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Auran Jet Beta 2
Oz company Auran (Dark Reign) has released the second beta stage of its game environment/development engine Auran Jet. The second stage of their planned engine rollout features the addition of... (more)
First Look at Unamed 3D Platformer
We have 4 exclusive first look screenshots of Aussie developer Krome Studios’ next project. Shrouded in secrecy until now, the game is a 3D arcade platformer with a heavy Australian... (more)
Bits’n'Pieces
Stomped have a brief update on the development of FPS in space Zero-G Marines and have 4 screenshots to go along with it. Stomped Yahoo News has a brief summary of... (more)
Anti-Online Cheating War
If you’re among the power trippers who have been spoiling online Counter-Striking on Australian servers, you are in for a rude shock. During a particularly noxious session last weekend several... (more)
Diablo 2 Patch 1.05
Blizzard have released Patch 1.05 for Diablo 2 which fixes CD and DVD copy protection issues, increases spell ranges and puts them back to the way they were in 1.03,... (more)
Dreamcast Successor
While Sega has pulled out of the console market, it seems the Dreamcast will not be the last Sega console. The embattled console giant has done a deal with British... (more)
Freedom Force Interview
There have been a heap of these lately but I’ve read through it and even though it’s at Daily Radar, it is one of the better ones. They sit down... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Jan 2001
The Sims Retrospective
GameSpy have an article up looking back at the year of The Sims, which recently had it’s first anniversary. Populated with quotes from Will Wright, the creator of everything Simian... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Jan 2001
Interplay and EA Get Their Groove On(line)
In a statement issued today, publisher Interplay announced plans to setup Interplay.com, a portion of the company directly aimed at interactive online entertainment. According to the press release, “Interplay.com’s primary... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Jan 2001
Black & White To Use iFeel Technology
A new technology developed by Immersion, the company largely responsible for Force Feedback is being implemented in Lionhead’s upcoming god-sim Black & White. The technology which has been available for... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Jan 2001
Farscape Title Announced
Simon and Schuster Interactive have announced that they plan to publish a game based on the popular sci-fi soap Farscape. Blue has the full press release which contains development credits... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Jan 2001
Project Eden Interview
Core Design are best known for their work on the cross-dressing Indiana Jones games known as Tomb Raider. The series, currently being turned into a movie and a 6th game... (more)