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Archived News:
The Enter the
Matrix Video Game Website is now online, offering a FAQ, game info, and some
screenshots from the upcoming action/adventure Matrix game in the works
at Shiny Entertainment. According to the FAQ, "Enter the
Matrix will be released for all major platforms (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC) on May
15, 2003, the same day as the release of the film The Matrix: Reloaded."
The Game Info section offers further details about gameplay, including the
following feature list: The story-within-the-story -- without the game,
you won’t see the entire Matrix Reloaded story
Incredible Kung Fu, directed by the Matrix fight scene choreographer Yuen Wo
Ping
Car chases and stunts that take you right to the hard line, Hollywood style.
Hack into your gaming console
Defy gravity and bend the rules in “Bullet Time”
Take on Agents in intense action sequences
Pilot the Logos, the fastest hovercraft in the Zion fleet
Learn from the Oracle how you can help save mankind.
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Announces Finalists for 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards
is the press release announcing the finalists for this year's AIAS awards. SEGA's
Yu Suzuki will receive the Hall of Fame award, and Battlefield 1942 is the sole
PC nominee in the overall game of the year category. The full list of nominees
can be found on this
web site, and here are the PC game of the year nominees:
- Age of Mythology™, published by Microsoft, developed by Ensemble
Studios;
- Battlefield 1942, published by Electronic Arts, developed by Digital
Illusions;
- Medal of Honor Allied Assault™, published by Electronic Arts, developed
by 2015 Inc.;
- Neverwinter Nights™, published by Infogrames, developed by BioWare;
- Warcraft III®: Reign of Chaos, published and developed by Blizzard.
EA Ship Battlefield 1942 The Road to Rome for the PC
is the press release announcing the Sicilian campaign expansion for the World
War II combat game is now available. On a related note, Mega-Battlefield1942 Mega-Bf1942 + Editing
(thanks Tiscali Games) has 2D
overview maps of each of the areas included in the add-on. Here's a bit on The
Road to Rome from the press release: "Focusing on the Italian and Sicilian
campaigns of WWII, players can choose to fight on six new maps including
Operation Husky (Sicily) and the battles for Anzio and Monte Cassino. Each map
contains highly detailed environments featuring elements such as Italian houses,
Mediterranean trees and the Monte Cassino Monastery. Controllable vehicles are
the heart of the original Battlefield 1942 experience and The Road to Rome
delivers by offering eight new vehicles, including the German BF-110 and British
Mosquito twin-engine fighter-bombers, in addition to the more than 30 vehicles
in the original title. There are also new Italian, British and German vehicles
and anti-tank guns."
3DStation's
Jeffrey Unay Q&A (thanks polycount)
chats with the modeler at Raven Software at work on the models for Quake IV. The
conversation offers an introduction to Jeff and his work as a high res
modeler/artist. Topics include how he got his start, his feelings on why
creating sculptures of characters helps in his work, the software he uses, the
process he follows, and more. The article is illustrated by 3D renderings, a
couple of screenshots, and some photos of his clay sculptures.
As promised, this NVIDIA
Game Spotlight & Download Page now features a new playable demo for Delta
Force Black Hawk Down, the latest installment in the DF series of tactical
shooters that's based in Mogadishu, Somalia. As was announced ( story),
the 132 MB demo, which contains a sample of both single- and multiplayer play,
is hosted there exclusively for a couple of days before mirrors will be
permitted to carry the file. Thanks Quboid. Also, there's a new Black Hawk
Down preview on PC.IGN.Com offering impressions of the game.
Though not yet on the Vietcong
Website, a new patch for the Vietcong multiplayer demo is now available,
updating the demo to version 0.98. The patch is approximately a 12 MB
download, and is
available here (direct FTP link), and mirrored on the
game's Czech Fansite and Tiscali Games.
A list of what's new and changed can
be found here.
Following up on their earlier beta demo release, the official demo version of
NASCAR Racing Season 2003 is now available on Sierra's
FTP directory. The 119 MB demo offers the opportunity to try out two of the
stock car racing game's tracks, and a mirror can be found on 3D Gamers.
This DreamCatcher Support
Page has a new version 1.40 patch for SuperPower, GolemLabs' game of global
domination. There are no details on what's new and different, but there are
separate patches available for those who have already patched to version 1.30
and another for those who have not.
- March!: Offworld Recon
There's a
March!: Offworld Recon Q&A on ToTheGame catching up with an unnamed
member of the development team on this upcoming FPS, discussing the plot,
missions, team-based gameplay, AI, and more.
- Temple of Elemental Evil
The Greyhawk Temple of Elemental Evil
Q&A on GameBanshee talks with Tim Cain of Troika games about
the upcoming RPG based on the pen and paper D&D module of the same name.
- Kreed
Action Vault's
Kreed Q&A #4 asks the development team on this upcoming FPS the
following question: "In single-player mode of Kreed, what are the
weapons you tend to prefer? Are your choices different for multiplayer?"
- Evolvers
The Evolvers
Q&A on GamesPimp talks with The UltraPrime Network's Neal Wiser
about The Evolvers, the upcoming MMOG/television show tie-in.
- Cartel
HomeLan Fed's Cartel
Q&A chats with Harley Howe of Cat Daddy Games about plans for
Cartel, their upcoming value-priced first-person shooter. They discuss the
story, weapons, locations, enemies, multiplayer support, their hunt for a
publisher, and more.
- White Fear
The White
Fear Q&A on GameSpyDaily is a conversation with Widescreen Games'
Dominique Peyronnet about their upcoming PC/PS2 "adventure game for all
ages."
RPG Vault Horizons Journal #12
is online, offering more thoughts from Artifact Entertainment's David Bowman on
their upcoming MMORPG. The topic at hand is movement and transportation,
describing how the addition of flight adds a new dimension (pun intended) to
this aspect of gameplay, the role of travel gates, the fact that you can
(eventually) walk from one end of the continent of Istaria to the other, caravan
disks, and other forms of transport they are considering adding.
Key3Media Group Files for Bankruptcy
(thanks David Webber) is a story citing "declining attendance at its
signature trade show, along with a slumping technology industry and dwindling
public fascination with the personal computer," in reporting "Los
Angeles-based Key3Media Group, the company operating the giant Comdex trade
show, filed for protection from its creditors Monday in the United States
Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del." According to the story, there is no
plan to cancel this November's Las Vegas show at this time.
The Qtracker Homepage now offers a new
version 3.4 of this utility that offers more functions than a Swiss Army knife,
including its primary function as a game server browser. The new version adds
support for the IGI-2: Covert Strike Demo, James Bond 007: Nightfire, and Medal
of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead while QtUplink adds support for Aliens vs
Predator 2, Drakan, the IGI-2: Covert Strike Demo, James Bond 007: Nightfire,
Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead, Quake, and Serious Sam. Also support
has been added for multi-ip computers as well as XP-style controls, and numerous
bug fixes and server-side enhancements. This
page offers the complete list of what's new and different in the new
release.
A new version 0.96r002 of the Crystal Space 3D
engine is now available, addressing a couple of problems that have shown up in
last week's 0.96r001 release. Thanks Jorrit Tyberghein.
There's something strange going on outside hereabouts... something seems to have
happened to the snow to cause it to fall as water (I think there's a name for
this phenomenon, but it's been too long to remember), and even odder, this water
is causing most of the snow already on the ground to go away. Freaky stuff!
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