Archived News:
John Carmack at QuakeCon 2002
on Gamer's Ammo offers an .mp3 audio recording of John Carmack's talk with
the attendees, where the id Software lead programmer discusses id's technology,
taken from the Team Sportscast Network's
streaming coverage of the event. The file is a 16 MB download, and playback runs
a bit longer than an hour. John
Carmack Speaks on GameSpy.com is their analysis of this speech, and GameSpy.com's
DOOM III Impressions offers more of their thoughts on seeing the
demonstration of the game at the show. Likewise, GameSpot's
QuakeCon 2002 Enemy Territory impressions has opinions of the demonstration
of the upcoming Wolfenstein expansion pack, and GameSpot's
QuakeCon 2002 Elite Force II updated impressions describes the showing of
the Star Trek shooter sequel. On to more general topics, GameSpy.com's
Day Two Coverage is online, there is a quick set of More Mini QuakeCon Bits
on HomeLan Fed, and Quakecon 2002
Day 2 impressions on Amdmb.com focuses on the hardware side of things.
- Earth & Beyond
Earth & Beyond
Q&A on PC.IGN.Com talks with Gary Cox, art director on Westwood's
upcoming MMORPG, about the look of the Progen, one of the three distinct
factions the game will feature. The article format conversation gives a feel
for the group, who are likened to the marines from the Aliens movies.
Also, RPG Vault's Earth & Beyond Diary #6
offers a day in the life of lead systems designer Janus Anderson with a
rundown on bug-fixing, tweaking, and being battered by feedback on their
forums.
- PunkBuster
HomeLan Fed's Chat With Tony Ray
talks with one of the cofounders of Even Balance about their Punkbuster
cheat prevention software.
- Project Entropia
The Project
Entropia Q&A on Player Of Games talks with MindArk PR dud Frank
Campbell about Project Entropia, their upcoming MMORPG. They describe the
game's premise, their unique economics element, classes, factions, politics,
weapons, the engine, standing out from the competition, and more.
- Bill Brown
Score Central's
Bill Brown Q&A is another conversation with Bill Brown, composer of
the music for a number of computer and video games. They discuss his career,
his influences, themes, some specifics about working on Undying, and more.
Medieval: Total War
Preview on PC.IGN.Com looks at one of the factions in Creative Assembly's imminent
RTS game, describing what players can expect when playing for and against the
French. They describe the history that leads to France's situation, their
political stance, their resources, units, achievements, campaign events, and
more. Also, GameSpy.com's
Medieval: Total War Developer Diary is online (perhaps a little tardy for
volume one, since the game is now gold), written by Mike Brunton. The article
describes the game's inspiration, research, the richness of their setting, new
tactics and strategies the game will support compared to Shogun: Total War, and
more.
- Another War
There's an
Another War Preview on Loadedinc.com based on playing with a preview
build of Mirage's upcoming World War II RPG. They describe the
characteristics of your soldiers, the interface, weapons, and more.
- Age of Mythology
Of Men, Monsters and Machines
on PC.IGN.Com offers an illustrated look at some of the units in Age of
Mythology, as presented by Bruce Shelley, lead designer on Ensemble's
upcoming RTS game.
Spellbound Studios and Wanadoo Edition have opened the wooden gates to the official Robin Hood: the Legend of Sherwood site, showcasing their upcoming isometric tactical combat game (thanks ToTheGame). The site comes in English, German and French incarnations and offers plenty of information on the game's premise, backstory and main characters, as well as randomly chosen screenshots (but strangely, no gallery to see them all), some wallpapers and music clips, and more.
Fans disappointed in word that the future of Outcast II is in serious doubt with
developer Appeal embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings ( story) can
find encouragement in a post on Outcastii.net
describing the possibility that Elsewhere Entertainment,
formed a couple of years ago by one of the cofounders of Appeal, is considering
Project Alpha, called "a conceptual 'continuation' of Outcast 1." On a
similar topic, a post on Outcast2 - Das deutsche Portal
(thanks Shacknews) by former Appeal
designer Carlo Fabricatore, describes the shutdown of Appeal, offers apologies
for the fate suffered by the Outcast II project, corroborating the reports on
how all this played out, which has not yet been officially announced or
confirmed.
The Star Wars:
The Clone Wars Q&A on GameSpyDaily discusses Pandemic Studios' upcoming
Star Wars game, discussing vehicles that will be featured, multiplayer support,
and more. There are impressions of DOOM II running on the GBA on GameSpot
based on seeing the game in action at QuakeCon. There are Kingdom
Under Fire: the Crusaders screenshots & movies on Xbox.IGN.Com.
Console Reviews
This week's update to the Star Wars Galaxies Official
FAQ adds some info about two more professions in the upcoming Star Wars
MMORPG, discussing the Combat Engineer profession, as well as the Merchant
profession, for those whose dream it is to sell Han Solo his vests.
The Blizzard
Entertainment Employment Opportunities Page has word that they are looking
to fill the position of Information Systems Technician.
- The Purge Online Website
is accepting applications from those interested in participating in phase
four of beta testing this upcoming LithTech engine FPS/RPG hybrid...
- The Battlefront Website
now offers a new version 1.03 patch for Strategic Command: European Theater.
The patch is 2 MB, and is for the full version of the game only...
- A new version 6.03 of the mIRC IRC
client is now available...
- CD Explodes in AOpen 52x Speed CDROM...
I haven't gotten to Denny's (or a Denny's clone) for my QuakeCon tribute yet,
but I realize there is another aspect of the event that I am able to enjoy
without being there, it's our remarkably Dallas/Mesquite-like weather (again our hats-off
for the resolve they show in sticking to their sweaty guns and holding the
convention in August every year), as it's expected to reach 92° here today. Now
if I only had one of the web lawnmowers from the links below, since it's really
too hot for that sort of thing, though on the bright side, it's so hot we may
just get a brush fire to take care of this by itself.
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