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Saturday, April 30, 2005 

Battlefield 2 Demo

The demo for Battlefield 2 has been announced according to PlanetBattlefield, it will feature one map and be made available around mid June. This is a little disappointing seeing as the game is scheduled for official release on June 23rd, an earlier preview and testing would have been more than welcome I guess Dice will be leaving that to the beta testers.

In the meantime Electronic Arts has released via their newsletter with more screenshots and another gameplay video showcasing their upcoming blockbuster Worthplaying has them here: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=25108

Total Battlefield 2 has a hands-on review with lots of screenies and are already praising this as the game of the year.

4/30/2005 | |

Friday, April 29, 2005 

X-Fire: Instant Messenger for Gamers

Its been around for a while now and its got close to 1.5 million users but somehow alot of people still don't know about an instant messenger made just for gamers called Xfire. The handy little tool keeps track of your buddies and all gamers and lets you know when, where and what they are playing. You can use it just to chat or to exchange files or even as a server browser for almost all the online games out there (over 275) whether it's a first person shooter game (FPS), real time strategy game (RTS) or a role playing game (RPG). Xfire will also provide you with up to date patches, demos, and trailers for games. An interesting feature of Xfire is the automatic statistics profile which details the games a player is spending his time on for how long and then placing them on a player profile page that can be then be pasted to any website.

4/29/2005 | |

Monday, April 25, 2005 

Hollywood Voice Actors and Videogames

Now that Al Pacino has signed on to lend his voice acting skills, (hehe cause u cant do Scarface like Pacino can) the planned third person shooter from Vivendi Games, Scarface, reportedly similar in gameplay to Grand Theft Auto has gained that much more credibility. GameDAILY BIZ also reports that joining Pacino will be; Jay Mohr (The Last Comic Standing), Cheech Marin- (Cheech & Chong), James Woods- (Salvador / Videodrome), and general Hollywood movie bad guys Miguel Sandoval, Robert Davi, Michael Rappaport and Michael York.

It gets better, it is also reported that in the upcoming fps zombie/mutant game shipping soon Area 51 from Midway Games, David Duchovny (X-Files) will be starring as the hero and Marilyn Manson as the anti hero.

This trend is far from over...

4/25/2005 | |

Friday, April 22, 2005 

TeamSpeak

Teamwork has always been emphasized when playing online videogames and good teamwork necessitates good communication. Through headphones and a microphone Gamers have been using voice communication for quite some time now, Teamspeak appears to be one of the most popular applications out there; other notables include Roger Wilco and Ventrilo. A program like this creates even more tension when playing online and even makes the loading times fun.

http://www.goteamspeak.com/news.php

4/22/2005 | |

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 

Team Sportscast Network

Imagine an ESPN like channel with live broadcasts of online gaming, well thats what TSN is. The Team Sportscast Network is a web site offering live feeds of clan matches with play by play commentary, round table discussions of game events, trends and matchups. TSN covers mostly fps games and regularly has the Match Of The Week also known as MOTW where u can listen and soon watch the streaming feeds of action between the combatting clans as they climb various league ladders (Team Warfare League "TWL" and Cyberathlete Amateur League "CAL" among others) for such games as; CounterStrike: Source, Painkiller, Call of Duty, and WarCraft 3 and even covering events of the Cyberathlete Professional League "CPL" World Tour.

http://www.tsncentral.com/

4/20/2005 | |

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 

Brothers in Arms: The Road to Hill 40

Rave reviews are flowing all over for Brothers in Arms the latest WWII epic game from Ubisoft and Gearbox as this FPS crosses elements of the Rainbow Six series and its tactics with a straight forward shooter in the veins of Medal of Honor or Call of Duty. This game is all about flanking and ordering via set keys your teammates into position. Online gameplay sees (concentrate now) each player controls his squad (3 other soldiers) for a maximum of 4 per side making 16 on the field at a time (told ya to focus). Maps, sound, graphics are all to drool for.

More at http://www.brothersinarmsgame.com
and http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/index.php?p=games&game=bia

4/19/2005 | |

 

Cyberathlete Professional League

Probably the most prestigious of online videogaming leagues out there right now is CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) http://www.thecpl.com/league/
Its reputation here is only going to grow thanks to MTV as it has decided it will cover the CPL tour in Barcelona Spain from April 29 to May 1st.

4/19/2005 | |

 

Battlefield 2

Could there be a game in development that has a bigger buzz around it right now than Battlefield 2? I think not, Electronic Arts appears to be planning a blockbuster of a genre defining game here; combining elements of teamplay through a coordination of a RTS (Real Time Strategy) type of game and a FPS (First Person Shooter) type of videogame whose results shall be settled on the playing field of the internet in the online arena.

http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/home.jsp

4/19/2005 | |

Monday, April 18, 2005 

First To Fight

Here is a game that has some potential and is released for the pc this week. It is the U.S. Marines version of American Army yet unlike its counterpart is not free and will apparently focus on the close quarters combat aspect of the United States Marine Corps warfare in the streets and buildings of Beirut.

http://www.firsttofight.com/html/index.html

4/18/2005 | |

Sunday, April 17, 2005 

World Cyber Games

The World Cyber Games are just around the corner although the list of games up for competition leave quite a bit to be desired with only one FPS among the list (sigh)

PC
  • Counter Strike: Source (FPS)
  • FIFA 2005 (Sports)
  • Need For Speed: Underground (Sports)
  • StarCraft: Brood War (RTS)
  • WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne (RTS)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (RTS)
XBox
  • Dead or Alive Ultimate (Action)
  • Halo 2 (FPS)

get more info at http://www.worldcybergames.com/index.asp

4/17/2005 | |

Friday, April 15, 2005 

SWAT 4

SWAT 4 getting overall good reviews averaging around 85% in most demo is out there for those of u interested but online game play must be so much more satisfying than solo missions where u play the role of a SWAT team (duh?!) and have the moral resposibility of not wounding the civilians or terrorists (shackling with handcuffs ie.:"tie-wraps" leaving all to be sorted later) i guess the next step in the evolution of this series will be asking u to fill out the paperwork too but overall sound graphics and gameplay place this game in the upper echelon of tactical squad based shooters.

demo is 187 meg
http://www.vugames.com/downloads.do

4/15/2005 | |

Thursday, April 14, 2005 

Steam Update

new steam update will give u 3 new maps for HL2 Deathmatch

4/14/2005 | |

 

No Ghost Recon 2 for pc

Ghost Recon 2 will not be making its way to the pc instead they have decided to focus on console expansion packs whereas pc gamers will have to wait for Ghost Recon 3

http://www.ghostrecon.com/us/newspost.php?id=10604

4/14/2005 | |

 

Call of Duty 2 screenshots

Cover page of PC Gamer reported that Infinity Ward And Activision will bring us CoD2 (droooool)

http://www.cod2.gamecentrum.net/?page=screenshoty

4/14/2005 | |

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 

E3 2005

with games like:
F.E.A.R.
Battlefield 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R
COD 2
upcoming gaming season shows much promise

http://www.cgonline.com/content/view/695/2/

4/13/2005 | |

 

First Post

this is the first post on the blog site many will follow

4/13/2005 | |