Archived News:
Slitherine has released an extended demo for Spartan, their empire-building
strategy game, saying that they've received feedback from owners of the full
game that the 30 turns allowed in the original Spartan demo did not give a feel
for the game's potential. The new version of the demo allows for 100 turn games,
and includes a new campaign, for three total, as well as three tutorial
missions. The 91 MB download can be found on
3D Gamers,
Gameguru Mania,
Gamer's Hell,
GameSpot DLX
(registration required), and
Worthplaying.
This NovaLogic
Support Page offers a new patch version 1.5.1.5 patch for the English
version of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising. Additionally, there are other
language versions of the patch on this
NovaLogic FTP server. The updates address several issues and adds
compatibility for the new Escalation add-on. Some or all of the patches are
mirrored on 3D Gamers,
ActionTrip,
GameSpot DLX (registration required), and
Worthplaying.
A note on
PlanetHalf-Life (thanks BFSolo) from yesterday indicates that Valve is now
anticipating the release of the no stuttering patch for Half-Life 2
( story) sometime today: "We're still working through some testing
on this release. It might be something we'll want to hold for another day and
release tomorrow."
Infogrames post H1 loss, to buy back bond (thanks
Jucaushii.ro) has some financial results
for the developer/publisher, along with the off-hand revelation that the famed
Civilization franchise has been sold: Bonnell also said that Infogrames
recently sold the franchise for the game "Civilization," making a capital gain
of 15.5 million euros, which should help second-half accounts.
- Stolen
The
Stolen Q&A on
Games-Fusion talks with Jaid Mindang of Hip Games about Stolen, their
upcoming stealth game: "To add, we believe also that Stolen distinguishes
itself by the absence of lethality in dealing with the enemies. You can
destroy the drones, but you can’t kill any guards, only incapacitate them or
knock them out temporarily. A large portion of the player’s abilities are
geared around avoiding detection and actively evading capture."
- Scrapland
The
Scrapland Q&A on FileFront talks with American McGee about Scrapland,
Mercury Steam's new action game: "There were a lot of outside influences for
both the art style and the story. This is a very story driven game, so
everything ultimately flows from the narrative. That result is a highly
detailed world that feels very realistic. Some of the inspiration came from
well-known classics like Star Wars, The 5th Element, and Blade Runner. The
final result is very unique though."
A new Prince of Persia: Warrior Within theatrical trailer is now available on
IGN
as a freely available Windows Media Player clip or as a (registration required) QuickTime
movie. Also, a new Act of War: Direct Action movie is up on
Gamer.no, the clip is
mirrored on 3D Gamers,
Gamer's Hell, and
Worthplaying.
Finally, the official website for
Earth 2160 now offers a new trailer from the upcoming strategy sequel in two
different download formats, or as a streaming clip.
The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth Designer Diary #8 is
online, offering "final thoughts" from Mark Skaggs, executive producer on The
Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth, the Tolkien-inspired
strategy game. Also,
RPG Vault's Ultima
Online Samurai Empire Diary #4: is online, as "Line Producer and Project
Lead Jessica Lewis on the final push to launch plus some EA team members'
memories" on development of Ultima Online Samurai Empire, the new MMO
expansion.
Blizzard Entertainment
(thanks Tiscali Games) reveals the plan to launch their MMORPG World of Warcraft in
Europe early next year: "Blizzard Entertainment® today announced the launch
plans in Europe for World of Warcraft®, its highly anticipated massively
multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Blizzard also confirmed that the
game will release in Europe in early 2005. Pre-orders for World of Warcraft will
be available at retail on November 26, 2004."
A demo version of Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great is now available, offering
the chance to follow in the sandals of the famed Greek conqueror in a sample of
the upcoming strategy game based on his exploits. The 112 MB download is
available on Gamer's Hell,
GameSpot DLX (registration required), and
Worthplaying.
- Steam
Steam
News (thanks Frans) has word of a minor platform update.
- D-Day
The D-Day
Website offers a new patch for D-Day updating the WW2 strategy game to
version 2.16. Thanks Frans.
- ClusterBall
Clusterball
version 1.200 is now available. Thanks targaff.
- 18 Wheels of Steel
The
ValuSoft
Technical Support Web Site (thanks Frans) offers a new 1.07 patch for 18
Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal.
- German Elite Starfighter
This
page offers downloads of a new patch for the German edition of Elite
Starfighter, updating the space combat game to version 1.1. Thanks
YiYas.
- German The Fall
Hot on the heels of version 1.2, the
Silver
Style Forum now offers a new version 1.3 patch for the German edition of
The Fall: Last Days of Gaia. Thanks YiYas.
The debut release of the Half-Life 2
Multiplayer modification is now available (thanks
Planet Half-Life and elvis). The
German-language site offers alpha version 1.1a (also listed as 1.01a) of this
project to allow deathmatch play in the Half-Life 2 environment.
GarageGames now offers downloads of a
new RTS Starter
Kit to aide in development of Windows, Mac, or Linux real-time strategy
games using their Torque engine.
Heading into the home stretch of what looks to be a record Thanksgiving turnout
to the annual bash here in the Blue Tower. It looks like we are expecting
upwards of 20 people at this point, which will stretch our capacity here to its
limits. Weee!
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