Archived News:
Project Three Interactive
has released a new version 1.3 of New World Order as a patch to update version
1.0 or a patch for version 1.2. The new version offers several significant
improvements in memory usage, world rendering, framerates, and more. Thanks Worthplaying,
who have mirrored the updates.
Vivendi games unit has talked to suitors-sources
(thanks Worthplaying)
reports rumors that: "Vivendi Universal has held talks with at least three
potential suitors to sell its video game arm but no deal is believed to be near,
according to banking sources familiar with the situation." The story goes
on to say that any decision on this is unlikely until a decision about the
future of the entire company is made, and quotes the expected 'no comments' from
potential suitors.
The Etherlords
II Developer Diary Volume I on GameSpy is written by Nival Interactive's
Oleg Belaychook, who describes what went on behind-the-scenes during the
decision-making process to create their upcoming RTS sequel. Also, the Lionheart Designer Diary
Volume II on GameSpot is written by Black Isle Studios' Doug Avery, who
discusses his own gaming resume before describing the current state of
development on Reflexive's upcoming RPG, which includes reworking the magic
system, replacing placeholder sounds, and plans to gear up for some testing.
Finally, RPG Vault's Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Diary #4
is written by BioWare senior designer Drew Karpyshyn, who introduces us to the
skills in the upcoming Star Wars RPG, describing their importance in the
character creation process, along with some details about how these skills will
be put to use in the game.
The Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon Unofficial
Website now offers downloads of a movie showing off gameplay from their
upcoming namesake adventure game sequel. The 53 MB file offers about two minutes
of game footage, and is mirrored on Gamer's
Hell. Also, the
intro movie for Blitzkrieg (thanks Gamer's
Hell) is now available in RealPlayer format, offering "some great mixing
between historical and rendered imagery" from Nival Interactive's upcoming
RTS game.
There's a Savage Preview
on PC.IGN.Com looking ahead at S2 Games' upcoming MMO FPS/RTS game. The
article describes the game's post-apocalyptic setting, the unusually smooth
blend of action and strategy elements, building structures, units, the difference
between playing as a soldier and a commander, gaining experience, the command
structure, gaining experience, weapons, combat, and more.
- Star Trek: Elite Force II
Ritualistic's Doug Pearson
Q&A talks with Activision's producer on Star Trek: Elite
Force II, Ritual's upcoming Next Generation sequel to Raven's Voyager
shooter. Topics include his duties, the choice of Ritual as developer,
improvements over the original, participation of actors from the series,
multiplayer support, port plans, and more.
- The Sims Online
There's a The
Sims Online Q&A on the MMORPG Network chatting with Chris Trottier,
designer on Maxis' upcoming MMO Sims game. They discuss the appeal of the
game, differences from single-player play, post-release content plans, time
requirements, risks and rewards, dealing with griefers, and more.
- Garage Games
The Garage
Games Q&A on GameSpyDaily talks with Jeff Tunnel about their
newly-launched Play Games site as
well as the developers of each of the accompanying newly-launched games: Chain Reaction,
Marble Blast,
and Robot Battle.
- Razor
PC Gaming Xtreme Network's
Razor Q&A discusses Vicious Software's
upcoming first-person shooter with Chris Seddon, who describes game
features, multiplayer support, their proprietary Xistence engine, and more.
- Full Moon in San Francisco
Full Moon in San
Francisco Q&A on Just Adventure discusses gameplay in Alternative
Games' mystery/adventure game, going into the project's history, what the
game offers, and how it can be purchased.
The Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Preview on PC.IGN.Com somewhat contradictorily saying "this is not just
a game with the Jurassic Park license attached to it" before pointing out
it "has no real ties to the movies at all but it does make use of several
of the characters and concepts from the film." It goes on to describe a
management/sim game that puts you in the role of one of the psychopaths that
decided that bringing the dinosaurs back from extinction was the perfect
opportunity to open a theme park.
There are some American Conquest impressions
on GameSpot based on getting to check out a new preview build of GSC Game
World's upcoming historical RTS game. They describe the 12 different nations
represented, buildings and units, the huge maps, the incredible numbers of units
that can be in play at once, combat, non-violent and cooperative aspects of
gameplay, and more.
This Neverwinter Nights Stratics House of Commons Chat
Log recaps an IRC session with the folks from BioWare and FloodGate, who
gathered online with members of the community to answer questions about the
D&D RPG and its upcoming Shadows of Undrentide expansion. The log has been edited
into an orderly Q&A format.
Team Assault Homepage now
offers beta one of this teamplay modification for the Medal of Honor Allied
Assault Spearhead expansion, as well as a version 1.1 patch that was quickly
released to address a couple of problems that were identified with the initial
release. Thanks Gamer's
Hell.
This GameFixx.com
Webpage offers details on a giveaway of a Pac-Man arcade machine that will
take place at the upcoming CPL winter event. The page offers a softcore portrait
of Stevie "KillCreek" Case, along with the warning that winning this
prize will not be without a cost: "Winner is responsible for shipping cost
of unit to home."
HomeLan Fed's Desert Combat Mod
Q&A chats with Frank DeLise, team leader on the upcoming Desert Combat mod
for Battlefield 1942, discussing the reasons for creating a mod for this game,
what sort of gameplay they are striving for, the current status of the project,
and more.
The VERC Collective's
Weekly Round-up offers details on the new content they've added to their
collection of game modification resources, including: "two more from
Deathwish covering coding theory, another coding tutorial from Ghoul, and a new
1.7 release Merl's custom version of Zoner's Half-Life Compile Tools."
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