Unbelievable, but Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is getting one Year old. Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars was released in Europe on September 28, 2007, with the North American release following on October 2.

The whole Team of  PlanetQuakeWars.net and GameProphets.com would like to say thanks to Splash Damage for the very good community work and all the support they gave to us. I hope that we keep in touch for the next game.

There is just on thing to say:

Happy Birthday Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars

Tribal Wars is a brand-new total conversion modification for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars that promises to bring a Cyclops-sized dose of Starsiege: Tribes to the game. The mod is said to focus heavily on CTF-style gameplay and will feature all-new weapons, player models, and levels. For those of you wanting to see and read more about it, the Tribal Wars website is now online and features a trailer, screenshots, concept art, and a development blog. There's no release date yet, but the team is looking to have a public beta at some point in the unspecified future.

Here you get some frist impressions:

Es reicht. Endgültig. Wir haben es satt. Und wir wehren uns. Nach den unsäglichen Äußerungen des bayerischen Innenministers Joachim Herrmann, der ein Herstellungsverbot für "Killerspiele" fordert, ist es - wieder - an der Zeit, Farbe zu bekennen.

The release of ET: Quake Wars for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3 is gettin closer and closer. For that reason id Software, Nerve Software and Activision recently held a press even, showing the game to a few of the big online gaming sites. Here are a few reports that we found on the net for you:

• 1UP 

The console versions' multiplayer interface is shaping up to be incredibly user friendly. Taking a page straight out of Halo 3, Quake Wars uses a matchmaking system that looks to make finding games as easy as a single button press."

• Eurogamer        

"As well as being a near-perfect conversion in graphics, AI and feature-set terms, the tweaks introduced for console players look like they're actually going to improve the underlying game."

• GameSpy

"The Bot Guide is sort of the equivalent of a particularly polite drill sergeant. He'll walk you through the basics of capturing objectives and class differences, all the while liberally doling out health packs and advice."

• IGN

"Nerve and id aren't skimping on the small details that can make or break a shooter of this nature. Little things like including a lobby system for players to convene after a game and full stat tracking for each map, both in-game and on a website which will house hundreds of statistics. There are also awards that are handed out after each match so you and your pals can ratchet up the smack talking."

• Team Xbox

"The game comes with a comprehensive Training Mode that gives you a guide bot to step you through everything you need to accomplish and how to compete every part of the objectives. It looks to be a great starter for learning all the aspects of the roles, though if you decide to rough it, the screens that describe each role indicate the abilities in relation to specific objective needs."

Our friends from Eurogamers released a very interesting Article about the Console Version of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It looks like there will be a Demo Version for Playstation 3 and XBOX360 available.

Activision plans to release playable demos of team-based multiplayer FPS Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for both PS3 and 360.

That's according to Greg Stone, designer at Nerve Software, the company handling the 360 conversion.

Speaking to Eurogamer at a press event this week to showcase the sexy new PS3 and 360 ports, Stone said that the companies were committed to doing demos.

However, nobody's sure whether they will launch before or after the game appears in shops this summer.

As well as bringing over all the maps, classes and other key features of the PC version of Quake Wars, the upcoming ports refine the interface significantly to address usability issues and hopefully open the game up to a wider audience.

Now Mac users can also join the fight between GDF and Strogg. The Mac Publisher Aspyr announced that ETQW for Mac is shipping in North America since yesterday. Here are the System Requirements:

MAC MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• Operating System: 10.5.1 (Leopard)
• CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
• CPU Speed: 2 GHz
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 5.5 GB + 1 GB Swap File
• Video Card (ATI): Radeon X1600
• Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 7300
• Video Memory (VRam): 128 MB
• Media Required: DVD-ROM
• Macintosh mouse and keyboard

MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS:

• Internet(TCP/IP) play supported
• Internet play requires broadband connection

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB

Supported Video cards:

NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
ATI Radeon X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.

NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported.

NOTICE: Apple Intel Chipsets only. Power PC Processors (G4 and G5) are not supported

There is a new map available called "Laboratory Storage":

Themed as a storage area in an underwater laboratory, 3v3 is the recommended game size. Strogg attempt to destroy a GDF relic, while the GDF fight to defend it. This is a final release insomuch as there are unlikely to be any further updates -- however, the map itself is not entirely finalized. Some localization strings will not appear properly, and the level of polish is less than that which should be expected for a full map. It should still, however, be reasonably playable for 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4. No support for bots.