Archived News:
PlanetMedalOfHonor has
reproduced some info posted to their forums by EA regarding the misunderstanding
they created with the recent Medal of Honor announcements ( story)
that left the impression that a Spearhead patch would be delayed until this
summer's release of a second MoH expansion. Word is the patch is actually close
to release, and while it's not yet publicly available, it is running on an EA
server, since older clients can connect to it.
The Weekly Wednesday Beta Update #34
on the Star Wars Galaxies Website (thanks HomeLan
Fed) describes player associations in the upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. Also, Action Vault's
Xenus Development Report #6 continues this series outlining the various
power blocs in Deep Shadows' upcoming FPS/RPG with a look at the devious ways of
the CIA. Finally, there's a new Black & White
2 Diary on the game's official website (thanks Loadedinc)
in which programmer Adam Clixby offers an essay on "How I Got into the
Games Industry."
New patches for New World Order are now available, updating the European version
of Termite Game's tactical shooter to version 1.4. The patches update either
version 1.35 or any version of the game, and are available from the Project
Three Interactive Website, with mirrors found on 3D Gamers,
Gamer's
Hell, and Worthplaying.
Shadowbane Goes Gold
is the press release announcing that Wolfpack Studios' MMOG is gold for both the
PC and the Macintosh. The press release outlines the game's story, a feature
list, system requirements for both target platforms, pre-order information, and
word the game will be available at retail on March 25. Update: Ubi Soft
has released a short trailer showing off what gameplay in Shadowbane looks like,
the file can be downloaded from 3D Gamers,
Gamer's Hell,
and Worthplaying.
A post to Renegade Generals
has details on the next planned patch for C&C Generals. The update, from
producer Harvard Bonin provides details on what will be changed and fixed, other
things that may or may not be addressed, and word that they are working on making
the patch available early next week.
Game Industry Veterans Launch Skylab Entertainment in Austin, Texas
is the press release announcing the formation of a new game development studio
in the gaming hotbed of Austin, Texas. The announcement does not offer much in
the way of hints about planned projects for the company, but does offer the
pedigrees for the cofounders, who include CEO Michael Hadwin, formerly of Ritual
Entertainment, Gathering of Developers cofounder Rick Stults, and CTO Patrick
Curry, another industry vet. In other bizz buzz, on the heels of picking up Phantagram
( story), NCsoft Acquires ArenaNet
has word that the world's largest online game company has acquired this
developer composed of former members of Blizzard Entertainment.
The official Will Rock Website is now
up, offering the online homebase for the upcoming first-person shooter in the
works at Saber Interactive. In the words of publisher Ubi Soft, "In
addition to tons of information about the game, the site also features a
trailer, brand new screens, videos of in-game action, and extras such as
downloadable desktops." Flash is required to access the site.
Simon & Schuster Interactive sends along an updated release date for EVE
Online: The Second Genesis, saying the science fiction MMORPG is now expected to
ship to stores in North America and Europe on May 6. The updated release date
will be among the topics of their developer chat, scheduled today for 6:00 PM
EST on IRC servers gate.shadowworld.net or IRC.shadowworld.net in the channel
#evegate. Finishing off this round of EVE news, is word they are still accepting
beta testers for the game, and sign-ups are being
taken here. In other chat-related news, there's an A Tale in the Desert
House of Commons chat planned this evening at 7:30 PM EST in #ATITDHOC on
Stratics irc.stratics.com, port 6667. In a final bit of chat-o-rama, there's an Anarchy Online Shadowlands
Q&A on Gamer's Hell conducted during a chat with the developers
discussing beta testing of the upcoming AO expansion.
There's a Mortyr 2 Q&A on The Adrenaline Vault
talks with Lecho Buszczynski from Mirage Interactive to get some of the first details
about the upcoming sequel to the World War II shooter gameplay of Mortyr. Topics
include the locations visited over the course of the game, the story, the
action-oriented gameplay, enemies, weapons, plans to release the multiplayer
component as an add-on, release date (holiday season this year), and more.
Included are a screenshot and a character rendering, the later of which is also
available in super-sized form on MagixX.
This German Gamesweb
Patches Page now offers a new patch for Grom, updating Rebelmind's
action/adventure to version 1.3. The multilingual patch fixes graphics glitches
in the later missions and addresses problems that could arise when playing the
game on older hardware. The 1.5 MB patch has been mirrored by 3D Gamers.
Gigex
is now offering streaming downloads of a new PlanetSide trailer, showing off
gameplay from the upcoming MMO FPS game in the works at Sony Online
Entertainment. The movie runs for about 30 seconds, in QuickTime format. On a
related note, there's a
Kevin McCann Q&A on the official PlanetSide Website (thanks HomeLan Fed)
talking with the game's creative director about the empires selected for
inclusion in the game.
GameSpy.com
has posted the latest set of impressions from the press event to announce all
those new upcoming Medal of Honor games, offering a narrative of the event,
photos of some participants, quotes from the speakers, and what they have to say
about the upcoming PC and console additions to the Medal of Honor franchise.
UGO.com's
Rise of Nations preview and HomeLan Fed's Rise Of Nations Updated Preview
are each online, offering further impressions of Big Huge Game's big huge RTS
game. The UGO article covers a general overview of gameplay, and offers an
account of an example skirmish they ran through. HLF offers a quicker snapshot
of the game, running through the features, units, gameplay, and graphics with
breathless efficiency.
RPG Vault's Harbinger Development Report #6
is online, featuring Silverback programmer Andy Muir's thoughts on the game now
that it's been released. He actually draws a blank on specifics about the game,
and chooses to eschew shameless pimpage, so he offers brief thoughts on how
things operate at Silverback, describing "the benefits of
meritocracy."
- Freelancer
Action Vault's Freelancer Q&A #1
is online, asking the developers of the new space game the following
question: "Speaking as a player, what are a couple of things you find
particularly enjoyable or sasfying (sic) in the single-player game, and
why?"
- Hobbit
The Hobbit
Q&A on Computer and Video Games chats with Glen Oliver, producer on
the upcoming Hobbit games for various platforms. They discuss their target
audience, differences between the various versions, planned release dates,
and more.
- Urban Dominion
HomeLan Fed's
Urban Dominion Q&A chats with Global Gaming Innovations cofounder
Daron Shrode to learn more about their plans to release a commercial game
utilizing the GPL Quake II engine.
BlackRhino GNU/Linux
is a free Linux distribution, now available for the PlayStation 2 after being
developed as part of a commercial PS2 title. It requires the use of Sony's
PlayStation 2 Linux kit, and is meant to aid in the development of using and
creating Linux programs on the PS2.
The ServerInfo Homepage
now offers downloads of a new version 2.5 of the ServerInfo utility that's
designed to ease the process of finding multiplayer Quake III Arena and
Half-Life servers over the Internet or to monitor a server's operation. The new
release adds new server filters, a new admin menu, and a new server side program
for admins.
A new version of Kung Fu for
Max Payne is now available, updating this modification that brings martial
arts to Remedy's third-person shooter. They have also posted the obscure video
codec required to view the intro AVI (mistakenly used to avoid what turns out to
be a less obscure format).
The G.I. Joe Mod Website
offers the debut release of the G.I. Joe modification for Battlefield 1942,
which was unfortunately plagued with problems that made it basically inoperable.
The release is now accompanied by a patch that should straighten this out, and
add the mod's action figure-inspired gameplay to the World War II shooter.
- American Conquest on Adrenaline
Vault.
- A Tale in the Desert on RPGDot.
- Command & Conquer Generals on Boomtown.
- Freelancer on Games
Domain, GameSpot,
LoadedInc,
GameOver, GameZone,
GamePro,
Telefragged, Gamehelper,
GameSpy, Gamezilla,
and (pant pant) Next
Level Gaming.
- IGI 2: Covert Strike on Fragland.net
and PC.IGN.com.
- Master of Orion III on ActionTrip.
- Neocron on GamersAsylum.
- The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal on Gamer's
Pulse.
- The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games on The
Gamers Temple, GameZone,
and ZenGamer.
- World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars on Worthplaying
and Game
Nation TV.
We've got snow on the ground, we've got rain, we've got freezing weather, so of
course, we've got ice... and lots of it. Of course my last encounter with ice
resulted in a twisted knee, which has been steadily feeling better, but today I
find all the precipitation has made it a bit achy. Now several years ago after I
had knee surgery, I was able to predict rain and such for a couple of months
with a startling accuracy, which was especially cool, but had a significant
downside being that the harbinger of rain wasn't some cute tingle, but outright
pain. This time around it's much more of a tingle, but it also didn't start
until after the rain itself was here, so while the rain warning is less
intrusive, it is likewise less helpful, unless I find myself needing to
determine the weather from within a room with no windows.
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