SoF Gold Info | Update by Linguica
SOFCenter has put up a big Gold Edition information section, which features some extensive information about this upcoming add-on for Raven Software's somewhat recently released blow-em-apart FPS.
Sims Livin' Large First Look | Update by Linguica
Gamecenter has published their first look at The Sims Livin' Large, the addon pack to that insanely and inexplicably popular live-their-life sim game from Maxis.
Elite Force Interview | Update by Linguica
PlayNow! has posted part 2 of their interview with Raven Software's Kenn Hoekstra, where they talk about Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (naturally), explore ICARUS, and discuss Raven's plans for the future.
The Sims Interview | Update by zero
Game-Interviews has done an interview with Chris Baena, Associate Producer of The Sims: Livin' Large expansion pack. They talk about the new expansion pack over two pages, and they have also included some exclusive screenshots.
FAKK˛ Patch Released | Update by zero | 
Ritual has released the 1.01 patch for Heavy Metal: FAKK˛. You can download the patch from 3D Gamers, ShugaShack, FilePlanet, or Ritual's FTP server. Here is a list of changes.
- Crash or BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) on Exit should now be fixed on various versions of Windows.
- Crashes on cinematics should be fixed.
- Voodoo 2 support has been fixed.
- The OPENGL driver can now be selected from the advanced menu.
- The memory manager has been re-written to improve stability and eliminate some memory leaks.
[Related Links]-[FAKKYou.Com]
Deus Ex on Linux | Update by zero |
CrusadeR of Linux Games just informed me that Jeremy Katz of linuxpower.org sent in a quick note from the LinuxWorld Expo stating that Deus Ex is being ported to Linux by Loki Software. An official announcement should appear shorty, even as early as tommorow.
There's a nice deux ex poster hanging in the loki booth with a nice version of it running on one of their boxes... it should be fun to pl^H^Htest :)
[Related Links]-[Unrealism]
Unreal Tournament 428 Server Released | Update by zero
Steve Polge just sent word that version 428 of the Unreal Tournament server has been released. The patch (approximately) weighs in at a whopping 73 MB and you can download it here from TeleFragged. Here are a few mirrors for your downloading pleasure...
Tribes 2 Interview | Update by zero |
I saw on Blue's News that Digital Fusion Cafe has done an interview with Dave Georgeson of Dynamix. They talk about the voice system and a bunch of gameplay and design features.
[Related Links]-[TribesStation]
Zeus Interview | Update by KungFu |
Gamespy have had a long chat with the "Games' Director of Design & Development" at Impression Games - Chris Beatrice, talking about their upcoming greek god strategy game - Zeus.
[Related Links]-[Strategy Gaming Online]
Detonator 3 Drivers Released | Update by KungFu
nVidia have official released the recently leaked Detonator 3 drivers (v6.18), which according to the blurb on the site can increase performance by upto 50% (Thanks Blues). To give you an idea of how they might perform, the folk at FiringSquad have whipped up some benchmark results using the leaked v6.16 drivers from a few days back, testing them on all flavors of GeForce based cards.
DS9: Dominion Wars Delayed | Update by zero
Stomped has learned that Star Trek Nine - Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars has been delayed from it's original release date of October until spring of 2001. The reason for the delay is "Basically, we just wanted to put it out when it was ready.". More information can be found over at Stomped.
Horizons Questions Answered | Update by zero
Horizon Vault has released another version of their Ask Artifact Entertainment feature in which fans can ask questions about their game Horizons. There seems to be a good mix of questions this week, head on over and check it out.
Neocron Chat Log | Update by zero
A log of the Neocron chat (read yesterday's news) has been posted up at RPG Planet. They chatted with lead designer Joerg Schwiezer about various things including vehicles.
SOF Developer's Diary #19 | Update by zero
SOF Center has posted the latest installment of their Soldier of Fortune Developer's Diary. Raven Software programmer Keith Fuller talks about how it felt to be on vacation and away from the deadlines and stress of the work.
Dark Sector Graphics | Update by zero
3D programmer Steve 'Speuger' Sinclair of Digital Extremes made a post on the Darker Sector forums regarding the Dark Sector graphics effects. Here is his post.
I guess you could call what we're doing 'shaders'. Essentially the 'shaders' in q3 control texture blending and texture coordinate generation-straight from their OpenGL commands... we are using these sorts of techniques in Dark Sector.
As for environment mapping being a "low end" version of a shader... environment mapping is a texture coordinate generation technique - one of the coolest looking ones as it is view dependent (Several characters in Half-Life had this).
So you can expect to see procedural texture coordinate generation, multi-pass texturing as well as fancy blending mode tricks.
[Related Links]-[Unrealism]
Wizards & Warriors Preview | Update by KungFu
GamersCentral have posted a preview of the old school role-playing game by Heuristic Park - Wizards & Warriors.
Escape from Monkey Island Preview | Update by KungFu |
The folk at About.com have posted a preview of LucasArt's latest pointy clickity adventure - Escape from Monkey Island.
[Related Links]-[House of Mojo]
Half-Life Coding Index Opens | Update by zero
The newest addition to ValveWorld - Half-Life Coding Index has opened! If you are a mod developer and are looking to learn how to do some neat tricks for your modification but don't quite know how to, head on over to the Half-Life Coding Index for more tutorials than you could ever imagine!
Digital Extremes Chat | Update by zero
Just a reminder that tonight there will be a chat with the Digital Extreme's folk on irc.voodooextreme.com #digitalextremes. The chat starts at 8:00 PM EDT (5:00 PM PST). Hope to see you there!
[Related Links]-[Unrealism]
Arcanum Preview | Update by Lefte |
GameSpot UK has previewed roleplaying game Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura. They also have a screenshot gallery up with some shots of the game in action.
Swat3: Elite Edition Shots | Update by Lefte
Gee, more GA shots... GA-Strategy also has some screenshots of Sierra's upcoming Swat 3: Close Quarters Battle multiplayer version called Swat 3: Elite Edition. You can find three more screenshots over on Gamespy.
Throne of Darkness Shots | Update by Lefte |
GA-RPG has nine new screenshots of upcoming action-roleplaying hybrid Throne of Darkness up.
Hitman Screenshots | Update by zero |
GA-Source scored nine exclusive screenshots of IO Interactive's upcoming third-person shooter, Hitman: Codename 47.
[Update LeftE:] EvilAvatar also has his own set of twelve screens up, showing off Hong Kong, a strip club (Shake it, baby!), and the Columbian rainforest.
Paul Jaquays Interview | Update by zero
Stomped was lucky enough to get an interview with id Software's Paul Jaquays. They talk about his work on Quake3: Team Arena, the lifestyle at id, and a little bit about Doom 3.
Red Alert 2 Screenshots | Update by KungFu |
GamespotUK have gotten their hands of eight glorious shots from Westwood's latest Command & Conquer title - Red Alert 2.
[Related Links]-[Strategy Gaming Online]
Sacrifice Update and Screenshots | Update by KungFu |
Also VoodooExtreme have had a quick chat with Shiny's Joby Otero, to get the latest on thier wacky action strategy game - Sacrifice. Not only that, they have 20 screenshots grabbed from the latest build they managed to get their hands on.
[Related Links]-[Strategy Gaming Online]
Echelon Preview | Update by KungFu |
The chaps at VoodooExtreme have posted a hands-on preview of Buka Entertainment's impressive looking futuristic aerial blast 'em up - Echelon, which also comes 20 brand new screenshots.
Horizons Interview | Update by KungFu |
RPGPlanet have posted an interview with David Allen, CEO of Artifact Entertainment, in regard to their upcoming massively multiplayer online RPG - Horizons: Empires of Istaria.
Rocket Arena 3 Tournament at FRAG 4 | Update by KungFu
Red Barchetta has sent word of a Rocket Arena 3 Tournament that is to be held at the upcoming CPL FRAG 4 event in Dallas on the September 28 to October 1. Bawls, Case Ace and Cached.Net are sponsoring the event so far, but the winners prize has yet to be announced as they're still in talks with some more companies, so keep your eyes peeled. You can find all the info on the tournmanet right here on the official site. Red also mentioned CPL founder - Angel Munoz, made a post on the CPL Forum, detailing all the various groovy activities that will be going on there, along with details on the prizes and more. There's mention that 3dfx will be showing off their Voodoo 6 card, which is news to me.
[Update LeftE:] I think Fu means the Voodoo 5 6000.
[Update KungFu:] I did indeed...that was a pre-cup-of-tea post :)
Combat Flight Sim 2 Preview | Update by KungFu |
The sim junkies at SimHQ have whipped up a preview of Microsoft's upcoming WW2 aerial combat game - Combat Flight Sim 2.
Tech News | Update by Lefte
