Fortress Forever out now!
Posted by inpheaux on September 13th, 2007 at 5:46 pmSo, since Valve's little announcement stole Fortress Forever's thunder for Monday, the FF team kicked themselves into overdrive and got their mod out today. Yes, so you can go play it right now. (Windows and Linux dedicated servers are also available.) Now you can enjoy your bunnyhopping, conc-jumping, grenade-jumping, rocket-jumping, and whatever other kind of [...]
Last remnant of FASA closes up shop
Posted by inpheaux on September 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pmAbout six years ago FASA Corporation, the Pen & Paper RPG Juggernaut responsible for such licenses as BattleTech and Shadowrun, abruptly closed up shop. Their works lived on, though, as their electronics division had recently been bought by Microsoft, and their PnP games were eventually licensed around to a variety of companies. Today, FASA Studio, [...]
Good News and Bad News about The Orange Box preorder
Posted by inpheaux on September 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pmNot to be outdone by Fortress Forever's announcement of their mod being released next Monday, Valve have turned around and made their own announcement: The Orange Box is up on Steam right now. Good News: If you pre-order it now, you save $5 and get to play the Team Fortress 2 beta starting (you guessed [...]
Hellgate: London preorder bonuses (and Beta!)
Posted by inpheaux on September 11th, 2007 at 9:16 amFinally, a valid reason to preorder stuff. If you preorder Hellgate: London over the course of the next month (from Best Buy, Wal-Mart or Gamestop/EB), you'll get a couple of bonuses instantly. First, and most importantly, you get access to the beta, which will run from 17 SEP 2007 to 7 OCT 2007. Characters created [...]
Fortress Forever: Finally being released on 17 SEP 2007
Posted by inpheaux on September 11th, 2007 at 7:54 amAfter years of development and constant fears that the game had evaporated, the team behind Fortress Forever have finally set a release date for their HL2 true-to-the-original remake of Team Fortress Classic: Next Monday, 17 SEP 2007. Fortress Forever is a third-party mod for Half-Life 2 that started years ago because some developers got sick [...]
Reviews: Puzzles, Hair Metal, and Transforming Metal
Posted by inpheaux on August 21st, 2007 at 12:15 amQuick review post, as I need to get to sleep so I can wake up bright and early to play Bioshock when it arrives on my doorstep tomorrow morning. Picross DS - Highly Recommended - This is easily one of the best values out there right now for the DS. There are potentially hundreds of [...]
Valve launches Steam Community Beta
Posted by inpheaux on August 6th, 2007 at 7:09 pmThe new Steam Community site, which we covered earlier, has just gone into beta. Here's how you get in: From Steam, click File -> Settings -> "Settings" under "Beta Participation" and then choose "The Steam Community" from the dropdown. Restart Steam and you're there. Just click on the new "Community" tab and start messing with [...]
QuakeCon Keynote Wrapup: Quake Wars release date, Quake Zero & Steam deal announced
Posted by inpheaux on August 4th, 2007 at 7:40 amWell, it looks like the guys from id had a bit more up their sleeves than just naming Rage. Actually, they had a whole lot more. First up: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars got a release date. 2 OCT 2007, on PC, PS3, 360. There's also a new build playable right now at QuakeCon, which will [...]
Activision and Neversoft confirm Metallica’s “One” will be in GH3
Posted by inpheaux on August 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 pmAnd it'll be a Master Track, naturally. Unfortunately, this is another one of those news items where everything you need to know is going to be in the post slug. Activision just sorta tossed it in as part of a corporate conference call. There just isn't much else to say. So here's a video from [...]
id’s new game gets a title, hints of a release on all platforms
Posted by inpheaux on August 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 pmThe product previously called "id Technology 5" has got a name now, as announced at Quakecon. That name is "Rage". Before ragging on this name, please remember that this is from the company that brought you such creative names as "Doom" and "Quake", and look how those turned out. During the Quakecon keynote, John Carmack [...]