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Review - Caesars Palace 2000 (c) Interplay - Mike McDermott [ GO! ]
Review - Star Trek: Conquest Online (c) Activision - Elliott Blitzer [ GO! ]



GO Review: Caesars Palace 2000 (c) Interplay - Jove
  • Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada, home of the world famous Caesars Palace. Grab your free drink and ante up because its time to do a little gambling, Caesar style... or not. Here's a little blurb from our review:

    "For starters, the menu system is absolutely horrendous. There is no mouse support in Caesars Palace 2000 so you'll be manoeuvring strictly with your keyboard. While there are hot keys for certain functions, there's also a lack of hot keys for others, which is sure to cause a few temper tantrums during play. You'll find yourself reverting to the menu so often that it completely destroys the flow of the game."

    Be sure to check out the rest of our Caesars Palace 2000 review including a roulette table full of visuals. Enjoy!

    Review - Caesars Palace 2000 (c) Interplay



    GO Review: Star Trek ConQuest Online (c) Activision - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Have you ever dreamed of being the almighty Q? Your chance has arrived with Activision's conversion of this sci-fi collectible card game. Here's a little blurb from our review:

    "When you purchase Star Trek: Conquest Online, you'll receive the CD and an access code to get your online starter pack of virtual cards/pieces. If you wish to increase your collection of cards, you'll have to spend more money for each new pack of 50 cards you wish to receive. The result is a game that can become extremely expensive if you desire to become a dominant online player. Of course, nobody is forcing you to purchase more than the starter pack, but playing online will become a challenge and players will be at a disadvantage if all they have in their possession is the starter pack."

    Be sure to check out the rest of our Star Trek: ConQuest Online review including a booster pack full of visuals. Enjoy!

    Review - Star Trek: ConQuest Online (c) Activision



    Asterix Returns To The PC - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Unique Development Studios announced they will develop a PC and PlayStation game based on the comic book, Asterix. The game will be published by Infogrames and is expected to ship sometime in the Spring of 2001.



    Longbow Digital Arts Games - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Longbow Digital Arts announced today the release of the DX-Ball 2 Memorial Pack. The new pack includes 176 boards, one set of 100 boards, two sets of 25 boards each, plus a complimentary alphabet set of 26 boards.

    The company also announced the release of Particle Fire 2, a puzzle game originally developed by Seumas McNally. The new updated version features full color support and customizable text.



    Soldier Weapon Details - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • SouthPeak Interactive released weapon details for their upcoming 3D action title, Soldier. Soldier will feature two weapon types, Primary and Secondary. Primary weapons are weapons like guns. Secondary weapons are large, explosive rounds like grenades, many of which can be used via some type of launcher. There will be four primary weapon types in the game: Machine guns, Shotguns, Plasma and Flame. Each weapon class has four levels. Power-ups are different colors for different classes. The colors are: green for machine guns, yellow for shotguns, blue for plasma and red for flame. Levels are gathered simply by picking up a powerup. There will be approximately 16 primary weapons available in Soldier.

    Secondary Weapons work differently, in that you may only carry one Secondary weapon at a time. The last Secondary you picked up is the one you carry until you walk over a different Secondary Weapon. Every time you walk over a different Secondary Weapon you will lose whatever rounds you had of the Secondary you were carrying. When you walk over the same Secondary Weapon power-up as you currently have you will accumulate rounds until you reach the maximum for that weapon. Secondary weapons include the Rocket Launcher, Cluster Grenade Launcher, Drunken Rocket Launcher and the Tactical Strike Launcher.

    Soldier is a third-person shooter based on the motion picture of the same name. In the game, players must stave off Government Forces and escape the planet using their ship - much like the movie. Look for it in late August.

    Source: Computer Games Online



    Sudden Strike Demo Mission - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • CDV Software announced today the release of a new mission for the demo version of Sudden Strike. The new mission is set on the same map except this time around players can take a crack at being the German forces. The goal of the mission is to occupy and hold a gasoline depot - with as few casualties as possible. The less supplies you require, the higher your ranking. The mission is downloaded as a patch for the already available Sudden Strike demo.

    Sudden Strike Demo Mission



    Steel Beasts Gold Update - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Shrapnel Games announced the updated Gold master date for Steel Beasts will be August 4th. The Gold master will incorporate additional features including new vehicle models such as variations on the M113 and BRDM3, according to Shrapnel. Steel Beasts is a modern day tank simulation that pits players against former Warsaw Pact forces in either the M1A1 or the Leopard 2A4 tank.



    Horizons Receives Funding - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Artifact Entertainment announced today that they have received private funding for Horizons: Empires of Istaria that will allow them to continue developing the RPG title until next month. The company expects to have a solid publishing deal in place by that time.



    Freedom Force Announced - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Irrational Games and Crave Entertainment announced that they will create a strategic roleplaying game called Freedom Force. Freedom Force will center around a band of super heroes charged with protecting citizens around the globe from a variety of evil and diabolical groups. According to Irrational Games, Freedom Force will feature a 3D tactical battle engine with fully destructible environments, a superhero RPG skill system, the ability to build your own original character or recreate a character from your favorite comic, and multiplayer support. Freedom Force is set to hit the streets in Q3 of next year.



    Thursday, July 20th


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    Bang! Gunship Elite (c) Red Storm Entertainment - [ URL ]

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    Halo Coming To The PC - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • At Macworld this week, Microsoft announced its intent to bring Bungie's Halo to the PC.



    Conquest: Frontier Wars Site Launches - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Microsoft announced the launch of the new official Web site for Conquest: Frontier Wars, the real-time strategy game being developed by Digital Anvil. The new website features new screen shots, detailed information on the three civilizations in the game and the latest news and previews. Gamers can also get the scoop on ship and platform information, which will be updated on a regular basis according to Microsoft. Desktop wallpaper and an in-game video highlighting game play are available for download as well. Conquest: Frontier Wars will be available throughout North America this winter.



    KISS Psycho Circus SE Announced - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Gathering of Developers and Third Law Interactive announced today the release of a special collector's edition of KISS Psycho Circus: The Night Mare Child. The special edition of this action game features a poster signed by the band members of KISS, a mini-strategy guide, special CD artwork autographed by the development team and a reprint of the official KISS back stage pass laminated from the Psycho Circus Tour. The Collector's Edition box features a specially designed box with Todd McFarlane's depictions of the Psycho Circus KISS characters.



    Wednesday, July 19th


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    KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (c) Gathering of Developers - [ URL ]

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    Review - Dukes of Hazzard - Racing for Home (c) Southpeak Interactive - Rorschach [ GO! ]



    GO Review: Dukes of Hazzard - Jove
  • Oh my a new review! It's too bad that Dukes of Hazzard can't even live up to the low expectations of the TV show. Here's a blurb:

    "As one who used to be on the outside looking in, I realize that the life of a game reviewer looks pretty glamorous. I get to play all the newest games, I get to schmooze with some of the great game players and makers in the country, and oh the groupies - they all look like the lesbian love-children of Angelina Jolie and Lara Croft. But there are downsides. Great, bleak, cesspool-ridden downsides with festering pustules of maggot infested? well, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start with the review of The Dukes of Hazzard - Racing for Home. The festering pustules will become obvious all on their own. But first, a song (inexplicably sung to the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies): "

    Be sure to check out the rest of our Dukes of Hazzard review.

    Review - Dukes of Hazzard - Racing for Home (c) Southpeak Interactive



    EA Sports Signs Owen Nolan - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • EA Sports announced that they have signed a definitive agreement with four-time NHL All-Star Owen Nolan. Nolan will be the official spokesman for the latest generation of EA's NHL Hockey franchise, NHL 2001. NHL 2001 is currently scheduled to hit retail stores in November.



    Tuesday, July 18th


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    Time Out Games Ships - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Legacy Interactive announced that they have shipped Time Out Games. Time Out Games is a collection of ten desktop games, with up to 50 levels of action per game. Time Out Games features word, strategy, puzzle, card and arcade games. Seven additional web-only multiplayer classics such as chess and checkers are also available online. In addition, players can download additional levels to titles featured in the game pack from the Legacy Interactive web site. Time Out Games is the first in the company's new Family Fun series.



    Elite Force SE Announced - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • GameStop has released details for a Collector's Edition of Activision's upcoming shooter, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force. The Special Edition will include such Star Trek memorabilia as a lapel badge, exclusive box sleeve art and a 96-page comic book. The Collector's Edition will launch alongside the normal addition of the game on August 29th at a suggested price of $49.99 US.



    New Maxtor Drives Announced - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Maxtor announced three new hard drives in its DiamondMax family. The DiamondMax 80 is a 80GB drive, running at 5400rpm with 100 MB transfer speed. Maxtor also announced the DiamondMax VL 40, the 40GB value-priced cousin of the 80. Maxtor has also announced the 7200rpm , Ultra ATA/100 compatible DiamondMax Plus 45, a high performance 45GB drive.



    Monday, July 17th


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    3D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride in August - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Sierra Studios announced the latest game in the 3D Ultra Pinball series, entitled 3D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride, will be released in August.



    Blue Byte to Publish IL-2 - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Blue Byte Software announced last week it will publish the air combat simulation IL-2. The product will be released in Quarter 1, 2001 through their online store.

    Features
  • 16 Russian, German and American planes.
  • Pilot and rear gunner positions
  • Realistic and simple settings
  • See 21 other planes engaged in air battles
  • Engage in both air-to-air and air-to-ground battles
  • Demolish ground objects such as buildings, bridges and airfields
  • Fast missions with full mission parameter settings
  • Full single missions
  • Campaign career missions
  • Intelligent AI opponents
  • Dogfighting and co-op missions across Internet
  • Dedicated servers for online gaming
  • Up to 32 people in dogfight and 16 in cooperative missions
  • Use custom paint schemes, squadron nose art, wings numbering and national emblems
  • Record a mission and edit it for others to view
  • Voice communications for online and LAN gaming
  • Build new solo and online missions and scenarios with mission builder
  • Use new planes and scenarios from add-ons
  • Massive air and ground battles between German and Russian airplanes and gun carriers
  • Realistic damage modeling
  • Realistic 3D world environment, including terrain, unique clouds and weather conditions




  • To Raise A Banner Of Flame Begins - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Microsoft announced on Friday that the To Raise a Banner of Flame event is now underway in their online roleplaying game, Asheron's Call. Players are being called to take up arms against a slew of new creatures and are encouraged to utilize new weapons as they battle the latest threat to the land of Dereth



    Rock & Roll Jeopardy is Live - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Sony Online Entertainment and VH1 announced last week the release of Rock & Roll JEOPARDY! Online at VH1. Rock & roll trivia buffs can now test their knowledge with the latest extension to the JEOPARDY! brand online. Like the original game, Rock & Roll JEOPARDY! gives players the answer to a question about rock & roll, and players must supply the "answer" in the form of a question.



    Airfix Dogfighter Finds Publisher - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Octagon Entertainment announced last week that EON Digital Entertainment has secured the publishing rights to Airfix Dogfighter. Due for PC release in October and developed by by Paradox Entertainment and UDS of Sweden, Airfix Dogfighter is a 3D action game where players get guide a radio controlled plane through a variety of violent environments and combat situations. Armed to the nines, these planes are modeled after the real world counterparts of the same name. But the comparison ends there. the goal of this game is not to fly your cute little plane around the yard; the goal is to blow things up.



    Microsoft Acquires NetGames USA - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Microsoft announced last week that they have acquired NetGames USA. NetGames USA makes the popular ranking tools ngStats. The ranking/statistical tool gained widespread acceptance when it was implemented in Unreal Tournament and use by the CPL for a number of their LAN gaming events.

    Microsoft says that they will use the technology on the Zone.com - the company's online gaming portal. In the future the technology will be rolled into MechWarrior 4: Vengeance as well as several X-BOX titles. The ngStats technology will also be rolled into Microsoft's software development kit (SDK) for PC game developers.



    StarPeace: Rise of the Tycoons Info - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Monte Cristo announced last week they have inked a deal with Oceanus Software to publish the company's upcoming online, real-time strategy building title, StarPeace: Rise of the Tycoons. Scheduled for release in the fall, StarPeace combines political systems with a city micro-management system in a large game universe.

    Source: GA-Strategy.com



    Ripcord Combines Blademaster Titles - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Ripcord Games announced last week that they will merge Legend of the Blademasters with the follow-up title, Quest of the Blademasters. The new game will retain the first game title, Legend of the Blademasters. Originally both games were scheduled to be released as separate products, with the follow-up title being a multiplayer-only offering for the Dreamcast and PC. Scheduled to coincide with the launch of Sega's online forum, Sega.net, Legend of the Blademasters will be available on PC CD-ROM and the Dreamcast console system on September 27th 2000.

    Legend of the Blademasters is a 3D roleplaying game where players take control of a young hero named Erik Valdemar, who must strive to master magic, mysticism and swordplay to become a Blademaster, and save his kingdom from annihilation.



    KISS: Psycho Circus is Gold - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Gathering of Developers and Third Law Entertainment confirmed last week that their LithTech powered action game, KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child has gone gold and should hit retail stores around July 19th. The game is powered by Monolith's LithTech game engine technology (version 2.0) and is based loosly on Todd McFarlane's comic book series.

    Source: GA-Source.com



    Bang! Gunship Elite is Gold - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • Red Storm Entertainment announced last week that Bang! Gunship Elite has gone gold. Developed by Rayland Interactive, Bang! Gunship Elite is an arcade style space action game with 19 missions across an real-time 3-D universe. Gunship Elite will be distributed by SouthPeak Interactive and is scheduled to hit retail July 19, 2000.



    Summer, Summertime! - Jimmy Clydesdale
  • We've received several emails over the last week, or so, and I'm sure there are many others out there wondering why Game Over Online hasn't been updated much in the last few weeks. The answer is this: It's Summer! That's probably not the greatest explanation, but many of the staff members have been on holidays recently, not to mention other minor issues that have arised over the past month. The bottom line, people are returning from their trips with a tan and more importantly, things will be returning back to normal here at Game Over. Thanks to everybody for sending in their concerns and good words about the site, we appreciate them all and we hope you're enjoying your summer!





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