Afternoon Reading - briefly
(hx) 10:13 PM CEST - Apr,30 2002
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- Divine Divinity Preview - GamesDomain has posted a new preview of Divine Divinity, Larian Studios' upcoming RPG.
- Mafia Preview - Invisible Dream has written
their own preview
of Mafia: City of Lost Heaven, the upcoming 1930's era action game from Illusion Softworks
- Massive Unreal Tournament 2003 Videos - German fansite Respawnkiller.de has been updated
with two
downloads (206MB and 292MB) of the complete video captured at the German press event
for Unreal Tournament 2003.
- Codename Eagle unofficial patches v1.42 - There are new but unofficial
patches for Codename Eagle that bring the vehicular first-person shooter by Refraction
Games (now Digital Illusions) to version 1.42. These patches are unsupported by developer
and publisher, so apply at your own risk, but they fix one major multiplayer bug - the
spontanious explosion bug, a.k.a. SEB - and you can upgrade from the previous official
v1.41 or the original game.
- SimGolf Patch v1.03 - EA has released a new patch v1.03
for Sid Meier's Sim Golf. The patch fixes an obscure crash related to the selection of
female golfer heads on the customization screen which affected theme packs and importation
of custom heads.
- 24-hour video game channel set to launch - G4, an all-video-game TV network, is set to launch Wednesday to
capitalize on the country's growing fascination with gaming. The timing seems especially
opportune in light of the ongoing three-way battle between Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo
for video game console sales.
- Space HoRSE goes gold - Shrapnel Games has announced that Space HoRSE, its retro space
strategy game, has gone gold and will soon be available.
- Necrocide Cancelled - According to GoneGold, Necrocide had been
canceled, since the game was no longer in production. They emailed Marcus Beers, head of
PR for Novalogic and here is what he said: "After recently giving the green light
on the development of a hugely exciting multi-format project with a world-wide license, we
have decided to pull Necrocide: The Dead Must Die from our current development schedule.
Our attention and internal resources are now turned towards these forthcoming PC and
console titles. More details will be announced at E3."
- Official HoMM IV FAQ - 3DO published a list of Frequently Asked Questions about Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
- WIN 1 of 4 pairs of tickets to E3 - Worldsurfday.com informed us
that you
have the opportunity to WIN 1 of 4 pairs of tickets to one of the world's Largest
Entertainment Expos. Valued at $400 per pair. E3 Expo will be held in LOS ANGELES, CA at
the convention center on MAY 22-24th (10am-6pm). Also stay tuned for more contests in the
next few weeks, they will be giving away sweet Transworld Surf games for the Xbox!
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