Archived News:
An update to the Battlefield
1942 Website offers word that they are investigating reports of issues with
the recent version 1.30 patch for the World War II Shooter, and that they
appreciate patience as they continue to work on a version 1.31 patch, currently
undergoing testing. Likewise, PlanetCNC
(thanks HomeLan Fed)
has word from EA producer Harvard Bonin on the upcoming version 1.04 patch for
their RTS game. Word on the patch, which is expected in a couple of weeks, is
that it "will include some early balance tweaks, changing the lobbies names
to encourage same language play, make game lists particular to specific lobbies,
disconnect rules changes, language filter fix ups & repeat games in the
Games List. Also a couple of fixes for the mod makers which we'll detail later."
- Civ 3: Play the World
A new patch updating Civilization III: Play
the World to version 1.21f is now available from Firaxis Games.
The new version has an extensive list of additions changes and fixes. Thanks
Civilization Fanatics' Center.
- Purge
The Purge Online
Downloads Page now offers the new version 1.3.8 beta of this online
FPS/RPG. Among the changes in the now version: "Placeholder art and
visual effects have all been replaced with final artwork. Various gameplay
modifications have been made including final weapons, better character
balance, and complete redesigns of the Fighter's and Cyborg's construction
skills."
- German SFC3 Beta Patch
This Activision Downloads
Page now offers a beta version 1.01 patch for the German version of Starfleet Command III.
The download is 13 MB and the page offers all manner of info (in German) on
the update.
There's a new Chariots of War
Diary Note 3 with the latest on the upcoming Legion sequel in the works at Slitherine
and Paradox, which brings up last week's Diary
Note 2 on the game, which was inadvertently overlooked at the time. This
week's entry discusses newly added features, while the prior installment
outlines bugs that were being addressed. Also, the new GameSpy
Developer Diary also focuses on the heyday of the Roman empire with the
third dairy for Praetorians, in which designer
Juan de Miguel "talks troops, units, and first encounters."
There's a Star Trek: Elite Force II Preview
on PC.IGN.Com with a look at Ritual's upcoming sequel to the Star Trek
first-person shooter. Starting with an overly detailed diary of the itinerary
that leads the previewer to Activision's Los Angeles offices, the article goes
on to offer equally detailed impressions of the game, discussing the tweaks to
extend the life of the Quake III engine, the setting and story of the game, the shift
from the Voyager continuity to that of the Next Generation, missions, weapons,
familiar faces, modification support, and more.
A couple of "behind the scene" type movies are now available: The Rise of Nations Gallery
has the background on the making of the opening cinematic in Rise of Nations,
including a trailer on their
downloads page in two different sizes showing off scenes from the cinematic
along with some gameplay. Also, the downloads
section of the EVE Online: The Second
Genesis Website now features a new documentary on developer Crowd Control
Productions that they "found during spring cleaning." The movie is an
85 MB download in Windows Media Player format.
EA announces new console-only Medal of Honor games
on GameSpot has scant details to report along with the following: "Electronic
Arts has announced its intent to bring two new Medal of Honor games to consoles
beginning this fall with Medal of Honor Rising Sun. The two games will have
overlapping stories featuring two brothers, Donny and Joe Griffin."
This Strategy First
Downloads Page offers a new demo for Uplink: Hacker Elite, the game that
celebrates the joys of hacking and cracking in the world of "High tech
computer crime and industrial espionage on the Internet of 2010." The demo
is a modest 3.71 MB download, mirrored on Gamer's
Hell.
Game Menu Headquarters now
offers a new version 1.15 of this "huge script program, that uses an easy
to use in-game menu via echo, that allows you to set virtually any command known
to man, from the console." Quake 3 Menu supports more than 1000 Quake III
Arena commands.
My thanks to all those who offered suggestions on how to work out the Win2K
crashing problem I mentioned yesterday. I think I managed to clear that up by
removing some drivers that were causing a conflict, but since then I have been
trapped in a different ring of computer hell, something has been causing crazy
CPU usage that makes my machine unusable. After over 24
hours of mucking with this, I am even that much closer to my wits end than
before, I should have just migrated everything to a different machine earlier,
but this seemed like something where the solution was forever just around the
corner. This is an old machine that's starting
to display more and more flakiness (recalling the recent whining hard drive),
and after years of flawless service, it may just need to be replaced. But I hate to admit defeat here,
and I think I have the offending applications tracked down here, so I'm going to
bang my head against the wall a bit more before completely giving up on this.
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