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Interview: Oleg Maddox - = What's=20 Next?
Tom = "WKLINK" Cofield=20 asks Oleg about the just announced Storm of War: = The=20 Battle of Britain. Read here.

E3Expo 2006: Friday's = Report

The=20 Friday Report is here.
The 14-page (whew!) = Thursday=20 Report is here.
The Wednesday = Report is here.
The Tuesday Report = is here.

Review: ATI Radeon X1900=20 XTX
Hardware Editor John = Reynolds tests=20 and compares the video card on the SimHQ = Benchmark=20 Suite. Read the results here.

Feature: Black Bean Games = European=20 Launch of Dangerous Waters
Guest Writer=20 Thorsten "OneShot"=20 Bergmann attended the European Launch of = S.C.S.=20 Dangerous Waters. Read his chronicle of the = daylong=20 event here.

Review: TOCA Race Driver = 3
Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad drives the latest installment in the=20 Codemasters series. Read what Jens has to say here.

Review: Wings of Power = P-47 and=20 F-190
Jim "Hornit" Campisi = takes flight=20 in the Shockwave Wings of Power P-47 Thunderbolt = and the=20 Focke Wulf F-190 add-ons for Microsoft Flight = Simulator.=20 Take a look here.


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Community News for=20 May 12-14, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European=20 Air War:

  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "Rotton50" has released a P-40 (Factory Scheme) skin. =
  • "Flying=20 Tiger" has released a Mustang Mk. IVa (UK) (No.112 = Sqn. RAF,=20 Cervia, Italy 1945) skin.
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • F4AF Virtual Thunderbirds. =
  • "chandawg" has posted a = preview of new canopies. =
FS2002 / FS2004:=20
  • "Crop-Duster" has posted link = to new=20 FSX videos: Video 1, Video 2.
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20 RC and Scale = Modeling:=20
  • "HYFLYER" has posted a link = to numerous RC helo videos.=20
Screenshots and=20 Video Gallery:=20
  • "352_Roller" has posted a = series of EAW = shots.
  • "killdevil" has posted a Spitfire shot - Simply a Spit. =
  • "bisher"=20 has posted a P-80 composite shot - Jet: Part = Deux.=20
  • "radicaldude1234" has posted = jet shots=20 - Raptor Vs. Flanker: Round 1. =
  • "stans"=20 has posted a B-25J shot - Early Evening = Flight.=20
Aviation World=20 News:=20
  • The Secret Of The White Bird. = Thanks=20 "piper" for link.
  • Tale of jet [F-14] tail begins off = Florida,=20 ends on Irish coast. Thanks "Subguru" for the=20 information
  • 4th Prototype JF-17 'Thunder' = aircraft=20 successfully completed inaugural flight.
  • Profile:=20 Adam A700 jet.
  • ASME=20 cites aircraft design [Grumman XF4F-4 = Wildcat]=20 as historic engineering milestone.
  • U-2 Holds Off Global Hawk. =
  • Multi-national military exercise = will=20 utilize the Victoria [international] airport this = month.=20
  • WWII remains identified after = discovery in=20 Himalayas.
  • FAA,=20 Industry Prepare Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. =
  • Plane=20 Enthusiasts Plan LSA-compliant Composite Aircraft.
  • Aircraft Lighting the Subject of = New SAE=20 International Standard.
  • New USMC Helicopters Begin = Evaluation Period.=20
  • MD Helicopters proudly presents = aircraft=20 to Turkish National Police.
  • BAE, 4=20 Others Win Orders to Build 2 Aircraft Carriers.
  • NASA hacker to fight = extradition.
  • MARS space suit unveiled. =
  • NASA Cassini Image: Moons Reach = Sunrise=20 Over Saturn.
  • NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily = Report=20 #4110.
  • NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status = 10 May=20 2006.

Land=20 Combat

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

Announcements: =

The=20 Wargamer reports on a new game with screens = titled Ancient Wars: Sparta.=20

Game News:

Tactical Gamer=20 has news that a patch for Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter = is coming=20 out today.

Fileplanet has a number of = trailers for=20 upcoming games.

Check out GameSpot for a bunch of E3 video = and news=20 items.

Worthplaying has the just = released patch=20 for GRAW. Be warned: there is a separate one for the = box=20 version and download version.

Worthplaying also has a ton of = video clips=20 and trailers for new games coming from E3.

GhostRecon.net has a new mod = titled Angels Ghost.

There's a Call of Duty 3 = video here at Strategy Informer.

A new patch for Ghost = Recon Advanced=20 Warfighter (v1.06) is now available from here.

From the Forums: =

Magnum shares another = video of GRAW,=20 with friendly fire and taking out a sniper. Check it = out here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

A new sim in development! = 1914=20 Shells of Fury - The Submarine-War. The web site is = here.

Motorsports News

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

GPL:

The GPL 1965 mod = v2.0 is=20 scheduled for release May 12th according to = information=20 given in this thread.

Some very = interesting=20 scans and soundbytes from Clermont and Spa have been = posted=20 here and here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

bit-tech.net checks out = SilverStone's=20 LC20M HTPC Case here.

CPU's:

Hardware Secrets tests out AMD's = Athlon 64=20 X2 4600+ and their Athlon 64 FX-60 here.

Drives:

Techgage=20 checks out the Samsung SH-S162L DVD+RW Burner here.

Graphics Cards: =

bit-tech.net checks out the = Connect 3D=20 & Sapphire Radeon X1900GT Video Cards here.

TechPowerUp reviews the = Powercolor Radeon=20 X1800GTO (12 pages) here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware=20 Zone checks out ECS' C19-A SLI motherboard here.

Motherboards.org looks at the = ECS 945G-M3=20 board here.

Legit=20 Reviews tests out the Fatal1ty AN9 32x board here.

Community News=20 for May 11, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European=20 Air War:

  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-5-NA QPJ ("Deacon", Maj. = Howard=20 Hively, 334th FS, 4th FG, 1944) skin.
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-5-NA QPN ("Ill Wind?", 1st = Lt.=20 Nicholas Megura, 334th FS, 4th FG, 1944) skin. =
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-5-NA QPK ("Miss Dallas", = 334th FS,=20 4th FG, Capt. Victor France, 1944) skin.
  • "Ecv56SERA" has announced a = skins update.
  • "Flying=20 Tiger" has released a Wildcat F4F (Atlantic Camo, = VF-29, USS=20 Santee, 1943) skin.
  • "Col.=20 Gibbon" has posted shots of the nearly complete Bf-109K project.
  • "Rotton50" has announced the = release of=20 the P-43 Lancer for CBI. =
Event Photography:=20 F-22 Total Air War:=20 FS2002 / FS2004:=20
  • "Crop-Duster" has posted a = link to 45 new FSX screenshots.
  • "Li'lJugs" has posted a link = to a FSX Terrain article. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "CrazySchmidt" has announced = that a French Version of Mission Mate = is now in=20 progress.
  • "RONNCO"=20 has released a F4F-4 (Lt. James E. Swett, = VMF-221,=20 Guadalcanal, April 1943) skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a Hurricane Mk. IIc (No.1 Sqn. = Night=20 Fighter) skin.
Screentshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "Shadow_12TFS" has posted a = P-51D wallpaper - Wrong Place, = Wrong Time.=20
Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "Sundowner" has released = several F-4 Phantom (USMC) skins.=20
General=20 News:=20
  • "semmern" has posted an = article - Piggyback B-17's.
  • "piper"=20 has posted a link to a video - FedEx in a thunderstorm.
  • "Torpo"=20 has posted a link to a video of a base jumpers using Wingsuits. =
  • "Stonehouse" has posted a = link to Pilot's notes for the Tempest II and = V=20 [PDF].
  • "Julian=20 Data" has posted a link to a F-22 video.

Land=20 Combat

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

Prism:=20 Guard Shield:

A new game being released = by the=20 National Guard in July. Take a look here. Thanks to Mike Reed for = the=20 news.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Motorsports News

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

GTR2:

10TACLE STUDIOS AG launches a new web site offering overview of = all=20 activities.

A new GTR2 trailer has been = released. It=20 is available from the GTR2 web site.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Neoseeker=20 checks out the Aerocool ExtremEngine 3T Case here.

Cooling:

A1=20 Electronics checks out Thermalright's HR-05 = Chipset HSF=20 here.

Virtual-Hideout.net looks at the = Thermalright Ultra-90-K8 Heatsink here.

Graphics Cards: =

Guru3D=20 checks out the HiS Radeon X1800 GTO with ICE3 Video = Card here.

Legion=20 Hardware looks at the MSI GeForce 7600GS here.

Motherboards: =

EpiaCenter tests out AMD's = GeodeNX DB1500=20 Motherboard here.

MADSHRIMPS previews the MSI K9N = AM2 board=20 here.

PhysX:

AGEIA=20 has more info on the PhysX Card here.

Systems:

[H]=20 Consumer checks out the Puget Systems Custom = Gaming SFF=20 here.

Dell has a new=20 lineup, being announced at E3. Read more about it here.

Community News=20 for May 10, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European=20 Air War:

  • "MrJelly" has posted an = article:=20 Understanding how EAW works and how this relates to = OAW.=20
  • "PLR"=20 has released P-51B-5-NA QPB ("BEE", Capt. = Duane Beeson=20 334th FS, 4th FG, 1944) skins. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "F16_Petter" has released a = Bf-109 (Swedish trainer) skin.=20
LOMAC = / Flaming=20 Cliffs / Black Shark:=20
  • "Thomas=20 DW" has released a video - Duel.
  • Remise=20 des Gaz has released a video - The Art of Trimming.=20
RC = and Scale=20 Modeling:=20
  • "NipponDSM" has posted a link = to a Century Swift 16 Electric Helicopter = video.
Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20
  • "Marcfighter" has released = the F-7U-3 Cutlass V0.50 with texture = maps.=20
  • "Eagle114th" has posted Blackhawk Gunship shots.=20
General=20 News:=20
  • Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In May = 2006=20 Newsletter.
  • Orbiter 2006 Edition [Free Space = Simulator] has been released. Thanks "Talon" for the = heads=20 up.

Land=20 Combat

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

Announcements: =

F.E.A.R. add-on=20 (Extraction Point) coming this Fall. Thanks to WarGamer for the news.=20

Game News:

GameSpot has a=20 preview of Medieval 2: Total War. =

GameSpot=20 also has new screenshots of Brothers in Arms 3.

Worthplaying has news that the = mod tools=20 for 'Take Command: 2nd Manassas' = have been=20 released. Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter is one of = the first=20 games to support this technology.

GhostRecon.net has a new, full = version, of=20 the GRAW Tweak Guide. =

From the Forums: =

Magnum shares = screenshots and=20 a video clip of Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval=20 Warfare:

Matrix Games and Advanced Gaming Systems are = pleased to=20 announce that Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare, the = new=20 multiplayer addition to the distinguished Harpoon = modern air=20 and naval strategy series, is scheduled for release = this=20 quarter via digital download and game on demand from = the=20 Matrix Games online store.

Harpoon 3 = Advanced Naval=20 Warfare gives you the opportunity to manage some of = the most=20 advanced air and naval assets available in the world = and=20 puts you in the middle of many historical and 'what = if'=20 scenarios (including six multiplayer scenarios). = Battle=20 Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf =97 = or to take=20 the opportunity to relive Operation El Dorado Canyon = and=20 strike at the heart of Libya. Try your hand at = guarding the=20 Greenland-Iceland-U.K. Gap to stop a Soviet naval = invasion=20 of the Atlantic =97 or stalk unwary U.S. shipping in = a Soviet=20 Akula-class submarine. The NATO versus Warsaw Pact = conflict=20 that never came to be serves as fertile wargaming = ground to=20 provide many chances to explore any eventuality. = You'll have=20 the chance to play from either side, experiencing a = wide=20 variety of challenges.

Motorsports News

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

rFactor:

HardTale has posted = the link=20 to an rFactor FAQ in this thread.

ISI have = announced an=20 agreement with Panoz, to include the Panoz Esperante = in=20 rFactor. Read the full story here.

Controllers:

Logitech=20 unveil their newest steering wheel which includes an = H-shifter, clutch pedal and 900 degree rotation. = This wheel=20 should hit retailers in October. Watch for a full = report=20 from our E3 reporters.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Virtual-Hideout.net peeks into = the Antec=20 P180B Performance One Case here.

t-break=20 checks out the Gigabyte Poseidon Case here.

Cooling:

ThinkComputers checks out = AeroCool's XFire=20 CPU Cooler here.

Red = &=20 Blackness gives the Swiftech Mcres Micro = Watertank a=20 shakedown here.

Graphics Cards: =

BIOS=20 checks out PNY's Verto GeForce 7900 GTX here.

HEXUS.net=20 tests the Sapphire TOXIC Radeon X1900 XTX here.

Motherboards: =

LostCircuits tests out the ASUS = A8R32 MVP=20 Deluxe Motherboard here.

PhysX:

HotHardware tests out BFG's = Ageia PhysX=20 Physics Card here.

Playstation 3:

Bona=20 Fide Reviews Editoral here: Sony E3 Conference=20 Summary.

Community News=20 for May 9, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3:

European Air=20 War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "LLv34_Doc_1" has posted FAW online shots.
  • "DeanH"=20 has announced the release of the F4F/FM1 Wildcats.
  • "Nico."=20 has released 4 HR Spitfire Mk. V skins. =
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-1-NA VFC ("Rebel Queen", = Maj. Fred=20 Glover, 336th FS, 4th FG, April 1944) skin.
  • "RAF_Dumoulin" has released = 3 "exotic" skins. =
Fighter Squadron: Scream 'n = Demons=20 Over Europe:=20
  • "Lezzall" has released a P-80B Shooting Star skin.=20
IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "JG52Helgstrand" has released = a Me-262A-1a (Lt. Alfred = Schreiber, 1944)=20 skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a Spitfire Mk. IXc (clipped, 40 = Sqn. SAAF)=20 skin.
  • "No105_Rigger" has released a = Russian Mosquito skin pack. =
  • "EAF92_Brigstock" has = released a Spitfire Mk. VIII (Flt. Lt. = Albert Houle,=20 No. 417 Sqn. October 1943) skin.
  • "Buglord" has released a Pe-2 Series 359 and a LaGG-3 Series = 29=20 skin.
  • "312=20 Grey" has posted a Pe-2 boxed set bmp. =
Jet Thunder:=20
  • "Dante-JT" has posted an update on the Jet Thunder = project.=20
LOMAC / Flaming=20 Cliffs / Black Shark:=20 Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "Shadow_12TFS" has posted a = Spitfire shot - July 1944. =
  • "hbxov"=20 has posted a LOMAC F-15 video. =
Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

General News:

The Dambusters movie being remade? Read here. Thanks "CV" for the news=20 item.

Land=20 Combat

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

Game=20 News:

FilePlanet has=20 a new Battlefield 2142 trailer, = showcasing a=20 "Titan mode".

Worthplaying has a tech demo of = CellFactor.

Medieval 2: Total War's official = web site,=20 has a new screenshot gallery and the units are = displayed in=20 3D.

From the = Forums:

StormTrooper shares = a link to=20 a list of free games. Check it out here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

The SubGuru web=20 site has been updated.

Motorsports News

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

Photography:

Some FIA GT and GT3 racing = at=20 Silverstone was captured by U-96 recently. Take a = look here in the Event Photography = Forum. Look=20 at that infield full of exotic road cars! Great job=20 Adam!

rFactor:

The IROC Z-28 mod for = rFactor has=20 been released and is available from here at = rFactorRacing.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Club = Overclocker has the Kingwin SuperNova HTPC Case = in house=20 for a review here.

Cooling:

Big Bruin=20 tests out the Zalman VF900-cu Dual Heatpipe VGA = Cooler here.

Overclockers Online tests out = Sytrin's=20 KuFormula VF1 Plus VGA Cooler here.

Graphics Cards: =

LanAddict=20 checks out the HIS ATI Radeon X1300 here.

Motherboards.org tests out Asus' = ATI=20 Radeon EAX1600XT Silent Card here.

Club = Overclocker checks out the Gigabyte ATI X1300 = Pro here.

Motherboards: =

Virtual-Hideout.net tests the = ECS=20 Elitegroup C19-A SLI Motherboard here.

Modders-Inc=20 tests out the VIA EPIA MII 12000 Motherboard here.

PhysX News:=20

PC Perspective checks out BFG's = AGEIA=20 PhysX PPU Action Accelerator Card here.

[H] Enthusiast has an editorial = called=20 "Ageia PhysX & You" here.

Playstation 3:

Bona=20 Fide Reviews discusses the PS3 launch price here.

Community News=20 for May 8, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European=20 Air War:

  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-5-NA VFT (Shangri La) = skin.
  • "PLR"=20 has released a P-51B-5-NA FTB ("Margie Maru", = Maj. Jack=20 Bradley, 353rd FS, 354th FG, June 1944) skin. =
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted a = cockpit=20 project report.
  • "Flying=20 Tiger" has released a bare metal P-40E skin.
  • "MrJelly" has posted a link = to an OAW Unified Autoscript.=20
Event = Photography:=20
  • "NickMow" has posted photos = of the Wyvern Gliding Club.
  • "-=3DRaz=3D-" has posted a = link to Spitfire photos. =
F-22 Total Air War:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Graf"=20 has posted a P-51D wallpaper - Yellow = Jackets.
  • "EAF92_Brigstock" has = released a Spitfire Mk. Vc (tropical) skin. =
  • "JG52Helgstrand" has released = a Me-262A-1a (White One, Franz = Schall,=20 October 1944) skin.
  • "AntEater" has released a Finnish Ju-88 Dgen campaign for = 4.05.=20
  • Ghost Skies: Hotel Cycle is = ready.
  • "vpmedia" has posted a = wallpaper - Me-110 of ZG1 in trouble.=20
Screenshots and=20 Video Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

General News:

Check out the Gallery of = USAF=20 Weapons here. Thanks "CV" for the news=20 link.

Land=20 Combat

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

Announcements:

The=20 WarGamer announces there microsite for Take=20 Command: 2nd Manasses and also an additional = scenario.=20

Game News:

GameSpot has a=20 hands on for Company of Heroes.

Gamespot=20 also has there impressions of Battlefield 2142.

GameSpot has a review of the = just released=20 Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter = for the=20 PC.

Worthplaying has a Battlefield 2 Armored Fury = overview with=20 screenshots.

Armed Assault.eu has a link to a = new=20 interview with new screenshots of Armed Assault.

Strategy Informer has reviewed = Strategic Command 2=20 Blitzkrieg.

From the Forums: =

Please share your = AAR's,=20 screenshots, and videos of Land Combat action in our = Screenshot and Video=20 Gallery.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Navy Newsstand has an excellent = video report=20 here on the WWII Battle of Coral=20 Sea.

Motorsports News

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

Grand Prix=20 Legends:

The 1969 mod has now been = released.=20 Links to the download are available from here.

Mercedes-Benz=20 Racing:

Anyone=20 who is a fan will want to see this.

rFactor:

A new and improved version = of the=20 MX-5 cup for rFactor has been released. Download the = mod and=20 the sounds from the links provided in this thread.

Hockenheim = in it's=20 modern layout has been released for rFactor and is = available=20 for download from here.

SpeedTV:

Speed TV.com reviews "A = French Kiss=20 With Death," a book that chronicles the making of = the racing=20 movie classic "Le Mans". Check out what they have to = say here and don't forget that this = book is=20 available from Amazon.com via our own SimHQ = Motorsports=20 Library here.

Technology News

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

AGEIA PhysX:

A first look here at TechGage.

Cooling:

bit-tech.net tests out Corsair's = Nautilus=20 500 watercooling Kit here.

Technic3D=20 checks out the Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 here.

Graphics Cards: =

Motherboards.org checks out the = </