A new patch for Psychonauts is now available, updating Double Fine's wacky
action game to version 1.02. The various fixes and improvements from the new
version are also now available in an updated version of the game's demo. The
patch and demo can be found on
the Psychonauts Website and mirrored on
3D Gamers,
Gameguru Mania, and
Worthplaying.
A new official
Operation:
Matriarchy Website is online, developer Madia Entertainment's home to their
upcoming first-person shooter. The site offers a collection of 38 new
screenshots from the project. Also, a new
ECHO: Secrets of the
Lost Cavern product page is home to this upcoming point-and-click adventure.
Finally,
JoWooD
Productions has launched product pages for
SpellForce 2 and
Gothic III,
though neither page offers new screenshots or other media. Thanks
Frans.
Another new Bet on Soldier movie is now available on
the Kylotonn Entertainment
website, showing off more of the upcoming chancy first-person shooter. Also, a new
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance Trailer is online, showing off the upcoming
sci-fi TV show tie-in in high and low resolutions (though this is actually more
like low and lower resolutions). Finally,
as noted
here, this
WEBZEN
Games Website offers a new SUN clip showing off this upcoming MMORPG. Thanks
Frans.
Game maker Ubisoft
fights back (thanks Mike Martinez) describes how Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot is
asking the board of directors to resist further overtures from EA
(
story), owner of 20% of the company (
story).
Here's word on their quest to remain independent:
"We prefer by far to
remain independent as we will be able to double our value in the next two years
as we will double our effort," said Mr Guillemot.
"The profits of the company will grow fast because the products are selling well
and generating lots of revenue."
"If our shareholders are happy with what we do they will not sell their shares,
they will keep them as it is a great investment for them," he said.
Ubisoft's sales have risen fast over the past five years, hitting 537m euros
(£389m) in the 2004-2005 financial year.
Eight of its games, such as Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia, sold more than
17 million copies worldwide.
"We are in a business of creation," said Mr Guillemot, "we need to keep the
creativity and that is the value of the company."
A new
FAQ on the
Deep Shadows Website offers troubleshooting tips for Boiling Point: Road to
Hell (thanks
Frans). Also,
RPG Vault's World
of Warcraft Tips #26 are online, offering guidance on playing as the Orc
race and playing the Scarlet Monastery dungeon in Blizzard's MMORPG.
Game
Institute Releases New AI Course (thanks Mike Martinez). "This course primarily
explores two of the most significant areas of game AI: decision making and
environment navigation."
Our foray through the city yesterday was not as easy as I would have imagined on
what we thought was the dead day of the three-day weekend, as traffic on the way
back was pretty rough. We made our planned stop at Stew Leonard's but it was a
zoo in there -- there's actually a sign in the story quoting the New York Times
saying it's like a zoo and circus, but that was actually referring to the number
of gimmicks there to appeal to youngsters. Anyway, we decided to forego the
cookout and barely escaped with our sanity intact. The weather is cooperating
again, so we may try today, but it will involve shopping at a local market, I
don't want to be on the highway with all that holiday return traffic.
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