Saturday Reading - briefly
(hx) 12:35 PM CET - Jan,17 2004
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- Rallisport Challenge II Preview (Xbox) - GameSpot has posted
a preview of Rallisport Challenge II, the upcoming sequel to the hit
Digital Illusions-Microsoft Xbox racing game.
- Home Front Interview - HomeLAN has posted
an
interview with Home Front team member Grant Whit as he talks about their
Halo inspired mod for Battlefield: 1942.
- Kuma: War movie - The first movie
trailer for Kuma: War is
now available at the
official website, showing off more from the upcoming reality-based 3D
tactical action game by Kuma Reality Games. Mirrors:
3DGamers,
FileRush and
WP.
- Star Wars: Republic Commando Shots - LucasArts has released
two
new shots from Star Wars: Republic Commando, the upcoming Star Wars game.
- Pax Romana retail patch v1.01 - DreamCatcher has releaed
a new
patch for Pax Romana, upgrading the 3D strategy game by Galilea Multimedia
to version 1.01.
- One Must Fall: Battlegrounds retail patches v2112 -
A new patches for
One Must Fall: Battlegrounds has been released, bringing this 3D fighting
action game by Diversions Entertainment to version 2112.
- XS publishing Syberia II - Microids announced that
XS Games will be publishing Syberia II, the sequel to its acclaimed 2002
adventure game. The news isn't much of a revelation since XS published the
Xbox version of the original Syberia (the Adventure Company handled the PC
edition).
- Blizzard Co-Founder Resigns -Fan site
worlofwar.net is reporting that Blizzard's Vice President of Game Design
Allen Adham has resigned from the company. Allen actually Co-founded Silicon &
Synapse (later named Blizzard) back in 1991 with Michael Morhaime and Frank
Pearce, so as you can see he's been a major part of Blizzard's success. Allan
worked on all Blizzard's titles, Rock'n Roll Racing, The Lost Vikings,
Warcraft, Starcarft and Diablo and his most recent role was Vice President of
Game Design at Blizzard.
- Legend Entertainment Closes -
According to ShackNews, Unreal II developer
Legend Entertainment
has been shut down by parent corporation Atari. There are no further details
available. Despite that,
Beyond Unreal is reporting that a final patch for the Unreal 2 XMP add-on
is in the works and will be released, although there is no offical date yet.
- Xbox 2 CPU To Be A 65nm Part -
TeamXbox is
reporting that the Xbox 2 CPU will also be built using a 65-nanometer
manufacturing process. "It’ll be built on a 65-nanometer process," a source
confirmed to TeamXbox. "IBM has already taped out experimental samples at its
East Fishkill fab but it will take between 12 to 18 months for them to deliver
commercial parts. Anyway, they’re way ahead of Intel."
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