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Archived News:
GameSpot's Star Trek Elite Force II Updated Preview
is online, in which loonyboi catches us up on the latest on the upcoming Quake
III engine Star Trek: The Next Generation shooter. The article describes how the
game can use the same characters as its Voyager predecessor, the role of other
Star Trek characters, the story, some details from some missions, weapons,
enemies, new races, multiplayer support, and more.
- One Must Fall: Battlegrounds
The One Must Fall: Battlegrounds Q&A on GameSpyDaily talks with Judy and Rob Elam of Diversions Entertainment
about their upcoming online robot fighting game sequel. They introduce the
game and its features, the game engine, the size of the team, system
requirements, the response to beta testing, controllers, and more.
- Soldiers of Anarchy
The Soldiers
of Anarchy Q&A on GameSpyDaily chats with Carsten Strehse of Silver
Style Entertainment about their imminent RTS game. Topics include the new
camera controls, problems encountered during testing, system requirements, plans
for future installments, the story, missions, memorable moments during
development, and more.
The
Medal of Honor Allied Assault Website now offers downloads of a four part
movie showing off gameplay from the Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead, the
upcoming MoH expansion pack. The movies are in QuickTime format, and once
again show off the Battle of the Bulge level from the add-on.
There's more gold in them thar hills: The
Far West Website has the word that the game is complete, saying: "So
the business simulation in the Wild Wild West will hit the stores
beginning of November."
The promised version 1.26 Neverwinter Nights Stand-Alone Dedicated Server
has now been released as either a 140 MB download for Windows and Linux or a 1.4
MB download for Linux. As can be surmised from those file sizes, the large
dedicated server download does not require the full version of BioWare's RPG to
run, but the small Linux version does. Also, this NWN Beta Patches
Page (thanks YiYas) has a beta 1 of the
German or the French version 1.26 patches for download, as well as a beta of the
Linux dedicated server. There is also an uninstaller available for each beta
patch.
G.I. Combat Gold
is a press release from publisher Strategy First with word that G.I. Combat,
Freedom Games' World War II RTS game has gone gold. Here is a bit of their
description of the game, which is expected in stores on November 5: "From
the designers behind the highly successful Close Combat series, which sold over
a million units, G.I. Combat brings the wartime energy of Omaha
beach to the PC with stunning 3D details, a plethora of legendary weapons, tanks
and artillery, and a historical accuracy you’ve never seen before." To
celebrate, they sent over a batch of a
dozen new screenshots.
Meanwhile, Strike Fighters Project 1 Gold
is another press release from Strategy First announcing that Third Wire's
combat flight simulator set in the 1960s during the early days of jet combat is
now complete. Word on the game, which already had an abortive release which was
subsequently recalled, is that it is expected to land on North American
store shelves around October 29. In a related note, NASCAR
Thunder 2003 for the PC is shipping to stores. On the console front, Red
Faction 2 for the PS2 is shipping, and HomeLan Fed
is reporting that The Fellowship of the Ring for the PS2 is also shipping, while
in still more console releases, Atari sends word they've shipped Godzilla:
Destroy All Monsters Melee for the Nintendo GameCube while TDK sends news
that they've shipped both Robotech: Battlecry for the GameCube and Robotech: The
Macross Saga for the Game Boy Advance.
The demo version of Earth 2150: Lost Souls is now available on Games
Domain following the 129 MB file's debut on the cover mount CD for PC Gamer
UK. The file is mirrored on 3D Gamers
where they offer a smidgen of information about what is contained: "This
demo includes two missions playable on the Lunar Corporation side, as well as
the Skirmish mode."
The Adrenaline Vault's
MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries Preview is online, offering hands-on impressions
of the next installment in Fasa's mech combat series. They describe the return
of the mercenaries theme from the MW2 expansion, the choice of factions,
finances, weapons, combat, the game engine, and more.
HomeLan Fed's Star Trek Starfleet Command III Preview
describes their experience with the next iteration in this Star Trek space
combat sim. They briefly discuss the shift to the Next Generation setting, the
improved graphics, the four playable races, multiplayer modes, and more.
- Bandits - Phoenix Rising
Action Vault's
Bandits - Phoenix Rising Q&A #1 asks the team at GRIN the following
question about their upcoming vehicular combat game: "What do you
consider the biggest surprise you have encountereds with respect to either
Bandits - Phoenix Rising itself or the process of developing it?"
- MOO3
Apolyton Civilization Site's
Constantine Hantzopoulos Q&A chats with Infogrames' producer on
Master of Orion III, discussing his role in the project, features that have
been axed, delays to the game's release, reaction to community feedback,
graphics, and more.
- Priest
RPG Vault's Priest
Q&A, Part 2 concludes their conversation with Ji-hak and Jae-seok of
Korean developer JC Entertainment about their upcoming wild west MMORPG.
They discuss combat, quests, NPCs, character death, grouping, the game
engine, load times, sound and music, and more.
- Post Mortem
There is a
Post Mortem Q&A on GameSpyDaily chatting with Stéphane Brochu of
Microids about Post Mortem, their upcoming film noir-style detective
thriller. Topics include comparisons with Syberia, characters, encounters
with the police, the setting in 1920s Paris, atmosphere, voice recording,
the interface, and more.
- Outlaw Studios
HomeLan
Fed's Outlaw Studios Q&A chats with John Root and John Mueller about
what little they can discuss about Outlaw Studios, their newly-formed game
development company based out of Austin, TX.
- Peter Molyneux
There's a Peter Molyneux Q&A on Worthplaying discussing the quote from him
about game prices so prominently featured in the FairPlay campaign.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has Gone Gold
is the press release with word that the next installment in the GTA series is
due in stores in North America on October 29 and in Europe on November 8. The
official SERIOUS SAM Xbox Website
is now live. Perspective: An online gamer's dilemma
(thanks Mike Martinez) is an article on the joys of online console gaming. Word
from Majesco is that they've shipped the console versions of BloodRayne, with
the PC version expected in early 2003. There's a
Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death Q&A on Computer and Video Games talking with
Rebellion CEO and creative director Jason Kingsley about the
just-announced PS2 version of the upcoming comic book tie-in game. This
forum thread (thanks 3d Retreat) has a
post from Mathieu Ferland, Splinter Cell producer, with word that a playable
demo of the Xbox version should be on the DVD included with the December
issue of the Official Xbox Magazine in North America, and Mathieu
is also the author of a new Splinter Cell Developer Diary 3
on Xbox.IGN.Com. The GameCube version of TimeSplitters 2 is now
shipping to retail.
The Cyberathlete Professional League @ Gamefixx.com
Page offers locations of eight qualifier sessions for the CPL's upcoming
Unreal Tournament 2003 championship.
Ever since I had the accident hitting a dog this past summer I can't even
estimate the number of times the unfortunate incident has almost repeated
itself, with the list of animals attempting (but thankfully failing) suicide by
jumping out in front of my car including wild turkeys (who seem to be as dumb as
the legends about them indicate), wild geese, cats, skunks, opossums, and of
course, the inevitable deer. Part of this could be attributed to driving in
nearby Harriman State Park, filled as it is with natural beauty and its
accompanying wildlife, but I was also beginning to think some other factor must
also be involved, considering how often it has been happening... perhaps that
the dog's scent had camouflaged my car's scent, or something similar was at root
for the sudden newfound popularity of the spot in front of where I was driving.
My most recent such moment of truth defies even that far-fetch reasoning though,
as it was a human (presumably, though you couldn't tell from his driving) who
chose to make his left turn across my lane of the highway directly in front of
me, rather than the more traditional (and prudent) method of waiting until after
I passed, resulting in my latest heart-pounding, tire-smoking stop. So now I
consider writing about this incident as a test of my latest theory on the
subject... if this starts happening still more often now, I will be forced to
conclude that these have all been desperate attempts to become the subject of an
Out of the Blue update.
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