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Archived News:
2K
Announces Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles Box Set Now Available (thanks
Frans) has word that the Civ collection is now available: New York, NY -
October 25, 2006 - 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
(NASDAQ: TTWO), and the Company's world-renowned development studio Firaxis
Games, today announced the definitive Civilization collector's edition, Sid
Meier's Civilization Chronicles, is now available for PC in stores across North
America.
With more than seven million units sold, Sid Meier's strategy and
simulation-driven Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest gaming
franchises of all time, and now for the first time, the entire series is
compiled in one behemoth package. The set includes: Sid Meier's Civilization I,
Sid Meier's Civilization II, Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds, Civilization II:
Conflicts in Civilization, Civilization II: Test of Time, Sid Meier's
Civilization III, Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World, Sid Meier's
Civilization III: Conquests and Sid Meier's Civilization IV.
A new
Crysis movie (direct link) offers a lengthy narrated walkthrough of Crytek's upcoming
first-person shooter. Also, a new F.E.A.R. Extraction Point movie offers a look at "the art
of the mini-gun" in TimeGate's new expansion for Monolith's eerie shooter. The
download is available from
3D Gamers and
Worthplaying.
Also, the You are Empty
Website now offers downloads of a new gameplay movie from Digital Spray
Studios' upcoming alternate-history first-person shooter set back in the US…
back in the US… back in the USSR. Also, the
Guild Wars Gallery offers
a new trailer #3 for the upcoming Nightfall expansion for ArenaNet's MMORPG.
Thanks Frans.
An Ankh: Heart of Osiris German demo is now available, offering those
comfortable with the German language the chance to sample DECK13 Interactive's
adventure sequel. The demo can be found in the downloads section of
the official Ankh website, and
mirrored on 3D Gamers,
Gamer's Hell, and
Worthplaying. A
French demo for the game has also been spotted in the wild, but the installer is
corrupted for that one.
This page
offers a new patch for the UK edition of FIFA 07, updating the sports management
sequel, offering a huge number of roster changes and a couple of bug fixes. The
approximately billion other language versions of the patch can be found in
this FTP directory.
- Hellgate: London
The
Hellgate: London Q&A on Strategy Informer chats up Bill Roper of
Flagship Studios about their upcoming action/RPG: "We aren’t planning on
releasing mod tools, chiefly because of the secured online component of
Hellgate: London. There are certain aspects of the game where we do
anticipate players creating their own content – such as in ways to track
information, alter the UI and so forth. As for altering graphics, changing
game play and so forth, this is something we just can’t do since we are an
MMO in terms of our online support. It won’t surprise me to see players
create their own single-player content, or multiplayer content that doesn’t
alter the core play experience. In either case, we aren’t currently planning
on providing specific support to enable this. We also haven’t had any
discussions about specifically preventing it – except in the case of the
secured online play, of course."
- Green Monster Games
Curt
Schilling looks to Green Monster for his future on News.com is an
article-format interview with the Red Sox pitcher about his game company,
and plans to create an MMORPG: "I am not getting into this for (fame and
money). Those at GMG will operate on a 50-50 profit share with the employees
in the company. My goal is to reap the rewards with the people who create
it."
- Infinite Interactive
The
Infinite Interactive Q&A on FiringSquad talks with Steve Fawkner about
the status of Seven Kingdoms: Conquest, Warlords V, and more: "Warlords V is
in development, but our main focus has been on getting our first DS, PSP &
Xbox 360 game complete, and that really has just sucked away all of our
spare time. I was very sad that I no longer had time to continue the
Warlords V dev diaries, but I think I will likely return to them after
Christmas as we begin to ramp up some more work on Warlords V."
- BoundlessPlanet
BoundlessPlanet
developers chat about the MMORTS title on GameZone is a Q&A about the
MMORTS with Alexander Adell and Justin Sadowski: "While the concepts and
designs are relatively futuristic (hover tanks, VTOL transports, missile
tanks, etc.), we’ve made an attempt to maintain as many analogies as
possible to modern warfare. Battles are fought on land, sea, and air, using
artillery shells, machine guns, and missiles, and all the vehicles consume
fuel. New players start with very little, but, like most RTS’s, they’re able
to build research facilities and factories that allow them to produce an
increasingly powerful and technologically advanced motorpool."
- RPG Roundtable
RPG
Vault's RPG Roundtable #6 - Part 3 continues this then-versus-now
discussion of the role-playing genre.
- Dungeons & Dragons Online: Demon Sands on
MMORPG.COM.
- Guild Wars: Nightfall on
XPGrind.
- Heretic Kingdoms: Reluctant Hero on
RPG
Watch. Designer Diary.
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas on
IGN.
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade on
Blizzplanet.
Best Halloween decoration seen in our neighborhood so far: Several sets of
eyeballs mysteriously peering from within a hedge. Oddest decoration: Those
creepy cobwebs, also decorating hedges, but this time in purple. Maybe these
spiders are Prince fans.
Activision announces Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is shipping to stores for PC,
Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, PSP, and GBA, with Wii and PS3 versions to arrive when the
next generation dawns: Control of the world’s largest army of Super
Heroes is now in the hands of gamers everywhere as Marvel: Ultimate Alliance has
shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Delivering an all-new action-RPG
experience, the game allows players to create their own dream team from the
biggest roster of Super Heroes ever including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and
Captain America, and embark on an epic quest that will ultimately determine the
fate of Earth and the Marvel Universe.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is currently available for the Xbox 360 for a
suggested retail price of $59.99, the Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC and PSP for $39.99
and the GBA version is $29.99. The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii versions of
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance will be available in mid-November, making the title
the first Super Hero game on all next generation systems. The console, PC and
PSP platforms have been rated “T” (“Teen” – Mild Language, Violence) and the GBA
version has been rated “E10+” (“Everyone 10+” – Fantasy Violence) by the ESRB.
Steam News
announces the release of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic via Steam, saying
Arkane's action/RPG is now available to North American customers, and will be
released for European territories on Friday: Dark Messiah of Might and
Magic™ On Steam™ Now
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is available now for those in North America for
just $49.95. For those outside of North America, the game will be made available
at 10 am GMT this Friday, October 27.
For more information on Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, please visit
http://www.mightandmagic.com/.
3D
Realms/Third Party Developers Q&A on FiringSquad talks with Scott Miller
about his recent indications that 3D Realms will be taking a more active role in
nurturing third-party developers: "It shouldn't have much of an effect at all,
because DNF is fully internal, and these new projects will be full external.
With the 3D Realms office, it is generally only me who works with external teams
(and soon a Creative Director who will help me), so the impact upon our internal
project is very, very small. The only time there's an impact is when an external
project is near release, and a handful of people within 3DR play through the
game and few times and provide bug finds and play-testing comments. That impact
is about one 30 man-days total, equal to the whole company spending one full day
on the game."
We have a little technical difficulty here at the BlueTower, as a DNS issue has
left us without email. Things will likely be straightened out before too long,
but if you sent along something since last night, chances are it hasn't been
seen yet.
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