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Audiosurf update adds custom modes
Written by SN at 10:39:53 AM, 25th July 2008
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A substantial update for the Steam version of Audiosurf, the musical wave-rider, has been released, which provides for custom game mode creation. Restart your Steam client to apply the update. Details below:• Players can now easily experiment with custom game modes by combining special tags in song names. More info is available on the [forums] • [as-4lane] Play with 4 lanes
• [as-monoonly] Mono characters required
• [as-everybodymono] All characters have only 2 block colors
• [as-lessgrey] Mono characters have less grey blocks
• [as-allgrey] Mono characters have all grey blocks
• [as-nogrey] Mono characters have no grey blocks
• [as-monoptX] Base points for Mono characters (default 3)
• [as-nostlth] Remove Stealth and cumulative hit bonuses
• [as-swind] Sidewinder camera mode
• [as-bankcam] Banking camera mode
• [as-first] First-person camera mode
• [as-caterp] Block caterpillars
• [as-mszX] Minimimum match size (number for X)
• [as-wbX] Percentage of white/black blocks
• [as-mtX] Match collection ticks (default 10-25)
• [as-prowsX] Puzzle row count (0-8)
• [as-hidepuz] Play with an invisible puzzle grid • Fixed bug finding CD tracks in drives beyond the first Visit the [Audiosurf forums] for more information.
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Frontlines: Fuel of War 1.1.1 patch now live!
Written by SN at 01:27:12 PM, 23rd July 2008
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Kaos Studios have [finally released] the 1.1.1 patch for the retail version of Frontlines: Fuel of War.
The 1.1.1 update was originally trialled and released with the [leaked] [Frontlines PC multiplayer demo].
Full list of fixes below:• Players will no longer be kicked by PunkBuster for using the comma “,” or forward slash “/” character in their names in multiplayer matches.
• The binding for the Action key (E) has been fixed. This is also used for the Exit Vehicle function.
• Keys that have already been used will be checked for when changing control key bindings.
• The distance for melee attacks has been shortened.
• The “pipe” character will no longer hide text in the server information window.
• Chinese translation errors on the server browser have been fixed.
• The Frontline will show up properly on the map.
• Fixed first-person weapon animation blends between run and sprint.
• Added functionality to allow firing of a weapon to break sprint. Previously you had to come out of sprint and then left-click to fire.
• “Master server connection ID verification failed” error has been fixed. Grab the Australian DVD 1.1.1 patch for Frontlines: Fuel of War using the following link:[FFOW_E_PATCH_V1.1.0_TO_V1.1.1.exe - 70,544kb] You can find a full list of GamingSA Frontlines: Fuel of War retail and demo servers via the [GamingSA servers page].
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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop is Dead Rising Wii
Written by SN at 04:22:40 PM, 22nd July 2008
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Dead Rising, one of the original Xbox 360 release titles and unrelated-yet-exceptionally-close-videogame-cousin-of-the-film Dawn of the Dead, is bringing it's zombie-themed, open-ended, action-game to Nintendo Wii. Also, the new version comes with the suitable shopping-mall-themed monicker "Chop Til You Drop", hence becoming Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop.
Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop follows the story of over-zealous reporter, Frank West, as he hunts for a great scoop inside the zombie-infested Wilamette shopping mall.
The Wii Resident Evil 4 engine will be updated with the sword-swinging, gun-shooting, shower-tap-fitting-to-zombie-head gameplay mechanics of the original Dead Rising and with Wii-waggle to boot. Chop Til You Drop will also address the one of the major, frustration-inducing issues found with the original Dead Rising by providing a new save system that will provide for seamless play, rather than force players to run miles round the mall in search of an inconveniently placed toilet.
Stay tuned for more details to come.
       
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Steam client update
Written by SN at 10:11:02 AM, 17th July 2008
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These fingers of mine will write nothing witty today.
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client • Improved cache defragmenter to both defragment at the OS level and internal files
• Improved defrag progress dialog
• Improved download status reporting in games list
• Increased background update frequency
• Improved voice quality
• Added audio recording device selection for voice chat
• Added push-to-talk support for voice chat
• Fixed apps getting stuck at Updating 0% when downloading
• Fixed possible crash when resuming from Standby mode
• Fixed Steam preventing some PC's from entering Standby mode
• Fixed overlay sometimes getting stuck up and not responding to hot-keys after server join
• Fixed uninstalled apps becoming installed when viewing their Properties page after Steam restarts
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars review tries befriending GamingSA
Written by SN at 10:44:27 AM, 15th July 2008
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If you've been playing Call of Duty 4 since November last year and have been wanting an alternative competitive multiplayer first-person shooter and have toyed with the idea of picking up Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, don't. Get Battlefield: Bad Company, instead. For those who have just rocked up to the console show and are looking for a good multiplayer shooter, get Call of Duty 4 or Battlefield: Bad Company. While ETQW might have chalked up to be a good, possibly great, PC shooter, which admittedly was carried far by the strong back of it's Quake license, something was lost in the console translation. Something rather important. Something like an audience. I'll get back to this most important point later, though, and focus critically on the gameplay. [Click here for the full Enemy Territory: Quake Wars review on GamingSA].
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Setting the African Serengeti alight with a flame thrower, putting crooked fingers back into sockets with your free hand and driving through ramshackle tin-roofed shelters with a stolen jeep all sound like fun activities, right? Right. So here's a trailer video released last week depicting such anarchy, and a swag of new screens to boot. Grab the new E3 trailer from the link below:
Capcom revealed at E3 last week that Resident Evil 5 will feature drop in online co-operative play, with players able to take control of Chris Redfield's (Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Code Veronica) female side-kick, Sheva Alomar. Both Chris and Sheva are investigating a bioterrorism case in the African town of Kijuju as members of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA).