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BG 2 Strategy Guide
Jack of all Games has let us know that the Prima, Baldur’s Gate 2 strategy guide is due for release on the 7th of October here in Australia. I’m sure most... (more)
Bad news for NZ Dreamcast online
Andrew has brought to our attention a post on the Official Australian and NewZealand Dreamcast msgboards reporting that Online Capabilities for the Dreamcast in NewZealand have been canned. As Andrew says... (more)
Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars demo!
Australian game developer Ratbag Games, who are resposible for excellent titles such as Powerslide and Dirt Track Racing, have sent word that the demo for their next game Dirt Track... (more)
OpenGL Wolfenstein
The great grand-daddy of first person shooters Wolfenstein and its sequel Spear of Destiny have both been ported to Windows, Linux, and BeOS platforms using OpenGL. All versions are available... (more)
3dfx Joins OpenGL Board
3dfx has become the newest member of the OpenGL Architectural Review Board in what could be seen as a turnaround for the company. 3dfx’s proprietary API Glide has traditionally been... (more)
Elite Force Server Outage & SoF
Raven Software’s Rick Johnson has warned the company will carry out network maintenance this Saturday September 30, which means the Elite Force master server will be unavailable most of the... (more)
Bits’n'Pieces
Beddoestech.com has a couple of new articles today: a review of Windows Blinds from Stardock Systems and part 1 of their buyers guide series Beddoestech.com
Elite Force Reviews
Reviews of Ravensoft’s Trekky shooter Elite Force are appearing all over the net now, and Raven’s Kenn Hoekstra has linked to three of the latest from his .plan: Computer Games Online Video... (more)
SoF Gold Gold
That’s not an Australian Olympic announcer in a frenzy, or a typo. Ravensoft’s Jake Simpson has made a .plan update announcing that Soldier of Fortune Gold has been completed and... (more)
More On Auran Jet
Discussion over proposed licensing options for Auran’s soon to be released Jet game development engine is continuing on the company’s forums. In response to one question, Auran’s John Banks has... (more)
Nintendo GAMECUBE Unveiled
Nintendo unveiled its new GAMECUBE console at Japan’s Spaceworld 2000 Expo recently, and Nintendo.com have some very impressive looking screenshots. Nintendo.com
Daikatana Patch Explanation
Noel Stephens, also of Ion Storm, has made a loooooong .plan update explaining the slightly confusing proliferation of US 1.0-1.1, 1.1-1.2, and International 1.0-1.2 patches. There was a little bit of... (more)