Archived News:
There's a Transcript of
the June 6 Asheron's Call Developers Chat on the MSN Gaming Zone recapping a
detailed conversation with Turbine's Ken Troop, Kim Payson, Les Nelken, Allan
Maki, Sean Dickinson, Sean Huxter, Todd Berkebile, Sandra Powers, and Brent
Schmidt about what's going on in the MMORPG even as work continues on its
sequel. The conversation gets into the nitty-gritty of plans for housing,
quests, balance issues, patch plans, and more, all organized into a logical
Q&A format. In further chat-log news, there's a
log on UnknownPlayer.com recapping a group session with folks from several
different online gaming companies on the subject of "Getting into the
Industry."
The Westlake Interactive
Website has word that the Macintosh port of Undying, the Clive
Barker-inspired horror game, has gone gold, and is off for duplication. There is
no in-store date, but the Clive Barker's Undying
website has info on system requirements and where you can place pre-orders.
There's a
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Q&A on Computer and Video Games talking with
the developers of the upcoming third-person Xbox game based on the popular
television series. GameSpot Previews Metroid Prime
with a look at Retro Studios' upcoming GameCube shooter, illustrated by several
new screenshots.
Console Reviews
- Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox) first impressions on GameSpot.
ShellShock's Crater now
offers a new version 02.06.08.00 of Q3Offline, "The best front-end and
server admin tool for Quake III Arena powered games." The new version adds
full support for Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix.
The debut release of Colors
Capture The Flag is now available, bringing the teamplay joys of CTF to
Kingpin. The mod is available as a single 19 MB download, or as two
separate halves to make life easier on those with slower connections. Word is
there are already several servers around the globe running the mod.
Seriously now
offers downloads of version 1.1 of the InstaGib modification for Serious Sam: the Second Encounter,
updating this mod that offers messy one-shot kills to add Team Deathmatch and
Capture the Flag modes "along with four custom CTF maps for your gibbing
pleasure."
HomeLan Fed's Chaos UT Q&A
talks with one or more members of the team at Chaotic Dreams at work on the
Chaos UT Unreal Tournament modification about their possible plans to do a mod
for UT2003. There is also an Operation:
Red Falcon Q&A on ActionRealm answering many questions about this
modification (except which game it's a mod for, which is Half-Life).
Another week, another update to the Star Wars Galaxies Official
FAQ, this time out the sole lonely new entry explains what the explorer
profession will be in the upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. Also, PlanetBaldursGate's
Trials of the Luremaster Walkthrough is online with a complete guide to the
Heart of Winter add-on. Finally, a new Neocron
Player's Guide is online, offering in-depth information about the upcoming
science fiction MMORPG, sure to be helpful once the game is released.
The Tycom Studios
Website has word that they are "currently looking for around two to
three artists and modelers to create the visual content required to fill our 3D
world for our first project, which is currently in development, and tentatively
codenamed TGC."
The Dungeon Siege Website
is now offering new and updated "siege university" classes covering the basics
of the Siege Editor, Triggers, and Fades.
Happy weekend! ![=]](/miscimages/smiley4.gif)
Link of the Day: guimp,
the world's smallest website. Thanks Sharon.
Weird Science: Monkey brains move cursor.
Thanks dbodine.
Wild Science: NASA Takes a Flyer on Hydrinos.
Thanks [MP] Wolverine [MP].
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