Archived News:
There's a Halo PC weekly
update on Bungie.net (thanks Frans) with a report from the frontlines from Michel, Bungie's producer
on the project, "who’s practically a resident of Texas by now." The
update describes some of the game types being furiously played by the MS game
testers and the developers at Gearbox. Also, RPG
Vault's Dungeon Siege Legends of Aranna Diary #1 is online, in which Mad
Doc's Tara Teich and Ian Lane Davis introduce the main elements in the upcoming Dungeon
Siege: Legends of Aranna expansion, while also updating us on how
development is progressing. Finally, the Ryzom
Website has a
weekly update describing progress on beta testing Ryzom, the upcoming
MMORPG in the works at French developer Nevrax.
- Hostile Intent
The Hostile
Intent Q&A on Action Vault talks with Andrew Roberto of Aware
Entertainment about this "fast-paced, intense first-person shooter
featuring personal and land/air vehicle combat."
- Republic
The Republic:
The Revolution Q&A on GameSpot catches up with "Demis Hassabis
for a final update on Elixir's game of political intrigue before it's
released next week."
- Gangland
GameShark's
Gangland Q&A chats with Benedict Odemotland and Adam Gregersen of
MediaMobsters about Gangland, their upcoming game that explores life in
organized crime. The discussion covers various aspects of gameplay from the
makeup of your crime family, to available weapons and vehicles, to the types
of crimes you can commit.
- Gearbox
Belgian
Webgaming Forever's Gearbox Software Q&A talks to Randy Pitchford,
focusing on the general history of the developer that's currently at work on
the port of Halo for the PC. The Q&A is available in both English and
their native Dutch.
The Great Escape Official Website
is online, the official home of this recently released game that puts the player
in the unenviable position of a prisoner of war looking to depart the Stalag
Luft in which he is held, based on the classic movie of the same name. Also, the
official product page for Once
Upon A Knight is now online. Thanks Frans.
This Strategy
First Downloads Page features a new version 1.22 patch for Object software's
RPG set in historical China. Word is the update "includes several
optimizations and bug fixes." Full details can be found in the Readme.txt.
Thanks Frans.
There's QuakeCon
2003 Event Coverage on GameShark providing more first-hand impressions of
the festivities. Also, CaliGirl's
QuakeCon 2003 Journey on LadyGamers.com has an extensive diary of the
goings-on, with particular coverage of the Ms. QuakeCon tourney.
There's an Xbox Madden NFL 2004 Bug
Update on TeamXbox. Also, there are Unreal II Xbox Impressions
on GameSpot. Finally, there are also some Counter-Strike Xbox
screenshots on ToTheGame.
The flurry of BF1942 mod updates continues, as a new alpha version 0.2 of the Battlefield
Pirates modification for Battlefield 1942 is now available (thanks Ant).
The update includes numerous changes and additions, including optimized models,
vehicles with far less lag, and tweaks to things like the speed of ships and
cannon rates of fire.
Registration is underway for the WCG2003
UK Preliminary, to be held on September 5-7, 2003 at the Shepherd's Bush
Pavilion. The event will play host to a variety of tournaments, including UK
qualifying tournaments for the World Cyber Games Grand Final to be held in the
Seoul Olympic Park, South Korea. Also, Ultimate
Arena is holding a "Don’t Hate the Playa – Hate the Game” $1000
Counter-Strike Tournament today.
HomeLAN Fed's Public
Enemy Q&A talks with Manuel Schupbach of the Public
Enemy modification for Half-Life. They discuss the mod's theme, the
project's history, and future plans.
- A demo of Plop! -Mysteries of the Three Boards is now available, offering
a sample of this puzzle-oriented third-person shooter. The demo can be found
on the official website and Gamer's
Hell...
Step
Right Up, Live Human Target (registration required), thanks Mike Martinez, is a story on a
paintball shooting gallery dealie using live targets. This reminds me of a trip
to a boardwalk I made with my then-girlfriend back during the first Gulf War.
They had the first of these that I had ever heard of, where you could pay to
take shots with a paintball marker at a guy in fatigues and a Saddam mask. I'm
actually a pretty good shot, and I pegged him right in the head with my first
shot, but his reaction was to give me a good neener neener neener, saying it
didn't hurt a bit. Now I didn't expect him to fall and play dead, but this was
particularly unsatisfying, so quickly evaluating my options, I proceeded to
empty my remaining paintballs rapid fire in a nice tight grouping on his crotch.
I had the class not to return his neeners as we walked away. I'm guessing these guys wear cups now.
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