Archived News:
Friday, Apr 21, 2000
MDK2 Movie [9:22 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Interplay has released a new movie from MDK2, the first one to show off half a minute of footage from the heavily-armed player character Max in BioWare's hopefully imminent third-person action sequel. MDK, of course, stands for Mountain, Dale, Knoll.
Alice Update [9:05 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
A new update to the official Alice site reveals one of the book's most famous characters, the White Rabbit, who is "a well-intentioned but erratic guide through the introductory cantos of the Queen of Heart’s inferno."
Daikatana Demo Mirrors [8:55 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
As expected, the demand for the Daikatana demo that was just released on GameSpot makes a list of mirrors useful, so here are a couple of sites known to have a copy of the file:
On Daikatana Dedicated Servers [8:34 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
GameSpy's David "crt" Wright sent along these instructions for running
a dedicated server with the just-released Daikatana demo (see below):
To run a dedicated Daikatana demo server and have it show up in the in-game browser (Powered by GameSpy!) you need to run with "-dedicated" and "+set public 1"
For example, use the following command line to start a 16 player server on e3dm2:
daikatana.exe -dedicated +set public 1 +set hostname "www.planetdaikatana.com!" +set maxclients 16 +map e3dm2
Voyager Shots [8:09 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
New screenshots
from Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, Raven's upcoming Quake III Arena
engine title, have been posted at Gamecenter. While roughly half of the shots
appeared in a preview earlier this week, the rest are new.
Vampire Preview [7:51 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Gamecenter has written up a
hands-on preview of Nihilistic's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, featuring
a very detailed look at the game, as well as new screenshots from a wide variety
of areas in the game.
Daikatana Demo [7:15 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Following up on the gold announcement, GameSpot has now posted a new playable demo for Daikatana, the first-person shooter was just completed at ION Storm. This demo weighs in at a hefty 102.5 MB and offers three new single-player levels and three multiplayer levels.
Daikatana Gold [7:11 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
GameSpot has confirmed with Eidos that Daikatana, the first-person shooter by ION Storm that has been surrounded by controversy because delays in its development, is now finished and has officially gone gold. From all of us here in the Blue Tower, we'd like to congratulate everyone at ION Storm on the release of their game.
Soldier of Fortune 1.04 Beta Released [6:43 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Raven has released a version 1.04 beta patch for Soldier of Fortune (here's
a
local copy with mirrors). This patch fixes all manner of bugs, including
fixes to the EAX sound system, errors in Windows 2000, an issue with spectator
mode, several map-specific issues, and lots more. Here's an abbreviated list
of changes (a full list can be found in Rick Johnson's .plan
update or on
our mirrors page):
* Fixed crash in EAX sound code when playing old sounds
* Fixed crash in DM when getting killed by standing over a flaming body
* Fixed crash in DM for Arsenal caused by weapon switching / inventory bug
* Fixed a bug in detection of remote IP address for systems with multiple IPs
* Re-organized CD copy protection
* Fixed problem where people had difficulty connecting to servers
* Fixed an issue with spectator mode
* Added a "-nostart" command line option, so that dedicated servers won't automatically start dedicated.cfg
* Fixed irqctf1 where players could get in bad spots
* EAX performance optimizations
* Server Browers updates info when bringing up the status of a particular server
* Clients connecting to dedicated servers no longer need a CD
Note: This patch should be considered BETA software and has not been fully tested. You should re-install the game if you need to return to V1.03.
Also included in this version is a DLL from Creative Labs. This emulates EAX2.0 on any card that supports EAX1.0. This would include SB PCI cards, Vortex2 cards, and older Sensura based cards. To install this feature, run the batch file in the SoF directory called "installeax.bat"
Unreal Tournament for PS2 [3:54 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
A post called Infogrames' E3 lineup
on GameSpot news mentions that one of the games they will be showing off at
this year's E3 will be Unreal Tournament for the PlayStation 2. Since this has
always been discussed as an unofficial project Epic was experimenting with, I
called Epic's Mark Rein to ask about this, and here's the result:
Blue: So does this mean gamers should actually expect to be able to buy UT for the PS2?
Mark: Most definitely. The game will be on display in its early stages at E3 in the Infogrames booth, and we intend to be in stores right around the time the PS2 is released.
Blue: Really! Here's the inevitable next question then: What about keyboard and mouse support?
Mark: The PS2 has USB support and there are plenty of USB mice and keyboards out there, so we intend to do our best to support those as well as any other USB peripherals we can, like joysticks and gamepads.
Blue: What about modem/Internet support?
Mark: We'd love to do that but it is not yet clear if there will actually be a standardized supported way to do so. Either way, for sure down the road, when Sony gets its broadband solution in place, we'll be there. In the meantime we will definitely support networking multiple PS2s using firewire, and we may be able to show that off at E3.
Klingon Academy Demo Released [3:51 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
3dfxGamers has released their
exclusive multiplayer Klingon Academy Demo (thanks LOCO). Just to keep you
happy while you're downloading the 100+ MB demo, they have also posted new
concept artwork, MP3s
featuring excerpts from the soundtrack, wallpaper
images, and new screenshots
from the game.
Deus Ex Interview [2:23 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
DXZone has posted a
10 question interview with designer Warren Spector, talking to him about
the world of Deus Ex, including the police presence in the game and the state
of major cities, as well as a couple of gameplay specific questions and a question
about the possibility of a movie based on the game.
Dark Sector Q&A [2:05 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
A Q&A
with Digital Extreme's Starsky Partridge is up at The Darker Sector (thanks
Shugashack). Starsky is the man responsible
for the sound effects and music in Dark Sector, their upcoming Unreal Tournament
powered massively multiplayer deathmatch game, and he drops some hints about
what you can expect from the tunes, as well as saying, "The space flight
is looking unbelievable..."
New Action HL Model Pack [1:59 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
A new model pack for Action Half-Life
has been released. This version adds a fixed model.lst file, and contains the
same 32 models and skins as the one released on Wednesday. For those that downloaded
the previous version, a patch is available that fixes the errors included in
that release.
Hired Team: Trial Screenshots [12:28 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Russian gaming site The Daily Telefrag has posted a square nine new screenshots from Hired Team: Trial, the upcoming first-person shooter by New Media Generation. The images show off the new player models in the game, which will first be released as a multiplayer-only shooter, with the singleplayer variant to follow later this year.
Sacrifice Movie [11:37 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Spanish gaming site Ya.com has posted a movie of Sacrifice, the upcoming action/strategy hybrid by Shiny Entertainment. The movie is in streaming RealPlayer format and shows nearly two minutes of in-game footage. The accompanying description is in Spanish of course, so you may like to stick a Babel Fish in your ear.
Codename Eagle Demo & Patch [11:12 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Refraction Games has released a multiplayer demo and a new patch for Codename Eagle, their first-person shooter that was recently released in the US. As their webite is currently down, both demo and patch have been made available on 3D Action Gamers. The multiplayer demo contains one map, but allows playing on LAN and Internet against the full game on that particular map. The retail version 1.33 beta patch works for both US and European editions of the game, and adds a number of new features, such as Destroyers, War Zeppelins, turrets and artillery, as well as various fixes.
Unreal II Not At E3 [10:29 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Contrary to previous reports (story), Stomped @ E3 has now confirmed with Epic's Mark Rein that Unreal II, the FPS sequel by Legend Entertainment, will not be shown at all on next month's trade show E3, because the title is still too early in development and release is "more than a year away." The update also mentions what things Epic will be showing instead.
Voyager Interview [09:57 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
German fan site Hazard Team.de has interviewed
Joshua Weier, AI programmer at Raven on Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force,
their upcoming Quake III Arena engine title. Joshua talks about his background
in the industry (he worked part-time on Hexen 2 while still in high school)
and what gamers can expect from the AI of both the enemies and NPCs in the game.
The interview is available in both English
and German.
Bridge Commander Q&A [09:06 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
AVault has conducted a
Q&A with Totally Games' Larry Holland, talking to him about Bridge Commander,
the upcoming space-sim set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe. As
the game won't ship until 2001, details are slightly scarce, but Larry gives
some general information about the gameplay and design, while promising not
to spoil any surprises too soon.
The Joy of Deus Ex [08:53 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Deus Ex Incarnate
has posted a triple-play of miscellaneous interviews relating to Deus Ex, ION
Storm's upcoming Unreal-engine sci-fi RPG. The Q&As are with Chad
'MISMonkey' Warren (who is indeed their MIS monkey), Alexander Brandon
of Straylight Productions (the game's music monkeys), and Mark Adams
of Westlake Interactive, the
port monkeys at work on the Macintosh version. Excuse me, I have to go now... I
have a strange craving for a banana.
Serious Sam Shots [08:42 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Croteam has updated the Serious Sam website with a new set of screenshots of their upcoming first-person shooter, as well as an overview of the features of the Serious Engine that powers it, illustrated by even more screenshots.
Epilogue Screenshot & Info [08:42 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
GA-Strategy has posted a single new screenshot from Epilogue, a 3D real-time strategic game under construction at Dutch developers Team Sigma, as well as some additional details about the game and its engine.
Diablo II Stuff [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
In a refreshing break from the flood of shots, reports, etc. from the widely
distributed private beta, GameSpot News
has posted some new Diablo II information gleaned from a recent visit they made
to Blizzard to check out progress on the actual game. Included are new
screenshots from Acts II and III, as well as more details about the specific
abilities of all of the classes in the upcoming action/RPG sequel.
Dreamcast Port Dreams [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
There's a Dreamcast Quake III Arena
preview on Dreamcast.IGN.Com discussing the upcoming port in detail, as well
as delving a bit into the history of the first-person shooter (sure to get a rise
out of some for the odd contention that "Golden Eye does not
count" as a "real" FPS). The preview is illustrated with a bunch
of screenshots, but they're all from the PC version. They have also updated
their Dreamcast Half-Life
preview, which now offers the first screenshots of this console port of
Half-Life, Valve's "game-of-the-year," along with a lot of info on the
project, albeit much of it speculative. Thanks Pvt.Ryan.
Tech Bits [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Tease me baby! There's a new Flash intro on the NVIDIA website offering a teaser for what looks like an announcement on April 26, 2000. Thanks Richard Rousselot.
- Asus K7M final version 1009 BIOS is now available (direct link) and out of beta (thanks SlotA.Com), the K7M.COM files page has a mirror up in case the original is tough to get.
- The 3dfx Linux Home has a new Linux Voodoo2 Glide release with Athlon support. Thanks File Flash.
- Ars Technica's The State of PC Hardware evaluates recent HW announcements and tries to put them in perspective.
Voyager Taunts [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Raven's Kenn Hoekstra updated
his .plan pointing the way to this
messageboard thread where you can suggest taunts for the multiplayer portion
of Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, their upcoming Quake III-engine trekkie
shooter. My suggestion? "Your captain is Mrs. Columbo!"
Guides & Walkthroughs [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- DailyRadar.com's Messiah Strat Guide has been updated with another three levels.
- Computer Games Online's Thief II walkthrough Part II is online.
- PC.IGN.Com's Shadow Watch guide is their SW strategy guide (membership-required).
- Allegiance Vault's Stealth Bombing Revisited is an updated strategy guide to being sneaky.
Excessive UT [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Mr. Pants' EXCESSIVE Overkill
page has version 1.0 of Excessive Overkill for Unreal Tournament, the debut
release of this mod originally coded for Quake III Arena. Excessive UT supports
Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination, Last Man Standing,
and Assault. As is often the case with mods, there is not a lot of detail on the
page about either version, so I dug up the description we posted upon the
announcement of Excessive Overkill for Q3A: "Most of the weapons have been
changed to increase their speed and death-dealing power, resulting in mass
mayhem anytime you join a server. Self-damage is turned off, and you start off
with all of the super-charged weapons, so the hurting can start as soon as you
enter!"
Half-Life Admin Mod [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
A new version 0.81 of the Half-Life
Admin Mod is now available. The new release addresses some Win32 glitches,
fixes some file loading bugs, and adds the ability to password models. If you
are unfamiliar with this administrative mod for Half-Life, you're in luck, since
the website has just been redesigned to make it much more accessible to users
looking to find info on the mod.
Star Trek Homeworld [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
The Star Trek vs Star Wars Total Conversion Mod for Homeworld
page has the debut beta release of their Federation mod for Homeworld which
boldly goes where many previous shows, movies, and games have gone before,
offering action set in the Star Trek universe. Beta 0.1 of Federation requires
you install their type 11 alpha, and among other things, "fixes the Type
11's super guns and adds the Delta Flyer and Defiant."
Neverwinter Nights at E3 [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
BioWare to demonstrate Neverwinter Nights at E3
is the press release announcing a demonstration of the networking capabilities
of BioWare's upcoming multiplayer RPG by connecting the demos being given at E3
with demos of the game being conducted at BioWare's offices in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada. The demo is a by-appointment, press-only dealie, but this may
be of interest of those eager to play this upcoming AD&D game as an
indicator of how far along it is in development.
New Ldsl Doom [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
The LSDlDoom page has a new
version 1.4.4.3 of this (deep breath) Ldsl port of LxDoom, the Linux port of
Boom, which is TeamTNT's modified version of the original Doom source code,
which is publicly available under the terms of the GPL. Thanks Jacek Fedoryñski.
More E3 Tix [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Another pair of E3 tickets are being given away... If you have Flash hit the
mute button on your sound card (trust me) and head over to the much-too-noisy Mad
Catz website where they have a pair of the coveted items to give away. Hmmm
Catz tickets... every New York tourist's dream ![=]](/miscimages/smiley4.gif)
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Editing Stuff [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
There are a load of new editing tutorials on Q3Seek.com
with tips on creating maps for Quake III Arena. Also, while probably not really
of use to a mod author other than fun value, we still feel we must point out
that version 2.1 of tinyGL
is now available, offering 3D modeling for the PalmOS. No really. Thanks
Terror_5. Finally, if you don't think that was a stretch for today's Editing
Stuff, how about the Need for Speed 5 graphics editor on www.NFS5.de.
Competitions [07:52 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Razer CPL Winner
Fatality, Makaveli and PowerK interviews on Quake-Arena.de. Also, Redwood's
Razer CPL Pictures Day 3 and 4 shots are up on Stomped.
Play Quake - And Get Paid!
on GameSpot UK News shows how to try to weasel your boss to pay for you to
play Quake as corporate therapy, or some such cover story.
Game Reviews [07:51 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Allegiance on GameSpy.com and Happy Puppy.
- Boarder Zone on 3DGameGear and (Flash only) GG8.com.
- Evolva on Game Over.
- F1 2000 on GameSpot.
- Flight Simulator 2000 on Maximum3D.
- Gunship! on GameRush, GameSpot, and Actiontrip.
- Heroes of Might and Magic III: Shadow of Death on PC.IGN.com.
- KA-52 Alligator vs. Gunship! on CheckOut.com.
- Majesty on Thresh's FiringSquad.
- Messiah on GameSpot AU and CheckOut.com.
- Mobil 1 Rally Championship on Electric Games.
- NASCAR 2000 on 3dfx Gamers.
- Need For Speed : Porsche Unleashed on PC Arena and Gamecenter.
- Rogue Spear: Urban Operations on GameProWorld.
- Soldier of Fortune on Sharky Extreme, 3D Rage, and Electric Playground.
- South Park: Chef's Luv Shack on Well-Rounded Entertainment.
- Star Trek: Armada on Games Domain.
- Star Wars: Force Commander on Something Awful and WomenGamers.
- Starlancer on GameSpot UK.
- Test Drive Le Mans on GamePower.
- Thief II: the Metal Age on Gamelinks.net.
- Tread Marks on Insane Gamers.
Hardware Reviews [07:51 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Abit SlotKET on DocHardware's.
- Abit KA7- KX133 motherboard on CTNews.
- ASUS K7V motherboard on Gamers Depot.
- Rage Fury MAXX video card on GA-Hardware.
- Celeron II Overclocking on Thresh's FiringSquad.
- Diamond MX400 sound card on GameFan.
- Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D on GameWire.Org.
- MSI 6309 motherboard on The Daily Chronic.
- Northwind Golden Fingers overclocker on G3d.
- Pentium III vs. Athlon on GameSpy.Com.
- Pentium III vs. Celeron II on Thresh's FiringSquad has been updated.
- Pentium III 600E CPU on PC STATS Network.
etc. [07:51 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- This PlanetQuake3.net Download page has an updated version of their Quake to Q3A sound pack dealie. The new version replaces the Sarge sounds with the Quake player sounds to make a "Q3Fortress friendly" version of the pack where the player sounds more like he did in QWTF...
- A little follow-up from yesterday. Further word on the PC Accelerator website is that "We don't have specific information on your subscriptions, but from what we've heard they will be switched to PC Gamer." Thanks Chris Atzinger...
- Word from the folks at Gibbed.Com they are shutting down the site almost immediately, so if you are hosted there, you better download any materials you need from there before they disappear permanently...
Out of the Blue [07:51 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
In the inevitable punch line to yesterday's setup, the DSL man just plain didn't
show up yesterday (this is not the guy who needed to get in the basement, we got
that part installed last week), and the person at my ISP who could tell me why
was out sick, so as the rain inevitably follows the sun (or something like
that), my installation is still in a holding pattern over the airport,
circling... circling... circling...
This Chat Transcript Warner Home Video on Home Theater Forum that mentions specifically "WHV does not have Domestic Rights to THE SOPRANOS. It has International Rights and will tentatively release the First Season on DVD in 4th Quarter 2000."
Link of the Day: Windows 98's secret.
Thanks Khoa.
Story of the Day: Army develops prototype for 'wired' soldier of tomorrow
(CNN).
Bonus Story: Radio hosts' promotion not eggs-actly what they wanted
(CNN). Thanks Jim Hendrickson.
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