Finally news of Hostile Intent: Phoenix Rising. It feels good to bring you fans some news on its development. So without any more delay, and loss of manhood due to tears, let's get to it.

MasterMind has released a first build of HI:PR to the testers, and we have been playing round after round of it. Talon has compiled a number of HI models for use on the source engine, and Bruno has been pumping out beautiful looking textures to help in the continued development of HI:PR. We don’t have any screenshots for you yet, but, if the current rate of development stands, you might be seeing a few soon.

I also bring news of progress on the HL1 engine. The biggest change is that HL1 development of HI has been turned over to the community, but more on that soon. A small few of the HI team are also perfecting some of the beauties that, unfortunately, we couldn’t include in the 1.4 release. Take a look at one of them right here:


Hi_dvoboj, wonderfully crafted by Squad, takes place in Bosnia, and has NATO’s battling for control of the town, and a satellite uplink. The map not only delivers in the looks category, but also has a fast paced, tactical feel to how it is played.

Look for this map, and more in an official map pack coming to you soon.