SWAT 3: Special Edition will include the original 16 missions found in SWAT 3: CQB, plus six new missions and multiplayer capability - something that fans of the original release clamored for. SWAT 3: Special Edition will support up to ten players on a LAN or over the Internet, with technologies provided by the WON.net Internet gaming site (www.won.net). The multiplayer game will offer gamers several choices: create an alliance with the opposing team and attempt to complete overall objectives during a co-op game, play Death Match, or play a tournament style game in Competitive mode. Also included in SWAT 3: Special Edition will be a proprietary level editor and skin editor, which will allow players to create their own levels and customize their character and weapons.

Collectively, the company has worked on such titles as Alpha Centauri, Gettysburg!, Civilization, Civilization II and Alien Crossfire.

"There is a rather prevalent element of humour throughout the entire introduction, which spices the game up immediately. It would seem that the avatar of Nox is none other than (drum roll) some guy named Jack. The intro shows Hecubah, the Queen of the Undead (the child that Jandor spared) performing a ritual that will release the Orb from it's imprisonment in another time/space, which just happens to be in the 20th century, perched atop this guy Jack's television. When a vortex opens to engulf the Orb, Jack is sucked into it as well."

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Building on the success of Apache Havoc, Oxford-based developer Razorworks is going to give people the chance to pilot two of the world?s deadliest, next-generation assault helicopters. In Western hangars sits the U.S. Army?s futuristic RAH-66 Comanche gunship, a stealth helicopter with a radar signature one-six hundredth that of a Hellfire missile. On Eastern airstrips lies the Comanche?s Russian-built counterpart, the twin-rotor death-deliverer called the Ka-52 Hokum-B. Both can deliver several varieties of destruction at the touch of a button.

Featuring state-of-the-art 3D graphics, Enemy Engaged puts virtual pilots right into the heart of the modern digital battlefield. Three challenging war zones--Taiwan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia--have been modeled to push one's abilities to the limit, with each featuring a variety of offensive and defensive missions over vast simulated landscapes. Soar low across the grasslands of Asia and assault armored convoys at night, or escort transports on daring troop insertion sorties in the desert. Enemy Engaged will feature a broader range of missions and target types, better enemy and wingman AI, plus more detail, camera views and accessibility.

Using an improved 3D engine that features transform and lighting, and similar avionics and dynamic action, Enemy Engaged is designed to complement Apache Havoc rather than replace it. It will also boast improved stereo music, and digitized speech and sound effects. Playable either as a full-blown simulation or, at its simplest, a computer-aided arcade-style shooter, Enemy Engaged also features full multiplayer functionality over serial cable, modem, LAN and Internet connection

Set in the near future, Freedom Ridge uses themes from classic science fiction and modern UFO conspiracy theories to create its setting. After a devastating 70-day war against alien invaders, the human race finds itself on the edge of extinction. With the military forces and governments of the world in ruins, gamers command humanity's last hope--a resistance force called the Terran Liberation Army. Starting with a meager cache of captured weapons and technology, one must repel the invaders and free the Earth from alien domination.

People must create new bases to furnish forces, protect the surviving civilian population, and fight for every resource they need. Money is now worthless. Using anything from scavenged F16 aircraft and M16s to alien technology, troops will need to master all manner of weaponry and vehicles for tactical squad-based combat against alien foes at hotspots around the globe. Characters will uncover the truth about Area 51 and alien abductions. The Dreamland Chronicles is scheduled for release in Quarter 4 2000 on the PC and Playstation 2.

"Arcomage is a single or two player card game in which the goal is to either build your tower to a certain height, build up your resources to a certain quantity, or destroy your opponent's tower before your enemy can achieve any of these conditions themselves. Each player takes turns and at the start of each turn, their kingdom produces a quantity of each resource equal to the strengths of various resource generators. You then draw cards that represent creatures, spells or artifacts which are used to produce varying effects. Sound a little like Magic: The Gathering? Well, the similarities don't stop there."

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Editor's Note: If this isn't a tasteful way to start the news week off, I don't know what is.