Archived News:
Strategy First's
Nexagon Deathmatch Page has a 1 MB patch that "will unlock the Free
Agent feature within the game. Free Agents are experienced (and expensive) units
from other armies that will offer themselves up for purchase when they see you
are doing well." This Sierra Entertainment
Downloads page has various language version 1.0.1.0 patches for Emperor: Rise of The Middle Kingdom.
Also, the MythDevelopers Website
(thanks Gameshark) offers downloads of a
Myth III: The Wolf Age v1.1.1 Release Candidate as well as a Myth II:
Soulblighter Release Candidate. Thanks Frans.
HomeLAN Fed is
hosting downloads of an America's Army Server Tours.ini file that will allow
users to connect to servers running the new (semi-released) version 1.9 ( story).
This is not required for clients, only those hosting servers.
- Söldner
The Söldner
- Secret Wars Q&A on Jolt.co.uk talks with Wings Simulations' Teut
Weidemann about their upcoming special forces shooter about everything from
plans for the game to just how to pronounce Söldner. They are also offering
a chance to get into the game's beta testing.
- X² - The Threat
Action Vault's
X² - The Threat Team Q&A #4 asks the following group question:
"In your personal opinion, what are the most important, interesting or
otherwise notable changes in X2 - The Threat versus the previous X titles?"
- Online Worlds
RPG Vault's Online Worlds Roundtable #7, Part 2
continues their conversation about the leveling treadmill in MMOGs.
- Joint Operations
Joint Operations
Q&A on PC.IGN.Com continues their series on NovaLogic's upcoming
teamplay shooter, in which "Audio director Russell Brower and creative
level designer David Durand talk about crafting the look and sound of the
game."
- Game Concert
YiYas'
Game Concert Q&A is a German language Q&A discussing the
upcoming game music concert to be held in Europe. Here's a link to a Babel Fish
translation.
There's a new Restricted
Area Diary on MGW with another German language entry from Master Creating's
Jan Beuck. English translations of these diaries have been eventually showing
up, but in the meantime, here's a
Babel Fish to stick in your
ear. Also, there's an Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty
Diary
(thanks Warcry's Crossroads of Dereth)
discussing creature rebalancing issues that Turbine recently had to tackle
in the MMORPG.
There's a
new XIII Movie on PC.IGN.Com with another look at Ubi Soft's upcoming
cel-shaded Unreal-engine shooter.
The CNC Community Website
(thanks Command and Conquer DEN
and Ant) has a forum post saying a demo for Command & Conquer Generals is
due within the next couple of weeks. Here's the post: Hey All,
I was just informed that EA GAMES will be releasing a "Single Player"
demo of Generals in mid August. For those of you who have not purchased the
game, this is an opportunity to give it a play.
More info to come later!
The Battlefield 1942
Website now features a new gameplay trailer from Secret
Weapons of World War II, the upcoming BF1942 expansion. The trailer shows off
the Hellendoorn level from the demo that's due on Friday ( story),
available as either an 8.5 MB high resolution clip or a 2 MB low-res version.
Update: There's also another new Secret Weapons movie on Computer and Video Games.
Thanks Frans.
BioWare Forms New Development Relationship Exploring Projects With Feargus Urquhart's Obsidian Entertainment
is the press release announcing a new collaborative relationship between BioWare
and Obsidian, which turns out to be where former Black Isle Studios president Feargus Urquhart has landed (as CEO). The deal is for both PC and console games,
with the quote provided from Urquhart indicating that they will be taking on one
or more established properties: "A collaboration with BioWare
gives Obsidian the opportunity to explore development projects on established
game franchises with proven technology and brand loyalty from the fan community.
This is an excellent opportunity for a new studio looking to make an immediate
impact in the market."
A demo for Nexagon Deathmatch has been released, offering a sample of Strategy
First's real-time tactical game of arena combat set in the 44th century. The
demo features two levels and two pre-made armies, along with support for
user-created armies. The 201 MB download has been mirrored on 3D Gamers,
FileFront,
Gamer's
Hell, IGN,
and Loadedinc (registration required).
Activision and id Software have released the final "unlockable" map
for Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War, available via Xbox Live! The map
can be played in the game's Stopwatch and Elimination multiplayer modes, and
word is: "In this new map, Allied players must infiltrate a German
occupied Chateau being used as a Nazi base of operations, locate secret
documents, and transmit them back to U.S. headquarters while in the midst of
combat. In order to succeed, the Allied team must act with brute force and
destroy the outer perimeter doors to gain access into the Chateau library,
located deep within the German stronghold."
Gold, greed, and gunfire as Iridon announces western shooter Wanted
Guns (thanks Frans) is the press release with word on plans for Wanted Guns,
"a story driven action game for the PC set in Mexico and the Wild West
during the American Civil War" slated for release this winter. The Wanted Guns
Website is also now online, dedicated to Iridon's game that combines "third
person action, horse-riding and sneak'em up assassination with a cinematography
inspired rail shooter FPS mode." Here's the provided feature list:
- A story driven western shooter that combines third and first person
gameplay, set in the dried up deserts of Mexico as well as the legendary
Wild West.
- Players will be shooting, riding, and sneaking their way through a variety
of locales including the Mexican ghost town of El Cuervo Perdido, the
abandoned mines of the McCrary brothers, and the renowned mountain woods of
Colorado.
- A slew of trigger happy enemies - ride 'em down with your horse or kill
them using an impressive arsenal of typical western firearms including dual
revolvers, barreled shotguns, Winchesters, and dynamite. In addition,
enemies can quietly be assassinated using the deadly Mexican cross-bow or a
razor-sharp Apache blade.
- A modernized western soundtrack inspired by the most classical
"western noir" motion pictures of the 1960's. Wanted Guns is
scheduled for release in select territories during Q4 2003. SRP as
appropriate for each territory. Rating pending.
A detail in the Valve talks Half Life 2
modding log on modDB.com (thanks BewareDAnewbie) offers the apparent
resolution of the brouhaha over anti-aliasing support in Half-Life 2 ( story).
The short and sweet news on this is provided by Valve's Gary McTaggart: "Anti-aliasing
has been fixed for all cards."
HomeLAN Fed's Firestarter Development Diary - Part 5
is online, in which GSC Game World's Slava Klimov fills us in further on plans
for their upcoming first-person shooter, detailing some of the skills available
to players in the game.
Stratics Central's
Twelfth Lineage House of Commons Log is online, recapping an IRC session
that goes into detail about the future of the MMORPG.
Console price cuts could be right around the
corner says: "Disastrous GameCube sales in the company's first fiscal
quarter, combined with the threat of losing retail shelf space, could prompt the
company to knock $50 off the $149 console earlier than anyone expects."
Also, Ubi Soft ships Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder for Xbox
and Silent Hill 3
for PS2 ships. And den: PlayStation 3 chip nears completion
(thanks bumgut). Finally, Slashdot: Academy Awards Of Halo Videos
(thanks Mike Martinez) lays out the red carpet (watch out for Joan and Melissa).
The 'ESReality Uncut' Film
is now available, a 22 minute film shot at the Electronic
Sports World Cup that features interviews with Fatal1ty and a bunch of other
participants. Also, Next Jordan Could Be a Gamer
is a Wired article on competitive gaming. Finally, the new tournament system on Proving Grounds
is live, allowing for double-elimination tournaments.
The organizers of this September's Austin Game Conference
send word that the $10 early registrant discount will end on August 15.
- Correction: The release of Killer Bee Software's
The Perfect General Internet Edition is a week from today, not today, as a
post (since corrected) in this space yesterday originally stated...
- An Alien Shooter Demo
offers a sample of this top-down 2D shooter. Also, a version 1.4 AirStrike 3D
demo has been released (thanks Frans), updating the helicopter action sample
to version 1.4. Finally, there's a demo for The Arrangement, offering a
sampling of this first-person point-and-click adventure. The 15 MB demo can
be found on Gamer's
Hell...
Talk about a near miss... there's a Worst Movie
Ever Poll (thanks Philip Harris) that looks like it's part of the plan to
kick off a site. Now I haven't seen either of these, but in a year when both Gigli
and the American Idol Movie (currently the two lowest rated movies ever on the IMDB's
bottom 100 films) were released, they should at least have included a
write-in option. And what about Battlefield Earth and the Rollerball
remake? Or the classic Jaws 4? The results aren't even in and I demand
a recount!
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