• I got carried away and the list of 5 game trailers I planned for turned out to be 10. I almost made it 15 with so many good game trailers out there. I ranked the movies by audio, visual, and quality content. I tried to rank them to my opinion but if you think I am wrong, or if a better movie is missing please email me. I might even put in a voting system. I also added a Random movie link where I will try to add different movies often. The list is on the left hand side of this page at the bottom. I ranked Commandos 2 first because the whole movie is very well done. The random movie is currently Battle of Britain, and I will try and change once a week.
• The World War II Online website has been updated with some nice new information.

by Jared 

• Now that I have broadband access I get to see more game trailers. So I am going to be adding the top 5 movies on the lower left hand side of the main page here. In honor of that new section, I bring you the next news item which is not necessarily gaming news.
• Any Lord of the Rings fans out there? Well for those of you who are, surely you were disappointed to see the development of Middle Earth the PC game go down the tubes. Middle Earth was based on the Lord of the Rings book. For those of you who haven't read it, it is a classic. Well we have some good news for you. The Lord of the Rings movies are coming to a theatre near you starting this Christmas. It will be a  three part series with one movie premiering every Christmas until 2003. Just to wet your appetite I am listing the link for the movie trailer which looks awesome! Here is the location of the official site.
• Star Wars Episode 1: Battle for Naboo has gone gold. They also have a demo available on their site, and we added some cheat codes to our site for the game already. Look for it in the stores in the next couple of weeks. It has an expected ship date of March 5th.
• I am proud to say that one of our staff members has been published on UO.com. It is an in-game story about love that has passed on to the real world. Don't miss the story of Galen Wilding, and Midnight.
• A new online site launched today, and they asked me to post this: Evihcra.com, is a free online archiving service to computer gamers who either create their own game add-ons or want to download and play using those game files. Check out their site at www.Evihcra.com.
• Europa Universalis is now on most store shelves. This game is winning towns of awards. So if Civilization type strategy games are your thing, check this one out.

by Jared 

• Ski Resort Tycoon has been a popular title, at least by readers of this site. Well fans of the game can look forward to the next game in the series, Golf Resort Tycoon. You can see the new release date for this title and more on our release dates section.
• Blade of Darkness, Clive Barker's Undying, and Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter all shipped today. Strategy First also notified me that the very popular Europa Universalis also shipped today.
• EBworld.com has changed their name to EBgames.com but they will still be going by both names. They have been the leading company that this site is affiliated with, and we look forward to that continuing with their new name. They are currently running a few nice deals. 
  • Oni is on sale for only $27.99.
  • Sudden Strike is currently on sale with $5 off.
  • If you buy any two Activision games you get Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for free. 
  • If you order Quake III Arena, you will get the Quake III Team Arena expansion pack for free. 
• Sorry for the lack of news, it has been a hectic month. The good news is that I got my cable modem after years of waiting so I at least should take less lag time when I am updating the site. I am also always looking for Volunteers to work on the site. It is very good experience to have if you hope for a future in the gaming industry.

by Jared 

• Strategy First has announced a new game, Nexagon: The Pit. It is expected to ship this fall. Check out the screenshots they sent me on the right side.
• In my last post I said I purchased Airline Tycoon, and I liked it. The problem I was having was constant crashes when accessing the flight schedule. Tech support told me that I had the wrong version. I had version 1.63, and they said the retail version being sold should be 1.65. So I took it back and exchanged it for another one. Guess what? It was version 1.63 too! So when I asked them if a patch would be available their response was to return it for a refund! Not to mention after playing it longer the game got old fast. Just a warning to anyone interested in buying this title.
• Talonsoft has just announced two new titles, GI Combat, and Star Leader. GI Combat in particular looks quite impressive to me, but I am bias considering the fact I love World War II games. =)
• Galen latest work is a preview of Blade of Darkness, and he says "from the opening cinematic I was absolutely hooked!". Check out his review here.
• Oni,  Age of Sail II, Rowan's Battle of Britain, and Sim Coaster have all hit store shelves this past week.

by Jared 

• Go Giants!!! Not that we here at CG.com would stoop so low as to endorse either team in tonight's match but still, GO GIANTS!!! Now down to today's business.
• Police Tactical Training, Airline Tycoon, and the rightful US version of Sudden Strike were all released this week. The Police shooting game only takes place on a training level, with no real street action, but is only around $20. I picked up Airline Tycoon, and despite a few flaws it is very addicting! If you like business simulations you will definitely want this one. Best of all it is cheap, only $18.95 at Chips&Bits.
• Ok here is the deal on Sudden Strike. As you may know back in December I got excited about Sudden Strike being on the shelves a month earlier in Electronic's Boutique. That game was the UK version shipped from Europe illegally or something like that. The point of the story is EB should not have been selling it, and pulled it from their shelves right away. As far as I can tell the only difference in the US version is 5 extra missions, and the game will come already patched. Strategy First the rightful publisher is sending me a US version, so I will be able to compare. At first they said they would not give tech support to people who got the illegal version. I complained, and they came back and said they would help, but cannot guarantee to fix any problems since the version is slightly different from theirs. I found that suitable, and then confronted my local EB store manager. He said he could not comment, and they would not be willing to allow exchanges. So if you got the UK copy in December, and want the US version raise heck with EB! I'll bet if you pushed the issue you could get an exchange since EB was in the wrong.
• More news from Strategy First, Europa Universalis has gone Gold. It looks like a combination between Civilization, and Ages of Empires. Check it out, it's getting great reviews. Expect it to ship in late February.
• The latest review, Deus Ex has been posted by Galen. He says Deus Ex is "A very strong first person shooter". Make sure you read the review though to find out why he didn't give it a high score.

by Jared 

• Strategy First is hosting a contest for it's upcoming game Disciples II. You can submit your own character at the Disciples II web site, and if you win your character will be featured in the game when it is finished.
• The game formerly known as Hostile Waters has been renamed Antaeus Rising, and has a brand new web site which was just launched Monday. Antaeus Rising is expected to ship 4/15/01.
• The Operation Flashpoint web site has been updated, and includes some great new characters like this picture of the sniper on the right. This is one of the more exciting games of 2001 that I'm looking forward to.
• America (a real time strategy game set in the wild west), and Kingdom Under Fire (a real time strategy game with role-playing elements where you control seven player characters). They have both shipped in the last two days. Airline Tycoon has been slightly delayed and is expected to ship Friday.
• Star Trek Deep Space 9: The Fallen is the latest winner of our Gold Award. Only days after getting married Scott is back working on the site. He says The Fallen is an 'Outstanding Trek game. A must have for fans.' Be sure to check out his latest review. 

by Jared  

• Several new Hot deals, and price reductions posted in the Software Store.
• Happy Birthday to Scott, who some of you may know as Azboklin from Ultima Online, Hiro from Asheron's Call, or La'quv Kordeth to his Star Trek Fleet the Phoenix Elite. For those of you who don't know him, he is a frequent review contributor here, and our resident Star Trek expert. He is also getting married tomorrow! From all of us at ComputerGamers.com Congratulations Scott!

by Jared   

• I heard all the hype but didn't pay too much attention to Oni. Last night I decided to give it a try and I installed the demo. My only response is wow! I played the game for at least two hours, and still didn't complete the demo. It was tons of fun, and the game play is just incredible. There are so many different moves, and types of combat. Everything ran very smoothly on my PIII 450, and I had no tech problems at all with the demo. My only complaint is the keyboard controls were a little bit annoying. So I will probably get this game on the PS2 instead of the PC {ducks to avoid thrown objects from die hard computer gamers}. Don't miss this game, you have to at least try the demo! You can get the demo here from PCGameworld.
• Firaxis has launched their new web site for Civilization III. The Civ to beat all Civ games? Well this is Sid's company so chances are good! New Civilization III site.
• FREE Stuff! I thought that might get your attention. I have added a new section to the Gamer's Forum. A message board where gamers can buy sell or trade games and other items. I will also be listing numerous items and prizes there that ComputerGamers.com will be giving away for free! We are giving away a free official strategy guide for Diablo II right now. Just go to the forum and post! 
• I may not be able to be updating as much as I would like in the next two months. Unfortunately, Bill Gates has given me a cut off date to  pass my Microsoft NT exams to get my MCSE. So I only have until February 28th! So if anyone knows of some good brain dump sites please let me know! {starts to drown in a pile of Microsoft study books}.

by Jared   

• An Everquest player pled guilty in a Florida Courtroom Tuesday after he killed his 9 month old son for disturbing him while playing Everquest. Lawyers on both sides are saying that the game had little to do with the crime. Read the full details on the Adrenaline Vault.
• For those of you anticipating the release of Dawn, Glitchless has released new screenshots, motion videos, character renderings, and music.
• We have removed Beyond.com as an affiliate due to a lack of quality products, and customer interest. Sorry for any inconvenience if you liked this vendor.
• Industry Giant is the only new release this week. I have no clue why this is being billed as a new release, since this game is several years old. I bought it a year ago in the bargain bin for like $1.50. It's now being sold for $19.99. The box doesn't appear to have been updated, and it's unclear if there is any updates to the game. Anyone who tries the game please let me know if there's actually any improvements from the first Industry Giant.

by Jared  

• Galen's latest review is for Hitman: Codename 47. Galen says it is 'Be sure to read his review. Reviews for Star Trek Deep Space 9: The fallen, and Quake III team arena are on their way from Scott. Stay tuned for those reviews.
• The moment we have all been waiting for, well at least I have been waiting for! US version of Sudden Strike has gone gold. For those of you not lucky enough to pick up the UK version like me, you should see it on store shelves at the end of this month. Sudden Strike has also teamed up with Gamespy, so that you can meet other players and play Sudden Strike multiplayer games on Gamespy. If you get the game post on the Gamer's Forum and I will be happy to play anytime.
• Someone recently asked me what 'Gone Gold' means. It means the game is finished being developed and is now in the process of being duplicated, boxed up and shipped to retailers. That process usually takes between about a week to a month. I hope that explanation helped anyone I confused. :)
• I would like to welcome all the web surfers coming from Yahoo, and Google. I am proud to say that ComputerGamers.com is often ranking in the top 5 out of 84,000 or more hits on those sites! I want to give credit to my hard working wife Jenn for the great work she has done on the cheats section which is our most popular section, and thanks to the rest of the ComputerGamers.com staff for their hard work!

by Jared  

• We have a bunch of new game dates listed on our release dates section. They include some highly anticipated games like Ultima Online: Third Dawn, Anarchy Online, Fallout Tactics, Emperor: Battle for Dune, and more!
• Oni, and SimCoaster have gone gold, and are due to ship at the end of the month. Over the holidays the only new games that have shipped are Outforce, Mayday, Thandor, and Broken Land. None of which look to be anything worth getting excited over.
• Are you an Ultima Online player on the Catskills Shard and you need money? If so, a friend has $6 million gold to sell, and is selling each million for $60 each. You can contact Xtinct directly, or if you need a secure go-between feel free to contact us. 
• I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and and a safe and happy new year celebration! Sorry for the lack of updates, but it has been a busy holiday season. Plus there has not been a lot of gaming news during the holidays. What time I have had to spend on the computer has been working on a NEW web site that will be networked with ComputerGamers.com. I hope to have the site active in the next month or so.

by Jared