Archived News:
The Tectonic page has a new version 0.9
of the BotPlugin module for the TecArena front-end for Quake III Arena. The new plug-in
allows you set different names for the bots, and will now find all bots in
baseq3, including those not in .pk3 files.
There's a Dave Taylor
interview on G3d talking with the ex-id Software programmer and Crack dot
Com founder about his current work as an engineer at Transmeta, who recently
announced plans for Crusoe, their upcoming cross-platform, low-power, mobile
CPU. The Q&A discusses Cruse as well as gaming, going into Dave's most and
least favorite games of all time, and his start in the business.
The Ęstats Page has a new
version 4.33 of the Ęstats multiple game log parser for both Win32 and
Linux x86. The new release offers Opposing Force support, updates the Counter
Strike 5.2 support, fixes a Y2K date problem(!), fixes a Kingpin bug, and more.
Word is ngStats support for Unreal Tournament is in the works.
The Flatware Design Gaming Division
has the release of version 1.00 of Holy Wars for Unreal Tournament. Though they
point out there aren't likely to be any servers running right away, the debut
release does offer gameplay versus bots. This is the UT version of the Holy Wars
mod where players (AKA sinners) are fighting over the Halo in order to become
the game's Saint. It's then saint versus sinners in a one-versus-many battle.
French site Le Ouaibe Joystick has posted an audio interview with Ray Gresko, discussing all things Nihilistic and Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption ( Real player or equivalent required). The nine minute talk is of course in English, but if you want to read along with the French transcript, AltaVista Translations may be of service. Thanks Alex.
LucasArts has updated their Star Wars: Force Commander preview site with five new screenshots (and three familiar from this preview), as well as four rendered images of structures in the game.
There are several new development updates on the official Star Trek: Klingon Academy site describing Interplay's efforts to beat the upcoming demo of their space-combat sim into shape, and word on the KA forum now is that it is expected to be released around Wednesday next week. Thanks GreenDoh.
Speedy 3D has posted a couple new screenshots of Incoming Forces, and also a pair of Hostile Waters screenshots, both 3D action/strategy games under construction at UK developer Rage. Incoming Forces is more focused on the action, as can be expected from a sequel to their arcade-like shooter Incoming, while Hostile Waters uses more of a strategic approach.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Interview on PC.IGN.com is a talk with producer Ben Smedstad on BioWare's role-playing sequel, discussing the various ways this title aims to improve upon the first one.
An edited log of last night's IRC chat with id's David "Zoid" Kirch is now available for your perusal. The lengthy discussion covered all sorts of topics, ranging from the next point release ("when it's done" - did you expect anything else?) to very specific questions about Zoid's CTF levels, the Q3A source code, and lots more.
AVault has posted a profile of Rebellion, developers of Aliens vs. Predator, talking to Jason Kingley not only about the company, but also about their recently announced 3D action RPG, Gunlok. Three new screenshots of this title are at hand.
Raven's Eric Biessman has scribbled down another installment of his Soldier of Fortune diary at SoFCenter, and entitled "A night in the life of Raven Software," it describes an exhausting couple of hours out of the crunch mode development time their mercenary shooter is going through.
Counter-Server, the official Counter-Strike server admin resource, is now open for business and aims to provide everything you need to run and optimize servers for the popular Half-Life mod.
PowerPlay has announced that seven
new companies, including Bungie, Dynamix, and Raven, have all joined their
initiative to improve Internet game performance. Here's the scoop: FEBRUARY
9, 2000 -- PowerPlay, an effort to make the Internet a better entertainment
platform, gained momentum this week as six leading game development studios
and content and Internet tools developer, Applied Microsystems, joined the initiative.
The latest additions to the list of developers who have gone on record in support
of PowerPlay are:
- Bungie -Oni and Halo.
- Dynamix -Tribes, Tribes 2.
- Gas Powered Games -- Dungeon Siege.
- Jellyvision - You Don't Know Jack, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
- Nihilistic - Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
- Raven Software -Soldier of Fortune, Star Trek: Elite Force, Hexen 2
"It's hard not to support a movement aimed at improving everyone's Internet
experience," said Chris Taylor, CEO of Gas Powered Games. "The list
of game developers and other tech companies supporting PowerPlay is a great
example of industry cooperation that will have a positive impact on all of our
games."
The PowerPlay initiative is composed of Internet companies, service providers,
and game developers cooperating in the definition and deployment of an open
industry standard to improve the Internet entertainment experience.
The first stage will be a proof of concept deployment for US dial-up customers.
Following the initial deployment, PowerPlay service will be available outside
of the US and for higher speed connections (DSL/cable modem).
The PowerPlay initiative also includes Bioware, Captivation, Cisco, Click Entertainment,
Ensemble, Epic, Gearbox, Looking Glass Studios, Outrage, Red Storm Entertainment,
Relic, Ritual, Shiny, Valve, and Volition.
The first part of CDMag's
guide to Battlezone II has been posted (thanks Voodoo Extreme). The guide
features some general tips, as well as mission-specific hints.
This week's "3dfx Game of the Week" at Daily Radar is Thief
2: The Metal Age, and to celebrate this, they've posted a whole bunch of
new, high-resolution screenshots from the game.
The Freak of Geeks has posted a
multiplayer guide for the recently released Nox demo. The guide covers all
the various aspects of the game's multiplayer, from starting a server and configuring
the Nox.cfg file, to how to best torture your friends.
Version 2.0 of Q3ServerKit, the Quake
III Arena server monitor and administration program, has been released. This
new version adds a new color scheme, a realtime chat panel, a start panel, support
for the Q3Demo and more. The program is available for the Win32, Solaris and
Linux platforms.
A brief Quake III
Arena programming tutorial is up on Q3Center, teaching you how to make a
simple mod that changes the names of the weapons in the game.
GameSpot News has posted some
new screenshots from Republic, a strategy game by Elixir Studios, a company
founded by Demis Hassabis, the co-creator of Theme Park. The game's engine is
capable of processing over 20 million polygons on screen, and the shots are
remarkably detailed.
Also new on GameSpot News are a
handful of new screenshots from Ground Control, an upcoming tactical combat
3D RTS title from Sierra.
- TheMasquerade.org is throwing a
wallpaper design contest to win a copy of Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption.
- QGirlz has posted the winners
of their female model contest, and are throwing two more contests, this time
to create skins and sounds for the model.
- I.AM Half-Life is giving
away three Microsoft Sidewinder Dual-Strike gamepads...all you have to to
is join their mailing list.
So, did everyone check out that story yesterday about the number of bugs in
Windows 2000? I gotta admit, I figured it had a few holes, but 63,000? That's
a bit too many ship with (more than Ultima IX, even!). I'm in a bind now, because
I'm pretty much sure that I'll be upgrading my desktop computer to Windows 2000
(under Win98 it seems to be remarkably unstable, even spontaneously restarting
from time to time) but I'm not looking forward to suffering from "early
adopter syndrome." Of course, I give Microsoft six months before they release
the first Windows 2000 service pack...but by that point I might be so fed up
that I'll just install DOS 5 again instead. Gotta love these newfangled computers.
Link of the Day: Bananarchy!
This site is so weird it defies explanation.
Link of the Day (2): The
Amazing Cam Cam. I suppose it was only a matter of time before this popped
up.
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