Archive for August 3rd, 2003

“Knights of the Old Republic” Breaks Xbox Sales Record

LucasArts’ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the Xbox has flown off store shelves at light speed, selling more than 270,000 units in its first two weeks of availability. The game, which launched July 16, set a new record for Xbox game sales, selling through its initial allocation in its first four days [...]

NeverWinter Nights News

PlanetNeverwinter has posted some detailed information on the features that will be found in Hordes of the Underdark, the second upcoming expansion pack for BioWare’s D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights. There’s going to be forty new spells, two new tilesets, over 200 feats and abilities, Drow, Driders, Beholders, and lots more that you can learn if [...]

Half Life 2 will ship with ATI 9900 Pro

German site Gamestar.de (thanks HomeLAN Fed) has word (in German, naturally, here’s the rough Babel Fish translation) has word from their sister print publication that the release of ATI’s RADEON 9900 Pro video card will be bundled with Half-Life 2. They also have word that the game is expected to go gold on September 13.
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New BF1942 Galactic Conquest

The Galactic Conquest Website now offers a new version 0.2a patch for the recently released Star Wars-themed Galactic Conquest modification for Battlefield 1942. The 7.1 MB update adds a remote control imperial probe droid, wreck meshes for the AV and AP turrets, new ammo bars for the HUD, and more.

Microsoft Warns About ‘Worm’ Virus

“REDMOND - Microsoft Corp. is warning its customers about a computer worm that exploits a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser…. The worm exploits a vulnerability the company addressed in a security bulletin issued April 23, the bulletin said.” Here’s the link to Microsoft explaining the vulnerability.