http://www.counterfrag.com Daily Gaming News and Reviews for Hardcore Gamers Wed, 31 May 2006 02:07:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new game profile has finally been added, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, the latest first person role playing game from Bethsaida. This game looks great and kicks tons of ass. http://www.counterfrag.com/elder-scrolls-iv-profile-added.htm Did you think Rome: Total War marked the end of the Medieval franchise? Not quite, this month Medieval 2: Total War was announced. The game has all the great 3D graphics of Rome plus the classic fighting units of the classic middle ages. The game was just announced so unfortunately ... http://www.counterfrag.com/medieval-2-total-war-announced.htm IGN has posted pics from the upcoming Warhammer Online game which show Dward and Orc races. It looks alright, but its questionable just how exactly they will stand up to established giants like World of Warcraft. The truth is the screenshots don’t really give the feeling of anything special about ... http://www.counterfrag.com/warhammer-online-screenshots-released.htm The driver of a Ferrari Enzo that crashed into a pole at speeds believed to be over 100 miles an hour was a formor executive of failed handheld game company, Gizmondo. The Swedish man, Stefan Eriksson crashed the car in the early morning hours, fleeing the scene where the $1 ... http://www.counterfrag.com/la-ferrari-enzo-crashed-by-ex-gizmondo-executive.htm Yet another MMORPG is about to hit the shelves — Dungeons and Dragons Online. Unlike other online role playing games, DND Online is heavily action-oriented. For example, you can actively dodge arrows that archers send your way. Preorders get exclusive access to the “head start” and beta. Unfortunately, as ... http://www.counterfrag.com/dungeons-dragons-online-stormreach-goes-gold.htm After a long wait, cs_militia was finally released. This remake of the original CounterStrike classic features High Dynamic Range lighting and revamped graphics. If you were a big fan of the original be sure to check this cool new map out — but be sure you have a fast video ... http://www.counterfrag.com/counter-strike-source-militia-released.htm Ubisoft announced that they would be releasing Far Cry Instincts: Predator for the Xbox 360 and Far Cry Instincts: Next Chapter (working title) for the original Xbox. It’s scheduled to hit shelves spring time. I’m excited to hear of a release of FarCry to the Xbox 360. ... http://www.counterfrag.com/farcry-on-xbox-360.htm Yes, that’s right. Half-Life 2 and The Lost Coast are now available in 64-bit for those with 64-bit processors. The best part about it is STEAM will automatically detect your processor settings and and run the appropriate version for you. “Bringing the Source technology to the AMD64 processor platform ... http://www.counterfrag.com/half-life-2-in-64-bit.htm Blizzard announced that they’ve banned 18,000 World of Warcraft accounts. A majority of these accounts were found to be using third-party programs to farm gold and items. Such actions can severely impact the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players. Obviously the users of the banned accounts ... http://www.counterfrag.com/18000-world-of-warcraft-accounts-banned.htm Worthplaying.com has posted new screenshots and a trailer from the upcoming Lord of the Rings real time strategy game Battle for Middle Earth 2. Among the additions are three new races including Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins. It also appears that you will be able to command navel units. Another feature that ... http://www.counterfrag.com/lord-of-the-rings-battle-for-middle-earth-2-trailer.htm