Tiberian Sun becomes the fastest-selling PC game of all time, Interplay's Baldur's Gate is heading for the PlayStation and New Ridge Racer is confirmed as a launch title for PlayStation2 next year. Get all the details on these and all the other hot news stories of the week right here, right now. Next week is Future Gamer's first birthday, so as well as the usual news, previews and reviews, we'll be taking a look back over the last gaming year. Don't miss it. Until issue 52 arrives next Thursday, enjoy. Andy Smith - Editor

News headlines:

Baldur's Gate Confirmed for PlayStation ... Downloadable Dreamcast Games Coming to Japan Next Year ... Tiberian Sun Sets New Record ... Microsoft to do Pocket Gaming? ... Ridge Racer Joins Tekken at PS2 Launch ... Gran Turismo 2 in December ... November is Dreamcast Month in Japan ... Sonic Shifts at Pace ... Create Your Own Shooter 2 ... Bleem! Release Free Update ... Championship Manager 3: Season 1999/2000 ... Treasure Strike ... Sony Praise Sega ... Kenwood 72x TrueX CD-ROM Released ... Sega's Answer to Gran Turismo? ... Russians Breathe Life into Melnibone ... Finally Final Fantasy VIII ... Crave Announce Details on Ultimate Fighting Championship Licence ... Rare on Tooie, Conker ... New Pentium/Athlon Benchmark Tests ... Hello Kitty Crawls Onto the Dreamcast ... The First Lady of Chomp ... Sega Tell RPG Fanatics to Go Fish in Eternal Arcadia ... Devil's Bridge ... Norns Get Sense of Smell ... Koei's Two Big PlayStation2 Games ... Exploring Spaceworld ... Playing With Zombies ... Nibbles ...

In this issue:
Preview: Tomb Raider 4 (PlayStation) Lara's last and supposedly final outing on the PlayStation is reported to be more akin to the first Tomb Raider's puzzle-based brief than the two subsequent action-orientated affairs. Here's what we think of the game at this early stage.
Review: Freespace 2 (PC) Today's demanding games players usually demand a good plot at the heart of their games. Not all games need such a thing though, and here's Freespace 2 to re-affirm that the shoot 'em up genre's alive and very much kicking.
Feature: Military Games (Part Two) Emma Parkinson rounds off her investigation into the games the US military use in their training. It's a sobering thought that military software specialists are now eyeing the games market. Should we be worried?

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