Archived News:
The Immortal Cities: Children of
the Nile Official Website describes plans to release a demo version of
Tilted Mill's city construction game (thanks Frans). The demo is slated for
release on November 19, will be under 200 MB, and carries this general
description: "The demo reveals a glimpse into the life of your citizens. Take on
the rewarding challenge of being Pharaoh as you lead independent people to
create a society and then a civilization of your design."
Myst
Worlds (thanks Frans) has news of plans to release a second patch for Myst
IV: Revelation in the next few days. Word is: "Fixes will be same as in the
first patch, but with improvements in performance (i.e. bug fixes will not
create new issues)."
- City of Heroes
The
City of Heroes Q&A on Computer And Video Games (thanks Frans) talks
with Jack Emmert about the MMORPG in a conversation that took place before
the Marvel lawsuit (story) was announced, so the legal action is
not mentioned. There is a statement about that on the
Cryptic Website (thanks
HomeLAN Fed),
saying: "The complaint is meritless. Cryptic Studios is confident that the
District Court will reject all of Marvel's claims and fully vindicate
Cryptic Studios in all respects."
- Joint Ops: Escalation
The
Joint Operations: Final Thoughts on GameSpot is a Q&A with Brent Houston
and Joel Taubel about NovaLogic's Joint Operations: Escalation expansion:
"The intention with Escalation was to really ratchet up the action without
losing the focus of the original game. We wanted to add fun vehicles while
not reducing the individual's role on the ground to that of a speed bump.
Part of this was accomplished though adding weapons such as the Javelin
antitank missile, which allows a soldier to disable an enemy tank with one
hit. We also changed the way we designed the maps to allow for more action
to occur in areas with cover for ground troops."
- SPECNAZ
SPECNAZ:
Project Wolf Gives Players a Different Perspective on War is a Q&A with
Martin Equino-x Hornak about Byte Software's tactical first-person shooter:
"The technology isn't such an important thing in our project as it seems at
first sight. As you can see the game is made easy to understand for the
players, and the engine is very close to reality. Momentarily we are using
[the] minimal [amount] of the features that graphic accelerators offer. At
the time we haven't [received] support from the graphic cards companies as
ATI or NVIDIA. But we are working on it and I hope we will soon able to use
whole potential that graphic cards offer."
- SWG: Jump to Lightspeed
RPG
Vault's Star Wars Galaxies Jump to Lightspeed Team Q&A #1 asks the
following group question of the developers of the MMO expansion: "Among the
selection of spacecraft that shipped with Jump to Lightspeed, what are a
couple that have surprised you or exceeded your expectations, and what are a
couple of your personal favorites?"
- The Matrix Online
If you could ask only one question about
The Matrix Online, it would be "What is the Matrix?" By the 11th question,
you might be up to "When do we get to meet Morpheus?," just like
The Matrix Online Vault's Question of the Week.
The fifth patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available, updating Epic's
science fiction shooter sequel to version 3339. The full version 3339 patch is
identical to the beta patch, and is multiplayer compatible with the previous
versions of the game. In addition, Epic has also released a new version 3339
compatible version of the Editor's Choice Edition bonus pack to replace the
current version. Word is: "It is fully compatible with 3339. Users who install
this patch after having already installed the old version of the bonuspack will
not need to download this new bonuspack, which is intended only for fresh bonus
pack installs." The 84 MB updated bonus pack is available on
3D Gamers,
4Players.de,
Boomtown (registration required),
FileFront, Gameguru Mania, and
Worthplaying. The 13 MB patch can be downloaded from
3D Gamers,
4Players.de,
ActionTrip,
Boomtown (registration required),
FileFront, Gameguru Mania,
Gamer's Hell,
GameSpot DLX (registration required), and
Worthplaying.
This
CDV Software Downloads Page (thanks Frans) features downloads of a free new
bonus mission for Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon (or as they put it, Blitzrkrieg:
Burning Horizion). The bonus map is titled Carthage 1943.
This
Matrix Games Press Release follows up on news of the break between Black
Hole Games and Strategy First ( story) by announcing that Matrix
Games has picked up the publishing rights to Supremacy: Four Paths To Power.
Here's a bit on the game, which is set for release next month: Supremacy:
Four Paths To Power is designed to allow you to have total control over your
campaign. The composition of your fleets and ground forces and the improvement
of your worlds is up to you. Guard your supply lines, scout enemy territory and
attack before you are attacked. Plan carefully or you will face defeat. A
variety of galactic maps and customizable play options also offer tactical
variety and replayability.
EA Issues Tender Offer
for Outstanding Shares in Swedish Developer, Digital Illusions (thanks
Frans) reports that the board of directors at Digital Illusions is recommending
their shareholders accept a tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of
the Swedish developer. EA already owns 19% of the creator of the Battlefield
series.
The
Modding Theater Forums (thanks Tiscali Games) feature details on what to expect in the upcoming
version 1.1 patch for Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. The update will address
mouse lag, dedicated server CPU utilization, the 999 ping bug, and more.
The Action Unreal Tournament Website
now offers R1 of Action Unreal Tournament (thanks
HomeLAN Fed) for
UT2004. Word is: "This release truly represents the original Action Unreal
Tournament concept, it is an ideal base from which we will continue to expand
and develop the action gaming experience. The version sees the introduction of
the 'stunt' key which lets to dive in 8 possible directions and is accompanied
by fantastic animation blending ability which produces fluent and masterful
dives like you have never seen before."
The Sven Co-op Website has news of a
midnight madness release party tonight for the launch of Half-Life 2 that will
include discussions of the H-L2 Sven Co-op modification for Valve's shooter
sequel, and possibly appearances and interviews by Valve software.
This barebones webpage offers a
patch to get DOOM 3 running on a Voodoo 2 video card (thanks Tiscali Games). There are
screenshots showing off the results on
3dfxzone.it.
Way too long after noticing how cold the weather was getting around here, I
noticed that I still hadn't switched the screens for the storm windows all
throughout the Blue Tower (and at 175 stories, that's a lot of windows). Anyway,
if you are in my area, apologies for the further couple of degrees drop in
temperature caused by my ceasing to heat the great outdoors for everyone.
Congrats to our buddy Ant on
his new full-time job!
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