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March 3rd, 2009, 23:10 Posted By: wraggster
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E.R.S. is in-game technology that helps turn novice aviators into elite pilots of the future. The Enhanced Reality System is the core of the HAWX flight experience: aircraft interception trajectories, incoming missile detection, anti-crash system, damage assessment, tactical map, and weapons trajectory control. E.R.S. also allows players to issue orders to their squadron and other units, making this system as iconic to HAWX as the Cross-Com system is to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter®!
Players can ease into their flight missions and gain a level of comfort with the use of the assistance mode. Once employed, players can take full advantage of their technological support through the E.R.S and gain maximum piloting security. If the situation calls for the player to unleash the full potential of the aircraft, the assistance mode can be switched off and all safety features will be deactivated. This comes with increased risks, but allows the player advanced dogfighting maneuvers and stunning third-person views
For the first time ever in the air-combat genre, players will be able to experience the entire solo campaign with seamless JUMP IN/JUMP OUT functionality. In PVP mode, players can challenge each other in intense dog-fighting sessions and find out who's the top gun. Winning players are rewarded with experience points and money to unlock more weapons
Players have the opportunity to take the throttle of over 50 famous aircrafts, and take them over real world locations & cities in photo-realistic environments created with the best commercial satellite data on the civilian market
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As the era of the nation-state draws toward its end, the world of warfare is evolving rapidly. New challenges demand new solutions, sometimes with unpredictable outcomes.
For many years, state-sponsored militaries have struggled to maintain and modernize their forces. Increasing budget restrictions and difficulties in recruiting skilled personnel have led many countries to seek other solutions. More and more nations now rely increasingly on Private Military Companies (PMC) – elite mercenary groups staffed with equally elite personnel - to support their field operations.
PMCs have proven to be excellent partners in respect to efficiency, skills, low prices, and reliability. They’ve been able to fulfill most of the mission normally handled by regular armies, without risking political fallout.
In time, these private military corps diversified their field of operations, from mere securing land objectives to motorized assault and counter-intelligence. It was not long before a few of these PMC secured enough resources to require being involved complete support air and sea-bound operations.
With each passing year, the PMCs expand their influence and scope of activity. Initially just consultants, they are now involved in surveillance, logistics, site security, and other essential roles. In order to keep the war machine going most of the PMC warranted firms dealing with other sources of income such as mining, oil extraction, airliners, goods manufacturing etc. Ensuring a steady flow of currency allowed these companies to operate a tighter game against their opposition. Each year, they come closer to serving as fully operational field units, and their services are so widely used they’re already essential. Pandora’s Box has been opened. There’s no getting rid of the PMCs now.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2tol.html
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March 3rd, 2009, 22:41 Posted By: Shrygue
via Games Industry
Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia, which has been working with Microsoft for the past two year on support for its products in Windows 7, has released new drivers for the beta, announcing an expectation that the new operating system will bring "many graphical improvements" over previous platforms.
The new drivers for GeForce cards - release 181.71 - will apparently offer "increased performance and reliability in both 2D and 3D applications" for users on the Windows 7 beta.
"Since its release last month, the Windows 7 Beta has been eagerly tested by hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GeForce owners, who are excited about the many graphical improvements Microsoft has added into the upcoming operating system," said Ujesh Desai, VP of GeForce desktop business at Nvidia.
And VP of software engineering, Dwight Diercks, added: "We expect that all of our hard work teaming with Microsoft over the past two years will pay off for GeForce GPU owners when Windows 7 officially launches. Our customers are demanding an experience that is faster and more visual, and with the addition of many new GPU-accelerated features, including DirectX Compute, we believe Windows 7 will be well positioned to meet those needs."
Microsoft's EMEA VP for the Interactive Entertainment Business, Chris Lewis, recently told GamesIndustry.biz that the new operating system would be "great for games" although remained coy on specific details.
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March 3rd, 2009, 22:21 Posted By: wraggster
After the closure of Tabula Rasa over the weekend, the Opposable Thumbs blog asks if that's what it takes for a game to have an actual ending these days. Quoting: "It's no surprise that most games hope for a sequel, as it's the easiest way to get some of that money back while taking advantage of the staff, engine, assets, and other advantages you've banked while creating the first title. The problem? This has lead to a generation of cliff-hangers at worst, and endings that hedge their bets at best. ... As all the game's characters die, as the servers are shut down, as the data is erased or backed up and then boxed or whatever happens to MMO data once the game is done, it's hard not to be a little sad. The sights and sounds of the world of Tabula Rasa are gone, forever. All the memories written into those ones and zeroes will quickly be forgotten, and no one will walk those grounds again." Massively put together a few screenshots and videos to commemorate the ending of the game
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/03/03/0949227.shtml
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March 3rd, 2009, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
As the EVE Online creators ramp things up for the free Apocrypha expansion due out next week, lead designer Noah Ward sat down with MTV's Multiplayer blog to discuss the future of the game and what characteristics continue to keep players interested. Ward says they've considered branching out to consoles, but ended up deciding that the game doesn't really lend itself to console play. He left the door open to using smartphones for "augmenting" gameplay. Ward also mentioned that upcoming space MMOs Jumpgate: Evolution and Star Trek Online are so different from EVE that they're not really worried about direct competition; EVE thrives in part because of the player-generated drama and scandals, which few games pull off as well. Massively has gathered a variety of details about the Apocrypha expansion, which includes the game's first epic mission arc, and they've also posted some screenshots. CCP Games launched a website for the expansion containing concept art and interviews with some of the developers.
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/03/03/0323256.shtml
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March 3rd, 2009, 22:09 Posted By: wraggster
The latest installment in THQ's flagship real-time strategy franchise, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, has entered the US PC chart at number one, according to NPD data for the sales week ending February 21.
It displaced previous long time number one - World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King - which moved down to second place, ahead of Sims 2 titles Double Deluxe and Deluxe in third and fourth respectively.
Spore took fifth place, ahead of the Battle Chest and original World of Warcraft products, while FEAR 2 fell to eighth position.
The Apartment Life expansion for The Sims 2 and Crysis: Warhead completed the top ten with EA taking half of the entrants. Activision Blizzard was responsible for three, while THQ and Warner Interactive held one position apiece.
The full top ten is as follows:
1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
4. The Sims 2 Deluxe
5. Spore
6. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
7. World of Warcraft
8. FEAR 2: Project Origin
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life
10. Crysis: Warhead
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ps-us-pc-chart
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March 3rd, 2009, 00:58 Posted By: wraggster
Street Fighter IV, which was released by Capcom on consoles this past February, will be made available for the PC some time this summer. Capcom VP Christian Svensson said a new bundled version of the game might be released as well which could include Mad Catz control pads.
This installment of the popular fighting franchise has presumably been doing well, as Capcom Japan said it shipped 2 million units worldwide of the console versions.
When asked for more detail concerning the PC version's staggered release date, Svensson said that the game simply isn't finished yet, according to videogamer.com. "To put things into perspective, the Street Fighter IV team is working on two things right now," said Svensson. "They're finishing the PC SKU, and people are like, well the arcade was the PC, how hard can it be? Well we had all of these additions for the console version in terms of content that didn't exist on the PC. All of that needs to be rolled back in."
Svensson continued, "We have to do an online integration with an online service. I won't discuss which one yet because it hasn't been announced yet. Obviously the arcade had no online. Here we have an online integration that has to be done. We have to optimise the game for a variety of configurations, both up and down, so that it looks pretty on things that are more powerful than the arcade system and it runs well and at 60 frames per second on things that are considerably less powerful, so we sell to more than the top two per cent of the market."
As for why the PC version wasn't released by Capcom at the same time as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, "The answer is the unfortunate financial realities of making our numbers within certain financial years or quarters drives when we have to actually get some stuff out of the door. The other part of this is while the PC is an important part of our business today, the forecast does not justify holding back the lion share of the revenues that comes from consoles to make it happen."
For more on Street Fighter IV, head on over to our object page and the review of the console version.
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/958/958340p1.html
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March 2nd, 2009, 20:07 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Turbine has created a new test server for its Lord of the Rings Online MMO, and loaded it with the game's next big content update - the first since last year's Mines of Moria expansion - Volume 2: Book 7. That means pre-release patch notes giving us some idea of what will be in the final update.
The storyline continues with the addition of Elven haven Lothlorien, where players will be reunited with the Fellowship of the Ring, but not before they've earned faction standing with the Galadhrim. Over 50 quests, 9 chapters of story and 4 instances are involved. For high-level players, there's also a new 12-man raid in the Waterworks of Moria.
Turbine's also showing new and lower-level players some love with a revamped new player experience, a new quest guide and a speedier levelling curve. Elf and Dwarf new player progression has been "completely redesigned", there are new quests and travel routes and a re-structure of existing quests to improve flow.
The quest guide works with the quest tracker to provide map support. The overall amount of experience needed to reach the current level cap of 60 has been reduced (this works retrospectively, so you might find you suddenly gain up to 3 levels after Book 7 lands).
There's also a "revive" feature that allows you to resurrect yourself in place, rather than retreating. It's on a half-hour cooldown to begin with, increasing to one hour at level 10 and 2 hours at level 40. It doesn't work in group instances.
As for the usual round of tweaking, there are plenty of adjustments to most classes - new boys the Rune-keeper and Warden unsurprisingly getting the most attention - and a rebalancing of Monster Play in the Ettenmoors. Furthermore, both creature difficulty and weapon damage are being reduced in the high levels to make skill more of a factor than gear.
Sounds like an extremely comphrehensive update, as LOTRO players have come to expect from Turbine. We'll have more LOTRO action on Eurogamer soon.
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March 2nd, 2009, 02:21 Posted By: wraggster
The ScummVM Team have released a new version of ScummVM for nearly every system released, heres the details and whats new etc:
Information about scummvm
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!
Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more.
Todays release news:
As we turned to a 6 months release cycle, here is our newest and best ScummVM version for you!
A couple of new engines were added, and besides 2 Humongous Entertainment titles, we now support The 7th Guest and Bud Tucker in Double Trouble.
Among other notable things there is a completely new vector-based GUI, which is a merged work of our last year GSoC student Vicent Marti, as well as a General Main Menu which adds a common save/load interface to most of our engines, adding the much awaited Return to Launcher feature along the way. It was the work of another successful student, Chris Page.
release notes
Notes:
0.13.0 (2009-02-28)
General:
- Added MIDI driver for Atari ST / FreeMint.
- Added a 'Load' button to the Launcher (not supported by all engines).
- Added a new global main menu (GMM) dialog usable from all engines.
- Added the ability to return to the launcher from running games (via the GMM).
- Rewrote GUI renderer to use an vector based approach.
- Rewrote GUI configuration to use XML.
New Games:
- Added support for Blue's 123 Time Activities.
- Added support for Blue's ABC Time Activities.
- Added support for Bud Tucker in Double Trouble.
- Added support for The 7th Guest.
KYRA:
- Added support for Auto-save feature.
- Added support for MIDI music.
SCUMM:
- Implemented radio-chatter effect in The DIG.
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March 2nd, 2009, 01:51 Posted By: wraggster
A post on Need for Speed: World Online's official blog explains its "a user-selectable gadget interface designed specifically for the PC." Pretty much anything can be added to, deleted from, or moved about the readout.
"We think its about time PC gamers had games that allowed them to arrange their information their way," says a developer. Instead of building a traditional console view, they're developing one that accounts for the increasingly customizable PC gaming experience, which needs to account for multiple monitors as more the norm than the exception.
That's the screen of the in-development game above.
"The gadgets are really flexible and offer a wide range of display options: docked/undocked, floating in the game window or just sitting outside of the game space," says the dev. "A lot of gamers now have more than one monitor so you could keep the game window entirely clean and then have all the gadgets sit in the other monitor."
NFS: World Online gets a release in Asia this year before going to the rest of the world. It'll be a free, web-based MMO set in the racing world.
http://kotaku.com/5162280/first-scre...ustomizable-ui
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February 28th, 2009, 19:51 Posted By: wraggster
It has been a great ride thus far working with other talented Developers, Testers, Mod Creators and Players. I tell you this community has surpassed my every hope! Though I was not around in the beginning of OpenBOR, I sure will be around for a very long time!!!
So the time has come for another engine release (Windows Only, Consoles are to soon follow), but not just any release.... Its OpenBOR v3.0 So without any further delay here are the details for this release.
New Features:
Stereo Support
Menu Redesign
BGM Player for BoR Audio
Internal Restructuring of video mode handling
Bug Fixes:
To many to list....lol
All Memory Leaks fixed.
Enhanced Error handling greater Stability.
Here are a few Notes about v3.0 that everyone should read as well.
1. Support for Video.txt has changed. Forcemode command no-longer exists. We nolonger allow for video mode switching on the fly. Only Scaling and Filtering adjustments can be made. We have also removed some supported resolution while adding new ones to the list. So be prepared if old modules no longer work or the engine does not startup correctly. Just unpack the modules and update the value for the respective resolution.
2. Just as a reminder for all you new and existing Mod Creators. Don't forget to download the newer version of Wav2BoR v1.1. The reason for that upgrade was Stereo Support. You can test your BOR audio files with the built in BGM Player in OpenBOR v3.0, Just create a new PAK file and place your music.bor in the music directory and repack the module.
/data/music/*.bor
Or...
http://lavalit.com:8080/index.php?topic=2503.0
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February 27th, 2009, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Western Civilization Software (www.west-civ.com) are thrilled to announce that Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Crown of Glory, is now available for immediate download! Combining strategy and tactics in one design, Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition offers gamers an opportunity to test their strength in an age of legends.
The original Crown of Glory won a series of accolades, including the Charles S. Roberts award for best Pre-20th Century Wargame, the War-Historical Group's Wargame of the Year 2005, 8/10 from IGN and 9+/10 from Wargamer.com. Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition is a major step up from the original in nearly every area, with new detailed Naval Combat, a streamlined economic system, a much stronger AI, beautiful new strategic map, new scenarios and significant interface improvements, just to name a few!
To mark the release of Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, three of the tutorial videos included with the game are now available to give gamers a feel for the addicting gameplay and in-depth game system headed their way! The topics of the three tutorials are The Basics, Land Combat, and Naval Combat. Be sure to check them out on YouTube or download a higher quality version from our website.
David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition is a very worthy sequel to the original classic. The new features, improvements and additional scenarios as well as engrossing strategic and tactical play make this an experience that Napoleonic fans should not miss. Anyone with an interest in the Napoleonic period as well as fans of beautifully designed strategy game should give this game a look!"
The initial release is download-only, with options for boxed copies with printed manuals planned to be available next week. Customers who would like a boxed copy and printed manual should wait for those options to show up in the Matrix Games Online Store before purchasing. Also, customers who already own the original Crown of Glory are entitled to a $10 Discount Coupon off the price of Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition. This discount coupon can be retrieved by following the links on the product and store pages.
Glory is Fleeting, Obscurity is Forever...
Two centuries ago, Europe was in the midst of one of the most gripping periods in human history. It was an era that saw cobblers become princes and emperors become exiles, an age of legendary diplomats and brilliant tacticians. Listen to the roll of the drum, the call of the bugle, and see the banners unfurled above the divisions and corps. Wide-eyed recruits march next to battle-scarred veterans, sabers clatter alongside the bags of grapeshot, the wheels of hundreds of caissons rattle, as generals plan and diplomats plot, and all of Europe grasps with desperate hands for… The Crown Of Glory.
This new Emperor's Edition is a sequel to the acclaimed Crown of Glory and improves on the original in every area, immersing the player in the epic events of the Napoleonic era. A beautiful strategic map with more than 200 provinces covers all of Europe and North Africa, with scenarios and campaigns from 1792 up to 1820. Stronger AI, a streamlined interface and a new simplified economic model to allow players to focus on the aspects of the game they most enjoy. Players take the role of one of the crowned potentates of any of the eight Major powers as well as having the option to play as a minor power such as Poland, Denmark or Portugal.
A turn-based structure allows you to play at your own pace, deciding on the military, diplomatic, economic and social paths of your nation, including treaties, trade routes and levying and supplying military units. While your armies march across a worldwide map with monthly turns, detailed land and naval battles allow you to play at a smaller scale, where your brigades, divisions and ships can be commanded with historical tactics. All battles can be resolved quickly or fought out on a detailed battlefield map.
Each unit has its purpose on the battlefield, with such diverse troops as Jagers, Cossacks, Janissaries and Horse Artillery all modeled for individual strength and morale ratings and each beautifully rendered and animated. Similarly, ships ranging from Frigates to massive First Rate Ships of the Line clash on the seas in battles ranging from skirmishes to decisive fleet engagements, all modeled in great realistic detail.
The eight major powers (France, Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Sweden) and over ninety computer-controlled minor nations are modeled in rich historical detail. Every effort has been made to bring you as thorough a simulation of the Napoleonic Era as is possible, from the dockyards of Lisbon to the frozen wastes of Holy Mother Russia.
Historical leaders, special abilities, fleets, upgrades, reinforcements, colonialism, guard units and over 100 historical events, give Crown Of Glory: Emperor's Edition a unique and engrossing style. Combining strategy and tactics in one design, Crown Of Glory: Emperor's Edition offers you an opportunity to test your strength in an age of legends.
Emperor's Edition Improvements:
New strategic map including a network of roads connecting provinces
70 new movement areas on the strategic map
New "Simple Economy" mode for players who want to concentrate on military / diplomacy
6 new minor powers
101 new historical events such as "Reign of Terror," "Janissary Revolt," and "Assassination of Paul I"
Map zooms in and out smoothly on strategic and detailed combat levels
Nations gain Experience and Naval Experience and use these to purchase national upgrades, advanced units, and special training for units
Improved orders of battle in all scenarios with historical names for hundreds of divisions and ships
New scenarios for 1803 and 1812
New scenarios that allow Portugal, Bavaria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland to be player-controlled
Changes to strategic A.I. to create more historical decisions for certain nations
New "Path of Napoleon" victory condition in which player must try to accomplish all of Napoleon's goals
New rules for inflation and mobilization limits to better model wartime effects on the economy and to limit army sizes to historical levels
New rules for march attrition
New interface screens for strategic overview, unit and province lists
Ability to fight detailed battles at division or brigade level
New system of in-game help
New music and sound effects
Get more information on Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition from its official product page and be sure to watch or download the new tutorial videos!
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February 27th, 2009, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster
Uforia, Inc., a new online game publisher specializing in massively multiplayer online games, today announced that the Beta for Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins launches today at http://threekingdoms.uforia.com. Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins is a new free-to-play MMO based on one of the most well-known Asian novels of all-time.
"We strongly encourage players to join the beta for Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins so they can be among the first to experience this exciting game." said JK Kim, CEO of Uforia.
In the beta all players will be able to experience the cash shop mall. Players will be able to increase the amount of experience and gold they gain, purchase powerful armor, and have access to special mounts.
Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins, developed by G-rex Soft, chronicles the tragic last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three kingdoms at battle. This important period in Chinese history became a subject of extreme and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins narrates this account and provides players the opportunity to choose from 4 gripping and distinctive character classes to help battle through 200 extraordinary levels packed with boss monsters and their relentless followers. As players undergo the world of Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins, they can reshape the story by carefully planning and executing political assassinations.
Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins offers a one-of-a-kind quest system that delivers missions to players while they are still in the battlefield, maximizing the player's enjoyment of and involvement in the battle. This unique feature enables the player to continue their travels while having the benefit of receiving items from completing quests. Player vs. Player (PVP) battlegrounds are available on the hour every hour 24/7, allowing the winners of the battle to become Lords who are granted access to exclusive skills and items. Honor points are awarded during these battles and can be used to purchase unique items and equipment from special merchants.
An exciting Player Kill (PK) system is also part of this epic adventure which includes a unique "Death Note" feature. This element exists so if a player is killed by the same opponent multiple times, the opponent is added to the player's death note. The opponent's location will be specified on the player's map as a blinking signal, enabling the player to execute revenge more easily.
For more information about Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins and to sign up for the Beta visit http://threekingdoms.uforia.com
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February 27th, 2009, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster
With Major League spring training getting underway, sports fans' thoughts are turning to baseball once again. For thousands of baseball fans, spring training also means gearing up for the latest edition of Out of the Park Development's award-winning baseball management series, Out of the Park Baseball, which GameSpot called "the closest thing we've got to Major League baseball in a box." OOTP Developments is proud to announce the beginning of the preorder period for Out of the Park Baseball 10 ("OOTP 10"), their most ambitious baseball management simulation to date.
OOTP 10, scheduled for release in Spring 2009 for PC, Mac, and Linux, is a further evolution of the game that GameSpy said, "is firmly atop the baseball general manager simulation heap," offering gamers the ultimate in realistic baseball simulation. With a completely revised individual pitch model and a host of other new and improved features, OOTP 10 offers something for new and existing customers alike. Lead Developer Markus Heinsohn has a long track record of involvement with his fan base, and this year was no exception. "We think that OOTP 10 will be the best game we have ever created," said Heinsohn, "and much of that is thanks to our community. So many of our feature ideas come from our fans, and there's so many great ideas we haven't even gotten to yet! We are very excited to have been around so long, and that we are still able to grow the game and its fan base each year. There's no reason to think we won't be around for another 10 versions!"
Core Game Features
2009 Major League Rosters - Play with a complete Major League setup, including all affiliated minor leagues, with thousands of accurately rated players placed on their 2009 Opening Day rosters, right down through rookie league, for the ultimate in Major League gaming experience!
Solo or online play - Enjoy solo play with practically unlimited replayability, or join an online league and compete with other human GMs for the ultimate management challenge.
Historical mode - Play with real leagues, teams, or players from any historical Major League season from 1871 through 2008.
Multiple, flexible styles of play - Mimic real-world baseball. Create a completely fictional baseball world. Perform a historical replay of the 1968 season. Heck, do a combination of all of these! OOTP offers unmatched flexibility in setting up the kind of baseball universe you want.
Complete general management - If a GM does it in real life, you can probably do it in OOTP. Define scouting budgets. Make trades. Handle the amateur draft. Scour the waiver wire. Sign free agents. Negotiate contract extensions. Demote and promote players within your organization. You can even define depth charts, lineups, and pitching staffs for every team in your organization. It's all up to you! Of course, if that's a little overwhelming, you can choose to delegate some or all of these functions to your team personnel, too.
Play-by-play mode - In OOTP, you can choose to fulfill solely the general manager duties, or you can take over on the bench as well, playing out any games you wish with our detailed play-by-play engine. Choose defensive strategies, make substitutions on the fly, and give the hitter that "swing away" sign. OOTP will "call" the play with an ongoing stream of announcer text, almost as if you were listening to the radio!
Realistic statistical engine - With OOTP, you can enjoy a realistic statistical engine based on modern baseball theory such as DIPS. See your players perform in a consistent, realistic manner over ten, twenty, even fifty simulated years, and watch as your own Hall of Fame grows before your eyes.
League report generation - OOTP can generate a staggering set of HTML reports for your league, containing individual reports for each player, team, and league in your game.
Unparalleled customizability - Customization has long been the hallmark of OOTP. Options within the game allow you to define precisely how you want your baseball universe to operate, from the # of leagues, divisions, and teams in your league to the rules for these leagues, including finances, free agency, waiver rules, roster sizes, and more.
Key Enhancements in OOTP 10
Redesigned Pitching System - OOTP's newly recoded pitch system adds individual pitch ratings and reworks the endurance/role system and the impact of velocity and groundball percentage in the game engine, resulting in the most realistic game and player development engine on the planet! Will your veteran ace keep his blazing fastball for another year? Will the youngster develop that promising changeup and become a dominating starter? This new system will change the way you play OOTP!
Customizable In-Game Screen - A new in-game screen will feature 'widgets' which can be activated and freely moved around on the screen. That way, users can adjust the info they see to their preferences and screen resolution.
Inaugural Draft With Budgets - Now the user can set team budgets before an inaugural draft takes place, either all balanced, individually, or based on city population. Player have contract demands which combined must not exceed your draft budget, and the manager has to keep an eye on the budget when making his picks. The old mode without budgets is still available as well, of course. Can you draft the perfect team?
Improved Arbitration & Free Agent Compensation - The arbitration period now work as in real life. Players state their demand, and teams set their maximum offer or do not offer arbitration at all, in which case the player becomes a free agent. If the team submits an offer, an arbitrator will rule in favor of either the team or the player. On top of that, players eligible for free agency need to be offered arbitration as well if the team wants to receive compensation once the player signs with a different team. Compensation now follow real major league rules, and a supplemental first draft round has been added to the first-year player draft.
OOTP 10 is available for preorder for PC, Mac, and Linux for $29.99. This is a savings of $10 off of the final release price of $39.99. Customers who preorder can also download the game two days before the official launch! (Customers in the European Union pay €29.99 for preorder, and €39.99 after release.) Preorders and further information can be found at http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/ootp10/.
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February 27th, 2009, 23:49 Posted By: wraggster
Today Ubisoft announces that the PC version of Tom Clancy's EndWar, the newest brand in the Tom Clancy series of video games, is now available in stores across North America or for download. Tom Clancy's EndWar goes beyond other war games by allowing players to use their own voice to control units, offering command of the action at the speed of thought. Set on the battlefields of World War III, Tom Clancy's EndWar pushes the envelope of technology with its revolutionary voice-command system.
Ubisoft's Tom Clancy video games are consistently among the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed video game series in the industry. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon games have collectively sold more than 55 million units worldwide to date.
Tom Clancy's EndWar is rated "T" for Teen and available for an MSRP of $49.99.
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February 27th, 2009, 20:48 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
EA's released the Black Sheep mission for the six-year-old Command & Conquer Generals.
It was initially slated to be the third mission in the Global Liberation Army campaign but was omitted from the game, which released back in 2003.
It sees players "given command of the Toxin Tractor, a slow-going farm vehicle modified to spray a deadly corrosive agent, and ordered to eliminate a town that had been 'corrupted beyond salvation' by the USA's propaganda".
Despite the mission's omission from Generals, the Toxin Tractor was available in other campaign missions, and in the multiplayer and skirmish modes.
You can now download the Black Sheep mission for free here, although you'll need to dig out your copy of Generals in order to be able to play it.
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February 27th, 2009, 19:51 Posted By: Shrygue
via Kotaku
The forces of humanity make a final stand tomorrow night, as Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa celebrates its final day with an all-out alien invasion.
Be there tomorrow to witness the end of a particularly short era, as the chief baddies in massively multiplayer sci-fi shooter Tabula Rasa mount a full-scale invasion of just about everything. Tomorrow marks the last day of the game's operation, and if the more recent updates are any indication, the development team isn't going to go out quietly.
We request that all military personnel begin fortifying defenses at every AFS base in preparation for a massive Bane assault. If enemy troop movements are as large as we fear, and the Neph are truly prepared to lead all out war against us, this may be our last stand. Penumbra has been informed of the situation and is standing by on the use of their last resort weapon. We can not afford to be complacent or uncertain, but if it is truly our destiny to be destroyed, we are taking them all with us.
The end begins at 8PM, either GMT or CST depending on your server, coming to a close at midnight, when the servers shut down forever.
Even if you haven't played much since launch, it might be worthwhile logging in to watch the game die, if only to say you were there.
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February 27th, 2009, 19:49 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
In its latest newsletter to players, Mythic has announced that Patch 1.2 for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will go live on 3rd March - that's next Tuesday. The game is also being halved in price in Europe.
The sizeable patch will include the new Dwarf Slayer and Orc Choppa careers; the Bitter Rivals live event; a limited preview of a new Scenario; improvements to realm-versus-realm warfare, itemisation, crafting, and the user interface; more "easy" public quests for smaller group sizes; and over 500 bug fixes.
Patch 1.2 kicks off the Call to Arms "live expansion" that will be released in chunks over the next few months. Monthly live events will be followed by the release of the Land of the Dead zone in June.
Additionally, WAR's European publisher GOA announced that the price of the game is to be cut in Europe. The Standard Edition will be available for a recommended price of GBP 19.99 / EUR 29.99 from retailers or as a digital download soon (the date will vary by country).
More info on the Warhammer Online gamepage.
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February 26th, 2009, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest gets $10 worth of heroes and maps with Pandemic Studios' release of the aptly titled Heroes & Maps Pack, now available via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest might not have gotten the best critical reception, but Pandemic isn't letting that stop them from delivering more heroes of lore and arenas of war to their Middle-earth epic battle simulator. Available today, the Heroes & Maps Pack adds three additional heroes, two new multiplayer maps, and two hero arenas for use with the previously released Hero Arena content pack.
$9.99 or 800 Microsoft points gets you Gothmog, Boromir, and Arwen as playable hero characters, the lava fields of the Battle of the Last Alliance and the forests of Amon Hen multiplayer maps, and arenas in the form of Minas Tirith and Weathertop. Whether or not that's worth $10 of your precious, precious monies is completely up to you.
http://kotaku.com/5160712/new-heroes...rings-conquest
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February 26th, 2009, 21:34 Posted By: wraggster
Here it is, for the whole world to try out — the official Blood Frontier 'Beta 1' release. Compared to our last release, 'Alpha 2,' the game has taken a dramatic turn from the slow and clunky 'third-person' shooter it was. Based on feedback from the community (which we take very seriously — no idea is too big or too small) we refined, polished, and extended our gameplay to what we consider to be the most fun Free and Open Source First Person Shooter out there. Many may think it does not compare, visually, with some of the other shooters out there, but what we lack in art, we more than make up for in gameplay. So, give it a try, play against our new and improved Artificial Intelligence, which is giving even the most seasoned of players a run for their money now. Or, hop on our master server at play.bloodfrontier.com, where there is usually someone either playing, or watching from our IRC channel in #bloodfrontier on irc.freenode.net (yes, IRC chat support is built right in!). More information is available at our website
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/02/26/0619250.shtml
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February 26th, 2009, 21:33 Posted By: wraggster
Darkfall, a PvP-oriented MMORPG that was first announced in 2001, is finally in the process of going live. After dealing with some launch-day bugs, the Darkfall team reports that servers are going up, and they're processing pre-orders to get players in the game. MMOCrunch has an in-depth write-up from the end of the beta, saying that the game is still "rough around the edges," but also that the team has created a "solid framework of an MMO that offers a unique experience that the genre has not seen in quite some time." Ten Ton Hammer had a similar reaction, tempering criticism with praise for the lack of hand-holding.
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/02/26/112254.shtml
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