Source: Water Wars

Rammstein is coding his heart out. We had to redo the particle engine again from lost code. We are seriously close to something that will be a lot of fun.

Flashdevil our lead mapper is mapping some pretty amazing maps for our first release and mappers from all over have asking for a FGD and how to map for WW. Sit tight the FGD will be fully complete as we test each gameplay. Mappers can still map if they want.

Onto the good news. The final WW player model is ready to show off. She will be on the Blue Team. She hates to get her blond hair wet so please try not to piss her off!

I would like to welcome the following sites who just recently became hosted on Half-Life Gaming:
Chaos Mod
Phalax
Silent Nights

If you want to become hosted, check out the hosted page by clicking the link above or to the left.

Source: The CPL

GG (Good Game) is an offbeat film about the gaming culture of the FPS genre. The film reveals the mood and feelings of the culture from the fanatics to the professionals.

Divided into segments it flows like a photo essay. It has no true beginning, middle, or end but presents itself in an honest documentarian style introducing viewers to a strange culture while challenging the common premise of sport. GG provides a narrative about gaming from the solitary life of an avid gamer to the multinational events such as the Cyberathlete Professional League.

Finally, it is a diary of the filmmaker's experience as a gamer. It does not offer conclusions or definitions but rather allows the viewer to judge. Ultimately GG is the story of an enormous sub-culture, strangely hidden to most.

You can watch it Friday, September 3, 2004 on KERA Channel 13 at 10:00 pm central in North Texas.

Or you can download an online version at: www.fieldandforest.com/d2/downloads/GG.zip
mirror server: ftp.thecpl.com/gg.zip

The file size is 86.85MB.

Source: Natural Selection

Unknown Worlds Entertainment and the Natural Selection team are pleased to announce the imminent release of Beta Version 5 (full version name: 3.0b5). We are anticipating the release to occur this coming weekend (Sept. 3rd through 5th). Please check our downloads page for download instructions and mirror locations. Read all the juicy details in the full changelog.

Beta 5 has many important bug fixes which will help facilitate new features coming in future builds. This build marks the correction of some long-standing bugs as well as some bugs which were reported by the community. There are also some significant balance changes in regards to Combat. With B5 ready to be released, the development team is already working towards 3.0b6.

See you on the servers this weekend!

Source: Frontline Message Board
Related: International Online Soccer

The contest starts on 01.09.2004 (today)

It has to be an IOS related movie.
The movie you send in should be made especially for this contest.
You can make an in-game movie, a render movie, a real-life movie or whatever you want.
In each movie, the "IOS Movie Contest" picture has to be included in any way you want. (the links can be found at the end of this post)
The movie should last up to 60 seconds, no longer.
Maximum file size is 20MB.
You're only allowed to send in 1 movie. So take your time with it to make it perfect.

The contest ends on 30.09.2004. Movies which have been sent in later wont get judged at all. (If you have sent a mail but I had no time
to get the movie before the contest ends it will get judged.)
routetwo, Jakeh and Pepper will judge the movies starting with 30.06.2004.

Source: Frontline Message Board
Related: Snow-War

We are working hard on getting our final version out as soon as possible. All the content is pretty much there, but because Valve decided to shut down our beloved WON, we now have to take the step towards Steam. This will be bad news for modem users and low-end computer owners. That's why we will still have option to install SW for non-steamed Half-Life, so you can atleast play on LAN or against our brand new bot AI ;-)

Source: Frontline Message Board
Related: Roadkill Warriors

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know that RoadKill Warriors mod is still alive! This time around we have some hefty ingame shots, some new map shots and new characters from our new character designer....check it out!

Oh, and yes, we're still looking for dedicated badass coders....just in case you didnt know that!

Best Regards,
Juan, RKW Chief

Source: Half-Life Radio

Hurricane warnings and watches are in effect for Florida's east coast. Coastal southeast Florida could start feeling the outermost effects of the storm during the afternoon. Present thinking puts landfall on the east coast of Florida, any time from late Saturday to Sunday morning. While the landfall point is important, the destructive impacts from Frances may be widespread. This storm is larger and will affect more land than Charley did once it makes landfall. If you are in a weak structure like a mobile home, make plans to evacuate to a shelter or out of the path of the storm. This kind of hurricane can destroy a mobile home. Board up windows and secure outdoor objects (lawn furniture, trashcans, etc). Prune trees and shrubbery and harvest fruit if possible. Keep in mind that tropical storm force winds and building surf will precede the approach of the hurricane by quite some time. The flooding rainfall impact is also likely to be significant with this hurricane. Flood watches have been issued across much of the Florida Peninsula.

To make matters worse, new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic. Tropical Storm Ivan is located around 750 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds are presently at 45 mph. The forecast calls for the storm to steadily strengthen and move briskly in a generally westward direction.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, your GameSHOUT Radio staff are devotedly riding out the storm in a hotel in Sabastian Florida. We are now joined by the likes of NBC and The Weather Channel! Be sure to watch to see how we are and maybe see Andy Hodges hog a camera or two! We will keep the news coming as long as we can for YOU, our VALUED GameSHOUT Radio listener. No show tonight nor tomorrow but we will be back up as soon as possible, but in the meantime, keep checking back here for up-to-date news!

As an additional note, GameSHOUT Radio's own Andy Hodges is staying at the same hotel as NBC and the Weather Channel on Florida's east coast. Tonight, NBC will be broadcasting live from this same hotel in Sebastian Florida. There is a possibility that he might be one of those interviewed LIVE tonight on the Evening News. Tune into NBC tonight at 6:00PM and you just MIGHT catch a glimpse of THE MAN HIMSELF!!!

After months of work, Game Jack has now released the information reguarding the future of their site. If you are a MOD developer, this site is for you! Game Jack Dev. Center

Source: Steam

The second phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.

This will allow users to download the majority of the audio of Half-Life 2 in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.