 Medal of Honor 4 named, detailed
Quoting Shakespeare, no less, Electronic Arts has officially unveiled its next World War II-based Medal of Honor console title, having mentioned one was in development earlier this week during an investor conference call. Medal of Honor: Dogs of War will be crying 'Havok!' on PS2, Xbox and Cube in spring 2005 as previously announced, and according to EA's missive "advances on the series by introducing players to a new way of playing, while still delivering a unflinching picture of warfare and its gut-wrenching brutality."
Unfortunately the publisher neglected to elaborate on what it means by "a new way of playing," but it did cough up the following bit of background on the title, which is being developed by Medal of Honor veterans EA Los Angeles: "Europe 1942. These are desperate hours for the Allied forces as the Nazi war machine rages across a devastated European landscape. With the British on the brink, Lt. William Holt of the OSS is sent on a secret mission by order of the President of the United States. On his own, or with his squad, Holt is pivotal in helping to turn the tide in four of the most crucial battles leading to victory in Europe."
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: October 25, 2004, 7:12 pm
News Source : Eurogamer
Painkiller: Battle out of Hell screenshots
New screenshots for Painkiller: Battle out of Hell are now available for download to reveal more of the fast-paced first-person shooter expansion being developed at People Can Fly. If you like, you can also check out the images online.
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: October 25, 2004, 7:11 pm
News Source : Neowin
Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide
N Gear have thrown up their Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide! Here's a snip.
Half-Life 2 finally looks like it's just around the corner. In anticipation of its release, gamers everywhere are pre-loading the game via Steam and clearing off hard drive space. But is the rest of your PC ready for Valve's next masterpiece?
That's where we come in. If you've got a few hundred bucks and are planning on upgrading your system, good for you. But what we're going to focus on here is getting the most out of the system you already have. The same tips will apply of course to brand-new systems as well, of course, so even if you plunk down $4 grand on a new gaming rig the day the game is released, you'll want to check this out.
Now, we're not going to cover overclocking per-se, but some of the settings you tweak will qualify as that; for example, your memory timings if you get overly aggressive. We're going to try and avoid talking about anything that would fry your system, but some of these adjustments may make it unstable. In such cases, we'll make definite note of it. Of course, changing anything to some setting way out of whack will do that, so be careful.
And while we're on the subject, we take no responsibility for any problems or system failures as a result of changing anything in this guide. Again, you should be perfectly fine; we're just covering our collective asses here.
And as always, before you make a ton of changes to your system, back up important files.
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: October 10, 2004, 10:53 am
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Battlefield Vietnam Patches & Win32 servers v1.2
Electronic Arts has released new patches for Battlefield Vietnam, bringing the 3D multiplayer action game by Digital Illusions to version 1.2. This massive release adds three new maps (titled Operation Cedar Falls, Saigon 1968, and Fall of Saigon), eight new vehicles, a new spectator mode, unique colors for individual buddies, mobile spawn points on the 3D map, balance tweaks, bug fixes, and more. Note that it's recommended to install the WWII Mod before the patch.
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: October 10, 2004, 10:51 am
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Be careful with Half-Life 2 Silver - Gold Purchase
Valve responed to a question as to what happens with your old cd keys eg: hl1, cs:cz, etc...
You will lose your old keys if you use the same account to purchase hl2! (read more for more info and the only solution)
You paid for hl1, just recently cs:cz, now you wont be able to use those cd keys!
Say you wanted to give your old keys to a brother or something now that you have another hl1 key (included with the hl2 package), now you wont be able to keep the old keys UNLESS you make a whole new account for hl2!
Hello,
You will not be able to transfer your old key. In order to achieve what you are describing, open a new Steam account, and purchase the Steam package with your new account.
Customer (Entered by JonH) 10/07/2004 04:26 PM
I payed for a liscence to hl1, a cd key. When I buy hl2 silver package, i would like to keep my old hl1 liscence and not lose it when I gain access to the "back catalog" that i will get in the hl2 silver package... How will i be able to transfer my old liscence (cd key) to say another account? I dont want to lose the liscence for which i paid 50 dollars.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, I can understand how busy you must be, and thanks for all of your work!
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: October 10, 2004, 10:50 am
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 RivaTuner 2.0 RC 15.2
RivaTuner is the most powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA display adapters running under Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The purpose of this utility is to give you access to all the undocumented features of the Detonator drivers.
All versions of the Detonator drivers have a lot of undocumented registry entries. Some of them don?t affect anything, but there are some that are very useful. In general, they cannot give you big performance boost but they can improve image quality and solve some compatibility problems.
RivaTuner will help you to change all undocumented registry entries.
News Posted by : Dodge On
: October 10, 2004, 10:47 am
News Source : Softpedia
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 StyleXP 2.15 Released
Style XP is not a skinning engine. It uses Microsoft's built-in visual style engine, but enhances it by providing many useful tools. Style XP can import, select, rotate, and manage themes, visual styles, wallpapers, logons, bootscreens, icons, and explorer bar.
What's new in this version:
Improved BootScreen Functionality
Added Romanian, Portuguese (Brasil) Language files
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: October 10, 2004, 10:47 am
Star Wars Battlefront retail patches v1.01
LucasArts has issued new patches for Star Wars Battlefront, empowering the English, German, French, Italian and Spanish editions of the sci-fi 3D multiplayer action game by Pandemic Studios to version 1.01. This release adds planet names to the Planet Loading screen, fixes an issue with connecting via GameSpy Arcade, and addresses an issue with losing connection to the host after Task-Switching.
What's New:
Corrects an issue with connecting via GameSpy Arcade.
Corrects an issue with losing connection to the host after Task-Switching.
Added planet names at Planet Loading Screen.
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: October 10, 2004, 10:45 am
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Anarchy Online offers free 14-day trial
Sci-fi MMORPG free for two weeks; publisher announces patch on the way for current players.
Funcom has a fresh strategy for attracting new players to its sci-fi multiplayer online RPG Anarchy Online--give the game away for free. The full version of Anarchy Online is now available for download free of charge from the publisher's official Web site for a 14-day trial (increased from the earlier 7-day trial offer).
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: October 10, 2004, 10:44 am
Half-Life 2 Steam presale begins, Counter-Strike: Source now
The shooter doesn't have a release date yet, but Valve will take your money anyway.
Valve has announced that online orders for Half-Life 2 via the developer's Steam downloading service have begun. While the oft-delayed first-person shooter still does not have a concrete release date, those who order the game will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. That game's beta has now officially closed.
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: October 10, 2004, 10:43 am
News Source : Neowin
 Creative Releases PCMCIA Based Audigy 2 ZS
The PCMCIA Sound Blaster? Audigy? 2 ZS Notebook opens a new era of possibilities for the notebook user. It delivers features previously only available to PC users but now available to notebook users (even those that are highly mobile). This is achieved by combining ultra-high quality audio with advanced, hardware-accelerated features all in a tiny PCMCIA format card!
The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook also provides encompassing 7.1 surround sound for Dolby? Digital EX as well as DTS-ES? supported DVD movies; any DirectSound3D games and CMSS 3D virtualized 7.1 stereo music. Also included is support for EAX? 4.0 ADVANCED HD? that not only brings games to life, but delivers maximum performance! Musicians will also enjoy true 24-bit recording and low latency ASIO support for the ultimate audio recording platform. Notebook audio just got very, very interesting!
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: October 10, 2004, 10:42 am
News Source : Neowin
Half-Life 2 pre-load moves onto fifth phase
The ongoing Half-Life 2 pre-load saga hit its fifth phase last night, with Steam account holders able to continue downloading the Counter-Strike: Source maps in encrypted form. With the ongoing legal saga between Valve and its publisher Vivendi-Universal, it seems possible that the game may end up suffering further delays, but as it stands, neither Valve nor Vivendi have given the slightest public indication when the game will ship. UK retailers have been insisting, off the record, for some time that the game will not be shipping this year. When posed the question recently, Valve declined to comment.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:51 pm
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ATI to roll out R500 GPU for Xbox 2 in 1Q 2005
ATI Technologies is expected to roll out a new GPU, codenamed R500, for the Xbox 2 in the first quarter of next year, according to market sources. The R500 will be built using a 90nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and will deliver performance similar to ATI?s next-generation high-end graphics chip, the R520, the sources said.
ATI is cooperating with Microsoft to develop the chip, but the software vendor will be responsible for placing orders with TSMC. ATI will receive royalties from Microsoft based on the number of chips produced. In related news, the sources said that ATI has completed the tape-out of its R480 chip, which is due to launch in the fourth quarter. The R480 is being manufactured at TSMC, using a 0.11-micron process.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:51 pm
News Source : DigiTimes
 Tribes: Vengeance multiplayer demo
After a slight delay, the promised multiplayer demo for Tribes: Vengeance is now available, allowing you to take the futuristic first-person shooter by Irrational Games into the online arena. This massive demo offers five different gameplay types playable on four maps: Cavern, Emerald, Isle, and Winterlake.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:50 pm
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 Half-Life 2 Offers Revealed
HL Fallout has received word from Valve's Gabe Newell revealing the much anticipated Half-Life 2 retail and Steam (info) packages. Also revealed, the full version of CS: Source will be available to Steam purchasers next week!
The Half-Life 2 offers have been finalized. Details are pasted below. The Steam offers will be available for purchase next week. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release.
Retail Boxes
Standard Edition ? includes HL2 and CS: Source. Ships on six CDs, in one of three box-art packages (Gordon, Alyx or the G-Man).
Collector's Edition ? includes Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source, a Half-Life 2 T-shirt and a Prima book sampler. Ships on a single DVD.
Bronze ? HL2* and CS: Source.
Silver ? HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam.
Gold ? HL2*, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 1: Source*, Day of Defeat: Source*, Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam, Complete Strategy Guide from Prima Games, 3 different Half-Life 2 posters, Half-Life 2 hat, Half-Life 2 postcard, Half-Life 2 stickers, Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD, Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).
ATI Voucher holders will be getting the bronze version of HL2.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:48 pm
News Source : Half Life Fallout
Half-Life 2's Multiplayer Mode Is...
Apart from just when the game will be in our eager hands (or live on our systems), whether or not multiplayer will be included in Half-Life 2 has been one of the biggest questions about the game. While Valve has so far implied that Half-Life 2's multiplayer mode is simply Counter-Strike: Source, nothing specific or official had been announced.
However, Halflife2.net today posted an interview with PC Gamer's Chuck Osborn, who happens to be among the first to review the final game. And there, in the interview, Osborn gives us an answer: "Counter-Strike Source is the multiplayer." No separate deathmatch. Just CS: Source.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:40 pm
News Source : Neowin
Halo 2 Soundtrack Announced
Music distributor Sumthing revealed on its home page today that it will release the official soundtrack to highly anticipated Xbox shooter Halo 2 on November 9, 2004--same day of release as the game.
Details of the soundtrack are unknown, other than that it will feature music from the artists Nile Rodgers, Incubus, Hoobastank, and Breaking Benjamin. With the Halo 2 release looming, more details will probably be unveiled in the near future.
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: September 30, 2004, 3:39 pm
News Source : Neowin
DOOM 3 retail patch v1.1
Activision sends along a new retail patch for DOOM 3, updating id Software's horror first-person shooter sequel to version 1.1. This non-beta release addresses a wide variety of issues with stability, interface, networking / multiplayer, rendering, localization and more (including one new single-player fix compared to the beta patch), as detailed in the accompanying release notes.
General
Querying a cvar (typing name with no value on the console) now also prints out help text
Updated some cvar docs
Stability
Fixed desktop crash when loading a QuickSave made when during influence in EPD Lab in Alphalabs 1
Fixed game freezing if in-game MP menu is opened just after a change map vote Passes and just before the map changes.
Fixed duplicate player names shutting down a server during map changes
News Posted by : Dodge On
: September 30, 2004, 3:38 pm
News Source : Neowin
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Shadow Ops: Red Mercury SP Demo
Atari has released the single-player demo for Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, offering an opportunity to try out the imminent military first-person shooter by Zombie Studios. This hefty download, includes a mission located in Syria, where you battle terrorist forces while destroying anti-aircraft emplacements.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:58 pm
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Full Spectrum Warrior SP Demo
The playable demo for Full Spectrum Warrior is now online, allowing the chance to experience the imminent squad-based tactical action game by Pandemic Studios. Details on the contents of this demo are not yet available.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:58 pm
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