Electronic Arts has announced the release of Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island for the PC. Forgotten Island takes pinball gaming through an adventure-based story in a series of 3D realms and worlds in which the player journeys through nine increasingly difficult pinball tables, or stages, in order to save the denizens of Forgotten Island - a prehistoric island filled with dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures untouched by modern civilization. To succeed, the player must complete a multitude of challenging events that will open a series of passages to allow access to the next stage as well as earning points.
Adventure Pinball Forgotten Island is developed by Digital Extremes, based in Ontario, Canada. The game will carry an ESRB rating of "E" (Everyone) and have an MSRP of $29.99 (US). You can also download a demo from the website.
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The Registration for the upcoming CPL Europe event in Holland will start on the 2nd April 2001. There will be 800 BYOC spots, 128 free spots for the Quake 3 tournament and 64 reserved Auto-Berth (including Top 16 from the Mplayer-Europe CPL and Babbages CPL) and 32 free Counter-Strike spots with 16 Auto-Berth (including the Top 3 Teams of Mplayer-Europe CPL). Beside this there will be a female Quake 3 duel tourney with 26 open spots available, the top 6 from Mplayer-Europe will get an Autoberth here. The pre-registration webpage will go online on the 24th of March under holland.cpleurope.com where you can pre-register your information and then just subscribe on the 2nd April with one click.
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This week on the 20th edition of the Forum Frag marks a very special release: Tribes 2 has finally gone GOLD and should be appearing in stores by end-March, much to the delight of our Forum Fraggers. This week's discussions include discussions on live voice in games, the worst games we have ever played, getting some help on the final boss in Half-Life and voting on which game we think will be better – Doom 3 or Unreal 2.
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The 3DO Company announced that it has begun shipping the Army Men Green Rogue game for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and PlayStation game console. The game features third person, forward-scrolling, arcade-style shooter action that will have players doing battle on foot and in amphibious assault vehicles. The Army Men Green Rogue game introduces the Green Army's ultimate soldier The Omega Soldier. Created within the covert labs of G.A.A.R.D (Green Army Advance Research Division), scientists have combined the genetic samples of Sarge and the Bravo Company Commandos to create this bio-engineered warrior. Skilled in various types of weaponry (including rifle, grenade launcher, bazooka and flame thrower), Omega Soldier has a vast arsenal at his disposal. The Army Men Green Rogue game takes players through 16 levels and 5 head-to-head boss encounters. In addition, a 2 player cooperative mode offers an additional challenge, as gamers team up to take on the Tans.
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Microsoft announced that Xbox gameplay footage from the Gamestock demonstration of Halo is now available on the official website. Bungie's Jason Jones and Joseph Staten demonstrated the game in front of a crowded auditorium of eager press at Gamestock, and the release of this nine-minute movie will give everyone a chance to see the complete demonstration. Halo is a sci-fi shooter that takes place on a mysterious alien ring-world. Packed with combat, Halo will have you battling on foot, and in vehicles, inside and outdoors with Alien and Human weaponry. Your objective to uncover Halo's horrible secrets and destroy mankind's sworn enemy, the Covenant.
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Shrapnel Games has announced that they have a new project available for testing. The game is a Real Time 3D wargame set in the near future. Anyone interested in testing should send a note to betarequest@shrapnelgames.com with the following info:
- Your Testing Experience
- Your 5 favorite games
- The 5 last games you played
- And anything else you think is applicable.
All requests must come through betarequest@shrapnelgames.com and must meet certain requirements. Also, only those with a significant amount of time to invest in testing should sign up.
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Much like the spotlights that used to appear on the 3dfxgamers.com website, NVIDIA has started a Game Spotlight feature, which showcases an upcoming game that leverages NVIDIA technology. The first featured game is AquaNox, and you can download a demo video.
About AquaNox from Massive Development: It is the year 2666. Humans live in huge habitats at the depths of the oceans. The mercenary Emerald "Dead Eye" Flint fights his way through a heart-stopping three-dimensional underwater world, complete with mountain ranges, endless caves, glittering underwater cities, and dreadful giant monsters crawling out of the depths to exact their revenge on mankind. Flint participates in glorious battles and action-crammed underwater dogfights.
AquaNox leverages the GeForce3 nfiniteFX engine to deliver photo-realism in real time. Over 160 Vertex Shaders are used to implement special effects such as layered fog, caustics, photo-realistic materials, radiosity lighting, and real-time shadows. Higher order surfaces are used to create organic enemies, and Pixel Shaders are utilized for bump mapping and volumetric lighting effects.
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