Where for art thou, news posters?

[Chris D]

All my news posters have disappeared off of the face of the earth, so here's a round up of the news that we have neglected to tell you about over the last week or so:[br]Combine Destiny Review[br]The guys over at Mod DB have written a review on Combine Destiny, a single-player episode for Half-Life 2, that enables you to play as the Combine:

Half-Life: Opposing Force was an awesome game. Infact it'd probably be fair to say that had IT been the original Half-Life, the future and subsequent acclaim of the franchise would be no different. What made the game really exciting though was the fact that you got the play 'the bad guy'. Playing the same game from another perspective not only adds and interesting dynamic to the story, but also deepens the general universe that its a part of. The team behind Combine Destiny intend to put this very same principle into effect for their mod, which while not playing directly parralell to the Half-Life 2 story, promises to add more depth to the Combine.

Sounds interesting, so catch the rest of the review here.[br]Eternal-Silence Space Screenshots[br]As promised, the Eternal Silence team would like to show off their work in progress space screenshots. They're also looking for new members to join the mod team, so if you think you can create level art, concept art and animations suited to the style shown in the below screenshots then contact them.[br]

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[br]Empires Update[br]The Empire mod have sent us news that work is progressing well on version 1.02 beta which is planned for release this Saturday![br]They'd also like to point out that any errors with their media page has now been corrected, along with some new sections showing off some fan-submitted contributions created using Garry's mod. More information on the mod can be found in the Empires Wiki.[br]

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[br]Heat of Battle Press Release[br]As a special treat for not releasing a news update for a while, the Heat of Battle mod has released a bit update with several new skinned weapon renders along with news that the first maps for HoB will be Day of Defeat: Source compatible. For the original news post visit their website or see below for a sample of their new media.[br]

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[br]For now, that's all the news we have time for, so pop back later for all the latest news.

 

[Hugh_Jazz]

Gotta love Empires. And Garry's mod, even though I've never really used it.

Eternal Silence looks really cool, I'm just hoping it won't take an obscene amount of time to complete(or to the first release, at any rate).

 

[polyguns]

nah, ES is one of the mod teams that has their shit together and has for quite a while. they were one of the first teams with custom imported characters, and the gameplay is gonna be ROCKIN, though complex. I think the space combat will make this one of the best source mods out there fer shizzle. theres some badasses working on that team, esp in the mapping department

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Last i heard Chris was that Suicide42 and Sulkdodds got married and went to live in the mountains, so expect little news posted. Sorry i guess you didn't get the memo.

News we've missed isn't much anyway.

 

[niugiovanni]

Thanks!

Thanks for the post Chris!

To clarify: Custom Day of Defeat maps will work with Heat of Battle. Not the other way around.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Maybe I had a politics exam, an entire journalism course to rewrite because I lost my portfolio when my and computer exploded.

I was going to post some of this stuff right now, honest.

 

[Insano]

I was going to post some of this stuff right now, honest.

Cheer up, you can post the Return to Mana media update.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Christ, that is a weird looking wolf.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

I thought you guys were ignoring us when I sent in about Eternal-Silence

Anyways, thanks for the comments guys We aim to please!

 

[-smash-]

/me looks around

I had the weekend shift. :smoking:

And I'm swamped with my studies...

 

[Chris D]

/me looks around

I had the weekend shift. :smoking:

And I'm swamped with my studies...

I know mate, don't worry

Christ, that is a weird looking wolf.

Don't worry either Sulkdodds -- why have you lost all your files, didn't that CD work that I sent you?

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

where for art thou means "Why are you" not "where are you"

 

[Azlan]

Damn that World of Warcraft!!!

 

[Sulkdodds]

Don't worry either Sulkdodds -- why have you lost all your files, didn't that CD work that I sent you?

Ah no, when I said 'lost' I didn't mean literally. They were 'lost' to me because I couldn't access them.

 

[DuB]

The eternal silence screenies look interesting.

I hope it will run smooth as up to now I've been really disapointed when vehicles have been involved on the HL2 engine. Doesn't seem to handle them well at all.

 

[Crispy]

where for art thou means "Why are you" not "where are you"

Lies.