Dawn of War 2 Gameplay Trailer
With Dawn of War 2 approaching us umm, sometime, we're getting more video of Relic's "Essence Engine 2.0", the upgraded Company of Heroes engine that will be powering the Dawn of War sequel. So if you want to know what you get when you mix Dawn of War with Company of Heroes, then check out this Dawn of War 2 gameplay trailer.
Firefox 3.0 Release
Today Mozilla have released Firefox 3.0 in their festive "Download Day 2008", an attempt to break (make) the Guiness world record for most downloads in 24 hours. Head on over to the Mozilla website to grab Firefox 3.0, get it before 3am on the Thursday the 19th (Bris/Syd/Melb time) to make your download count in the world record.
Crysis: Warhead Announced
After the cliff-hanger ending in the Crysis story we were promised Crysis was going to be a trilogy. Unsuspecting EA and CryTek publish news of the second Crysis instalment, 'Crysis: Warhead'.
Crysis: Warhead will play a parallel story in the eyes of Psycho and is due late this year. Check out the Crysis: Warhead review for further details.
Call of Duty 4 Server
NovaTek is now hosting a Call of Duty 4 server. Default settings are a TDM map cycle on hardcore, ask an admin if you'd like to play something else. Server hosted in Brisbane for good east-coast coverage.
To connect via console punch in "connect novatek.com.au" or find it in the games list under "NovaTek CoD4 [HC]".
Happy fragging!
Starcraft 2 Demo
In an unexpected surprise, Blizzard have bestowed us with a demo to the much anticipated sequel to one of the most popular RTS games of all time, Starcraft. The 1.2 gig demo has 1 campaign mission and 2 skirmish/multiplayer levels. Grab it here.
Keep readingPhantom-N SupCom Mod
A popular Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance mod these days is the Phantom mod, which turns the match into a tricky game of lies and subterfuge, greatly increasing the importance of strong deplomacy in multiplayer games.
A Phantom match dedicates one of the players as a Phantom 8 minutes into the game. All players are free to make or break alliances as they please and the aim of the game is to kill the Phantom. Of course, nobody knows who it is. The Phantom gets a resource bonus (30-50% of other players incomes) to help them in their cause of tricking other players into thinking someone else is the Phantom on their way to complete domination.
Recently a new mod, Phantom-N, was released offering new tricks with the introduction of a second Phantom (one third of players are now Phantoms). Even the Phantoms don't know who the other Phantom is, so even more trickery is at play.
Want to know more, check out the Phantom-N detail here.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Released
For those finding that wearing in Vista is a little painful, you'll be pleased to know the long awaited Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista has arrived.
To get this update you can download the redistributable from Microsoft Downloads (any browser) or the smaller update from Windows Update (IE only).
Update:
The 64 bit redistributable can be found here.
NEW G100 / 9800GTX specs confirmed
The wait is over! It seems like nVIDIA really did invent the lid, or the lock-tite for it anyway, after their extremely well kept secret regarding their most anticipated video card in the current line up, the 9800GTX. And yes, it seems that it could be as early as next week that the NDAs will lift and the physical retail cards will start to roll out of the Big Green's labs and into our humble PCs.
Keep readingCrysis 1.2 Patch
EA and Crytek have finally gotten around to fixing many of the bugs and glitches in their ground-breaking FPS, Crysis. This patch fixes a massive amount of things and even adds some new features.
A few quickies:
- Fixed a lot of animations and glitches with weapons
- Fixed the single-player "escort Prophet" bug
- Fixed a lot of cheats and exploits, such as firing while reloading, climbing a ladder while cloaked not using energy, ability to purchase wrong items using kits, etc
- In single player, the player is now more powerful (in melee and weapons) and the AI is less powerful (in melee and weapons). Didn't seem right that the super-solider was weaker, really.
- Added support for the G15 LCD in SP and MP
- DX10 performance optimisations
Read on for the full list, or head over to the Crysis Downloads section to grab the patch.
Keep readingMario Kart Wii Dated for Australia
I don't normally talk about console games, but I've always loved the Nintendo, and I do love the Mario Kart games. I couldn't help it.
Mario Kart Wii will be on Australian shelves April 24.
