Arkane Studios reveals
development of The Crossing, an upcoming game that is described in their graphic
as "Fusing SinglePlayer with MultiPlayer." There's a new
The Crossing Product
Section for the game, but there's nothing there at the moment. Word is: "If
you’re wondering what game Arkane Studios is working on next, tune in to
The 1UP Show from Ziff Davis. The fall season finale episode (#60, which
airs December 22nd) will have a sneak-peek teaser of our next big project. Be
sure to tune in then." The program (which can theoretically be streamed, but in
our experience, had to be downloaded), offers a teaser for what's described as
the first "crossplayer" FPS game.
This FTP directory offers
downloads of patches to update the other versions of the strategy management
sequel (also known as 1701 A.D.) to version 1.01. The French, Italian, Polish,
Spanish, and U.K. editions of the update are also mirrored on
3D Gamers.
Lara Croft:
Tomb Raider Anniversary Product Section is live as home to the upcoming
installment in the Tomb Raider series. On tap is some information about the
game, but no new media. Thanks
Frans.
There's a
The Shield
Q&A on Worthplaying discussing the upcoming police game, and its
resurrection from a near-death experience: "The Shield was at Alpha when it was
cancelled. Although not tuned, it was mostly content complete and had a modest
amount of QA by Sammy Studios. After The Shield was cancelled, most of that team
rolled on to World Championship Poker 2. Fortunately, a few of the key artists
and programmers were able to roll back on to the resurrected Shield project
after Poker. Some of the NARC and NASCAR guys worked on The Shield, but they
mostly focused on helping the remnants of the team realize their original vision
for the game."
The
Poke646 Website offers the release of
Poke646: Vendetta, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the first installment in
this Half-Life modification. For the moment this requires the
Steam edition of
Half-Life, but word is: "For the Steam non-lovers, we will post instructions on
how to get P:V running under HL 1.1.1.0 within the next days. It's buggy, it's
ugly and it's not supported... but it works."
Off to DaddyBlue's for the first of our family celebrations for the holidays
this afternoon. It's possible my bro WalterEgo and clan will not be able to
attend today, as their cat has been stricken with a medical emergency, and it's
unclear how they will have to deal with that, so we may end up adding a
previously unscheduled visit to our holiday itinerary. Here's hoping it doesn't
come to that, as his kitty is an utter sweetheart, and I'm keeping my fingers
crossed that it turns out to be something minor.
R.I.P.:
Former Vermont Sen. Stafford Dies at 93.
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