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Archived News:
In today's (unusually late) DOOM 3 newsbit, a post on
PlanetDOOM confirms from
Activision that DOOM 3 will not run under Windows 98 or Win98SE, but that
Windows XP or Windows 2000 will be required.
- Citizen Zero
RPG
Vault Citizen Zero Q&A, Part 3 continues their extended look at Micro
Forte's upcoming MMOG by chatting with designer Paul McInnes: "The game is
built on two types of action, outdoor adventures and missions, each
providing quite different game experiences. Of the two, missions are more
important. Indeed, we have a saying with Citizen Zero that the "mission is
the monster". Players will learn to think of missions and types of missions
as the equivalent of a major monster in a traditional MMOG, requiring
special tactics to defeat them and offering distinctive rewards in the form
of loot if you are successful."
- Moscow Rush
There's a
Moscow Rush
Q&A on Gamer's Hell discussing the upcoming driving game with an unnamed
developer from Buka, and there's also a
Moscow Rush Q&A on FileFront
also discussing the game with Peter Porai-Koshits.
This World of
Warcraft Fan Site Chat Log recaps the goings-on at a recent IRC get-together
attended by Blizzard's Donna Anthony, Rob Pardo, Lisa Bucek, Gil Shif, George
Wang, Geoff Fraizer, and Robert Bridenbecker. The brief log is organized into a
Q&A format.
NCsoft sends words that the new Heaven and Earth episode for Lineage is now
available in North America: AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2004—NCsoft®
Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of
online computer games, today announces the latest chapter to its massively
multiplayer game, Lineage®. Lineage 1, Episode 2: Heaven and Earth, launches
today on North American servers and gives players even more areas to explore and
creatures to battle. It also introduces the Lastabad Dark Elf army, which is
wreaking havoc on the towns and castles of Lineage’s fictional world of Aden.
The Lastabad have laid waste to the town of Gludin and now threaten every castle
in the kingdom. If the marauding Dark Elves take over a castle, heavier taxes
will be imposed on players in nearby villages.
In addition to this new gripping storyline, Heaven and Earth unveils many other
new features. A completely renovated user interface improves the game experience
for players. Included in the improvements—visual spell delay timers, overhead
hit point (HP) and mana point (MP) visuals, and text macro and chat text color
display options.
There are new quests including a high level Dark Elf quest, which provides
players with the “Finger of Death,” an assassin’s blade capable of poisoning its
target.
Pets can now evolve past their current state of simply following and fighting.
In the Heaven and Earth expansion, some pets will have access to more powerful
magic and can equip special pet weapons and armor
Heaven and Earth also offers more regions to explore, more items, weapons,
armor, creatures and monsters including the dreaded Grim Reaper.
Lineage is currently available via free download at
http://www.lineage.com or players can
request a free CD via U.S. mail from NCsoft. Lineage comes with a 7-day free
trial period. After that, a subscription of US$15 per month is required to
continue playing. Customers can save money by purchasing four months in a single
transaction at a rate of US$11.25 per month.
The WWII Fighter Pilot Website is
the homebase for a newly announced World War II arcade aerial combat game due
for the PC this October at a value price point. Here's a bit: "As a pilot
patrolling the skies of the Pacific, your life is pretty simple. Slice into the
enemy with hot metal or end up as food for the sharks when he does the same to
you. Never has this knife-edge moment of truth been so exhilarating as recreated
in WWII Fighter Pilot. Soar through a sky dimpled with the lingering puffs of
anti-aircraft fire. Scratch that itchy trigger finger with an arsenal of machine
guns, artillery, torpedoes, and even air-to-ground rockets. Choose from the
savage speed of the Corsair or the thundering beast that is the Dauntless
bomber. WWII Fighter Pilot drops you into the heart-throttling action of the
Pacific Campaign with addictive point and shoot arcade gameplay and unparalleled
3D graphics. So join up and learn what air combat really means. The first
lesson: life begins at 20,000 feet." Update: It turns out that this
is actually the game also known as
WWII Pacific Heroes
with a different name for its North American release (thanks Frans).
This LucasArts
Webpage now offers downloads of a new trailer showing off Star Wars: Knights
of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords. The link to the trailer can be found in
the upper right-hand corner. Thanks
Shacknews.
There was an Activision "Activate" press event today, serving up looks at some
of their upcoming projects. The outcome has produced a pair of new DOOM 3
screenshots on
GameSpot,
though these are fairly low resolution. Update: We have confirmation from
id Software that these are indeed from the Xbox version of the game. Also, there
are also new Call of Duty: United Offensive previews on
GameSpy/IGN,
GameSpot, and
IGN/GameSpy,
each offering details about solo and multiplayer play in Infinity Ward's
upcoming CoD expansion.
This NVIDIA's Driver Page
now offers new Version: 61.77 WinXP/Win2K drivers, offering
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c support. Thanks Ant.
Voodoo Extreme has
word on the status of the first Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Demo that was
originally supposed to have been released by now ( story). Word is
the demo is currently in final testing, and that the 400 MB download should
become available within the "next couple of days."
A Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures Demo is now available, allowing the chance to
sample a couple of missions from the Wildlife Park add-on. The demo is a 160 MB
download, available on
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
and Worthplaying.
Nokia announces that the re-worked version of the N-Gage mobile phone gaming
dealie is now available: July 27, 2004 – Nokia announced the latest
addition to the N-Gage platform, the N-Gage QD game deck, is now available for
the US market. Bundled with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and with a street price as
low as $99.99*, the N-Gage QD game deck offers consumers unparalleled mobile
gaming featuring a compact package, new ergonomic design and enhanced gaming
features.
The N-Gage QD game deck is a pocketable device with a hot-swappable multimedia (MMC)
slot for instant gaming, longer battery life, improved gaming controls, brighter
screen, powerful smartphone features and the new N-Gage Arena launcher
application. Gamers can play all of their favorite N-Gage titles, connect to the
worldwide mobile gaming community over mobile networks via the N-Gage Arena, and
take part in close-range mobile multiplayer gaming via Bluetooth wireless
technology.
*with contract or activation rebate
- EQ2 X2
The
EverQuest Q&A Part I on Computer And Video Games kicks off a four part
series on SOE's upcoming MMORPG sequel by talking with EQ2 producer Andy
Sites and
part two of the Q&A is also now online. This is from part one: "We're not
going to be forcing this game out the door though just for the sake of
meeting fiscal needs. We've been stating that all along. This is going to be
the game that's the sequel to the game that made the company what it is
today. So we want the game to be a worthy successor to EverQuest."
- Jump to Lightspeed
HomeLAN
Fed's Star Wars Galaxies: Jump To Lightspeed Q&A talks with Cinco Barnes
about the upcoming spaceflight expansion for the Star Wars MMORPG: "Everyone
will have the ability to obtain a very basic ship from a mission-giving NPC from
the start. The idea is to get people into space and adventuring as soon as Jump
to Lightspeed launches. But an entry-level ship will not get you very far.
Players will want to upgrade and begin customizing as soon as possible and
crafters pursuing the shipwright profession will have ample business, providing
an infusion to that segment of the economy almost immediately."
Blizzard has opened up three localized European World of Warcraft websites, to
offer content geared towards German,
French, and
English fans of the upcoming MMORPG.
Seven new movies are now available showing off RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the
upcoming theme-park simulation. The clips vary in length from three to 30
seconds, totaling about one-and-a-half minutes of footage. The movies are
available on 3D Gamers
and Gamer's Hell.
It looks like the B-list is joining the D-cups as
Carmen Electra and
Tom Arnold Join Playboy: The Mansion Roster (thanks Frans) is the press
release announcing that a couple of the requisite celebrity hangers-on will be
present in the upcoming Hef-sim: "'We are happy to have the star caliber that
our celebrities bring to this game,' said Jim Perkins, founder, president and
CEO of ARUSH Entertainment. 'The best part about Playboy: The Mansion is
throwing kick-ass parties, and having cool celebs like Carmen and Tom make the
experience more realistic for gamers. They aren't partying with Adrian Actor;
they are partying with people they can see on TV or in movies any day of the
week.'"
3D Buzz has details on how to
sign-up for the free Unreal Technology seminar that will be conducted during
SIGGRAPH 2004 in August.
I got out to see the Bourne Supremacy yesterday... it really was
satisfying to use the free pass from the Bourne Identity DVD to get in,
but I would have enjoyed the movie even if I had to pay. I grew up a big fan of
James Bond, but that series has gone pretty haywire over the years... in
fact when it struck me during the movie how much more realistic Bourne is than
Bond, it then occurred to me that the Spider-Man movies are also more grounded
in reality than the Bond series is at this point. Enjoying the movies means I
should probably avoid reading Ludlum's original Bourne books, though, as my
buddy MrCoffee had trouble enjoying the first movie because he's such a big fan
of the books... I hate when that happens.
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