by Rainier on March 23, 2002 @ 12:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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We already mentioned it earlier, here is the official press release. Project Three today announced that starting Tuesday March 26th 12.00 CET the highly anticipated Public Multiplayer Beta of the next-gen tactical first person shooter New World Order will be downloadable for public use at
the following location. The playable demo will also be mirrored by several other websites, to allow people to pick their optimal download location.
by Rainier on March 17, 2002 @ 12:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Legend's plans for Unreal 2's MPX multiplayer were a brilliant idea, but before the team had even begun working on the multiplayer code and maps, that part of the game had already grown into what could have been an 18-month project for the entire team on its own. We'd love to have seen Unreal 2's multiplayer vision carried through to completion, but it turned out to be unrealistic to try to develop such a huge single-player game with such a huge multiplayer component. That's why the decision was made, and it was by mutual agreement and discussion between Legend, Epic, and Infogrames. Nobody was forced. And it wasn't about boosting UT2 at U2's expense. Unreal 2's MPX would have complemented rather than competed with Unreal Tournament 2's more traditional UT-style game types. On top of all this mumbo jumbo on Monday Infogrames will announce that it will be changing the name of Epic Games' and Legend Ent.'s forthcoming first-person shooter from Unreal II to Unreal Episode II. Likewise, Unreal Tournament 2 from Epic and Digital Extremes will carry the new Unreal Tournament 2003 moniker. The changes are probably meant to curb confusion over the differences between these two games, as well as to further differentiate them from future products like Unreal Championship for the Xbox.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2002 @ 6:41 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Fans of the hugely successful Cossacks: European Wars will be glad to hear that a unique “World Ranking” league system will be included in the much anticipated add-on, “The Art of War”. Never in videogame history, has a game provided you with a ranking system this detailed.
by Thomas on Feb. 3, 2002 @ 5:33 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Shacknews reports that Grand Theft Auto fans won't go long without another fix of wanton violence and pillaging. GTA3 Xbox is a given (with online play?), but we'll also soon hear the details on GTA4. Rockstar's stayin' silent on the subject, but I could name a few hundred thousand fans ready to part with $50 a piece for it. The current talk indicates that DMA will take the GTA3 framework and turn it into a massively multiplayer online game for the four installment, where you're free to create your own mobs and anyone in the city could be a "real" person. Word is it'll also be set in a real U.S. city this time.
by Thomas on Jan. 24, 2002 @ 8:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Today Rick Johnson from Raven Software, updated his .
plan file with a progress report on Soldier of Fortune 2 and the multiplayer support. Read more below for full story.
by Thomas on Jan. 5, 2002 @ 10:24 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Civ Fanatics let us know that Civilization III will have multiplayer as an add-on and this new "expansion" add-on will be out February or March 2002. Here is a snip from the posting:
According to the Civilization III review on the December issue of the PC GamePlay UK magazine, the multiplayer feature of Civ III will be released as an expansion pack in February or March 2002.
by Thomas on Jan. 2, 2002 @ 8:21 p.m. PST | Filed under
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We grabbed and tried out the recent expansion pack by Cyberlore Studio's sci-fi 3D action game, Mechwarrior 4: Black Knight Multiplayer Demo.. Check out our screens from this game below!
by Thomas on Dec. 24, 2001 @ 7:02 p.m. PST | Filed under
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After several weeks of backbone upgrades, NovaLogic Ltd. today announced that the newly configured online gaming service NovaWorld, will go live today. This announcement also means that the eagerly awaited online multiplayer feature for Comanche 4, where up to 16 players can shoot it out in the skies over the internet, is ready to roll.
by Rainier on Dec. 7, 2001 @ 4:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Playnet Inc. and Palestar Inc. are announcing that the upcoming pay-for-play release of the massively multiplayer online game, DarkSpace will be available at the online game destination, Playnet.com.
by Rainier on Dec. 5, 2001 @ 3:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The PlayStation ® 2 broadband revolution is a step closer, as Telewest Broadband begins trials of the world’s first PlayStation 2 broadband network. The closed-trials began this week, and are expected to continue into the new year, with a limited public trial expected to commence in early Q1.
by Peter on Nov. 20, 2001 @ 9:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Activision and Raven Software's Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix for the PC will now ship with Free For All and Team Deathmatch multiplayer modes. Multiplayer mode in Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix features over 100 unique model and skin combinations and 14 in-view weapons.
by Rainier on Oct. 17, 2001 @ 3:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Monolith will be releasing the bonus "Game of the Year" multiplayer map pack (30-40 Mb) to No One Lives Forever as a free download later on today. The map pack vill be avaliable over at
http://www.nolfgirl.com/by Thomas on Oct. 1, 2001 @ 8:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The people over at MultiPayne are currently working on a multiplayer mod for Max Payne. Here is a snip from the article!!
MultiPayne isn't the next Counter-Strike, it isn't the next Rocket Arena and it definatly isn't the next Worms. Why not? Well, Counter-Strike came from Half Life, Rocket Arena came from Quake, and Worms... lets ignore that for now.
Head over to MultiPayne for full story..
by Thomas on Sept. 21, 2001 @ 3:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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An all-new playable demo of Operation Flashpoint, this summer’s number one soldier sim on PC, gives gamers the chance to team up and complete a mission multiplayer style.
Released by Codemasters, the multiplayer demo is now available for free download from the Operation Flashpoint web site, or one of the approved mirror sites...
CLICK HEREby Rainier on Sept. 21, 2001 @ 2:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Monte Cristo, publisher of Parkan - Iron Strategy Turn to GameSpy to Build Online Community. Having seen this game in action i can tell you this is a wise decision and a must have game.. No Question About it!
by Peter on Aug. 7, 2001 @ 8:31 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Today id Software and Activision confirmed that Nerve Software has been contracted to create the multiplayer component of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Sounds pretty kewl doesn't it..