All the doors on the
Shadowgrounds Christmas Calendar are unlocked, and under Door 24 is a teaser
video for an upcoming new Shadowgrounds game that will be officially announced
by FrozenByte in January and released in Q2 2007. The clip offers a look at an
encounter between a futuristic soldier and a cyborg enemy, and we understand a
longer version of this teaser is coming in January/February. Meanwhile, Door 25
offers a new
Shadowgrounds
Xmas miniwar 2006 web game.
The
exDream entertainment Website (thanks
Frans) offers first word on Arena Wars Reloaded, an updated edition of their RTS
game using an all-new graphics engine. Here's what they are revealing at this
time:
I got many ICQ requests and some mails asking what this new Arena
Wars Reloaded game is about. I guess many people saw the news entry on
gamestar.de.
Yes, we are developing a new Arena Wars game and it is called Arena Wars
Reloaded. It features a new graphic engine and many new cool features, which
will be announced soon. It will be completed in March 2007 and it will come out
(hopefully worldwide) in May 2007. Not much I can say else right now, we are
still working on several other projects and we will announce them too when the
time is ready :) Stay tuned.
Ensemble Studios' Age of Empires III Home
(thanks
Frans) has word on the coming version 1.02 patch for The WarChiefs, the
AoE3 expansion, which is basically also the change list for the coming version
1.10 patch for the base Age of Empires III game. Client fixes. balance changes,
and network/ESO fixes are on tap for the patches, which are said to be coming in
January.
Well, we did get together with my bro and co. in yesterday's celebration, sadly
this was because the news was bad enough on their kitty that she had to be put
down. She was, however, pushing 18 years old, and had been very healthy through
her life, so we just tried to reflect on what a good run she had. Aside from
that somber note, our gathering was especially pleasant, and our other
get-together for the holidays is slated for tomorrow, so we have a quiet evening
at home planned for tonight.
I did see a pair of weaving, presumably intoxicated, drivers on the road,
however, which serves as a reminder to be extra careful sharing the road on the
holidays, not to mention to be responsible with your own carousing if you are
the designated driver.
R.I.P.:
Slapstick
comic Drake dies at 81 and
Presley's
songwriter Linde dies.
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