FrikaC has released a new version of the excellent Quake image-handling app, Fimg 2. Think of this as a more up to date version of what you would see with Adquedit, Wally or Texmex, particularly useful for things like texture wad manipulation.

Today’s the day we’re supposed to get a crack at the newest level for QUAKE Live, the brand new CTF map Siberia! If you haven’t done so yet, head on over for a peek at the Siberia preview and get ready for some flag snagging action in this fresh house of frag! This map is the second in the QUAKE Live “6 new maps in 6 weeks” campaign, so get ready for more new juice to come as well!

Update:

As promised, a new level was added to QUAKE Live yesterday and it's the new CTF map, Siberia! Along with the new level comes a small update that states they are still hard at work on the Linux and Mac versions as well as the private servers and leader boards. Two fixes have also been included in this update:

• Fixes for raw input buffer overflow problems.
  
• Fix for mouse 5 button not properly receiving button release messages.

We're kicking off our "6 new maps in 6 weeks" campaign with Hidden Fortress. Although new to QUAKE LIVE, this arena first appeared in the Sega Dreamcast version of QUAKE III Arena. Already considered the best new arena created for QUAKE III Dreamcast, we chose to make very few changes in bringing this classic map to QUAKE LIVE.

The arena was originally created by Martin Kaai Cluney, a designer for Raster Productions. Kaai is now a designer at id Software working on the RAGE team. Hidden Fortress is a medium sized map with three main rooms - perfect for 6-10 player team deathmatch, clan arena and free for all gameplay.

Although we chose to start with a classic map from the Dreamcast, we'll be debuting a mix of new and classic maps in the weeks to come.