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New KOTOR Screens
LucasArts have updated their site with five new screenshots from the upcoming PC version of their StarWars RPG Knights of the Old Republic. The images I’ve seen of this game... (more)
AGDC 2003 Updates
Time is running out for AGDC nominations and accommodation bookings, both of which close within a week. Nominations for the AGD awards which includes best game on varying platforms, and... (more)
WoW Quests
Blizzard have updated their World of Warcraft site with new information on the questing system. There are, unfortunately, the usual “Bring 10 Scarlet Insignia Rings to Deathguard Burgess in Brill”... (more)
Ex-Blizzarders Form New Company
Creators of the Diablo series who recently left Blizzard under a small PR cloud have announced the formation of a new games company, Flagship Studios. The five former Blizzard North... (more)
Elite Game Developers
Masters of their universe appeared in the Guardian Weekend magazine last Saturday and covers the conception and development of old-skool space sim Elite by its programmers David Braben and Ian... (more)
AGDC Discount Registration Closes Tomorrow
The $100 off discount for those who register early for this year’s Australian Game Developers Conference closes tomorrow. If you are intending to go and haven’t yet registered, strafe over... (more)
Kids On Old School Games
An enterprising online gaming site took a handful of 10-12 year olds raised on 3D accelerated graphics and sat them in front of some classic console titles from the 70s... (more)
Driver 3 Trailer
A 90 second trailer for “Driver 3″ is now available for download. It looks like fun, but why must they just make something that looks like a mustang, smells... (more)
posted by Shane G · 14 Oct 2003
Leaked HL2 “Patched”
The hackers who leaked a backyard compile of Half-Life 2 have now released a “patch” to fix up some texture problems with the original version. Included in the patch is... (more)
Half-Life 2: Playable Build Leaked
Not long after rumours that Half-Life 2 will be delayed at least four months as a result of the recent source code leak, it is being reported there is now... (more)
Jade Empire
Bioware have released a fairly spiffy trailer of their upcoming Chinese RPG Jade Empire, which seems to be based around the tried and true “You kill my father, (random out... (more)
Bridge It
A year or so ago my workmates and I stumbled across an unlikely and highly addictive little bridge building game. For the next month at least Bridge Builder (122K) kept... (more)