Archive » 2001 » August
Xbox Release Delayed in Japan
Microsoft have announced that the Xbox won’t be released in Japan until February 22, next year. The managing director of Microsoft Japan has stated that the decision to delay was... (more)
SpaceWorld Coverage
One of these days it’ll be BigKid coverage “live from SpaceWorld”, but until then we’ll have to make do with what the other websites bring us. For those that don’t... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Aug 2001
Freedom Force Designer Diary
Anthony Clare, 3D artist at Irrational games’ Canberra studio has written the latest installment on the Freedom Force dev diary, looking at the process of creating the art and more... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Aug 2001
New Australian Developer
I just wanted to point your attention towards the website of a recently-formed Australian developer - Halfbrick Studios. Based in Brisbane (is it just me or is Brisbane turning into... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Aug 2001
Me On PlanetCrap
BK reader Paul Montgomery took the post about hands-free SSX (see last Thursday’s news) over to the PlanetCrap discussion forums and evolved it into an interesting debate on the A.I.... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Aug 2001
Bits’n'Pieces
Interplay linked in Titus/Vivendi deal. Details are sketchy… AVault News for web-heads. Microsoft has just released IE6.0. Micro$oft
posted by splash · 27 Aug 2001
The Continuing Bard Saga (EQ Chronicles)
Having secured the fifth in a series of six very difficult to obtain coins (which will lead to a juicy magic item when given to the correct EverQuest personality), my... (more)
Counterstrike Stabbing
A youth has been jailed in Singapore for getting violent during a Counterstrike LAN. Daniel Tan Thiam Soon, an unemployed 21 year old gamer, became agressive when he was fragged... (more)
Crunch Time 1.01
Well, I think I’ve just survived my first crunch time. Crunch time, for the uninitiated, is a games industry term for the last few weeks (or in awful situations, months)... (more)
Diablo 2 LoD 1.09 Patch
Yeah I know this is very late, but Blizzard have released the long awaited 1.09 patch for the Diablo 2 Expansion Set Lord of Destruction. Amongst a literal bag of... (more)
LanDAG LAN coming up
Sydney based LanDAG Network Gaming is having another LAN event on the 1st September. This is a 24 Hour frag fest starting at 10am on Saturday morning and running Overnight... (more)
Arcanum in the Wild
Dominic sends word that Troika Games’ new RPG Arcanum is now on the shelves at Electronics Boutique. If you get the game, be sure to stay tuned to the Official Arcanum... (more)