Archived News:
Vince Desi of Running with Scissors sends along a brief note explaining that POSTAL
2 has hit a delay, and rather than making it out before the end of this
year, their upcoming Unreal engine game is now due in the first quarter of 2003.
No word on the cause, be it rain, snow, dark of night, too much partying with
Gary Coleman, or what, but he does add: "We're totally committed to making
POSTAL 2 a great game, PERIOD!!!"
A new trailer for O.R.B. has been released, and is available for download from
the O.R.B. Off-World Resource Base Website.
The trailer is a 41.5 MB download in self-running Bink format, and the release
is accompanied by a
batch of new screenshots. Meanwhile, German site Wassernacht
has posted some videos of AquaNox 2: Revelation, showing off Massive
Development's upcoming underwater combat sequel (thanks Horace). Finally, Gigex
now offers a two minute Conflict: Desert Storm movie showing off Pivotal Games'
upcoming Gulf War tactical action game in their proprietary format for the cost
of a 10 MB download.
German site PC Games Online
has posted another UT2003 movie, showing off seven minutes of in-game footage
from the upcoming sequel to UT in the works at Digital Extremes. The MPEG-format
movie is available in higher (54 MB) and lower (20 MB) quality versions, and is
accompanied by a batch of 30 new screenshots.
A story on The Adrenaline Vault
reports that in addition to releasing the Play the World expansion for
Civilization III at the end of October, Infogrames is also planning on releasing
a Civilization III Game of the Year Edition, which will offer the latest version
of the game, new maps, a "making of" video and an excerpt from the official
strategy guide.
This
press release on GameSpyDaily has word on Mi'Jarin Chronicles: The Path to
War, an upcoming spellchecker-busting "story-driven, first person shooter
delivering fast-paced action, intriguing characters, a touch of humour, and a
complex story which will bring the definitions of right and wrong into question."
The game is in the works at Aussie developer Mystical
Development, and will make use of CroTeam's Serious engine.
The Elder Scrolls III Tribunal Announced
is the press release officially announcing plans for the Tribunal add-on for
Elder Scrolls III Morrowind, something that had already been more-or-less
revealed ( story). This is a bit from their description of
Tribunal, which is expected for release in November of this year: "In
Tribunal, a ruthless new king has taken the throne of Morrowind, while an aging
god drifts deeper into madness. Into this chaos you are thrust, with deadly
assassins close behind you and Morrowind's uncertain future ahead. Your journey
will lead you to Mournhold, capital city of Morrowind, to the Clockwork City of
Sotha Sil, and through massive, epic-sized dungeons." In further related
news, The Elder Scrolls Website has
been updated with a Tribunal wallpaper and a FAQ about the add-on, and GameSpyDaily's
Morrowind Tribunal Q&A catches up with Bethesda's Todd Howard about the
expansion, discussing the success of Morrowind, how the add-on integrates with
the original game, the story, new creatures, the new cities, the lack of new
skills or abilities, the unchanged system specs, and more.
As promised ( story), the playable demo for BANDITS: Phoenix
Rising is now available for download via FilePlanet
(registration required). According to GRIN CEO Bo Andersson, the sample version of their now-gold
game of Mad Max-style vehicular combat features one single player
mission, two multiplayer maps, three vehicles, 13 weapons, and four music tracks.
He suggests: "After playing make sure to drop by BANDITS
forums and have your say. When there, make sure to team up with others and
have a go at the online deathmatch mayhem!" The demo has been mirrored on FileShack
(registration required) and 3D Gamers.
There are some Black & White 2 Early Impressions
on PC.IGN.Com based on their opportunity "to sit down with the veteran
designer and his smart, quiet Lionhead development team" (in other words,
Peter Molyneux did the lion's share of the talking). Anyway, Peter and the Lions filled
them in on further details about the upcoming god game sequel, including how
evil creatures will appear more evil, the addition of deeper strategy elements,
the huge groups of villagers that can be called upon to do your godly bidding,
new combat modes, plans for deeper multiplayer play, water and weather, and more.
GameSpy.com's MechWarrior4: Mercenaries
Developer Diary
is written by Cyberlore's Ferret Baudoin introducing us to the upcoming
MechWarrior game. He discusses living up to the expectations of fans as well as
their own hopes for the game, a description of the actual initial game design
process, how they then altered the design to ensure its practicality, the
decision to go with a smaller number of missions with greater complexity than
the converse, changes in how the missions have to be written for Mercenaries
than for MW4, and more.
- Eschaton
HomeLan Fed's Eschaton
Q&A talks extensively with Gnostic Labs' Travis Cannell about their
upcoming MMORPG, discussing the game's idea, the crowded genre to which it
belongs, character creation., professions, classes, ships, quests, NPCs,
combat, PvP, their graphic engine, their distribution plans, and more.
- Sniper
HomeLan Fed's Sniper
Q&A talks with Xicat creative director John Linn about their upcoming
LithTech shooter. Topics include the switch in developers the game
underwent, the idea and story behind the game, weapons (beyond the obvious
one), levels, enemies, other gameplay elements (OGEs), the lack of
multiplayer support, how very close they are to a release, and more.
- Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Vault's
Q&A with BioWare's Aidan Scanlan talks about their RPG, covering
user created content, features that were cut from the game's design, and
more.
- Xenus
The
Deep Shadows Website now offers four new screenshots showing off
vehicles from Xenus, their upcoming FPS/RPG. Three of the shots show off a
Humvie parked in various locations, while the fourth depicts a bus crossing
a bridge.
- Splinter Cell
Celebrating their Game of Show honor at ECTS,
Ubi Soft Montreal sends along a set of new Splinter Cell
Screenshots showing off their upcoming Tom Clancy game.
- Team Factor
The 7FX Website
has four new screenshots from the upcoming enhanced North American edition
of Team Factor, their teamplay FPS. Thanks jd.
- The Underworld
The Underworld: Crime Does Pay
Website offers nine new screenshots from Phoenix Entertainment's
upcoming organized crime first-person shooter.
- Dragon Empires
Codemasters sends along a pair of pieces of
concept art from Dragon Empires, showing off some monkey housing in their
upcoming MMORPG (eep eep!).
- Beam Breakers
Ownt.com Beam Breakers Gallery
has nine new screenshots from Similis' upcoming hovercraft racing game.
- I of the Dragon
There are some
I of the Dragon Screenshots on Xaos from Primal Software's upcoming
fantasy role-playing game where you get to be the dragon.
- Lionheart
RPG Vault's
Lionheart Screenshot of the Week has been posted, this week presenting
"a magical image from Reflexive Entertainment's upcoming alternate
history RPG."
Raven Shield Platoon points out
that the official German website for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Raven Shield
has word to expect the Raven Shield demo in mid-November, rather than December
as has been reported. Here's the rough
Babel Fish
translation of the page. Also, word from NovaLogic is that the Delta Force: Black Hawk Down demo slated for release yesterday ( story) is now due today at 6:00 PM EDT.
The quite elaborate THE Y-PROJECT Official Homepage
( Flash required) now offers a new FAQ answering questions about Westka
Interactive's upcoming Unreal-engine game. Thanks Loadedinc.
GameAxis' Icewind Dale II "Dress
Alike Competition" is underway, rewarding those who can most faithfully
recreate the appearance of a character from Icewind Dale II with personalized
prizes from Black Isle Studios. Also, teamwarfare.com
has announced that they have added game leagues to their ongoing ladders. Their
first league is a 7-on-7 Return to Castle Wolfenstein league, with other games
to follow.
GarageGames
Announces Restructuring of License Agreement
has word of a new licensing scheme for the Torque engine that allows for small
developers to license the engine without having to publish their games through
the Garage Game's website. There's a
Q&A with Garage Games' Jeff Tunnel on GameSpyDaily discussing this
latest development development.
I would just like to offer a quick thumbs-down to PepsiCo for introducing such a
truly terribly wretched soft drink and having the poor taste to name it
"Blue."
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