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Half-Life 2 In Q2/2004?

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
The French newspaper Les Echos contains an interview with Christophe Ramboz of Vivendi Universal according to MCV-Online. He states that about one third of the source code was stolen.

New 1C:Maddox Projects Unveiled

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
The official IL-2 Sturmovik website features exciting news for the flight-simmers among us (which would be Brian Rubin and me): first of all, an expansion for IL-2: Forgotten Battles is in the development. Unfortunately there's no information yet on what exactly we're going to get to see and play in the add-on.The second announcement is more significant though.

Buggy Demos - How To Anti-Market A Game

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
Experienced demo trouble lately? Patch required? You're probably not the only one. Read on for a brief look at quick publishers, the concept of second-class consumers, local releases and why they are a disservice to both sides.

PAL Realities: Gamecube Price Drop

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
Just a quick note to all the Euro visitors here: rumoured earlier, denied afterwards but reality soon - Nintendo of Europe is going lower the official Gamecube price from €199.99 down to €99.99 on October 17th. A massive price drop, but definitely a necessary one as the system has notably lost momentum since its successful launch earlier last year.

Söldner Dev Chatlog

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
While Pyro was busy getting GWJ slashdotted (welcome to the new visitors!) I joined the recent public chat with Wings Simulations where they answered some questions on their upcoming tactical shooter Söldner: Secret Wars. The chatlog - cleaned up, of course - features a nice amount of information on the game which may or may not be released in November.

Silent Storm Interview & Delay

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
With Elysium being busy and fighting diaper battles and Certis moving these days it's up to the Magnificent Three, Pyro, Sway and ze German, to entertain our readers. All five of you. Ahem, on with the show. Gamershell features an interview with Dmitry Zakharov of Nival Interactive. He answered some questions on their upcoming Silent Storm.

PAL Realities: Playstation 2 = Computer

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
Yes, the PS2 indeed is a "computer" - not a breaking sensation at first sight. However, in Europe there's a certain difference between "electronic device that's not a computer" and "computer" since the latter type is duty free in terms of import.

A Crunk TGS Report

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
Some of you may remember Andrew Vestal, one of the guys who once ran the GIA. He's now living in Japan and recently attended the Tokyo Game Show. While there were also 'Western' games shown, he took a closer look at the 'local' productions and wrote a report for CrunkGames, which might as well be considered as editorial on the state of the Japanese gaming industry.

Tokyo Game Show News

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
It's Tokyo Game Show time again. A number of new games were announced and/or shown. The guys at Gamefront covered the event, here's a short summary of some major tidbits. Square Enix has unveiled the Front Mission title that was hinted at a while ago. Front Mission Online will be released next year. There apparently will be beta tests in Spring in Japan.

Jade Empire Site Launched

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
While the publishing deal behind Jade Empire was already known for quite a while, the game wasn't officially unveiled until recently. Now BioWare has launched the official website of the Xbox project. Offering some more information on and screenshots of the action-adventure/RPG which obviously features Asian elements.

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