Hey guys, Just wanted to let everyone know that Omegadrivers.net has released their Omega driver for ATI Radeon Family. These drivers are to replace the ATI catalyst 4.9 drivers. These drivers have no overhead to them, and allow some limited tweaking to your card. I will be installing them, and will let you know if there are any troubles. Find the drivers at http://www.omegadrivers.net

NovaLogic is extremely excited about the release of their Editing tool for Joint Operations. I havent seen a press release this excited in at least 3 days. Click Read more… for the full release. Continue reading Joint Ops Gets Editor →

PRESS RELEASE

Prepare for battle. LucasArts is excited to announce that the highly anticipated action/shooter, Star Wars Battlefront has officially GONE GOLD on PS2, Xbox and PC and is scheduled to blast its way onto store shelves on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 — day and date with the Star Wars Trilogy, which marks the first time all three classic films will be available on DVD.

Star Wars Battlefront is an intense open-ended single player and multiplayer action game set in the Star Wars universe that puts fans and gamers in the heat of the action as they re-live all of the epic battles from the classic and prequel eras. In the game, console and PC players can choose intense free-form multiplayer combat or a variety of robust single player modes including “Historical Campaigns” and “Galactic Conquest.”

Star Wars Battlefront is published by LucasArts and developed by Pandemic Studios. For more information, please visit the official product website at: www.starwarsbattlefront.com

I have been a big fan of D&D Computer Role Playing Games (CRPG) for quite a while. Going all the way back to 1988, when I played the first D&D game, Pool of Radiance. From there I progressed to the first MMORPGs, Neverwinter Nights on AOL and Dark Sun Online on the old Total Entertainment Network (T.E.N.), all the way through some of my favorite games of all time, Biowares incredible Baldurs Gate series. What really amazed me was the number of games that have been released for D&D over the years.

Check out the complete list by clicking Read more…. You might be surprised at how many there are. I bet you recognize a few and probably have even played a few. Continue reading A chronology of every PC D&D computer game →

If you have ever played any of the Worms games, you know how addictive it can be. The simplest game, but fun as hell. I received these screenshots in the mail today and was really impressed at how far the Worms graphics has come. I thought you might enjoy them.

It is not very surprising that Trauma Studios would be snatched up quickly by todays game developing companies due to the success of Desert Combat for Battlefield 1942. Digital Illusions has made the jump and has bought Trauma Studios and all rights to Desert Combat as well.

I know that we are looking forward to some great work from them and congratulate them on their success.

“Initially Trauma will work with the development of a concept for a new PC game based on the Battlefield 2 engine.”

Click Read more for the complete Press Release. Continue reading Digital Illusions buys Trauma Studios →

I very seldom play console games anymore; however, when it comes down to sport games, that is the only media to use. I think this has been the first year that I was not waiting for the new version of Madden NFL to hit the shelfs, and after seeing this preview/review I am glad I didnt.

I got stuck watching G4TechTV the other day and saw the new ESPN NFL 2K5… All I can say is OMG!!!!! But to find out what all the buzz is, read the full article at G4TechTVs website.

Here is a snippet….

“The hierarchy of console football is a funny thing. When it comes to PS2 decks humming in the back of a tricked-out Escalade, EAs Madden still kicks all comers. But down on the street level, where the rest of us live, a competitor has been building strength for a run at the title. The ESPN NFL franchise from Visual Concepts is an increasingly impressive contender, and with the field dramatically narrowed (no NFL Fever or NFL GameDay this year) this may be the year for the balance to shift.“

ATI released version 4.8 of their Catalyst Driver package today. This release introduces an interesting new feature called “Geometry Instancing” which, to quote their release notes:

“This new feature provides assistance when a game has to render many objects where the geometry is highly similar. Geometry Instancing allows the VPU to create multiple objects from a single geometric model, rather than passing an entire new model for each item on the screen. This increases the rendering speed of images such as leaves, or grass. “

Wonder if this will help with Battlefield Vietnam Framerates?

You can read the entire release notes here: 8.042 CATALYSTâ„¢ Release Notes

And download the driver set directly here: ATI Technologies Inc.

There has always been a thing for large breasts in games. You see it in Tomb Raider, DOA, Tekken 3, Soul Calibur and several others. While it may not be right [or wrong], it is something that has been going on in the gaming, not to mention comic book, world for a while now.

Well, Kirsten Dunst didnt really favor the fact that her character in the new Spider-Man game was a little large in the upper area.

She is quoted: “I got to approve the video game, the way she looks. They made her boobs gigantic. I was like, Tone down the boobs, please!” It was a little ridiculous.”

Full story HERE

We have been working our butts off, and the new servers are almost finished. If you look to the left <----------. You will see all the new game servers. We have everything from Battlefield Vietnam to Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament 2004 and hopefully by tomorrow, Call of Duty. In addition, we will be running a 24x7 BFV Custom Map server running our last Custom Map Night, Map Pack#7 and the BF42 server will play nothing but mods and custom maps. We are also working on a TS server with public channels for each of the servers. A special thanks goes to the guys in the Gamers Radio Battalion. We couldnt have done all of this without donations from them. You guys Rock!

RavenSoft has a couple of job postings for those wanting to throw some creative work into Quake 4

Click “Read More” for details Continue reading Gamers Dream job →

A while back, we interviewed Ian “Tiberius” Frazier about the first release of the Lazarus project, a complete remake of Ultima 5 using the Dungeon Siege engine. They have released their second alpha version and it looks even better than the original.

New features in this demo which were not seen in demo 1 include:

– Fully functional mini-quests
– Ultima-style reagent-based spellcasting system!
– The Lycaeum, noble keep of Truth
– Zachariah’s Observatory
– A dozen new NPCs
– Brand new music
– All new in-game GUI
– All new frontend
– Complete day/night/lunar cycle, which can be tracked with a pocketwatch
– Tons of new objects!
– Working telescopes: look at the night sky!

Drop by their website and grab a copy for yourself!

It appears that the lead singer for Oasis, Liam Gallagher and his body guards got their butts kicked by a group of Computer Salesmen in a German bar. LOL, Am I the only one that sees the humor in that? The article goes on to say that Liam started it. Serves him right for being a cocky rock star. I feel sorry for the body guards. Who would want to hire them after this?

The Inquirer has the full story.