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ET: Quake Wars hat nicht nur in eigenen Reihen bei WoH für Aufruhe gesorgt. Das kürzlich angekündigte Spiel von Splashdamage, ist seither eines der meist erwartetsten Spiele. Nun können wir euch die ersten bewegten Bilder präsentieren, die direkt von der E3 in Las Vegas kommen. يورو Bisher ist ein FileShack Mercury Account nötig, um das File downzuloaden, doch nicht lange wird man warten müssen, bis freie Mirrors verfügbar sind.

Update: Mywoh.de hat keine Kosten und Mühen gescheut. Der Mirror ist da!

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Trailer (IGN.com Insider)

Nun stehen auch 2 Trailer zu Unreal Tournament 2007 zum download. Derzeit finden sich Links auf IGN.com, falls sich die Filme auch in HQ als free Mirror wiederfinden, gibt’s ein Newsupdate 😉

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Auf Gamespy.com werden jetzt auch die UT2007 Videos von der Sonycon in hoher Qualität gehostet. Der Download ist frei und ohne Anmeldung möglich. (attached links)

Weiter wurde heute UT2007 offiziell angekündigt. die Pressemitteilung lautet wie folgt:

Press Release Source: Midway Games Inc.

Midway & Epic Games Announce Unreal Tournament 2007
Tuesday May 17, 7:30 am ET
2004’s Multiplayer Game of the Year Returns with Improved Graphics, New Game Modes, Maps, Vehicles and More

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 17, 2005– Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY – News), a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, today announced that the latest entry into the Unreal franchise, Unreal Tournament® 2007, is now in development. Like its predecessors, Unreal Tournament 2007, is being developed by North Carolina-based, Epic Games Inc. The game will be shown for the first time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, May 18 – 20, in Midway’s booth located at Petree Hall, room 4001.

„Unreal Tournament 2007 is the newest addition to one of, if not the greatest multiplayer PC franchises ever created,“ said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. „UT2007 will be a major evolution for the Unreal series. Fans will be blown away by the next generation gameplay, modifiability and visuals that Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 technology will bring to the franchise. Without question this will be the most visually stunning and in-depth Unreal Tournament game to-date.“

„We feel confident that Unreal Tournament 2007 will deliver on Epic’s promise to gamers to develop only the highest quality and most innovative titles using our cutting-edge Unreal Engine 3 technology,“ said Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder, Epic Games. „Unreal fans should rest assured that UT2007 will indeed raise the bar for not only the UT franchise but for all FPS titles, PC or console.“

The latest entry into the Unreal franchise, Unreal Tournament 2007, will blow fans away with the gameplay, modifiability and visuals that Epic’s Unreal® Engine 3 technology will deliver. Unreal Tournament 2007 is scheduled for release in 2006 for the PC.

About Epic Games

Epic Games Inc, based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a developer of cutting-edge computer and video games. The company is best known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games Unreal and Unreal Tournament, both award-winning blockbuster hits having each sold more than one million copies. Games created with the Unreal Engine include: 2002 Console Game of the Year winner, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell™ (on PC and console platforms) from Ubi Soft; PCGamer’s 2000 Game of the Year, Deus Ex from Ion Storm/Eidos; America’s Army: Operations, from the United States Army, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PC) from Electronic Arts – and many others. Prior to their 3D success, Epic Games was well known for the hit shareware games Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball. Additional information can be obtained through Epic’s Web site at www.epicgames.com.

About Midway

Midway Games Inc. (www.midway.com) is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on major videogame platforms including the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, and Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance.

Unreal and Unreal Tournament are registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. Used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Midway has provided the www.epicgames.com link solely as a convenience for you. The information on this site has been prepared by third parties, and Midway does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the content on non-Midway sites.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Inc. (the „Company“) based on currently available information that involves risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, the upcoming console platform transition and other technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described under „Item 1. Business – Risk Factors“ in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and in the more recent filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

UT2007 Trailer hosted by GS

Shacknews verweist auf jeweils 2 neue Screenshots von Enemy Territory: Quake Wars und Quake IV.

Sowohl id Software CEO Tod Hollenshead, als auch Tim Willits, Lead Designer id Software, wurden von IGN.com zu Quake 4 befragt.

IGN.com hat sich id software CEO Tod Hollenshead für ein Interview zu Quake IV bei Seite genommen. Da schon Tim Willits einige Male anmerkte, dass id und Raven den Vorhang zum Multiplayer Part in Quake 4 erst zur Quakecon fallen lassen, wird man sich hier mit Randinfos zum MP begnügen müssen.

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Are you looking to put any hooks in to make the game ready for the tournament community and go back to Quake 4 as the new tournament game right out of the box? Todd Hollenshead: It depends on what you’re talking about in terms of tournament capacity. There’s the tournament support software, whether it’s a LAN or Internet play, how you’re doing ladders and those sorts of things. We won’t have that support out of the box. We’ll incorporate that afterwards. But we really have it modeled as a skill-based game, so when you play Quake 4 multiplayer, it’s not a luck shot that determines anything, it’s really the people who are the most skillful players who are going to win.

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IGN.com hat sich ein weiteres Mal Tim Willits gepackt um ihn über die bevorstehende E3 zu befragen.

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IGN: So, what can we expect at E3 then? Tim Willits: You guys got the much better presentation. The presentation at E3 will be much shorter because we only have 15 minutes. And then multiplayer will be at QuakeCon; there will be no multiplayer at E3 this year.

IGN.com Q4 Q&A
IGN.com Interview mit Tim Willits

Auf iGN.com ist seit heute ein Quake 4 Trailer(xbox) zu finden. Hier klickt man auf WMP: View Now. Dort kann man auch das Video herunterladen. Auch weitere Shots haben den Weg ins Netz gefunden. Allerdings ist es anzunehmen, dass diese von der Xbox360 Version stammen. Trotzalledem, kann man sich zusammen mit den neuen Eindrücken auf die E3 freuen, wo Quake4 sein wirklich öffentliches Debüt feiert.

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auf Fileshack.com kann jetzt der offizielle Q4 E32005 Trailer heruntergeladen werden. Allerdings ist eine Registrierung erforderlich, um das File downzuloaden. Sollten freie Mirrors erstellt werden, und das werden sie mit Sicherheit, werden wir die News updaten.

doom3maps.org Q4 Trailer UNZENSIERT

Jetzt gibt es sogar die „unzensierte“ Version (ohne Blaustich) des E3 Xbox Trailers von Quake IV zum download! Auf doom3maps.org ist die ~75mb große Datei frei zum Download erhältlich.

Weiter veröffentlicht IGN.com ein Interview mit Tim Willits, der die Unterschiede von der Xbox- zur PC Version aufführt. Willits geht auch auf die visuellen Unterschiede zwischen Doom3 und Quake4 ein, berichtet über die KI der Gegner und mehr.

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Naturally, given that Doom III and Quake IV are using a similar engine, there are going to be some visual similarities. In what ways — visually and in terms of gameplay — will Quake IV differentiate itself from Doom III? Tim: Well, Doom III was one of the best looking games around, so first, to compare the two, well, that’s a compliment. In Doom III it was you versus all the demons of hell. It was dark, claustrophobic, and compressed. Now with Quake IV, it’s an epic feel. There are trenches, giant mech walkers, outdoor canyons, huge stretches of landscape, and the Strogg war machines. The game overall is quite a bit different than Doom III. If you look around, people are still using the Quake III technology; it hasn’t changed all that much. In Quake IV, you’ll work with your buddies, experience vast environments, and you know, it’s always non-stop epic action game. It’s not like Doom III for numerous reasons, including the pacing is entirely different. It’s got a lot of classic first-person elements to it. I think the comparisons are made is because Doom III just came out eight months ago (on PC).

doom3maps.org Quake IV Trailer uncensored
IGN.com Interview mit Tim Willits

Lange zuvor wurde nicht mehr so sehnsüchtig auf die E3 gewartet. Denn id software und Raven stellen Quake4 vor. Weitere Infos zum Spiel und wahrscheinlich auch Bildmaterial, werden uns nächstes Wochenende wohl erreichen.
Die Vorbereitungen sind natürlich in vollem Gange. So sieht man schon heute die Banner zu Quake4 auf dem Messegelände in Los Angeles (siehe attached thumbnails). Neuigkeiten von der Spielemesse und zum Spiel selbst werden natürlich den treuen und neugewonnen mywoh.de Lesern nicht vorenthalten! 🙂

Das Update findet man unter „more“

Wie wir gestern berichteten, kündigte Splashdamage ET: Quake Wars an. Dass das Spiel schon auf der E3 zu sehen sein wird, ist eine noch viel größere Überraschung. Fotos von der E3, die am nächsten Wochenende stattfindet, beweisen dies aber. Auch UT2007 wird auf der E3 gezeigt, allerdings hinter verschlossenen Türen. Man kann sicher sein, dass dennoch Bilder an die Öffentlichkeit gelangen.
In den Attached Thumbs sind nun weitere Bilder zu begutachten.

Splash Damage verriet uns heute, an welchem Projekt sie derzeit arbeiten. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Der Nachfolger von Enemy Territory wird auf der Doom3-Engine basieren, aber, anders als sein Vorgänger, nicht kostenlos zum Download bereitstehen.

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„Developed by Splash Damage and built on id Software’s new MegaTexture™ rendering technology, ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe’s most powerful weapons and vehicles, ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS transports players to the front lines of an epic new war for Earth.“

unter „more“ findet man die Pressemitteilung

id Software and Activision announce Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, a class-based multiplayer shooter in the works at Splash Damage to debut at E3. The game will be built on a new technology from id called MegaTexture™ „that crunches millions of polygons and a gigabyte-scale texture into a single, seamless and un-tiled landscape with unique detail down to the square inch or the un-obscured distant horizon.“ Accompanying the announcement is the first screenshot, and here’s word, which does not include a release date or target platforms:

Santa Monica, CA – May 16, 2005 – id Software™ and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the development of ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS™. Developed by Splash Damage and built on id Software’s new MegaTexture™ rendering technology, ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe’s most powerful weapons and vehicles, ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS transports players to the front lines of an epic new war for Earth.

“For years, fans have enjoyed incredible battles on the Strogg home planet; but with ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS, we’re taking players back to the war that started it all – the Strogg invasion of Earth – where the choice is to fight with the humans or the alien Strogg in a massive campaign for survival,” said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. “Like all great id Software games, ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS unites bleeding-edge technology, a fantastic universe, and meticulously balanced gameplay to deliver an engrossing and futuristic gaming experience.”

“We have been so proud of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory’s™ rave reviews, ‘Game of the Year’ awards, and massive fan-base, so to work with id again in developing ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS is an amazing opportunity.” states Paul Wedgwood, Lead Game Designer and Owner of Splash Damage Ltd. “The stories of the Strogg invasion of Earth have always fascinated me, and now through ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS, we’re able to bring this incredible war to life with an uncompromising level of detail and realism.”

As the invasion begins, players choose to battle as one of five unique classes in either the EDF (Earth Defense Force – humans) or the barbaric alien Strogg armies, each augmented with specialist weapons and combat hardware. Troops utilize over 40 conventional and futuristic vehicles, deployable structures, and defense systems like quad-bikes, tanks, and alien walkers for epic ground assaults; or helicopters and anti-gravity ships to lend firepower from the air. Throughout each battle, teams establish bases, deploy defense structures, artillery, radar, and advanced forward-command systems into enemy territory while constructing and demolishing obstacles to speed progress and gain a tactical advantage over the enemy.

With realistic dynamic lighting and shadowing from headlights, searchlights and even the moon, battles can be fought during the day or night; while accurate simulation of the atmosphere, weather, and vegetation combine to create an unparalleled degree of realism. Battlefields are perfectly rendered using MegaTexture, a totally new rendering technology developed by id Software that crunches millions of polygons and a gigabyte-scale texture into a single, seamless and un-tiled landscape with unique detail down to the square inch or the un-obscured distant horizon.

Players can take on class specific missions or join a fireteam to utilize advanced command and communication options, including voice-chat and the game’s context sensitive mission order system. With bitterly contested multi-battle campaigns, each soldier fights not only for victory, but to gain valuable skills, special rewards for team-play, and persistent military promotions and medals. ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS will debut at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Activision’s booth #1224 in the South Hall.

Shacknews

Mal wieder ist ein Interview zu Quake 4 erschienen, bei dem sich Eric Biessman, Jim Hughes und Tim Willits den Fragen von Gamespot.com stellen. Diese gehen in die Richtung Design, Squads, Multiplayer, Weapons des Action Spektakels, dass noch Ende des Jahres mit seiner Veröffentlichung gekrönt werden soll. Im Interview wird mehr auf den Singleplayer Modus, als auf den Multiplayer Part des Spiels eingegangen. Zu letzterem heißt es nur: wartet auf die Quakecon 🙂

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Tim Willits: [Quake 4’s weapon selection] is built on a foundation of Quake-style weapons. You have your railgun, your minigun, your rocket launcher, your hyperblaster, and things like that, and we also have a new special weapon. But I think the coolest aspect of the weapons is that throughout the game, you’ll actually pick up weapon mods for almost all of them. The mods add some cool variety in terms of how the weapons work. So, players familiar with the Quake series will definitely feel at home with Quake 4’s weapon selection, and the weapon mods will help spice things up. Here’s an example: the rocket launcher mod will actually let you control the rocket after you’ve fired it. However, we can’t go into too much detail at this time about weapon mods in general and how they work.

Quake 4 Interview on Gamespot.com

Tom McNamara von IGN.com hat einen weiteren Artikel zu UT2007 verfasst, der sich mit dem Titel „Pre-E3 2005: UT2007 – What we know and what we guess. it’s all good“ an den Start wagt.
Der Artikel ist sehr subjektiv verfasst und bindet seine Vorstellung in die bereits bekannten Features von UT2007 ein und schlußfolgert nach seinen Mutmaßungen. Selbst wenn man ihm nicht zustimmen mag, wie ich :), so hilft es doch der eigenen Meinung zum Spiel anhand seiner ein Level höher zu puschen.

IGN.com Artikel