Archive » 2002 » September
3DFX Death Throes Revisited
The founders of this site will almost certainly remember the arrival of the 3dfx Voodoo Graphics video card as the days when 3D gaming on the PC really arrived. From... (more)
What’s New Down Under?
It’s the “Return Of The X-Box” this week… We had 2 whole weeks without any new X-Box releases, this week sports 8 of ‘em! Although, the games are not really... (more)
posted by shadow · 26 Sep 2002
Perfect Dark now X-clusive
I received a press release from Microsoft yesterday that, aside from going through the motions of “officially” announcing the acquisition of Rare, also announced that Perfect Dark 2 would be... (more)
posted by splash · 25 Sep 2002
EB Game Return Warning
Most of you know about EB’s 7 day return policy right? Well Biggles just let me know that EB will not accept games for a refund which have CD Keys,... (more)
posted by shadow · 25 Sep 2002
Greg Barnett Interview
Souri of Sumea Launchpad sends word that he managed to score an interview with Greg Barnett: I’m sure a lot of you know of his work. He worked for Beam Software... (more)
posted by shadow · 25 Sep 2002
Yahoo Gaming
Yahoo have launched a new service called Games on Demand, which allows you to rent and download games for specific periods of time. The difference to other similar services seems... (more)
Xbox (kind of) Live
The Australian IT section has some speculation about the future of Xbox Live in Australia. Microsoft appears concerned about the download limits placed on most broadband users, and the effect... (more)
3D Character Modeller/Animator @ R3 Interactive
Role Required: Provide real-time 3D models and animations of characters for a 3rd person next-gen game, and other on-going projects. Contract work initially. Full-time outcome possible. Job Specifics: Modeller needs experience in... (more)
posted by Anonymous · 23 Sep 2002
Online Superhero
Marvel Comics and uber-publisher Vivendi have announced a deal that will bring Marvel’s 4700 strong superhero roster into the online massively multi-player world: The comprehensive deal provides VU Games with access... (more)
MicroRare
The worst kept secret in the gaming industry seems to be confirmed now, with the news (from Nintendo) that Microsoft have bought ex-Nintendo only developer Rare for a huge sum.... (more)
Battlefield 1942
So, more war games then? Sure why not, but hey, let’s set it in World War 2 ontop of that eh? Because that hasn’t been done before… If you’re anything like... (more)
posted by splash · 22 Sep 2002
Gaming on Linux
Recently I made the switch, I put my money where my mouth is and installed gentoo linux. Linux is now my primary os (for the last month) and so far the... (more)