« Igniq.com Gaming News - Bookmark this site Advertisements  A patch has been released for America's Army: Special Forces, adding 2 new multi-player missions and fixing some security issues that have raised a few eyebrows in recent weeks.
Full release notes here Grab the patch through Bittorrent here Or direct download from 3dgamers here (64.3 Mb) America's Army Official Website Here Review by IGNIQ's Dave Dalley Here Discussion >>  Game developers Smiling Gator have a quick survey posted soliciting general feedback for their latest project in development, Twilight War: After the Fall. The game concept sounds interesting; it'll be a MMORPG, but built on Valve's Source engine and will include a HL2-style FPS combat system. Though the game is not expected to be released 'til next year, taking part in the survey lets you put your email on the list to be included when the game is ready for beta test. Link, via Steampowered.com news Discussion >>  A new command has been added to EverQuest II, allowing gamers to order pizza without interrupting their play:Ever get those nasty hunger pains while playing EverQuest II? More info: Specialized EverQuest II Keyboard dek's Everquest II preview (22 Oct 2004) Discussion >>  GameSpot have a cool in-depth video review for World of Warcraft, describing exactly what's so good about the game - even for gamers who aren't huge MMORPG fans:This is the sort of game that you owe it to yourself to check out, it's just really, mindblowing and staggering and makes you glad that you're somebody who plays games, and feel sorry for people who don't. WoW has been beset by technical problems that saw the sale of new copies being stemmed, and even resulted in popular gaming site Penny Arcade taking back their 2004 Game of the Year award, but the general consensus is it is one of the very best games to be released in recent years.View the video here. Link via the Russell Beattie Notebook; he has a good first impressions review of WoW posted here also. More info: Blizzard Entertainment NY Times: World of Warcraft Keeps Growing, Even as Players Test Its Limits Penny Arcade Revokes Warcraft GOTY Award - (23 Jan) Blizzard Respond to Penny Arcade - (26 Jan) Discussion >>  The latest Steam update adds the map dm_steamlab, and the SLAM, Stunstick & Crowbar weapons to Half-Life 2: Death Match.The updates will download automatically when you load Steam; for the full list of changes in the update, check Valve's list. More info: Half-Life 2 Death Match Opinions Discussion >>  A new trailer for The Matrix Online shows off the in-game advertising feature; as an Agent leaps from a building, he flies by a billboard emblazoned with an ad for Constantine, the new movie by Keanu Reeves. It may only be a once-off plug for The Matrix star's new movie, or an (inevitable) move towards ads becoming commonplace in games. Via Joystiq See also: Pizza Hut tie in with EverQuest II Targeted Ads Coming to PC, Console Games (19 Nov 2004) Discussion >>  Congratulations to Rick, winner of our free RYL: PoTE Voucher giveaway.The giveaway is now closed, and all entrants will be notified by email. Thanks to MtS_Alien for contributing the voucher for this giveaway, keep an eye on the IGNIQ homepage for more RYL information and giveaways in the future. More info: RYL.net Planetwide Games Web's first preview of Risk Your Life: Path of The Emperor Discussion >>  About a_dark_dualies "This is the first map put out by -LVX-killerpg123, this map is semi-dark with secret passages, death traps, and a hidden buy zone for each team. You spawn with only dualies, and dualies are spawned every 3 seconds on the bottom floor. Enjoy:)" Download it here  "This map is in DM, TDM & INVADER. The map represents an island occupied by the Americans. They are equipped with a camp and a submarine base. The American, peaceful army playing cards, maintaining their equipments... But an army of Japanese goes on the island. It's the panic. Their mission is to neutralize the allied Force. The army American will manage you it to like against the axis force? The game will burn the history of this event... Version INVADER : Attacker : Axe -vs- Defender : Allies Mission Axis: 1-Shutdown Allied Listening Post 2-Capture Allied Command Post and Enter Base 3-Capture Allied UBoat 1 4-Capture Allied UBoat 2" Download it here 5.64MB Discussion >>  IGNIQ's Richie Cahill is currently working on a map for Counter Strike: Source codenamed "Courtyard". Some work needs to be done before he will be releasing it to the public, so stay tuned to IGNIQ for details as they emerge.
He wanted me to keep it hush hush but i am too excited about it and hell, he's not the boss of me ;) Check out two teaser screenshots of the map here Discussion >>  SEGA Europe are looking for beta testers for The Matrix Online; testing has been underway in the U.S. for some time, but the developers need gamers from Europe to try out the game before its expected release in Spring.The beta testing will be made available to members of SEGA City this week; sign up here and you'll receive instructions when the testing starts. More info: The Matrix Online official site SEGA City Registration Discussion >>  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a report on a recent speech Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave at Microsoft Headquarters - he was asked about the XBox 2 and whether it would be able to stand up against the competing systems from Sony and Nintendo:I absolutely think we’re going to kick their backsides, so to speak. I think Xbox 1 has been a fantastic product. We’re not market leaders yet. There’s Sony, there’s us, there’s Nintendo. When we get Xbox 2 in the market, there’s going to be Xbox and the other guys." Citing Halo 2 for the XBox as the best video game ever written, that showed off the full potential of the console, he also predicted the next greatest games to be written will be one of those in the pipeline for the XBox 2. Read the article Via Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger More info: BBC: Xbox 2 could be unveiled in May Xbox Live's Major Nelson's unofficial blog Discussion >> Archives
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