Air dropped vehicles: Squad members can now send a request up the chain of command for a vehicle to be dropped at their location.

That, uh, doesn't sound like a good idea.

In other news, lots of stuff is happening behind the scenes. The new site back-end has been a nightmare to get working but looks like it is finally getting close to release. We know how much you want to post to the forums again (and believe me, no one wants the Constellation program up again more than I!) but we are getting close to having things working smoothly again. The last thing we want is to be hacked again as soon as we go live so we're trying to make sure the site is as solid as we can make it. Once the site is back, we'll be announcing the changes in NS v3.2 as well (which will include some bigger improvements).

Also, we are talking to a few serious investors and I'm quite hopeful that at least one of those will pan out soon. We also have some other revenue sources falling into place so we're hoping to start serious work on NS:Source very soon.

Posted on the 10th. They also released a small hotfix on that day for NS.
This comment was edited on Apr 24, 19:31.

For what it's worth, Apple isn't saying that a web reporter isn't a legitimate member of the press, Apple is saying that publishing "trade secrets" doesn't fall under shield.

Now with less exploding monitors *






*(monitor safety not guaranteed)

Oh come, you know how this is going to end up:

ONE HOUR PVG SHOW BREAKDOWN
INTRO - See opponents pit against each other
INTRODUCTIONS - Show all the unique characters
TRASH TALKING - Opponents against each other
SOME DRAMA - someone's computer dies or someone has to go do something and WHO KNOWS if he'll get back. Oh noes!
TRASH TALKING - More crap
GAME - roughly 1 minute of cut up footage
LOSER LEAVES - In true reality style, the loser is kicked from the show
INTERVIEWS AGAIN - Loser says something about how it wasn't his fault, 5 minutes of him packing up or walking away. Winner says he got the game and brought it or some stupid crap

Man it's painful to even think about.

Hilarious to me that they will charge a fee for totally randomized content, and depressing that they will have enough subs to profit, most likely.

Judging that this looks like it's built off the Guild Wars engine, I figured it would have been free as well... Then again I could be wrong about both points.

This comment was edited on Apr 16, 03:19.

Mmmmm.. paying for adware...

Details? Is this game using in-game ads from the get go?

He already showed up of his own volition.

/shrug

...yes, this game uses Starforce.

I guess I'm the only one who is really enjoying D&D Online.

I'm enjoying it, but I'm with a group of people that I've been gaming with for a year now.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love being able to sit in chairs. I'd love not turning while sitting, and other fixes. Still, for now, its $15 a month is worth it to me.

PC Gamer had an article about this part of the game well before its release... their big "thank you" to the fans is the noble gesture of not charging them for something that was supposed to make release but didn't get finished. Gee, thanks.

The PCGamer never said this would be in launch. In fact, they said it would be released a few weeks after launch. Of course, they fell through on coming out with it that quickly.
This comment was edited on Apr 7, 02:59.

What's interesting is that it used to have a usage based fee for Ultima Online. Once they offered monthly fees, everyone switched. No one else has bothered with usage fees since.

Of course they are. They are just about guaranteed to make their money back. Even an "unsuccessful" MMO with less than 100k subscribers can make their money back.

It's not costing Blizzard 50 million a month in server fees. So now, not only are people going to kiss blizzard's ass and yell at anyone who says anything bad about WOW, they're going to talk about how it costs poor Blizzard so much per month, and they're only making a measly seven million dollars a month. Gee, I feel so bad for them I should get a second account just to give them more money, even though I don't use it.

Give me a break.

If anything, WoW is charging too little, not too much

I think the first company to try charging more than $15 a month will be in for a shock.

Eclipse rocks. Hands down it seems to be the best Java IDE i've used.

Action, adventure and beauty... what more can you ask for from a game?

Gameplay, decent control schemes, and something that isn't just a rehash of a game that was good when it came out 8 years ago.

Out of the box was nearly a year ago, man.

I dig BF2, but saying that it's not buggy is a pretty big stretch.


Oh yeah, here's a funny quote from this month's PC Gamer:

DICE's Stockholm, Sweden, team (responsible for Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2) started work on BF 2142 immediately after BF 2 shipped.

Gee, that doesn't explain a lot, now does it.


This comment was edited on Mar 28, 21:30.

I left COH for WoW...there's just more to DO

I left COH for Soltaire, because there was just more to DO.

/sarcasm

...or was it?

It's funny. There's a guy at my work who told me and someone else that Quake 4 will be the next huge internet game because it's the only real multiplayer game as anything that requires teams instead of straight deathmatch doesn't require any "skill".

Erf.

Yeah, I bought this after BFV, which suprises me too.

They broke the rocket launcher in this patch? Fucking figures.

In case people were curious:

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Patch v1.22
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FIXES:

- Improved Server Stability
- Fixed rank up messages in Special forces
- Adjusted handling of the Tiger attack chopper
- Added delay for aiming reticule when going prone to all support weapons
- Adjusted deviation on MG36 and PKM to be in line with other support weapons
- Increased rpm from 600 to 900 on the P90
- Fixed Lock on error on certain Oil towers
- Fixed a Great Wall Exploit
- Fixed exploits on Dragon Valley and Karkand