« Igniq.com Gaming News - Bookmark this site Advertisements  Yesterday, Bethesda posted three new in-game screens for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion of a troll (above), a nordic town and a forest. Several screens were also posted in January, and the full collection is available here. Development of Oblivion has been ongoing since 2002, but no release date has been announced yet. More info: The Elder Scrolls official site Recent Gamesfirst.com Oblivion Interview The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Interview (12 Dec '04) Bethesda Executive Producer's open letter to fans Discussion >>  Blizzard have announced a new record for World of Warcraft - the game has hit 1.5 million concurrent players worldwide, with over 500,000 players online in each of their three markets, Korea, the U.S. and Europe.The game has been a monstrous success since its initial U.S. launch (which in itself broke records), and it looks set to continue when it launches in China later this year - within the first hour of the beta being available there, 100,000 players had signed up. More info: About World of Warcraft Blizzard.com Gamespot's Intro Video to WoW Penny Arcade Revokes Warcraft GOTY Award (23 Jan) Discussion >>  Gamespot points out an entry on the Korean XBox site (since removed) that listed an expansion pack for Halo 2 as 'coming soon'.Gamespot speculate on Microsoft's plans: The one-line listing had no other description or firm date. That said, its presence on an official Microsoft site added credence to the theory that Microsoft cut Halo 2 short so it could roll out a large expansion akin to the Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack at a later date via Xbox Live--for a price. Such a Halo 2 expansion could be a twofold boon for Microsoft, adding another incentive for gamers to join its online service and squeezing further dollars from the nearly 7 million gamers who already have Halo 2. Resources doubled for next Halo game  dek's Halo 2 reviewDiscussion >>  The story of the haunted NES placed up on eBay spawned an imitator on the U.K. eBay; his item was a Super NES, the original owner of which was killed by a maverick cat, which then haunted the console :... the cat was jealous that the young boy was spending all his time on his “computer game” and one night went mad and killed them both! Via kotaku Discussion >>  Version 2.54 of this immensly popular video-capture software is available over at fraps. You can use Fraps to record in-game footage (with sound). Perfect for tutorials, demos, reviews etc. Release Notes: 2.5.4 - 18th Mar 2005 - Resolved conflict preventing SLI with 71.84 Forceware drivers - Fixed crash when right clicking in change directory window - Fixed crash in some browsers when launching Help window Download the latest version here (686 Kb) Discussion >>  We received a pointer to The Five Pillars, an online multiplayer game from new forum member Tolia.The focus is totally on strategy in this one and it looks interesting; there are no graphics on display in the game and all of the events take place through a mostly text-based web control panel. Players are in control of all aspects of a tiny fledgling kingdom when they begin, which they must grow so that it can become the largest and most powerful, while at the same time gathering resources to learn spells and managing domestic issues such as overcrowding and population contentment: By creating the most powerful army, you can be the one true dominating force on the planet. More info: The Five Pillars Live Demo Discussion >>  RYL: Path of The Emperor officially launched today, going Gold and coming out of beta status. Players can now purchase the game at retail stores, or download a 30 day free trial, after which time it costs a $12.95 per month subscription. As a special promotion for the launch, Planetwide Games also announced a serious giveaway - 1 million dollars is up for grabs as the grand prize to the winner of a Player vs. Player skill-based tournament. The tournament is only available to players from the U.S. or Canada. Players who buy RYL from a retail store are qualified to participate, and the final will be broadcast live from the E3 Video Game Expo in May next year. Read more on the official press release For those who haven't tried RYL yet, check out the 30 day free trial download here or read IGNIQ's exclusive review of the game. Discussion >>  According to an article posted over at Anandtech, Futuremark (creators of the popular benchmarking software, 3DMark) have announced the top systems listed on on their performance league tables, which are all based on Nvidia SLI technology. SLI-enabled systems sweeping the top 20 spots in the 3DMark05 Hall of Fame demonstrates that consumer PCs based on award-winning SLI technology from NVIDIA currently have the fastest 3D performance available," said Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop product marketing at NVIDIA. "SLI technology has truly set a new standard for 3D performance, as these results show. We look forward to continuing this leadership position For those not familiar, SLI is the term used by Nvidia to describe two of their graphics cards acting as one in a PC, kind of like a Raid array of harddrives. This boasts (in some cases) double the performance in the latest games, much faster frame-rates at higher resolutions and improved image quality. More product info over at Nvidia NVIDIA's SLI in action Double-barreled badness Discussion >>  The Enquirer have managed to get a few more details about ATI's next high end chip. It turns up that the R520 is built on a 90 nanometre marchitecture and will end up with as much as 300 to 350 millions of transistors. We reported some months ago that R520 will have up to 300 million transistors but it turned out that ATI manage to squeeze even more transistors on its die. This leads up to the fact that it's very likely to have more pipelines than in the current generation. Last number was 16 and now it's time to go toward 24 we would speculate.  According to a report by the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Bungie have beefed up the development team from 65 to 120 for the next installment of Halo.According to rumours, Microsoft are aiming at having the game ready for release not at the same time as the XBox 2 launches, but when the rival PlayStation 3 is released. Their hope is that the huge popularity of the Halo series will entice customers to buy an Xbox 2 instead. More info: Bungie grows for Halo 3? MS golden boys hiring? Bungie Doubles Halo Resources for Xbox 2 Debut Movie-like experience promised. Halo 3 Wishlist Halo 2 review by dek Discussion >>  An interesting-looking game that lets players take the role of hackers trying to steal money and files from online companies was released recently, along with a playable demo. Mindlink 2005: Underground also includes an online ranking system where players can submit their high-scores and compete with others here. Discussion >>  One of the sub-games from the sprawling Final Fantasy VII is being made into a standalone title for mobiles - featured in the Gold Saucer area of the original PlayStation game, the snowboarding levels have been ported over to the V CAST from Verizon Wireless:FINAL FANTASY VII Snowboarding brings the thrilling action of the console version to the palms of customers’ hands. In the original, gamers could play a snowboarding mini game at an amusement park called the Gold Saucer. FINAL FANTASY VII Snowboarding is a complete port of this mini game, bringing 3D snowboarding action to your wireless phone. Final Fantasy VII Spin-off Planned (Dirge of Cerberus) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Trailers Final Fantasy X Whats the real verdict? Discussion >>  Lionhead Studios and Microsoft have officially announced Fable: The Lost Chapters for the PC.The game, 'optimized for the Windows Platform' and due out this Autumn, will include a deeper storyline than the XBox original and extra content: Experience expanded content. Explore the original worlds and core missions of “Fable” that thrilled Xbox gamers and discover additional regions, storylines and side quests, as well as optional missions with “Fable: The Lost Chapters.” In addition, “Fable: The Lost Chapters” offers the ability to fight new monsters, practice an expanded group of spells, don new armor, wield additional weapons and interact with new expressions. Official site for Fable: The Lost Chapters Screenshots Gamespot: Microsoft spinning Fable for the PC Fable Leader Apology for Promised Features (6 Oct '04) Discussion >>  An 80's Nintendo Entertainment Sytem which the owner claims is haunted has been placed up for auction on eBay; the seller includes the complete story of how he came to be in possession of the console, and the strange things that have been happening since:Even my cat won't go anywhere near this System, unless she's 5 feet away and hesitating to sniff at it, and not only that, she's been running back and forth through the house in the middle of the night during the past few weeks, and that's something she's never done in the entire 8 years that I've owned her.  Nvidia, having not released a set of drivers ((outside of beta)) since November of last year have finally made available the latest official Unified Driver suite for all its Nvidia GPUs. Release Highlights: Download the Official Forceware 71.84 for Win2k/Xp here (18.8 Mb) Discussion >> Archives
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