What we have all been waiting for. Battlegroup 42 on the Battlefield Vietnam game engine.
Battlegroup 42: Pacific
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BF2 Demo and Release Date
Straight from -1313-Evil_Homer from Planet Battlefield:
“The demo release for Battlefield 2 will be in Mid-June it will feature one map. This was said from the executive producers Scott Evans during community day at EARS. So look forward in June for the demo. While I write this newspost I am currently alt-tabbed out of Battlefield 2 game, and all I can say in short words is Game of the year. So look forward for a report sometime this week. Bye for now from EARS.”
**”Note: Official Release Date for Battlefield 2: June 23, 2005 (Ship Date: June 22). This date will be earlier for Europeans, its estimated it will be June 17, 2005.”
Need I say more?
I just wonder how I can justify buying my wife BF2 for her Birthday 🙂
One More Example of Congressional Idiocy….
Discovered this via BoingBoing and although it isnt the usual type of thing posted here at GamersRadio, it seems like something that word needs to be spread about.
It seems as though a bill has been introduced into the Senate that would ban the weather service from publishing weather data. Instead, that data would go directly to companies like Accuweather (a contributor to the Senator sponsoring the bill) to publish for profit. The problem that I have with this is that as taxpayers we pay for that weather data to be collected
Reproduced from BoingBoing:
“The National Weather Services Duties Act (S.786) would ban NWS from “competing” with private entities by making it unlawful for the agency to publish user-friendly weather data and barring NWS experts from speaking one-on-one to news agencies. Why? Because Senator Santorum believes that companies like AccuWeather would make more money if they didnt have to compete with “free.” Thats right – he believes you should pay twice for your weather information in order to line the pockets of the private weather industry, which *already* benefits from repackaging the data that tax-funded agencies like NWS give away. Thats not only unfair, its a bad precedent for our national information resources.”
If you dont think that this bill is a good idea, you can send an email to your States Senators via the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Turn Your G-Mail Account Into Online File Storage
Not that this is new information or anything (posted March 1st, 2005), but I stumbled upon an article today at engadget.com that shows you how to turn your 1 GB of G-Mail storage into an online file storage space. How cool is that! There are some limitations in file size to what you can load, but otherwise this seems like something pretty useful.
Enjoy
Free MP3s from Amazon
Amazon has created a page on their site listing all of the mp3s that they have available as free previews. A wide variety of stuff there so check it out and score some free tunes.
You want explicit content?
The website ni9e has posted the entirety of the classic N.W.A. album “Straight Outa Compton” on their website for you to download and listen to. The kicker is that they have edited it down to include just the profanity. Each song also includes an “Explicit Content Ratio” or ECR just for kicks. Almost too funny for words.
Discovered via BoingBoing
Battlegroup 42 Update
The Battlegroup42 mod team for Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam has posted some news today regarding progress on their next releases for both Battlefield titles.
The 1.2 update for Battlegroup42 includes tweaks to weapons and maps as well as a new custom map pack that includes conversions of the EA Match Map Pack to fit the mod. The GamersRadio Batallion |GRB|, has been helping to beta test these maps and there are some very good ones! Testing is expected to be wrapped up soon and a release will follow.
The work for Battlegroup42 for Battlefield Vietnam continues with the mod team showing off new small arms and armor models. We here at GamersRadio are going to be helping with the beta testing for this release as well and are excited to see what Battlegroup can do on the Vietnam engine!
read the entire news release Battlegroup42.com
and discuss it in the Battlegroup42 Forums
Forgotten Hope .67a Hotfix is out.
The Forgotten Hope Mod Team has released a hotfix to correct a few major issues that have appeared in their latest release.
You can grab the client and server files from one of the mirrors listed here
Forgotten Hope 0.67 Patch Released
For those that havent heard, the Forgotten Hope Mod Team has released their latest patch to the mod. Logging in at around 500 mb, the list of mirrors for getting the patch is here
Live365 2005 Broadcaster Award Nominations
If you are a Live365 member, you can nominate your favorite broadcasters in a wide variety of categories for the Live365 2005 Broadcaster Awards. So go and support GamersRadio (which is your favorite station of course) with a vote in the “Metal and Hard Rock” as well as the “Best New Station (<1 year old)" categories.
Deadline: March 15, 2005
you can enter your nomination at Live365
Huge Battlegroup 42 News Update
The Battlegroup 42 mod team has posted a significant update on their activities for both their BF42 and BFV mods. This includes tweaks to specific tanks, anti-tank rifles and rockets, better heavy machinegun kits, and changes to both older and newer maps for the upcoming BG42 1.1.1 patch.
They also show off some of their mapping work for the BG42:V mod which will focus on the pacific theatre to start, will include the Battlefield Vietnam style kit choices, and includes at least one map with tunnels (cool!).
Also included is information on forum location changes and personnel changes.
Read the entire release and look at the screenshots here
I must say I am excited for some new work from these guys. Will let everyone know if I find a release date or the like for these mods.
Forgotten Hope 0.67 Release Date
The Forgotten Hope Team has posted release dates for their upcoming patch to their Battlefield 1942 Mod:
Forgotten Hope 0.67 Linux Server (Full): March, 6th at 1800 GMT (12:00 Noon EST)
Forgotten Hope 0.67 Windows Server (Full): March, 6th at 1800 GMT (12:00 Noon EST)
Forgotten Hope 0.67 Windows Client (Update from 0.65 or 0.66): March, 6th at 2000 GM (2:00 PM EST)
The news update contains a lot of information (as well as a cool new wallpaper, and you can read the rest at the Forgotten Hope Website.
Live Chat with the Creators of Gary Grigsbys World at War
Gary Grigsby introduced me to PC Wargames with a little game called “Steal Panthers” that hooked me from the moment I played the demo in 1996. Mr. Grigsby is still making turn based strategy games with tremendous depth, and here is a press release regarding a live chat event happening tomorrow:
Matrix Games to Host Live Chat with 2by3 Games on Feb 17th at 10:00 PM Eastern
Staten Island, NY, Feb 16th, 2005 – Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and 2 By 3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are happy to announce a live chat session with Joel Billings and Gary Grigsby of Gary Grigsbys World at War that is open to the general public. The topics of discussion will be their upcoming title Gary Grigsbys World at War and their previous title War in the Pacific, which is currently available from the Matrix Games website.
This rare opportunity gives fans and newcomers to the genre a chance to ask the creators of the game nearly anything they want, either about the games or about developing complex strategy titles. The chat is set to begin at 10:00 PM Eastern US time from the Matrix Games website. The chat is accessible through the Services section of the Matrix Games website (www.matrixgames.com/services/LiveChat.asp). Joel, Gary, and others will be taking questions from as many fans as time allows. Continue reading Live Chat with the Creators of Gary Grigsbys World at War