News Archive - June 2005
even older news...
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A movie based on Dungeon Siege will begin filming July 3rd. The Dungeon Siege movie is being directed by Uwe Boll. No cast has been announced yet. We will report more details on this movie as they are released. Will this movie be good? I'm not going to be betting any money on it. |
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"...Battlefield 2 (TM) has begun to ship to retail outlets for the PC. Powered by an all new game engine, Battlefield 2 brings the intensity and excitement of its predecessors, the award-winning Battlefield 1942 (TM) and Battlefield Vietnam (TM), into the modern era with the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems available to man." |
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Day of Defeat Source has been delayed so that the graphics could all be brought up to date before its release. We are still waiting (patiently) for what was a great Half Life mod to be released for Half Life 2. This is a little dissapointing since many of us paid for Day of Defeat Source when we first purchased HL2 on Steam. |
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Grand Theft Auto San Andreas PC Out
For all you gamers without PS2, San Andreas if finally out for PC. It came out a few days ago, on the 7th. Check out CounterFrags profile here - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas |
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The Battlefield 2 demo has been released and it looks like things are running a little slow. All the sites are slow right now. I can't even connect to the Bit Torrent tracker for the Battlefield 2 demo from FileRush. |
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From Xinhuanet "BEIJING, May 31 -- A recent case of suicide by a boy addicted to Internet games has increased the public's concern over the issue of Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Xiao Yi, a 13-year-old from Tianjin, committed suicide thinking that he would meet his friends from cyber space after he died." |
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From MMHell.com -- "NCSoft recently opened a studio in Irvine very close to Blizzard's offices apparently for the sole purpose of luring staff away from Blizzard, specifically the team working on the World of Warcraft expansion pack." Nevermind the fact that many of the top guys at Blizzard bailed following Diablo 2 when they were unhappy with the direction Blizzard was headed... |
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Despite Guild Wars and World of Warcraft, Ultima Online is far from being dead. A new expansion: Mondain's Legacy is coming out. The expansion pack will add new monsters, dungeons, skills, quest system, and even a new race. |
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The "sequel" to Battlefield 1947 / Battlefield Vietnam has finally gone gold. Battlefield 2 is a modern combat wargame online FPS. This game looks like it could be pretty good but it is doubtful it will have as much of an impact on online gaming as its predecessor. |
