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Archived News:
Continuing today's phenomenal flurry of game demos, a new Nosferatu: The Wrath
of Malachi demo is now available, offering a sample of Idol FX' vampire survival
horror/first-person shooter. The demo is a 212 MB download, available on 3D Gamers, Computer Games Online, Gamer's Hell, Happy
Puppy (registration required), and Worthplaying.
There's a new Dredd versus Death demo allowing players to judge the upcoming
Judge Dredd shooter for themselves. The demo features a level from the game's
story as well as a pair of arcade levels. The nearly 150 MB download can be
found on 3D Gamers, Computer
Games Online, FileShack
(registration required), Gamer's
Hell, Happy Puppy (registration required), IGN,
and Worthplaying.
There's a Lords
of EverQuest Demo on GameSpot offering a sampling of SOE's upcoming EQ RTS
game. Here's the word on the one-map demo: "The 372MB demo lets players try
out the evil Shadowrealm faction, one of three sides in the game, in multiplayer
battles via the new SOEGames.net matchmaking service." The demo has been
mirrored on 3D Gamers, Computer Games Online, FileShack (registration required), Happy Puppy (registration required)
and Worthplaying.
This is the first of three planned demo releases for the game, here's Sony's
explanation of the plan: Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a
worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, today announced that it
will soon be releasing three separate playable demos for its forthcoming
real-time strategy (RTS) game, Lords of EverQuest(TM). Each demo allows the
player to sample the game's tutorial missions and play one of three factions via
online multiplayer. Lords of EverQuest is expected to ship to U.S. and Canadian
retail stores this Fall.
"Our aggressive demo program should give players a taste of the exciting
gameplay Lords of EverQuest has to offer," said Michael Lustenberger,
director of product marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. "GameSpot, NVIDIA
and Computer Games Magazine give us the opportunity to reach a broad base of
gamers across their respective outlets."
The first demo for the Shadow Realm faction will be available exclusively via
download from GameSpot.com (http://www.gamespot.com)
beginning on September 19. The second demo, featuring the Elddar Alliance, will
be available initially via download from NVIDIA's NZone website (http://www.nvidia.com/nzone)
on September 29, and at select retail partners including GameStop and
Electronics Boutique beginning October 6. The final demo, for the game's
still-unannounced third faction will be available exclusively on the demo disc
off the November 2003 issue of Computer Games Magazine. As an added incentive
for players to collect all three Lords of EverQuest demos, having all three
demos installed unlocks a special bonus multiplayer map.
Harvey Smith on
Deus Ex: Invisible War on GameSpy.com talks with ION Storm's won Witchboy
about the upcoming Deus Ex sequel. Meanwhile, going three times further, Ion
Storm Speaks on GamePro.com offers three different ION Storm Q&A about
the upcoming DX game, chatting with Warren
Spector, Dane
Caruthers, as well as their own Harvey
Smith Q&A.
This Chrome Patches page now offers a new patch for the European English
edition of the sci-fi first-person shooter by Techland that was released in
those territories today. The 7.7 MB download addresses a number of single- and
multi-player issues as well as rendering problems on Radeon 7500 card, but is
not save-game compatible with the original game. The patch is mirrored on 3D
Gamers and Gamer's
Hell.
Although not yet linked from the Deer
Hunter 2004 product page, a playable demo of this hunting action game by
Southlogic Studios is now available for download from Atari's
ftp server. The 120 MB download offers the Northern Kansas area and a
selection of the full game's models and weapons. Mirrors are online at 3D
Gamers, Computer
Games Online, Gamer's
Hell, and Worthplaying.
On the heels of the release ("leak") of separate German and English
demos for Worms 3, the "official" demo for Team17's squirmy strategy
game sequel is now available on the Worms
3D Website, again in both English and German variants. The English and
German demos are 67 MB and 58 MB download respectively, and the website has a
growing list of mirrors where they can be found.
This Kazaa
Webpage, of all places, offers download of a trial version of Temple of
Elemental Evil as a sample of the Greyhawk D&D RPG. The download is a
massive 843 MB download, because it includes the full game. The free trial will
only operate for six hours, after which players can opt to continue playing by
paying the $49.95 purchase price. Indications are that a more traditional demo
release for this game is also in the works.
Thanks Frans.
- Call of Duty
The official
Call of Duty site (Flash required) has been relaunched, featuring
information, screenshots, gameplay footage and more for the upcoming World
War II first-person shooter by Infinity Ward.
- Full Spectrum Warrior
THQ has called the official
Full Spectrum Warrior site (Flash required) into duty, offering more
insight into this squad-based tactical shooter for PC and Xbox by Pandemic
Studios, complete with a new
movie trailer (mirrored on 3D
Gamers, Gamer's
Hell, and Worthplaying).
- Once Upon A Knight
Atari has launched the official
Once Upon A Knight site, bearing a strong resemblance to the existing KnightShift
site, respectively the US and European titles for this 3D
role-playing/strategy game in the works at Reality Pump.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
A new product page for
RollerCoaster
Tycoon 2: Time Twister online, unveiling the second expansion pack for
the amusement park management simulation by Chris Sawyer.
Race
Driver 2 announced for PC on GameSpot (thanks Frans) has word from
Codemasters that a PC version will accompany the recently announced Xbox racing
sim that's due in spring 2004. Word is: "Both versions of the game will
feature online play as well as a story-driven single-player career mode."
A new version of the Battlefield
Grand Prix modification for Battlefield 1942 is now available. There is a
major update to version 2.0 as well as a patch to remove the helicopter from the
mod until it's determined why it was crashing game servers.
A new version 2.01 of the Natural
Selection mod for Half-Life is now available. The update is a server-only
patch, so no downloads are required for clients. Thanks Tiscali Games.
With immeasurable sadness, our family had to let go of my mom yesterday. She
died at 3:35 p.m., leaving a hole in my and many other lives that can never be
filled.
Thanks to all of you who have expressed kind thoughts on the subject of her
condition. She was a strong believer of the importance of community, and was
quite familiar with her identity here as MamaBlue, and she would have considered
the support so many have shown to be a fine example of the benefits of a
communal spirit. Likewise, my own thoughts are with the many of you who have
described your own families' struggles with illness -- you have my sympathies.
Finally, thanks to Frans for his help catching up on today's news. I'm sure
there are many questioning the need for me to jump back into this so soon, but
it's been a good distraction, and with a funeral this weekend I really wanted to
clear my plate to keep the backlog of news from being stressful and to
prevent it from getting any more overwhelming.
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