Archived News:
Heroism. Sorcery. Cows!
Atari Ships 'Once Upon A Knight' For PC (thanks Frans) is the press release
announcing that the North American version of the game known elsewhere as
KnightShift has shipped to retail. Word is: "Once Upon a Knight offers a
milk-based economy, mother-in-laws, flying witches and secretive knights named
Floyd. With the best elements of conventional real-time strategy (RTS) action
and role-playing game (RPG) adventure mixed together into one
highly-entertaining and humorous package, Once Upon A Knight is the ultimate RTS
& RPG experience for the hardcore gamer and medieval-philes."
Pirate
Hunter and Patrician III Go Gold (thanks Frans) is the press release
announcing that both Pirate Hunter (A.K.A. Tortuga)
and Patrician III have gone gold, and are due in stores in October. Here's the
deal: "Encore, a majority-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ:
NAVR), today announced that Pirate Hunter and Patrician III, life simulation
games developed by Ascaron Entertainment, have gone gold. These two PC games
offer a unique combination of trading and fighting, one on the high seas of the
Caribbean, the other in the cities of Northern Europe during the Middle Ages.
Both are expected to be on store shelves in October and will retail for
approximately $30 and $40, respectively."
EA Games has announced that a pair of their expansion packs have shipped to
stores. Both Medal
of Honor Allied Assault Breakthrough and Command
& Conquer Generals Zero Hour have shipped. Word on Zero Hour is: "The
first expansion pack to one of the best-selling PC games of 2003, Command &
Conquer™ Generals, Zero Hour gives players more weapons, more power, new
battlefields, three new single player campaigns, 15 new missions, and new game
modes." The skinny on Breakthrough is: "Published under the EA
GAMES(tm) brand, the new expansion pack for the critically acclaimed hit title
Medal of Honor(tm) Allied Assault takes players from combat with Rommel in North
Africa to the heart of Italy in the struggle to breakthrough the fortified lines
of the Third Reich." Thanks Frans.
- Max Payne 2
GameSpy.com's
Max Payne 2 Q&A chats with Remedy lead designer Petri Järvilehto
about Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, their upcoming third-person
shooter sequel.
- Universal Combat
HomeLAN
Fed's Universal Combat Q&A chats with Derek Smart of 3000AD, to
learn more about the new direction for Battlecruiser Generations, symbolized
by the game's title change to Universal Combat.
- Celtic Kings: The Punic Wars
The Celtic
Kings: The Punic Wars Q&A on Worthplaying gets answers from
Haemimont's Ivan-Assen Ivanov to six of their questions about the upcoming
Celtic Kings game.
- Bridge It
Game
Chronicles' Bridge It Q&A talks with Josiah Pisciotta, co-founder of
Chronic Logic, about Bridge It, Auran's upcoming engineering game that
enhances their Bridge Construction Set.
- Bloody Waters: Terror from the Deep
There are Bloody Waters:
Terror from the Deep Q&As on Digital
Entertainment News and GameBurst,
each talking with Pineapple Interactive about their upcoming game that
places players in the scaly skin of a shark.
Empire
Interactive has announced plans for a Starsky & Hutch game sequel
(thanks Frans). Here's the deal: "The new game will include new city
locations, enhanced graphics and classic music tracks from the 70's and a key
new game play feature, which will allow villains to be chased on foot together
with new spectacular car chases. It will be published for all current video game
consoles and PCs." Also, Shrapnel
Games has announced plans for Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War, a Korean
War game, slated for a June 2004 release. Word is: "Using the highly
praised Armored Task Force game engine as the starting layer Raging Tiger
promises to be the best ProSIM title to date, thanks to its lavish attention to
detail and playability."
Civilization
Fanatics' Center Conquests Pre-Release Chat with Firaxis & BreakAway Games
is the edited version of the log of an IRC chat discussing the upcoming Civ III
expansion. A raw
version of the log is also available for those seeking the full experience.
In a related note, a post on the Civilization
Fanatics' Forums details the "Best of the Net" bonus CD for those
who pre-order the expansion.
Microsoft
to release online gaming next month in South Korea (thanks Mike Martinez)
has word that: "Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it would launch the new Xbox
online game service in South Korea next month, apparently hoping to benefit from
the country's high-speed Internet penetration, the highest in the world."
Starting today the Cyberathlete Professional
League is accepting registration
for the Halo competition at their Winter 2003 Championships, with 32 teams
to be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. There is also a
Halo VIP contest offering the chance to attend, and simultaneously become
very important. Also, SoundBlaster.com's
Ghost Master Contest offers the chance to win a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
sound card, a Creative Inspire T7700 speaker system, and a copy of Ghost Master.
Thanks Sherman.
An update on the CCD
Forums gives a status report on Starsiege:2845, the Sierra-sponsored
modification for the upcoming TRIBES Vengeance. In addition to the latest
progress report, the post also includes a large batch of screenshots.
Seems that the windstorm that passed through here yesterday morning was indeed
as impressive as it struck me at the time... after zero noticeable damage from the hurricane
that preceded it, which didn't even blow flowers or leaves off the local
shrubbery, yesterday's spontaneous bit of blowage managed to knock a tree down
right across the top of someone's parked car. This has got me looking with
suspicion at the trees around our house, a couple of which are remarkably tall.
I can't even imagine the damage one of them could cause were it to topple...
brick walls are nice, but that would be an even greater test of their strength
than that big bad wolf.
|
Twitter 
