Archive for October, 2003


Battlefield 1942 Retail Patch

World War Two. Axis and allies clash in the greatest conflict of our times. Millions of men fight and die on foot, at sea and in the air. Its countless battles affect our present more than any other war in history. Battlefield 1942 brings the Second World War to your computer, and lets your [...]

Microsoft will turn off Messenger, turn on firewall with XP SP2

“Microsoft Corp. will detail plans to disable the Windows Messenger Service and activate the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) by default on Windows XP machines in an effort to protect computers from malicious attacks, a company executive said Tuesday. The changes will be described at an informal lunchtime presentation during Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in [...]

NEW COMIC BOOK RELEASES FOR OCTOBER 29, 2003

DARK HORSE
CRUSH #1 $2.99
GALACTIC #3 $2.99
DC COMICS
21 DOWN TP $19.95
BATMAN JOKER SWITCH $6.95
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST TP $19.95
CAPER #1 (OF 12) (MR) $2.95
CARTOON CARTOONS #23 $2.25
CATWOMAN #24 $2.50
CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL 2 TP $14.
EMPIRE #4 (Of 6) (MR) $2.50
FLASH #203 $2.25
GREEN LANTERN #170 $2.25
JLA #89 $2.25
LEGION #25 $3.95
PREACHER VOL 5 DIXIE FRIED TP $14.95
TEEN [...]

“BloodRayne 2″ Announced

Majesco announced today that they are hard at work on BloodRayne 2, and expect the title to ship around Halloween 2004. In this sequel, the female vampire BloodRayne is set to tracking down and wiping out her evil siblings as they fight to make themselves immune to sunlight.
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IDW’s Wake the Dead #1 Sold Out, Second Printing On the Way

IDW Publishing has announced that its Wake the Dead #1 has sold out, and that orders are now being accepted on the book’s second printing (JUL035246E).
“I was in daily contact with retailers and distributors from day one of Wake the Dead’s release,” said IDW Vice President of Sales and Marketing Beau Smith. “Virtually everyone wanted [...]

Wizard Best of X-Men LTD DLX HC

Wizard Entertainment has announced that the Wizard Best of X-Men Ltd. DLX HC — originally scheduled to ship on December 24 — will now ship on November 19, meaning that it will arrive in time for the holiday sales season!
Created by special arrangement with Marvel Comics, the 256-page volume will collect the Top 10 [...]

Making Game Figures

Radioactive Clown have spoken in depth with Ownt regarding their ‘action-figure’ making business that makes models of Unreal characters and the such:
Brandon: What figures has Radioactive Clown worked on and what upcoming projects can you discuss?
RC: Our first action figure line is based on the Unreal Universe, which is the easy way to say all [...]

Freddy vs Jason … the Special Edition!

New Line Home Entertainment is bringing out the long awaited slasher flick Freddy vs. Jason in a Platinum Edition release next year. Set to debut on January 13, the DVD will feature both an anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations. Unlike previously mentioned, the disc will not feature a DTS audio track; a [...]

Call of Duty Q&A

HomeLAN Fed has posted a Call Of Duty Post-Release Q&A, asking Infinity Ward’s president Grant Collier about development of the game and future plans. In related news there’s this Activision press release announcing that Call of Duty should now be invading stores.
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