Archived News:
NCsoft has announced that the online RPG formerly known as Trade Wars: Dark
Millennium has traded in that title to now be known as Exarch.
There's not much on the website but a blurb and a couple of screenshots, but the
press release announcing the name change promises updates over the coming
weeks. Here's a bit more from the release on the game, currently in
production at Phoenix-based Realm Interactive: "Exarch takes place
thousands of years in the future within a distant universe. The Empire has
recently collapsed, leaving the surviving Exarchs (the ruling governors of the
once proud Empire) in a struggle to save what remains. Players will choose sides
in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of all living things. Questing
will be integrated into practically every aspect of the game and will combine
combat with adventure in a world full of terrible monsters such as mutants,
undead, robots and dragons. The world will come alive thru the creative concepts
of well-known comic book artist Joe Madureira. Creator of the blockbuster comic
book series Battle Chasers and former artist of Marvel's Uncanny X-Men,
Madureira has been a leading force in the comic industry for more than a decade.
His unmistakable style of character design and visual storytelling have earned
him international acclaim and helped sell millions of books worldwide."
Colin McRae Rally 3 - The massive hit coming to PC
is the announcement that the popular console rally racing game is making its way
to the PC. Word is the PC version is due this summer, while the news page more
specifically says June. They have also released some new
screenshots of the PC version.
The Highland
Warriors Website is now offering downloads of a new patch updating Soft
Enterprises' Scottish-themed RTS game to version R1a, updating animations,
graphics, and squashing some bugs. The 6.4 MB patch can also be found on 3D
Gamers.
Along with word that the Project Three
Interactive Website has been redesigned, the publisher of New World Order
sends word that the U.S. version of New World Order has gone gold, and is
expected in stores on March 18. They also send word
that an official demo for the U.S. will be released within the next couple of
days, saying: "The demo will feature the Druglord Villa
level which was in the E.U. release plus a completely new map called Restaurant.
Both maps will be in the U.S. release, while E.U. players will have the
opportunity to add the map to their full game by a separate download. The Demo
will have both singleplayer and multiplayer modes included."
The Neverwinter Nights
Website has a word that the version 1.29 NWN client is not "not yet available."
So the leaked version that's appeared on
the 'net cannot currently be used to connect to version
1.29 servers. Word is "The 1.29 client will be out the week of March 10
2003 at the earliest."
The Touchdown Entertainment
Website is now the destination browsers will reach when trying www.lithtech.com,
formerly the LithTech website. No actual announcement has been made yet about a
name change, though this can also be inferred from their Partners and Licensees
page where it says "LithTech is proud to work with all of our partners, and to
help them create compelling 3D games and applications," and their Corporate Information
Page describes LithTech CEO Jeffery "the" Hutt's LithTech résumé
using the new company name. Continuing to play the name game, their Our Products
page now calls their flagship product "Copperhead," while the
Jupiter version of the engine retains that name.
Stratics Central's Second A Tale in the Desert House of
Commons Log recaps the chat about the combat-free MMORPG, and likewise, they
have also posted the log from the Eighth Lineage House of Commons
Chat. Meanwhile, they also have still more chat on the horizon, as a UO Stratics
Chat is planned for this evening at 8:00 PM EST. The
webpage has details on how to connect to the session, which will focus on
the upcoming Age of Shadows expansion for Ultima Online.
Don't forget about the ongoing Galactic
Civilizations Game Giveaway on UGO offering the opportunity to win an
advance copy of the now-gold space strategy game signed by its developers at
Stardock Software. You can participate on
UGO and locally
here as well as on Caster's Realm,
Gamer's Pulse,
and PC Gameworld, and
since five copies being given away on each site, signing-up at each will
increase your chances of winning. This contest is open to U.S. residents only.
The Desert Combat
interview on BattleField 1942 news talks with the folks behind the
modification that imbues BF1942 with modern-style combat, ripped from today's
headlines, as the popular expression goes.
- AutoDeletePro UV 80mm Fans on ExtensionTech.net.
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Video Card on AnandTech,
Beyond3D,
Bjorn3D, Gamers
Depot, [H]ardOCP,
HEXUS.net, Hot Hardware,
SimHQ.com,
The Tech Report,
Tom's Hardware Guide,
and UK Gamer.
- AVC Tundra 2 Cooler on TechTastic.
- Chaintech AudioExcel AV515M 6 Channel PCI Sound Card on LAN Addict.
- Enermax CSX-3181L Case on Little
White Dog.
- Samsung SyncMaster 760v TFT Monitor on Hardware Extreme.
- SS Warrior Aluminum Case on OverClock Intelligence Agency.
Out first winter in this house was two years ago, and the snow was pretty
extreme, about half-way through the season I began to regret not having sprung
for a snow-blower. Last year we had hardly any snow at all, making me feel smart
for having not succumbed to that snow-blower temptation late in the previous
winter. On the other hand, this year has been one of the most extreme I can ever
recall, and here we are in the first week of March, and sure enough it is
snowing heavily once again. Since this is the month that comes in like a lion
and goes out like a lamb, it certainly seems too late in the season to go for
the automated snow remover, and if the pattern from last time follows, one won't
be needed for next year either, but I may just try and be smart about this (for
a change) and try to pick one up during the off season after spring has sprung.
Of course, as luck would have it, if I pick up a snow blower, we'll probably go
ten straight years without a flake, but at this point, that's a risk I'm willing
to take. Yeesh.
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