News :: General News : ArmA II dev diary three is now here |
The third in a series of developer diaries and tutorials from the developers of ArmA II has arrived, with the latest instalment focusing on the squad commands and orders, which can be used to control AI team mates in the single player portion of ArmA II.
In the trailer, players are taught how to give commands, and are introduced to the context-sensitive system that gives soldiers certain orders based on the situation at hand.
While those that have been playing the game for a while should know the basics, new players may learn something new by watching the video.
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Team BOC takes top spot |
Team BOC’s Jason Richards has hung on to claim the fastest time in qualifying for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.Richards set a time of 2...
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Executive bonuses to be scrapped |
Bonuses and other incentives paid to the executives of State Government energy utilities are set to be scrapped.Yesterday, the Government announced household electricity prices will rise 7.5 per cent
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News :: General News : Weekly Digest - 11/05/09 |
Each week, we collate the most popular stories that we published over the past seven days, plus a lineup of the most downloaded files added in the same timeframe. That way, in case you missed something, you can catch up in one helpful little spot, every Monday morning.
It's starting to get cold here, especially in the mornings (and yes, "cold" is all relative to where you are in the world) - so I'd like to think that last week's news will warm you up a bit. You can make sure you're up to date with news of the StarCraft II beta, or maybe the "future features" promised in Team Fortress 2, or perhaps the sad news that 3D Realms has closed down (no more Duke Nukem Forever!). In happier news, we've also got a review of the Logitech G35 Surround Sound headset, and it looks pretty interesting.
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For Pete's sake |
US rocker Pete Wentz joined Duffy, Vanilla Ice, Dannii Minogue and more at the MTV Australia Awards.
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News :: General News : Friday Roundup! (7/08/2009) |
While it is Friday, it certainly doesn't feel like it is the end of the week here, with my personal weekend likely to be full of catching up on University work and burying my head in research.
For those of you who don't have such commitments, you can point your fingers and laugh at me for choosing to begin a Masters degree, or you can explore a collection of demos and full clients that have been added to the file library in the past week.
This week, we have for you demos from All Aspect Warfare, Angel of Attack, East India Company, Hearts of Iron III, Jutland, Nation Red, Order of War, Restaurant Empire 2
... and we have for you full games from Gates of Andaron, Mortal Online, Orbiter, World of Kung Fu.
Enjoy!
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Skaife joins V8SA Board |
Australia's most decorated racing car driver, Mark Skaife, has been appointed as the second independent Director on the Board of V8 Supercars...
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News :: General News : Steam downtime scheduled on the 7th of August |
It is often thought that the Steam servers run in a constant state of flux, never needing anything changed, fixed, or altered. While that may seem to be the case, Valve have announced that on the 7th of August (locally, at least) the Steam servers will be put into surgery briefly, because they need some "software maintenance".
The downtime is expected to last three hours, and will begin on the 7th of August at around 10:30AM Adelaide time. The servers "should be" fully operational again at around 1:30PM - with Valve aiming to make everyone's life as easy as possible.
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News :: General News : Battle.net gets a fresh look - and new features |
The fine folk over at Blizzard Entertainment have unveiled the latest iteration of Battle.net, which allows World of Warcraft account holders and other Blizzard customers to access their World of Warcraft accounts, the WoW Armoury, forums, and other Blizzard services through the use of a single set of log-in details.
The new Battle.Net accounts are described as "an evolution" of existing Blizzard accounts, with all Blizzard account holders now Battle.Net account holders. Details regarding this should have been emailed to users who are affected. At the present time, the changes only apply to North American (which, by extension, affects Australian accounts), with the changes expected to roll out to European and Korean users in the near future.
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Exclusive interview with Virgin's Timo Glock |
More than five seconds off the pace of the frontrunners, and with just 209 laps to show from seven days of testing, Virgin's Timo Glock could be forgiven for becoming disillusioned with progress at his new team.
Glock, however, is determined to keep his chin up ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and remains hopeful they'll eventually gain ground on their rivals
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Barcelona day four - Hamilton in charge on final day |
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was the quickest runner as pre-season testing drew to a close at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday. Hamilton clocked a best time of 1m 20.472s around the Spanish circuit and finished over two-hundredths of a second ahead of the Red Bull of Mark Webber.
The British driver spent the morning fine-tuning the MP4-25's set-up and carrying out simulated qualifying runs. After lunch, he ran through a race simulation. He covered 134 laps...
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News :: General News : This week's releases |
The re-imagining of a classic, the all-new Aliens Vs. Predator finally goes on sale this week for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. But given the poor performance of such recent Rebellion titles as Rogue Warrior, some are concerned that the venerable UK developer may have lost its touch. Also out this week: a new Sins of a Solar Empire bundle, and a Phoenix Wright spin-off game starring the world's most pompous prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth...
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Lebanese women wed to foreigners fight for rights (AFP) |
BEIRUT (AFP) - Samira Soueidan thought she had won a major battle last year when a judge ruled she could pass on her Lebanese citizenship to her children, a first for women wed to foreigners in this tiny Mediterranean nation.
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Redbacks hope to keep Kieron |
South Australia coach Mark Sorell will spend the next few months praying neither Trinidad and Tobago nor Mumbai qualify for the Twenty20 Champions League later in the year.
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Australia battling brittle middle |
It was first uttered during Australia's late lamented golden era and quickly became a cliche - it is harder to get out of the side than into it.
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Mitchell cleared to play Reds |
Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell has shaken off injury to be selected for his New South Wales Waratahs debut alongside former Queensland Reds teammate Berrick Barnes on Saturday night.
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News :: General News : No LAN, dedicated server, or offline play for C&C 4 |
It was already common knowledge that Command & Conquer 4 would require a continuous internet connection in order to function -- even in single player mode.
But EA has now spelled out two more limitations that may slightly inconvenience hard-core RTS fans: there will be no dedicated servers, and no support for local area networks...
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News :: General News : Medal of Honor will be balanced for lean |
While many FPS developers these days consider the ability to lean around corners an expendable, optional extra, EA is assuming a different posture with the upcoming reboot of Medal of Honor.
Executive producer Greg Goodrich has now gone on the record to assure gamers that the new MoH will indeed be balanced for lean...
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News :: General News : UK gamers smash their way to free copies of Red Faction: Guerrilla |
Yesterday, in central London, a car sat in Covent Garden, filled with over 100 copies of Red Faction: Guerrilla sat, with a sledge hammer chained to it. Passers by were encouraged to "smash and grab", to celebrate the release of the game, helping themselves to free copies of the game, with complete and utter disregard for law, public safety, or little else.
A camera monitoring the vehicle captured "hundreds" of passers-by taking out their anger on the vehicle, courtesy of the supplied sledge hammer.
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Moore offered Scottish deal |
Socceroos and Brisbane Roar defender Craig Moore has been thrown a World Cup lifeline, with a short-term move back to Scotland on offer as early as next week.
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Reds refute Galekovic transfer |
Reports linking Barclays Premier League club Portsmouth with Adelaide United goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic are wide of the mark according to the A-League club.
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News :: General News : Preview: Alien vs Predator Multiplayer Event |
With the upcoming release of Alien vs Predator approaching faster than an Alien skittering through ceiling vents, Sega held a multiplayer-only preview event this week in Sydney. But how do you balance such different species, and has Rebellion's weak-streak come to an end? Read on for our impressions.
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News :: General News : Friday Roundup! (17/07/2009) |
Tell me what you have planned for the weekend! I'm eyeing off a spot of fishing, a bit of reality television (yay Masterchef finale on Sunday!), and an awful lot of housecleaning. I know, I know, I live an amazing life.
At least I know that if I have time in and around those things, I can check out some of this small but sweet selection of demos and free games that we have rounded up for you this week. Hopefully that's enough to brighten anyone's weekend!
This week, we have for you the sneaky new benchmark software for Resident Evil 5, as well as demos from All Aspect Warfare, Fairy Tales: Three Heroes, Theatre of War II, and free games or full clients from Aion - Tower of Eternity, Darkfall Online, Fantasy Tennis, Jade Dynasty, La Tale, Manga Fighter, MLB Dugout Heroes, Pangya: Fantasy Golf, TwelveSky 2, World of Battles.
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