Archived News:
The Anarchy Online
website has the "long awaited" version 12.3 Anarchy Online client
patch (thanks Stomped). This
page has a list of what has changed since version 12.2.08 which includes
general tweaks and fixes for things like resource and memory leaks, changes to
the GUI and controls, AI alterations, and gameplay tweaks, bug-fixes, and
changes.
Apolyton Civilization Site Interviews Jeff
Morris talking with the associate producer on Civilization III, the next
installment in the series that spans from the dawn of civilization to the
far-flung future. The conversation gets a handle on the current state of
development, inquiring when it will go beta and the possibility of any public
testing to follow the game's current alpha status, a discussion of gameplay
elements, and a little about the past and the future of the series. Thanks Jonah
Falcon, who also points out this GamePen
blurb that mentions a Civ
III Special Edition is listed on the EB site in addition to the regular
version of the game.
A post to Promode.Org offers "Quick
notes on 1.29g, and a very cool trick with demos" following-up on
the recent release of the Quake III Arena version 1.29g patch. Since mouse
sensitivity was changed in the new release (they cover the argument over whether
this is now fixed or broken), they offer the key info that some unhappy folks
seem to be missing in the documentation on how to revert your mouse's behavior
back to the way it was under Q3A 1.17, 1.27h, and 1.29f by setting the
"in_mouse" cvar to -1, while setting it back to 1 will use the newer
(1.27g, 1.29g) mouse code. They also mention work on a " very
cool trick with demos" that allows a client record a single demo in
a one-on-one match that includes the point of view of each of the players.
Hot on the heels of the version 1.10 update ( story), a new version
1.101 patch for Kingdom Under Fire is now available for download. The file
is about 11 MB, and offers some minor balance changes altering the cost to train
a few of the units in this isometric role-playing RTS game.
HomeLan's Incoming Forces Interview
talks with Martin Kitney, seeing what the product manager for Rage has to say
about Incoming Forces, the upcoming follow-up to the original Incoming, known
for both the eye-candy of its 3D graphics and the blistering pace of its
non-stop action. The conversation covers the newly-added multiplayer capability,
the features of the new engine, the settings in which the sequel will be placed,
and even the "storyline" (which in the original Incoming, was
basically the title).
There's an Interview
with David Solari on Operation-FlashPoint.Dk talking with the senior marketing
manager at Codemasters about the upcoming patch that will add "2 new
vehicles and a new weapon, 2 single missions and 5 Mplay missions" to
Operation Flashpoint in the first of a planned series of updates that will come
out every couple of months to add new content to the game. The conversation also
covers other plans for the future of the game, including possible improvements
to the mission/scripting tutorial, whether the mission editor will be updated,
and more.
GameSpy.com's Etherlords
Development Diary Volume 5 is now online, once again authored by Nival
Interactive's Andrey Emelyanenko, described as "(a) quick rundown
Etherlords' system of resources, spells, and economics." Just like last
time out, Andrey delivers on a previous commitment, offering the promised
explanation of how their new system of resources allows the player to jump right
into the game from the very beginning.
GameSpot Presents A Modern History of Horror Games Part II,
which, quite naturally, follows-up on part
one ( story), covering an impressive number of games with an
impressive amount of detail.
I
test drove Halo today on an X-box (thanks Halo.Bungie.Org)
is a newsgroup posting by someone who got to check out a recent build of
Bungie's upcoming cross-platform shooter on an Xbox while visiting "the
X-box game evaluation lab," and unconstrained by any confidentiality
agreements, goes on to blab about the experience.
The debut release of Tac 2 for TRIBES
2, described as the "Don't Touch The Ground Or You Die" mod that
got its start for Starsiege TRIBES, and now live on in the sequel, TRIBES 2. If
you are curious about the mod, it is already reviewed on TribalWar.Com.
KING DOOM (and this
mirror) are host to version 3.0 of the MyDOOM front-end for Doom, which
allows you to control all the various versions of Doom that are now available
based on the publicly-available id Software source code, offering support for
PrBoom, ZDoom, ZDoomGL, Legacy, JDoom, DoomGL, glDoom, WinDoom, Win32Doom,
Doom3D, and EDGE.
Edition
1 of the Tiller Techniques is up on Adventure Developer with the first
column by LucasArts artist Bill Tiller in a series that this
introduction explains will offer a professional critique of artwork
submitted by readers interested in his feedback. The Milkshape 3D and Half-Life Model Viewer Interview @ Counter-Strike Merkezi
talks with Mete Ciragan, author of these two popular modeling/skinning tools.
HomeLan' PainKeep Arena Interview
talks with the shy and retiring Robert "Sgt. Hulka" Waring about the
PainKeep Arena modification for Quake III Arena. The
Specialists Interview on ActionNation.com talks with John_Matrix, the
weapons modeler on The Specialists,
an upcoming modification for Half-Life. There are some new Strike Force weapon
screenshots on Strike Force Center.
- As is their way, the MAF-Soft Update Patches
has posted a shrunk version of the new Q3A patch that updates from version
1.29f to 1.29g with a 261 KB patch instead of the official 26 MB version. Of
course this is unofficial, untested by us, and is to be used at your own
risk...
- 3DActionPlanet's
Latest Action Gaming Test checks your knowledge of The Rainbow Six
Series...
- Looks like Collector's
Doom and Quake
III Gold Edition are in the works, beans spilled courtesy of EBgames.com.
Thanks [AGHLTFC]Ray_M[AsS], who quite correctly points out that these are
hopefully not the big QuakeCon announcements that have gotten the big tease
(story)...
Separated at birth: Levelord and Tom
Green. Thanks Pongo.
Those who know me know I did not inherit my mother's love for cooking. I do
actually have my moments, I make some really top notch chili, and am competent
at about just about every kind of breakfast food (including perfect omelets),
but even when it comes to my specialties, I can only occasionally work myself up
to turning on the stove. That is until the last few days when on the Vet's
advice I have been cooking rice and chicken for Hudson the Wonder Dog to settle
an upset stomach she's been suffering with. So there you have it, for myself,
Hot Pockets in the microwave qualifies as cooking, but for the dog I become
Julia Child. I better work on her typing some more so she can take over my job
eventually -- at this rate she'll probably outlive me.
Story of the Day: From toaster to
lawsuit, or "The case of the flaming Pop-Tart" (Philadelphia
Enquirer). Thanks Snappy2Stroke.
Bonus Story: Head of DWI program arrested for DWI
(CNN). Thanks Thrasher.
Weird Science: Scientist
Claims Old Data Shows Signs of Life on Mars (Fox). Thanks theAntiELVIS.
Wild Science: An Optically Guided Bus
NY Times free registration required. Thanks Jonathan C. Forster.
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