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Archived News:
EA Games sends word that Freedom Fighters is the latest title to join today's
flurry of gold announcements. Here's the short press release: The
squad-based action war game Freedom Fighters has gone gold and will start to
ship on Tuesday, September 23 for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment
system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube, and PC.
Freedom Fighters is based on an alternate history in which the Soviet Union has
won the Cold War and invaded America. You will take on the role of average New
Yorker, Christopher Stone, and evolve into a fearless patriot who recruits and
leads an army of freedom fighters in the streets of New York City. Players will
fight through the streets of NY with seamless urban battles that take place
outside as well as indoors. Because wars are not won alone, a key component of
the game is the player’s ability to recruit and lead fellow New Yorkers in the
battle against the Red Menace. An intuitive recruiting command system allows him
to give orders to his fellow soldiers and execute critical missions at the touch
of a single button.
Freedom Fighters was developed by Copenhagen-based Io Interactive and is being
co-published by EA Partners under the EA GAMES brand. It is rated “T” (Teen)
by the ESRB and has a US MSRP of $49.99 for PS2, Xbox and GameCube and $39.99
for PC. Additional information can be found at the EA Press web site: www.info.ea.com
or www.freedomfighters.ea.com.
Atari sends word that Temple of Elemental Evil, Troika's Greyhawk-inspired
D&D RPG, is going to be showing up in stores on Tuesday, about a week
earlier than planned. Here's the deal: Atari and Troika Games are pleased
to announce that The Temple of Elemental Evil™ will now ship on September 16th
and not September 23rd as previously reported. After years of research into the
science of time travel and the mysticism of interactive entertainment
distribution, Atari has achieved a breakthrough in the melding of the two
disciplines. As a result of this revolutionary achievement, The Temple of
Elemental Evil will now appear on retail stores shelves nationwide seven days
earlier than originally anticipated.
The 20% complete alpha version of the Vietnam War-themed Eve
of Destruction modification for Battlefield 1942 is now available. The
download has been mirrored on Battlefield
Central, BF-42.org,
FilePlanet
(registration required), FileRush
(Bit Torrent), GameSurf,
GameVision,
IGN, PlanetBF1942,
Spotdog14's
Underground Network, The
Wuschers, and Worthplaying.
EA sends word that the Zero Hour add-on for C&C Generals has gone gold, and
is slated to ship on September 22. Here's the deal: Command & Conquer™
Generals Zero Hour has gone gold and will start to ship on Monday, September 22.
The first expansion pack to one of the best-selling PC games of 2003, Command
& Conquer Generals, gives players more weapons, more power, new
battlefields, three new single-player campaigns, 15 new missions, and new game
modes.
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour features a new Generals Challenge mode
which allows players to control any of the unique armies of nine distinctive
Generals in head-to-head competition against computer-controlled Generals. Each
General has a unique strength and is equipped with a special army. In three new
singleplayer campaigns players will continue to take charge of three different
armies, the Global Liberation Army (GLA), China, or the USA. With new weapons
such as the US Spectre Gunship, GLA combat motorcycles, and Chinese Helix
helicopters, players will select from a surplus of new high-tech weaponry and an
assortment of new units and structures in their quest for global domination.
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour was developed by EA LA and is being
published under the EA GAMES brand. The game is rated “T” (Teen) by the ESRB
and has a US MSRP of $29.99. The original Command & Conquer Generals game is
required in order to play Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. Additional
information can be found at www.generals.ea.com
or www.info.ea.com.
A demo of Hunting Unlimited 2 is now available, offering a chance to see a
limited version of the unlimited hunting the full game has to offer. There's a
new ARUSH Entertainment Forum to
discuss the demo, which can be found mirrored on 3D
Gamers, FileFront,
FilePlanet
(registration required), Gamer's Hell,
and Worthplaying.
Ritual
Entertainment to Develop Delta Force Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre is the
press release from NovaLogic announcing that Ritual Entertainment is the
heretofore unannounced developer on the upcoming Team Sabre expansion for Delta
Force: Black Hawk Down. Here's the quote from Ritual on the topic:
"When NovaLogic approached us to develop the Team Sabre expansion
pack for their number one selling PC title Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, we
were delighted, and eagerly accepted as we are all big fans of the title,"
commented Ritual Entertainment's Richard 'Levelord'™ Gray. "In Team Sabre
we intend to deliver the same gripping action and intensity of Delta Force -
Black Hawk Down in two potential near-future arenas: the jungles of Columbia and
the oil-rich coast of Iran."
Heavens
Tremble as Age of Mythology: The Titans Goes Gold is the press release
announcing that the Titans add-on for Age of Mythology is complete, and off for
manufacturing, with an expected in-store date of September 30. Here's a bit:
"Age of Mythology: The Titans for windows adds a fourth mythology, the
Atlanteans, to the existing Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. A new
single-player campaign will add yet another chapter to the franchise's expansive
folklore with the addition of new scenarios and in-game cinematics. Atlantean
players will be able to call upon the might of the Titan gods multiple times
throughout the game, and may also upgrade human units to heroes. The expansion
pack will introduce 12 new god powers, 18 new human units and 10 formidable myth
units to the game. Age of Mythology: The Titans may also be played with others
online using the in-game matchmaking service, ES Online ( http://www.eso.com)."
A new Middle-Earth
Online Diary discusses the "Architorture" of creating the housing
in Middle-Earth Online, the upcoming Tolkien-inspired MMORPG. Also, with
a token bit of Tolkien is RPG
Vault's The War of the Ring Diary #3 in which "Liquid Entertainment
Designer Blaine Smith describes some of the key design decisions that have
shaped the game." Further, a new Atriarch
Development Update discusses progress on the authoring system in Atriarch,
the chat interface, and ensuring that players will be able to login to the
upcoming MMORPG through firewalls. Thanks Frans. Finally, there's a new
Warlords IV Diary on The Adrenaline Vault where their second journal
discusses AI development in Warlords IV, the next installment in the
turn-based strategy series.
The promised new version 1.0 of the Steam
client has been released. The non-beta version of the broadband content
delivery/DRM system can be downloaded from 3D
Downloads, 3D Gamers,
Boomtown (registration required), Computer
Games Online, FileRush
(Bit Torrent), Gamer's
Hell, Games
Fusion, Jucaushii.ro,
Loadedinc (registration required), and Worthplaying.
While fears have been expressed that Valve is tracking Kazaa
shenanigans and such with SpyWare (thanks Cletus), the
last post on this Halflife2.net forum thread (thanks Frans) clarifies that
this is an unanticipated glitch on FAT32 hard drives from software that was only
tested on NTFS systems, and no SpyWare is involved (so your Justin and Kelly
obsession will remain your secret).
A demo of Mercedes World Racing is now available offering a sample of this
glamour-brand racing sim from Synetic. The 62 MB demo has been mirrored on 3D
Gamers, Boomtown (registration required),
Gamer's Hell,
and Worthplaying.
Vrooom.
With the removal of the remaining work items list on the Halo Website, Gearbox's
Randy Pitchford made a forum post called Halo
PC Status describing the imminence of announcements concerning the game's
availability (thanks Frans and HBO).
Here's the deal: Expect an announcement about the release date of Halo PC
sometime in the next 1 to 4 days.
gearboxsoftware.com will carry the announcement in the forums, on the main pages
and will offer other fun materials related to the announcement.
The "Work Items" remaining ticker was removed because there are no
remaining work items for the retail game.
The team is working on a number of other things including a demo and some bonus
features to be released as an update on or about launch time.
We are having lots of fun at Gearbox playing "Assault" mode in Halo
PC. We can't wait for you to be able to join us
Thanks for your participation in the forums and thank you for your continued
excitement and anticipation of Halo's invasion of the PC.
The DarkSpace Official Website has word
that: "Palestar Inc. announced Friday that a free trial for the massively
multiplayer online game DarkSpace will begin September 12th, 12:00CST and run
until September 26th, 12:00CST. During the free trial, ALL DarkSpace account
holders will be able to play with no limitations, and will have the ability to
gain prestige, rank, and join all available servers." The client is
available for free download.
The Official Postal Website
(thanks Frans) has word that they plan on kicking off beta testing of
multiplayer Postal 2 today at 9:00 PM EDT. Word is "It won't be an open
beta but we will be accepting a lot of people!"
This
Empire Interactive.com Products Page now offers downloads of German, French
Italian, Spanish patches for Ghost Master. Also, this
JoWooD Productions Webpage has a new hotfix 2.5a patch for the "Die
Nacht des Raben" German add-on for Piranha Bytes' RPG. Thanks Frans.
There's a Horizons
Vault Chat Log with the recap of an IRC session discussing the upcoming
MMORPG that was attended by Artifact's Steve Snow and David Bowman.
The Purge
Online Website now offers downloads of a beta version 1.8 of the upcoming
Jihad free add-on for Purge, Freeform Interactive's FPS/RPG. Word is: "Purge
Jihad has an extensive number of new skills and weapons. This beta only
tests that, thus it only 15MB. It also has gibs/limb-loss and 5 minute
Portal protection. Other features for Purge Jihad such as the Deities, the
Altar, and the new Prayer System are NOT in this beta."
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off
a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter,
I'm the Man In Black.
R.I.P. Johnny
Cash.
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