Afternoon Reading - briefly
(hx) 09:03 PM CEST - Jul,02 2003
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- Homeworld 2 Preview - The Adrenaline Vault has posted
a preview of Homeworld 2 based on playing a partial beta build of the
upcoming 3D RTS space based sequel from Relic and Sierra.
- Aquanox 2 Preview -Games Domain has posted
a preview of Aquanox 2: Revalation, the upcoming underwater action game
sequel from Massive Developments and JoWood
- Fire Warrior Preview - GameSpot has posted
a new preview of Fire Warrior, the upcoming FPS from Kuju and THQ that's
based on Game Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 franchise.
- Fate First Look - New publisher 4AM Entertainment has today
confirmed that
The Fate will be the first game it publishes in the UK. The role-playing
game, which was developed by Korea-based Tronwell Software and has already
sold in excess of 110,000 units in that territory courtesy of Wizard Soft,
features both a lengthy single-player campaign and three different multiplayer
- Far Cry Preview - ByGames has posted
a preview of Far Cry, based on checking out a build of Crytek's upcoming
FPS a visit to publisher Ubi Soft's UK offices.
- TerraForge Interview -
HomeLAN
chats with Adam Mateljan of TerraForge as he talks about their Asgard
gaming technology which will allow for games to work online even with
different platforms.
- Half-Life 2 Thread -
This Half-Life2.Net Forum Thread features Valve answering various
questions about the upcoming sequel (thanks
BluesNews).
- The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Ring movie - Black Label
Games has released
a movie
trailer for The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Ring, revealing more
from the 3D real-time strategy game by Liquid Entertainment that's inspired by
the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
- IGI 2: Covert Strike multiplayer map "Winterland" - Codemasters has
released
a new multiplayer map for IGI 2: Covert Strike, expanding the stealthy
first-person shooter by Innerloop Studios. This new map will require the new
1.2 upgrade released last week.
- New Impossible Creatures Tools -
The IC Tools package has
been updated with new tools, including a new PatchEditor, a new archive
command line tool and a ModPackager Tool and is now significantly smaller
(40MB vs. 150). You might want to take note that unlike previous IC Tool
releases, this version of the tools requires IC to be installed. The SDK on
the other hand will allow modders to create code mods for IC, and weights in
at only 10MB. (thanks
RelicNews)
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Strategy Guide - BradyGames
let us know that their officially endorsed
strategy guide for Blizzard's just released expansion pack "Warcraft III:
The Frozen Throne" is now available at all retail stores who carry such
products.
- Savage Release Date - S2Games announced that
Savage, their upcoming
FPS-RTS MP combo. will be released to stores on August 25. The game is
currently in its second phase of beta testing with an open beta test scheduled
to begin at the end of July. (thanks
HomeLAN).
- Anarchy Online: Shadowlands Release Date - Funcom has announced
that Anarchy Online's first expansion pack, Shadowlands, is ready for retail
and will be released on August 26.
- Natural Selection 2.0 on July31 - The official
Natural Selection
web site has announced that the 2.0 version of their popular Half-Life
multiplayer action-strategy mod will be released on July 31.
- Midnight Club II PC Ships - Rockstar Games sends news
they have started shipping Midnight Club II for the PC, which is due in North
American stores as early as today, and on July 11 in Europe.
- Postal 2 Shares Its Love In New Hip-Hop Video - Shock and awe
videogame developer Running With Scissors let us know that game footage from
their medley of malice
POSTAL 2, is in the new Black Eyed Peas hip-hop video, Where s the Love.
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