Archived News:
Warren Spector & Tomb
Raider? on Shacknews has information gleaned from a print issue of the
Official Xbox Magazine
suggesting that ION Storm designer Warren Spector may be getting his hands on
Lara Croft and aid in the design of the next Tomb Raider game.
There's
a Star Wars Battlefront Q&A on SWBattlefront.net chatting with Jens Andersen
of Pandemic Studios about Star Wars Battlefront, the upcoming Force-powered
multiplayer shooter. Among other things, the conversation discusses vehicles,
weapons, player classes, NPCs like the Jedi, as well as a good bit of detail
about the sizes of the battles and the types of environments to be depicted in
the game's maps.
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines on
GameSpy.
The PunkBuster
Online Countermeasures Website offers manual downloads of new PunkBuster
anti-cheating updates for Call of Duty. These updates should be applied
automatically, so the manual downloads are only provided for those experiencing
problems with that process. Thanks Sphinx.
The Battlezone 2
Community Project Forums has news of the release of the first public beta of
Battlezone II version 1.3,
an unofficial update for Activision's 3D action/strategy sequel. The new version
includes enhanced modification support, Win2K/XP/DX8&9 compatibility, bug fixes,
a new audio system, graphics tweaks, bots in deathmatch, and still more. As the
accompanying disclaimer notes, this is an "as is" release: "The Battlezone II
1.3 patch comes with no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other
parties provide the package 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and the accuracy of the
information contained within it. The entire risk as to the quality and
performance of the package is with you."
The Toronto Fun League is
accepting sign-ups for their CPL event, touted as Canada's largest ever such
gathering. Coincidentally, the same weekend will also mark the next LANcasters
event in Canada, titled Cold
Snap. Thanks Fantaz. Also, there's
an Urban Chaos 2 review on UK Lans recapping this U.K.-based LAN party.
Game Development: Harder Than You Think - What makes you think that creating
alternative worlds is all fun and games? Game development consultant
Jonathan Blow rebutting this scathing accusation that we don't recall actually
being leveled by anyone. Thanks Mike Martinez.
HomeLAN Fed's First
Strike Halo Mod Q&A talks with a couple of the team members behind the
First Strike modification for
Hal0o: Combat Evolved. They discuss progress on the project, which is based on
the Halo novel by Eric Nyland.
Happy Leap Day! Since today is a day that doesn't exist in a typical year, I
think it's only appropriate to do something you normally don't get to do
today... and perhaps in that light I will watch this year's Oscar™©® telecast.
Though I managed to get out to the movies a couple of time this year, in keeping
with a grand tradition, I have not yet managed to see any of this year's
nominated films. This might necessitate switching away for Curb Your
Enthusiasm (though this can also be caught in in one of its myriad repeats),
but there's no conflict on Fox, where they are choosing not to sacrifice new
episodes of Malcolm or Arrested Development to the Oscar©®™
juggernaut, instead airing Star Wars: Episode One, apparently hoping to
appeal to fans of non-award winning movies.
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