Doom 4 coming
Fredrik Olsson | 07-12-17 14:51 | article
Doom lovers rejoice, John C. has revealed that Doom 4 will happen!
Work on the sequel to hasn't begun yet, but in an interview at QuakeCon '07, the co-founder of id software announced that the Doom franchise will live on. While talking about the future Id software projects, the new Quake and Wolfenstein games, he mentioned
Doom 4.
"There will be a Doom 4, we don't have it scheduled or a team assigned to it, but there will be a Doom 4." - John Carmack
read more...Crysis physics videos
Fredrik Olsson | 07-12-16 22:33 | article
The physics engine in Crysis is really neat, combined with the beautiful explosion effects, this makes a nice playground for all of us who like to blow things up, heres a collection of fan-made physic experiments.
Enjoy!
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Soldier of Fortune 3 coming
Fredrik Olsson | 07-10-10 09:36 | news
Activision today officially announced SoF 3, named Soldier of Fortune Payback. Coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November, SoF: Payback will feature the trademark SoF gameplay and the controversial GHOUL-damage system will be taken to the next level and "may be shocking to even experienced FPS players".
In addition to the singleplayer campaign, Payback will have persistent stat-tracking and a
bunch of multiplayer game modes.
Solier of Fortune Payback is beeing crafted outside of Raven studios (SoF & SoF 2), by Slovakian studio Cauldron.
read more...Unreal Tournament 3 console vs PC
Fredrik Olsson | 07-09-27 04:10 | news
Bad news for PC- and Playstation 3-owners who hoped to kick each others asses in UT 3, in an IRC-chat with UT-fans, Mark Rein revealed that console vs PC support for multiplayer has been dropped and will most likely not be added in future updates either.
"The biggest challenge in doing cross platform play is syncronizing the builds such that the build on the PC is 100% compatible with the build on the PS3. Unfortunately (or fortunately) when you games on console you have a lengthy certification process to go through each time you release anything new...
We looked at how this would impact our ability to respond quickly to things happening at internet speed on the PC side of the equation and realized that would not be in the best interests of our very loyal PC user base because we would constantly be holding on to updates to wait until they passed cert on the console platform." - Mark Rein
source: Beyond Unreal
read more...Warcraft Movie
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-18 06:50 | news
Blizzard has been struggling hard to come up with a concept good enough for a World of warcraft movie. It's not an easy task, the expectations are astronomical. But, now, that concept is finally coming together.
read more...Borderlands Four-Player Co-Op Sci-Fi Shooter
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-15 00:41 | news
Co-op lovers rejoice! Gearbox has revealed Borderlands, a sci-fi RPG/FPS hybrid with full four-player co-op support, vehicular combat and a content generation system, that will bring you "near-endless variety" in mission, environment, enemy, weapon, item and character customization.
The Road Warrior theme is hot right now, just days after id Software announced it's Mad Max inspired game, Borderlands surfaces, described by Game Informer as "Diablo meets Mad Max".
Borderlands will ship during the holiday 2008 season to PC, PS 3 and Xbox 360.
read more...Duke Nukem on Xbox Live Arcade
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-12 06:41 | news
It's been silent from Duke Nukem Forever developers 3D Realms lately, but now George Broussard, said that they wish to bring the 1996 classic shooter, Duke Nukem 3D to Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, if Microsoft is intrested.
Well, this is nice and all... but where is Duke Nukem Forever?
read more...Prototype Announced - an open world action game
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-12 01:28 | news
Sierra recently announced Prototype, an open-world game, set in third-person by Radical Entertainment (Hulk, Scarface) coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The lead character in Prototype is Alex Mercer, a shape-shifting mutant, who can steal skills and abilities from his enemies. Haunted by his past, Mercer fights a secret war in New York City.
The movement system will give you a spider-man-like freedom while moving across the urban landscape.
"Prototype can climb or wall-run across any surface, jump 30 stories high, and destroy anything that crosses his path" - Radical president Kelly Zmak.
Prototype is to be released summer 2008, while waiting check out these hot
Prototype screenshots.
Bioshock Gone Gold - Irrational change name
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-11 00:35 | news
Take-Two announced BioShock has gone gold. Release date for PC and Xbox 360 will be on August 21 in North America and on August 24 in Europe.
Irrational Games, praised developer of PC classic System Shock 2 and it's upcoming spiritual successor BioShock has changed name and been split into 2K Boston and 2K Australia.
The formerly independent studio was acquired by Take Two Interactive last year, who claims the change will result in no loss of creative control for the companies.
Id reveals Rage
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-04 08:52 | news
Id Softwares new IP that has repeatedly been hinted towards is named Rage, game developer legend and programmer John Carmack revealed at today's QuakeCon festivities.
"Everybody knows we're going to do a good job with the run and gun action stuff...but we are branching out", Carmack said and noted id's love for a Road Warrior-like post-apocalyptic atmosphere a la Mad Max.
Rage, powered by
id Tech 5, will have players driving across an open world between settlements, fighting monsters, mutants and an oppressive government. You will be able to customize your vehicle throughout the game and play co-op multiplayer with your friends.
The title will ship "when it's done" to PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on two DVD, with Blue-ray distribution planned. Check out the
Rage screenshots in the gallery.
read more...World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion
Fredrik Olsson | 07-08-03 10:07 | news
With BlizzCon 2007 is open and running and today World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King was announced as the new expansion for Blizzard's popular MMORPG WoW. As the name suggests, the expansion will focus on the Lich King Arthas and his frozen kingdom of Northrend. New zones, items, and quests will come with the package, as well as a new class: the Death Knights.
The new PVP battlegrounds warfare will focus on sieges, adding destructible buildings. Characters will have access to new dance moves and hairstyles, and players will now be able to change their character's hairdo.
Check out the first 11
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King screenshots in the
game gallery.
read more...GTA 4 live demo at E3 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 07-07-20 09:03 | news
The GTA 4 demo was run on Xbox 360 and was a bit choppy at places, but as Rockstar pointed out, it was running on unfinished code.
In the brief demo a new use of the GTA cellphone was shown, where the character bought weapons and arranged deliveries. Another nice thing noted was that the reflection on cars changed with the environment, reflecting street lights and the gradually changing sunlight.
"Our goal is to create the defining next-gen action adventure, No one is resting on their laurels."
Starcraft 2 at E3 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 07-07-19 08:21 | news
New information about Blizzards eagerly awaited RTS, Starcraft 2 has surfaced at E3 2007.
There won't be any heroes in multiplayer, Carriers will be back in a form, now known as the Tempest and Blizzard plans to do something fresh with Single Player, adding replayability...
read more...Unreal Tournament 3 Impressions at E3 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 07-07-18 22:13 | news
The map shown at E3 2007 was Heatray. A large player-controllable tripod-like vehicle, the Darkwalker, resides somewhere on the map.
The level looked oddly lifeless, giving the impression that people left it in an awfully big hurry, reminiscent to War of the Worlds. And according to producer Jeff Morris, that was the intent all along, to "reference War of the Worlds enough without getting sued."
- Unreal Tournament 3 will feature 40 multiplayer levels
- Single-player is estimated to last between 8 and 10 hours, and supports cooperative play.
- Of the 11 weapons in Unreal Tournament 3, none of them are new to the series.
- The maps for Unreal Tournament 3 are designed with 12-24 players in mind.
- Cross-platform multiplayer between PC and PS3 is possible, but final support has yet to be decided.
- UT3 will feature a feign death maneuver, causing a player's body to instantly crumple towards the ground with ragdoll physics.
- A new gameplay mode, Warfare, will replace the Assault and Onslaught modes. Warfare is a node capture-based mode where the goal is to create a line of capture from node to node.
Gears of War on PC
Fredrik Olsson | 07-07-11 02:07 | news
Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 driven, praised tactical shooter, Gears of War, will make the jump from Xbox 360 to PC this year.
Epic founder Cliff Bleszinski demonstrated the PC version of the game at E3 event when the announcement was made.
PC players will, beyond higher resolutions get features such as new content, a game editor, five new chapters, an additional multiplayer mode, new maps, and new achievements.
Gears of War on PC will be playable on both Windows XP and Vista.
World in Conflict Beta Test on July 11
Fredrik Olsson | 07-07-09 05:33 | news
A beta-test of the RTS World in Conflict is set to begin on July 11, publisher Sierra announced. The beta will feature the same content as next week's E3 Media & Business Summit and will last through the end of July. You can sign up for the beta at the
official World in Conflict site.
The beta contains two multiplayer maps - HomeTown and Farmland, a tutorial mission and support for up to 8v8 multiplayer.
Soldier of Fortune 3 confirmed
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-28 02:47 | news
Activision has confirmed that Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back is in development. The next episode of Raven Software's first person shooter is headed to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and will be released November 7, 2007, according to retailer listings. The release date should be taken with a grain of salt prior to official publisher confirmation though.
Soldier of Fortune 3 (now known as Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back) has been rumored to be developed with the Doom 3 engine. While nothing is officially known, we can expect a new level of the series trademark gore rendering and realistic violence in the by fans eagerly awaited SOF 3.
read more...Internal Starcraft 2 Demo at Blizzcon
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-21 15:27 | news
Blizzard has announced that a playable demo of it's long awaited RTS sequel, Starcraft 2 will be playable at
Blizzcon. The demo will not be released to the public, but playable at the set up demo stations, allowing attendees to play multiplayer battles against eachother.
Unfortunately Starcraft 2 will not be released this year...
"Some people were hoping, because of how advanced the game looks, that we'd have it out by Christmas, but that's definitely not happening," - Blizzard VP of game design, Rob Pardo
Blizzard will also be handing out beta keys to attendees for an as-yet unnamed title.
Blizzcon 2007 will be held on August 3-4 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
The Agency - a spy MMORPG
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-13 04:04 | news
SOE Seattle announced The Agency, we got a bunch of
the Agency screenshots and
artwork from the upcoming spy-themed MMORPG.
Shacknews has
impressions and a
preview of the game, which will be released for PC and PlayStation 3.
"It's different from anything SOE has released before. Our goal is to break from traditional online games and provide players with a 'fun now, no waiting' gameplay experience in a dynamic, ever-evolving online world." - " Matt Wilson, SOE Seattle director of development
read more...Id tech 5 - id softwares new engine
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-11 12:14 | article
Id software unexpectedly showed their new engine today during Steve Job's address at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2007. Id Software co-founder and legendary programming genius John Carmack presented the new id technology, referred to as id Tech 5.
A highly detailed desert valley environment was shown on id Tech 5, presumably a race track given the accompanying banners, flags, spectator and vehicles. The scene was said to use over 20GB of unique textures and with id's MegaTexture technology.
read more...Quake Wars planned release date
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-04 13:37 | news
Publisher Activision has revealed that Splash Damage's upcoming multiplayer shooter Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is expected to release in the company's second quarter of fiscal year 2008. Given Activision's fiscal schedule, this suggests that the game will be released between the months of July and September of this calendar year. The official release is still "when it's done" and "id Software still makes the final decision on the release date," said Activision CFO Thomas Tippl in an analyst conference call following the announcement.
Last July Quake Wars was announced as being pushed back to 2007 from its expected 2006 release.
Making of the Starcraft 2 cinematic teaser
Fredrik Olsson | 07-06-04 03:18 | news
Blizzard is known for making great cinematics and with starcraft 2, they have taken it to the next level, the above five-million-polygon marine model even broke their renderer. Along with the interview a
new batch of artwork is also released.
On the question why they focused on the genesis of a marine for the trailer, Blizzard replied:
"Actually showing the marine being built gives us an exciting opportunity to show that in the StarCraft universe, even something that's normally very mundane can have a truly epic feeling to it."
"To stand out, you can't just tell a story - you have to tell it well." -Blizzard
Making of Starcraft 2 cinematic teaser interview >>Splash Damage Hiring
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-29 05:33 | news
How would you like to work for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars developer Splash Damage? Well you could, they are looking for people. Current job openings include
Lead Environmental Artist,
Level Designer and
Artists. Splash Damage is located in London, England and accepts international applications.
New game from Serious Sam developer
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-16 17:17 | news
Gamecock Media Group will be publishing a new game from the developers of the Serious Sam series, Croteam for PC and "specific" consoles. The game will be powered by Croteam's Serious Engine 3.
Here are some shots of the
untitled Croteam project, due out in 2009.
Lost Planet Demo
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-16 06:39 | news
Two PC demos of the third person sci-fi shooter Lost Planet: Extreme Condition has been released, one for
DirectX9 demo and one
DirectX10/Vista demo. The demo includes the same two levels found in the Xbox 360 singleplayer demo.
Team Fortress 2 Heavy weapons guy Movie
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-16 02:59 | news
A
new Team Fortress 2 movie, showing an a introduction to the Heavy Weapons Guy and showing off the game's wonderful facial animation.
The animation seen in the video is in-engine and in real-time.
"By leveraging the rapid pace of advancement in PC graphics, videogames can now match and actually surpass the facial animation used in feature film and broadcast television production. By running entirely on the GPU of the videocard, the facial animation not only looks dramatically better, but frees up the CPU to perform other tasks like physics or AI." -- Valve software
Facial animation movie >>New Alternate Reality MMO from Funcom
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-11 13:58 | news
Publisher Funcom has announced The Secret World, an upcoming MMO for PC and Xbox 360, merging a contemporary setting with supernatural elements, allowing players to discover the truth behind legends, myths, secret societies, magic, and more.
The Secret World is the brainchild of director Ragnar Tornquist,
(The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, Anarchy Online) and have been on the drawing table for ten years.
The first Secret World media is released in form of
art and
concept drawings.
read more...Gamasutra Q&A about Postal 3
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-04 01:05 | news
There's a
Postal 3 Q&A on Gamasutra with info on the future of Postal. Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi is asked about the company's Source Engine powered game, Postal 3 and the Uwe Boll directed Postal movie.
Postal 3 Coming
Fredrik Olsson | 07-05-04 00:45 | news
Running With Scissors has posted this
press release, announcing that Postal 3 is in development for PC and Xbox 360. The latest installment in the dark comedy videogame will be powered by Valve's Source Engine, and is scheduled for release in 2008.
"We've always maintained since publishing the original POSTAL that the game is only as violent as the player wants it to be and we're committed to expanding this unique form of gameplay in this next addition to the ongoing storyline".
GTA 4 preview in Playstation magazine
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-28 04:35 | news
A preview of GTA 4 is featured in the latest issue of the official Playstation Magazine. It reveals some nice tidbits from the upcoming game in the series.
One welcome improvement is on the loading system, no more pop-up buildings or trees and no loading when going inside buildings or crossing bridges.
Also, there will be a mob, less "dead space" and pedestrians will be a lot smarter. Read on for the full list.
read more...Blizzard is working on a next-gen MMO
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-27 04:18 | news
Blizzard has added three new positions on their job openings page yesterday, to work on a Next-gen MMO.
The company is looking for a lead engine programmer, lead tools programmer and lead technical artist.
Could this be a Starcraft MMO? Or perhaps a Diablo MMO?
Well, what we know is that Blizzard has told us that they intend to announce a new game at the Worldwide Invitational in Korea on May 19. They have also said that they plan to revisit the StarCraft universe in the future. Exciting times! We will be back with more info after the Korea event launches, stay tuned.
Blizzard Job Postings >>Elveon Interview at shacknews
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-22 08:24 | news
The
stunning visuals of the upcoming Action RPG, Elveon, have kept many gamers on the edge of their seats. Now Shacknews has got some new information in form of a Q&A with developer Slavo Hazucha, heres a few tidbits:
-Damage will be visual in form of dented armor and the way characters move.
-Elveon will ship with multiplayer and a coop mode might come in a patch after the game is released.
Elveon Q&A >>
Elveon Screenshots >>Lord of the Rings Online Free Beta
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-10 12:22 | news
Turbine's upcoming MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar began its World Tour open beta program 6th April. If you are up for adventure, you can
download and play the game for free, until the official launch date of April 24.
Characters in the World Tour beta will be capped at level 15, but can be rolled over into the full game when the beta ends, if the player has preordered. Turbine expects approximately a million players to participate in the Beta.
When the full version of Lord of the Rings online is released, it will have a monthly subscription rate of $14.99. Those who have preordered the game will receive bonus in-game items and will have access to two pricing options: a monthly fee of $9.99, or purchasing a lifetime membership for $199.99.
While you download, why not get a spiffy
LOTR Wallpaper.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars open Beta test
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-04 11:31 | news
After Activision has denyed demo plans a few times, it now looks like there is gonna be an
open Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Beta for us to play around with. Unconfirmed information in a
Quake Wars preview at GameSpy implies that the Beta testing can start in as little as one week.
We will return with more information on this matter.GTA reference in the Simpsons
Fredrik Olsson | 07-04-03 12:27 | article
The Simpsons has made a reference to GTA in form of a fictional video game called "Death Kill City: Death Kill Stories". The ridiculous name and funny dialog is obviously a spoof of the Grand theft Auto series. Check out the
Simpsons GTA spoof video inside.
read more...GTA4 Trailer Released
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-29 20:20 | news
The
Grand Theft Auto IV trailer has been released, offering a cinematic in-game-trailer from the Xbox 360 / PS3 action adventure game sequel. The GTA4 trailer is sharp at 720p HD, so you get a pretty good look at the environment, there's no gameplay footage in this one though. Grand Theft Auto 4 is due out in October.
Note: Most likely GTA 4 will be released for PC since the rest of the series has been.
Some things noted in the trailer:
-The game takes place in modern day New York (Liberty City).
-The main character appears to be Eastern European, possibly Russian.
-At the end of the
trailer he speaks the line
"Life is complicated - I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different."
Grand Theft Auto 4 trailer download mirrors:
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Also, check out the new
GTA 4 screenshotsGears of War: the movie coming
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-20 18:44 | news
Epic's Gears of War was a huge success on Xbox 360, now its publisher, Microsoft is looking to extend the brand in the form of a movie based on the game's story. Hollywood trade publication Variety reports that a
Gears of War movie adaptation is set for production. New Line Studios has the movie rights for the license.
STALKER game guide
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-20 16:41 | news
For those who already got hold of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and need some help getting through the game,
GameSpot has a game guide . It offers a walkthrough, and combat tips.
Devil May Cry 4 announced for PC and XBOX 360
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-20 08:41 | news
Capcom has announced that their upcoming action game Devil May Cry 4 is in development for PC and Xbox 360. Previously, the game was only confirmed for release on PlayStation 3. Capcom has not given any release dates for any of the platforms.
Devil May Cry 4 is being directed by Hideaki Itsuno, who handled direction on Devel May Cry 2 (PS2) and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (PS2, PC). Producing the title is Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who previously produced the first Devil May Cry game and also Resident Evil 4 (PC, PS2, GCN).
Crysis technology
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-13 01:26 | article
The Crysis technology incorporates many rendering techniques previously only seen in off line renderers. Here we have summarized the technology highlights with accompanying screenshots of them in action.
read more...Crysis reality vs ingame comparison
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-13 00:49 | article
Crytek has released a bunch of comparison shots where the CGI graphics in their upcoming title, Crysis is matched against real world photographs, it's pretty impressive, check it out.
read more...Age of Conan DirectX 9 vs DirectX 10
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-08 07:27 | article
The mythical MMORPG Age of Conan, due out Q4 2007 has been updated with comparison screenshots of DirectX 9 and DirectX 10. The difference is quite notable, escpecially when it comes to draw distance and vegetation.
read more...GTA 4 Trailer in March
Fredrik Olsson | 07-03-02 09:29 | news
Rockstar's latest car jacking simulator, Grand Theft Auto 4, is due out to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in October. But already the 29th of March we will get a sneak peak of what awaits us. On GTA4's homepage a countdown has begun, labeled "trailer".
Visit GTA4:s official homepage >>
Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 & Portal delayed
Fredrik Olsson | 07-02-07 23:31 | news
Valve, known to have troubles with making release dates, told us today that half-life 2 episode two will, once again be delayed. The summer release is pushed forward and Freeman will instead make his return this fall.
Additionally Valve announced that Episode two will come in two packages:
The Black Box is the new name of Episode Two and will contain
HL2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 & Portal.
The Orange Box is the deluxe edition that will have everything the black box has plus the original Half-Life 2 & Episode One.
Valve announces Black & Orange Box >>Duke Nukem Forever new Screenshot
Fredrik Olsson | 07-01-28 01:57 | news
Finally we have got a glimpse of Duke in form of a New Duke Nukem Forever image! The DNF screenshot is tiny at 200*125 pixels but is indeed a real shot, as confirmed by 3D Realms George Broussard with the terse comment:
"In game shot."
In the offical
3D Realms forum the image has created a buzz of excitement and the scene only became more frenzied when
Broussard posted to clarify the whole thing and affirm the shot's authenticity, while also implying that there might be
more DNF media coming in the near future:
I guess I'll reconfirm what I said last night. That's an in game, real-time shot of Duke standing in a random hallway. It was really done as a small teaser for a job ad on Gamasutra.com. Nothing more.
I'm glad some of you enjoyed it, and we'll show more later as we start to wake from our slumber and decide how best to show the game off.
To see Duke a little better, here's a resize of the
DNF ImageHellgate: London an MMO?
Fredrik Olsson | 07-01-24 06:49 | news
Hellgate: London created some buzz when it was first announced that the multiplayer part would be subscription based, now it seems as if the game is turning out to be more of a traditional MMORPG.
The developer, Flagship Studios consist of 18 people who have worked at Blizzard North on the Diablo titles, also three of the founders - Dave Brevik, Erich Schaefer and Max Schaefer - were the original creators of the Diablo games.
Hellgate: London is to hit the stores summer 2007. A beta program is expected to be launch sometimes prior to the games release.
Check out the
Hellgate: London screenshots.Crysis in alpha Q&A
Fredrik Olsson | 07-01-24 05:50 | news
Cevat Yerli of Crytek tells us that their upcoming graphical marvel Crysis has reached alpha status and will be ready "soon", he also discusses some technical aspects covering Direct3D 10 and Windows Vista.
Crysis in alpha Q&A >>No Multiplayer for BioShock
Fredrik Olsson | 07-01-24 04:00 | news
The anticipated FPS shooter BioShock will not include multiplayer.
"Having a multiplayer component would have compromised the story we were trying to tell." - 2K Games
System Shock 2, often referred to as BioShocks spiritual successor by the team and its fans, had a cooperative mode.
Also uncovered by the FAQ is that BioShock will have some kind of
automatic content download service. Read on for more details:
read more...Supreme Commander gone gold
Fredrik Olsson | 07-01-19 00:01 | news
Supreme Commander has gone gold and is expected to ship February 20th worldwide. Beyond bringing us a new RTS experience with free zoom camera it brings some confusion to the SC abbreviation (also used to describe the popular RTS StarCraft by blizzard).
Supreme Commander is an RTS, where you play as one of three warring factions, each vying to eradicate the universe of all opposition and end the 1000 year Infinite War of the 37th century. The battles take place on land, sea and in the air.
Blizz Art contest extended deadline
Christian Svensson | 06-09-19 14:40 | news
The Deadline for the Blizzard Art contest was recently extended, due to technical problems, where contest submission form was temporarily unavailable.
Artists will have a chance to submit their artwork until 11:59PM PDT on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Hurry up folks!
Blizzard art contest site >>
New Ladder Season for Warcraft III
Christian Svensson | 06-09-18 16:45 | news
The Season 4 ladder has just started on Warcraft III battle.net. Blizzard have invited the top 75 players from around the world, including the top 300 players from each region to participate in this tournament.
This is just one of many events that is to come for the season 4 ladder. You can keep track of the top 5 players of every ladder on the Season 4 page.
Zoom in on the freaky Warcraft III Season 4 site on Battle.net >>Blizzard Halloween Map Contest
Christian Svensson | 06-09-09 01:40 | news
A new Blizzard map contest for WarCraft 3 is underway, and the theme for this contest is Halloween! Create a multiplayer trigger map, polish it up, send it to Blizzard, and you have a chance of winning great prizes!
Checkout Blizzards Halloween map contest info to learn more about map judging, rules, or prizes.
Map Contest: Halloween Map >>Blizzard Melee Map Contest
Christian Svensson | 06-09-09 01:20 | news
Another Blizzard map contest for WarCraft 3 has been ended. This time the goal was to make the greatest melee map. The maps were judged on how balanced it was, as well as how well it looked.
Get/checkout the Maps >>John Carmacks QuakeCon 2006 keynote highlights
Fredrik Olsson | 06-08-10 11:32 | article
A lot of topics were covered in John Carmack’s 2006 QuakeCon keynote,
which lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This is a writeup of the highlights, a video of the QuakeCon 2006 speech is also included.
read more...UT 2007 release pushed forward to 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 06-08-02 15:45 | news
Midway says the PC edition of its much-awaited shooter Unreal Tournament 2007 won't ship until "first half" of next year.
"Right now, UT 2007 (PC) is slated to hit in the first half of 2007" - Midway
When UT2007 was announced in May 2005, the game had a broad 2006 release date.
The delay, while annoying, will hopefully allow Epic to fine tune UT 2007's gameplay much like it did with its predecessor.
ET:QW delayed until 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 06-08-02 15:34 | news
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, previously to be released in 2006 has been delayed until 2007.
Following E3, Splash Damage and id spent weeks reviewing the status of Enemy Territory. 2006 has been a great year for us, with incredible response from the press and the community. It's also been a challenging year, as the team here has given extraordinary effort towards completing the game this year. Unfortunately, sometimes effort isn't all you need -- sometimes you just need more time. To ensure the quality we want, we've decided to push the release out of 2006 to allow for extended testing, feedback and game balancing.
Source: Quake Wars Dev Diary >>Age of Empires 1.08 patch
Fredrik Olsson | 06-08-02 14:35 | news
A patch that upgrades Age of Empires to version 1.08 is now available. The update offers more client and network fixes, a new Power Rating filter for Quick Search, many new balance changes, and more... Here is the full
1.08 Patch change list.
Blizzard Sports map contest
Christian Svensson | 06-07-31 21:00 | news
The Blizzard Sports map contest has come to an end! The Winners have been appointed as well as a few honorable mentions. To the winners i am happy to say:
"You lucky bastards!"
And to those who didn't win this time:
"There will surely be many more Blizzard map contests that you can loose too."
Contest winners >>
Checkout the prizes >>
Team Fortress 2 Concept art
Fredrik Olsson | 06-07-15 16:37 | news
Valve is starting to uncover the new Team Fortress 2, we get a first glimpse of the style in form of a piece of artwork, showing each player class character model. Valve also announced that a trailer for Team Fortress 2, as well as trailers for Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, will be coming next week.
Team Fortress 2 with HL2: Episode 2
Fredrik Olsson | 06-07-14 18:11 | news
At the EA press conference, Valve announced that the long awaited Team Fortress 2 will make the muliplayer portion of Half-Life 2: Episode two. TF2 has evolved quite a bit since the
early Team Fortress 2 screenshots though.
Another game called Portal was also announced to be included in HL2: Episode 2. An experimental game which is a bit more puzzle oriented. Similar to the portal tech seen in Prey but a bit more advanced.
read more...Blizzard Artwork contest
Christian Svensson | 06-07-14 15:50 | news
Blizzard has recently announced an artwork contest, where fans of the StarCraft, WarCraft or Diablo universes will be drawing their favourite monsters, locations or characters, either in 2D or 3D.
There will be 4 different categories, one for each universe, as well as a category named "Best Cinematic Art". The first prizes in each categorie will be worth up to $10.000 in cash! Sharpen your pencils, take out your finest paper, and start sketching!
Check out the prizes >>Prey sequel confirmed
Fredrik Olsson | 06-07-13 11:30 | news
At the end of Prey a message is displayed, hinting a sequel to the long awaited
sci-fi shooter.
read more...ET: Quake Wars delayed until early 2007
Fredrik Olsson | 06-07-12 20:44 | news
Paul Wedgwood, owner of Splash Damage, developing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, now confirms the rumor that the release of ET: Quake Wars has been delayed until early 2007.
It's also been a challenging year, as the team here has given extraordinary effort towards completing the game this year. Unfortunately, sometimes effort isn't all you need -- sometimes you just need more time. To ensure the quality we want, we've decided to push the release out of 2006 to allow for extended testing, feedback and game balancing. -Paul Wedgwood
Pauls Wedgwoods Developer Diary >>Warcraft 3 hand movement and voice control
Fredrik Olsson | 06-07-11 12:12 | article
How would you like to command around Orc, Elfs and the other Warcraft 3 inhabitants with hand gestures or voice commands, instead of clicking on them with your mouse?
How about having the game world projected on a table while doing so?
This is what a student has done for his PhD research, a "multi user multimodal tabletop interaction", basically it is multi user gesture and speech interaction, demonstrated in Warcraft 3 and Google Earth.
read more...Gears of war E3 2006 Mural
Fredrik Olsson | 06-06-13 13:22 | article
The famous street painter artist Kurt Wenner drew a 3D Murial painting depicting monsters from the upcoming action game Gears of war.
read more...HL2: Episode One will get two sequels
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-25 12:23 | news
With the release of the first Half-Life 2 expansion, Valve has let us know that there will be two more sequels. The last part of the quadrology will be done by christmas 2007.
Prey demo June 22
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-20 16:52 | news
3D Realms have
announced a Prey demo due out June 22. The demo will span 5 levels and include both singleplayer and multiplayer content. The demo will be released for PC, and Xbox 360 through the Xbox Marketplace.
UT2007 E3 trailer
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-20 16:31 | news
A lot of games from E3 were powered by the Unreal Engine 3, but this trailer is the first big thing we've seen from Epics own game, Unreal Tournament 2007.
UT2007 E3 2006 trailer >>Prey soundtrack for sale
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-11 11:04 | news
The Prey soundtrack has been released, you buy and download it from
DirectSong.com. The three hour set is available at a sample
rate of 320kbps. People who buy the Prey Collector's Edition will
receive a code to download the soundtrack for free.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars website launched
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-10 14:04 | news
This morning Activision informed us that id Softwares and Splash Damages anticipated futuristic team shooter Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has got its own website. No new screenshots or trailers has been released, and those who were hoping for a demo will have to wait a little longer.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars homepageQuake 4 Mac Patch 1.2
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-09 10:17 | news
Some time after the release of the Windows and Linux versions of Quake4 patch 1.2, the Mac users get their patch. Changes include:
Version 1.2 changes:
- dual core support
- a fixed pure server system
- fixed widescreen and aspect ratio support
- fixed server IP information within non-dedicated server
Download Quake 4 Mac Patch 1.2 >>Preload Half-Life 2: Episode One
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-02 13:14 | news
Valve just told us that Half-Life 2: Episode One is available for preloading through Steam. Whether you've purchased the game or not, you can now download key files so that when it is officially released and you have bought it, there will be no delay to play.
Dark Messiah gameplay videos
Fredrik Olsson | 06-05-01 21:18 | news
Two Dark Messiah of Might and Magic gameplay videos have been released along with a video with Gabe Newell from Valve Software. Dark Messiah is using a modified version of the Source engine Valve created for Half-Life 2.
Dark Messiah videos >>CivCity: Rome new Civilization game
Fredrik Olsson | 06-04-27 15:20 | news
Firaxis Games has announced CivCity: Rome for the PC, a new city building strategy game inspired by the world of Sid Meier's Civilization.
In CivCity, you will get a detailed look on Roman life, while recreate the glory of Rome by building a small settlement into a mighty imperial city. Featuring hundreds of buildings including gladiatorial schools, amphitheatres, the circus maximus, legionnaire forts, weapons workshops and much more.
CivCity: rome screenshotsQuake 3 on 24 monitors
Fredrik Olsson | 06-04-27 14:44 | news
Virginia Tech's HCI lab they have set up Quake 3 to run on a 24-monitor Linux cluster, in a very wide widescreen mode, 10240x3072. Follow the link at the bottom to see the video.
The game is rendered in correct aspect ratio even in this strange resolution, thanks to Quake 3's "r_customaspect to 1" console setting.
Quake 3 on 24 monitors >>John Carmack inducted into Walk of Game
Fredrik Olsson | 06-04-04 13:19 | news
John Carmack has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and inducted into the
Walk of Game,
a year-round attraction inside Metreon in San Francisco.
The award
recognizes John's years of innovation and contribution to the video
game industry. Congratulations John!
Age of Empires 3: Warchiefs interview
Fredrik Olsson | 06-03-28 21:02 | news
VGM Daily has had a talk with Wally Wachi, one of the head developers working on the new expansion for Age of Empires III, “The Warchiefs”.
The interview is available in MP3 and various audio formats. Wally talks about the native american influence and gives us details on what awaits us later this year.
Lean back and listen to Expansion talk >> Nostalgia: 1997 Half-Life 1 Trailer
Fredrik Olsson | 06-03-27 19:49 | news
One of the rare original Half-Life 1 trailers, released on a demo CD in 1997 and showcasing a lot of content that never made it into Half-Life. Pretty low quality but worth a watch for fans.
Half-Life 1 Trailer >>
