Archived News:
The Universal Combat:
Hostile Intent Product Page has details on this
newly announced
installment in 3000 AD's Universal Combat/Battlecruiser series, due fourth
quarter of this year. There is an article on the announcement on
The
Adrenaline Vault that offers some screenshots and movies from the project,
which they describe like this: "The game is based on the new engine technology
being used in next year's Universal Combat: Hold The Line, which will provide
vastly improved graphics than those seen in Universal Combat. According to 3000
AD, Hostile Intent will be purely combat focused, with most of the complexity
and micromanagement normally associated with their games removed."
A new
Brothers in Arms Developer's Diary on the Gearbox Software Website is
written by multiplayer producer & marketing guru Marc Tardif, who describes his
experiences attending the Leipzig gaming
convention to show off their upcoming military first-person shooter. Also,
the
Black & White 2 Dev Diary #10 on GameSpy is written by animator Marc Hill
discussing his role in development of the upcoming god game sequel.
The Cenega
Publishing Website now offers a new patch for Shade: Wrath of Angels,
updating Black Element Software's horror/action/adventure game to version 1.01
(thanks Frans). Word is simply: "This patch corrects physics issues with version
1.00."
The folks from Daemon Tools send a response to the news about the conflict
between their program and Knights of Honor ( story). Here's the
deal: Sunflowers - statement is simple untrue. We for sure DON'T delete
our own .dll
It's rather a question of good behaviour to clearly notify the users of this
mistake - this chance was NOT taken by sunflowers, instead they betray their
legal customers.
So it's our turn now to tell you that we are in NO way involved in this.
The .dll-issue is a DIRECT result of their copy-protection. The same can for
sure be said about the unusual behaviour to remove Patin-Couffin-Driver.
For sure it isn't legal to simple delete/rename foreign files - I hope no one is
affected by system-crashes!
A new patch for the German edition of
Restricted Area is now
available, updating Master Creating's role-playing game to version 1.03. Thanks
The Patches Scrolls and Frans.
Penguins, start your flashlights! The
DOOM III GNU-Linux FAQ
now offers GNU/Linux x86 DOOM 3 version 1.1 as well
as the GNU/Linux x86 server and a Linux version of the DOOM 3 demo (thanks
Crusader). Word is: "This release is compatible with the 1.1 patch for Windows
released earlier this week." Additionally: Currently, the game will not
run correctly on ATI cards using the fglrx driver. However, the ATI developers
are working on new driver releases, and eventually the game will be
supported."
Activision's Tony
Hawk's Underground 2 Catapults Onto Retail Shelves Worldwide is the press
release announcing the latest edition of the skateboarding game is arriving on
store shelves, no doubt only after doing a perfect grind off the counter along
the way. Here's a bit on the game, which is available for PC, PS2, Xbox,
GameCube, and GBA: Available in retail outlets worldwide beginning this
week, Activision Inc.'s Tony Hawk's Underground 2 catapults players into an
all-out skating blitzkrieg led by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and Bam
Margera, the star of MTV's "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam." The game delivers a
hilarious new story mode and a classic mode that features signature Tony Hawk's
Pro Skater® goals and levels, as well as more customization and moves than the
skate gods could dream of. Conquering sick terrain, wreaking havoc and pulling
off mischievous pranks on and off their boards, players are sent on a crazy
adventure and challenged to make a variety of international cities their
personal stomping grounds.
The Adventure Company announces that Atlantis: Evolution is gold, just a
short time after production was announced on the first-person adventure game.
Word is the game will ship in North America on October 14 and in Europe on
October 25. Here's a bit on the scope of the game: Sail the high seas on
a 1904 freighter, steaming from the wilds of Patagonia to the bustle and
security of New York... fly in a modern Atlantian craft filled with advanced
Atlantian technologies... explore the rural village to learn Atlantian customs
and beliefs... hide deep in the Atlantian forest where the villagers dare not
go... brave an exotic and dangerous cave system... travel 8,000 years back in
time to discover the lost city of Atlantis... and journey to the magnificent
palace where the Atlantian gods live, to stand before them in judgment.
Knights of Honor game removes
DAEMON Tools DLL-file on CD Freaks.com (thanks Tiscali Games) is a story outlining a
problem a user of DAEMON Tools encountered installing the game. According to the
post, installing the game deleted a DLL from this utility that's used for making
backups of CDs and thwarting copy protection and such. We contacted SUNFLOWERS
for their side of this story, and this is what they had to say:
Concerning your question about Knights of Honor:
Knights of Honor does not delete any DLLs.
This is caused by Daemon-Tools itself, if it is running while being unlocked.
Kind regards,
Uwe Mathon
Localisation Manager
TheSims2.com Forums have news on plans for the first patch for Maxis'
little-people sequel (thanks Tiscali Games). Word is they are busy collecting which
issues they will be addressing: "So, while the majority of users are able to run
the game with no problems we know that there have been a couple issues you guys
have run into while playing the game and we're going to do our best to gather
additional information from you so that we can resolve as many of the issues as
possible. Next week there will be a form on the website for The Sims 2 that will
allow you to enter in your information in order to help us track down and
reproduce issues."
- Twilight War
The
Twilight War Q&A on
HomeLAN Fed chats with Matthew Simmons of Smiling Gator Productions
about their upcoming Source-engine MMORPG: "Missions are small
non-persistent zones created by a solo player or group once they accept a
task from an NPC. These also include PvP scenarios where groups from
multiple enemy factions may find themselves fighting over resources. Quests
are also received from NPCs but take place in the persistent world and
include plots like being a courier, scouting, taking out a nest of creatures
or an enemy faction base, etc."
- Horizons
HomeLAN
Fed's Horizons Update Q&A talks with Chris Tulumello of Tugla Games
about their plans to take over the reigns of Horizons, the MMORPG previously
run by Artifact Entertainment: "The creative teams are still hard at work to
add content while moving the story forward. The Istarian story develops with
the direct aid of the players, there is a story line and slate of player
events that stretches out for many months, it looks great and as a player, I
look forward to seeing it unfold. So will others"
- Music
The
Richard Joseph Q&A on
Idle Thumbs is an article-format Q&A talking music with the composer for
soundtracks for Republic: The Revolution, Evil Genius, and more.
- The Matrix Online
The
Keymaker Q&A on Matrix Online OGaming interviews Randall Duk Kim, the
actor who portrayed the Keymaker in Matrix Reloaded, though the
conversation is about the Matrix movies, rather than the upcoming
MMORPG.
Matrix Games announces the completion of Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great,
the historically themed wargame based on tabletop miniatures gaming. Here's a
bit on the game, slated to be available soon, as the listed release date is
early October: "Designed to evoke the beauty of museum-quality miniatures on a
professional tabletop battlefield, Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great™ uses an
innovative multi-phase turn-based system. As you play, the campaign unfolds
before you with cinematic cut-scenes and three dimensional panoramas of the
battlefields. Each battle is based on the historical terrain and troop
placements, but the campaign allows you to make decisions in between battles on
which units to reinforce, whether to recruit new units or replace commanders and
how many of your resources to focus on training."
Well I finally (yeesh!) got to the lower portion of the backyard that had gone
unmowed in over a month. Since grass this high would fill the bag on the mower
every few feet, I decided to mulch the grass and rake up the aftermath, as my
experience with my previous mulching mower left me skeptical of a process that
left huge clumps of grass all over. Those of you more familiar with this
probably realize what I did not at the time... that my old mower was not
actually working properly, and that this mulching thing actually worked pretty
darned well. Quite a relief not to have to rake up after all that, as it made a
daunting task pretty easy.
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