8/27/00 10:30 PM Eastern

• Everquest has a new expansion pack due December 4th, called Everquest: The Scars of Velious, and is currently priced at $19.99.
• Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force , the new first person shooter that takes place in the Star Trek universe is expected to ship September 19th. 
• Origin Systems Inc., the Creators of Ultima Online sent out this e-mail, if you didn't get it;

• Are you an Ultima Online player looking for the opportunity to meet your friends, mingle with the ORIGIN and UO teams, and guarantee your spot in an early UWO: ORIGIN external test? Then we've got a deal for you!
  
  Join the ORIGIN and UO teams, as well as Ultima Online players from around the world, in Austin, Texas for the Ultima Online World Faire on November 10-11, 2000 and we'll automatically save a place for you in an early external test phase of ORIGIN.  We'll also give you an exclusive sneak peek at the latest progress of ORIGIN at the time of the Faire, and invite you to a special happy hour where you can mingle with the ORIGIN team!
  
  To guarantee your spot, simply drop by the UO World Faire website and register to attend the Faire.  We'll keep a place open for you in an early external test, and as long as you are an Ultima Online subscriber in good standing at the time of the test, you'll be free to join in and be among the first to explore the future of Britannia.
  
  Space is limited and the best prices are available early, so sign up
  today! The Ultima Online World Faire 2000 Appearing at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas November 10-11, 2000. Special Guild Group Discount: When four or more members of the same guild register for and attend the UO World Faire, each attending member will receive a Gametime coupon good for 90 days of Free Ultima Online!
  
  Sign up today at http://www.uo.com/faire and join in the excitement!

• Matrix Games has been redesigning many of SSI's classic wargames and is now releasing its second complete free game. Gary Grigsby's War in Russia, free at Matrix Games.
• Trelander made an excellent banner for our site to help promote it. If you want to help us advertise, then just add the banner below to your site. Thanks!

8/26/00 1:30 AM Eastern

• We posted our newest review of Thief II: The Metal Age. The game scored very well, and is the latest recipient of our Gold Award. The game scored as high as Icewind Dale.

8/25/00 6:30 PM Eastern

• Star Trek: New Worlds   has gone gold, and if you pre-order now you will get free exclusive missions.
• Sydney Olympics 2000 was delayed and released on Tuesday, along with Madden 2001. So far Madden 2001 has tons of new features and appears to be one of the best sequels so far in the series. Two new racing games, NASCAR Heat and Grand Prix 3 were released Wednesday, and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion yesterday.
• Sorry for the delay, our vacation lasted a little longer than expected. Fortunately there hasn't been a lot of gaming news since we were gone. We will get you updated as soon as possible.

8/13/00 9:30 PM Eastern

• In the next week, Sydney Olympics 2000 is scheduled to be released on Saturday. Good gaming all, until next week.
• I will be on vacation in California for the next week, so I will not be able to do any updates. I will return on the 21st, and try to get the site updated as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

8/10/00 9:00 PM Eastern

• Sudden Strike is still on schedule for it's August 31st release. They also have a new screenshot available here.
• The Jagged Alliance II expansion will be called Unfinished Business. Visit the web site here.  

8/9/00 5:00 AM Eastern

• Combat Mission is no longer on back order, and is now available. This game is a definite must for any wargamer. The game is only available through their web site.
• Enter now to win an all expenses paid trip for two to Hostage Rescue Adventure. Just click on the game box for Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials.
• Janes Naval Warfare Collection has been released and includes F/A 18 (flight sim), 688I (submarine sim), and Fleet Command for only $34.99.
• Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn will be released September 15th. If you pre-order now you will receive a free Sub-Quest disk that includes one new and unique character plus ten exclusive and extremely powerful magic weapons and armor. While supplies last!
• Check out Siege of Avalon, a real-time "Traditional" medieval fantasy RPG played as an Episodic Computer Game Novel. The first chapter is available for free. The following chapters will come out every few weeks, for a total of 6 chapters. The graphics look great, check out their web page here for more information.
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion has gone gold and will be available August 25th.

8/5/00 3:00 AM Eastern

• Download the new Diablo II patch here, or get it automatically the next time you log on to Battle.net.

8/3/00 11:30 PM Eastern

• Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 was released a day early, and is now available. For those of you who like games a bit on the odd side, Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire was also released today.
• Nox has a new patch available, and a Free Nox Quest add-on. The add-on brings a cooperative multiplayer mode to the game. Get them both here.
• New patch available for Vampire: The Masquerade. It fixes many of the bugs the game shipped with. Download it here.
• Check out some other games coming soon that we haven't put on the site yet; Battle Isle: The Andosia War (futuristic strategy game), Jetfighter IV (Defend San Francisco in this newest flight sim), and Wizards & Warriors (role-playing game).
• War game fans, if you haven't seen Combat Mission yet, your missing out. Everyone is declaring this one of the best war games ever. The game is currently on back order until August 11th due to recent publicity. The demo is available now, and will leave any true war game player drooling for more. Click here for their web site.
• Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 is due out tomorrow. Pre-order it today and receive a Free Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack CD.
• Submarine Titans, and Metal Fatigue are both available now.
• Thanks to Xtinct from the Guardians of Light for letting us know about the release of a new Ultima Online 2 movie. Get it here.

7/29/00 6:30 PM Eastern

• Now that July soon comes to an end, what will August bring gamers? The sequel to Homeworld, the Sydney 2000 Olympics game, Madden NFL 2001, and much more. Check out our release dates section for the other hits due out in August.
• Mind Rover is the newest game release, and it's available online only. It is described as a 3D strategy/programming game. This game has already claimed a large number of addicted fans. Check it out.
• We added a small New release section to our front page for your convenience.

7/27/00 5:30 AM Eastern

• Thanks go to Midnight of the Guardians of Light for sending a complete list of useful links for Asheron's Call players. Their located on the AC review page.
• See the new web sites Microsoft launched for their upcoming games:
  • Conquest: The Frontier Wars
  • Links 2001
  • Midtown Madness 2
  • Train Simulator

7/25/00 11:15 PM Eastern

• Enemy Engaged Comanche Versus Hokum has been released.
• A new mission has been released for the Sudden Strike Demo. Get it here.
• The release date for Steel Beasts has been pushed back to August.
• Along with the Disciples: Sacred Lands review is the preview for the upcoming expansion for the game, Disciples II: Dark Prophecy. Check them out here.

7/19/00 7:00 PM Eastern

• Eidos has released several new web sites for some of their upcoming games:
  • Timeline, based upon Michael Crichton's best-selling novel.
  • Chicken Run. Now that you've seen the movie, you can play the game!
  • It's been way too long since gamers have seen an Olympics game! Next month brings the release of Sydney 2000.
  • and lastly don't miss these new sites: Hitman:Codename 47, and I'm Going In.
• Cleopatra:  Pharaoh Expansion, KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child, and BANG! Gunship Elite have all been released in the last few days. See our release dates section for more information.
• Speaking of Star Trek, the upcoming real time strategy game called Star Trek: New Worlds Demo is now available. Download it here. You can see the web site here.
• Klingon Academy is the latest winner of our Gold Award! The review has just been posted on our review section. Our reviewer says the game is a "fantastic game for Trekkers or non-Trekkers alike". Read the review here.

7/14/00 10:00 PM Eastern

• Dracula: The Resurrection review has been posted.
• Diablo II, Deus Ex, The Sims, and Baldur's Gate are all being released on Macintosh soon. We added a Macintosh link on our software page for all Mac users.
• Steel beasts is a very realistic tank simulation that could possibly knock off the Tank platoon series by Micropose as the leader in Tank Simulations. The game is available online only direct from Shrapnel Games. You can also download the demo from them which is a lot of fun. Watching tracers fly through the air, and individual infantrymen bailing out of an APC are just a couple of the great animations the game offers. Stay tuned for our Preview.

Steel Beast's Game Site

7/12/00 1:30 AM Eastern

• Blizzard has released a new patch. I put it on our site just in case you have problems getting it off their busy servers. 

7/11/00 2:30 AM Eastern

• On the Software page we have listed some of the best games to buy from EB world. If you don't see the game listed you want, use the EB World search box on the left hand side of the Software page, or our search page. We would like to thank all the customers for buying software through our site to help support us.

7/08/00 2:30 PM Eastern

• Kudos to Infogrames on their web site for their new game, Soulbringer. It is one of the more impressive Flash sites we have seen. Check it out.
• Most Civilization fans didn't find satisfaction in Civilization: Call to Power. Now Call to Power II is on the way, will it be better then the first one?
• Now that the highly anticipated Diablo  II has been released what do we have look forward to for the rest of the month? Here's a list for you of a few coming games:

  Cleopatra:  Pharaoh Expansion	Pre-order now	July 11, 2000
  KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child	Pre-order now	July 18, 2000
  BANG! Gunship Elite	Pre-order now	July 20, 2000
  Submarine Titans	Pre-order now	July 24, 2000
  Enemy Engaged Commanche Vs Hokum	Pre-order now	July 25, 2000
  Dogs of War	Pre-order now	July 27, 2000

You don't have to wait to play Enemy Engaged, download the demo now.

7/05/00 11:00 PM Eastern

    7/03/00 1:00 AM Eastern

• Our review for Motocross Madness 2 is posted. The game receives our highest score yet, and is the second game to win the ComputerGamers.com Gold Award.