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Snap to Grid, Splash Damage's regular look at the happenings in the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars editing community, is back and this time it's personal! This week, ETQW Mapping's fearless captain Terry 'Salteh' Seidler takes a look at the alpha release of Donnovan's Retake of the Andes map for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and checks out the latest alpha release of the highly anticipated Wheels of War mod. To top it all off, the saltiest of Terrys even throws out a challenge to all the aspiring zombie crushers / destruction derby participants out there in the form of Wheels of War's freshly added global lap times leaderboard. Roll on over on the Splash Damage website to read the full feature!

To mark Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory's recent five year anniversary, Splash Damage has received id Software's blessing to release the source files for all of the official multiplayer maps packaged with the game. It's even possible to import these into Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars's level editor, so you can create faithful ETQW ports of these if you want to. You can grab the source files here on the Splash Damage website.

Another week, another Splash Damage round-up. This one has news of our latest glorious, if completely unlikely, venture: football. But there's more:

• Name Splash Damage's Football Squad, Win Signed ETQW Guide
  MCV's and Microsoft's annual Games 5s football tournament is coming up and in a moment of complete madness, we decided to throw our collective hats into the ring and crush everyone else. Better yet, we're still in need of a name for our heroic squad, so feel free to leave your suggestions at the link above. The winner will receive an ETQW BradyGames Guide signed by the entire development team as well as a Razer Tarantula keyboard.
• Splash Damage lurking within Jim Rossignol's This Gaming Life
  Jim Rossignol's just-released book 'This Gaming Life' chronicles his gaming related adventures in different parts of the world. One of Jim's stops is Splash Damage (that's us) in London, an adventure extensively covered in two of the book's chapters. Recommended reading!
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Tim 'Huntle' Rose
  Production Coordinator Tim 'Huntle' Rose was dragged to the interrogation chamber for our latest staff interview. Originally stemming from the competitive Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Tim has since risen through the ranks and is now the Programming Teams caretaker and proud owner of his own mustache.
• Currently Hurling Controllers / Mice At... Metal Gear Solid
  The latest installment of our bi-weekly gaming rollcall is here and largely stuffed with Metal Gear Solid 4, though there are plenty of other games being played by Splash Damage folk. Follow the link above to find out what else was worth our time.

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The final nominees for the Golden Joysticks 2008 have been announced and thanks to your previous voting efforts, Splash Damage and Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars are up for no less than six of the 'sticks now!

Since the Golden Joysticks are decided purely by public voting, we're calling on all of you to help ETQW and Splash Damage win as many of these as possible. How can you help? Simple. Just head over to this page and cast your vote. Better yet, every 10,000th vote gets one of many cool prizes, including Xbox 360s, Sony tellies, games, and more!

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and its PC developer Splash Damage are up for the following:

• Nuts All Nighter - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
• PC Game of the Year - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
• PlayStation Game of the Year - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
• UK Developer of the Year - Splash Damage
• Ultimate Game of the Year - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars
• Xbox Game of the Year - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars

Go vote! Technicians everywhere will thank you.

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The Official Competition Mod for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars has been released and can be grabbed from the Splash Damage website. The mod allows server admins and tournament organizers to easily implement and enforce specific rule-sets via a host of new customization options. An extensive Wiki page detailing the features of the mod and how to use them can be found here in the Splash Damage Wiki. On top of all this, we're also intending to release the Competition Mod source code in the near future for all you aspiring modders to tinker with, so keep an eye out for that.

Things may be busy here at Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars PC developer Splash Damage, but that isn't stopping us from machinegunning the intertubes with all sorts of new content. Here's a round-up of the latest bits and pieces:

• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Turns Five
  The little game that started it all is a respectable five years old now. Amazingly enough, it's still one of the most popular online shooters out there - here's to you, Wolf: ET!
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Aubrey 'Bezzy' Hesselgren
  Technical Game Designer and parkour fetishist Aubrey 'Bezzy' Hesselgren stars in this latest staff interview. Find out how he came to Splash Damage, what he does all day long, the reasons behind his parkour addiction and much more.
• In the Crosshairs: ETQW Competition Round-up With a Side of ETQWPro
  Senior Clan Analyzer Matt 'Anti' Lowe returns with another look at the latest goings-on in the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars competition scene. Matt also takes a closer look at the most popular competition modification out there at the moment, ETQWPro.
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Gordon 'digibob' Biggans
  Gordon 'digibob' Biggans has been with Splash Damage for longer than he can remember and was one of the programmers on Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. Read his life's story in this interview of autobriographical* proportions.* interview may not actually be longer than normal
• Currently Hurling Controllers / Mice At... - LEGO GRID Band
  Summer may be here, but new game releases aren't slowing down. See what the guys and gals at Splash Damage are playing at the moment and we're looking forward to.
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Mark 'static_mover' Lack
  Pretty rooms are the domain of Mark 'static_mover' Lack, the latest addition to our crack squad of environment artists. Mark previously worked on the PS3 game Heavenly Sword and you can find out all about him in this interview.

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Aspyr has at last released the Mac version of the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.5 game update. It contains the same improvements and fixes as the Windows version detailed here and can be grabbed from the sites below:

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.5 Update (Mac)
• Aspyr
• eXp.de
• FileFront
• Gamers Hell
• QuakeWars-fr
• The Patches Scrolls
• Warriors of Hell
• Wolfmap.de

More mirrors to be added as they pop up.

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The long list nominees for the 2008 Golden Joystick awards have been announced and Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars scored an amazing seven of them! Long list voting takes place until June 16th and is completely open to the public. The top games in each category will then move on to the next round.

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and its PC developer Splash Damage are in the running for the following:

• Nuts All Nighter
• Online Game of the Year (NEWLY ADDED)
• PC Game of The Year
• PlayStation Game of The Year
• The Ultimate Game of The Year
• Xbox Game of The Year
• UK Developer of The Year

Go vote and help Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars make the cut!

A free demo of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store. Each demo comes with one map and can be played online with other players or offline with bots.

On the Xbox, Sewer is the battlefield of choice and has the human GDF on the attack trying to flush the Strogg out of (surprisingly enough) a sewer system in Japan. PlayStation gamers get to fight on Island, where GDF forces are trying to steal a data disc from the entrenched Strogg. Both maps features a healthy mix of outdoor and indoor combat, and there are ample tactical options for all of the classes in the game.

The finalists for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards have been announced and Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars received a rather substantial nod in the form of a nomination for Best Use of a License. ETQW PC developer Splash Damage also scored a nomination for Best Independent Studio.

The Develop Industry Excellence Awards are given out annually and are arguably the most prestigious developer awards in the UK. The winners will be announced on July 30 during this year's Develop Conference and Expo in Brighton.

To mark the release of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars on Xbox 360, Microsoft is pulling out all the stops this coming weekend. There'll be a multitude of ETQW-related events going on, including the chance to play with members of id Software, Splash Damage, and Nerve Software. Better yet, there's a plethora of prizes to be won, including Xbox 360 Elites and lots of ETQW merchandise. Here's a run-down of the events:

• Play with the Developers
  When: Friday, June 6 at 4 PM - 7 PM PDT / 7 PM - 10 PM EDT / Midnight - 3 AM CEST)
  Play with and go up against the teams behind the various editions of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. This is your chance to shoot members of id Software, Splash Damage, and Nerve Software in the (virtual) face!
• Play & Win Sweepstakes
  When: Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8
  Play Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars on Xbox Live for a chance to win cool prizes! At the end of the sweepstakes, 10 randomly drawn ETQW players will receive an Xbox 360 Elite, while 72 more will get an ETQW swag bag including a QUAKE Wars-branded Flash Drive, the official ETQW strategy guide, as well as an ETQW t-shirt, poster, and a liquid Stroyent container (otherwise known as water bottle). Open to residents of the United States.
• Leaderboard Tournament
  When: Sunday, June 8
  Register for this 24 hour event and climb to the top of the QUAKE Wars leaderboards! The best player will walk away with a trip for two to QuakeCon 2008, an Xbox 360 Elite, 12 months of Xbox Live Gold, 1600 Microsoft Points, the official ETQW strategy guide, an ETQW Flash Drive, a Quake Wars shirt, and an ETQW poster signed by the developers. Five runner ups will get similar swag packages (minus the QuakeCon trip).

We hope to see you in Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars on Xbox Live this weekend!

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Thunderbolt Games recently had a brief chat with Splash Damage's Senior Game Designer Ed 'BongoBoy' Stern about the just released console versions of the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. In the interview, Ed also shared a few bits of knowledge about Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory's design and lasting appeal, as well as his thoughts on some of the other multiplayer shooters out there at the moment.

Grab your gun and your cup of tea - Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars had its official Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release here in the UK and continental Europe today, following its North American debut earlier in the week. If you've already got the game, why not join the discussion over in the console forums?

Following up on the smash hit that was the initial installment, ETQW Mapping's Terry 'Salteh' Seidler once again deploys his all-seeing editing community observer telescope for another episode of Snap to Grid, Splash Damage's regular look at the happenings in the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars editing community.

In this latest chapter, we take a look at the very cool Dusk mod, which seeks to combine the thrill of being chased by a horde of hungry Strogg zombies with the excitement of getting the heck away from them. There's also a round-up of some of the maps currently floating around the editing forums, complete with download links and such. Click here to get reading!

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners in the United States can now join the war for Earth, as Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars officially hits store shelves around the country. Coinciding with the release, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the official statistics site have gone online as well so you can track your progress and see how you stack up against the rest of the world. Official launch press release after the break.

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The Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.5 game update is now available for download both via the in-game updater and the mirrors below. 1.5 comes with a large number of improvements and fixes, a full breakdown of which you can find in this blog update.

If you have the Steam version of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, you can get the update automatically by simply starting up your Steam client. The Mac version of the update is still rumbling through Aspyr's QA department and should be released within the next few days.

On to the download links:

ETQW 1.4 - 1.5 Incremental Update (Windows)
• Atomic Gamer
• Ausgamers
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• FileFront
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Game Deviant
• Gamers Hell
• Gamers.net.nz (New Zealand only)
• Multiplay.co.uk
• Quake Unity
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

ETQW 1.5 Full Update (Windows)
• Atomic Gamer
• AusGamers
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• FileFront
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Gamers Hell
• Gamers.net.nz (New Zealand only)
• Multiplay.co.uk
• Quake Unity
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

ETQW 1.5 Standalone Server (Windows)
• Atomic Gamer
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Gamers Hell
• Multiplay.co.uk
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

ETQW 1.4 - 1.5 Incremental Update (Linux)
• Atomic Gamer
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• FileFront
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Game Deviant
• Gamers Hell
• Gamers.net.nz (New Zealand only)
• Multiplay.co.uk
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

ETQW 1.5 Full Update (Linux)
• Atomic Gamer
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Gamers Hell
• Multiplay.co.uk
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

ETQW 1.5 Standalone Server (Linux)
• Atomic Gamer
• EGN Australia
• ePrison.de
• exp.de
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Game Deviant
• Gamers Hell
• Multiplay.co.uk
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Worthplaying
• Official .torrent

If you have a mirror not on this list, please let us know!

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With the impending release of the 1.5 update for ETQW, we've got the latest version of the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Software Development Kit (SDK) for you to download. This one's fully compatible with ETQW 1.5 and incorporates the following improvements:

EditWorld:
• Added shortcut key for active XY view (Shift+F5)
• Fixed autocompletion in the editor's console
• Fixed compile warnings not properly showing in references
• Fixed brush texture find and replace replacing the entire brush's texture
• Fixed properties sometimes not showing their values
• Changed Warning window to stay "locked" to the world it was initially loaded with

Code:
• Added XCode projects to allow mods to be compiled for OSX

You can grab the SDK from the download links below:

• Atomic Gamer
• ETQW Mapping
• exp.de
• FileFront
• Fileplanet
• Fileshack
• Game Deviant
• Gamers Hell
• Gamers.net.nz (New Zealand only)
• Multiplay.co.uk
• QuakeWars-fr
• PlanetQuakeWars.net
• The Patches Scrolls
• Wolfenstein City
• Wolfmap.de
• Official .torrent

If you have a mirror not on this list, please let us know!

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Great news: The Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.5 game update is currently headed straight for the tubes of the internet! We're planning to push the Windows and Linux versions along with the upated SDK this evening London time, while the folks at Aspyr are currently putting the finishing touches on the Mac version. If you want to read up on the changes and improvements included in 1.5, you can do so by way of this blog update. To round out the impending file assault, we'll also have the final version of the Official Competition Mod available within the coming days.

As soon as the 1.5 update is ready for download, we'll publish a list of mirrors here on the ETQW Community Site, so keep checking back!

US military newspaper Stars and Stripes recently had a chat with id Software's Kevin Cloud and Splash Damage's Senior Game Designer Ed 'BongoBoy' Stern about Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and some of its design aspects. Since their readership largely consists of military types, a good part of the Q&A actually focuses on how ETQW's weapons were evolved from what's available on the battlefield today and the philosophy behind the combat tactics featured in the game. Even if you know ETQW inside out and have devoured every interview published so far, this one should make for some very interesting and fresh reading, so don't miss it.

For those planning to pick up the Xbox 360 version of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars and wondering what magical achievements they can look forward to, look no further! You can find the complete breakdown in list-esque fashion right over here, sporting some 50 achievements in total. The goods are fairly evenly spread out across ETQW's instant action, campaign, and Xbox Live multiplayer modes, so there's something for everyone. Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is set to assault Xbox 360 disc trays on May 28 in North America and May 30 in Europe.