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2-28-2 GameSpot's Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Preview is online, looking ahead to the third-person action game of contracts and eliminations by IO Interactive. Entrepereneur looks to improve GameBoy on CNN Money examines a third-parties efforts at adding a backlight to the GBA, though this is at the expense of the hand-held unit's warranty. A new version 7.0.13 of the CPUCooL utility is now available. 2-27-2 Version 0.1 of the Quake2maX modified version of the Quake II engine. This mod adds all manner of special effects, including sprite-based LASER beams, and more. The debut release of the Tribes 2 Arena modification for TRIBES 2 is now available, offering team-oriented last man standing gameplay in the manner of Rocket Arena. Version 1.0 features three team support, support for HUD scripts to show scores, and more. There's an Operation: Na Pali Q&A on PC Games Portal talking briefly about this upcoming Unreal modification that follows up on the Return to Na Pali mission pack. Tiscali Games has posted a playable demo of Incoming Forces, previously available on the cover disk of the current issue of PC Gamer UK. 2-26-2 It was two years ago today that Zoid departed id Software to join on at Retro Studios. The Urban Terror Website now offers a new beta version 2.5 of the Urban Terror modification for Quake III Arena. 2-25-2 The WTF-Q3A Homepage now offers version 2 of the WTF-Q3A map pack offering 18 different Q3A/TA maps, and while this seems like a mod, they are really just maps, though the two flags per team, one weapon per map set-up creates their own unique form of gameplay. Panama Jack's Map Manager for TRIBES 2 is now available, offering the ability for TRIBES 2 players to check out and download any of hundreds of TRIBES 2 maps from within the game. The Action Half-Life website has word on the release of a new beta 5 of the venerable Action Half-Life modification that attempts to fill Valve's shooter with a sense of being in a Hong Kong-style action movie XGR's Vince & Mike Interview chats with Vince Desi and Mike Riedel of Running With Scissors to discuss Postal 2, their upcoming first-person follow-up to their original third-person game of senseless violence. Initially just planned as a PS2 title according to the official site, Activision has now issued a Spider-Man: The Movie Game fact sheet indicating that this third-person action game tie-in with the upcoming Sam Raimi movie will also be released on PC, Xbox, GameCube and GBA. 2-24-2 It was six years ago today that Qtest was released. It seems 64 French players have set the "world record" by creating a pyramid in Quake III Arena, links to shots and demos are on this website. Westwood keeps sneaking out the Command & Conquer Renegade gameplay movies just before their 3D action game will arrive on store shelves, as the tenth such clip is now available for download from their ftp server. An 8.1 MB download, it features some 25 seconds of in-game action titled "Infiltrating the Temple of Nod." The official Vivisector: Creatures of Dr. Moreau site sports a new wallpaper for this first-person shooter in the works at Action Forms. 2-23-2 A new version 1.2 of the Rocket Duel modification for Quake III Arena is now available. XGR's American McGee Interview is another of their audio Q&As, this time out with the one-time id Software designer who went on to be responsible for American McGee's Alice, who has since gone on to co-found Carbon 6 Entertainment. Topics will include a bit about Alice, and what's going on with their planned project based on The Wizard of Oz. The jDoom page now has a new version 1.12 of the jDoom port of the Doom source code. The new release offers support for plug-ins, as well as a fix for a problem that displayed incorrect plane textures during netgames. Sierra has released new patches for Aliens Vs. Predator 2 for download from their patch ftp server, bringing the English, German, French, Italian and Spanish editions of Monolith's three-way first-person shooter to version 1.0.9.4. The files require a 6.4 MB download each. Microsoft announces Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, an upcoming expansion that celebrates what we would do if prehistoric creatures had survived and we could put them in zoos in these post-historic times. 2-22-2 Where Are They Now with David "Zoid" Kirsch on The Mushroom talking with the father of CTF about his start in gaming. The QuakeCon Website has the official announcement of the dates for QuakeCon 2002, this years installment in the giant id Software-sponsored LAN-fest. The event will occupy the Mesquite Convention Center and Exhibit Hall at the Hampton Inn, in Mesquite, TX, and the dates are August 15-18. Among the many planned festivities are tournaments in both Quake III Arena and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. There's an Unreal II Q&A on Hypothermia talking with Aaron Leiby of Legend Entertainment about their work on the upcoming sequel to Epic Games' first first-person shooter. There's an Interview with Louis "The Punisher" Castle on Computer and Video Games talking with the cofounder of Westwood Studios about Command & Conquer Renegade, their imminent C&C FPS game. GameSpot's EverQuest Legends Q&A talks with John Smedley, COO and senior vice president of Sony Online Entertainment, about EverQuest Legends, their recently announced mega-premium version of their hit game. 2-21-2 There's a Tom Hall Interview on PlanetAnachronox talking with Monkeystone Games' kid is a hall designer about Anachronox, the Quake II-engine RPG he designed at his previous gig at ION Storm. A new version 7.0.12 of the CPUCooL utility is now available. 2-20-2 The debut release of the Desert Crisis Half-Life Modification, a class-based mod that features futuristic combat with a mix of realistic and science fiction weaponry, is now available. There is a list of mirrors on the site for the 97 MB download , and word with this other mirror list is that the bug list, server list, faq and manual will be uploaded "shortly." There's a Kenn Hoekstra Q&A on Planet Soldier of Fortune talking with the Raven Software project administrator about the upcoming project most of concern to them, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix 2-19-2 id Software's Graeme Devine updated his .plan with a follow-up to his prior report of woes with the Quake III master server. GameSpot PC Previews SWAT Urban Justice with first word on SWAT: Urban Justice, the next installment in what is now a long running series of tactical SWAT police games. Saying: "Don't call this game SWAT 4--it's more than just a sequel," 2-18-2 It was five years ago today that John Carmack announced that it would be at a tournament at E3 that his Ferrari 328 would be given away, a prize that was eventually won by Thresh. id Software and their Walls on [H]ardOCP offers a photo essay of some of the stuff they found on the wall at id Software during a recent pilgrimage to visit the developer ShellShock's Crater is now offering a new version 02.02.16.00 of the Q3Offline utility that eases the process of starting games versus bots in various Quake III engine games. The program offers full support for Quake III Arena, Quake III Team Arena, and Star Trek Voyager Elite Force as well as multiplayer support for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. PC.IGN.com has posted a movie trailer of Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, demonstrating the first-person shooter sequel under development at Raven Software. The trailer necessitates a 17.1 MB download in MPEG format and sports a minute of action-packed footage introducing the game's features along with plenty of gameplay. 2-17-2 The official qBLOOD Website now offers a new version 0.90 of the BloodBath modification for Quake (1). BloodBath is a multiplayer conversion that brings the gameplay from Monolith's Blood to Quake. The new version adds menu support for the included maps along wit a load of fixes and changes. DOOM (GBA) is reviewed on The Entertainment Depot. 2-16-2 A new version 1.12 of the bQuery server browsing utility is now available. The latest release represents a complete rewrite of this freeware utility, which supports Quake III Arena, Half-Life, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Tournament, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and more. There's a new version 1.04 of Skull's Runic Hunter on PlanetDiablo updating this offline utility that allows Diablo II players to easily look up item recipes as well as stats for items, gems, and other such stuff. 2-15-2 The Eternal Arena website has a new version 5.7 of the Eternal Arena modification for Quake III Arena, featuring several new features and changes based on user feedback as well as a new InstaGib CTF game type (making for a total of 20 types offered by the mod). Additionally, they are offering version 1.0 of the Rocket Duel modification for Q3A, which is a special subset of Eternal Arena, that, true to the name, emphasizes rockets. A new non-beta version 4.30.01 of the HyperSnap-DX screen capture utility is now available. 2-14-2 Happy Valentines day. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2001 Financial Results and Fiscal 2002 Guidance is a press release outlining the latest financials at this software publisher. HomeLan Fed has posted a summary of some of the woes that the report contains, including word that they are being investigated by the SEC, while in more pleasant (and game-related) news, also has word on plans for an upcoming Grand Theft Auto game (which will be called Grand Theft Auto: Miami, according to Gamers.com), a spring./summer release for GTA3 for the PC, and word that Duke Nukem Forever "is not factored into the Company's fiscal 2002 guidance," which means it is not likely to come out before October 31, 2002. Voodoo Extreme's Postal 2 Q&A talks with Vince Desi and Mike Riedel of Running With Scissors about Postal 2, their upcoming Unreal-engine sequel to their original politically incorrect game of carnage. The Adrenaline Vault's Army Men RTS Preview takes a look at the upcoming real-time strategy installment in the adventures of 3DO's little green and tan men in the works at Pandemic Studios. The MadOnion Website has the release of 3DMark®2001 Second Edition, "a major enhancement to its 3DMark® benchmark solution." A new version 7.0.11 of the CPUCooL utility is now available. 2-13-2 A new version 1.12 beta 2 of jDoom is now available, offering a unified download that contains the latest version of the jDoom, jHexen, and jHeretic ports of their respective source codes. The new release features a changed directory structure, a new 3D model format, and is accompanied by the availability of the latest version of the Doomsday sources. A new version 6.01 of the Opera web browser is now available. 2-12-2 The latest "Where are they now?" article on The Mushroom catches up with John "Irritant" Diamond and David "Whitenoise" Wallin of the Alien Quake TC which was shut down way back when by Fox Interactive over copyright conflicts. Here's a MadOnion Interview at t-break talking about this benchmark program. 2-11-2 There's an interview with Thor Frølich on GBASE.ch talking with this graphics designer from IO Interactive about progress on Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, their upcoming sequel to the stealthy adventures of old codename 47, the hired assassin with the barcode on his head. Topics include an introduction to their company, a question about game saves in the original Hitman, other features that will be handled differently in the sequel, the number of missions and locales in the sequel, their 3D engine, difficulties encountered during development, the lack of multiplayer support, console versions, future plans, and more. EuroGamer's Arx Fatalis Preview offers brief hands-on impressions of this upcoming RPG from Arkane Studios, describing your introduction to the story, how the interface works for using your inventory and moving about, and some thoughts on the graphics. 2-10-2 The Weapons Factory Unreal Tournament site offers a new version 107b of this class-based CTF modification. This 14.2 MB beta release sports a large number of changes and fixes to the players classes and other parts, and there is also a new official map pack along with a third-party one. You may already have seen an older version floating around (accidentally posted on the Vivendi UK site but revoked), but Sierra has now released the official Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza demo, (84.0 MB download) allowing you to try out the first-person shooter by Piranha Games that's based on the 1988 Bruce Willis action movie. This updated demo includes support for European languages, "fixes numerous technical and localization issues," and offers two weapons and several tools to help you make your way through four maps in the Nakatomi Plaza building. NVIDIA Launches the GeForce4 GPUs is the official press release. A new version 2 release candidate 10 of the RivaTuner tweaking utility is now available. 2-9-2 Augmented Reality Quake (ARQuake) is an extension of the desktop game Quake, where they are investigating how to convert a desktop first person application into an outdoor/indoor mobile augmented reality application. The ARQuake game has been ported to their wearable computer platform and operates with GPS and digital compass as a means of tracking. The keyboard and mouse interaction with the game has been completely replaced with use movements and a functional toy gun (with recoil and sound effects). PlanetDeusEx serves up two new concept images of Deus Ex 2, illustrating the first-person action RPG sequel in the works at ION Storm. 2-8-2 A new version 1.1 of the Bid For Power modification for Quake III Arena is now available, updating this Quake III Arena modification. Blizzard sends word of new patches for Starcraft and its expansion pack Brood War, upgrading their RTS to version 1.09. You can use the 2.7 MB manual patches or the Battle.net auto-updater, and this release fixes replay issues, a victory/defeat screen bug, a latency problem under Win2K and more, and also adds LAN play via UDP. HomeLan Fed's Vivisector Interview talks with Andrey Sharanevitch of Action Forms about Vivisector: Creatures of Dr. Moreau, their upcoming first-person shooter. Topics include the inspiration for this game that they found in H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau, the setting 100 years after the novel, whether players will leave the island, the storyline, monsters, weapons, their engine, multiplayer modes, plans to release a public test version, and more. 2-7-2 The Urban Terror Website has word of plans to release the new beta version 2.4 of this Quake III Arena modification this Friday. The Lucid Breed League is now accepting applications for their debut season, offering tourneys in Quake III Arena, TRIBES II, Q3A Rocket Arena, Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, and TeamFortress Classic. The MechWarrior 4 Black Knight Downloads page now offers the mission editor for MechWarrior 4: Black Knight, "a powerful editing tool that allows you to create your own single and multiplayer MechWarrior 4 missions." 2-6-2 A few corrections by John Carmack is the id programmer's reply to a Slashdot thread based on the recent Red Herring article, correcting some inaccuracies the article contained. Peter Molyneux Interview on PC.IGN.com talks to the head lion at Lionhead Studios about the Black & White franchise and his plans for the future. Topics include his involvement with the Creature Isle expansion pack, how Black & White 2 aims to meet the interest in more strategic, conflict-oriented gameplay than the original offered, how he looks back at Black & White now, the relationship between Lionhead and its satellite studios Big Blue Box and Interpid, his experiences with the Xbox, the upcoming Xbox game Project Ego, the balance between freeform and structured gameplay, Lionhead's new game BC, and more. There is a new update on the official Hitman 2: Silent Assassin site, revealing more from the third-person action game of contracts and eliminations that's in the works at IO Interactive. Today's installment brings three new screenshots of the Japan mission, several new weapon and enemy introductions, and a couple of new concept images. 2-5-2 Well, it was the Superbowl two days ago. I think you already knew that. So it's a quiet morning and just to be on the "feeling" of the day, you can download the skins for Gridiron of the teams who are on the field. Here's the download link. A new version 6.0 of the mIRC IRC client software is now available. 2-4-2 Lord Of the Games on Red Herring is a profile of id Software lead programmer John Carmack. The article discusses his purism about programming, a bit on his personal life, a description of his workday, id's conservative business philosophy, an example of internal politics that occurred during the struggle over whether to make a new DOOM game or not, id's influence on the hardware industry, and more. Release 3 of the BeefQuake modification is now available. There aren't many details about the mod on their redesigned site (the screenshots reveal this is a Quake II mod though), but they do admit to the inclusion of some new features, including stainmaps, improved particles, motion blur, and "smoother dynamic light falloff." Dosfix 3 on Overclockers Australia offers the third version of this program that adds real-mode DOS support to Windows ME. 2-3-2 This is quite an old article that I found some days ago. So, you're interested in making a mod but don't know where to start? Well this might help you a bit. It's a series of small article, but quite heavy on the technical, that explain the Quake 3 graphic engine. It doesn't explain it on the programming side but rather how it's working in logic. Worth a look if you're a curious person who like to know how things work. I just found out this website for skins. There is quite a collection there. Some are funny, so good and some weird. 2-2-2 QERadiant.com has a new version 1.2.4 setup file for the Linux version of the GtkRadiant editing program. A new version 0.723 of the Trillian instant messaging client, fixing connectivity with AOL 2-1-2 A new version 8.0 of the AutoQuake 2000 is now available. This mod launching utility supports 15 games and over 2040 mods, which prompts them to claim: "We are almost sure that AutoQuake supports all modifications in the world." The release also includes editors for the Mapcycle, Liblist, and Configs, as well as a utility to create skins for the program. Version of the day of the NVmax tweaking utility is 4.00.36. 1-31-2 Updated Shooter Aims to Stay True to Classic on the Los Angeles Times website quizzes Gray Matter's Drew Markham about their recently released first-person shooter, Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Drew talks about how they got to do the sequel to Wolfenstein 3-D, aspects of the original game they aimed to reproduce in the sequel, hallmarks of a first-person shooter, the importance and future direction of game AI, and more. Deus Ex: The Conspiracy Screenshots on Gaming Age showing off the upcoming PS2 DX game. 1-30-2 A new version 1.6 of the FRAPS utility "that lets you monitor current framerates in a corner of the screen. It also allows you to easily take screenshots of games, and manually determine the average framerate between two points." A new version 4.11 of the Go!Zilla download manager utility is now available. A new version 4.00.31 of the NVmax tweaking utility is now available. Apple Computers has announced their new dual CPU Power Mac G4, which will include an "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (standard on the 933MHz and dual 1GHz models)." 1-29-2 Eternal Arena 5.6.2 modification for Quake III Arena is now available. ShellShock's Crater now offers a new version 02.01.26.00 of the Q3Offline front-end for Quake III Arena. The new release fixes some bugs, changes and enhances the way the map rotation works, and now allows for a mix of different game types in the same map rotation. There is also an explanation there about why the program cannot support Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Medal of Honor because neither of those games currently supports bots, but can used to launch RtCW servers. A story on ShackES, citing a revelation on Cached.net, has word that the dates for QuakeCon 2002 will be August 15-18. After almost a year of development, a new beta 5 of the Neo Cairo modification for Unreal Tournament is now available. The new release is a 92 MB download. Today is the six year anniversary of the release on the internet of Duke Nukem 3D shareware. A new version 4.00.28 of the NVmax utility is now available. 1-28-2 Would you believe that tonight is the night of my works Christmas party. And yes I did say Christmas party. 3D Realms sends us an updated demo of Max Payne to go along with the recent version 1.05 patches for Remedy's gritty third-person shooter. The demo is a 130.9 MB download which offers the same content as the original demo but incorporates the fixes from the v1.05 demo patch so that you don't need to get both if you haven't tried the game yet. The Half-Life Anti-Cheating Q&A on HomeLan Fed offers yet another Q&A with Valve's Erik Johnson, who has been making the rounds discussing anti-cheating measures. 1-27-2 The Quake3World Skinning Challenge is online, in the spirit of the Mapcenter Texture Challenges, and the top three entries will be made available to the public when the challenge concludes. CPL Europe has announced an alliance with GAMER-TV to create web-based broadcasts of their competitions in 2002. Clans interested in participating in the next ClanBase Cup have until next Wednesday to sign-up for their competitions in Quake II, Quake III Arena, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Elite Force, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein and their related modifications. 1-26-2 Quake II for red-blue 3D glasses is an interesting mod, unfortunately it is only available for Linux users. As can be inferred from the name, this is a modified version of the Quake II source code that offers the thrills and chills of 3D, provided you can come up with a pair of those classic red/blue 3D "glasses." There's a Paul Jaquays Interview on Quake3Stuff talking with the id Software designer about his work. Subjects include his start in the game industry, his favorite Quake III Arena map, inspirations for his maps, advice for aspiring level designers, obstacles to good map design, plans for future texture challenges, and more. Version 1.0 RC 2 of the use at your own risk NVIDIA BIOS Editor utility is now available. There's a new Windows XP Modem Tweak Guide on 3DSpotlight. 1-25-2 As promised, the QERadiant website has news that a new version 1.2.1 of GtkRadiant is available. This release of the level editor for Quake III Arena and its expansion pack and modifications has been expanded with support for Return to Castle Wolfenstein based on the recent SDK, and you can get a Win32 setup for just RtCW at 15.6 MB or a full Q3/RtCW setup for 21.0 MB. There is no word on when the Linux builds can be expected. There's a Q&A with Richard Dansky on Ghost Recon Retreat talking with this Red Storm designer about their upcoming mission pack for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. The conversation covers the idea behind the pack, the makeup of the team, features, user feedback, AI improvements, helicopters, dedicated server improvements, and more. The Soundblaster.com Drivers Page has new Windows XP drivers for Soundblaster Audigy cards. 1-24-2 A new version 5.6 of the Eternal Arena modification for Quake III Arena is now available. Activision and id Software announce the Return to Castle Wolfenstein™ Battle on the Beachhead Tournament has word that sign-ups will begin tomorrow for teams interested in participating in an online Return to Castle Wolfenstein tournament. There are prizes for the top three teams, which include console systems, and, intriguingly, "a dedicated port on a Return to Castle Wolfenstein game server with administrative access for one year from Speakeasy." A new alpha version 4.00.15 of the nvMax NVIDIA tweaking utility is now available. 1-23-2 There's a Crimson Storm Preview on Jolt.co.uk looking at progress on the Crimson Storm modification for Quake III Arena. 3D Realms has released new patches for Max Payne, updating both the retail and demo versions of Remedy's hard-boiled third-person action game to version 1.05. This release addresses a pair of game exit problems. 1-22-2 On timenudge, and Promode's 50ms stüffe on UK Gamer offers insights into how Quake III Arena networking works, and why certain mods can improve the gameplay experience. A new version 7.0.9 of the CPUCooL utility is now available. 1-21-2 There are two new cars, the Classic Mini and the Slingshot, available on the Quake III Rally site, both with a variety of skins. Return to Castle Wolfenstein Confirmed For Xbox on PlanetXbox has word that Return to Castle Wolfenstein is set to invade both the Xbox and Playstation 2 console systems. The ports are to be done by Raster Productions, with id Software carefully overlooking the process, just as they supervised the creation of the original game by Gray Matter and Nerve. There is a new version 1.0 patch for Beach Head 2002, updating the recent first-person arcade shooter by Digital Fusion. The modest 875 KB download addresses a level 108 lockup and some level saving issues, and also includes the previous analog joystick support. 1-20-2 The Quake Info Pool has a new version 1.06a of their Ultimate Regular Quake Patch, which attempts to iron out any remaining bugs or irregularities in the original Quake. The new version addresses a problem that would stop the game just prior to the ultimate battle with the big shrub Shub. id Software sends word that the SDK for Return to Castle Wolfenstein is now available for download from their ftp server. The 13.5 MB download includes all the tools needed for creating maps. 1-19-2 Human Head Studios has announced that they are looking to hire some Quake III Arena level designers. Familiarity with the Quake III engine and the QERadient editor is required. Manny's MoHAA performance tweaking guide on AlliedAssault.com is online, offering tips on increasing performance, console commands, and troubleshooting in 2015's Quake III engine first-person shooter. A second beta version of jHexen, Jaakko Keränen's port of the public source code of Raven's class-based first-person action game, is now available. As before, this is a non-optimized debug build, and this release contains a variety of changes, including an improved KickStart, multiplayer fixes, a crash fix, and more. 1-18-2 Deus Ex 2 Q&A on GameSpot is actually a lengthy conversation on the development of this first-person action RPG by ION Storm, interrogating studio director Warren Spector and project leader Harvey Smith. A new version of the Logitech MouseWare software is now available. A new version 4.5c of the GetRight download manager is now available. 1-17-2 The Return to Castle Wolfenstein patch has now been released, bringing Gray Matter and Nerve Software's first-person shooter to version 1.1. HomeLan Fed's Max Payne Kung Fu Mod Interview talks with Kenneth Young of the Max Payne Kung Fu mod discussing this kick ass martial arts modification, including plans for the future. The Slovakian company 3D People Graphic Studios has released three new screenshots of Cult, their isometric role-playing game in development. 1-16-2 id Software's Graeme Devine updated his .plan to announce a new beta patch for the Mac editions of Quake III Arena and its Team Arena expansion pack, available for download from their ftp server. The 1.67 MB download now updates not only the OSX version but the Mac Classic version as well. The Weapons Factory Arena Downloads page has links to the new version 3.3 of this Quake III Arena modification, available as a Windows installer or as zips for Linux and Mac users. A new beta 1.10 of Reaction Quake 3 is now available. 1-15-2 Version 0.34 of the Q3SA Quake III Arena add-on for mIRC is available, this will allow mIRC users to browse and ping Q3A servers from IRC. The mrGLQuake website has the release of the debut version of their BeefQuake modification of the Quake II source code. This Q2 update supports cinematics as textures, continuous frame export, GeForce3 enhanced water-warp, jpeg format screenshots, and more. GameSpot has updated with a new Unreal Tournament II interview, discussing the recently confirmed first-person shooter by Digital Extremes at length with lead designer Pancho Eekels. There's a KT266A Motherboard Mini Tweak Guide on Tweak3D.Net. ParaKnowYa's Kyro and PowerVR FAQ has been updated. 1-14-2 ShellShock's Crater has an updated version 02.01.09.00 of the Q3Offline utility that serves as a front-end for Quake III Arena, Star Trek: Voyager-Elite Force, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Activision Ships More Than One Million Units Of Return to Castle Wolfenstein Worldwide. The Return to Castle Wolfenstein Website has been updated with downloads of the introductory cinematic for the game... There's an article about Majestic on GamePen that was originally a review, but became more of a postmortem for the game after the recent announcement of its cancellation. 1-13-2 Dear chiQ Interviews Todd Hollenshead talking with the id Software CEO on a variety of topics. Included in the discussion is Todd's background before joining id, playing games, how a CEO experiences "crunch time," the strain of the crunch, the reception RtCW has been met with, the collaboration with external developers on that project, the popularity of Counter-Strike, whether he aspires to do any hands-on development, some personal stuff, and more. A new version 5.5 of the Eternal Arena modification for Quake III Arena is now available for download. A report on GameSpot has news that the Majesty Gold Edition has shipped to stores, which includes the original fantasy RTS game combined with the game's Northern Expansion add-on. 1-12-2 A new beta 2.31 of the Invasion Quake III Arena modification is now available, updating this conversion that pits space marines versus aliens. Majestic players get a deadline is a report dropping the other shoe on Majestic, EA's unusual conspiracy-oriented game that has already, in effect, been cancelled. According to the story, the game will be taken offline on April 30, 2002, and "EA is encouraging players to play the game daily and complete each day's activities in order to finish the game" by that time. A report on GameSpot has news that the Majesty Gold Edition has shipped to stores, which includes the original fantasy RTS game combined with the game's Northern Expansion add-on. 1-11-2 Atomic interviews Kenn Hoekstra from Raven Software is a chat with the project administrator about the upcoming mercenary shooter sequel, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. Kenn talks about what will be similar and different between this game and the original, some of the new features like guns akimbo and the random scenario generator, the linearity of the single-player game and the new stealth elements, the likelihood of a playable demo, the multiplayer side of the game and their plans to support a mod community through the release of an SDK, changes made to the Quake III engine, their focus on realism, system requirements, and even more. Accompanying the interview is a batch of 19 new screenshots. PC.IGN.com has posted a brief preview of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, based on attending a demonstration of this third-person action game of murder and macabre machinations by IO Interactive's Thor Frølich. The article sums up the game's premise, describes some of the improvements and new features that will be finding their way into this sequel, offers impressions from a couple of its missions, the graphics and more, and comes with ten screenshots that mix a few new scenes with a handful of familiar ones. Cheat Happens has published the single-player cheat codes for the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault demo. The SiSoftware Sandra Information Page has a new version of the Sandra diagnostic utility is now available. 1-10-2 It seems that iDSoftware enlisted the help of Even Balance, the creators of PunkBuster, to integrate their anti-cheat software into Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Gamespot brings us our very first news post of the day with an video clip of SOF2 in-game action. Just in case you don't know... SOF2 is the Q3-engined sequel do Ravensoft's highly realistic FPS, Soldier of Fortune. The video comes in downloadable form as a winzip RM file or windows media file. Also, if you just want to stream it there are two streaming options. Grab the video right here. A new version 7.0.8 of the CPUCooL utility is now available. A new version 5.1.0.4 of the Motherboard Monitor utility is available. 1-9-2 The Revenge of Stroggos website has been updated with a new version of the Navy SEALs 2 mod for Quake II, making use of the recently released Quake II source code, as well as a modified version of the Quake II source, though the latter is only available for Linux. Expect a Revenge of Stroggos update, as well. A new beta version 1.25 of Demo Show Creator Light is now available, offering Quake III Arena 1.31 support. This demo playback utility can now make use of the dm3, dm_48, dm_66, and dm_67 formats. The French Frag Factory Files page has what's described as the smallest Quake III Arena demo playback utility ever, which, considering the utility is simply a batch file, is probably a tough claim to dispute. 1-8-2 Macworld's Q&A with Trent Reznor offers some speculation that the NIN front-man may be contributing to the soundtrack of the new DOOM game, just as he did for the original Quake. The DooM Legacy Home Site now offers Linux and DOS beta versions 1.32 of DooM Legacy and its source, which was previously only available for Windows. The documents for this latest version of their program based on the publicly-available source code for id Software's DOOM are not yet ready, but they have provided a few tips on how it can benefit map authors. Likewise, a new version 1.11.1 of Vavoom, modestly described as "the most advanced DOOM/Heretic/Hexen source port around," is also now available, the main changes being internal improvements to the VavoomC programming language. 1-7-2 A while after the Win32 and Linux patches, id Software has now released the Mac OSX patch version 1.31 for Quake III Arena and Team Arena for download from their ftp server. A new version 2.75 of the Fresh Diagnose system info utility is available on the Fresh Devices website. Tweaking Windows XP Part 2 on TweakTown continues their series on the subject. 1-6-2 The Remote-X Admin Tool Website has version 2.0.34 of the Remote-X server and version 2.0.33 of the Remote-X client which allows Half-Life server operators to perform remote administrative functions. Computer and Video Games has posted a 42 second movie clip showing off gameplay from Unreal Championship, the upcoming Xbox Unreal game. 1-5-2 Then single player demo for MOHAA (which was being peddled for Money(!!!) at Amazon.com) has leaked out to the internet. Currently there are 2 sites offering it for download. Here they are: 1-4-2 There's a new version 0.91 of the Dark Conjunction mod. The update to this single-player Quake III Arena modification adds a save/load at the beginning of levels, a new Hulk attack, and a new introductory story, as well as a bunch of bug fixes. There is a new version of Threewave CTF(v 1.1). Click on this link to get all the mirrors for download. BerneyBoy has done a remake of Dead simple a Doom II map made by American McGee. You can find the map for a review and for download at Deja-Review. I think it is well worth the download. There is 2 versions of the map, one classic and the other one railgun only. Try both! 1-3-2 The guys at QuakeIT have re-written a lot of thier code and make a lot of changes to an allready good mod. The new release is version 4.00
crt0's ub3r1337 dc dev site is host to downloads of a Dreamcast port of Wolfenstein 3-D, id Software's seminal first-person shooter that has since been followed-up by Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The port is described as an early beta that still has several outstanding bugs, but these are not felt to present major problems playing the game. There is a download of the full shareware, as well as another that can make use of all six episodes for those who already own the registered version. 1-2-2 There's a new Seismovision Demo Viewer on PlanetQuake3.net updating this utility to version 1.20. The new release adds Quake (1), Quake II, and Unreal Tournament demo support to the program's Quake III Arena and Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force support, as well as a few enhancements and bug-fixes. A new version 1.0.4 of the Z-Camera modification for Quake III that adds a FLIC mode and a SWING mode to the game's spectator options that allow you to focus on a single player or on the most interesting action at any given moment. The new release fixes a crashing bug and adds some user-inspired modifications. The DOOM Legacy Homepage now offers anew version 1.32 beta 4 of the DOOM Legacy project, which is based on the publicly -available source-code for id Software's DOOM. The new release is for Win32 only, with versions for other operating systems promised to follow. 1-1-2 Happy New Year to all. Based upon the public release of the Quake II source code, the debut release of aaquake2 (Text Mode Quake II) is now available, offering the same unusual text-based approach to the game as the original ttyquake. Why? "...as the author of ttyquake put it, 'If you have to ask why, you're not a member of the intended audience.'" There's an Unreal 2 Preview on Computer and Video Games based on a visit to the offices of Legend Entertainment to check out progress on the upcoming FPS sequel. Amidst their complaints about traveling, the article offers first-hand impressions of the game, describing the experience of playing Unreal II comparable to the first time out with Half-Life, which left them "overwhelmed by just how much better it was than every other FPS out there." Nostromo n-30 Game Mouse and the Nostromo n-50 Speed Pad is reviewed on Pixel Kill. |
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