Archived News:
The America's Army Website now offers
an updated version 2.8.4 of this freeware military shooter created by the U.S.
Army. The new version introduces a new distribution system that allows easy
access to the game's community and future dynamic content. Here's word on the
content in the new version: "This release contains the Every Soldier a Sensor
(ES2) training mission and a new multiplayer co-operative mission. We've also
improved the performance of our AI to react in a more realistic manner. Included
in the version, is the all new Deploy Client; a revolutionary way for you to get
the game and keep you up to date on all the latest happenings inside the
America's Army community. Lock and load, it's time to go to work!"
The first release of the Portal: Prelude
Source-engine modification is now available, with a full roster of downloads
mirrors on the Portal:
Prelude Downloads Page after a 24 hour FilePlanet exclusive.
The "about" page outlines
the nature of this project, which is an unofficial prequel to Valve's Portal,
set prior to the creation of GlaDOS.
The Sins of a Solar
Empire Website now offers the promised third beta of Ironclad's 4X space
strategy game, you can find details on this in
this forum post. In a
semi-related note,
this post has word that an updated version of Stardock's
Impulse platform is now available.
2K Sports announces MLB Front Office Manager, a fantasy baseball game due
for release before the end of this year on Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Here's a bit: "MLB Front Office Manager lets gamers do everything a real-life
baseball GM can do to develop a team from Spring TrainingTM through a full MLB
season, into the playoffs and the World Series. Using Major League teams and
players, gamers will create their own fictional baseball universe and build
their reputation into elite status. Gamers can replace aging veterans with
rookies, scout the Minor Leagues, make blockbuster trades, and even participate
in bidding wars for posted players from Japan as they make their way to the Hall
of Fame."
There's a
Saints Row 2 Q&A on GamingExcellence talking with James Tsai about the
imminent release of Saint's Row 2, Volition's open-world action sequel. The
design director on the project discusses various aspects of the game design, and
how it improves upon the original game: "From both an environmental and thematic
standpoint, the city of Stilwater has become quite a different place in the
intervening years between Saints Row and Saints Row 2. Though it's only been a
few years in terms of story, we went all out and packed in an unrealistic amount
of change because we wanted to emphasize fun and rediscovery for the players."
Also, a new launch trailer for the game is available, this can be found on
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and
MyGameTrailers.
The Rage of War Website now offers a new
patch for Rage of War, updating Evolution Vault's science fiction RTS
game to version 1.2i. The update adds new voice-overs to the tutorial and new
soundtracks, and addresses a handful of bugs. In addition to the patch, there is
an updated version 1.2i demo.
Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
I thought of a thank you I forgot this morning, which is to express gratitude to
all of you who take the time to send in news tips. The most conspicuous are Mike Martinez
and Ant, who have been so amazing about this over the years, I think it
discourages some people from thinking there is anything they haven't already
submitted. There are more than just those two, however, but I'll resist the
temptation to list them by name, because I'll surely forget someone. Anyway,
these submissions are another essential element to the process here, and I
didn't want to let the occasion pass without making note of that fact.
Following premature reports yesterday, Bethesda Softworks now
officially announces that Fallout 3 is gold, and the post-apocalyptic
RPG sequel is due in North America as promised ( story) on October
28, in Europe on October 30 (a day earlier than previously announced), on
October 30 in Australia, and on October 31 in the UK. There is now a FAQ on the
Fallout Website with
these release dates, details on the game, and system requirements. Here are
those specifications: The minimum system calls for a 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or
equivalent processor, Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA
6800 or better/ATI X850 or better), and 1 GB of RAM for Windows XP and 22 GB of
RAM for Windows Vista. The recommended system specs include an Intel Core 2 Duo
processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM
(NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series).
Cliffski’s Blog,
maintained by Positech's Cliff Harris, draws attention to a
Get our
games on Steam Petition begun by
Mode 7 Games to try
and get games by independent developers on Valve's delivery service. Here's
Cliff's comment on this: "The petition is
here.
If you have a spare 5 minutes, please sign it. Indie devs need all the support
we can get. My eyes water when I look at how much most advertising companies
charge to promote my games, so getting on steam is one way I can get in front of
lots of gamers without needing the megabucks that the big established companies
like EA have."
Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Herald has some preliminary patch notes for
an upcoming version 1.02 patch for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
The new version of the Warhammer MMORPG will include code that makes it even
harder for gold spammers to do business, realm bonuses to promote population
balance, siege weapon interface improvements based on player feedback, buff
tweaks, new chat tabs, and more. These plans are subject to change, and when the
patch is expected to go live is not specified. Thanks
Massively.
This press
release announces November 18 is the official North American and European
release date for Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Codemasters'
upcoming expansion for the Tolkienesque MMORPG. The announcement outlines a
European preorder program that offers exclusive bonus items and special
subscription pricing, saying preorder customers qualify for a lifetime
membership that will cost £119.99/€149.99.
A new Call of Duty: World at War "fire & destruction" trailer shows off
some of the, well, fire & destruction in the next installment in the military
shooter series, currently nearing completion at Treyarch. The clip is posted on
FileFront and Gamer's
Hell.
A Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II movie offers a walkthrough of part of
the Space Marine campaign in Relic's upcoming science fiction RTS sequel. You
can find the movie on
AtomicGamer, Gamer's
Hell, and
MyGameTrailers.
Gametrailers has a pair
of new TGS 08 trailers for Prince of Persia, the upcoming remake of, you
know, Prince of Persia. There's a
Gameplay Montage
where you can "Jump, swing, and fight with the Prince," and a "beauty"
trailer with a slow
motion look at some of the game's lush visuals and some coordinated combat.
Eurogamer
spoke with Electronic Arts and learned the PC edition of Command & Conquer
Red Alert 3 is due on October 31. The Xbox 360 edition of the
alternate-history real-time strategy game will trail that Halloween release by a
couple of weeks on November 14, and they remind us that the state of a PS3
edition is up in the air at this point ( story).
Online game service GameTap rolls out their Thursday content update, which
includes the chance to play
Tomb Raider:
Anniversary for free for the next week. They've also added a pair of new
premium games: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Ocean
Express.
A pair of demo are now available for Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remastered,
an upcoming enhanced edition of this mystery/adventure game from Focus Home
Interactive and Frogwares. The new version adds all the sex and gun battles from
the novels, no wait, that's James Bond, in this case the new edition will offer
enhanced graphics, a third-person view option, and interface tweaks. There's an English demo on
ComputerGames.ro,
FileFront, and
Gamer's Hell. There's also a French-language demo on
AtomicGamer,
ComputerGames.ro, and
Gamer's Hell.
Thanks Mike Martinez. Lots from the 2008 Tokyo Game Show:
The Frontlines Website has
news that ranked servers are now online for Frontlines: Fuel of War,
allowing you to see how you compare with other players of Kaos Studios'
military-themed shooter. There are currently seven servers, and they will be
accepting applications from additional server providers in the future.
The Sins of a Solar
Empire Website has word that a beta 3 of the version 1.1 patch for Sins
of a Solar Empire will be released to testers today. Word is one more
beta for Ironclad Games' 4X space strategy game will come later this month
before the patch is ready for its full release.
This forum post has
the change list for the new beta.
- Dark Horizon on
Boomtown.
- King's Bounty: The Legend on
GameZone.
- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space on
Bucket Bros. 5 Reasons I Bought the Game.
Today we celebrate the 12th anniversary of this site moving to its own domain,
as bluesnews.com went live on October 9, 1996. This seems like a good
opportunity to offer some thanks. From this side I thank 2 for creating the
custom logos that we've resumed displaying, as well as the main logo on which
the custom ones are based. I also once again thank Frans, who has been so
instrumental in so many things we've done around here for years, and most
recently for devoting himself to clearing up some issues on the server side of
things and implementing lots of helpful new features. Finally, most importantly,
thanks to all of you for your support all these years.
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