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[back]Archive 2005 AUGUST
Women In Games International event[26th Aug 05] ^
'Girls' have been in the news quite a bit of recent, most 'controversially' at QuakeCon, so the following news item fits in with all the 'sudden' exposure quite nicely. If you're a girl reading this news item and want to be seen as more than "just a pair of boobs" within the games industry then Women In Games International are holding a free event all about getting more girls into games. Details below.
Advancing Your Career in Game Development: The Women's Perspective
September 10, Seattle
Learn how to break in and advance your game industry career, in four panel discussions with top experts in the field. This seminar will provide useful information for women and men, as well as new and veteran game developers.
Program topic include:
- Breaking In: How to Acquire The Skills and Get That First Job
- An Array of Career Options
- The Ultimate Challenge: Balancing Work and Personal Life
- The Executive Perspective
A free one-day Women In Games International event, sponsored by Microsoft Game Studios, International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Game Developers Conference (GDC), DigiPen, Girls in Games, Mary-Margaret.com, WomenGamers.com, BusinessWire and ThemePark Studios.
Presented in cooperation with the Women in Games Conference in Dundee, Scotland.
Conference is 1 pm to 6 pm on Saturday, September 10 at Microsoft, 15120 NE 40th Street in Redmond, WA.
Attendance is free and space is limited. Attendees are invited to reserve their spot by registering online today.
Speakers include representatives from:
Microsoft Corporation,
Microsoft Game Studios,
Monolith Productions,
Real Networks,
LimeLife,
Her Interactive,
Sony Online Entertainment,
Wild Tangent,
Mobliss,
DigiPen
www.WomenInGamesInternational.org
For more information, visit our website or e-mail info@womeningamesinternational.org
Doom 'the movie' new trailer [26th Aug 05] ^
Yahoo Movies has a 'new' trailer up on their site for the upcoming Doom movie. It's essentially the same trailer that has been floating around the net that was recorded on shakycam from this years QuakeCon. So if you were disappointed with that, watch this trailer for the full (no sound dropouts) version.
Quake 3 source code released [20th Aug 05] ^
It's been a long time since news of the Quake 3 variety has been posted (apart from the 'semi' news below to do with Quake 4..) but idsoftware have finally released the 'source' code to the Quake 3 engine itself (contains the engine and BSPC bot code). As noted below the file also includes a copy of Radiant the level design tool for Quake 3.
Quake 3 is oft' cited as 'the' definitive online multiplayer shooter and the bots/AI have yet to be better in the opinions of many. So now that this is released under GPL keep an eye out for big improvements to the various modifications currently requiring Quake 3 to run... how knows, maybe even stand-alone versions of the more popular mods (CPMA, ThreeWave, etc..).
Quake III Arena source code released under GPL
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We're done packaging up the Quake III Arena source code for a GPL release:
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/source/quake3-1.32b-source.zip
note that a build of Q3Radiant 200f is included under GPL as well
Quake 4 leaked ?? [20th Aug 05] ^
[update] It's a fake. There were some initial comments of it possibly being the Multi Player test shown at QuakeCon. Various sources have since confirmed that someone has in fact simply zipped up Quake 3 and padding it out to 2+ GB with gameplay movies of dubious quality (appears to be the Quake 3 mod CPMA plus movies of 'leet' game play). It will certainly have got the author a few thousand hits to their web site/download link, nice way to spread crap.
Internet and various gaming sites & forums that Quake 4 has been leaked to the 'net and is available, 'somewhere'. It seems that just about every AAA title has a leak of some description at some point so was this to be expected? If it turns out to be true it will hit Ravens sales figure hard when the game is officially released.
News on this will follow (and now that won't include a download link..!).
The continuing adventures of 'Bob' [14th Aug 05] ^
[UPDATE 21st Aug05] Added a couple of new screenshots and movies to the ongoing forum topic coving the development of the test level mentioned below.
[UPDATE] Added a couple more shots showing some rock formation test objects in the map. See forum link below again.
For those of you that have been interested and/or following the Doom 3 project progress of the 'Bob' (Blender Bob) - who was first introduced in the cubemap demo mentioned some time ago - I've just posted an update to the Quake3Bits forums and a little movie showing a testmap that's being worked on. It's 56k friendly @ 1.5MB so pop over for a look-see.
1st shots of Bob in D3 test map
Bob in test map
ET : Quake Wars new screens [11th Aug 05] ^
Two new QuakeCon screen shots from Splash Damage's Enemy Territory : Quake Wars. It's certainly nice to see a brightly lit game using the Doom 3 engine, [Yoda]for this game, a bright future there is..![/Yoda]
Quake Wars screen shot
Quake Wars screen shot
Quake 4 multiplayer [11th Aug 05] ^
[addendum] The video is from Quake 4 SINGLE PLAYER and not Multi Player as 1st thought, damn marketing dept ;o) Still looks damn nice all the same.
You have got to watch this (sorry no smaller 56k friendly versions at the mo)..!! Brand spanking new in game footage of Quake 4 multi player in action and.... multi player looks like it's gonna rock (literally), even based on this small snippet of ground rumbling goodness (watch the vid and you'll know what we mean by that). Check the links below for download provided by PCGameMods.
Quake 4 multiplayer in game shot
Quake 4 Fan Art comp [11th Aug 05] ^
Quake 4 fan art competition. Only a couple of entries so far so get creative and submit your fan art for a chance to get a signed copy of the game itself...!
QUAKE fans,
Over the past years, QUAKE fans have submitted some of the craziest and most innovative artwork dedicated to the QUAKEâ franchise. In appreciation of all this hard work and creativity, we wanted to make sure you know about the QUAKE 4ä Fan Art Contest currently underway at www.quake4game.com. To enter the contest, simply go to the site, download the contest kit and set forth designing the most unique and intriguing QUAKE 4 art featuring the QUAKE 4 logo you can muster. Fans can vote for their favorite creation, so the winner will be decided by none other than the QUAKE community - giving the winner a definitive place in QUAKE history. Additionally, members of id Software and Raven Software will pick their favorite from the top 10 community-rated pieces of artwork. Winners will receive a signed copy of QUAKE 4 Special DVD Edition for the PC and the official QUAKE 4 t-shirt. Winners will be announced at the launch of the official QUAKE 4 web site
Additional details, rules and regulations on the QUAKE 4 Fan Art Contest can be found here:
So build, draw, tattoo, paint, mold, design, or do whatever it is you do best, but just remember that whatever you create must include the QUAKE 4 logo. Now get crackin' Michelangelo!
misc. rock models [10th Aug 05] ^
This is a separate zip file containing the small 'misc.' rocks that are used in kat1024. They're low polycount so they can be used pretty much with gay abandon if need be. If you're looking for something like this but don't want to download the map to get the models then this pack is for yoooou.
Quake 2 lost marine [10th Aug 05] ^
[correction] The installer for Quake 2 Lost Marine does in fact install to the correct directory when manually set, it's just that the installer itself doesn't update the display to show that file path, it still shows the default even though it then goes on to install the mod files correctly.
[update] There appears to be a problem with the Windows Installer that defaults to C:/Program Files/Doom3 even though you may have chosen a different installation directory. This is currently being fixed, but in the meantime simply moving the files to your Doom 3 directory and editing the short cut should allow the mod to run.
If you've not heard of this project then a little background is in order. Quake 2 Lost Marine is basically a 'recreation' of the Quake 2 game universe on the Doom 3 engine, very appropriate considering that Quake 4 basically carries on from where Quake 2 left off. The project lead, Kiltron, has just released info on there being a 'QuakeCon Demo' being available (currently only through fileplanet) @ c.290MB. For more details about the project and the download link visit the mods official homepage.
please note
The demo is a working 'test build' of the projects being used to unveil
the mod to the public and get some initial bug reporting/feedback. You
will need Doom 3 to be patched up to 1.3 to play this mod. You'll also
need a pretty beefy rig to run Quake 2 Lost Marine as the developer has
targeted it (this release at least) at systems using GF 6800-7800 or
ATI equivalent graphics card with 1-2 GB main system ram...!
Basically, if you have trouble running vanilla Doom 3 then you're gonna
have problems with this mod, unfortunately.
Weapons shot
Level shots
TUTORIAL : creating bumps pt2 [10th Aug 05] ^
Part two of 'creating a bumpmap from images' is up. This time covering the creation of a heightTemplate for passing though a bumpmap tool/plugin. The tutorial walks you through the process of creating a 'girder' template that will eventually produce a workable normalmap from an image for use in Doom 3 (or other nextGen title).
Quake 4 @ QuakeCon [9th Aug 05] ^
Like the heading says.... Quake 4, at the least the Multi-Player aspect of the game, is going to be unveiled at this years QuakeCon, the 10th in fact, so keep the eyes peeled for further info on that.
Speaking of QuakeCon, obviously not everyone is going so this year they've seen fit to set up a live webcam service to watch the proceedings from various places. For more info on this visit the QuakeCon web site.
ID SOFTWARE AND ACTIVISION CELEBRATE
10TH ANNUAL QUAKECON WITH QUAKE 4 MULTIPLAYER UNVEILINGDOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil for Xbox Also Debuts at QuakeCon 2005
Santa Monica, CA – August 9, 2005 – 3…2…1…FIGHT! id Software™ and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) give multiplayer gaming a shot of adrenaline with the announcement that QUAKE 4™ multiplayer will be unveiled at the 10th Annual QuakeCon – the nation’s largest and most legendary video game festival and tournament. In addition, QuakeCon 2005 will also play host to the first showing of DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil™ for the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. QuakeCon 2005 will attract more than 6,000 video game fans from around the world and is being held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from August 11-14.
QUAKE 4 marks the return of id’s trademark deathmatch-style multiplayer formula. Online gameplay action in QUAKE 4 is based on the speed, style and overall multiplayer feel found in the popular QUAKE III Arena®, and allows gamers to play in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Arena, CTF and Tournament modes on the Strogg or Marine teams. QUAKE 4 is being developed by Raven Software in cooperation with id Software. For more information on QUAKE 4, please visit the official web site at www.QUAKE4GAME.com.
Giving fans a sneak-peek at some of the most anticipated upcoming titles has become a tradition, and this year is no different. For the first time ever, QuakeCon attendees will be able to get their hands on DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil for Xbox. Co-developed by Nerve Software and id Software, DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil is a stand-alone extension of the DOOM 3® saga and delivers more terror and fast-paced action in mankind’s battle to overcome Hell. The game features a fresh storyline with all-new levels, beasts and powerful weapons, including the gravity-defying “Grabber,” the time-manipulating “Artifact,” and the return of the double barreled Shotgun.
Both games are rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB.
Tech Support line [8th Aug 05] ^
A tech support line is now live for Quake3Bits. If you have problems with something related to games and gaming or, more relevant to this site, need help with content creation for the games you edit then you can now call a special number to get assistance. If you get really stuck with something or don't want to waste hours searching the Internet then call, you'll either get an answer or a direction in which to look bypassing all the 'junk' on the net.
2 new texture mini-paks [8th Aug 05] ^
Two new textures packs are up for grabs as an offshoot of an ongoing project for D3. Texture pack one contain 8 stone wall textures at 512x512 (image directly below). And texture pack two contain 3 'terrain' textures at 1024x1024 to cover those larger maps areas. For more details and screenshot see links below.
Stone wall texture set
Ground surfaces textures
new Quake 4 shots [2nd Aug 05] ^
What a way to start the new month. With QuakeCon just around the corner these two just came in; new screenshots of Quake 4. Nuff said, see the pictures below (click to see 800x600 versions). These are both of the PC and XBox360 versions of Quake 4 by the way.
Official Quake 4 screenshot
Official Quake 4 screenshot
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