The much anticipated demo for Prey is now available for download. Weighing in at 450MB where you can try out Human Head Studio’s gravity defying FPS. The demo features 5 singleplayer levels, and 2 multiplayer maps. Here are some mirrors you can grab it from:
Archive for the 'First-person Shooter' Category
June 21st, 2006
June 16th, 2006
Here is a list, called The Duke Nukem Forever List, which outlines things that has happened since the game was first announced back in 1997, and what took less time than DNF’s development. It’s a hilarious, albeit unsettling look at a game that has many wondering if it’ll even be worth it when/if it ever does come out.
In 1997, the fastest consumer internet connection was a 33.6 kbps modem. On average, consumer internet connections are 300 times faster today.
June 15th, 2006
Midway, in a hurry to get some money quick, announced the Unreal Anthology; for $30, you get the original Unreal and its Return to Na Pali expansion pack, Unreal 2: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition, and Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition. This is a great deal, and besides Unreal 2, should provide plenty of fun gameplay for those of you who haven’t digged into the Unreal series (or just want to revisit old memories.) This Anthology pack will be available this coming August.
On June 21st next week at 9 p.m. PST/12 a.m. EST, Gamespot will be premiering the demo for Human Head Studio’s Prey. This demo harks to the old days of demos, where there’s real gameplay to experience so you can better make up your mind whether you’ll enjoy buying the full game or not. Rumor has it that the demo will contain an hour’s worth of gameplay. I’m certainly looking forward to play this demo, as I think the unique anti-gravity and other premises will add some much needed flair to a stagnating genre.
June 14th, 2006
Take-Two Interactive were hoping to give 3DRealms a juicy carrot to motivate them to complete the long-delayed Duke Nukem Forever. The carrot? Half a million dollars if finished before the end of 2006. Apparently it wasn’t a juicy enough carrot, as 3DRealms turned their nose up at it according to 1Up.
Broussard indicated he “thinks” the promissory note was part of a renegotiated agreement with their publisher, but expressed frustrations over reportedly inaccurate stories being passed around and claims it’s all irrelevant. “We’re certainly not motivated by that amount of money, after all this time, and getting the game right is what matters. I would never ship a game early (even a couple of months), for 500k,” says Broussard.
Stay tuned, Take Two may increase that to a $500,001 to see if they bite.
June 12th, 2006
Matt Brett has posted an excellent review of Valve’s new episodic Half-Life 2 series, Episode One. He seems overly impressed with this first episode, and looks forward to the next two:
The first of 3 new episodes that expand on the Half-Life storyline proves to be well worth the wait and reminds me why I’ve loved Half-Life for so many years.
June 7th, 2006
Here’s an interesting comparison between real-life locations and the realistic portrayal of those locations in the Crysis engine.
May 27th, 2006
Bungie has posted on their site details about the PC version of Halo 2, which will come out when Windows Vista is available sometimes next year. They clarify that you do not need a DirectX 10-supported video card to play Halo 2, and those playing on the PC won’t be able to play against those on the Xbox. It wouldn’t be fair, PC users would demolish the poor saps. Not to mention Halo 4 will be out by then.
We actually played with the PC version recently when a mini-milestone was reached - the development version had been running in black and white for test purposes, but we were invited over to play when it switched to
color! Anyway, it looked lovely, and we’re promised further improvements as the months roll on. It was amusing to see it running in different resolutions on different folks’ PCs.
May 26th, 2006
After issues with the server browser plagued the Battlefield 2 community, DICE plans on rolling back the patch to a previous version, according to their official website. This isn’t the first time DICE had to do this, and likely won’t be the last, considering how ineffective QA testing on patches has been with EA these days.
We have decided to revert this change in an attempt eliminate these browser issues. Please note that no uninstalling or re-installing is required by players or server admins. All servers currently running must be restarted once this change has taken place.
May 25th, 2006
The 2nd teaser for Half-Life 2: Episode One is now available to watch. Streaming video below, or you can download it at FileShack (17MB). The game will be available to play on Steam June 1st, and in retail stores by then.
May 24th, 2006
The first episodic content, Half-Life 2: Episode One, from Valve, has gone gold and should be available on June 1st.
Episode One is set for release June 1st via Steam and at retail outlets around the world. As we approach the launch of our first episodic release, we will be releasing a series of short gameplay clips that will focus, like Episode One, on Alyx. You will find these shorts in the new My Media area of Steam.
May 23rd, 2006
As expected, the patch for Battlefield 2, now at version 1.3, is now available for download.
May 20th, 2006
3DRealms lets me know that they expect to have a demo for Prey available on June 22nd, and shortly after that we can expect the game to be on retail shelves. The demo will contain 5 levels, contain both single and multiplayer modes. More information on this blog post at 3DRealms.
May 17th, 2006
If you restart Steam, you’ll find it will patch SiN Episodes: Emergence. The patch notes was reported here yesterday.
May 16th, 2006
There will be a patch available through Steam tomorrow evening for SiN Episodes: Emergence. A Ritual employee posted the patch notes on Shacknews detailing what the patch will provide when it is available for download. Some of the fixes include the difficulty being too aggressive, sound stuttering issue, the changing of the FOV labels you as a cheater, player stats, and more.
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