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- War Of Infamy Interview - HomeLAN has posted
an
interview with "DonMiguel" of the
War of Infamy mod team
as he talks about their WWII themed mod for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon.
- Halo & Halo 2 Audio Interview - Music4Games has posted
an interview with Bungie's audio director Marty O'Donnell and Aaron Marks
as they talk about the use of audio in HALO and HALO 2.
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Development Moves
to Ritual - According to Valve, The primary development of
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) has moved to Ritual Entertainment.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero introduces single player gaming to the world's
#1 online action game. Representatives from Ritual and Valve will be
presenting the latest on CS:CZ during a seminar at the The CPL's upcoming
Counter-Strike Championships in Dallas, Texas. (Randy
Pitchford .plan)
- G.I. Combat patch v1.02d -
A new patch
for G.I. Combat has been released, updating this 3D war game to version
1.02d. The patch adds control improvements, gameplay enhancements,
multiplayer changes, bug fixes and more. The new 102d patch requires a clean
install of GI Combat. It will not install over the earlier patch 101. Please
also note: Back up your saved games folder before reinstalling (readme).
- American Conquest v1.45 patch - GSC Game World has released
a
new patch for American Conquest, updating their recent real-time strategy
game (but keeping the version number at 1.45, apparently). This release brings
improved networking code and enhanced AI, disables the memory log file, and
tweaks a handful of missions.
- Strategic Command - European Theater patch v1.45 - Battlefront.com
and developer Fury Software released the eagerly awaited final patch (v1.06)
for "Strategic Command - European Theater", a turn-based Grand Strategy
wargame featuring the Second World War in Europe.
The patch can be downloaded for free from www.battlefront.com, and offers
dozens of gameplay enhancements, new features, tweaks and bug fixes and for
those with the original game version it also adds full TCP/IP network and LAN
support.
- X2 - The Threat movie - EgoSoft has released
a new
movie trailer for X2 - The Threat, revealing more from their upcoming
space combat exploration sequel.
- GMX Media Announces Runaway - GMX Media today announced that it is
to publish the blockbuster PC - Runaway: A Road Adventure. The game follows
Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is suddenly and
mysteriously attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate flight, in the
company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of
unusual characters. But he has to figure out who's trying to help him or kill
him. The player will have to be very ingenious to figure it out who's his
friend or foe in this explosive mixture of murder, money, ambition, rituals
and deception...a whole lot of deception. More information can be found at
http://www.gmxmedia.net/runaway/ including 2 movies of the title. GMX
plans to release Runaway in Q1 2003.
- New Heroes of Might and Magic expansion -
3DO has announced that next spring it will release the second expansion pack
for its turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic IV. The expansion
pack will feature six new campaigns and a total of 40 maps, including some
contest-winning fan-created single-scenario maps. The story-driven campaigns
take place in Channon, a large kingdom on Axeoth's northern continent that has
come under attack by no less than five invading armies. Players assume control
of each of these five invaders.
- Generals Developer Underground Site -
This site is maintained
by the Generals Development team and will provide info to the Generals
community about the game, the Sage tools, current happenings, etc.
- MTV Got Game - The
CPL Press is reporting that pro gamer, Johnathan "Fatality" Wendel,
will appear on an MTV documentary which will follow the gamer's progress at
the CPL's Pentium 4 Processor Winter 2002 Event. The one hour program called
True Life will track Fatality
from practice through to event aftermath. Previously, the award-winning
documentary series has brought us a glimpse into the lives of cheerleaders,
ecstasy users and porn stars, to list a few.(thanks
PlanetQuake)
- Donkey Kong at the CPL -
CompUSA's
game fixx announced today details of its participation in the CPL Pentium
Processor Winter Event to take place December 18-22, at the Hyatt Regency
Dallas. CompUSA's game fixx will have a massive exhibition area at the
CPL Event with a number of intense attractions including classic arcade
machines like PacMan and Donkey Kong, an intense competition featuring Unreal
Championship on Xbox Live! and a cool raffle with the grand prize being an
authentic PacMan classic arcade.
- Warcraft III Mac Demo - Blizzard Entertainment has released a
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Mac Demo (106MB).
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