July 2004
Runaway Trains For Condition Zero Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:42 PM |
Category: First Person |
Kiltron sent us word that he's updated the The Mean Arena with the news that he's finished his latest Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Deleted Scenes) mission that's titled, Runaway Trains. Here is what he has to say about it all: I started this mission the day I released my last mission, Terrorist Retaliation and this marks a new appearance of the GIGN in a Deleted Scenes mission. You take the role of a French GIGN operative where Terrorists have hijacked a transporter train that is shipping goods and military equipment through Basel, France. They are on a mission to launch a nuke over France killing everyone in the country. They have taken hostages, so you have to find and save them as well. There aren't too many games out there that let you play on dual moving trains navigating through each one to make it to the front. Good luck! The map is ready for download so hit The Mean Arena and get it.
Next Star Wars Film Gets Full Title
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
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Category: Movies |
Starwars.com has the news announcement posted up concerning the full title of the next Star Wars movie which is Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. The film is scheduled for release on May 19, 2005: The Sith are masters of the dark side of the Force and the sworn enemies of the Jedi. They were all but exterminated by the Jedi a thousand years ago, but the evil order continued in secrecy. They operated quietly, behind the scenes, acting in pairs - a Master and an Apprentice - patiently biding their time before they could take over the galaxy. In Episode III, they'll finally exact their revenge on the Jedi. I'm hoping this film will kick some serious butt and will tie everything together nicely.... Until May 2005 keep your lighsabers crossed. Oh yeah, here is the link to the article.
Demonstone For PC Too?
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:42 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
According to Blues News the game Demonstone is now going to be heading to PC. Earlier when I checked out the game on some other far flung site, it was being made for Xbox and PS2 with no mention about a PC version. For a view of some cool screenshots and a movie, hit the official site. They want you to register to get the news.... so if you want some xtra info on this game you cam always go here.
Half-Life II In September?
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:01 PM |
Category: First Person |
According to the latest news on HalfLife Source, Half-Life 2 will be passed on to publisher Vivendi for final mastering and duplication within days for it's early August target. This means that we'll see the game hit the shelves in mid to late September. This is all info gained from Valve's Doug Lombardi or so they say. Bring on the Half-Life II coolness!
Some New Mortyr 2 Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:33 PM |
Category: First Person |
I never played the first Mortyr and I just spotted a batch of new screenshots for Mortyr II, all of which can be viewed right here thanks to worthplaying. One of the new features of the game is: extra trash implemented (makes the enviroment look more 'messy' like it should be). So there you go, expect more grit with the next version of Mortyr.
MSI’s GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB Reviewed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:13 PM |
Category: Hardware |
Here's a hardware review for MSI’s GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB video card. Here is a shot from the review: On the right hand side of the board, you can see two 4-pin Molex power connectors, which are needed to drive this high-powered GPU. nVidia recommends that each power plug come from a different power line from the power supply, and that the power supply itself be rated for 350W and higher operation. The dual power supply connectors will only be for the AGP 8x version of the 6800 Ultra board, as the upcoming PCI Express versions will have a custom 6-pin graphics card power connector. If you don't plug in the graphics card power plugs, you'll get a nice loud siren noise from the onboard speaker to the right. We found that out the hard way That's a nice board but can you afford one? Anyhow the GeForce 6800's are proclaimed the best for running Doom 3 as seen in this article. Hey Nvidia how about sending over one of those 6800 babies so I can review it running Doom 3.... yeah like that would happen.
NASA To Launch Mercury Mission
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:21 PM |
Category: Science |
It seems that NASA is about to launch a Craft to Begin a 6 1/2-Year Journey to Mercury, which will be the First Visit to the Planet in 30 Years. Remarkably, the only thing between the probe's room-temperature science instruments and the blistering sun and pizza-oven heat will be a handmade ceramic-cloth quilt just one-quarter of an inch thick. Check that out on ABC News.
The Suffering PC Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:42 PM |
Category: First Person |
Game Method has a review online for the PC version of The Suffering. Here is a small snack from the full meal:Properly equipping yourself is key to defeating the monsters that constantly attack Torque. The dark nature of the prison demands almost constant use of a flashlight that runs on batteries, which may be picked up throughout the game’s environments; additionally, bottles of Zombium, a prescription drug, enable you to heal any wounds Torque may suffer in his journey. Hit the The Suffering review for the full skinny on the game.
Dungeon Siege II Screenshots On Official Site
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:31 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
On the Dungeon Siege II they updated with some new Screenshots. Those screenies look pretty good so go check em out. Thanks to Blues News where I spotted the info in the first place.
More Screens From The Bard's Tale
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:54 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
worthplaying.com has several screenshots up for The Bard's Tale (Ummmm, actually if you scroll down the page after reading the txt you'll find a LOT of screenies.. Check those out on this page.
Far Cry Patch v1.2
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:54 PM |
Category: First Person |
Far Cry Patch 1.2 has been released by Crytek Studios: This release adds quicksave support, increases run speeds and sprint lengths, fixes some Punkbuster problems, addresses a large number of gameplay issues, applies various optimizations and weapon tweaks, and squashes more bugs. 3dgamers.com got the goods with that Far Cry Patch 1.2...
New Bard's Tale Dev Diary
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:11 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
Gamers Pulse posted up a Dev Diary for The Bard's Tale in which inXile Entertainment engineer Annie Sullivan talks about the AI in the upcoming Bard's Tale RPG. Here is the linkage for the Dev Diary in question. Also have a peek at the official site if you need more info... just watch out for the serving wench. :p
The Stalin Subway Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:08 PM |
Category: First Person |
GenGamers has a new set of screenshots for The Stalin Subway a FPS game set in Russia during the time of Stalin (the 1950's) and you play a KGB officer who ends up trying to avoid an explosion... For more info on this game check out the official site.
Pacific Assault Preview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:58 PM |
Category: First Person |
ign.com has a preview for Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. Heres a fragment from the article: I jump aboard and man the .50 cal as we move in towards the beach. Tracers zip by as explosions rock the water around us. We're finally in sight of the beach when the boat sinks beneath us. Now we have to wade through a few hundred yards of surf and enemy fire as we make our way to the beach. Men are dying all around us but I manage to make it to the beach alive. Ok that sure sounds interesting! Read the full two page preview.
Spellforce: The Breath Of Winter Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:08 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
Spellforce: The Breath of Winter was reviewed on Games Xtreme. Here is a shot of text from the review itself: As in TOoD, the music and the look of the game are superb, and the maps are bigger and better than ever before. The landscapes – at least for the first five levels I’ve played so far – are muddy swamps and frozen wastes. There are new monsters to fight, and new Rune Warriors to recruit. You are plunged straight into the action of the new story line, involving the abduction of an ice elf queen by the Crimson Imperials; baddies to conjure dread as much as the fearsome Blades from TOoD. The reviewer gave the expansion pack to Spellforce: The Order of Dawn a good review.
Pacific Assault Preview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:47 PM |
Category: First Person |
Gamespot has a preview online for the next Medal Of Honor mission pack: Pacific Assault. So here is the complimentary quote from that preview: The demo began with Tommy and his squad being ushered ashore via transport boats. Many historians label this battle as the D-Day of the Pacific Theater, and from watching this sequence, it was easy to see why. Pure chaos unfolded around us as our transport chugged to shore, and frequent death precluded many of the transports’ ability to get to shore (as did a large reef, which, WWII buffs will recall, prevented all transports from actually making it to shore at all). As we moved toward the shore, we came upon a scuttled ship, which was occupied by a number of Japanese soldiers. Historically, this ship actually did exist, and it happened to belong to a former resident of the island. The Japanese army scuttled the ship themselves, pulling it away from shore to use it as a defense post. Once the Japanese saw us, we had to man a Gatling gun to take out all the soldiers and eventually blow up the ship. Hit this link to get the full preview of this cool mission pack.
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR Motherboard Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:59 AM |
Category: Hardware |
Virtual Zone has a review for the MSI K8T Neo2-FIR Motherboard. With the launch of the Athlon 64 on the Socket 939 platform over a month in the past, our attention is now to the boards enthusiasts will buy to power the latest generation of Athlon 64 processors. Among the first to market is MSI, with their latest Athlon 64 motherboard, the K8T Neo2-FIR. You may remember that MSI made a lot of news with the first retail Nforce 3 250GB motherboard, the MSI K8N Neo Platinum, a very popular board for the Socket 754 Athlon 64 platform. The review is 13 pages information so go have a read...
Painkiller v1.3.1 Patch Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:28 AM |
Category: First Person |
If you need or want the Painkiller v1.3.1 patch you can get it off of worthplaying.com which addresses the Load game issue from saves within a game level. The patch is 4mb and you can get that right here.
Doom 3 Has Gone GOLD!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:33 PM |
Category: First Person |
Normally we don't announce Doom related news on this site because all of that content is reported on our Doom site at Newdoom.com. However this is one of the coolest things to happen in a long time. DooM 3 has Gone GOLD! as was announced by Todd Hollenshead, CEO for id software in his webdog .plan It's DONE! Yes, this is the official word that DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing! It won't be long now until the anticipation ends and the PH34R begins ;-) We literally just hung up with Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally GOLD. Thanks to everyone for their patience (yeah right! =) and for everyone at id, Activision and our numerous partners for helping us create what I believe is absolutely the best game we have ever made. Check out Todd Hollenshead's .plan update! For more info about the latest DooM 3 and other Doom related updates get yourself on Newdoom.com!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Footage
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:44 AM |
Category: First Person |
Adrenaline Vault has the latest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Footage for download if your interested in viewing the game in action. If you haven't heard of the game and need more info here's the linkage to the official site.
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:33 AM |
Category: Hardware |
Whining Dog.net has a review of the new Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case. The case was very easy to work with when constructing a new system. The inside edges are well machined and having rounded corners always helps. This isn't a completely tool-less chassis but it comes close to being one. There are tab locks for all PCI/AGP expansion cards and there are drive rails for 5.25" drives. That is a nice looking case and id be tempted to order one if I was in need of a new case. Go have a look at that review.
Bethesda To Develop Fallout 3
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:04 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
It was anounced on worthplaying.com that game developer Bethesda will be creating Fallout 3, a sequel to the extremely popular Fallout RPG series. If your wondering what this means in regards to the Elder Scrolls seried... well the word is that both Fallout 3 and the next Elder Scrolls title will be developed under the direction of Todd Howard, executive producer of The Elder Scrolls. Head on over to this page right here.
Thermaltake's 480 watt PSU Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 6:02 PM |
Category: Hardware |
TechTastic has an interesting review online for Thermaltake's TWV 480 Power Supply and here is a small quote from the review itself: This 480 watt PSU comes with a front bezel that fits in a 5.25" slot that can display the amount of voltage that your computer is currently using. If your in need a of a new Power Supply then have a read of that review.
New Dungeon Siege II Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:19 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
On the Dungeon Siege II they updated with some new Screenshots. So that's the news... screenies look pretty good so go check em out.
Even More Bard's Tale Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:12 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
worthplaying.com has some new screenshots for The Bard's Tale. The game will use the next generation of Snowblind's Everquest: Champions of Norrath engine and is being published by inXile entertainment. The release date is set in the fourth quarter of 2004.
Kreed Review On GamersEurope
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:25 PM |
Category: First Person |
On gamerseurope they have a review online for the FPS Kreed. Here is the essential snipping from the review:Kreed is set in an alternate universe some time in the future, it all gets a little trippy from this point on because it looks like the developers were chewing on some Scooby snacks whilst busily coding until the break of dawn. The game purports that the main character “Must find the answers to a number of crucial questions that deal with his immediate relation with danger-filled reality, as well as the risk of trying to understand his own self”. That’s kind of funny because when I was playing the game it seemed to be just about running around killing all the bad guys in your path, maybe I should have been listening to Radiohead in the background as I played. If you can look past the pretentious rant that accompanies the game, Kreed is pretty much a straight forward FPS: run around, shoot some enemies, collect the keys and be the hero. Well that sounds like one of those games you pick up after it comes down to dirt cheap prices for playing on some rainy day. Anyhow check out that Kreed Review.
ATI Releases Catalyst Drivers 4.7
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:12 PM |
Category: Hardware |
ATI released version 4.7 of the Catalyst Drivers for thier Radeon cards. So if you have one of those Radeon jobbies and figure you need updated drivers then go to the drivers section of the ATI site.
Counter-Strike: Source Beta 1 Is Coming Soon
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:46 PM |
Category: General |
Just recieved this info about the Counter Strike Source Beta 1 from an email Doug Lombardi sent out:Starting later this summer, Valve will be conducting a limited-time beta of Counter-Strike: Source via Steam. The beta will first be open to subscribers of the Valve Cybercafé Program, and then extended to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. The next installment of the world's number 1 online action game, Counter-Strike: Source blends CS's intense teamplay with the advanced technology of Valve's Source engine. If you need more info about the whole sheband head on over to steampowered.com.
Dungeon Siege II Delayed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:10 PM |
Category: Role Playing |
I spotted on Blues News that Dungeon Siege II has been delayed. The game is now slated to be released in Spring 2005 rather than late 2004. Anyhow have a gander at the Dungeon Siege II site for more info on the game and such.
Some BloodRayne II Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:02 PM |
Category: Action |
worthplaying.com has some new screenshots for BloodRayne II, the 3rd person, vampire chick, supernatural action title that's under development by Terminal Reality and is scheduled for release next October. Have a look and also check out the listed features along with those shots...
Internet Explorer Virus Exploitation
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:24 PM |
Category: General |
CNN.com posted up an article concerning virus attacks against Microsofts Internet Explorer browser. Here is a snippage from the article:A pair of virus attacks exploiting its vulnerabilities had led security experts to recommend that Web surfers consider such alternatives as Mozilla and Opera.
Until Microsoft made a software update available Friday, continuing to use Internet Explorer was "like playing the lottery," said Johannes B. Ullrich, chief technology officer of the nonprofit SANS Internet Security Center.
For those of you interested in alternate browsers check out Firefox and Opera. I use Firefox myself now and have been doing so for at least a Month now. Definitely worth checking out and go read that article..
Hell Forces Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:35 PM |
Category: First Person |
worthplaying.com has some screenshots for Hell Forces a classical FPS set on three different worlds, where you have to try to stop dread forces of Baphometh, the servant of Satan. Well that sounds interesting enough... check out those Hell Forces shots... yeah all three of them. ;)
NZXT Guardian Case Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:53 PM |
Category: Hardware |
Envy News has a new computer case review up for the NZXT Guardian. Here is a shot from the review:The Guardian - NZXT's launch into the pre-modded gaming case world. With patent pending locking mechanisms, an incredibly unique overall design, and even killer rodents, the Guardian has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. The lights and glowing killer rodent will undoubtedly draw envy from gamers abound. The killer drive locking mechanisms are ingenious too. NZXT have really put their research and development teams to good use and come up with a handful of eye-opening features. So if your into cases and interested in a new one maybe the NZXT Guardian is whatcha need.
Tim Sweeney Unreal Interview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:46 PM |
Category: Developer |
Games Domain has a very interesting interview cooked up with Unreal developer, Tim Sweeney who is hard at work on the next version of the Unreal Engine. Check it all out on this page right here.
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