Archived News:
The IL-2 Sturmovik Website (thanks
Frans) has word that the " US
ubishop has opened pre-orders of the Ace Expansion Pack for its
North-American customers." Here's more: Touted as the most realistic WWII
flight simulation game to date, IL-2: Forgotten Battles soars to new heights
with this exhilarating expansion pack. Adding 20 authentic new aircraft, three
never-explored environments, and 30 demading [sic] new missions, Ace will plunge
you deeper than ever into the perilous world of a WWII fighter pilot.
Action Vault's Armed and Dangerous Wrap Report is a postmortem on Armed
and Dangerous written by the wacky action game's producers: Planet Moon's
Aaron Loeb and LucasArts' Dan Pettit. Also,
RPG Vault Beyond
Divinity Peek of the Week #24 is online, with Larian Studios' lead animator
Marian Arnold outlining the process behind creating the cover art and logo for
Beyond Divinity. Finally, the
Rise of Nations:
Thrones and Patriots diary on 1UP (thanks Frans) is written by Big Huge
Games' senior designer Douglas Kaufman, who discusses their overview for the
upcoming Rise of Nations- Thrones and Patriots expansion.
A new version 2.0.1 of Purge Jihad is
now available, updating Freeform Interactive's multiplayer shooter/RPG with
"many player requests including weapon balance, new feature requests, and
improved netcode."
Here's 3000AD's
Cease and Desist letter to DreamCatcher (thanks space captain) in
Adobe Acrobat-format, outlining the disagreement between the developer and publisher
of Universal Combat over DreamCatcher's decision to distribute the game at a
value price point ( story and story).
The folks behind Ultima Online are looking for former players of the MMORPG to
participate in focus groups: "Origin, through a contracted research firm, will
be conducting focus groups Feb. 4 and 5 in Sunnyvale, CA (near San Francisco and
San Jose). There will be six groups, with 10 to 12 people in each. The groups,
about 90 minutes each, will discuss what they like and don’t like about UO. They
will also be asked to comment on new ideas. Participants will be paid $100, and
they will have to sign a legally binding non-disclosure agreement. That means
they won’t be allowed to discuss anything they see or hear during the group
sessions. The groups for current players are filled, but former players are
still being recruited. If you are interested in participating, call Nichols
Research at 1-408-773-8200, ext 2020 or email
erecruiting@nicholsresearch.com.
Mention “Project #C3032” when you contact them."
The Qtracker Homepage now offers
downloads of a new version 3.73 of this multifunction server-browsing utility.
The new version adds support for Unreal II XMP, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Breakthrough, Vietcong, Battlefield 1942 1.6, and more. The website now offers
new user forums.
A new alpha of Kquery
4 is also now available, updating this server browser to version 1.7.9 build
066. The new release adds support for Battlefield 1942 version 1.6 and Call of
Duty version 1.2.
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Microsoft Confirms 'Halo 2' Release in Fall (thanks Neutronbeam). "Many
industry observers as well as fans had expected "Halo 2" to ship as early as
the spring -- possibly in March or April -- and retailers had been counting
on a June release date."
- "EA is pleased to announce that
James Bond 007™: Everything or Nothing™
has officially gone gold for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. The game
is on track to ship to North American retailers under the EA GAMES brand on
Tuesday, February 17th, and will be in stores by Thursday, February 19th."
A second beta of version 3.0 of the
Natural Selection modification for Half-Life is now available. The new
release is a 10 MB update that requires a previous installation of beta one.
The Heat Of Battle Website
now offers a new server-only version 0.27 patch for this teamplay Call of Duty
modification. This update will keep things running properly following the
version 1.2 CoD patch until the release of a larger version 0.30 update, planned
to come out within the next couple of weeks.
The second season of The Invitational
Quake II dual/one-on-one competition is gearing up to begin in February 8, so
sign-ups are currently underway.
Ritual Entertainment is now seeking a lead game tester. "This includes
testing each game personally as well as managing the efforts of all other
testers."
Happy Super Bowl Sunday Eve!
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