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Archived News:
RPG Vault's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Diary #2
features BioWare lead designer James Ohlen, who "discusses using the Star
Wars d20 system in Knights of the Old Republic," describing the decision
making process behind adapting a pen-and-paper RPG convention to their Star Wars
RPG, and what changes the system required to suit their purposes. Also, Action Vault's
Eschaton Development Report #2 is online, in which Gnostic Labs' Jake
Cannell discusses how the ambitious notion of player-run nations will function
in their upcoming space-based MMORPG. Finally, a new Dragon Empires
Diary is online allowing Codemasters artist Scott Cowie to discuss "The
Color Purple," or more specifically, his work on the climate map that will
dictate the weather in their upcoming fantasy MMORPG.
The Battle Realms:
Winter of the Wolf Preview on GameSpy.com offers impressions on the now-gold
Winter of the Wolf stand-alone expansion for Battle Realms, Liquid
Entertainment's RTS game. They describe what made the original game stand out in
this crowded genre, the storyline of the prequel, gameplay, new units, the
namesake "winter" maps, and more.
This MacGameFiles
Page offers downloads of the Mac version of the Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
demo. The demo is a 67 MB download and requires OS 9.1 with virtual memory or OS
X (10.1 or later) and 3D acceleration.
The PlanetSide Website (thanks
Planetside Universe) has word
that sign-ups are now underway for beta testing of PlanetSide, Sony Online
Entertainment's upcoming MMO first-person shooter. Sign-ups are being accepted
for a week, so you need to apply by November 8 to merit consideration. As a
prelude to this, there's a
PlanetSide update describing the final stages of internal testing, and
discussing plans for the external test.
Activision has released a new movie showing off gameplay from Star Trek
Starfleet Command III on this
downloads page. Since the server has been slow or down for a good deal of
time since the file was posted, 3D Gamers has posted
a mirror here, where they offer word that the 22 MB movie runs for about a
minute and shows off plenty of gameplay. Meanwhile, there's a
Starfleet Command III Preview on GameSpy.com that's part three of their look
at the upcoming part three in this series. This time out they take a look at the
Klingon race in the game, featuring thoughts on the subject straight from the design
team at Taldren.
There's a new Praetorians
Preview on GameSpot with a look at the upcoming RTS game set during the time
of the Roman Empire. They describe the rock-scissors-paper interrelationship
between the game's units, the importance of being aware of the movements of your
enemies, the impact of terrain on gameplay, specific impressions of playing the
Roman side, the graphics, and more.
- Hitman 2
A new version 1.01 patch for Hitman 2 is now
available from this Eidos Interactive UK
Page. There is also a
German version of the patch (direct link) for which no page is yet
available. Word is the 2.0 MB patch improves compatibility with some CD ROM
drives, enables the game "console," and improves some of the
graphical effects."
- The Thing
The The Thing
Website now has a new version 1.2 patch for Computer Artworks' horror
game. The 3.5 MB patch is also mirrored on 3D Gamers.
- Team Factor
The U.S. Special Forces - Team Factor
Downloads page features downloads of "another large, open space
level for you. It is placed to Central European theatre, namely nice
landscape in Southern Bohemia. Please note: This level supports single
player game with BOTs."
- Battlecruiser Millennium
The Battlecruiser
Online Website features the release of a BCM 1.0.08 release candidate
patch from their Downloads
Section. More details on this are provided on the mirror on 3D Gamers.
- Gore Server
This Gore
Support Page (at the bottom) now offers a patch to address an issue
where "Dedicated servers will freeze, crash or restart randomly during
gameplay."
The Robin Hood:
Legend Of Sherwood Preview on Worthplaying offers their impressions of
Spellbound's now-gold tactical action game featuring the exploits of the
legendary bandit. They describe controlling Robin and his merry men, skills of
your comrades, the types of missions you will be conducting, combat, graphics,
and more, all illustrated by a big batch of screenshots.
- Battlefield 1942
There's a
Battlefield 1942 Q&A on the B-F Network talking with Romain de
Waubert about the game and plans for the upcoming version 1.2 patch, which,
according to the latest update on the Battlefield 1942
website (thanks KidChronic) is expected within about two weeks.
- Age of Mythology
Bruce
Shelley on Age of Mythology on GameSpy.com talks with the
Ensemble Studios designer about AoM, discussing the design process, the leap
to 3D graphics, their use of the mythology setting, what the future holds
for Ensemble, and more.
- Kreed
There's a
Kreed Q&A on ToTheGame talking with the team at Burut about Kreed,
their upcoming first-person shooter. They introduce themselves and the
project and discuss environments, non-linearity, creating futuristic
settings, the engine, sound and music, AI, multiplayer, and more.
- Star Wars Galaxies
The Star
Wars Galaxies Q&A on HoloNet Happenings talks with John Donham,
senior producer at Sony Online Entertainment, about their upcoming MMO Star
Wars game. they discuss the make-up of the development team, the number of
servers they plan on running, feedback they are seeking from testers,
working with the Star Wars license, community support, and more.
- No Name War
HomeLan Fed's No Name War
Q&A is online (it actually was posted yesterday, but there were
troubles accessing the site at the time, at least by me) talking with AMC
Creation's Marcel Neamtu about their upcoming "role-playing
strategy" game. They discuss the project's background, story, the three
playable sides, maps and missions, units, weapons, OGEs, and more.
id Software's Graeme Devine updated
his .plan with word that he's posted a fifth beta of the Mac version of the
Q3A 1.32 point release on
id's FTP server (direct link). The new release is a complete 30 MB build,
and now includes Even Balance's PunkBuster support.
HomeLan Fed's Final Strike
Q&A talks with Mircea "zaWasp" Rila of the Final Strike
modification for Serious Sam. They discuss the idea behind the project, working
with the Serious engine, weapons, levels, UGEs, their plan to eventually produce
a retail version of the mod, and more.
MrsBlue and I are off to attend a wedding today. This is one of her cousins, who
happens to be in our area, but since most of her family is not local to here, it
turns out there will likely be no other attendees I've met before. In fact, I
don't think that she will be familiar with more than a couple of the people
there, so I'll need to dust off my questionable small talk skills today. I'm
contemplating making up a new story to tell every person I chat with... careers
that have popped to mind: pilot of a tug-sub, tree surgeon, shoelace threader,
Microsoft security expert... the beauty of any of those choices, of course,
being that they would all require less explanation than the truth. Maybe I'll
just make up a science to be an expert in... like Renestantanology, or
Bolographicography. Can you tell I'm having fun with this?
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