Archived News:
A new SWAT4 Official Website
is online, dedicated to the next installment in the tactical police shooter
series. The site launch celebrates the announcement that the game is now
officially gold, and should be in North American stores on April 5, and in the
rest of the world a week after that.
Buka Entertainment's
Operation Matriarchy Website (thanks Frans)
has an updated release date for MADia's upcoming first-person shooter. The site
now lists III quarter 2005 as the game's release date, where it previously was
expected in first quarter 2005, which will be ending in under two weeks.
The Cartel Games Website has
news that Mythic Blades is gold. Word is the official announcement with details
on the release of Vermillion Games' classics-inspired
fighting game will be posted next week. Accompanying this disclosure is a new
gameplay movie that carries a warning that it may not be suitable to all
viewers. Thanks Frans.
A new patch is now available for Psychotoxic: Gateway to Hell, updating
NuclearVision Entertainment's first-person shooter to version 1.04. Word on the
patch is that: "It deals with the weapon pickup problem in some levels and fixes
some minor bugs." The patch can be found on the
NuclearVision Website,
mirrored on 3D Gamers,
Gamer's Hell, and
Worthplaying.
The Matrix Online Newsletter has word that Monolith's spoon-free MMORPG is
launching today for pre-order customers, with the widespread launch to follow on
March 22. Here's word:
As part of the unique continuing story based nature
of The Matrix Online, a specialized Role Playing Live Events Team is in
place to assume the roles of the actual Matrix characters, including
Morpheus, Seraph, The Merovingian and more.
Starting with the Preorder Launch the Live Events Team will actively engage
in the game to bring the Matrix alive. The truce between the people of Zion
and the Machines will begin to unravel shortly after launch and you have the
opportunity to shape the future of the Matrix, building to the week of April
4th, which will include major story updates and live events.
A new Dark Horizons: Lore Invasion version 2.0.1 and demo are now available,
offering a sample of MaxGaming Technologies' Torque-engine mechanized combat
expansion. The demos and full versions for Windows Mac and Linux are available
for download on the
GarageGames
Website with the Windows demo mirrored on
3D Gamers and
Gamer's Hell.
The into3d Entertainment Website
(thanks Frans) has details on plans to
release RC Squad, the first installment in in the RCS Land Machines series.
Here's word on the release date along with some info on features:
The RC SQUAD project is due for completion and
release by mid June 2005. The first in line RCS LAND MACHINES will be
available for sale on 22 June 2005.
There has been major enhancements made to RCS in multiple areas since the
last update some of these are,
- Much more accurate and realistic Physics system
- More efficient and realistic race A.I.
- Breakable structures on tracks
- All vehicles have realistic damage i.e. Breakable axle, tires, canopies
and so forth
- Much improved sound effects
- More tracks and environments
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost
There's
a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Q&A on board.oblivion-lost.com
offering a translation of a Q&A with Anton Bolshakov originally posted in
Russian on
Kamrad.ru discussing the upcoming first-person shooter: "We are counting
months now, not years. Most of the game is now undergoing the publisher's
approval. In other words, the game is being judged by the publisher and
tuned in those areas the publisher feels need more work. In regards to
advertising. An active advertising campaign is not compatible with delays.
This leads to overexcitement of the fans and huge disappointment when
another delay is announced, which makes sense. This is why we are trying not
to get people too worked up, and to to work more. When we set a precise
release date, a full-blown advertising campaign will begin."
- SOE
Ask SOE #33 on EverQuest 2 Vault poses more questions to Steve
"Moorgard" Danuser of Sony Online Entertainment about EverQuest II: "As the
level of our average player continues to rise, we will keep on adding new
things for them to do. We're in the process of adding solo content paths for
all the overland zones, including high-level regions, which will be going
live soon. In Live Update #5, high-level players will be able to group up
and face a very tough challenge in the Return to Nektropos zone. This
dungeon offers a revamped version of our popular Castle Nektropos, allowing
players in the upper levels to face big challenges and reap great rewards."
- Dark Horizons: Lore Invasion
GameShark's Dark Horizons:
Lore Invasion Q&A is a timely Q&A with Adrian Wright about Max Gaming
Technologies' just-released mechanized combat expansion: "The multiplayer
bots are run on the new TorqueAI pack that will be released by 21-6
Productions very soon. We worked with them to add this important addition to
DH: Lore Invasion for several months, and it has worked out very nicely. The
bots can be good and bad, just like real players, and they do what what real
players may do in game. If it's a Team Death Match, their priority is to
kill the other team. If it's a Capture the Core, their priority is to
capture the core. Sadly, I have been in test games where the bots have a
better kill efficiency than the players."
Steam News
(thanks elvis) announces the winners of the Half-Life 2 deathmatch mapping
competition. There are screenshots of the four winning entries, which will be
released via Steam. The top entry is
dm_underpass by Scott M Jordan (USA), first runner-up is dm_resistance by
Jonathan Linker (Germany), second runner-up is dm_powerhouse by Michael Schulz
(Germany), and honorable mention goes to dm_avalon by Michael Visser
(Netherlands).
Who needs an alarm clock? Gunnar, our super poodle puppy, has developed a
habit that we've never seen a hint of in Hudson the wonder dog. Every day he
comes into the bedroom and starts barking his little head off to make sure
everyone is awake. The thing is that this happens at precisely 6:51 every day
(weekends included, thank you very much). Heaven only knows how the little guy's
internal clock got so precise, but one can only hope he develops new habits
soon... or at least a snooze alarm.
Yakety Yak!
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