Starcraft News for Jan. 16th
King Arthur Interview
Maseman over at Starcrafters has an interview up with King Arthur of Camelot Systems. If you want to know what he's up to, what he thinks of SC, and what's planned for the future give it a read here.Water Starcraft Updated
If you missed it earlier this week, be sure to check out the latest 3D Rendering of the Protoss Cestus. Truly awesome pic! I'm going to try to convert all the 3D rendering into wallpapers this weekend.Antioch Newsletter and the War of the Chroniclers
Antioch Chronicles is starting a newsletter that sounds pretty cool. It'll cover all the happening and some special events at Antioch, and campaign info. To get more details and find out how to subscribe check out The Tribunal. He also has put up info on the War of the Chroniclers, a multiplayer b.net campaign that he is working on.Spell Ranges
Shlonglor made a post with the spell ranges listed. If you want them, you know what to do :pNew Strats
SC Millenium has added eight new strats. You can get them all here.Brand New Ladder Map
The new map of the week, Eldritch Lake, is an Official Ladder Map for SC Season 4 and BW Season 1. It's a 128x128 Jungle World map recommended for 2 players. Print the Enlarged Map View now! Here's the teaser :Before the Zerg swarm ravaged Aiur, pilgrimages to sacred places across the planet by members of the Templar caste were a common undertaking. Many of these pilgrims traveled to a secret lake high in the mountains that was thought to contain mystic properties. Some went seeking serenity, while others were seeking self-awareness and a greater understanding of the universe. We've captured the essence of that lake in Naiad's new line of bottled water, "Eldritch Spring". Pick up a bottle and feel the magic today! Download now! (85k)
Pentium III Review
Thresh's Firing Line has an indepth look at Intel's new Pentium III processor. This is a huge review with a ton of info.GX Half-Life Guide
GX is promising a singleplayer walkthrough on Monday but for now you can check out their guide to weapons, strats and advanced tactics.New Monster 3D II Drivers
Diamond has released latest drivers for their Monster 3D II. Download them here. For a complete list of Diamond Drivers check here.Game Reviews
IGN has slapped up reviews on Starsiege: Tribes and Close Combat III. Warzone takes a look at Blood 2: The Chosen. GA Source has a first peek at Metal Fatigue. Lastly 3D Spotlight has a preview up on Quake III: Arena. I think that'll keep you busy for awhile :)Baldur's Gate Patch Released
Interplay released the beta version of the Baldur's Gate patch (4.1mb). You can download it in the General Store section at Interplays Official BG Site. Be sure to read the readme.txt file for BEFORE installing for important info on the patch. You can expect the fully supported patch to be released in a few weeks.
Starcraft News for Jan. 15th
No Sign of the Map
Blizz hasn't got the new map up yet and I'm going offline. Check here later to see if it's up yet.Gotta Have Those Stats?
Blizz has put up a MS Excel Spreadsheet that you can download that has the unit stats for all three races. Download now (6k)Dark Templar Strategy
SS has it's first BW strat up, Dark Templar Tactics. This one deals with getting around detection units for each race. Don't underestimate the DT. When coupled with some Corsairs kicking out Disruption Webs they can be a real pain in the @ss.Brood War Reviews
Several sites are starting to put their Brood War Reviews up. If you want to know what they think of it, click the links below.
Gamecenter's Review
Game Post's Review
Game Girlz Review
Game First's Review
Techno Dynamic's Review
Games Mania Review and BW Strat Guide
A Peek at Darkstone
Darkstone is the new RPG game in the works by Delphine Studios and Take 2 Interactive. If you getting tired of waiting for Diablo II, (I don't plan on seeing it before Xmas 99), this game just might satisfy your itch. C|Nets review starts here. Darkstone is slated for release this spring.New Half-Life Patch
Sierra Studios and Valve announced a new Half-Life update, ver1.0.0.8. The patch adds new multiplayer maps, player models, a new team-play mode, and improvements in Internet bandwidth utilization. You can get the patch using the automatic update built into the game, or download here from Gamespot or from Sierra's site. Valve also announced they will release Team Fortress Classic as a free downloadable add-on for Half-Life at the end of the month. Note - Patch ver1.0.0.8 requires the previous patch ver1.0.0.6.Half-Life Levels
PC Gamer has added Half-Life to the Game Level Paradise section. Currently they have one single player level for downloading, Jailbreak. IGN and Gamespot have a new Half-Life multiplayer level for download called Gasworks. Get a description of it here.
Download Gasworks - from IGN
Download Gasworks - from Gamespot
New Releases
Close Combat III: The Russian Front has shipped. Look for it to start showing up on the shelves now. Download a demo from the Official Close Combat III site.New Call to Power Screens
Gamecenter has exclusive new screens of Civilization: Call to Power up. Check 'em out!
Starcraft News for Jan. 14th
SC Music Video
toNt over at Simple Craft has made a SC Music video. They describe it as a combination of cutscenes and cool SC music. At 21mb I'm not going to download it but that doesn't mean jack so if you want it, grab it here. They'd appreciate some feedback on it.Auspex and Antioch's Episode II
With Antioch Chronicles Episode II: Negative Suns gearing up, Infoceptor snagged an interview with it's creator, Auspex Turmalis. It's a good read but for some reason they stuck it on the main page. Check it out here under the Jan. 13th news section.Brood War Walkthroughs
Infoceptor is up to Zerg Mission 4 in there BW Walkthroughs Section. Get the walkthroughs for Protoss missions 1-8, Terran missions 1-7 and Zerg missions1-3 here.Lameking Interview Link Fixed
GX Starcraft has fixed the link to the Interview with Lameking. Netscape users couldn't read it. Try again here.1.04 Aftermath
Everybodys got an opinion when Blizz releases a patch. Soso of GX Extreme gives you his here. Covers the changes to the units and buildings in 1.04.Ok Some People Have Way Too Much Time on Their Hands
But that usually means something odd comes out of it. Odd is good :) Tech Base asked several SC Webmasters/Players the question " What would you do if you were sitting at home quietly typing on your computer, when all of a sudden, a red dot appeared on your CPU. At the same time, a strange woman entered amd said "Nuclear Launch Detected"? The answers are errr... insightful :) hehehe Give em a read here under What's it all about?, the second news post for the Jan 11th.The Disconnect=Loss Rule and Map Hacks
According to Mick the disconnect=loss rule is here to stay so, Deal! He also tells why Blizz can't really do anything to ppl putting out the Map Hacks. Read the post here.Wargasm Released
Although it showed up on some shelves early, Wargasm was officially released nationwide yesterday, on Wargasm Wednesday, Check out the official Wargasm site here for more info. The shockwave thing is pretty cool. There's an index of reviews on the game here.Reviews & Writers
3D Gaming Net has reviews up on Baldur's Gate and Starsiege: Tribes up. They're also looking for new writers. Nope, you don't get paid but there are a few perks to it.Battlefield Communicator News
If you use Battlefield Communicator (BC) and would like to find others that use it for Starcraft or Diablo, head over to the Free Starcraft Game Server Network (FSGS) page. They've created a permanent channel called BFC Challenges that's dedicated to helping BC users connect for games. In other news, BC got Best Peripheral Device of the Year from Gamers Gazette. You can read their review of BC here. BC has updated the Software Compatibility Page to include Baldur's Gate, Starsiege: Tribes, Heavy Gear 2, and Falcon 4.0. BGC is reporting that Shadowfactor Software has closed a deal to license Voxware Technology. They say it's expected to be fully implemented in BC v1.2 and new features will include:
- a serverless, peer to peer mode.
- a whisper feature, where you can send your voice to a single player.
- support for all features, including channels and whispers in both peer to peer and client/server sessions.
- support for a global list of public servers so users can easily find BFC servers.
- support for half-duplex cards ("listen only" mode) configurable microphone clicks and more!
Starcraft News for Jan. 13th
Couple Tid Bits
Found some intersting stuff at IGN. There's a preview up on Lands of Lore III. They've got some info up on the new expansion for Sin, Wages of Sin due out in Feb. There's also a couple screens. A Myth II Tournament was announced with $20,000 in prizes and cash up for grabs.Heretic and Hexen Source Code
You want it Raven Software released it. Grab it here.Map Offerings
SC.Legacy has posted their new map of the week, Infrastructure. Requires Brood War to play. Get the description here. They've also set up a SCM Archive and a SCX Archive section. There are allready a couple of maps in each of these sections. BW Dynasty has also created a SCX Section and has their first map, Warp Gates 2, up for downloading.Ahhh those Trojans
There's a new Trojan out called PICTURE.EXE. You can get info on it at McAfee and download the detection and cleaner there also. Thanks for the info PhreekbirdGameSpy 3D v2.07
Gamespy 3D v2.07 is now available for registered users. Adds support for Descent 3, Baldur's Gate, Dark Vengeance, Turok 2 and South Park. Download it here. The latest Shareware v2.06 is available for download here. Get more info at Gamespy. [ news source - Blues News ]Irish Teen Invents New Code
ABC News has an article up on Sarah Flannery, A 16-year-old Irish schoolgirl that's being hailed as a genius for developing a way of encoding data on the internet 10 times faster than systems used globally now. Read more here.The Linux Beer Hike :)
Now I just think this sounds damn cool. :) " Electric Lichen L.L.C. is organizing a week-long trip scheduled for August 1999 in which Linux users will hike the hills and caves of Bavaria to learn Linux on their laptop computers and visit the local brew pubs. Experts in Linux and the Bavarian outdoors will teach classes to the hikers during the day and enjoy the local pub scene in the evening. " Oh yeah! Europe, European men with really muscular legs and the mountains... I could deal with that :) Find out more about Die Linuxbierwanderung. [ news source - Medieval Fantasy Roleplaying ]Protoss and Zerg Stats Added
Blizz has updated the Compendium to include the Protoss Unit Stats and the Zerg Unit Stats for both SC and BW units. The Terran Unit Stats were updated also.Cendant Seals the Deal
Cendant finalized the deal to sell it's software division to Havas SA. Final selling price??... $800 million cash plus future potential cash payments. What the heck does potential future cash payments mean?? eh who cares :) The software division includes Knowledge Adventure, Blizzard Entertainment, Davidson & Associates and Sierra On-Line. You can read the press release here.
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