February 2004
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 |
Half-Life 2 Preview on Ign.com
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:53 AM |
Category: First Person |
On ign.com there's a new Half-Life 2 preview for you guys to check out. Here is a piece of the article:A team of engineers had begun working on a new engine for the sequel as the first title landed on store shelves. The natural starting point was the list of features that didn't quite make it into the original game. But while they were building a dream engine, now called Source, the engineers were mindful of both streamlining the development process and making it easier for the mod community to change and replace the game content. Of course they also have a few screenies of the game that goes with the preview so go check on that.
| Saturday, February 28, 2004 |
Croteam Weekly Report Issue 2
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:39 PM |
Category: First Person |
Croteam went and posted a second weekly update on thier site. Here is a clippage from the update:Croteam skeptics here now think that Serious Sam 2 looks to be visually at least 'aux par' with other games that will be released around the same time as Serious Sam 2 (Doom 3, Half Life 2 and Halo 2 were mentioned in particular). We'll have to wait and see. The update goes on to talk about cut-scenes, effects and other stuff so be sure to check it out. It sure is sounding good to me.
| Friday, February 27, 2004 |
Spam Combat Systems In Development
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:19 PM |
Category: General |
Spam is a major pain in the rear end. I recently left my online email unattended for 2 days (or something) and ended up with 600++ spam emails. How annoying it is to look through all that crap to make sure nothing legit is gonna go bye bye when mass deleting the garbage. Now I notice on CNN.com this particular combat spam article. Microsoft and Yahoo! Inc. are each developing systems aimed at authenticating senders of e-mail. America Online Inc. is testing a third. It's about time somebody did something about all this spam everybody is being flooded with. Sheeeeesh!
Cthulhu Half-Life Mod Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:52 PM |
Category: Mods |
Noticed on Planet Half-Life that the single player mod Cthulhu was released. The mod features 65 maps, 21 new monsters and 14 new weapons and is based on the work of HP Lovecraft. This mod was in the works for 2 years and you can check out screenshots before downloading.
New Mortal Kombat Title Announced
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:09 PM |
Category: Fighting |
Midway Games updated its press site with new information and assets for its 2004 line up. Midway wants you to visit the site for all the latest screens, artwork and trailers for NBA Ballers, Area 51, NARC, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, The Suffering and MLB Slugfest: Loaded. Furthermore they just announced that the official title for the new Mortal Kombat game will be Mortal Kombat: Deception which is currently in development and scheduled to ship fall 2004 for the PS2 and the Xbox.
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
Europeans Get Conan In April
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:37 PM |
Category: Action |
They announced upon the Conan-The Dark Axe site that Europeans will soon be playing the game as it will be available across Europe on all platforms from April 8, 2004. I can't wait for it to arrive here on the shelves in Canada. Anyhow there isn't anything new on the Conan site besides this cool announcent... just so you know.
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
Ninja Gaiden Release Date Announced
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:30 AM |
Category: Xbox |
worthplaying.com posted the news that the release date for Ninja Gaiden was announced. Check out the article for this Xbox action title that will ship on Tuesday, March 2, 2004. Here is a quote:Boasting 100% action, Ninja Gaiden will allow the player to unleash their inner ninja with smooth game play, speedy battle sequences, and a variety of advanced acrobatic ninja moves from running and flipping off walls to hanging and swinging on rails. The player will also have a variety of primary and secondary weapons at their disposal that when used in a combination, create advanced weapon attacks such as damaging wall-based assaults and all-powerful ultimate attacks. Well I don't have an Xbox but this game sounds damned cool. I hope it comes out for the PC sometime...
Star Wars Battlefront Preview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:05 AM |
Category: Action |
Gamespot has a cool preview of the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront game that is in development by Pandemic Studios for the PC. Here is a chunk of the preview:Star Wars Battlefront is, in many ways, a game that's been in development in the minds of kids since the first Star Wars toys hit store shelves in the late 1970s. While playing with the core cast of action figures that represented the main characters from the movies had always been a fun pastime, re-creating the epic battles from the films had been an equally appealing practice (provided one's action figure collection was beefy enough). This new Star Wars title is classified as an online war-action game but will feature both Single Player and Multiplayer mode. Also have a look at this Planet Guide for more info.
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
ICQ Users Beware Of Bizex Worm
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:35 PM |
Category: General |
There is a new worm going around and this time it's after ICQ users. If you use ICQ beware of any messages on ICQ that try to direct you to go to a site called "jokeworld". Here is a piece of the article on this worm:A computer becomes infected if the user visits a hacker web-site. Invitations to visit this site are being circulated by ICQ. As camouflage, when the web-site is viewed, the user is shown the Joe Cartoon site; Joe Cartoon is the creator of a popular American cartoon series. At the same time, the malicious program attacks the computer on two fronts: firstly, by using a breach in Internet Explorer, and secondly, by using a breach in Windows. The result of this is that a special file is downloaded to the computer, without the user noticing anything; this file downloads the file which contains Bizex and launches it on the victim computer. Go here to check out the Bizex article on kaspersky.com which is the site of a Russian anti-virus company.
Dungeon Siege XP Bonus Adventure
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:47 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
Did you guys know that there's a bonus adventure for Dungeon Siege: Legends Of Aranna exclusively for Windows XP users? Here is an clip off of the Dungeon Siege: Legends Of Aranna site:This XP Extra continues the story of Legends of Aranna, as players are called upon to defend the village from an attack by the Hassat race of mutated great cats. Players must repair the rift between the Hassat and the Humans, or die trying in this new level available exclusively for Windows XP users. Go here if you just happen to be a XP user who is a Dungeon Siege fan.
| Monday, February 23, 2004 |
Far Cry Goes To The Movies
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:35 PM |
Category: Movies |
It seems anouther game is going to the movies! GameDaily reports that Director-producer Uwe Boll will turn German game developer Crytek's first-person shooter PC game Far Cry into a $25 million horror movie that is planned to shoot next year. Check out the full article right here.
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 |
New UT2004 Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:01 PM |
Category: First Person |
I was away for a bit as it's my Birthday (Yay!) today and didn't get to the news till now hence the lack of updates during the day. Anyways I'm back to keep ya'll informed of some of the more interesting gaming news and whatnot. Okay here we go... Next month we all should be playing Unreal Tournament 2004! Meanwhile we get to check out some new screenshots in this article on worthplaying.com. Furthermore if you need the demo you can hop on over to the fileshack and get the demo. You'll have to register at the fileshack to download but it's free and probably painless.
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 |
New Preview Of The Bard's Tale
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:26 PM |
Category: Action |
ign.com has a new four page preview for The Bard's Tale. The following is a cut from the article:While the original was a party-based game with six members and one conjure slot, the new game will be kind of the inverse. While a few party members will come and go throughout the game, your Bard is the main character, and most of the time his companions will be those that he can summon. There's a wide variety to choose from, including fire elementals, balls of lightning, boulder-chucking giants and, of course, the aforementioned rat. This new Bard's Tale game has been in development for a year and a half and is over halfway completed.
| Friday, February 20, 2004 |
Possible Viking Burial Boat Discovery
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:43 PM |
Category: Science |
I decided to stray from the gaming news for this Viking related story. CNN has this interesting story about a possible Viking burial boat discovery in northeastern England. Here is a piece of the article:The presence of the nails, specifically designed for use in boat making, along with fragments of two swords and the coins, raised hope that excavation will uncover the remains of the Norse ceremony in which the dead were buried in a boat with their possessions to take with them to the afterlife. The site of the find itself is being kept secret and was discovered back in December by amateur metal detector enthusiasts. Go here to read more. Reading this viking stuff makes me want to reinstall and play some Rune.
Jonof's Duke 3D Port Updated
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:38 PM |
Category: First Person |
There's a small update for JonoF's Duke Nukem 3D port that improves joystick support and fixes a number of bugs. Head on over to JonoF's Game Site and get the Duke Nukem 3D Port right here. This port runs under Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and requires an OpenGL capable video card.
Bloodrayne II Interview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:57 PM |
Category: Action |
I noticed that ign.com has a new Interview for Bloodrayne II that reveals behind the scenes details and some never seen before screenshots. This 2nd Bloodrayne game is being developed fpr PS2, XBox and PC.
Sin2 Interview On HomeLan
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:04 AM |
Category: First Person |
I don't know about all you news readers out there but I want more Sin! The chances of Ritual creating a second instalment of the game is still up in the air. Maybe we get to play Sin2 and maybe we don't. Anyways HomeLan has this interesting Sin2 interview with Steve "badman" Heseel and Richard "Levelord" Gray. The interview covers both the original game and the possible sequel. Now if you really want a Sin2 you just might want to sign this here petition to show them that we all really do want to see Sin2 get made.
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
Conan Screenshots & Final Demo
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:39 PM |
Category: Action |
By Crom! There's eight new screenshots from Conan-The Dark Axe which are waiting for you to check out on conangame.com and I see on Gamers Hell that they have the final demo for Conan-The Dark Axe on this particular page. Go check out all the Conan stuff!
PoP: Sands Of Time Walkthrough
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:57 AM |
Category: Action |
1UP.com has a very well done PC walkthrough for Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time. So if your stuck and or wondering what to do next in this cool Ubisoft game I advise you to have a look at this walkthrough.
Rush's 30th Anniversary Tour
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:32 AM |
Category: Music |
JamMusic reported that Rush has announced the dates for thier upcoming North American tour to celebrate thier 30th anniversary and that will include 2 stops in Canada. I guess that means I won't get to see them again.. anyways check out that article right here.
Your Email Smells Funny
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:15 AM |
Category: Hardware |
Not only do we get spammed a lot in email, now we can possibly look forward to having a smelly email in the olde inbox? I think the idea itself is stupid but knowing people, somebody out there is going to like it and actually pay for the technology. Big_al pointed out this article on our Newdoom.com forums at this particular topic. I can't imagine wanting my email to smell like anything, can you? That item of news was discovered on BBC News UK by the way.
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
New UT2004 Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:28 PM |
Category: First Person |
Noticed on Shacknews that they posted some Hi-Res shots of Unreal Tournament 2004 showing off some new gear and locations from the new UT game. Check out the screenies right here.
Electronic Arts Ships 007 Game
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:57 PM |
Category: Action |
Electronic Arts has shipped PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube versions of James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing to retail outlets nationwide. This latest Bond title features an original storyline penned by Bond screenwriter Bruce Feirstien, with voice acting from Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, John Cleese, Richard "Jaws" Kiel, Heidi Klum, Mya, and Shannon Elizabeth. Action and driving levels are included, with PS2 owners gaining the added ability for a pair of gamers to play the game online.
Legacy Of Kain: Defiance Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:54 PM |
Category: Action |
Shacknews has a very informative review of Legacy of Kain: Defiance which was posted by jason bergman who is a Shacknews guy. Here is a cut from the review:Kain and Raziel are separated by hundreds of years for much of the storyline, although they do wind up in many of the same locations. This does limit the variety of the game’s environments significantly, but what’s really a shame is the miniscule number of enemies you’ll go up against. It’s an understandable problem to be sure: Raziel needs both spectral and physical world enemies, plus Kain needs his own set of enemies. The end result is that you’ll encounter the same two or three over and over and over again until you just start ignoring them completely. You do earn experience in the beginning of the game, but once you’ve gotten all five of your special moves there’s no reason to clear out the exact same hallway again unless you absolutely need to. I myself haven't seen the game on the shelf yet here in Canada but I do plan on getting it eventually. By the way Legacy of Kain: Defiance is out for PC and PS2 if your interested.
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
GN'R Is Set For Greatest Hits Release
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:02 PM |
Category: Music |
JamMusic reports that GN'R (you know Guns N' Roses) are set to deliver a new album, and Jam says it's not the one fans have been waiting for. Seems they're releasing a Greatest Hits album while fans are awaiting thier Chinese Democracy album. The band's last studio release was The Spaghetti Incident from back in 1993!? Geez that was awhile ago.. No wonder fans are getting restless. Check out that GN'R article right here.
Two Half-Life Mods Updated
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:48 PM |
Category: Mods |
Two very popular Half-Life mods recently updated. Science & Industry 0.97b and Hostile Intent 1.1 were both released recently. Make sure to go to both sites to see what changes have been made to both of these cool Half-Life Team based Mods.
Activision Calls Map Competition
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:33 PM |
Category: First Person |
Activision sent us a press release to let us know about a Call Of Duty Mapmaker Competition. The press release that they sent us included this info:Using the map-making toolset located on the official website, gamers have the opportunity to create and submit multiplayer levels for the chance to win an incredible Grand Prize package which includes an all expense paid trip to Los Angeles to meet with Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty, an Asylum GeForce(tm) FX 5950 Ultra-based graphics card and the potential to have their map(s) included in future Call of Duty games. To get the official rules go to the Mapmaker Competition site and the registration info is over there as well. If you decide to enter the contest then Mindless Games wishes you the best of luck. Have fun and get mapping!
| Monday, February 16, 2004 |
Hitman Contracts Site Launched
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:28 PM |
Category: Action |
Eidos just launched a new official site for the upcoming Hitman Contracts game which will be for Xbox, PS2 and PC. The site is built using Flash and it has some interesting content if you can find the little buttons on each page. They have two wallpapers that look really cool and ten screenshots, a brand new trailer plus some other stuff you'll have to search around for. Good luck and have fun or just go here and get Hitman 2.
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 |
The Bard's Tale Preview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:15 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
Once more we have anouther preview to announce. This time gamespy.com has the goods on The Bards Tale which is being developed for both PC and PS2. Here is a piece of the Preview:In addition to new types of levels and visual enhancements, inXile has gotten rid of lots of annoying trappings found in action-RPGs. As you discover new weapons, you won't have to wait to go back to town to trade them in. If it's worse than your current weapon then you'll automatically get its value in gold. If it's better than your weapon then your old one will be converted to gold and you'll wield your new arm.
The game is built on Snowblind's Dark Alliance engine, most recently seen in Sony Online Entertainment's Champions of Norrath featuring enhancements over the original engine. Well that does sound good don't you think?
Sacred Preview On 1UP
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:20 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
1UP.com has an interesting preview of a new RPG/Action game called Sacred which takes elements from Diablo, Dungeon Siege and Baldur's Gate and combines them. Here is a blurb from the preview:Dealing with Orcs, or anything else in dire need of a swift decapitation, implies knowing how to fight. Not only can we Rohirrim hopefuls mount independent horsies and slay beasts from the back of what we'll pretend is Snowmane, we'll also have to chain ranged, melee, and magical attacks into combos. These different combat arts, when combined via simplistic dragging and dropping, make the slaughter of evil AI characters or evil Internet kids that much more intuitive. From reading the preview (see blurb above) you'll learn that this game will allow you to ride horses around the Diabloish 2D landscape. That alone makes it sound promising, especially for anbody who's a fan of the Diablo type RPG's.
Thief: Deadly Shadows Preview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:17 AM |
Category: Stealth |
I see that ign.com has a new preview of Thief: Deadly Shadows, which will be the third game in the Thief Series. This informative preview is three pages long and here is a piece of it:Once again Garrett, a cynical lone wolf and master thief, is drawn back into saving a city and world that he mostly likes to remain detached from. Those veterans of the series will be glad to know that Garrett's personality will remain intact as will his mutterings. Honoring Thief's past legacy is a big part of Ion Storm's aim with this latest installment, and judging from what we saw today, they're doing a pretty good job sticking with the style of art and mood. This time around you'll be able to play the game in 3rd person and do things like shoot out torches the guards are carrying plus the AI is beefed up so overall this new edition of Thief is certainly sounding really cool.
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
Marvel TV Games
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William 'Phoebus' Mull
at 11:34 AM |
Category: Comic Books |
GameDaily reports that JAKKS Pacific has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Marvel Enterprises that will see it market and distribute TV Games products based on Marvel’s Spider-Man property.TV Games is an easily portable, self-contained gaming system. All you need are batteries. No videogame consoles and no gaming cartridges required! Simply plug in the A/V output jacks that come with the controller into any standard television set, turn on and play! The lightweight, compact, all-inclusive controller houses a combination of videogames with all of the hardware built-in. This technology allows gaming fans to access a number of videogames with just one single purchase. See Namco's TV Games for an example. Could this catch on here in the US? Who knows, but expect Spider-Man TV Games by the end of this year to retail for approximately $20.00.
Champions of Norrath Gone Gold
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William 'Phoebus' Mull
at 10:28 AM |
Category: Gone Gold |
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Champions of Norrath for the Playstation 2 has Gone Gold™ and will be shipping in the US as soon as this coming February 11th. Champions of Norrath is set several hundred years before the current EverQuest game for the PC. It features online cooperative play for up to four players. There are five playable characters, which promises up to 70 hours of game play per character, and support for up to four players in offline play, when using the PS2’s multitap.
| Saturday, February 7, 2004 |
Eight New Conan Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:05 AM |
Category: Action |
Conan-The Dark Axe is a game title that a lot of Conan fans like myself are looking forward to. It's a 3rd person game with RPG elements and is divided into chapters with different enviroments and creatures. Overall it's looking pretty cool and hopefully they'll release a demo of the game soon as promised on the site itself. Meanwhile On Conangame.com they just added 8 new screenshots that now makes a total of 44 shots. They also uploaded a new music track by Lubomir Ruttkay from the game called Fight With Boss. So check it all out and keep your eyes peeled for more info on the game in the near future.
Gangland Box Shot
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William 'Phoebus' Mull
at 10:30 AM |
Category: Action |
Whiptail Interactive has released the brand new box for its upcoming action game Gangland, scheduled to ship to retail stores nationwide March 3rd, 2004. Check our previous Featured Shot. Gangland promises to be a fast-pace arcade style action game that combines RTT, RPG & Sim genres into a whole new breed.
| Wednesday, February 4, 2004 |
Dungeon Siege Screenwriter Selected
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:30 PM |
Category: Movies |
A few months ago way back in October, Microsoft announced they struck a deal to have the very popular Dungeon Siege game turned into a movie. It was just announced that David Freeman, who did the screenplay for Van Helsing, will pen the film adaptation of the RPG. Director Uwe Boll talks with GameSpot in this little article. Now only time will tell how cool or not the movie version of Dungeon Siege will be.
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