Source: Half-Life Fallout

ModDB has put online it's interview with Rick Ellis, senior engineering lead at Valve, here some words from the interview:

What capabilities does source have for expanding from the FPS genre?

Rick Ellis: Three of the biggest things that Source has to expand the FPS genre are facial expressions/animations, advanced AI and real world physics. The physics engine allows us to build new and very interesting types of game play while the facial expressions allow us to more realistically convey information to the user and help the user feel emotional about the game. The advanced AI will make fighting with teammates better as well as making opponents more realistic and in some cases more difficult.

The full interview can be found here.

Source: ModDB
Related: Sands of War

The team of Sands of War posted the following progress update over at ModDB:

The news post you just started reading is number 9000 on ModDB!

Sands-of-War 1.4 Release Candidate 1
The internal release candidate of the next Sands-of-War version has just been released for internal testing.

It already contains a good changelist with all kinds of additions and bug fixes.

Expect more RC's to come the following weeks and then a release after that.

If you want to try out the new version before the public you can join the Sands-of-War forums and sign up as beta tester.

Server statistics
Statistics for the current Sands-of-War servers has been set up. This allows you to see how well you are doing compared to other players.

In the community section at our site you will see a link to servers. On that page you will find the IP's and stats for the two servers.

Quick IP's and server stats:
67.18.84.20:27015
66.235.161.152:27015

Get the mod, join the servers and show us how 1337 you are at playing Sands-of-War!

FGD
Version 1.17 of the Sands-of-War FGD has just been released in Level Design forum. You will need this file if you are mapping for Sands-of-War.

It adds support for the info_location entity which will be introduced in Sands-of-War 1.4. Level Designers can place it and name it. Its name will be used in a bunch of radio messages which we also will introduce in Sands-of-War 1.4.

It does also add info_texlights which allow the mappers to have different data for light emitting textures on different maps.

Ofcourse this version also include the usual removal of redundant entities and improval of others.

Download(only for mappers):
http://sandsofwar.simgames.net/maps/sow.fgd

For more head on over to the Sands of War site.

Well I'm back at posting news again. Just after starting here, the PC thought that it would be nice not to start up anymore. But if got everything up and running again on the laptop so it's back to work once more :)

Source: ModDB
Related: Arctika

A new piece of concept art has been released by the team of the mod Arctika:

Dr. Zais has finished some of the sketchs for all three of the types of players. They are of UNICORP and WDO which are on the same team. This group is trying to protect the arctic region that they already control from the uncoming invasion from the Dominion. The third sketch is of the Dominion soldier. All three of them still need a modeler to work on them. But the concept is done and ready to give an idea of what to expect in the frost bitten world of Arctika.



For more information on Arctika for Half-Life 2 go to our profile here on modDB or come to our website. We also can be reached on IRC in #defconsoftware on GameSurge. Arctika has a lot of features planned with new gameplay styles for single player and multiplayer. Get ready to fend of the Dominion invasion while trying to not get frost bite.

Go and check out the Arctika site for more.

As ironic as it is, I was in a nasty car wreck last week. It could have been worse, but the damage done to my arm was pretty bad. Burns, broken bone, and stitches are just some of the aftermath. I need help with Game-Jack. I can't type with one hand and keep up to date with all the news going on. I am hiring the following positions...
1. Co-Webmaster - Needs to know PHP & SQL.
2. News Poster - No prevous experiance required.
3. Forum administrator - New forum coming soon.
4. File uploaders - To upload some new stuff to Game-Jack

If you are interested, visit Game-Jack

This is somewhat late, but Keats, from the Off Limits Mod crew, writes in to inform us that his mod has just released a progress report. Please check out the entire update by clicking here.

BllueWolf72 from The ModDB writes in to tell us that the folks over there have reviewed CS:Source. Be sure to read about it there!

PS: In case you've been living under a rock for the past few months, CS:Source IS Counter Strike: Source, officially known as HL2's multiplayer.

Source: Resistance And Liberation

This is Hendy from the Resistance and Liberation team letting you know that this week we bring you some new media from our art team: final renders of the M1A1 Thompson, Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 and the Gewehr 43. In addition, our own artist Skwerl has created a new piece of concept art. Please jump over to the media page for the rest of our weapons, vehicles, concept art, and player models. We'd like to remind everyone we are still looking for skilled animators to join the Resistance and Liberation team. Please visit our application page and submit your work to us. We'll gladly get back to you as soon as possible.

Link to our media page:
http://www.resistanceandliberation.com/media/

Link to our application page:
http://www.resistanceandliberation.com/newapplic/

Source: Half-Life Radio

GameSHOUT Radio will air tonight at 7pm EST until 11pm EST (12am GMT - 4am GMT). This will be our first broadcast from our new rock studios!

To listen live:
http://www.halflifesource.com/listen.php

Live Chat:
http://www.halflifesource.com/chat

Join us for News and Comment as well as the Fact and Quote of the day. We have BIG shows planned for the rest of the night... Here's what you can expect:

PC Playground PC game reviews and previews. Tonight we review Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Warhammer 40,000, AND Evil Genius! We'll also preview SWAT 4 and Empire Earth. Be sure to check out the Demo of the Week, Colin McRae Rally HERE and join us on the air to comment about it!

Followed by Gamepad Gamers console game reviews, which will keep you up to date with what is happening in the world of the console. The reviews tonight will be Tony Hawk Underground 2, Otogi II, and Paper Mario II!!! Then join your host, SexyJosh as he takes you into the world of HALO 2!
The last hour will be COMPLETELY devoted to HALF-LIFE 2 CALLER DISCUSSION! Come on the air and tell our 1.2 million listeners what YOU think!

Then in the last hour join your GameSHOUT Radio staff for a Roundtable Discussion covering YOUR FAVORITE topic...HALF-LIFE 2!!! We expect some surprise guests for this event to include Ghost Freeman, Sean Connery, and maybe even Ben. This will be our annual Halloween Party!!! You never know WHO we might scare up!!!

To listen live:
http://www.halflifesource.com/listen.php

Live Chat:
http://www.halflifesource.com/chat

Source: HL2Files.com
Related: Two-Thousand and Thirty

HL2Files.com reports about a new Half-Life 2 mod that is now hosted by them. The mod is called Two-Thousand and Thirty and will feature:

Two-Thousand and Thirty is a Single andMultiplayer modification for Half-Life 2 set in the not-so distant future, naturally, in 2030. The mod puts the player in a vibrant and believable incantation of the United States twenty-six years from now. The mod is based off of what conspiracy theorists, sociologicists, and scientists predict the US will be like in 26 years. So there won't be any resemblances to Star Wars or anything like that, but we will have a mix of conventional (or old) weaponry and futuristic technology. We're a very new mod, and are always on the lookout for talent. If you think you can help in any way drop me a message at domino1@gmail.com.

Check out the mod webpage at: http://2030mod.hl2files.com

For more head on over to the site of Two-Thousand and Thirty.

Source: HL2Files.com
Related: Battletech : Mobile Infantry

Here are a few of our finished models we plan to have ingame.
Augeone, our lead modeler, has been hard at work.