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Archived News:
The public source code for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is now available from id
Software, Activision, and Splash Damage, offering modification authors the
resources to create mods for the free multiplayer shooter. The unsupported tools
are a 2 MB download, available from
3D Gamers,
FileFront,
IGN,
Loadedinc (registration required), and
Worthplaying.
Atari Announces June 1st
DRIV3R Launch Date (thanks Frans) has word that the release date for the
wheelman sequel has been pushed back to June 1, 2004, after previously being
slated for release around the end of March. The release offers info about plans
to release revised earnings estimates in relation to this announcement, and the
following about the d3lay: "The Driver franchise set the benchmark for the
driving adventure genre, as the incredible legacy of Driver and Driver 2 has
combined to sell more than 12 million units worldwide, said Bruno Bonnell,
Chairman and CEO of Atari, Inc. "We believe that this additional time will give
our marketing team the ability to exploit DRIV3R's full potential, meeting the
high expectations of gamers, media and shareholders," he continued.
The Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield Website
now offers the promised version 1.52 patches for the U.S., U.K., and English
Canadian patches and server update for the Tom Clancy shooter. Also, the
French Tom Clancy's Raven Shield
Website now offers downloads of the version 1.52 patches for the French
version of the game as well as the French Canadian version. Also now available
are the
German,
Italian, and
Spanish editions of the patch (thanks Frans).
Codemasters announces that
ToCA Race Driver 2
is in the works, the game previously known as Race Driver 2
( story), now official re-titled ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate
Racing Simulator. Word is:
"Following the success of TOCA series, Codemasters has secured exclusive and
perpetual rights to use the TOCA motor sport brand for computer and video games.
TOCA Race Driver 2 will launch spring 2004 for Xbox and PC, complete with Xbox
Live™ and PC online
functionality, and is designed to be the definitive racing game experience."
Here's a bit more: Expanding on the variety in TOCA Race Driver, TOCA
Race Driver 2 will boast the most diverse range of powerful motor sports ever
seen in one game. 35 of the world's most powerful big-name racing and street
cars will feature in 31 championships covering 15 different motor racing styles
including GT Sports Car Racing, Street Racing, Rally, DTM, V8 Supercars, Global
GT Lights, Rally Cross, Formula Ford, Open Wheel Grand Prix, Classic Car Racing,
Super Truck racing, Stockcar Oval Racing, Ice-Racing, Convertible Racing, and
Performance Cars.
A new movie is now available showing off Kreed: Battle for Savitar, a
previously unannounced add-on for Burut's first-person shooter that's available
in Russia. The 34 MB clip can be found on the
Russobit-M Website, and mirrored on
3D Gamers,
ActionTrip,
Fragland,
GameStar
Online,
GenGamers, and
Worthplaying. A shrunken 4 MB DivX version is also available from
Tiscali Games. Word
is: "The movie shows the levels that were done already by the developers, and
does NOT displays the gameplay - we'll prepare a gameplay movie later for you."
- kill.switch
HomeLAN
Fed's kill.switch PC Q&A talks with LSP brand manager Jerome Sicart
about progress on the upcoming PC version of kill.switch, the console port in the works at Bitmap Brothers.
- Star Wars Galaxies
Star
Wars Galaxies Vault's SWG Bi-Weekly Q&A #5 is online, discussing some
planned upcoming changes for the Star Wars MMORPG.
- Realms of Torment
Gamemethod's
Realms of Torment Q&A talks with Dan Antonescu, lead designer on the
upcoming MMORPG, about the project, focusing on how plans to make player
death permanent influence various aspects of gameplay.
A new patch for Coliseum is now available on the
Shrapnel Games
Website, updating the retail version of the game to version 1.5. The update
includes new features as well as tweaks and bug fixes.
Visual
Walkthroughs' Deus Ex Walkthrough offers guidance for the original game,
providing a path to follow with an emphasis on pacifism, where the only violence
committed is where it is necessary to complete the game.
Tricky 'MyDoom' e-mail worm spreading quickly (thanks Mike Martinez) has
word on the current flood... I can't even guess at how many of these suckers
I've deleted in the past 24 hours, but it's more than enough already. The
article details how this worm turns, and also reveals the malicious program's
other agenda: "MyDoom also appeared to launch a Denial of Service attack on the
site for SCO Group, a California company which recently sued IBM, challenging
that firm's intellectual property in parts of Linux. SCO.com was inaccessible
for some time Monday afternoon." Why now? "'The virus writers [are] ... back
from vacation and they've started pushing out their creations,' Gullotto
warned."
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