centuries, with an emphasis on command and = control using=20 an intuitive command scheme. Grab the 267MB demo here (thanks = Hentzau).

Softpedia=20 News talks with the creators of Silent Hunter III. Read the = interview here.

Motorsports News

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

A = Maserati=20 Trophy mod for=20 GTR is in the = works=20 according to this information from m4driving.

The second = update to=20 Spirit of=20 1976 has been = released by=20 the Core@Team. Read more about the update here.

Technology News

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

Looks like the AGP bus isn't = leaving=20 yet. The Tech Report shows ATI's new = AGP Radeon offerings = here.

HEXUS reviews=20 the MSI P4N SLI = motherboard here.

Virtual-Hideout tests out the = V-Tech EC-7104 case = here.

Xtreme=20 Resources tests out the Crucial Radeon X850 XT 256MB = PCI-E video card here.

InsaneTek=20 reviews the Gigabyte = GO-B5232A=20 CD-RW Burner here.

XYZ=20 Computing reviews the Logitech MX518 = gaming-grade=20 optical mouse here.

PCStats=20 reviews the PowerColor = Bravo=20 X700 card here.

Sudhian Media=20 tests out Gigabyte's=20 GA-K8N-SLI motherboard here.

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