Archived News:
Tuesday, Dec 28, 2004
Game Movies [8:32 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
There's a Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory movie on the
Shockwave Productions Forums (thanks Frans). This movie of GMX Media's
upcoming World War II flight simulator was leaked, pulled, and has now been
officially released to avoid "commotion and confusion." Also,
this Sierra
Entertainment Downloads page has the first two parts of a new Empire
Earth II interview movie series that contain no gameplay footage. Word is:
"Ian Davis, Empire Earth II's Creative Director, explains several of the
sequel's new features in the 'Introduction to Empire Earth II' series. The first
two parts of the interview are available for download.
Massive Assault Network Bonus Planet [8:32 pm ET] – Share – 2 Comments
The Massive Assault
Network now offers downloads of a new bonus planet for Wargaming.Net's
online strategy game (thanks Frans). Here's word on the Planet Trinity: "This
new large map is scaled for long battles with all types of units to be employed.
Its narrow water passes and deserted stretched continents will ensure
comfortable use of heavy naval artillery for fast and successful invasion of new
territories. Combination of powerful deathturrets might lock any channel and
make it impassible for further enemy's invasion."
Evening Previews [8:32 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Thanks Frans.
- Close Combat: First to Fight on Computer and Video Games.
- The Settlers: Heritage of Kings on Computer and Video Games.
Evening Screenshots [8:32 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Age of Pirates on Pirates Ahoy!
- Empire Earth II on the Official Website. Thanks Frans.
Evening Tech Bits [8:31 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Thanks Mike Martinez.
Evening Consolidation [8:31 pm ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Thanks Mike Martinez.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Movies [09:04 am ET] – Share – 35 Comments
Oblivion-Lost.com has posted a collection of no fewer than 16 new ShakyCam™
video clips from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl showing multiplayer action
shot at a recent Intel-Samsung Fair. Here's how this is described: "Highlights
are two all-new features, namely 'leaning' and 'sprinting'. The package is 81 MB
in size, the videos altogether 6:13 minutes long and requires WinRar for
extraction. Special thanks go to FlamingPumpkin and Boundless for providing us
with these exclusive videos from the show. Note: If opening with the WMP causes
errors, try the Quicktime Player."
Year in Gaming [09:03 am ET] – Share – 5 Comments
HomeLAN Fed's year-end Q&A series is heading towards the finish line, just like the
year it profiles. Their Q&As discuss the year in gaming and
thoughts on the future from
Gregan Dunn of
Ideazon, Kelly Asay
of Tesseraction Games,
Didier Malenfant of Ready at Dawn,
Aaron Boucher of
Avaria Corporation, and
Matt Simmons of Smiling Gator.
Morning Tech Bits [09:03 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Thanks Mike Martinez.
- Apple Sues to Halt OS X Release on Net (registration required).
- AOL Reports Drop in Spam Messages.
- Google worm targets AOL, Yahoo.
- Broadband Reports | Wi-Fi & Pacemakers - 'All's well' concludes Mayo Clinic.
- How IP-Based Video Surveillance Works.
- RivaTuner 2.0 RC 15.3 NY Edition is now available.
Morning Consolidation [09:03 am ET] – Share – 6 Comments
Game Guidance [09:03 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
There is
a
Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake Walkthrough on Neverwinter Nights @ GameBanshee
along with accompanying
armor and
weapons
sections. Also, RPG
Vault's World of Warcraft Tips of the Week #4 is online with more on making
your way through Blizzard's MMORPG.
Tuesday Game Reviews [09:02 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Axis & Allies on GameZone.
- Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder on GamersInfo.net.
- Celtic Kings: Punic Wars on Gamer's Hell.
- Crusader Kings on GameAxis.
- Half-Life 2 on ESCMag.
- Michael Schumacher's Kart Challenge 2005 on GameZone.
- Restricted Area (in German) on YiYas.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on 1Up.
- Sonic Heroes on Computer and Video Games.
- Torrente on Gamer's Hell and GameZone.
Tuesday Hardware Reviews [09:02 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Thermaltake PurePower 680W PSU on A1 Electronics.
- Logisys Phone Smart LED Illuminated Keyboard on Phoronix.
- Netgear DG834GT 108 Mbps Super Wireless ADSL Modem Router on Tekbunker.
- Seagate 5GB USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive on Everything USB.
- SilverStonetek Black SST-FP54 Front Panel on Extensiontech.
- Soft Trading Steelpad Qck+ Mouse Pad on Hardware Pacers.
- SunbeamTech Molex Lighting Mods on TechTastic.
- Thermalright SI-97 Heatsink on OCIA.net.
- TwinMOS Speed Premium PC3200 RAM on techPowerUp.
- Zalman CNPS7700-Cu 120mm CPU Cooler on TheTechLounge.
etc. [09:02 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Microsoft Give Up Sports Titles to Take Two. Thanks Mike Martinez...
Out of the Blue [09:01 am ET] – Share – 76 Comments
Well it is nice to be back online, again, apologies for the downtime, which at
something over 40 hours, is one of the worst outages in quite some time here.
The good news, of course, is that this is traditionally about the slowest point
in the year for game news, and this seems to be an especially slow version of
the holiday season.
Thank goodness news is slow, as this is one of the first decaffeinated updates I've ever had to make here... MrsBlue scheduled appointments for complete physicals this morning, since it's been a while since we've had check-ups, and as a result, we can't eat or drink anything this morning... even coffee. Yeesh!
Thank goodness news is slow, as this is one of the first decaffeinated updates I've ever had to make here... MrsBlue scheduled appointments for complete physicals this morning, since it's been a while since we've had check-ups, and as a result, we can't eat or drink anything this morning... even coffee. Yeesh!
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