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I have ;P - available late April.2010

Steam News - Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - Now Available for Pre-Purchase

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. Purchase the game before its release and you'll save 10%, plus earn the ability to play The Second Encounter as Ugh-Zan, the boss from The First Encounter, in both coop and multiplayer modes.

With this release are some new features never seen before with this series.. A Survival Mode, more than one Co-Op Mode, Versus Modes plus more..


Shamelessly taken from 'Left 4 Dead' ?
Time will tell.. either way I'm sure I'll enjoy it all ;]

// MAIN SERVER

• Added Fort Noesis, v5.0 Complete (Campaign & Versus)


// TEST SERVER

• Added Fort Noesis, v5.0 Complete (Campaign & Versus
• Added Death Row, v1.1 Complete (Campaign, Versus)
• Added The Arena of the Dead, v4.0 Complete (campaign, Versus, Survival)
-Death Row and The Arena of the Dead requested by TOG Drac-



Left 4 Dead servers info - HERE -

True Combat Elite, the modern world total conversion mod for Enemy Territory, is back from the dead!




-tactical-teamplay oriented, modern-world combat simulation
-iron sight aiming system, no crosshair
-sophisticated ballistic simulation including multiple-layer object penetration
-professional mode: 1-life, short-timed, objective driven scenarios in realistic environments
independent minimods: objective, bodycount and capture the flag
-rich, deluxe graphics, based on high-resolution digital-camera shots and HDR lighting
-lag compensation, client-side bullet prediction, punkbuster support
-immersive and lethal, fast-paced action



http://truecombatelite.com

The website is back up with some notes from one of the devs saying future updates to this mod are in progress - LINK.

Also, a fan has made a start on creating some waypoints for BOT play. I haven't looked at these myself yet but here's the thread - LINK.



I'll be setting up a TCE v0.49b server soon, contact me if you wish to be involved in testing..





nedd

Asmordeus85 from the ubi.com forums requested the removal of the main (dynamic) part of the crosshair and crosshair helper.

Details - HERE -



See ned's gaming goodies for more Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood goodness!
-SERVER * Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood
-CoJ: Bound In Blood dedicated server and admin info
-CoJ: Bound In Blood crosshair_helper removal mod

The Left 4 Dead servers lately have been crashing if more than one person joined. This now appears to be fixed. With the help of TOG Unknown we isolated the issue to SourceMod v1.3.0

• Both servers now run SourceMod v1.3.1
• Escape from Toronto: A New Nightmare updated to v5.4 from v5.1
• various map links updated


Thanks to TOG Unknown for crash-help and playtesting and Nanni Tani for playtesting.



Left 4 Dead servers info - here -

Battlefield Bad Company 2 is a recently released shooter for PC, PS3 & XBOX 360. The original Battlefield Bad Company game was released on console only.

I don't know how the console players received this game but from what I've seen, PC players are loving it. From Battlefield veterans to Call of Duty players, many are loving this game for it's online element. For me though I think Battlefield 2 (v1.5) is the superior online game but that's another story.


Battlefield Bad Company 2 has a singleplayer campaign.

Many PC players will be saying..

--What's a singleplayer?
--BF:BC2 has singleplayer?
--Yeh that's what you do when your internet is down...


BF:BC2 has given me some of the best singleplayer gaming I've ever experienced.

*stunning
*intense
*engaging
*FUN!

Serious game - NO
Did I mention FUN? - YES







Before I started the campaign I really wasn't expecting much. I thought at best it may look good but will probably be a token addition to the game. I was wrong!

Dense jungles : deserts : snow-torn mountains : destructable environments.. You'll get about 8 hours of play so two nights will do it for most. I highly recommend playing this singleplayer campaign. The game is worth the money just for this alone..... and then there's the online modes..

I give the BF Bad Company 2 Singleplayer Campaign 9/10. The only reason it doesn't get a 10 for me was the lack of Co-op. Being able to share the experience with friends would make this Campaign close to perfect. I would love to see this in a future patch! Spending a day with mates playing as 'B' Company working our way through the Campaign..



Agree?
Disagree?

You can discuss it - here -




nedd

My Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood section in the blog is now up-to-date.
Details on the neds gaming goodies page...


• Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood server - link -
• CoJ: Bound In Blood dedicated server and admin info - link -
• CoJ: Bound In Blood crosshair_helper removal mod - link -



nedd

I was looking forward to Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood. It's the prequel to the Wild West 2006 action shooter Call of Juarez. I played the original Call of Juarez demos but found they crashed a lot which put me off. I had faith in this recently released prequel though and bought it on release day. I was hoping they would release a solid western style shooter considering they already had a title to get feedback on etc. The result was positive and I've played many hours without one crash :)

There was one thing though that annoyed me (besides the lack of server cvars)... the crosshair_helper... that ugly circle right in the middle of the screen! For me it is so bad I couldn't play it. It ruined the immersion for me. I would have at least liked some menu options for the croshair setup.

Anyway, I've put together a small simple mod to remove the hud_crosshair_helper. It works for single and multiplayer. Multiplayer servers do not require the file for a client to use it.



Download and install instructions soon...

• Hunter Training map updated to v3.0 and is on both servers.

Hunter Training is now L4D2 compatible, see readme for details. If too much of the map is modified specifically for L4D2 then this may be the last time I update this map for my L4D servers.


Full server details including info links - here -

• ArmA 2 v1.05+ and once released ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead now have the BattlEye Anti-Cheat Engine to help honest online players.

• HradBa2 anti-cheat details added to blog.
See neds gaming goodies for details.