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Archived News:
A new Wolfschanze 1944 FAQ
(thanks Frans) answers some common questions about Calaris' upcoming
alternate-history World War II game. Along the way, they redefine the game's
release date in answering whether the game is still scheduled for June:
The premiere will be delayed because we want to brush up the whole
material. The end of work is planned for august.
2K Games has launched their
Vietcong 2 Product Section, dedicated to Pterodon's upcoming military
shooter sequel (thanks Frans). Also, the
Voodoo Nights Website is online (thanks Tiscali Games), home to Mindware's upcoming
supernatural buddy cop game. Finally, a Flash teaser site for
Conflict:
Global Terror is online, promising that the full site dedicated to the
upcoming counter-terrorist game is coming soon.
- TimeShift
The E3 trailer for TimeShift is now available,
allowing the chance to experience Saber Interactive's upcoming shooter just
like attendees of the show (you'll have to supply your own booth babes). The
movie is available on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, and
Worthplaying.
- Codename: Panzers Phase Two
A pair of new Codename:
Panzers Phase Two movies are now available, offering a couple of teases of
Stormregion's upcoming World War II RTS sequel. The clips can be found on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, and
Worthplaying.
- Heroes of the Pacific
A pair of new movies are now
available for Heroes of the Pacific, the E3 clip and another, shorter movie,
providing two chances to look at the World War II aerial combat game in the
works at IR Gurus Interactive. One or both of the clips can be found on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, Gamer's
Hell, and
Worthplaying.
- Worms 4: Mayhem
A new Worms 4: Mayhem movie is now
available, showing off some of the weaponry in Team 17's upcoming
invertebrate sequel. The clip can be found on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, Gamer's
Hell, and
Worthplaying.
- Big Mutha Truckers 2
A pair of Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck
Me Harder (and you thought the name was overboard before the subtitle, huh?)
movies are online, and contradicting the game's announcement, the
Eutechnyx
and
Amazon.co.uk websites each indicate this 18 wheeling game is headed for
PCs. The clips can be found on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, and
Worthplaying.
A new Manhattan Chase
patch is now available, updating Team6's shooting and racing game to version
1.2. The update for Halloween Jack's favorite game can be found on
3D Gamers,
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
and Worthplaying.
As noted on the
N-Fusion Website, the editing tools for Elite Warriors: Vietnam are now
available (thanks Frans).
This page offers
slightly expanded details, saying: "With the tools in this zip you can create
new maps, missions, and campaigns for EWV. To install just unzip into the game
directory. Tutorials and documentation are in the Docs/ directory. The file is
14MB."
The
Battlefield 2 Website now has the press release officially proclaiming BF2
gold, adding a ship date of June 21, 2005 for the modern warfare shooter (thanks
Frans). Here's the deal: Battlefield 2 Goes GOLD!
This just in from the front lines…Battlefield 2 has officially gone GOLD! The
game will begin shipping under the EA GAMES brand starting Tuesday, June 21,
2005.
In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military
superpowers: the United States, China, or the newly formed Middle East
Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of
any of the game’s 30+ vehicles. Players can also hone their skills against
improved enemy intelligence in the new single-player campaign before competing
online with up to 64 players in some of the most intense battles on the PC.
Enhanced team play features allow players to enter the action on the front lines
as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct
the strategic assaults of their teammates. With the new online character ranking
and persistence, players increase their rank and unlock awards, including new
weapons, medals, and more.
Developed by Sweden-based developer, Digital Illusions, the creators of the
original Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 is rated “T” (Teen) by the ESRB and has
an MSRP of $49.99. For more information about Battlefield 2, please visit
http://battlefield2.ea.com or our press
Web site at http://info.ea.com
The WOLFGaming Network
has a confirmation that Battlefield 2 is gold (story below) from EA's Ben
Smith, community liaison on DICE's upcoming multiplayer shooter. Their query
about the news elicited the following response: "You can consider it official
and source me, yes." The gold announcement is in keeping with the most recent
release date for the game, which is this month ( story).
PlanetBattlefield is
reporting that Battlefield 2 is gold (thanks Frans), citing an unnamed "reliable
source" for word that development is complete on DICE's military shooter sequel.
They say to expect the official announcement "shortly."
Steam News
has word on a new version of Half-Life 2 Deathmatch that will be automatically
applied via Steam. The update to the multiplayer side of Valve's first-person
shooter sequel includes a handful of bug-fixes.
A new Battlefield 2 movie is online, showing off DICE's upcoming modern combat
military shooter sequel. The clip shows off over two-minutes of a Chinese
assault on a U.S. position for a 95 MB download. The clip is available on
3D Gamers,
Battlefield Nation,
Filerush
(torrent), Gameguru Mania, and
Worthplaying.
Shrapnel Games announces
that The Falklands War: 1982 is gold. The wargame based on the brief conflict
between Britain and Argentina is available for pre-order, with shipments
expected on June 24, 2005. In the meantime, there's a recently released
two-scenario
demo with a sample of the game. Here is how the project is described:
The Falklands War: 1982 is the first computer wargame (and one of the
first wargames in general, whether computer or board) to truly examine all the
facets of the conflict and wrap it in a shell that provides gamers with an
in-depth look at the how and why of the battles that raged over a chain of
islands with nearly 700,000 sheep and only 1,800 human inhabitants. While the
conflict is still quite fresh in the minds of the English and the Argentineans,
for the rest of the world it was a vaguely remembered sideshow during the Cold
War era. Designed by Gary Bezant, a veteran artillery officer in the British
Army with an extensive repository of British military lore, it is hoped that as
wargamers delve into The Falklands War: 1982 they will walk away with a deeper
understanding of the events in the South Atlantic over two decades ago.
This
Strategy First Webpage (thanks Frans) reveals plans for Disciples II:
Gallean's Return, an upcoming bundle that combines the original Disciples II:
Dark Prophecy (patch with all post-release updates), along with the Guardians of
the Light and the Servants of the Dark stand-alone expansions. This content is
also a subset of the Disciples II Gold edition ( story), but
Gallean's Return apparently will offer additional new campaigns and content.
- The Nexuiz Website now features the
release of Nexuiz, a deathmatch shooter freely released under terms of the
GPL. Word is: "Nexuiz is built on the power of the Darkplaces engine, which
is a heavily modified version of the original Quake. Darkplaces features
realtime lighting and stencil shadows, bumpmapping, gloss, bloom, and
totally rewritten network code that supports up to 64 players on a single
server. While quality gameplay was our primary goal, it's graphics
technology and artwork allows the game to compete with the current quality
of commercial games."
- A new Alpha 6 of the Stupid Angry Bot is now available for DOOM 3,
offering an even stupider angrier AI opponent for id's first-person shooter,
the download can be found on
Doom 3 Files.
This forum
thread covers feedback on the release.
Nirvana3D Engine Tutorials Started (thanks Mike Martinez) covering "a simple RTTI
implementation and basic classes, such as nvArray, nvKernel, nvString, etc."
Boomtown's
World of Warcraft Player Guide is online, offering guidance on Blizzard's
MMORPG, while seeking further submissions to further round out the guide.
- ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 nForce 4 Ultra Motherboard on
OCTools.
- Arisetek Accent Case on
bit-tech.net.
- Corsair 1GB XPERT Series 3200XL Memory on
SystemCooling.
- Danger Den DD12V-D4 External Water Pump on
TECHNIZ.CO.UK.
- Foxconn WinFast NF4K8MC Motherboard on
ViperLair.
- Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 CPU on
GamePC.
- The Koolance Exos-2 Water Cooling on
Legit Reviews.
- Matrox Parhelia APVe Video Card on
TrustedReviews.
- MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard on
PCStats.
- NZXT Trinity Pre-Modified ATX PC Case on
Guru3D.
- Samsung SyncMaster 710N 17" LCD TFT Monitor on
Tweaknews.net.
- Samsung SyncMaster 910MP 19" LCD Monitor on
TechTastic.
- Samsung SyncMaster 915N 19" LCD Monitor on
Futurelooks.
- Sapphire RADEON X850XT Platinum Edition AGP Video Card on
LostCircuits.
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W7 Digital Camera on
TrustedReviews.
June already? Where does the time go? Hell, where does it come from in the first
place?
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