Archived News:
Yahoo! Games has word that they will be debuting the playable demo for the
PC edition of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at Noon Eastern time on Thursday,
October 11. There is a streaming video embedded in that page to offer a preview
of the demo for Infinity Ward's coming military shooter sequel. Thanks
Planet
Call of Duty.
Enemy
Territory: QUAKE Wars Website offers a status update on the Linux editions
of Splash Damage's first person shooter from id's Timothee Besset: On the
server front, we've now released stable server builds for the demo and the
retail release. There are over 1,300 servers running the Linux version already
(more than Windows in fact) so as a Linux proponent myself, I'm really pleased
with its popularity.
I've also been making steady progress with the Linux Client, and it's coming
along really well. We've been running a closed-beta test for 'friends and
family' for a little while, and for the past couple of weeks have had a fully
functional version of the demo running. The closed-beta testers are now able to
play alongside Windows players on the same version, with full Punkbuster
support. The major systems including the renderer and audio are working great,
and performance has been good on both the NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards.
Alongside my other responsibilities at id, my focus now is on optimization for
the Linux Client. If everything goes to plan, we should have the Linux Client
ready for release in just a few weeks.
Steam News
announces a new client update for the Team Fortress 2 beta is now available. The
new version fixes three bugs, adds a low pages memory pool warning, and fixes an
exploit.
Last night's Steam client update left some folks unable to connect to play
games, telling them they were unable to connect to the internet, when this was
not actually the case, they were just unable to connect to Steam. The
Steam
Users Forums (thanks Frans) offer a simple workaround, saying that deleting
the "clientregistry.blob" file gets things working again.
Shooting For Perfection: The Cevat Yerli Interview on GameInformer talks
with Crytek’s Cevat Yerli about Crysis, their eagerly anticipated first-person
shooter (thanks
inCrysis). Topic include DirectX 10 support, possible console ports, engine
licensing, opening new studios, Ubisoft developing Far Cry 2, and more. The
article also offers a pair of new screenshots.
The Battlefield Pirates 2 Website now
offers the first update for this seafaring Battlefield 2 modification, updating
it to version 1.2, as version 1.1 was an internal build (thanks Ant and
Planet
Battlefield). Word is: "This major overhaul not only features a range of bug
fixes, including for the notorious crash issues, but also introduces a couple
new treats to our swashbuckling mod. In addition, the developers have done their
magic and have been able to reduce the file size as well as fix the broken maps,
delivering a more stable game for all pirates out on the Seven Seas."
Some folks are coming by the BlueTower today for a cookout, this is the Columbus
Day weekend, so this could be considered the rationale for a get-together, but
we didn't actually realize when we made our plans. Anyway, the weather is going
to be surprisingly cooperative, with the forecast calling for temperatures in
the mid-80s, and with children coming this will help them stay entertained. In
further bit of quasi-summer action I was able to score a couple of bags of
charcoal, after being unable to locate any just a couple of weeks ago; the store
had a pretty healthy supply, so I think I'll pick up a few more bags soon to
cover our grilling needs for the winter.
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