Zodiac for Mac Saturday, December 28, 2002, 14:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Steve Tack has somehow picked up that we are all out of news (maybe it was the devastating emptyness of our news page), so he sent us a small, but important, news item from Zodiac. The first part of his mod is now available for Mac users! So if you're one of those, head over there and see what he has to offer. |
Another Warren Spector Interview Saturday, December 28, 2002, 07:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Yet another Warren Spector interview has emerged. This one has been conducted by Computerandvideogames.com, and is quite good. With the amount of interviews the man is subject to, you'd think he never spent any time on making the actual games that he's interviewed about. As is tradition, here is an interesting except that you might as well have read in the interview itself: If you could wave your magic wand and create your ideal computer game just like that, what would it be? Spector: Well, John Romero offered me the opportunity to make the game of my dreams when I joined Ion Storm and the result was Deus Ex. So there's a clue right there, I suppose. I hope the future holds more games like that, but with deeper simulations and without the need to resort to action, Action, ACTION all the time. (I'd love to make a game that didn't include a single weapon! I'm so bored with virtual violence...) But, you know, really, I don't think about some "ideal computer game" - I just think about what tiny step forward we can take with the next game, and the one after that and the one after that. Progress comes step by step... |
Deus Ex 2 Poll Sunday, December 22, 2002, 13:13 | slicer | Comments IGN has recently posted a poll of next year's most anticipated game, obviously, there is no question about Deus Ex 2 so get voting at the IGN Poll. Show 'em that DX2 0wnz Doom III! Thanks to Jeffrey Wilkins for the news. |
Disclosure - Mission 2 Friday, December 20, 2002, 16:03 | slicer | Comments News has arrived from the much anticipated Disclosure mod, the second demo is currently under beta testing and will be out shortly. More news on the release of this second mission can be found at Disclosure's official site. |
New DXMP map: DXMP_HKMJ12 Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 09:10 | Despot | Comments New DXMP submission from Mincetro by the name of DXMP_HKMJ12--'tis a conversion of the Hong Kong MJ12 HQ, weighing in at 1.23 MB. Grab your own person copy here. |
DXDune Announcement Monday, December 9, 2002, 07:52 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this announcement from the DXDune mod: Some of you might have memories of the DXDune mod which has never really got anywhere. Several attempts have been made to try and increase interest in it, but nothing has worked. However, we are now trying a completely new approach. The Dune Mod is not just DXDune. It has evolved into something far bigger and better. The Dune Mod is now DXDune, NWDune and UTDune. By expanding the mod in this way we hope to tap into the resevoirs of talent from the huge Neverwinter Nights and Unreal Tournament 2003 communities, and hopefully this should give the mod the kick it needs to get somewhere. More information can be found at the mod's new website. |
Chronos Overhaul Sunday, December 8, 2002, 06:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Chronos Project has apparently recieved a complete overhaul: New structure, new site, new forum and of course new news. Any questions should be answered on the revamped site. |
Ghost in the Machine Sunday, December 8, 2002, 05:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The team working on a new Deus Ex 1 mod which has been under production for approximately two months now, called Ghost in the Machine, has decided to announce the existence of their mod, now that they have something to show for their efforts, as they put it. What follows is a little excerpt from their webpage: The world of Ghost in the Machine is a brutal and dark dystopia. From the perspective of our protagonist, Thelonious, there is no illusion of humanity. We enter the game in a truly grim time. The 2162 elections for senator of Los Angeles Free State are almost over, and anyone will do just about anything to make their party win the vote. Thelonious is thrown into a world where lies and deceit are all around him, and he knows not whom to trust. The only thing that moves him now is credits. Ghost in the Machine will be in intricate story of love, lies and deceit. It also adds a number of features:
The team invites you to visit their website and read more about their mod. |
New mod: Trigun Saturday, December 7, 2002, 09:08 | slicer | Comments A new mod has arrived, based on the anime TV show Trigun. Work on the mod hasn't started yet though you can find out more details regarding this mod over at Trigun Mod's homepage. Thanks to Sam Combs for the news. NB: As taken from the site, this mod will start production when DX2 is released. |
DXMP is 2 years old Thursday, December 5, 2002, 17:18 | slicer | Comments 2 years ago, Ion Storm released DXMP. A great game it was, it is still alive I believe, but hey, as long as there is caek, everyone should be happy =] |
Vortex Goes DX2 Wednesday, December 4, 2002, 10:13 | Jonas Wæver | Comments It has been decided to postpone the production of Project Vortex until the release of DX2: Vortex' Productions Leader, Ben Gray, had the following to say: "Project: Vortex was going to have too many features that would not have been able to use the current DX1 engine without de-stabilising it and possibly damaging other people's computers. This will also allow us to concentrate more on the plot of the game and thus make it a much more enjoyable experience." |
Spector speaks on the Future of Gaming Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 17:54 | Despot | Comments The intrepid Silverdawn sends word of an interesting article containing a lengthly interview with The Spector, with his views on where gaming is going. Here's a random quote: GameSpy: Will new types of games be possible with improved AI? What should we expect? Warren Spector: I hope we see new types of games. Frankly, I'm kind of tired of people -- players and developers -- assuming "AI" is synonymous with "combat behavior" or with "tamagotchi-like character development." I'd love to see games that modeled a broader range of human behavior. The Sims gets at some of that, but there's still really no feeling of interacting with another human being, even in that game. We have a LOT of work to do in this area. Frankly, I've talked a lot with my friend and colleague, Doug Church, about how we ought step up to the plate and take on the NPC interaction problem as our next big design goal. But even he, tech / design guru that he is, finds the job so daunting it isn't worth the effort yet -- ten years from now, maybe, he says. Someday, though... |
Akimbo Weapons Mod Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 17:44 | Despot | Comments TRM from D-X.org has notified us of this interesting mod, allowing the use of akimbo weapons in DX--should work in both SP and MP. Now, for a little John Woo flavah to the DX Experience...;) |
Face Interview Sunday, December 1, 2002, 04:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DX-Online has recently had the pleasure of interviewing Face, the creator of the Disclosure mod. Here is a little exerpt from the interview: Illuminati-IIS: Will you be releasing maps and mods for DX2? Face: It's quite possible that you'll be seeing a "Disclosure 2" for DX2. There is still a lot of scope at the end of Disclosure for a continuation to be made. By looking at the screenshots for DX2 I can quite honestly say that I am really looking forward to getting my hands on the new editor. The interview maybe be found here. |
WDW Clan Sunday, December 1, 2002, 04:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new DXMP clan called [WDW]Who Dares, Wins is looking for new recruits and someone willing to design a nice logo for them. There will, of course, be no payment for designing them a logo, but they would really appreciate it. Apparently, they know nothing about creating a clan, so ideas, advice and logo ideas can be submitted to zoomzoomkid@sympatico.ca. |
Disclosure November Update Thursday, November 28, 2002, 10:39 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The November update is up at the website of the Disclosure mod. It includes some great looking screenshots and some fact files about the different locations in the mod. There is also a link. And another one, in case you missed the first. Only one thing left to say, really: Keep up the excellent work! |
Spector in Newsweek Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 18:47 | Despot | Comments This snippet from Newsweek was reported to us by that good old boy and underground Star Wars geek named Gwog: November 25, 2002 Newsweek Why do videogames have to be so violent? ...already seeing signs of movement. The most successful games - Myst, The Sims and others - don't feature a lick of virtual violence. - Warren Spector, Game Developer, Eidos Interactive An interesting trend, that...and a good one, giving the Games a wider range of appeal. |
Deus Ex Hub Saturday, November 23, 2002, 07:12 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Today, a new Deus Ex site has opened: The Deus Ex Hub. The site is powered by IISNet Networks, and offers free hosting to DX related sites. They also have an IRC channel on the GamesNET server: #dxonline. Any questions or comments about the site may be sent here or here. |
Cassandra Updated Thursday, November 21, 2002, 08:01 | Jonas Wæver | Comments To ensure that you people are aware of the continued development of the Cassandra Project, the Narcissus Entity has been so gracious as to post an update on the website of the project. Apparently, the Cassandra Project is nearly ready for a release, and the details almost made me wet myself. I'm still not sure whether this is the final release or just a sort of demo, but it'll be cool, that's for sure. |
Deus Diablo Mod Updated Thursday, November 21, 2002, 07:58 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Deus Diablo mod has been updated again. They would appreciate some feedback on the questions posted on their website. Check the site for details. |
ZODIAC Part 2 Preview Monday, November 18, 2002, 07:24 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The honorable Steve Tack has let us know that a small preview of ZODIAC Part 2, consisting of music and screenshots, has been put up on their site. Go there. |
New DX Website Saturday, November 16, 2002, 03:15 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Codeman3 has recently added a Deus Ex section to his site (or he's recently made a new site with DX on it, hard to tell which), but it's still a little empty. Anybody is welcome to submit files to his site, which also features a Duke Nukem 3D section and a StarCraft section. I guess this guy likes old games :) |
Chronological News Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 07:42 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The website of the Chronos mod has been updated with some new eye candy. Although, at times, the website lies dormant, the mod is - according to aUnt beTty (who has apparently never heard of such a thing as signatures) - getting somewhere fast. They're working hard to beat the release of DX2. However, more coding help is needed. They're not asking for "coders", just coding help, and as coding help, you will receive as much credit as you want, be it a mention in the readme or a bio on the website. If you think you can help, please email beTty at scubasteve501@aol.com. And on a sidenote, it has come to our attention that Despots 'friends up high' suck. |
Prequel Looking for Staff Saturday, November 9, 2002, 03:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Deus Ex: the Prequel mod is on the lookout for some experienced texture artists, to make some simple textures/skins for weapons and meshes, a coder, and an animator. Anyone interested is asked to send an e-mail to jm_os_huang@yahoo.ca, including a link to his/her previous work. Do not send any attachments. |
Disclosure Mod needs new musician Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 12:43 | slicer | Comments News has arrived from Face, head of the Disclosure mod, that he is in need of a new musician: Following the departure of John "Isamu" Dickson from the Disclosure project (who now no longer has time to support the project), I am in need of a quality musician who is able to capture the unique atmosphere and ambience of the Deus Ex and Disclosure worlds. If you are an experienced mod tracker who would like to help out with Disclosure please get in touch with some links to examples of your work (please do not email sound files directly to me as attachments are automatically removed). Email: face@rush365.co.uk or www.facedesigns.co.uk for details. Thanks Face |
Community boost needed from DXEditing Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 08:34 | slicer | Comments With the number of activities in the Deus Ex community slowing down to a slow pace, the staff over at DXEditing.com has suggested an idea that should hopefully kickstart the community again. What they want is some suggestions to what should be done, whether it'll be mods, a new graphics engine, Deus Ex 1 Part 2 released by Ion Storm or anything that isn't out of the ordinary. You can contact them by e-mailing suggestions@dxediting.com. More information can be found at the DXEditing.com site. |
Vortex Displaced Monday, October 28, 2002, 08:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The URL for the website of the Vortex mod has been changed to www.projectvortex.tk. Remember to update your bookmarks where necessary. |
Ask JC Denton Saturday, October 26, 2002, 06:07 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The guys at 3DActionPlanet have, as they say, "managed to secure an INTERVIEW with the one and only JC DENTON!" You may read more about it and post your own questions for the good JC himself here. |
Target Sighted Update Saturday, October 26, 2002, 06:03 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Aesthesia from Target Sighted has just finished adding weapons to the site and updating the existing ones. Some Player Class pics have been added too. There will, of course, be more updates within long. |
New TNM Site Under Construction Thursday, October 24, 2002, 13:02 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trestkon would like to apologize for the complete lack of updates on The Nameless Mod lately, but your patience shall be rewarded. A brand spanking new site design is brewing, and will be launching very soon. Trestkon assure you that enough screenshots to make up for all the missed POTWs will be released together with the new site. |
Deus Diablo Mod Updated Thursday, October 24, 2002, 09:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The site of the Deus Diablo mod has been updated, and the team would appreciate some feedback. They are also looking for some experienced coders, it matters not if they have experience with the original Unreal engine. |
The Chronos Mod Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 07:40 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Aunt Betty has sent us this about his new modification here on PlanetDeusEx: Slow it down. Way down. Implementing a "bullet-time/matrix" augmentation that was once coded by the great James Keeble, the Chronos Mod Team has now taken that aspect and integrated it into a thicker mod. The Chronos Mod is a modification of the current Deus Ex story. In other words, it will change your actual Deus Ex game. Some characters will be replaced by newer versions and new weapons will be implemented, along with a new starting map for "JC" to begin with, where he will obtain his newfound augmentation that allows him to slow time down, jump higher, and run faster. Along with new music, new players, new characters, new weapons, new maps, new augmentations, new models... Deus Ex will be new to you all over again. Hopefully, a link to the mod will soon appear in the Hosted Sites list. |
The Prequel is Looking for Modellers Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 07:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Oracle SouL, the new leader of the Deus Ex: The Prequel mod, asked us to post that the mod is currently looking for some experienced modellers to help them out. If you're interested, mail him at jm_os_huang@yahoo.ca and include a link to your previous modelling work. Do not send him any attachments. |
DX: The Prequel - now with fresh website! Thursday, October 17, 2002, 07:30 | Winquman | Comments Fresher then the freshest milk, here comes the new website of Deus Ex: The Prequel. It's worth a visit. Also, they would like some feedback on it, so mail them all comments! |
Concerning Fatal Weapon Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 14:42 | Despot | Comments FATAL WEAPON, soon in a single player 8 maps story, completely modified. The map Fatal Weapon, previously distributed to the community is now beeing rebuilding to become a single player 8 maps mission. The story ------------- Among an ever seen gathering of terrorists, a new challenge for JC Denton : - Resolve some mysteries happened into the UNATCO itself. - Prevent the NSF Organization to forward their mortal gas through the Occident. - Retreive and kill the chief of the Organization. The mod will be finished in four of five weeks but I'll ask first two beta testers to sneak in. This blurb sent to us by Bob, so if you're up for some beta-testing, then send him mail. |
Arena Modification Released! Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 09:47 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Hejhujka has just finished a new modification (this guy must have way too much time on his hands). The mod is single player and multiplayer and is called Arena. It may be downloaded from his site. What follows is the official description of the mod: Year 2102. The age of nano-augmented humans is here. In this dark world of brutality there is no place for stealth tactics, moral decisions and mercy. You must fight and kill if you want to be the last one alive... This is the first complete mod in the history of DX. Features:
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The Mod Formerly Known As Paladin X Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 09:39 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Mod Formerly Known As Paladin X has requested that we post this (they're just getting more and more demanding!): As our mod draws near completion, we at Paladin X are radically changing our approach. Rather than release the story-based mod we have created, Paladin X is now being released as a Virtual Reality (VR) training program set before the events of Deus Ex. Not to be confused with the "Deus Ex: Prequel" mod, Paladin X is now set during the "drills" JC Denton underwent before the events with majestic 12. We have refined our skills since the release of our demo, and although our mod now has no story as such, references to the characters we all know and love will be made, along with hints at the massive adventure to follow our mod (Deus Ex and its subsequent mods). Our mod will feature several scenarios not shown in Deus Ex, such as formal hostage rescue and sniper wars with a rival sniper. All usable maps from our mod will be incorporated, although many more specific maps will be created. There will be between 6 and 10 levels, each containing one of 3 major objectives:
These will each contain several sub objectives. Hence, from now on, our Mod will be known as "Deus Ex: VR Missions". |
New Vortex Weapon Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 09:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments MP5K from the Vortex Mod by Smirking Revenge |
Modifications Friday, October 11, 2002, 19:13 | Despot | Comments
And the Award for Un-Updatedness (courtesy of Trestkon) goes to...*drumroll* All Your Deus Ex Are Belong to Us, which hasn't been updated since July 25th, 2001. Hmm, just why the heck are they still hosted? Must do something about that... |
DXMP Basketball Friday, October 11, 2002, 18:16 | Despot | Comments slicer has sent in a novel new map for you DXMPers: DXMP Basketball, a bloodless game of basketball via DXMP--satifying that secret desire you always had to be the next Micheal Jordan or Magic Johnson, but could never fulfill because you couldn't get more than five steps away from the computer without passing out from the physical exertion. The map is 116 KB, and here is the download link: DXMP_Basketball. |
Twist - Chapter 13: "Men of Power" Sunday, October 6, 2002, 16:20 | Ghandaiah | Comments I actually wrote something. Surely there is a reward of some sort to be had here; A trophy of excellence. No? Oh, well. You folks get more content, anyway, and that's all that matters... I think. I know it's been a disgustingly long amount of time since I've last written anything for this site, and I will not offer excuses, though I have many. Here's the latest, anyway, so have at it... I'll try to be a little less absent from now on... I know you guys check this site every day in great anticipation to see if I, Master of Words, have produced some new article fit for the gods... Or perhaps that's just part of my pathetic fantasy... Hard to tell the difference these days. |
DXMP Swamps Courtyard Sunday, October 6, 2002, 13:31 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Grub Ninja has mailed us about his new DXMP map, which can be found here. The info page contains a lot of screenshots, and a short description. The map was designed with gameplay in mind, so it's not the most visually pleasing map in history, but I wouldn't say it's ugly either. Give it a chance. |
Target Sighted Updated Friday, October 4, 2002, 11:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Target Sighted has been updated. Apparently the poor Aesthesia has lost the ability to type coherent sentences, but I guess an update is an update. What I make of it is this: The weapons are being redone and some character portraits and concept sketches have been created somehow. Head on over there and check it out. Drop me a note if I went wrong somewhere in the translation of his news post ; ) |
Vortex Weapon Friday, October 4, 2002, 07:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments SmirKing_ReVeNge from the Vortex mod has sent us the screenshot below, which depicts an MP5SD-6 he has made for the mod. |
Project: Vortex Friday, September 27, 2002, 05:17 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved word of a new single player modification for DX, Project: Vortex, in which you play a spy working for MI6. Missions take place all over the world and will have many ways of completion. There will be new weapons, characters, skills, augmentations, gameplay, textures and classes, as well as a new character to control. In other words: a total conversion of Deus Ex. The player will be given many moral decisions to make, and these will all affect gameplay. A website for the mod may be found here. |
A Small Reminder from DXDune Thursday, September 26, 2002, 07:22 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Peter 'SpectralShadows' Boughton of the Dune mod asked us to post the following: I've said it many times, and it is true, so I will say it again. DXDUNE WILL NOT DIE. However, for progress to be made we need two things: Willing team members and faithful fans. If you have any experience with modding the Unreal/DeusEx engine, or other skills which would be useful, then please join up. If you are simply interested in the mod, please visit the forum and post - the more interest there is in the mod, the more motivated we will be to work faster and harder, and the sooner it will get released. The site has had over 4000 unique visitors - if only 10% of them posted a single message on the forum then it would nearly double the current amount of messages. We need your support! So, do what the man says. Join the mod, or at least just drop by their forum. |
Another Huge Redsun 2020 Update Thursday, September 26, 2002, 07:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Redsun 2020 has once again updated their site with no less than 20 new screenshots. The shots are from the levels HibiyaPark_Plaza, Passageways, HibiyaPark_Towers, YokotaniBank, TokyoStation and the intro cinematic. They also wanted us to know that they're not yet close to completion, but they're getting there. |
Paul Tozour DX2 AI Interview Thursday, September 26, 2002, 04:29 | slicer | Comments PC Gamer has conducted a large interview with many AI members within the gaming industry, Paul Tozour being the main one that takes our attention away from the others, check it out by clicking here. It's an interesting article to be kept in mind for the many years to come. Thanks to ShadowCode for the news. |
The Gladiators Mod and Two New Maps From It Tuesday, September 24, 2002, 11:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments FlyBoy has informed us that two new DXMP maps are available on the site of the Gladiators mod. No one has probably ever heard of the mod, but it's been in the works for some months now. They're looking for a good experienced coder, who thinks he might be able to make new MP gametypes for Deus Ex and/or other stuff. |
First Full TNM Track Released Tuesday, September 24, 2002, 07:02 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The full version of the first track for The Nameless Mod, Inherent in the System, has been uploaded to the site. It is 4,49 megabytes big and 2 minutes 20 seconds long. And good. Go download it this very minute. |
Testers Needed for DXMP_Velocity Sunday, September 22, 2002, 03:05 | Jonas Wæver | Comments [BM]Dark_Net is in need of about 6 beta testers for his new DXMP map Velocity. It uses the TNAG ALT FIRE mod and is about 6.25MB big. The testers need to have at least DSL or cable modem and need to have some editing knowledge. Contact [BM]Dark_Net at medorf@aol.com. |
New Mod: Deus Diablo Saturday, September 21, 2002, 03:53 | Jonas Wæver | Comments daedalus2051 has informed us that he is starting a new mod called Deus Diablo. He was unsure whether or not a mod with that name has existed before, but in any event it does now. He's looking for mappers, coders and texture artists. The site for the mod isn't up yet, but should, according to the text on the site, be finished sometime today. |
Some New DX2 Screenies Saturday, September 21, 2002, 03:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have been tipped off that the DX Zone has a couple of new screenshots from Deus Ex 2. You can see the reflection of the person who took the pictures in the screen, and the quality is terrible, but hey: it's DX2. |
StarCraft: Ghost Friday, September 20, 2002, 06:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Being a huge fan of StarCraft (as well as utterly and completely out of news) I felt a need to post this little piece of almost entirely unrelated news. As you might have read on our forums, Blizzard has recently announced the release of StarCraft: Ghost, which will be a 3rd person shooter in the world of StarCraft. Unfortunately they only have plans of releasing it for consoles so far, but they better decide to release it for PC too! Get the full story and some screenshots from GameSpy, or maybe from IGN.com. |
Voice act for The Nameless Mod Sunday, September 15, 2002, 19:01 | Despot | Comments Trestkon has mailed us to let us know that 7 voice actors are needed for a "secret" PR project code named The Bonus Stuff. To apply, send voice samples to Trestkon@Planetdeusex.com. In addition, Yardbomb wishes to inform us that he is more insane than before |
TNM Seeking Help Sunday, September 15, 2002, 06:22 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has a special PR project going and needs someone to finish it up, so the rest of the team can concentrate on the mod itself. Someone who has skills in mapping, camera points, some coding skills and at least a little experience in conversations is needed. Drop Trestkon a mail if you fit this description, or visit the site for more details. |
Redsun 2020 Nearing Completion Saturday, September 14, 2002, 03:11 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Redsun 2020 have posted some updates on their current progress. It looks like it's going really well, with only the conversations and debugging left to do, it seems. |
New Map: DXMP Water Treatment Thursday, September 12, 2002, 20:54 | Despot | Comments A new DXMP map is available for download from the DXMP Mappage page. The name is "DXMP Water Treatment," file size is 180 KB, author goes by the name of "Areola," and here's a download link: link. |
Cauldron updates Thursday, September 12, 2002, 17:26 | Despot | Comments Minor updates to Witchboy's Cauldron in the form of a new bio blurb and a new pic of Mr. Smith. Note the cool shades. ;) |
And Spector said: "Let There Be Jobs" Sunday, September 8, 2002, 13:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments ...and he saw that it was good. Hmm... I think that classifies as Worst Joke of the Year. Anyway, in case you haven't been visiting the ION Storm website lately, they are looking for employees at the moment. Sadly, they are looking for experienced employees. Read the specifics here. |
DeusAMP Friday, September 6, 2002, 10:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Despot has spotted a new program called DeusAMP by TRM, that allows you to control WinAMP inside Deus Ex. It may be downloaded from EdgeFiles.com. Readme included in HTML format. |
Some New DX2 Stuff Friday, September 6, 2002, 10:21 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Ophélie was so nice as to send us a link to a report from the games convention in Leipzig. There isn't much new information, but two nice pics are provided, and one of them contains four more or less new screenshots which show off some shadows and so on. I also couldn't help but notice the guy scratching his neck on one of the pics. That looks like some nice animations. |
OHND Story Released Thursday, September 5, 2002, 07:02 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The background story of OHND, Harbinger's Folly, has been posted for reading on-line or downloading as a zipped file in Word or just plain .txt format. 20 years after near global domination by Helios's puppets and "The Silencing" to which they subjected the world, Megacorps have taken the lead in restoring civilization. TriOptimum's crown jewel Citadel Station has been destroyed, as well as its top secret SHODAN class AI, by shadow employee 2-4601 - who has taken to the dark underground of Chi Town to avoid capture and certain death at the hands of TriOptimum. The Hacker, no longer 2-4601, but no longer anything he had once been - for better or worse - looked at Vash's medical report and saw his fate. SHODAN had tried to make him a god, but condemned him to a slow death. His memories were as black as his rotting body and as vacant as his soul. Robins had given him a chance to strike a blow against TriOptimum and TetraCorp, but with each mission realized Robins' information was too precise for a low-ranking executive. Walton Simons, transformed by his near-death experience at the hands of JC Denton and his own aching conscience for his role in ending "The Silencing", founder of ISIS-5, may be the only person capable of keeping the hacker out of the hands of a new and mysterious threat - a superhuman assassin with capabilities rivaling even SHODAN's "Elite" on Citadel. Have Simons and the Hacker struck a deal with the lesser of two evils; will they learn the err of their ways only too late? The OHND mod begins where Harbinger's Folly ends and will answer the question of what lies ahead. |
DX2 Preview at gamerCastle Thursday, September 5, 2002, 06:54 | Jonas Wæver | Comments gamerCastle have posted a small preview of Deus Ex 2. The preview may be found here. There isn't really any new info, but at least we can read it and confirm that we're not the only Deus Ex fanatics out there, who tremble at the thought of a sequel. |
On the Progress of Zodiac Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 13:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments AHA! NEWS! Sure, I had to go look for it, but it's there... at the very bottom of the mod list... Zodiac. They report that the work is going well. Mission 2 is almost ready for beta testing and Missions 3 and 4 are coming along nicely. The last part, part 3, containing the final two missions should be available in the start of 2003. Read it in other terms here. |
TNM Updated a Little Late Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 06:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Ah, here we are. The website for The Nameless Mod has been updated, featuring a new POTW showing off the new weapon: Akimbo Pistols inspired - with permission - by the only weapon ever completed for the Ordinance mod. Two new teammembers have also been announced. Joy! |
Not Quite Unrelated Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 05:37 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Thanks goes to Phoenix for supplying me with this almost completely unrelated news item. Apparently, the Greek government has banned ALL electronic gaming - get this - BY ACCIDENT! This also goes for games on mobile phones. You may read the details here and here. |
*Ahem* Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 05:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments In response to the latest news post on DXEditing, I would like to point out that I have not been abducted by aliens, nor have any of the other staffers... recently. We are merely extremely lazy... I mean, out of news! Yes, that's what I mean. We have no news, whatsoever. To compensate for this, I shall now go dig up something completely unrelated to Deus Ex, and only slightly related to gaming in general. Then, I'm going to update TNM, even though we usually update on mondays, and post about it here. Be right back... |
DX Coop Feedback Thread Friday, August 30, 2002, 12:11 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A thread dedicated to feedback for the DX Coop Liberty Island beta test has been started here. If you are interested in checking out the current status of the beta test, go ahead and browse the list. Once all that the list reads is fixed, the beta test will move on to New York City and Battery Park/Castle Clinton. |
Paladin X Demo Released Friday, August 30, 2002, 12:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments And now: Details about the new Paladin X demo: Well, here it is folks. After a lot of trials and tribulations, we have for you, the PALADIN X demo. Its taken alot of hard work. This Demo is the first level in the mod, although it is not the version that will appear in the final edition. This demo, unfortunately contains no conversations. they require immense detail to get the game rolling, and would have taken at least two more weeks to complete. However, in those two weeks, "Paladin X, Episode 1" will be released to you all, containing the beginning of the greatest adventure humanity has ever embarked on. Until then, enjoy. The demo may be downloaded from here. |
DX Zone Online Again Thursday, August 29, 2002, 11:40 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Phoenix has informed us that the new version of the german fanpage Deus Ex Zone is online now. It is here. |
New Wallpaper From OHND Thursday, August 29, 2002, 05:15 | Jonas Wæver | Comments AH! News at last! The OHND mod has released a new wallpaper in two different sizes: 800x600 and 1024x768. They also announced that they plan to release a brand new website this week, so look out for that. |
TNM Needs Coder Sunday, August 25, 2002, 02:33 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trestkon has mailed us that The Nameless Mod is now in need of a coder, with Winquman moving to a cold place and not taking his computer (I guess he needed a cold turkey). TNM needs a dedicated and hardworking coder (do those exist? Sorry). Payment will be in the form of radishes. Apply here. Quickly. I know you want to... |
New DX2 Screenshots Saturday, August 24, 2002, 07:21 | Despot | Comments Thanks to carone for pointing out that ION Storm has word of four new DX2 screenies on the official site. The setting appears to be some kind of gritty underworld bar, and the level of detail is freaking phenomenal. If this is any indication of how detailed the environments will be, then community designers are going to be hard-pressed to maintain the same standard... |
New Special Forces Site Online Saturday, August 24, 2002, 06:35 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Canadian has told us that a new Flash site for Deus Ex: Special Forces is now up. It's still under construction, but offers a bit of content. |
Penumbra to be Resurrected Thursday, August 22, 2002, 07:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Solidus Snake has sent us this mail regarding the reanimation of his mod Penumbra: Penumbra Mod is reopening its doors but to a new outlook of a different subject. The Penumbra mod is being transformed into an fan based anime game centered around the all time favorite anime called Trigun. For fans of this the storyline will be the classic sad Pioneer ending that could only be expected from Pioneer or the long awaited "Eden Project" ending. The basic plot is that Knives has now been planning behind Vash's back and is still trying to desicreat mankind to save all the "plants" (You'd have to watch Trigun to understand that one) from being killed off. If you have any Mapping ablity, skinning, con-edit or ADVANCED coding skills please contact me at mega_x2001@hotmail.com (I have MSN instant messanger) - Vash (aka Solidus Snake) |
OHND Looking for Teammembers Monday, August 19, 2002, 08:23 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Simple message from John Brough of Old Habits Never Die: OHND is looking for experienced mappers, voice actors, and modelers; emphasis on EXPERIENCED. Mail him if interested. |
New DX Fansite Sunday, August 18, 2002, 09:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments An anonymous sender has sent us the address for a new Deus Ex fansite and a brief description of the same: This is a site I have just started work on. I was sick of trying to find some interesting Deus Ex content on the net. Fansites just follow the same pattern of walkthrough, FAQ, screenshots etc... but hopefully this will be something different. Very early days, but there are some interesting things up already. I would appreciate some feedback as to what people would like to see on it. The site looks pretty cool already. Kinda roleplayish. If you feel like sending some feedback, click here. |
New Versions of Thievery Mutator and SvH Saturday, August 17, 2002, 12:53 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark[NSF], from Invisible Online, was so nice as to point out that ArcaneX has released version 1.2 of his Deus Ex Thievery Mutator. He also mentioned that Shade vs. Human v2.4b comes out on the 18th of august, so be sure to check out the new features. |
New FM: Fatal Weapon Friday, August 16, 2002, 15:33 | Despot | Comments New FM submitted Gillard Robert (BOB) entitled Fatal Weapon. Here is a bit o' descriptive text: I'm working on a story wich will be include three maps (including this one). I think it will be finished into one or two months. first I realised this map in French and second, I had to translate it in English. (I'm not Anglo-saxon but Belgian). So excuse me for some expressions that couldn't match. The complete work will be correctly translated by my Goddaughter who's just finished a language stage in England. Readme is here, and download link is here. File size is 1.3 MB. |
Unatco Born needs team Thursday, August 15, 2002, 08:36 | Despot | Comments fender2k1 has informed us that Unatco Born is in need of 2 mappers for the mod, a fair level of expertise with the Tools is prerequisite. Contact fender2k1 if interested. |
TNM Looking for Sound Tech Thursday, August 15, 2002, 05:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trestkon has mailed us to tell that The Nameless Mod is in need of a sound tech. This person will be responsible for creating custom sounds as well as editing and cleaning up voice acting files, when the time for that comes. Experience preferred. |
DX Coop Beta Released Wednesday, August 14, 2002, 05:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments While we're talking about the Coop mod, they have just released a beta test version. It contains the Liberty Island map, and is not supported by the team in any way other than that they'd like some reports of any bugs you encounter. There is no readme and no installer, so you're on your own if you wanna try this out. |
New DX SP Level Reviews Wednesday, August 14, 2002, 05:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Stuart "MrBunwah" Maine has recently sent us a mail to tell us that he's put up half a dozen reviews he's written of single player DX levels. So far, the reviews are of older levels, but when he gets the rest of the site up to date, he'll add some reviews of newer levels. He'll also write a review of the DX Coop mod at some point. |
DXW Goes Down Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 11:50 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Phoenix has informed us that the Deus Ex World mod is dead "due to the stupidity of our lead-designer... *cough* uhm... I mean, because of internal probs" as she put it. |
TNM Weekly Update Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 11:46 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Yes, it is a bit late, but my connection took a hike yesterday before I managed to post it, so sorry about that. In any event, The Nameless Mod has been updated as usual, this time with a new wallpaper, made by Liquid Snake, as Picture of the Week. Abom|nation has also returned from holiday and is ready to resume his graphics making. The picture you currently see as our own PotD was made by me in a spree of creativity, and so, it is not officially a TNM thing; it is to be considered fan art, even if I am part of the team. |
The Path to Illumination, The Thirteenth Sign Sunday, August 11, 2002, 21:32 | King Kashue | Comments AUG-STRAVAGANZA continues with another installment of Path to Illumination...You didn't think I was going to have another installment done in a week...don't lie to me, I deserve better than that...I can't believe that you had so little faith in me...jeez...Well, like I said, we've got another installment...not that you deserve it... |
Paladin X News Sunday, August 11, 2002, 07:16 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Slight correction from the Paladin X team: We recently announced that the Paladin X demo would be released, then didn't really follow it up. Well, we had to make several additions to, and subtractions from, the level, which pushed back the release date. The level structure is now complete. We still have to finish the conversations, but that will be complete by roughly Wednesday/Thursday. Hence the Paladin X demo will definately be complete by this Friday. Thx for your time. |
10 New Cassandra Screenshots Friday, August 9, 2002, 13:14 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Cassandra Project has updated their website with 10 new screenhots from the mod. They show off some levels, skins and two new weapons, amongst other things. This exists as a direct link. |
New Hosted Site: Endemia Wednesday, August 7, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments New Hosted Site with us today: a DX editing resources site, Endemia. Custom models, textures, and skins up for download. Text is a little bit hard to understand at times 'cus of a language barrier, but the work speaks for itself. |
TNM Updated Monday, August 5, 2002, 10:23 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The TNM site has once again been updated, this time with a rather different PotW in a lack of new map screenshots. Additionally, Winquman has retired from active coding for the mod, since he's moving to the cold and desolate plains of northern Sweden. |
New DX2 Video Monday, August 5, 2002, 05:36 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Lubomir Hauerland has found a new in-game video from Deus Ex 2 on the Czech gaming site Bonusweb. Now, I think you should sit down. Ok, ready? It is in their paid section. *Hands out napkins* There, there... go on, let it out... that's it. In order to prevent the number of internet suicides to rise dramatically from this piece of news, Lubomir has put up some pics from the video on his DX fansite. They're pretty low quality, but at least it's something. I think it might be time for us to start a support group for people that read news like this. |
The Path to Illumination, The Twelfth Majestic Sunday, August 4, 2002, 21:41 | King Kashue | Comments Hey there, new Path to Illumination...Gonna do one every week in August...Calling it AUG-STRAVAGANZA...Don't blame me, I know it's stupid...Well, if you had a better idea, why didn't you tell me?!? Yeah, whatever...Just go check out the installment...There are pretty pictures...and some, uh...not so pretty pictures... |
PCGamer + Deus Ex Schtuff Sunday, August 4, 2002, 05:53 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DJPaul tipped us off that the September issue of PCGamer UK (#113) features Hotel Carone and Zodiac Part 1. There was also something about BremXJones wanting to kiss Steve Tack... Additionally, PCGamer has placed Deus Ex on the second place in their Top 100 Games Ever list. Only topped by Half-Life. |
The 0th Indie Game Jam Saturday, August 3, 2002, 07:10 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Gwog Himself tipped us off that a couple of Ion Storm guys participated in the first ever Indie Game Jam, which is a completely hilarious idea! You've got to go there and read about it, it's just... funny. Also, notice the brilliance of Doug Church's website! Isn't it just marvellously designed? ;P |
OHND Forums Launch Thursday, August 1, 2002, 15:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Old Habits Never Die mod has launched their forums, which can be found here. Feedback, criticism, questions, suggestions and signs of sympathy are welcomed. |
New Interview and Spotlight on DXEditing Thursday, August 1, 2002, 10:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DXEditing.com has published an interview with Face from Disclosure, as well as a Mod Spotlight with The Nameless Mod. The spotlight features much new info on the mod, including four brand new screenshots and the theme music of the mod! |
Invisible Online Update Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 14:10 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark[NSF] reports that he has updated the weapon section of the [NSF] mod with new images of what the guns will look like, stats and some general information. The next update will be for the Player Class section. Additionally, Shade vs. Human 2.4 will be coming out on 2. Aug, so watch for it. |
Ion Storm Forums return Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 03:40 | slicer | Comments As silent as Ion Storm have been, their forums have now returned after a few months of quietness. You can find the forums by clicking here |
Rescue review and closer look Monday, July 29, 2002, 16:04 | Despot | Comments Two updates from DXEditing.com regarding GreatAroo's SP map, Rescue. First, there is a 20 MB file that contains the source files and development information for the mission--quite handy as a reference. Secondly, there's a review of the same map by CoMpUdOc, slicer, Trystero, and DerianX. The final score is a bit low, however: 38.5% |
SkyWard Fires Update Monday, July 29, 2002, 12:05 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Even though they were too lazy to mail us, and therefore don't deserve to have an entire news item of their own, I hereby bring you news of updates to the SkyWard Fires website. The site has had it's long needed redesign by Greg "Zurios" Fiske, who has also been appointed webmaster. DerianX has joined the team as level designer, and there are some new screenshots of NYC by Kamdew. |
A Desperate Plea for Help Monday, July 29, 2002, 03:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have received the following desperate cry for help from Dark[NSF]: The [NSF] Mod has its advanced weapon code complete, but, I can't replicate (client to server and server to client) it!!! If you would like to help me (Dark[NSF]) out, plllleeeeeaaaassseeee!!! please, email me. I am so close but yet... so far away. The only other way to solve this problem is to have some modelers make models (and I currently dont have any modelers! They join then quit, it makes me angry =) ) so I don't need to use dx weapon models and the automatic script (cuts down model's shoot anim, but veeeeery buggy). If you want to show some mercy and help this poor, suffering man, mail him here or here. Also, this is his site. |
Steve Tack interviewed @ DXM.com Saturday, July 27, 2002, 21:01 | Despot | Comments DeusEx-Machina.com has posted a new interview with the creator of Zodiac (and the man behind Tack's Deus Ex Lab), Steve Tack. Discussion of the project and its history to be had, as well as some information about the team behind it. A quote: DXM: Why the name Zodiac for your project? Steve: Hehe, well you'll have to play the final version to find out. :) It has kind of a double meaning, but the initial idea came directly off of a conspiracy website. DXM: Oh? Got any more details to share about that, or would you rather not? Steve: Here's a hint: the MJ12 that is talked about on many of those conspiracy sites is closer to "X-Files" kind of stuff than the MJ12 in Deus Ex. ZODIAC has more to do with *that* MJ12. |
Shade vs. Human v2.0b released Saturday, July 27, 2002, 18:03 | Despot | Comments Invisible Online has released version 2.0b of their Shades vs. Humans mod. You can see changes here, and find download links here. |
TNM Short Story Contest Saturday, July 27, 2002, 06:57 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has launched a short story contest. Basically, you can write a story with a max. of 400 words and send it to Trestkon, and they'll pick a winner or two. The winner will have his story put in a book in the mod. Check the site for details. |
Modifications Friday, July 26, 2002, 20:26 | Despot | Comments
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DX2 Interview Thursday, July 25, 2002, 13:21 | Despot | Comments Today we have an interview with various members of the DX2 team on BGN.be, pointed out by Raptor. A few tidbits of new information about the game, and here's the obligatory quote: You claim that the game will be playable without killing a single person, what's the fun in that? Matt: As our characters and world become more believable, more players are going to be thinking twice before putting a bullet in someone's head. The possibility of a non-lethal path presents a challenge to those who wish to adopt that play style. But more than the challenge, lethal force is something that should be left up to the player. Just because we may go in with guns blazing doesn't mean that we should force all players to do the same thing. Deus Ex has always been about choices, and this seems like an important one. |
Special Forces Lifesigns Thursday, July 25, 2002, 03:45 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved a news update from Dark_Spirit of the Special Forces mod: Jarus (a.k.a. hejhujka) has been working hard to get all the code for the mod done, and all coding for the mod is now finished. New gametypes, etc. Mapping is going great as well. For now, they have only 2 maps completely done, but it looks like that number will be increasing to 4 soon. Nonkillingmachine has been working hard on his maps, and soon they'll have some screenshots of his finished map: SF_Abandonedcity. The moddeling and texturing hasn't gone as well. Due to a lack of time, gunndar hasn't completed all of his texturing yet, but he will soon. Dark_Spirit will complete animating the weapons he made within long. Currently, only 1 weapon is completely done - due to a virus on Dark_Spirit's computer, the 7 completely done weapons were lost - the AK47, and screenshots will follow soon. Estimated status: Coding: 100% Moddeling: 55% Texturing: 50% Mapping: 50% |
Hotel Carone v1.1 Wednesday, July 24, 2002, 19:18 | Despot | Comments Word from carone that version 1.1 of his mod, Hotel Carone, adding two sets of conversations, and making changes to the difficulty system. Grab the 29 MB file here, or find other download locations on the HC Downloads page. A smaller patch is also available from the downloads page for those of you that have version 1.0. |
Deus Ex Wallpaper Tuesday, July 23, 2002, 11:18 | Winquman | Comments Shedd Foster has made a new wallpaper for Deus Ex. It can be found here. Even though the size is not perfect for a wallpaper, it's pretty nice. |
TNM Weekly Update Monday, July 22, 2002, 07:39 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has just done the weekly update. This week, that means the release of 8 - yes, 8! - new skin shots and half a music track by the newest member: Tre. Head on over and listen to it, it's well worth it. |
Twist - Chapter 12: "Duality." Monday, July 22, 2002, 00:27 | Ghandaiah | Comments And things get even stranger still. If you've been following this chapter-by-chapter novel, major events occur in this chapter, and a large chunk of the plot starts to reveal itself. Though I must admit none of what's happened so far even touches the real deal. Go ahead and discuss this chapter in the comments thread. Or in the Off-Topic Forum. Whatever. Just read it. Please? |
DXEditing.com in need of reviewers Saturday, July 20, 2002, 08:13 | slicer | Comments News has come in from CoMpUdOc that DXEditing.com needs more reviewers on their staff team (as well as tutorial writers): The DXEReview department is in need of more reviewers! Applicants need to have good knowledge of the Deus Ex Single Player game, a working knowledge of DXMP and a general knowledge in using IRC. Applicants must be available between the hours of 7:00PM and 9:00PM Eastern Time on Saturdays. Also, applicants preferably need to have some DX/DXMP Beta testing and/or SDK experience. Please reply in the Submittals & Applications forum, or email compudoc@dxediting.com |
Paladin X Looking Good Thursday, July 18, 2002, 05:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Paladin X sends word that the first map of 6 is nearly complete and will be released as their demo within the next few days(!) The only thing left to do is the conversations. The next map is about 55% complete, with the next being about 35% done. In other words, the mod is looking good! Their site is also functional, although a few more links will be added over time. Character bios, in particular. Their new wallpaper has been put up as POTD, and looks kinda creepy, me thinks. In a cool way ;P |
PDX = 4 Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 21:50 | Despot | Comments Well, well, a To-Do item and many good intentions aside, it still took a poke from Mr. Gwog to make us aware of the fact that as of the 14th of this month, PlanetDeusEx has in fact been in existence for 4 (four) years. That's almost too many to count on one hand! Gwog would also like it to be known that it is one year since he was "fired"...but he's not bitter...except about not getting any presents. This also marks one year of Site Coordinating by Despot, which coincidentally coincides with the descent of the site into madness and disarray. Or maybe that's Ghandaiah's fault. But who cares?! Party in the Comments thread! |
The Cassandra Project Needs Musician Monday, July 15, 2002, 11:33 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Cassandra Project are looking for a musician to compose two short looping .wav files for the mod. There is a post about it here, and I couldn't express it better myself, so check it out for more info. |
TNM Update Monday, July 15, 2002, 11:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Update at The Nameless Mod: The honorable team leader, Trestkon, has returned from holidays (as have I, obviously), and updated the Picture of the Week. It is a depiction of a part of the Forum City - currently in development by the newest team member: Tre - namely, a sign at the WorldCorp building. |
Resident Evil DX Mod Monday, July 15, 2002, 11:16 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Walking Dead Entertainment have been considering whether to start production on a Resident Evil mod for Deus Ex/Deus Ex 2. If you've been waiting for a mod like this, or thinks it's a cool idea, mail Demoman. If they get a good response, they'll start churning out Zombies soon. |
Prequel wallpaper Sunday, July 14, 2002, 19:07 | Despot | Comments PaulBond has informed us of some new media for those looking forward to The DX Prequel: a new wallpaper. Preview of: And some links: 800x600 version and 1024x768. |
DXMP_News Saturday, July 13, 2002, 19:35 | Despot | Comments Files:
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Thievery Mutator porting to DX Thursday, July 11, 2002, 20:11 | Despot | Comments Thanks to D-X.org, DXEditing.com, and Mazur for the word regarding a port of the Thievery Mutator by Arcanex--description: This is a port of the original Thievery Mutator from UT to Deus Ex. Like the original, what this does is change your translucency depending on the amount of light falling on you, allowing you to effectively be invisible in the dark. With a new AI visibility system in Deus Ex, now you can also effectively hide from the bot AI. You even get a lightgem to check your visibility, just like the Thief games. More info regarding Thievery can be found here. |
FilePlanet 2.0 Launch Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 13:14 | Despot | Comments New look over at FilePlanet.com: faster, sleeker, and easier to use. Features include:
A full press release can be seen here. It looked better centered... |
Got Ghand 21: Dead in the Water Monday, July 8, 2002, 17:28 | Ghandaiah | Comments lozl omgz it r tey ghandseshasa mann!!!1 an he si hear wiht anothar instalmant of tey GOT GHRAND artacle!!!1111kthx *SLAP!* Oh. Hello. Yes... I've finally produced Got Ghand 21... After some one month plus period of time... Yes, I know, I'm really slow with these things... But Got Ghand is gunna die off soon enough... And then I'll have all the time in the world for Twist. So. Hmm. Yes. Well then. King Kashue? |
Plans for Zodiac Part 2 Monday, July 8, 2002, 12:36 | Despot | Comments Steve Tack has updated the Zodiac with a brief word that Part 2 is in the works and will hopefully be released in 2 or 3 months. The plan is to include missions 2, 3, and 4 in Part 2, then release a "full" version that contains both parts. |
DXMP_News Monday, July 8, 2002, 12:21 | Despot | Comments Files: New map on Deus Ex Ed--the Paris Chateau level ported to DXMP by steve_j. Other: a rather innovative review by panel of DerianX's DXMP_Nucleus, in which CoMpUdOc, slicer, Killer, and Monoxide hold an open discussion about the map, giving their rating of the map's various aspects, making f00lios of themselves in the process... |
Disclosure screenage & update Monday, July 8, 2002, 12:05 | Despot | Comments Chanced to wander by D-X.org, and discovered word of an update to the Disclosure: new screenshots to be seen, as well as word that if beta testing goes well, the second demo will be released in the next few weeks. |
Mod: Alson AI Project Monday, July 8, 2002, 11:47 | Despot | Comments CritikalError sends word of a new mod of his, titled the " Alson AI Project." All the page links are invalid, and the design is temporary, so there isn't much to see just yet, but check back in later, as it is said. |
Spotlight on: Hotel Carone Friday, July 5, 2002, 13:09 | Despot | Comments So, you've played Hotel Carone (if you haven't, slap yourself upside the head and get downloading). Now, a candid profile of the author, carone! *drum roll* carone likes sheep. And now, carone answers a few questions about the mod and its development, along with a few Pearly Words o' Wisdom(tm). Check it. |
Two New DXMP Maps by Phase Wednesday, July 3, 2002, 06:25 | Jonas Wæver | Comments [[N]]Phase has recently finished two DXMP maps and would like people to know that they are available for download, since too many people who haven't downloaded the maps beforehand are lagging his server. The first map is DXMP_Nightmare. It was finished yesterday and has a download link at this page. The other map is DXMP_Glitter, which Phase also finished recently and has a download link here. |
The Nameless Mod updates Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 12:23 | Despot | Comments Updates from The Nameless Mod: new POTW from Abom|nation, three absentees (Spaceman, Winquman, and Jonas), and a note about two polls on DXEditing.com regarding the Spotlight and Interview choices for July. Coupla strange options on that Interview poll...whoever signed me up?? |
Prequel's New Webmaster Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 03:46 | Jonas Wæver | Comments PaulBond from the Prequel sends word that the position of webmaster for the mod has been filled. Braun will be taking over for Sym, who is a bit too busy to handle that aspect of the mod. You can see an example of Braun's work here. He's been running this Deus Ex site for the past 1½ years. |
News of the DX movie Monday, July 1, 2002, 12:00 | Despot | Comments PCGamer apparently can't get enough of Deus Ex: we have word that the current issue contains an article about the DX movie that is in the works. Spiderman producer Laura Zisken and Alien 3 writer Greg Pruss are working on the film, although the plot and cast aren't in place yet. Other tidbits of info are to be had as well, such as expected release time (sometime in 2005). Thanks to Mark Peloquin and Anubus134@aol.com notifying us of this. |
Grenade Climbing #2 Monday, July 1, 2002, 11:26 | Despot | Comments A new Article from OiNutter: Grenade Climbing #2. Otherwise known as "The continued adventures of OiNutter, esq., Ladies' Man, Super Spy, and Master Grenade Climber Extraordinaire." NYC is covered in this installment, and a few extraneous issues of extreme importance. Like public safety and mirror dice. Read. |
DX Winamp skin v2.0 Monday, July 1, 2002, 11:20 | Despot | Comments burning has sent over an update to the DX Winamp skin, created with permission from the original creator, Khakionion. Updates include:
Grab the file here. |
Hotel Carone Released Sunday, June 30, 2002, 21:27 | Despot | Comments After what is know as "a long time" in development, carone from #dxediting has finally released his much-anticipated Fan Mission: Hotel Carone. This FM was submitted, unfinished, to the Fan-Made Mission contest (gives you an idea of how long it's been around), and the following was said of it by ION Storm: "Hotel Carone" starts out with an incredibly cool intro flic, some wonderful geometry (weirdly like some of the DX2 concept art!). There's an awesome moment where you find a miniature model of a location you get to explore, life-size, later in the mission (which had us loudly lamenting the fact that we hadn't thought of doing that ourselves!). The mission concept allowed players to stay with UNATCO (probably the most requested unrealized story element in the original game). There was some great lighting, great architecture, innovative use of the technology, multiple paths... Everything except a climax. So call Hotel Carone the unfinished symphony and wonder what might have been... Well, now you can see it. Get downloading. |
Skyward Fires newsage Sunday, June 30, 2002, 11:02 | Despot | Comments KaMiKaZe from Skyward Fires sends word of an Update: the site has been re-designed; there are some new screenshots from an NYC map by Kamdew; and four members: Phoenix and DerianX, who will be mapping, and Fender2k1 and Suriana, who will be voice acting. They're also looking for somebody to do coding for them. Send mail to here if interested. |
Shade vs. Human 2.0 released Thursday, June 27, 2002, 21:09 | Despot | Comments Shade vs. Human version 2.0 has been released: it can be downloaded from this page. A list of changes can be had here. Information and contact info can be found here. |
The Path To Illumination: The Eleventh Hour Thursday, June 27, 2002, 15:40 | King Kashue | Comments Well, I'm back and I'm cheesed off...I was planning on being the first to use the picture of Despot as part of a joke...But nnooooooo...Ghand had to tack the picture of Despot on to the end of his last news post...No lead up, no structure, just the picture of Despot...How cheap can you get?!?...I mean I had big plans for the unveiling of the picture of Despot, even though I wasn't the one to acquire it...I wouldn't be upset if Ghand had used the picture of Despot in a suitable manner, but he just threw the picture of Despot up there as an afterthought...So much potential lost...So much could have been done with the picture of Despot... Ah well...Oh yeah, there's a new installment of Path to Illumination...go uh...go take a look... |
Harvey Smith interviewed by Gaming Horizons Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 17:59 | Despot | Comments Seen on GamespyDaily: an interview with Harvey Smith on Gaming Horizon. A few new screenies and some new info. A quote: GH: How will the non-linear story work? Will your choices, good or bad, affect the ending? Will there be more than one ending, or bonus items as a reward for making the "good" decisions? HS: Our writers, Sheldon Pacotti and Sarah Paetsch have written thousands of lines of "barks." These are sets of one-liners that reflect the AI state of a character. So, as the player moves through the world, changing things, characters can make intelligent comments that reflect these changes. Characters have different personalities and agendas, so one might reward you for doing something good, while another might reward you for doing something darker. Our branching conversations reflect the way you've played too--most characters have several ways of looking at your actions. We've also cooked up four endgames. |
20 Redsun 2020 screenshots Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 15:29 | Despot | Comments Markus from RedSun 2020 sends word of an addition of twenty (!) new screenshots from the mod. The "last updated" text is not current, I have been assured that this is new content. A preview: Quite nice looking shots. Now all we need is a release date. :) |
Shade vs. Human mod to be updated Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 10:45 | Despot | Comments Dark from Invisible Online sends word that the 2.0 version of the Shade vs. Human mod will be released tomorrow, with a list of changes too long to list here. Several bug fixes and interesting features have been added, although no beta testing has been done. No maps are available for the mod, so if you'd like to do some mapping, contact Dark. |
Poll #31 results & Poll #32 Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 10:09 | Despot | Comments Right, so a new poll: Did/do you modify the menus' appearance in DX? Did ION put in a useful or useless Feature? Only YOU can decide...*cue 60's-style Tension-and-Drama music* Also, results from the last poll are in, comments from three forum regulars: Jackie, King Kashue, and OiNutter. |
The World Trade Center Mod Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 09:42 | Despot | Comments Received word of a new DX mod that looks rather unique: it is, apparently, a mod based on a hypothetical chain of events following the World Trade Center collapse. Here's the story blurb: After the World Trade Centre Disaster and during the war on terror in Afghanistan President George W Bush uses the cover of war on terrorism to slowly take away peoples civil rights and liberties (e.g. – prison without a Trial). Backed and encouraged by American constitutions (Most notably F.E.M.A and its head) the president begins a second war on terror this time against Iraq, after the declaration of war Iraq launches its nuclear arsenal, The 3 missiles fired reach there target destinations (New York, Washington D.C and California) The country is in a state of panic and uproar, during the confusion the head of F.E.M.A (name here) takes the chance and implements the special powers granted to him for use during emergency, By removing the president and shutting down congress he takes control of America, as the story unfolds you find out that the war on terror has been a cover for something bigger, now its you’re job to find out what it is. Link is http://www.geocities.com/dxmod2002/main. Staff is wanted (no surprises), contact is Richard Priestley. |
New designs on Crimson Death Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 09:20 | Despot | Comments Crimson Death has a new site design--new page has been tested in IE 5.0 or later, but should also work in the latest Netscape version. Comments/questions can be directed to lucijan.blagonic@pu.hinet.hr. |
PlanetDeusEx Winamp Skin... Friday, June 21, 2002, 16:56 | King Kashue | Comments This went up a before, but it was taken down for a while due to revision and download server "issues"...I know everyone was upset that they couldn't download it before...*crickets chirping*...Now's your chance!!!...*crickets stop chirping*... Okay...whatever...here's the PlanetDeusEx Winamp Skin...Honestly, it's pretty darn good...*crickets walk out, slamming door*...fine...be that way... |
Another DXW Update Thursday, June 20, 2002, 16:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex World has some new members, but they're still looking for a good modeller. They're also working on the new website, on which you can see a new screenshot, showing the second DM map for the beta. |
DX: The Prequel Needs Webmaster Thursday, June 20, 2002, 09:28 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex: The Prequel is in need of a webmaster. They're looking for someone with experience. If you think that you fit the bill, email PaulBond. They've also recently picked up a new teammember. Oracle Soul will be doing the music for the mod. |
Deus Ex World Back in Action Tuesday, June 18, 2002, 08:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex World have got their new english news section online. They're looking for somebody who knows both english and german to translate for them. If that's you, click here. They've also finished the first the first map for the beta. |
DXW Update Monday, June 17, 2002, 09:49 | Jonas Wæver | Comments At the moment, the DXW site has some problems with the host server, but the site will be up again within long. The multiplayer beta will soon be released too. They had a "minor" problem: Some scripts were deleted : ( The Mod also needs some more members:
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Twist - Chapter Eleven: The Silent Storm Monday, June 17, 2002, 00:43 | Ghandaiah | Wow. I actually got off my lazy arse and, like, mashed on my keyboard until it produced something in understandable english. Again. So, uh, read it, okay? Big stuff going on in this chapter. Big stuff. As big as Despot. And that's, like, really, really BIG! N' stuff. So, hmm. Yes, well, did I remind you to read my article? I did? Well, uh, just remember to, like, you know, read my article. And laugh at Despot. Can't forget to do that. Gotta get your priorities straight, son. |
TNM Interactive Story Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:26 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Thanks to Dark Templar, the interactive story of The Nameless Mod finally works. The idea is that the people who read it will write the different chapters as they go. The story is called The Ruins of Deus Ex Incarnate, and in case you don't know, Deus Ex Incarnate was the forefather of PlanetDeusEx. The story is set on and below the forums of PlanetDeusEx (and maybe beyond) like TNM. The main page of the story is here. Enjoy! |
New DX2 Movie Saturday, June 15, 2002, 14:15 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Despite 3 years of german class, I don't understand very much of this little new DX2 movie on GameStar, which demonstrates how EMP grenades work, and how they LOOK! Go download it, it's only 4 megabytes. Thanks a lot to Raptor for the news. |
Major Changes to the OHND Site Saturday, June 15, 2002, 04:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments SSDX has renamed their directory to www.planetdeusex.com/ohnd and their site to OHND. Work is in progress on forums/chat, art gallery and a links page. Some fan art is going to be added to the art gallery too, if they recieve any. Feedback on the site is appreciated. |
PC Gamer's exclusive preview of Deus Ex 2 Friday, June 14, 2002, 04:14 | slicer | Comments PC Gamer (Future Publishing Ltd) has produced a huge 6-page exclusive preview of Deus Ex 2 (thanks to GigaFuzz for the news) in their latest issue. A few new screenshots can be found on this latest issue of PCG, Issue #111 / July 2002 plus one of the long awaited shots of the male and female Alex Denton (the player in which you will play as) can be found too! The preview sounds more of a review of the game rather than a preview, with PCG praising the many effects that they have witnessed when they were shown around the game by Ion Storm, in particular, the lighting and shadowing effects have been the key highlights that makes the game very attractive. All this is thanks to the use of modern technology that powers the graphics effects with the likes of the heavily modified Unreal Warfare engine and the "state-of-the-art" Deus Ex 2 physics engine, which is powered by he use of Havok SDK. Unlike Deus Ex, which was powered by the older Unreal engine, the mixture of lighting, shadow effects and sounds effects has allowed Ion Storm to produce a more sophisticated AI that powers the bots in the game. If you plan to hide from guards and become careless, you’ll regret to have even stepped into the danger zone. As Harvey Smith, Project Director, explains: Everything in the world casts shadows. Our shadows are really amazing. The guards will hear a noise and come and investigate, but if you then go quiet and turn off the lights, the guard will be like ‘Oh, it must have been a rat’ and then go away. and as Paul Tozour, AI Developer, explains about the AI having sound occlusion: This (sound occlusion) indicates how much the current noise level in the area is blocking the NPC’s hearing. All the sounds the AI can hear – footsteps, humming machines, explosions, people talking – will cause this gauge to rise and make it more difficult for the NPC to hear things. So if you have an NPC standing in front of a noisy machine and the machine is switch on, you’ll see the NPC’s audio occlusion bar rise, and this will make it more difficult for him to hear your footsteps. Of course, as PCG states, the main drive behind the game is not only the looks but the story and playability. Deus Ex 2 (and Deus Ex) is in a way, a very unique game. Unlike other games where you are guided from start to end, you are given options, which can change the game as you progress. As quoted (from PCG) from the mastermind of Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2, Warren Spector (Studio Director): When you play a game it shouldn’t be about how clever the designer is, it shouldn’t be about ‘My God! What a cool puzzle! Wasn’t that neat, the way the designer created something and I solved it!’ It should be about you, in a game world, interacting with the game world and way you want it, making a plan and executing it. The player gets to be creative. There are a few giveaways from the preview as to what the game will provide. Reading this quote: JC Denton is missing and UNATCO have reared four genetically enhanced agents to look for him. makes the game sounds very mysterious (especially if you have played Deus Ex) and increases the temptations to get the game furthermore. … Ok, ok, I get the message, I won’t write anymore otherwise I might as well copy the entire article over. I would have liked to post a few shots in here but the force of Ghandaiah and his Peanut World is too strong. Go and buy the magazine to reveal more interesting news than what I have written. |
Breaking Point Won Thursday, June 13, 2002, 06:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Chris J sends word that the name poll is his site is closed for submissions, and the dicision has been made: The map will be called Breaking Point. He wants to thank those of you who voted. |
The Nameless Mod at Modpages Thursday, June 13, 2002, 02:35 | Winquman | Comments Modpages has done an interview with Trestkon, coordinator of The Nameless Mod. The interview is, if you haven't figured that yet, about the mod. It can be found here, and below you can find an example from it: Insyder: What kind of weapons are being planned on for the first release? Trestkon: Ah, got to love the weapons! Well, we already have several new weapons modeled, coded and working in game. They vary from serious to silly. We have a firestaff (shoots fire) a napalm gun, a gibinator as well as a laser, we are also working on a new weapon to replace the pistol, we have other weapons planned and will be working on them soon enough. |
Interview with Harvery Smith at GameSpot Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 17:43 | slicer | Comments After the huge amount of interests over Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, GameSpot interviews Harvey Smith of Ion Storm concerning DX2, as usual, revealing more information about the game. Read more by clicking here. |
SS Deus Ex with new site design Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 09:33 | Winquman | Comments SSDX, or the System Shock Deus Ex Project, will soon get a new site design. According to John Brough, the Project Coordinator, the new design will be graphically less noisy. He also points out that it might take a while for it to load on slower modems. At the moment you can find the new design here, but it will be moved to the PlanetDeusEx site, and more stuff will be added to it. The team is also in need of NPC/weapon/item modelers who can also code them for use. You can apply on their homepage. |
Update at TNM Monday, June 10, 2002, 06:04 | Winquman | Comments There has been an update at The Nameless Mod. There is a new wallpaper, and it's been added to the Media section together with the old wallpaper. TNM has also got a new mapper (again), and the Story and About sections have been updated. And that's it. |
DXEditing.com Relaunched! Sunday, June 9, 2002, 16:57 | slicer | Comments DXEditing.com has been relaunched following the temporary closure late last year. Being the former most popular mod site, it has now been relaunched with updated content and a full dedicated team running behind it, providing the Deus Ex community with more resources once again. Some of the highlighted features include in-depth reviews, tutorials plus the memorable "mod spotlight". Visit it by clicking here. |
News From DX Dune Sunday, June 9, 2002, 03:46 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex Dune is starting up a competition soon, where you will be given a theme, and then you may model, map, design or draw whatever fits the theme. If, for example, the theme is "Design a Lasgun", then everybody has a shot at it and then the team selects the best one, the one that they'll probably use, and the designer gets a prize. Also, their forums are very active and they're always searching for ideas. So if you have an idea, come by their "Got a great idea?" forum and post it there. |
The State of Party Zone Friday, June 7, 2002, 11:21 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Diablo asked me to post the following message about the current state of the Party Zone mod: Recently, I've been recieving a lot of e-mails requesting information about Party Zone. Just to clarify, most of the team is currently working on another project (TNM) and so, production on the mod has stopped. This is only temporary, and we will be back soon with a brand new version of Party Zone. We still welcome all feedback and offers of help, especially from anyone running servers as we are very interested in opinions on how the mod is played. Thanks, Deus Diablo |
The Flutey Games Map Project Friday, June 7, 2002, 11:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Chris J of Flutey Games would like you all to go to his site and submit your vote on what he should call his (so far really good looking) single player map. More information is on the site. |
Re-View of DX @ Evil Avatar Thursday, June 6, 2002, 16:08 | Despot | Comments Evil Avatar has posted a fairly interesting "Re-View" of Deus Ex, which consists mainly of spoiler-laden nostalgia, which isn't a bad thing, really. A quote: Re-View is not your standard review. It isn’t really an attempt to convince you that a given game is worth buying, not buying, or even buying just so that you can take a belt sander to the CD. No Re-View is really predicated on the notion that its readers (yes, both of you) have at least a substantive knowledge of the game being discussed, and often even that you’ve played it. It’s not so much about tossing subjective opinions around in the hopes of providing an insightful purchasing decision. It’s more about tossing subjective opinions around because doing so is fun. Ultimately, it’s just an excuse to talk about great games. Thanks to the Author, Elysium, and Andreas M. for the notice(s). |
Lifesigns from Paladin X Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 05:13 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Paladin X team is back up to full steam. Here's a few things they would like to say:
They also made a new site because the old webmaster is gone, along with all their stuff. |
TNM Update Tuesday, June 4, 2002, 13:52 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has posted a picture from a new map by Hao Niu-rou. This one depicts Sol's bar, in a not quite finished version. Let's just say that SOME elements of it might still be changed (*nudges TV*). A new teammember has been recruited. YardBomb will make the last skins, and is already at it. There is also a new and improved applet for the progress ticker, which now shows the correct numbers. |
NSF News Tuesday, June 4, 2002, 13:49 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark[NSF] sends word that the beta testers have been selected and you should be sure to check your email soon, as he'll mail those who signed up. He is also currently redesigning the Shade vs. Human Mod, so look out for the updates on www.invisibleonline.net. |
Vampire Postponed Sunday, June 2, 2002, 11:42 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Vampire mod is taking the Prequel's lead and postponing the mod for the release of Deus Ex 2. It's explained with a lack of teammembers and general support from the forum. Read more on their site. |
Destiny Mod Sunday, June 2, 2002, 10:08 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this from a guy called Daedelus: Destiny may move to the Half-Life engine. I know noone has heard of Destiny but it may move. Destiny was a mod I wanted to make that incorporated a great deal of DX's strengths. Unfortunately noone wanted to join the mod team. Destiny is in need of everyone and anyone. If you want to join, email me at iaedeadelus@yahoo.com. But before you do, check out the web site at http://destinymod.8m.net. Features: Expansive levels, a lot of choices, a large arsenal, many jobs, a bit of realism (no killing people in the city, get shot at by cops), and much more. if you have any questions email me. |
Awards, awards, awards... Sunday, June 2, 2002, 04:05 | Jonas Wæver | Comments GameSpy awarded Deus Ex 2 the runner up for their RPG award at E3. Gamespot has placed Invisible War on number 5 in their list of the top PC games of E3 (note the DX2 concept drawing in the image on the front page). Read more here. Well Rounded Entertainment included it in their list of best PC games at E3. I still think awards for unfinished games is a strange idea, but what the hay, as long as they keep giving some to DX2 :) |
Another Deus Ex 2 Preview Friday, May 31, 2002, 13:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments This is pretty good despite the lack of new info. If you're like me and absorbs any DX2 info no matter how many times before you've read it, check it out. Thanks for this tip goes to Andy M, who insists on me calling him Mini-Jonas... |
Disclosure - End of the Month Update Friday, May 31, 2002, 13:03 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Face has sent us this mail: Just to let you know that progress on Disclosure has continued at a fast pace throughout this month. The second demo should be released to the beta testers very soon and then to the public. If you're interested in viewing some new screenshots, I've made some available of the forthcoming second demo here. Click here to go to the Disclosure site. |
Ion Storm @ Eł Thursday, May 30, 2002, 12:55 | slicer | Comments Ion Storm has updated their site with news about their Eł stand and their promotion of the upcoming DX2: Invisible War. A few shots of DX2 in action can also be found, check it out by clicking here. |
[NSF] Mod Beta Test Thursday, May 30, 2002, 02:41 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark from Invisible Online has sent us this mail: Within the next week when my PC will be fixed I will make a Beta Version of the [NSF] mod to be released to active dev members and a few random shmoes (Private beta). ***REMEMBER*** You are playing an unfinished version of the mod and some bugs may still exist. ***AGREEMENT*** After downloading the [NSF] beta 1.0, you will NOT be able to distribute it to anyone at all, you also will not be able to distribute information UNTIL the public release is out.
If you would like to participate in the [NSF] beta, email me with your ICQ contact or e-mail. |
News from DX Dune Thursday, May 30, 2002, 02:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DXDune reports that there's been a decent amount of work going on in the mod lately, the story page is finally updated to give a background to the mod, and there are a couple more model shots in the Media section. |
DX2 E3 Video at ITavisen Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 22:14 | slicer | Comments Although I still haven't figured out what language is used at this site, a brief video of DX2 in action at E3 has been found released at ITavisen.no. You can check it out by clicking here or alternatively download it from FilePlanet as some people have reported problems accessing the original link. |
Interview with ISA's Mike Orenich Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 13:49 | slicer | Comments With Deus Ex 2 news on the increase, the people down at Computer and Video Games arranged an interview with Eidos' Producer of DX2 , Mike Orenich. Many speculations hanging around the DX Community probably will have been answered when you finish reading this article. Check it out by clicking here. There are also a few unseen screenshots at the bottom of the page. |
Deus Ex Prequel Update Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 02:35 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Yep, you heard right. Just so you don't think they're dead, the Deus Ex Prequel mod has updated their site with a little info on the state of things. They're making ready to continue development of the mod for DX2 when Unreal Tournament 2003 is released. We encourage you to go pay their forums a visit or send them some mail or do ANYTHING to make them know their efforts are appreciated. |
More DX2 Stuff Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 04:10 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Andy M pointed out these two articles on DX2: The first one is a preview at HomeLan Fed, and has a few very interesting bits of new information - like the amount of lines in Deus Ex 2: 30.000! (DX1 had 10.000). But... uhm... Alex B? Come on guys... The second article is actually the Best of E3 2002 Awards on RPGDot. Deus Ex 2 was awarded Best Sci-Fi RPG. The runner up was Neocron. |
Your Memorial Day Dose of Got Ghand Monday, May 27, 2002, 19:07 | Ghandaiah | Comments I have just posted Got Ghand 20: The Palms Shed Blood, in which the Gamespy SpyGuy pays me a little visit and attempts to break me free using File Planet, 1,000 green jelly beans, and a picture of... Dick Cheney in a thong? Yes, well... Read and see. |
TNM Weekly Update Sunday, May 26, 2002, 10:01 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Time for a new TNM update. Since the last one, two new members have been added to the team: Luminous Path will be helping me with the conversations, and DP will be mapping. In fact, DP's already made an entire map, though he's only been here for a week. A shot from the map, Raving's Weapon Shop, has been posted as the Picture of the Week. |
Deus Ex: Invisible War at E3 Sunday, May 26, 2002, 06:17 | Winquman | Comments There are two small articles about Deus Ex: Invisible War on E3 - one here and an other one here. It's not exactly a lot of new info, but it's always fun to read about DX2. Thanks goes to Andreas M for noticing this. |
Deus Ex Movie Confirmed Friday, May 24, 2002, 03:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The rumors of a movie based on Deus Ex has been confirmed. You can read roughly the same announcement here, here or here. Most convincing is probably the press release on Eidos' site. These were brought to our attention by ShadowCode and The Smike. |
Official Deus Ex 2 screenshots Friday, May 24, 2002, 17:26 | slicer | Comments With thanks to Chris Carollo at Ion Storm, he has sent in news with regards to brand new screenshots: Just heads up that new screenshots (Xbox & PC) from our E3 demo are up on our website: Unlike the earlier shots, these are not pre-E3. They're straight from what we're showing running on the show floor. (You might have to clear your browser cache to get the new shots to show up) Visit the official Deus Ex 2: Invisible War web-site for the shots! |
More DX 2 Previews Thursday, May 23, 2002, 05:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Andy M spotted another Deus Ex 2 preview on Ferrago. This one offers little new info, but there are a few good reflections and opinions. I also have to agree with Andy that I'll probably need a new computer when the time comes. Chris notes that the Edge magazine in the UK has Deus Ex 2 on the front cover, and a sizeable preview of what's to come in the game, focussing on things already hinted at by other sources. |
Deus Ex 2 site is up Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 12:38 | slicer | Comments The official Deus Ex 2 web-site now has true DX2 content. Check it out at the Deus Ex 2 web-site |
Special Forces Back in Business Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 10:25 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces are back up and running with a new web site, including an all new storyline, new game type information and a new equipment section. Expect more updates in the following days. |
DX 2 Previews continued Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 07:25 | Despot | Comments GameSpy has their DX 2 E3 coverage up today, with the following opener: You are a lab rat. A highly sophisticated one, but a lab rat nonetheless. You are a part of a program where a certain faction is trying to recreate the technology that created Paul and JC Denton 20 years ago. Your name is Alex and they were your brothers. And you are the faction's next step in its experimental bio-modification program. Other new information: the skills system has been replaced with the augmentation system, which is know called the "bio-mod" system, the game is being designed to be shorter with more replayability, and this AI is named as a fellow lab rat, Billie Adams. |
More DX 2 screenage and much Information Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 10:29 | Despot | Comments Blue's News has hit the jackpot with a load of new DX 2 information: a press release from Eidos, mentioning the game will be coming to the Xbox, PC, and Playstation 2, a fact sheet, identifying the main character as "Alex D." (make a wild guess) and also mentioning an estimated release date of November 2003. Not only that, they have seven PC screenshots, and nine Xbox screens (non-leaked, non-watermarked). Somebody change my shorts...! |
Rumors About DX Movie Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 06:13 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Rumors are abound on Coming Soon, that Columbia Pictures are making a Deus Ex movie. The movie will apparently use the same story as the game. More details here. Thanks goes to Renyx for pointing it out. |
New Ion Storm look + DX2 site prepared Monday, May 20, 2002, 21:10 | slicer | Comments Ion Storm has made a completely new design of their site though there hasn't been much updates on their site (apart from another game of softball). Their Deus Ex 2: Invisible War domain has also been activated but contents are the same as Deus Ex at present. Stay tuned for more news. |
IGN DX2 First Look Monday, May 20, 2002, 15:36 | Despot | Comments The peeps over at PC.IGN.com have written up a 5-page First Look, in which (from a brief glance) contains several juicy tidbits such as the starting point of the game, some of the changes to the augmentation system, and much other information. A few of the leaked screenshots accompany the preview as well. Thanks to witchboy for the notice. |
New layout at Liquid Snake's Maps Sunday, May 19, 2002, 14:45 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Liquid Snake has just completed the new design for his site. He also added some new features, and posted the results for the last poll. DXMP_Amsterdam won with 48% of the votes. |
DXMP Titanium Sunday, May 19, 2002, 02:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Weeemann kindly (and persistently ;) pointed out DerianX's new DXMP map Titanium. I must say, I can see why he recommended it. It can be downloaded from here. |
The Nameless Mod Updates Again Sunday, May 19, 2002, 01:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The propaganda officer webmaster of The Nameless Mod, Deus Diablo, has yet again updated the site. There's a new PotW up, of which you will be told nothing, but feel free to look. Don't touch though. He has also added some flashy CSS script so the site now has coloured scroll bars and a logo in the bottom right corner. Lastly, a new section has been added under Maps in the Media section for the pictures that come from "secret" maps. Comments or questions are always welcome at the forums. More updates will be coming your way, so keep checking things out! |
More DX2 screenies from Eł Saturday, May 18, 2002, 18:19 | slicer | Comments DX2 is getting more and more tempting, check out these screenshots at Tiscali. |
Reviews and Pre-orders for DX2 Saturday, May 18, 2002, 10:26 | slicer | Comments Whilst you thought it wasn't possible, Special Reserve (UK) has started on "predicted" reviews of DX2 and also have started pre-orders for DX2!!! Whilst very little news have been released based on DX2 itself, it seems rather amazing how these guys have produced a small review to read. The price for pre-order is at Ł27.99 (I bought DX for Ł35 *cough*). Check it out at Special Reserve UK. |
Deus Ex 2 Screenshots from Eł Saturday, May 18, 2002, 10:17 | slicer | Comments News has arrived from Eł with Ion Storm showing a few shots of Deus Ex 2: Invisible War. Check out the shots from the following links: AreaXbox (Scroll to the middle) Note that the sites are in German. |
Deus Ex League Saturday, May 18, 2002, 06:37 | Winquman | Comments We just got this mail from Chris Adams (a.k.a [TMF]Death): Some of you may remember the Deus Ex League from a while back, which had a few goes at running leagues for clans, but couldn't go ahead due to a poor clan turnout when the leagues were started the three times we tried :-( We have had a rethink, and are now running a Clan Tournament, in which we hope all DX clans will sign up, so that this can be a test to find the best DX clan. Clans can choose which servers they want to use, and will be given a certain week for each match in which they have to play. Clan leaders will have to contact the opponants for their tournament match, which will be decided by us, and arrange servers, maps, and the date and time for the match. In other words, we are running a tournament to find out which is the best DX clan, and it is up to the clans as to where, when and how the match is played. NO ADMINS OR SLOW SERVERS INVOLVED! Any suggestions for how the tournament should be run, or any requests, can be sent to dxl-enquiry@tmfdeath.com Currently the DXL website is offline, as we are making a redesign, and are moving hosting providers as well. All the old DXL signups will be kept intact, so only new clans will have to sign up. Please spead the word about this tournament, we are hoping it will be the result of many hours of fun DX, instead of weeks of bickering on our forums. Thanks |
Invisible Online is Looking for Modellers Friday, May 17, 2002, 06:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments As stated above, Invisible Online needs modellers for the NSF mod. So far, the NSF mod has a Matrix-style slow motion mode where you can dodge bullets etc. They have grenade launchers, automatic rifles, a new recoil and aiming system, tons of fire and reload sounds, disarmable bombs, smoke grenades, flashbangs (in development) and a new punching ability! If you are interested in modeling for them, email Matthew Squire or Dark. |
Deus Ex 2: Invisible War Monday, May 13, 2002, 12:07 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Almighty Gwog pointed out that according to EuroGamer, Deus Ex 2 will have the subtitle "Invisible War". The name appeared in their article about the Eidos games appearing on the Eł. It may not be big, but it's nice to know :P |
DX: PS2 Reviews: 8 and Counting Monday, May 13, 2002, 06:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Another review of DX: The Conspiracy (yes, I'm using the full title just to make this post larger. Deal with it). This one is at The Armchair Empire. They gave it 6.5 out of 10. There, I spoiled the surprise... what else can I say to make this post longer? Ah, never mind. |
Twist - Chapter Ten: "Wan Chai" Sunday, May 12, 2002, 21:35 | Ghandaiah | Comments Finally. Another chapter of everyone's favorite piece of classic, family-fun literature. Yes. Exactly. Read it here. Got it? Good. |
Disclosure and Stalkers Clan Update Sunday, May 12, 2002, 13:14 | slicer | Comments News has been sent in from Face with updates regarding his mod Disclosure. The second demo is now under development. Face is also looking for about 20 dedicated testers for testing out mission maps and the second demo. More information can be found by visiting the forums. Face has also revived the [S] (Stalkers) clan and has designed a new site for it. You can view it by clicking here. |
Unknown PotW at TNM Sunday, May 12, 2002, 03:49 | Jonas Wæver | Comments This is kinda funny. Deus Diablo has once again updated the PotW of TNM, but he has no idea what it is. I do, however, and so does Trestkon, who made it. But we're not going to tell you. Trestkon would also as usual like to use this opportunity to point out that TNM needs a mapper and that you should feel free to drop by the forum and tell us what you think. |
Alternative Fire Friday, May 10, 2002, 15:55 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Ok, this is kinda big. Hejhujka has released a new DX mod called Alternative Fire. I shall quote the mail we got from PhotoBlokey: This mod adds a classic alternative fire function to more then 20 Hejhujka-Tnag style weapons (energy and ballistic weapons: rail drivers, laser pistols and rifles, submachine guns, assault and sniper rifles, shotguns, miniguns and more...). There is a 2 weapon which adds a new type of damage for the NPCšs. There is also a few cool pickups such as a hologram device and remote controlled robots. In addition, this mod also contains a single-player mutator which modifies the original DX single player maps adding Hejhujka-Tnag style guns to the world, crates and NPCs. The mod can be downloaded from Hejhujka's website. |
New AK-47 Skin for SF Thursday, May 9, 2002, 05:45 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Yes, more news from Special Forces. Nice to see such activity in a mod. This time, their texture artist has finished a texture for the AK-47. They've decided to make it futuristic because the mod is set in the near future. If all else fails, they can always release it as a weapon pack ;) Model: Dark_spirit Texture: Gunnmar |
PDX at Acid's Joint's - again Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 06:25 | Winquman | Comments Well, maybe you remember Acid's Joint and their poll with Planet sites? PDX has yet again won, this time over PlanetCommand&Conquer. But guess what? They are putting us up against PlanetQuake! If we can win over them, we can take anything...so go there and vote! |
A TNM Update Wednesday, May 8, 2002, 06:06 | Winquman | Comments The Nameless Mod's homepage hasn't been updated in a while due to real life. Until now. Basically, what Trestkon says in the update is that they have planned a new update for this weekend. TNM is also, like almost every mod in the community, in need of mappers. If you think you can dedicate yourself to this project, mail Trestkon. |
Strange Review Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 14:43 | slicer | Comments Thanks to Andy M again for finding another DX PS2 review over at Gaming Horizon. This review is rather puzzling (note the scoring system) =) |
Special Forces Followup Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 13:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces have now added two more people to their team: High And Mighty will be modelling and Gunndar will be working as their texture artist. That was quick. |
News From SF:WOT: Monday, May 6, 2002, 04:42 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark_spirit is working hard and has finished some more models. They are well underway now. They've got some coders and they are working very hard to get the mod done. They're still looking desperately for texturers who can make some weapon skins. Please mail one of the team leaders below for a job. They're taking anybody. Mappers, coders, etc. It's no problem if you're a beginner, as long as you are dedicated to making a mod. the1stmayor@hotmail.com max3dfreak@hotmail.com geist_mds@hotmail.com |
IGN does a double Sunday, May 5, 2002, 09:18 | slicer | Comments Thanks to Andy M for informing us, IGN has apparently completed two different reviews for DX PS2. The first one can be found here whilst the newer version can be found here. A score difference of 1.6 from two different people, well, gotta say that different people have different taste, but people still love Deus Ex =) |
More Ion Storm Update Friday, May 3, 2002, 18:31 | slicer | Comments OK, I'm still not on-topic with my second news running so far but I guess Ion Storm is still related to DX =) The site has been slightly updated (their main page has been changed a bit Ion Storm Site). As we all know, Ion Storm peeps are all working hard on DX2, but they gotta take some rest sometimes. Happy reading! -The Universe is flat! |
Creation mini-mod Thursday, May 2, 2002, 11:43 | Despot | Comments Jon Steadman has submitted a mini-mod that contains a couple modified flamethrowers: a Plasma Rifle that sets enemies on fire, and a flamethrower with extended range. You can grab it from FilePlanet at this address. Readme included. |
Penumbra is Dead Thursday, May 2, 2002, 09:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Penumbra mod has ceased to exist. This is what Solidus Snake told us: Due to the lack of mappers and skinners, we have come to a point where Penumbra can no longer be continued. The site will no longer be available. |
New Map in Development Thursday, May 2, 2002, 01:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new DeusEx map is in development by Flutey Games, and the website has recently gone live. He hasn't come up with a name for it yet, but it looks like it'll be pretty cool. |
Deus Ex review at CNN Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 11:27 | Winquman | Comments They have an overall positive review of Deus Ex for PS2 at their homepage. Among other things, they write: The original PC version of "Deus Ex" was a huge hit, and this outstanding port deserves to achieve that same status. For PS2 gamers who are new to the series, it's absolutely one of this spring's must-play games. Want to check it out? Go there! |
DX:PS2 = 83% Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 13:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Another Deus Ex: The Conspiracy review has come to our attention. This one was pointed out by Andy M. Game Over Online gave it an overall rating of 83%. Go here to read it. |
Crimson Death Update Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 09:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A word from Paul Nortness of the Crimson Death mod: We are back with a big update. New screens and some new positions open for recruitment. We are currently looking for a new modeller to help with character models, as well as another mapper. We are also sad to announce the loss of Terry Katz, our resident writer. Terry cited a strong desire to walk among the living breathing people of Earth again among his reasons for leaving the project. The entire Crimson Death team wishes Terry many successes in life and best of luck in all his endeavures. |
Liquid Snake's Map Site Updated Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 09:28 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Liquid Snake has updated his map site with some new screenshots, the news about 4 upcoming DXMP maps and a new poll. |
TNM Site Updated Monday, April 29, 2002, 06:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod's website has been updated with a bit of news and a brand new model by Phasmatis. Go ahead and check it out. Donations accepted greedily. |
Grey Fusion Game Engine Editing Site Sunday, April 28, 2002, 08:13 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We've recieved this mail from Chris "The Big C" Tonks: Grey Fusion is a new site in the editing community, taking a slightly different stance in the subject. As opposed to the many sites dedicated to editing individual games, and some editing game genres, Grey Fusion is a site focussed solely on editing first-person shooter engines, the power behind the games. Presently there are four main sections for the four greatest FPS engines known today: Half-Life (now more than the mere derivative of Quake it once was), Quake and its reincarnations, Red Faction with its GeoMod technology and Unreal Warfare, the latest and greatest engine, soon to be seen in Unreal Tournament 2003. There's also a section for general FPS info, where the history and future of the genre will be laid bare. We're currently severely understaffed, and need people to come along and help the site get on its feet. The following positions are available:
If anyone feels they have a talent for working in any of those fields, or if they have a background in editing games and/or their engines, they can come along to the Grey Fusion forum and sign up! We'll be glad to see you! The main site: www.greyfusion.net The site forum: www.greyfusion.net/forum Note the "Unreal Warfare Section Manager" part. That's the reason why this post isn't completely off topic ;) |
The Path to Illumination, The Tenth Muse Saturday, April 27, 2002, 14:06 | King Kashue | Comments Hey there, I'm back, thought you'd gotten rid of me didn't 'cha? No chance...I'm like Bill Murray in What About Bob?...Darn funny movie...you see it?...Pretty good...you should go see it...*pause*...Anyway, I've been meaning to come back for sometime, but I've been busy...After Ghand's last article though, I knew I had to write something coherent for everyone to read...Hey, stop giggling!...If Ghand's the only one writing content around here, the FCC or the FBI or the PMRC or the ASPCA or someone organization with an acronym was gonna come in and shut this mofo down...I wasn't about to let that happen...So, here's the salve to sooth the gibberish burn... |
Mod News, Issue 7 Saturday, April 27, 2002, 09:37 | Winquman | Comments Mods are, as always, very, very important. And here are some news from the modding community:
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Ion Storm site update Thursday, April 25, 2002, 17:20 | slicer | Comments OK, a bit off-topic here but since Deus Ex 1 was produced by Ion Storm and Deus Ex 2 is being produced by Ion Storm too, I guess this is Ion Storm news. Their site has just been updated with the addition of a Thief 3 site. Although there is no news of a DX2 site, keep checking up on the Ion Storm Official Site. The Thief 3 site can be seen by clicking here. |
The New Site of the Destiny Mod Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 11:36 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deadelus says that his mod Destiny now has it's own site. Screenshots are going to be updated very soon. He was unable to do so recently due to technical problems. The storyline is mostly done and map production is going well. The site will be updated as often as possible and whenever there is something to report. |
PS2 reviews Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 16:19 | Despot | Comments A couple more reviews of the PS2 version have been brought to our attention: -An EXTREMELY positive review on Dead Fool: 10/10 in all categories. A bit short, however. Thanks to witchboy for pointing this one out. -Another one, less positive but more in-depth review at Electronic Playground, score of 8/10. Thanks to Andreas M for the notice on that one. |
New [NSF] Chat sign-up link Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 16:10 | Despot | Comments Regards [NSF] mod chat. Some people are having troubles creating accounts, so here is another link to get to the signup page: http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/login?action=signup&id=181163. |
Paladin X needs Team Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 15:37 | Despot | Comments This just in from the Lead of Paladin X: The Guys at Paladin X are in desperate need of more team members. At the moment, there are only two people working on the physical mod itself. We at PX intend to keep our promise and not close Paladin X, but it is our goal to complete it before the arrival of Deus Ex 2. Otherwise, interest in our hard work by the public may wane, and for us, that is ten times worse than closure. So we ask for assitance asap. Please drop by our site, planetdeusex.com/paladinx or email AzarN at esj_obi@hotmail.com At the moment, the most we would need is three members. We need *Another mapper ( Knowldge of skyboxes is essential ) *Someone with intricate knowledge of triggers and movers. *Someone who can work on conversations while we build the maps. A free pint of chilled Dr. Pepper to the first one to sign up! Or something... |
[NSF] Mod Chat Monday, April 22, 2002, 03:01 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark will be hosting a Development Chat for the [NSF] Mod on thursday the 25th at 8:00-8:30 p.m. and friday the 26th at 6:30-7:30 p.m EST. During the chat he'll explain details about the mod and answer any questions you might have. Some of the other team members may be there as well. You may also ask questions about any other [NSF] Mod, so sign yourself up for the chat. The log will be posted on the site on the 28th. |
Got Ghand 19: "Jedi Idiot." Sunday, April 21, 2002, 19:53 | Ghandaiah | Comments I really am master of the Force. Really. I just... well, okay, so I'm a bit rusty. So what! I can practice! I can get back to my masterful Sith-lord self! ...Some day... ...Some day I'll get that guy to make me a sandwich... Er, well, you fine folk probably have no idea as to what I'm gibbering about (which really isn't an unusual thing, come to think of it), so, well, if you DO want to know (which is potentially dangerous), then you might as well click this link and read Got Ghand 19 (which is most certainly lethal). |
The Grudge is up, but it ain't over yet... Sunday, April 21, 2002, 04:31 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Well, the Acid's Joint Grudge (PDX vs. PAvP) has ended. The results are as follows: Total Votes: 597 PAvP: 293 PDX: 314 Well done everybody, but of course they won't leave us alone. Oh no, now they're pitting us against Planet Command & Conquer! So I guess you all know what to do guys: head over there and vote again! |
DX1 Continuity Bible Part 3 Friday, April 19, 2002, 08:19 | Despot | Comments The third and final part of the DX Continuity Bible is online over at Gamespy...this one details the Illuminati and MJ12's involvement in the plot, and then moves on to some descriptions of the characters. Check it out here. |
New DX: PS2 Review Friday, April 19, 2002, 05:40 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Computer and Videogames.com gives DX: The Conspiracy 8 out of 10 in their latest review. Click here to read it all. Thanks to Andy M for the tip. |
New Deus Ex Site Thursday, April 18, 2002, 17:15 | slicer | Comments Whilst you thought we have sufficient Deus Ex sites, another one pops up. However, this one is rather unique, it's going to be multi-lingual, cool eh? Check it out by clicking here. Site directed by Illuminati-IIS, a DXMP veteran. |
DX1 Continuity Bible Part 2 Thursday, April 18, 2002, 11:51 | Despot | Comments Part 2 of the Deus Ex Continuity Bible is online over at GameSpy. This installation gives a general "State of the World" overview, which describes something of the geo-political backdrop to the game. More Q&A included as well. |
Augmented US Soldiers Thursday, April 18, 2002, 05:22 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Phoenix has found an interesting site about nano-augmentations. Apparently the US millitary plans to develop nanotech implants for their soldiers. Go ahead and give it a glance if you're interested in science, warfare or politics (which should just about cover everyone :P ). |
DX1 Continuity Bible Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 15:46 | Despot | Comments GameSpy.com has posted an awesome 4-page feature, in which the Continuity Bible (essentially a detailed run-down of the game's plot) used to create Deus Ex is published, with questions by GameSpy's staff and answers from members of the Deus Ex team interspersed throughout. Some of the details vary from the actual game (Bob Page has control over an army of nano-creatures and fairly amazing power over the elements, for example), but overall it's a fascinating look at the fiction behind the game. This isn't the end, either, check back in tomorrow and the next for the next two sections of the text. |
DXMP: Towers Revisited Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 14:11 | slicer | Comments Following the huge popularity & success of Towers, Face has decided to expand on a completely new version of Towers (a.k.a. Towers 3 since number 2 was more of an SP map). Unfortunately, Face hasn't made any shots on his site and my boss hasn't as of yet told me how to put up graphical work on the news system (I never asked :p), I regret to inform you that you have to click here to view it. |
New Art Section at SF Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 05:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Special Forces website has been updated, and now has a new address: http://specialforces.unitedgaming.net/ This also marks the opening of the Art section of the SF web site, the art is composed by Steve 'WrongWay' Wilcox and he describes it as being like the impressionist style of art, except with more detail. |
Pollage #31 & Results for 30 Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 13:56 | Despot | Comments Another poll for yas, concerning the charming and intellectually stimulating Forums: Which Forum do you visit most frequently? Since you aren't voting for anything else, vote for this! We also have some results from the last poll, comments by slicer, Mr. Trout, and Winquman. Check it. |
[BornToJump] - A new DXMP Clan Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 12:29 | Winquman | Comments We just got word of a new clan, [BornToJump] or [BTJ]. There is a map called UltimateFighting undergoing BETA-testing on their server, and you can find a few screenshots from it on their homepage. Also, on a side note, I'd like to wish our fellow staffer Jonas a happy birthday. |
Doug Church & Warren Spector to speak on Game Design Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 11:42 | Despot | Comments Thanks to ksquire for notifying Thief Underground about a Creative Design Boot Camp at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in which Doug Church and Warren Spector will be speaking on such topics as consequences in game design and next-gen AI. Sounds like a great opportunity for those in the area, although the price for the camp isn't mentioned. Anyhow, if that sounds like your bag, hit the registration page. |
New Hosted Site: SSDX: OHND Project Monday, April 15, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Remember System Shock? One of the games that influenced Deus Ex, and a great game in its own right. So a mod incorporating elements of the two games together would obviously be as good as both! Right. A mod of this nature has taken up residence on the PDX server (hax0ring suspected), and it is called SSDX: OHND Project. More details on the site, the story info being a bit long to paste here. |
Acid's Joint Grudge: PlanetAvP vs. PlanetDeusEx Saturday, April 13, 2002, 06:15 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Alien vs. Predator site Acid's Joint has put up a new poll: PlanetAvP vs. PlanetDeusEx. Hurry over and vote for PDX, or we will activate your killswitch! |
Redsun 2020 are Redesigning Their Site Saturday, April 13, 2002, 06:08 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Look forward to a new site design for the Redsun 2020 mod. The new site will be done in about 2 weeks, and the old site has been temporarily replaced by this. The site is being done by Michael Yalonides a.k.a. Theforce. |
Mod News, Issue 6 Friday, April 12, 2002, 13:07 | Winquman | Comments What? Mod News? Well, I know I haven't done the mod news in a while, but here I am. Again. And I've got some nice mod news for you.
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New Pictures from TNM Thursday, April 11, 2002, 09:40 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has published four pictures from the Planet Deus Ex headquarters from the mod. The map was made by Ghandaiah before he retired to making the music. The Picture of the Week has also been updated. |
Modification Project Talkabout Issue 2 Thursday, April 11, 2002, 08:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The second issue of the Modification Project Talkabout is out on Deus Ex Machina. This issue's questions are How does your team's design plan cover installation? Have you thought this far ahead yet? Do you have secret plans? Do you wish someone would create a standard installer that could be customized to every mod? Do you plan to use a system that has already been released (DXLoader, TeamUC's Modloader)? and the featured mods are Crimson Death, The Cassandra Project, Warzone, DX Vampire, The Nameless Mod, Disclosure and Redsun 2020. Interesting reading. |
Special Forces Updated Once Again Thursday, April 11, 2002, 07:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Yet another Special Forces update. This time there's 6 new map screenshots and a new site design for the Developers page. |
PS2 Cheats for Deus Ex Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 18:57 | Despot | Comments A little bird has given us some very useful information: cheat codes for the PS2 version of Deus Ex. These cheats give you access to the standard array of cheat codes: God mode, All Ammo, All Skills, etc. and one exception: a cheat called is called "Tantalus"--no description. Maybe one of the PS2ers can tell us what it does... None of the fun codes like "IAmWarren" are there, unfortunately. |
Update at Face Designs Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 18:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Once again, the website of Face Designs has been updated. It is now possible to listen to a newly finished piece of Disclosure music in mp3 format and read the first installment of the Disclosure Fact File - ever wondered whether the first mission is based on a real life location? Check out the Disclosure website for the answer to this question and many more! |
SF:WOT Needs Coder and Artist Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 09:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments SF:WOT has added 2 animations of the SMG 2 and SMG 3 to their website. Download them here. They are also in desperate need of coders. Mail Dark_Spirit if you know something about game mode coding. They need an artist who can do HUDs and menus too. And an update on their status:
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Deus Ex: The Conspiracy Review Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 07:11 | Winquman | Comments I just noticed that there is a Deus Ex: The Conspiracy review at GameSpy. Didn't know which link to choose? Take this one! |
SF Developers Section Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 03:52 | Jonas Wæver | Comments At Special Forces they've just got a developers section up and running where you can find information on the people involved in making the mod. Additional information about the people involved will be added to the site in the following days. |
DXMP 1v1 Tournament Tuesday, April 9, 2002, 13:09 | slicer | Comments pHallenanjel has sent in news about a newly created 1 vs. 1 elimination-type DXMP tournament starting near the end of this month. The first set of 32 people for the tournament are nearly completed and he is very keen to get another set of 32. Check out the site by Clicking Here. You can also find out more details by sending an e-mail to pHallenanjel. Happy Fragging! |
Unitedgaming's Modpool Tuesday, April 9, 2002, 04:57 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Thought some people might be interested in this. Unitedgaming has created a "Modpool" for all the maps, models, code and other stuff that dead mods leave behind. Simply mail all the work you have no use for any more to sic@gmx.li or admin@unitedgaming.net and they'll store it and distribute it for you, so other mods can use your stuff. Your work will only be distributed once, and you'll have to be added to the credits of the mod that gets your work. You can also add various restrictions or additions. Sounds like a good idea eh? |
More Pictures at SF:WOT Sunday, April 7, 2002, 03:08 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark_Spirit has added some more pictures to the SF:WOT website, this time a MP5, a SMG, a Benelli Shotgun and a Desert Eagle. |
The 9/11 Memorial Page (again) Sunday, April 7, 2002, 01:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Phoenix is still looking for supporters for her 11th of September memorial page. More than a 100 DX'ers have visited the page since the first post - and she really thanks them for that - but she got extremely little feedback. So she asked us to post about her site again, this time mentioning that she would appreciate people signing her guestbook. I figured why not, so here you go. |
Twist - Chapter Nine: "Falling." Saturday, April 6, 2002, 23:39 | Ghandaiah | Comments I've produced some new article content! How explicitly exciting! And this time, it's a new chapter of that Oh-So-Neglected-Fanfic-Novel, Twist! The horror, the horror... This chapter is rather disturbing. Really. Honestly. It has... Well, just read it. It's twisted. But I guess it wouldn't be called "Twist" if it weren't! Ahahaha! Er... *A group of monkeys wearing fedoras enters stage and carries Ghand off for Bad Joke of the Month.* |
TNM Looking for Mappers Friday, April 5, 2002, 11:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Recenty, both Ghand and DT have ceased to map for TNM. This doesn't mean that the mod can't be completed, it just means a whole lot more work for Trestkon and Phasmatis, so TNM are looking for 1, maybe 2 more mappers to help lighten the work load. Samples would be great, please apply here. |
Game Design Course? Friday, April 5, 2002, 11:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We've recieved this mail from Scott 'dolo' Leonard: A while back, you might remember, I taught about 200 people in an IRC level design course via Gamegirlz.com, where students would complete a number of assignments for grading and grow with the course to meet their personal goals. Right now I am in the process of working up a proposal for my local college to get an IRC game design course approved for Fall 2002. This course would hammer out the fundamentals of designing a game, what works and what doesn't. Before I begin, I was hoping that the community might have some input as to what they would want in a course of this nature. Basically, this would be an IRC class where students would walk away with something tangible regarding game design, and approaches therein. Obviously we would focus on the aspects of games today, and different types of games, but we would also have to look at a regiment of building smart games that impact the bottom line of a company positively. So I guess I'm asking the community: what would you want from an IRC class with this potential that you or your employer would pay for? Send all input to sleonard@planetquake and I will post any and all comments to Dteam, where applicable. |
Big Special Forces Update Friday, April 5, 2002, 05:25 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces has a brand new site design, a new information centre, a complete weapons and items list and a new Classes section. There will also be a bunch of additions in the following days: forum, chat room and screenshots. |
New Design at DXCBP Friday, April 5, 2002, 05:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trystero and Slicer has made a new site for The Community Based Patch, and it looks very good. |
Article: Adventures of a Grenade Climber Thursday, April 4, 2002, 11:01 | Despot | Comments Right, so we have a new Article for your amusement: it's a story of high treason and grenade climbing on Liberty Island, written by OiNutter, forum regular and self-styled "Grenade Climbing Mastah." It discusses his brief jaunt attempting to climb the Statue with the Secret Art of Climbing via Grenades. Give it a read right here. |
New Pictures at TNM Thursday, April 4, 2002, 04:53 | Jonas Wæver | Comments TNM has been updated again. They've uploaded some lovely model pics from Phasmatis and added a button to the forums, which people need to use more. |
Huge Update from SF:WOT Thursday, April 4, 2002, 04:39 | Jonas Wæver | Comments These are the updates on SF:WOT: Geist (their coder and mapper) turns out to be a great concept artist, so he made two drawings which can be seen on their site. Dark_spirit (the moddeler and leader) has finished the new hand that will be used and he's almost done with a desert eagle .45 handgun. He's also finished a new steyer aug reload and shot animation. Lastly, they're still looking for some mappers, coders and texture artists. You don't need to be very skilled, they have some experienced team members that can teach you, so if you need experience, this is your chance to learn. |
Assassination by Icarus2153 Thursday, April 4, 2002, 04:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Icarus2153 posted his intro map Assassination a few weeks ago, but we were only just informed of it. Go here to read more about it, or here to download it right away. |
ION at the Eł Conference Thursday, April 4, 2002, 04:17 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Andy M has spotted Warren Spector and Doug Church on the complete list of speakers for the Eł conference in Los Angeles. I wish I could be there! |
Triad's DXMP Merchandise Wednesday, April 3, 2002, 14:49 | slicer | Comments Well, having played DXMP for a somewhat crazy 16 months, I thought I'm crazy. Hey, I'm not alone :D Illuminati-IIS has sent in news that the [3] clan (a.k.a. Triad) is now selling DXMP merchandise under their name. Hmmm... tomorrow, I'll be seeing Ghand selling books based on Got Ghand o_O. Next week, it'll be top seller! If you want to pick something up, pay a visit to the Triad's Online Store. |
Deus Ex World has Moved Wednesday, April 3, 2002, 07:57 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The site for the DXW mod has moved to www.unitedgaming.net/~dxw. No big changes, just the URL. |
Dune Needs Staffers Wednesday, April 3, 2002, 07:52 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Dune mod asked us to display this picture: And mention that they need mappers and coders. Consider it done guys :) |
Various Skyward Fires Updates Tuesday, April 2, 2002, 10:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Skyward Fires have a couple of updates on their site: Some new music and an Items list in the media section with a new item. They've also made a text trigger for the cutscenes and an experience system that gives you a number of skillpoints for each kill, depending on the toughness of the enemy. Check their site for a few more details. |
ION Storm GDC Speeches Tuesday, April 2, 2002, 10:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments ION Storm has just posted some GDC speeches on their "somewhat revamped" website. You can read Harvey Smith, Randy Smith, and Chris Carollo's speeches from GDC, which are interesting looks into how their games work and how game development works. Just go to the main page and click on News -> The Informant, and all of the links are there. |
September 11th Memorial Page Tuesday, April 2, 2002, 09:45 | Winquman | Comments Nope, this is not DX-related, but I still think it deserves a news post here. Phoenix just sent us a mail about a site he's running. Here is part of it: Though I´m not personally concerned by the still unforgotten US terror attacks on September 11th, I started a kind of 'memorial page' last December, mutually with a friend. We put a lot of work into this 'project' and so in January we´d managed to build up a acceptable website with lots of pics and several links, articles, etc. But that success wasn´t lasting for long. Caused by copyright reasons, we were FORCED to erase more than two thirds of the entire content and so there are only a few html pages remaining after the deletation. After that setback the guy who was supporting me left the team and now I´m all alone with the whole thing. The reason he mailed is that he is in need of help. He's planning on rebuilding the entire site, and he can't manage that by himself. If you feel you can help, you can write an e-mail to Phoenix2000@gmx.co.uk. You can also visit the site at http://www.11thOfSeptember.cjb.net. |
Special Forces' New Website Monday, April 1, 2002, 09:46 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Special Forces web site address has changed to: www.unitedgaming.net/~specialforces. A new site design is also on its way. |
The Doug and Warren Show Monday, April 1, 2002, 04:57 | Jonas Wæver | Comments There's a recent story at Joystick101.org about a talk with Warren Spector and Doug Church criticizing each others games: Thief and Deus Ex. It can be found right here. |
New Website for SF:WOT Sunday, March 31, 2002, 13:24 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces: War on Terrorism (also known as SF:WOT) has moved to this website. It's not yet complete, but it's about 75% done. |
Keyboard/Mouse layout for PS2 Sunday, March 31, 2002, 11:30 | Despot | Comments One Eye from ION has been kind enough to post a thread on the Forums which gives a complete list of the keyboard/mouse layout for the PS2 version of Deus Ex. Note this is not "officially" supported by Eidos or ION, so complaining to them about it won't do you any good. Information provided "as-is" etc. |
A Forum for your mod? Saturday, March 30, 2002, 12:36 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Bort: Hello, I'm making an offer to all those who own or are currently producing a Deus Ex related mod and who want a free forum to contact me. The limits on forums are one category with a max of 5 forums. These forums are running PHPbb2 RC4 with MySQL db support. The project leader and team members will get full moderation over there forums. Please email me your request along with your mod's name / mod's site / and how many forums you want and their setup. Thanks. You can reach him at bort@thebort.com and the deadline for applications is by April 20th. |
New modeller at Crimson Death Saturday, March 30, 2002, 03:22 | Winquman | Comments We just got word of a new modeller at Crimson Death, Alvin Dewart. They would also like to thank everyone that showed interest for the position. |
Operation: Machina Counterfeit Friday, March 29, 2002, 10:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Jim "Scifitechguy" Frazee asked us to post this for him: Fellow Deus Ex Gamers, My name is Jim "SciFiTechGuy" Frazee. I'm the leader of the mod team for Operation:Machina. As most of you know, awhile back I announced a new mod would be created, using all of the elements of the original DX game, a few new weapons, & a fresh storyline. That was several months ago. In that time when I was not in school, I was working hard to find a storyline that would be good enough to make as the followup for DX. However, as many mod teams know from experience, storylines & treatments for them are very hard to come up with. After looking at several basic plot lines I came up with, I realized that our team wouldn't hit a home run with any of them. In other words, the stuff I was churning out just plain sucked. It was then I decided to branch out & get help with making a treatment. It was then I found a success. The team that made the mod Counterfeit had called it quits on the mod & released everything to public domain, saying that anyone could pick up on the idea & continue the project. It is my pleasure to announce that Team Operation:Machina will be developing the mod for final release. I'm not sure at the moment what to rename it, if I'll rename it at all. And Operation:Machina is a temporary title also. So for the meantime, just call it "O.M.C." (stands for Operation Machina Counterfeit). I have unfortunately lost contact with my team members, so I need people to work on maps. Also, I need people to help me with the storyline. If you want to submit a resume, contact me at scifitechguy@attbi.com. Thank you for your time, & let's all keep our fingers crossed for "O.M.C." |
DXMP_ForBlood&Honor Friday, March 29, 2002, 08:03 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new DXMP map is available for download at Invisible Online: DXMP_ForBlood&Honor by Dr. Ronbo. |
New Animation and Render from SF:WOT Friday, March 29, 2002, 08:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark_spirit has put a new animation on SF:WOTs site. This time it's a steyer aug reload animation. He's rendered a new pic of the Steyer TMP too. |
New Leader of Dune Thursday, March 28, 2002, 15:28 | Jonas Wæver | Comments As there has been lack of work in the Dune mod, Robert has decided to retire from Deus Ex and Alvin has taken his position as leader of the mod. |
Updated carone Mod Thursday, March 28, 2002, 11:49 | slicer | Comments carone has sent news in that his CaroneElevatorSet mod has been updated. Since I don't want to spoil your day by telling you the new stuff, check out carone's CaroneElevatorSet Mod site. |
PS2 reviewage Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 20:16 | Despot | Comments Well, the reviews for the PS2 version are starting to roll in: the first one (very short) can be found on here on Gamepro.com. They liked the sound, controls, and fun factor, but complained of shoddy graphics. But then again, they place the game in the "Adventure" category, so perhaps their opinion does not deserve much considering...:) |
Zelda is more 1337 than Deus Ex, I think not Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 15:49 | slicer | A rather off-topic post here :) For those who think Zelda is better than Deus Ex, j00 si crazeh! Anyway, a new Planet site has just been hosted by Gamespy, PlanetNintendo is the name for all your console needs. The world is flat! |
Warzone Has Got a New Forum Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 12:40 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Warzone mod has got some new forums hosted here at PDX. They're open for chat. Try and find the link ;) |
Small DXW MP Demo is Coming Soon Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 12:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Daheisy from Deus Ex World writes: DXW will release a little MP Demo with some features (a little part of the MP mode which will be later in the mod) Features:
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Crimson Death Needs More Modellers Still Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 03:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Crimson Death has been getting a few applications from modellers, but they need more. If you're a 3D modeller and interested in working on a mod that'll actually see the light of day, go ahead and mail 'em. They also have three early screenshots of the Consortium base. |
PS2 Interview at Gamespot Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 00:14 | Despot | Comments Shacknews has word of a interview on Gamespot.com with the team behind the PS2 version of Deus Ex: they talk about the game's dev, changes from the PC version, and the stuff-that-is-cool about the game. Here's a quote: GS: We noticed that you've done quite a bit with some of the levels in the preview builds we've seen. Can you talk a bit about this? Steve Powers: We refined the game and added a bit more color and flair to the situations and characters. Also, exploration will be fun for experienced DX fans since most of the maps were revisited and rearranged or streamlined. MO: Almost every map has been retouched in the PS2 version. We did a lighting pass, a color balance pass, and redid a lot of textures, signs, etc. (made them high res). For example, the first map--Liberty Island--has been reworked to fit the situation. It looks and plays more like the NSF have actually assaulted the Statue. The secret area--NYC Underground--has been completely redone; people who saved Ford Schick in the PC version will have to face something new. Hong Kong has been improved and streamlined so that there is less going back and forth across the maps. Of course, we kept everything we liked--the last thing we wanted to do was rip out good gameplay. |
Special Forces: War on Terrorism updates Tuesday, March 26, 2002, 14:22 | Winquman | Comments You can now download an alpha render on the steyer aug shooting animation on their homepage. You can download it here. |
What makes a good FPS? Monday, March 25, 2002, 15:25 | Winquman | Comments Deadelus 9 has made a list with the top 20 things he thinks would make a good FPS. Is it DX related? Not really, but you should check this out anyway. You can find a link here. |
A few Files: music & maps Monday, March 25, 2002, 12:22 | Despot | Comments Okay, a few File submissions have showed up during my absence, and since we're too lazy to give 'em the p1mpage they deserve and post them separately here they all are: DXThemeRemix.mp3: this is a combination of "the best parts" of the original PC Deus Ex theme, and the orchestrated PS2 version. By Tim "The Mac" Morgan. A Bridge Too Far V2: An updated version of [SOL]BillWang's DXMP map: changes include fixing the turret names, fixing the messed up staircase, increasing the height of the roof ledge and various other minor modifications. Presidental Emergancy V2: Mokili has continued work on his mission and has come up with an extended mission package, now consisting of four levels. This includes the original two levels that were already submitted, but with significant changes, so it is necessary to download and play the whole mission from the beginning. |
New Teammembers at SF:WOT Monday, March 25, 2002, 11:42 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces: War on Terrorism (formerly known as Terrorism) has two new teammembers: MeDorf will be doing some maps for them, and Mrittman will make the skins. They also say that they have a little surprise in store for us, but we'll just have to wait and see. Here's a few shots from one of their maps: |
News From Crimson Death Monday, March 25, 2002, 11:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A big update from Crimson Death. They have a new name and a new home. As promised, they also have a couple of new screenshots up. They're also looking for some modellers, 1 more coder and at least 1 more mapper. If you're interested in any of the positions, check out their site for more info! |
TNMs New Public Forum Sunday, March 24, 2002, 13:21 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has got a new public forum on Forumplanet. It can be found right above their private forum, or through this link. Use it for suggestions for, or questions about, the mod. Don't expect to get a larger role than your name stuck on a normal character if you haven't already though. It's a little too late for major changes to the story now. |
NSF Mod Update Sunday, March 24, 2002, 06:58 | Winquman | Comments We just got this mail from Dark[NSF] of the NSF Mod team: Dr. Ronbo, our lead mapper has just completed an awesome upgrade to nsf_DownTown, which will now be called nsf_SinisterCity. He has also made another map called nsf_OperationTakeOver, both extremely well done maps. I posted 3 new screenshots for nsf_SinisterCity and I am hoping for some people with modeling experience will join so it will further ensure the mods success. A complete weapons list is available, all Weapons / Objects / Player Classes are complete, only 2 things left to take down is HUD / Models. Also, we are accepting ALL people who would like to help out on the mod, Modeling / Mapping / HUD Coding / Texturing(Skinning) / Public Relations / Cooperative Addon StoryLine Artist / Sound Artist / Voicer / Concept Artist / Network - Server Provider(Hosting For Beta When Available). So please join if you would like to help. The new weapon recoil effects are complete aswell, which makes aiming difficult if you do not have an skill. |
Update at Liquid Snake's Maps Sunday, March 24, 2002, 03:13 | Winquman | Comments There has been a big update at Liquid Snake's Maps. Among other things, he's giving away two maps to the mods he think deserves them. This is a great chance for all you mod makers without mappers/maps! Just visit the site. |
Even More Disclosure Screenshots! Saturday, March 23, 2002, 04:23 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Face Designs has been updated again with 5 more screenshots from Disclosure. Check out the updated links under the Latest News section for details. The initial three screenshots of the first link were uploaded on tuesday, the following shots were uploaded yesterday. |
Crimson Death Saturday, March 23, 2002, 04:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Paul Nortness wants to thank everyone for the messages of support that they've received since their last update. The mod will soon be resurrected under the name Crimson Death. A new web site will be available by the end of the weekend, with, hopefully, some new screens of Seattle! |
DX Prequel Mod on Hold Friday, March 22, 2002, 19:49 | Evil_InVasion | Comments Liquid Snake of the deus ex prequl mod has updated his website www.planetdeusex.com/ziliphore, this is what he had to say: The Deus Ex Prequel mod has been placed on hold until the release of Deus Ex 2, As a result, my Amsterdam map will now be available to one existing mod, the mod which I feel most deserves this map will aquire it. If you'd like to have this map in your mod send me and email at igor@planetdeusex.com (I will make my decision public on March, 27th, 2002). |
Mod News, Issue 5 Friday, March 22, 2002, 09:35 | Winquman | Comments No, I haven't died, I just...erm...took a break, yeah, that's it. Well, it's a small Mod News post this time, but enjoy!
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Deus Ex World Update Friday, March 22, 2002, 09:23 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Deus Ex World. Basicly, they have lotsa updates. They have some new features: Archives, Genetics, Augmentations and Status. They also have some screenies, a new member area and a new forum. So what are you waiting for? |
Game Developers' Conference Friday, March 22, 2002, 06:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Nothing DX related actually, but there is a little picture of Warren Spector presenting the Excellence in Game Design Award in the Gamespy GDC Coverage. What!? It's news! ;) |
News and Pictures from Terrorism Friday, March 22, 2002, 05:44 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Terrorism has a new mapper on the team, and they're being helped by Joe Slack, an experienced coder. They also sent this pic: The full arsenal of the Terrorism mod |
New Mod: Sectör Majic Friday, March 22, 2002, 05:32 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We've recieved this mail from Spyder: Yet another Deus Ex mod has come into existance, before you ignore this message and look at the rest of the news I would like you to just hear me out. If you've ever been a part of a mod that fell a part due to inactivity I've been there! Incompotent leaders? Been there too. And I've been through more mods than you can shake a trout at. Well anyways the point of this message is that the mod Sectör Majic, a spy mod placing the player as a clandestine MJ12 agent, is in need of your help! We particularly need a Modeller who can Animate and Import into DX and we need a Coder who is well adversed in Scripted events and weapon coding. If you think you got what it takes contact either me, SpyderBane at backward@prodigy.net or my co-leader Scozzy at ridman@optonline.net And if you want proof of my credentials I have posted them on the forums at this link: http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdeusex/topic.asp?fid=2078&tid=577866 |
Rifts is Gone, but not Completely Thursday, March 21, 2002, 04:50 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The following message is from Paul Nortness of the Rifts mod: Though not dead, the Rifts mod will disappear. Thanks to someone in the modding "community", we have been asked to remove our site from the web. People wonder why mods disappear so quickly in the Deus Ex community. I have this answer for them. Their is no community. Everyone is so willing to cut the other guy's throat, apperently to be the last mod standing. It is a shame that people feel they must act like this. At any rate, after some retooling, the team will be back with a newly renamed mod and new ideas. The story and basic concept will remain the same, however any references to the Rifts RPG will be gone. |
Terrorism Needs Teammembers Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 11:55 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Terrorism has got some more pictures uploaded to their site. They also need 1 texture artist, 2 mappers and a coder dead or alive. You can apply to this mail. |
TNM Updated Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 06:25 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Nameless Mod has released four new skin screenshots - Wolfie, King Kashue, Winquman and Luminous Path - and updated their Picture of the Week. The new PDX picture is a wallpaper from the mod. |
Deus Ex Theme Song: The Fonkey Remix! Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 20:52 | Ghandaiah | Comments Recently I was playing around with the music program ModPlug Tracker. I fooled with the DX theme song, mixed in some different sounds/beats, a recording of me saying "fonkey," and eventually produced the Deus Ex Fonkey Remix. The file is in .mp3 format, is only about two minutes long, and about 800kb in size. Just thought somebody out there might be interested in silly old me. ;) |
New DX2 Wallpaper Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 12:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments There's a neat new DX2 wallpaper at www.gamewallpapers.com that bears a resemblance to the original Deus Ex box cover. I'm not sure if we're allowed to post the wallpaper here, so I'm just gonna give you a link. Thanks goes to Aerothorn for the tip. |
New Model at Terrorism Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 12:22 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Terrorism have got another picture posted on their site. This time it's a Steyer Aug. |
Alvind and his models Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 11:32 | Winquman | Comments Alvind has a new model. This time it's a Glock and it is skinned but he says he will animate it soon enough when the exams are over, and also he wishes to say that he is in the middle of animating a Berretta for the SWF mod and will do the same process for his other models when he gets them skinned or not. |
More screenshots from Disclosure Monday, March 18, 2002, 16:33 | slicer | Comments Face has dropped a line to us that his mod, Disclosure, has more screenshots for your prying eyes. Pay the site a visit and check it out in the Files section, Mission 2.1 - Near Hells Gate. |
6 New DX: The Conspiracy Screenshots Monday, March 18, 2002, 14:50 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Eidos has released six more screenshots from Deus Ex: The Conspiracy for PS2. They can be found on the FTP right here. No password or username required. |
Terrorism News Monday, March 18, 2002, 13:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Terrorism mod has updated their site with some more weapon and art screenshots, and they'll be moving the site here shortly. |
Rifts Have Found a New Coder Monday, March 18, 2002, 05:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Paul Nortness from Rifts would like to announce that they've filled the coder position for Rifts. The Rifts team would like to welcome Deep Omega on board, and thank everyone who expressed interest in the position again. |
Ordinance Goes Down Sunday, March 17, 2002, 06:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments I'm sad to say that the Ordinance mod has closed. Zurious, the project leader, got a better offer from a Quake mod called Decadent and decided to join that in stead. Kamdew is going to stay in the community as a mapper and concept artist for whatever mod gives him the best offer. Read both epitaphs here. |
New Coder at Special Forces Saturday, March 16, 2002, 15:00 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new team member is joining Special Forces: Ben "Draake" Donatelli is to be the lead programmer for the single player aspect of Special Forces. They would like to point out that they're still looking for more members; specifically mappers, programmers and skinners. |
Coders and Pictures at Rifts Saturday, March 16, 2002, 14:55 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this from Paul Nortness of the Rifts mod: Just wanted to thank all those coders out there who sent me inquiries. We have select a few from the stack and should have a coder by the end of the weekend! Also, we have a few new screenies on the site, check em out at http://riftsmod.topcities.com. |
New Animated Model on DX Models Saturday, March 16, 2002, 09:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The DX Model Site has a new model and guess what? It's animated! It's a Beretta 92F and Alvind says he would like people to try it out in the game, as he would like to know of any problems. |
DX PS2 Interview and Images Saturday, March 16, 2002, 09:41 | Jonas Wæver | Comments GameSpyDaily has posted a new interview with some guys from Ion Storm and Eidos about Deus Ex: The Conspiracy. Read all here. There are also some new exclusive images from the game here. |
SP Mission Hotel Carone Nearing Release Thursday, March 14, 2002, 12:29 | Evil_InVasion | Comments The DX Mod/Fan Mission Hotel Carone announced that it is very near release, and also that their new website, http://www.carone1.de/HotelCarone/HCAbout.htm is now up and running. Stay tuned for more news about this mod. |
New Screenshots at Special Forces Thursday, March 14, 2002, 12:02 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces have uploaded two new map screenshots. They're also still looking for experienced coders. |
Rifts are Looking for Coders Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 12:24 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Paul Nortness, project leader on the Rifts Mod, sent us a mail, in which he stated that they are on the prowl for coders. You can check out their website here for more info. Only serious applicants need apply. |
TNM Picture of the Week Updated Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 06:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trestkon wants to let everyone know that The Nameless Mod has a new POTW, which, unlike some sites, they will update every week. Kinda neat huh? As well, they have been continually updating the news and will continue to do so. |
Target Sighted Updated Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 06:43 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved an utterly weird mail from Aesthesia from Target Sighted, but it has been decrypted, and it turned out he wanted us to know that he's been away for a while because he's got a full-time job. He has now adjusted to the new routine and updated the site. They are still working on the mod of course, and they could do with some support. |
More Models Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 11:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Alvind would like me to relay the message that he's uploaded some more models to his site, and has started animating them. |
DX Community Based Patch Monday, March 11, 2002, 23:56 | Winquman | Comments They have some new screenies and their development page has been updated with stuff they have added and fixed. You can visit them here. |
Deus Ex 2 on X-Box Monday, March 11, 2002, 23:45 | Winquman | Comments Deus Ex 2 on X-Box? Well, in an article at Computer And Videogames.Com they state that Deus Ex 2 will be released for both PC and X-Box. ...Ion Storm's Bill Money, producer on Deus Ex 2 and Deus Ex on PS2, let slip that Deus Ex 2 is being developed for both PC and Microsoft's machine. Read the entire article here. |
Got Ghand 18: The One Year Anniversary Episode Monday, March 11, 2002, 21:47 | Ghandaiah | Comments Whew! I've been hanging around this pile of garbage for a while (And when I say pile of garbage I mean Despot). As of March 8th, Got Ghand was exactly one year old. 18 installments of the article may not seem like much for an entire year, but when you take into account the additional articles I've written - All eight chapters of Twist - And divide the total sum by the number of months in a year? I've technically been delivering biweekly articles to you, the people, for an entire year. ...What a waste of ti-... Er, I mean, you've all been lovely! Read Got Ghand 18: The Anniversary Episode. It's obviously a landmark in gaming history, and will, of course, be the center of all Deus Ex related conversation material for years to come. Ah! I'm half-asleep again... |
Ion at a forum Monday, March 11, 2002, 03:27 | Winquman | Comments Gwog, the former site director and founder of this site, has found a thread at VoodooExtreme where a guy called DrLoomis13 seems to be working at ISA. This is, however, not confirmed. Here is some info he gave, both commenting ISA's name change and DX2: the news on the name change is that there is no news....i cant really make an official statement, but a decision has been made. speaking of system shock and the name change, a bunch of us actually lobbied for TriOptimum Games for a while. that would have been cool. ... our AI is VASTLY improved over dx1 already. we hired a badass programmer named paul tozour who's doing some really cool stuff with the AI. the guy that did the AI for the first game is....no longer with the company. as far as more choice, you have that in spades in dx2. in dx1, you pretty much had to side with nsf when you found out about paul, and had no real choice as to who to believe and whatnot. in dx2, you will have much more say in similar situations. we're designing it so that your choices will dictate much more about your overall experience. It looks like we have a real ISA staffer here, but we can't be sure. |
Rifts Mod Update Monday, March 11, 2002, 03:24 | Winquman | Comments The Rifts Mod has found a new home. They also have several new members, and they expect some screenies at their homepage very soon. |
Ion Storm's Homepage Sunday, March 10, 2002, 08:46 | Winquman | Comments Our never-resting field agent, Andy M, has found out that Ion Storm is rebuilding and cleaning up their homepage. Among other things, they plan on putting back a Deus Ex Forum. |
DXDune Update Sunday, March 10, 2002, 03:11 | Winquman | Comments We just got this mail from P-Bot, a member of the DXDune team: DXDune is doing a bit of pruning. Any members who do not visit the site and post a message on the forum within the next week will be dropped from the team. In respect to this, we need some new team members. If you can do mapping, modelling, texturing or whatever please pop into the site and submit the application form. Knowledge of Dune would be an advantage, but is not required. |
Modification Project Talkabout Saturday, March 9, 2002, 10:58 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex Machina is running a series of articles called Modification Project Talkabout. Every week, a new question is asked to a representative of each mod team involved, and that person will do his best to answer it. The participants of this weeks issue are The Co-Op Project, The Cassandra Project, Warzone, DX Vampire, The Nameless Mod and Disclosure. |
New Models Saturday, March 9, 2002, 03:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments This isn't exactly as new as it could be, but Alvind put up some new models of a Mac10, a Mini-Uzi and a HK USP to replace the old ones that were on the site, and he wants to let everyone know that he's still working hard on the models. |
New French Mod: Aeternis Saturday, March 9, 2002, 03:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new mod for Deus Ex has been born: Aeternis. Be warned, the site is in french, I can't tell whether or not the mod will be too. |
ISA Live Chat! Friday, March 8, 2002, 12:45 | Winquman | Comments That's right! We just got this mail in our news inbox: On Friday March 15th at 5PM CST, there will be a TTLG.com Exclusive IRC Chat with the Ion Storm Austin Team behind the PS2 game Deus Ex The Conspiracy and the upcoming Deus Ex II. The event will take place in the Official TTLG IRC Channel: #thief on IRC.Starchat.Net. For more information; please see http://www.ttlg.com The event will take place on Friday March 15th at 5PM CST. Click here for more info. This is something you just can't miss! |
Warren is the 6th... Friday, March 8, 2002, 11:24 | Winquman | Comments ...most influential person in gaming according to GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in Gaming. You can read about him here. |
Two Interviews with Bill Money Friday, March 8, 2002, 04:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Www.mgon.com has an interview about DX for PS2 with Bill Money, the producer of Deus Ex. Incidentally, so has DeusEx-Machina.com! Two different interviews with the same person on the same subject :) The last interview is found here. |
New Forum and Chat Room at Special Forces Friday, March 8, 2002, 04:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces now offer a chance to communicate with their team. They have a brand new Forum and a personal Chat Room. |
New Hosted Site: The Nameless Mod Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Okay, we have another (w00t!) new hosted site: The Nameless Mod/OTF Mod, which is a spinoff from the numerous pseudo-clans and fanfics on the PDX OTF forum. Here's the Plot behind the mod: The world of the forum boards is in chaos, it's citizenry divided between 3 major factions. Crime is at an alltime high, people are disappearing and rumors of strange things are abound. WorldCorp Inc., owned by the eccentric billionaire Scara B. King seeks to gain control of the entire corporate world and will use any means necessary to achieve it's goals. Whether it be corporate espionage, blackmail or murder, Scara will stop at nothing. Some call the tycoon mad, but as he points out, It is a fine line between genius and insanity. The Llama religious fanatics seek not corporate power but power over peoples minds. The high priests of this bizarre Llama worshiping religion have recruited millions, and thousands more join each day. At the very top of their hierarchy is the one they call The Leader, shrouded in mystery he controls everything in their religion. Citizens who join become virtual slaves of the high priests, turning over everything they own to The Leader. They must quit their jobs and work at the Llama temples, deep underground. It has even been whispered that The Leader will one day take them in his UFO to the planet of the Llamas where they will have utter bliss. The third power in this strange and twisted world is the Goat worshippers, also a religion, its origins are shrouded in mystery. No one knows who leads this cult; only a select few are permitted to join. And if chosen they are must leave their homes and journey to the mysterious Goat city. Noone knows where the city is, many have tried to locate it, but the Goat followers exact a deadly revenge on anyone attempting to find it. It has been rumoured that this cult is responsible for the disappearing citizenry, but no one know what they may do with their kidnapped victims. Points for a novel concept, and good luck to them in their efforts. :) |
Doug Church to ION Tuesday, March 5, 2002, 15:29 | Despot | Comments Well, this be cool: it has been confirmed that Doug Church, Ultima Underworld project lead and lead programmer, lead programmer of the original System Shock, contributor to the Dark engine used in Thief, System Shock 2, and Thief 2, contributor to Deus Ex and all around l33t dude has signed on at ION Storm Austin. What his position and duties will be is unknown at the moment. In other Church-related news, he has been named the 25th most influential person in computer gaming by Gamespy. |
New Hosted Site: DX Model Site Monday, March 4, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Okay, we have a new Hosted Site here, and it's called, quite simply, "DX Model Site." As you might guess, it's dedicated to DX models, of which there are several currently available, and more on the way. You can also make requests of the guy who runs the site, AlvinD. Somehow, one gets the feeling he'll be getting quite a few of those, considering the number of mods in need of models....anyway, welcome to AlvinD and his site, and may live long and prosper. |
Face interviewed on Modpages.com Sunday, March 3, 2002, 13:05 | Despot | Comments Deus Diablo has sent word of an interview with Face about his Disclosure mod: release date, the story, his work on DXMP maps, etc. Here's a quote: Reaper Man: The story feels like something you might see in the X-Files. Was this much of an influence? What else do you feel influenced the mod? Face: You could say that I have been influenced by The X-Files in some respects, especially for the very first mission. It’s true that J.C. meets a man who claims he wants to help him, and it’s true that the meeting takes place somewhere remote and eerie, somewhat reminiscent of the meetings between Mr X and Mulder in the early X-Files. However, the story as a whole isn’t an “X-File”, and as it unfolds you will understand that the central plot is a real conspiracy, something that we should all be concerned about, because it really could happen / exist, ha ha. The Disclosure Demo doesn’t really reveal much about the story - this was, of course, purely intentional. After playing the demo the player should be thinking about some of the events in the mission, and what exactly is going on. There are points in the complete mod when the player won't know what's going on, they won't know who to trust, who to believe or who they can rely on. |
Terrorism: The Freedom Fight Update Sunday, March 3, 2002, 12:16 | Winquman | Comments Terrorism: The Freedom Fight has got a new team member, Riaz Khan. He will be mapping for the mod. They also have some new renders at their site. Watcha waiting for? Go check them out! |
Mod News, Issue 4 Saturday, March 2, 2002, 11:13 | Winquman | Comments Yupp, more Mod News :)
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Terrorism and Special Forces Merge Saturday, March 2, 2002, 10:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The (very) recently announced mod Terrorism: The Freedom Fight is merging with an other counter terrorism mod called Special Forces. Special Forces was mainly single player focused and the Terrorism team are going to do the multiplayer part of the mod. The Special Forces site has not been updated yet, but Terrorisms site has. |
Terrorism: The Freedom Fight Saturday, March 2, 2002, 06:23 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Dark_Spirit has started a new multiplayer mod called Terrorism: The Freedom Fight. It's based on the current events taking place in the US and Afghanistan. The mod will use 2 teams, the terrorists and the SWAT Forces. Several mission types will be included in the mod like Rescue the Hostages, Plant the Bomb and Capture the Terrorist. They are open to suggestions. You can mail them at max3dfreak@hotmail.com. They are also looking to fill the following positions: 3 mappers, 3 texture artists, 2 modellers, 2 coders and 1 webmaster. More info can be found on their website. |
DXDune and homepage Friday, March 1, 2002, 13:26 | Winquman | Comments We just got this mail from Blackwing, leader of DXDune: Hello, this is Blackwing from DXDune announcing that our new (and, IMO, extremely cool) site is almost up and running, our talented Sitelord P-bot is making the finishing touches and the legendary (in the online dune community) Orlok has allowed us to put some of his art on our site, so no matter what the rumours are, DXDune will soon have a site again and we'll be as hot as the sand of the Great Bled at mid-day. They already have a site up here. |
SkyWard Fires Update Thursday, February 28, 2002, 07:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments SkyWard Fires has a new model in their Media section, made by Drewb99. It's a Heavy Assault Rifle, and it looks GOOD! Also, KaMiKaZe told me to say that they "NEED MAPPERS LIKE WATER!" |
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy Official Trailer Thursday, February 28, 2002, 04:12 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Our friends at Eidos Interactive have coughed up a new Deus Ex: The Conspiracy trailer. Deus Ex: The Conspiracy for Playstation 2 is slated for a March launch. So check out the new trailer, and peer into the conspiracy that awaits you. Some of it is seen before, but most appears to be new. |
X Strain dead Tuesday, February 26, 2002, 20:12 | Despot | Comments Lexxon has let us know that X Strain dead due to lack of support and staff. The details are on the web page. Basically, he reiterates what every other observant person in the DX editing community: "STOP MAKING NEW MODS." He is still available to help out in the PDX community as a web site designer. Examples include The X Strain web site (of course) and the Providence web site (no longer operational). You can contact him at Lexxon23@aol.com. |
Twist - Chapter Eight: "Triads." Tuesday, February 26, 2002, 19:18 | Ghandaiah | Comments Woohoo, aha, ehm, err... Yes, well, chapter eight of Twist has been completed after three hours of consecutive writing... Hope you ungrateful fools appreciate it... Hope you all appreciate my LABORS... my PRODUCTS of HOURS OF TOILING AWAY in the underground chocolate factories... They're sugar-free... The place with the thing that does the stuff can be seen by following this link. However, this link does not work like any normal link. It can only be followed by performing the ancient ritual of the Zwahili Link Dance while clutching two live chickens in one hand and a roll of Mentos in the other. Ah... Mentos... the fresh-maker... (Dee dee DEE!) |
TNAG DX MP Mod Released Monday, February 25, 2002, 02:07 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have an actual released multiplayer mod for Deus Ex! Here's the mail we got from PhotoBlokey: I would just like to inform you all that a new DXMP mod from Hejhujka and Luminous Path entitled: The New Agent Of Goat (TNAG) is now available to download from the Mods section at the new look PhotoBlokey's Deus Ex Center. This mod has been thoroughly tested for over a month now and contains weapons imported from Unreal Tournament plus some new and original weapons for you all to try out in the familiar world of Deus Ex. Modified maps are also available to download including Smuggler, Area 51 and Space Ship with many more to follow. The pace is fast and furious, exciting and rewarding. So do yourself a favour and download this excellent mod now! If you have a high speed server on DXMP, then it would be most appreciated if this mod and it's maps could be hosted whenever possible. Cheers, PhotoBlokey PhotoBlokey's DX Centre is at: http://homepage.mac.com/photobloke. |
AC3 Remixed DX Soundtracks Monday, February 25, 2002, 02:01 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Three AC3 remixed soundtracks from Deus Ex are now available on Creative Labs. They can be downloaded from here: www.soundblaster.com/goodies/gaming. Unfortunately they don't have the cool intro theme there. Thanks to Willy for the intel. |
Disclosure Demo for Mac Available Monday, February 25, 2002, 01:59 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Macintosh version of the Disclosure mod is now available for download from www.facedesigns.co.uk. They also now have a U.S. Mirror Download site (thanks to CoMpUdOc) so fast transfers should be available to most visitors. |
Cassandra Project Interview Saturday, February 23, 2002, 12:38 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved word that epiGamer has interviewed The Narcissus Entity concerning The Cassandra Project. eG - BremXJones is best know as a writer, how important is the story in The Cassandra Project? Should we expect some mind-blowing plot twists? NE - A twist in a plot is a fairly weak gambit for a writer. Not knowing what is going to happen next doesn't imply that what's coming next is utterly unpredictable. That said, we hope that certain elements would be a surprise to the gamer. Even if the central story arc of the first episode keeps a little too close to the conspiracy theory riff, the peripheral aspects contain elements rarely seen in a videogame to date. For example, no videogame character this side of Kingpin has a mouth fouler than Bobby Chaos 3.2. On a less puerile note, the work was approached by all as any creative enterprise in another media would be. There will also be at least three funny jokes. Read the full interview and get a glimpse and some brand new shots of TCP here: http://www.epigamer.com/article.php?a=47. |
Disclosure Demo Released Friday, February 22, 2002, 08:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments GRANDE NEWS! The Disclosure demo for PC has been released as promised. It can be downloaded from www.facedesigns.co.uk. It weighs approximately 9 megabytes and includes all of the nesessary files for Disclosure to be installed and played. The Macintosh Version will be released within the next few days. This news was brought to you by Face in association with PlanetDeusEx ;). |
New Pictures from Rand Corp Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 13:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Rand Corp has updated the site with a few screen shots. Go check it out. |
Details About the Disclosure Demo Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 07:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments This is just a quick update from me to let you know that the Disclosure Demo is still on schedule for release this Friday (22nd February 2002). On Friday the PC version will be released, complete with setup/installation and uninstallation programs to make installing and uninstalling the demo as painless as possible -- no manual install needed! We're currently working on the Mac distribution version, which we hope to release on Saturday, but, if not, it will be released by the following Friday at the very latest -- this will contain a Mac version of the installation and uninstallation programs. Regards Face |
Warren Spector speaks to PlayStation.com Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 06:25 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Recently, Warren Spector spoke to PlayStation.com. Here's a bit: On ears: All of our figures now have ears. That was one of my big pet peeves; we only had 300 poly figures in the PC version. Now we have many thousands of polys to play with, so all of our characters have actual, modelled ears. I'm sure all of the players will be thrilled... hey, it's a big deal to me! Sorry, I had to include that. Thanks (once again) to Andy M. We should promote this guy to "Our Man in the Field™". The article can be found right here. |
New DX PS2 Preview Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 09:13 | Jonas Wæver | Comments A new DX PS2 (not DX2) preview has been posted at The Armchair Empire. Not that they've posted other DX PS2 previews before, I mean that other DX PS2 previews have been posted before... other places... yeah, that's it. |
Gamespy Desktop Sunday, February 17, 2002, 16:34 | Despot | Comments Nifty new utility from the Gamespy is now available: Gamespy Desktop. Basically, it goes out to 47 gaming sites on the GameSpy Network and sets the POTD as the desktop wallpaper--at intervals of your choice, it would seem. Sooo, if you're interested in seeing the PDX POTD on your desktop (or any other Planet site's, for that matter), download. |
Skyward Fires Mod Update Sunday, February 17, 2002, 15:42 | Evil_InVasion | Comments Kamikaze reports to us that: I've removed the "Chasing the Wind" track from the music list, because it's too old and sucks by now However, I've replaced "The Abandoned City" music with a new one, because I've lost the old one ... And the 2nd new track - "Back for Business", played when the player returns to SkyWard city later in the game. So head to the MUSIC section and get the cool tracks now. Check out Skyward fires here. |
First looks at the Disclosure mod Sunday, February 17, 2002, 09:03 | slicer | Comments The low profile but seemingly eagerly anticipated mod, Disclosure, has been previewed and reviewed by the guys down at Deus Ex Machina. Although not much is still known about this mod, details are starting to unfold slooooowly... check it out here: Deus Ex Machina Disclosure Preview & Review |
Got Ghand 17: "Snurkle." Sunday, February 17, 2002, 00:04 | Ghandaiah | Comments Uh-oh. It's me again. And I managed to throw together another completely stupid article of everything that means nothing when put together in one wonderfully composed opus of nonsense. The next Got Ghand can be found STARING DOWN INTO THE BLACK PITS OF SARRLAC. Or "through this link." Whatever. Just... when you're reading this one, folks... Just remember... Drugs are bad, mmkay? |
Mod News, Issue 3 Saturday, February 16, 2002, 10:09 | Winquman | Comments
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New PlanetDeusEx Winamp Skin Friday, February 15, 2002, 18:22 | King Kashue | Comments Hey there folks, King Kashue here...I know you're used to seeing me prattle on about a bunch of nonsense in this space...rambling aimlessly about my article...using a bunch of incoherent references to get your attention...well, that's not going to happen here...no siree, gonna stay on point...got something to say...no rambling for me...uh...what was I saying...oh, yeah I just did my first Winamp skin, actually had a lot of fun doing it, and wouldn't ya know, it's a PlanetDeusEx skin...yep, that's right, now you can think of PDX when listening to all of that music you "shared" off of Napster before it got closed down by "The Man"... Check out a screen shot (which looks a bit washed-out to me), and download it...SUCKA!!! (right click on the link and "save target as") A special thanks goes out to Reaper Man for the use of his aug buttons... ;) (Better?) |
New Mod: Toasty Buns Friday, February 15, 2002, 10:44 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Apparently, a new mod has started. I know nothing about it, and so, it seems, they want it. We have however recieved this screenshot and the name of the mod: Toasty Buns... |
PC Zone boosts Deus Ex Friday, February 15, 2002, 09:16 | slicer | Comments Having suffered a while of quietness, erp..., Dennis Publishing Ltd.'s PC Zone Magazine has published Deus Ex mods and maps in its Extended Play section this month. A few DXMP maps are placed on the Cover CD as well as reviews of the maps, a map of the month is given as well, but you will have to find out yourself ;) Seems like they are giving us a boost as a few sites are listed, PlanetDeusEx.com, Deus Ex Ed, DEA and also the Disclosure Mod site. Check it out with the March 2002 Edition, Issue #113, Page 144. Deus Ex 2 also is their Top Story for the month. Check out their rather amusing preview ;) |
Edge of Dark Shuts Down Thursday, February 14, 2002, 13:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this e-mail: Edge of Dark will no longer be published as a Deus Ex mod. While development of the game will continue, we are currently exploring other engines and commercial opportunities. I had decided long ago not to publish the entire game for the current DX engine, but I did want to publish what we had started. In the end, I felt it was no longer worth the amount of time to continue producing this for Deus Ex. A word of warning to those that continue: Stop starting new mods and help the ones that are in existence. The community isn't large enough to sustain the amount of mods being 'created', and the DX community shoots itself in the foot by doing this: More=Less. As well, to the creators of DX, for DX2 you would do well to make installing and playing a mod more user friendly, and perhaps take a note from Valve and be more active in nurturing the mod community, I felt Ion's participation in this area is sorely lacking. Best of luck to everybody, I'll see you around:) Shade01 |
New Mod Based on Final Fantasy Thursday, February 14, 2002, 13:44 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Solidus Snake sends word that he's making a mod based on the Final Fantasy movie. The working title is War Eyes. They already have a modeller, a skinner and plenty of voice actors, but they need mappers and a good webmaster. Mail Solidus if you want in. |
DX PS2 Main Theme Tuesday, February 12, 2002, 20:07 | Despot | Comments ISA has sent another bit of coolness from the PS2 version of Deus Ex in the form of the DX Main Theme of the game--re-recorded with a 20+ piece orchestra. Think Alex Brandon goodness, without the synth sound. Color me impressed! The MP3 can be found here, and weighs in at 2.13 MB. |
Update on Skyward Fires Tuesday, February 12, 2002, 10:03 | Evil_InVasion | Comments Kamikaze informed me that his mod Skyward Fires is nowhere near dead. The site was updated with screens from the SunTech Underground labs. Go visit the site for more info. |
LAN Party Idea Tuesday, February 12, 2002, 07:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Phoenix sent us this mail: Hi there! I myself is a mapper for Deus Ex, and I came up with this brilliant idea. Call it "early alpha" stage idea if you want to. I was thinking that all the modders from the Deus Ex community could get together and have a LAN party (Local Area Network). This might not even happen, but I would appriciate it if those who are just a LITTLE interrested in participating, would send me a mail including their nickname and where they live. Remember, it might not even happen, but if I know where you live, I could find the most central location, and then maybe this alpha stage idea will hit beta. Who knows? Send your mail to: fenixs85@hotmail.com if you're interested. |
The Somnolent Mod Tuesday, February 12, 2002, 03:34 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Aunt Betty informs us that he's making his own one man mod called Somnolent. It's his first ever single player project aside from skinning. Here it is. No, back there... Another thing is that he and Damocles has decided that he's a bit too freelance for Vampire, but he's still in the Redsun mod as a skinner, and of course The Nameless Mod. |
Deus Ex Novelization Monday, February 11, 2002, 14:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments William Williams is writing a Deus Ex novel over at DEA. Basically, it's Deus Ex in written form. The first four chapters are available here. |
New Mod: UNATCO Born Monday, February 11, 2002, 06:44 | Winquman | Comments We have got some info about a new mod, UNATCO Born. Basicly, instead of joining the resistace, you stay with UNATCO. They are in a great need of skilled mappers. For more info about the mod go to their homepage, and that's also the place you should go if you want to map for the mod. So why are you still here? |
DX PS2 shots Sunday, February 10, 2002, 18:57 | Despot | Comments Evil Avatar has served up some new DX PS2 screenage: six new pics from the game which WILL be released soon (hopefully...) This one is particularly cool: |
Mod News, Issue 2 Sunday, February 10, 2002, 08:16 | Winquman | Comments I know, I know, it's been a while. This is not due to lack of updates, but lack of time. Anyway, here we go again...
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Target Sighted Features Updated Saturday, February 9, 2002, 05:54 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Target Sighteds' Features page has been updated, and new features that should clear up some of the game play questions have been added. |
DX2 Concept Art: Day 5 Saturday, February 9, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Well, all good things must end as they say, and so must the supply of Cool Art. This pair of baddies is the last of the bunch, and the best of it as well, so to speak. We have a mysterious "Creature X" that looks like a mech-augmented interpretation of some type of were-creature or perhaps an ape, and an arachnoid heavy bot, which appears to be packing a heavy punch. Check 'em out in the usual spot. And thus endeth the display of Art. Now, back to waiting impatiently for more art, screenshots, a demo, the release...waiting, waiting, waiting. Arrrrgh. :p |
DXMP Solo Friday, February 8, 2002, 12:54 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Aunt Betty wants you to know that he's made a website dedicated to independant mappers. As he said: "They are our leading source of DXMP mappage and I thought it would be nice to get some stuff up there for them." It can be found here. |
Article: Late Night w/ Scarab & Silver! Friday, February 8, 2002, 21:19 | Despot | Continuing the trend of non-staff authored content, we have a new Article for your perusal. It's...kinda...weird, but they do have some info about the Klystron Project, as the majority of the article is an interview of sorts with The Smike, lead of said Project. Check the whole thing out here. |
Dune are Looking for Mappers Friday, February 8, 2002, 16:21 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Pogoman/Heilos13/PsykomanEVA/whatever is looking for skilled mappers for the Dune mod. Go ahead, drop him a line. |
Yet Another DX2 Preview Friday, February 8, 2002, 12:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments ...not that there's anything wrong with them of course. Jeroen found a new one for us over at Computerandvideogames.com. Very nice, but be sure you read it all before your Guest privileges expire :( |
Redsun Looking for a Skinner Friday, February 8, 2002, 12:06 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Markus from Redsun2020 has sent word that, although they really have everything, they need a skinner! They need someone capable of doing character skins. Not gun skins. If you're interested, have a look at their forum. Redsun2020 says thanks. |
Disclosure *cough*DEMO*cough* Friday, February 8, 2002, 11:52 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Face from the Disclosure mod has sent this: The Disclosure website has been updated. You might be pleasantly surprised when checking out the news flash. Also, check the files section for additional Mission 6 and Mission 9 production view screenshots! Remember, there's a mailing list facility on the Face Designs website, so sign up if you want all of the latest news and information relating to Disclosure! You heard the man! Move! |
DXW Update Friday, February 8, 2002, 11:47 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Deus Ex World have posted the whole story behind their mod. Check it out. They are also looking for coders. Please mail daheisy@yahoo.de. |
Target Sighted has new Teammembers Friday, February 8, 2002, 11:41 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Target Sighted would like to welcome the following people to their team: Liquiddark - Coder Chris - Modeller Daedalus2051 - Mapper They also have a new model to show off. |
DX2 Concept Art: Day 4 Friday, February 8, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Welcome to your desssstiny Day 4 of the DX2 Art Week, which means we have some more conceptual goodness for ya: a cyber dog (Spot got implants), and a concept of "Templar Armor" (previously seen on Gamespot.com in watermarked form). Check 'em out on the DX 2 Art page. |
The Path to Illumination, The Ninth Circle Thursday, February 7, 2002, 21:12 | King Kashue | Comments Okay, who saw how sorry the SuperBowl commericals were this year?...They ran out of new commericals by the second quarter! In the second half I was expecting the Wendy's "Where's the Beef" lady to come on...sad...What has American Capitalism come to?!? Well, I can tell you that this week's *cough* article is much better than most of the commercials on Sunday and contains only 10% previously viewed content!!! Go check it out! |
New DXW members Thursday, February 7, 2002, 09:14 | Winquman | Comments Deus Ex World report that they have three new members: Nasreddin, who works as a Translator, DaDaUrKa is a new mapper, and so is {MD}Geist. |
DX2 Concept Art: Day 3 Thursday, February 7, 2002, 00:00 | Despot | Comments Welcome to Day 3 (a significance digit, for some reason, maybe because Ghandaiah can't count higher than that)...anyway, today's consignment of DX2 Art consists of a ninja-esque guy, who is marked as a member of the "WTO" forces (potential plot element, anyone?) and a concept of some new type of repair bot, looking rather aggressive. Enjoy! |
New Poll / Poll results Wednesday, February 6, 2002, 23:42 | Despot | Comments Right, so there's a new poll online: Favorite default DXMP map? No originality, these days...a lack of usable submissions is the cause. *hint, hint* Also with us is some new poll commentary, comments from somebody who Knows about such things, DerianX, and me. |
DX2 Concept Art: Day 2 Wednesday, February 6, 2002, 07:43 | Despot | Comments And here we go with more Deus Ex 2 concept art: today's duo consists of a cleanerbot and some scientist NPCs that don't seem to mind getting their hands dirty--and wet. |
[NSF] Mod Updates Wednesday, February 6, 2002, 06:42 | Winquman | Comments We just got word from the team behind the [NSF] Mod about a Flash Movie for the mod coming out within the end of the month. |
DXCoop and Mod Loader Wednesday, February 6, 2002, 06:36 | Winquman | Comments As you might already know there has been a new release of the UC Mod Loader (get it here). We just got word from the DXCoop team that the new version works just fine with the Coop code, which is a really good thing :) |
New Deus Ex concept art Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 14:06 | Despot | Comments Well, we at PlanetDeusEx have a treat today: new Deus Ex 2 concept art! ION Storm has been kind enough to send over some totally new concepts, and the DX2 Art section has been updated with a concept pilot NPC and an ugly fish dude with nasty, pointy teeth. But that's not the end: new pictures will be added every day over the next week, so keep checking in for more DX2 concept goodness. Bring your drool buckets. |
Witchboy in Hong Kong Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 11:11 | Despot | Comments New developer diary on Gamespy: in it, witchboy recounts his visit to Hong Kong while on a business trip...a bunch of photos accompany it as well. 'tis an interesting perspective on the Real City that appears in Deus Ex, and the life of a game dev as well. Check out the entire thing right here. |
New Weapon Ordinance Monday, February 4, 2002, 07:19 | Winquman | Comments There is a new weapon at Ordinance's homepage. It's an EP-40 Energy Rifle, and it looks like it could do some heavy damage. |
ModPages DX News Poster Monday, February 4, 2002, 07:11 | Winquman | Comments We got a mail from Deus Diablo regarding ModPages.com: Hello, I just wanted to tell you all about that ModPages.com has new news poster working specifically for the Deus Ex section. Err… that would be me then. I am going under the alias Reaper Man, so please come along and have a look. I will try to be our voice in the global range of Mods across the gaming frontier. Which reminds me, if you do have any news, don’t hesitate to let me know and I will put it up straight away. Don’t forget ModPages.com is a great way to let people outside the Deus Ex community know about your mod. So see you all there then! You can send him a mail by pressing anywhere on this sentence. |
Target Sighted Update Monday, February 4, 2002, 07:03 | Winquman | Comments We just got this mail from Aesthesia, leader of the Target Sighted mod: Weapon #7 is up in the mean time. Where is weapon 6? //classified// Seriously though, issues regarding the mod have come up, and in the interest of making it the greatest thing known to man-kind, I've had to withhold some info, but I'll be making up for it in other places ;) Right now I'm putting together a map for the TS community to meet on, but it will be limited to a non-dedicated server for now. Oh, and finally, we still don't have a coder (which we NEED) so I've begun teaching myself...scared? So no, I haven't been slacking off; just working towards bettering it for everyone based on the vast amount of feedback I've recieved. |
The Snake Updates! Monday, February 4, 2002, 06:55 | Winquman | Comments Liquid Snake, that is. He has just updated his page, Liquid Snake's Maps with a neat new design and some new screenies. Well, what are you waiting for? Go there! |
SkyWard Fires need mappers Sunday, February 3, 2002, 11:03 | Winquman | Comments SkyWard Fires is in a desperate need of experienced mappers. So, if you are an experienced mapper, why don't you mail KaMiKaZe with a small example of your work. |
Deus Ex World Forum Sunday, February 3, 2002, 06:24 | Winquman | Comments Deus Ex World report that they have a new forum, and you can visit it here. Part of the forum is in German, but there is an English area too. And why don't you use the Babel Fish to translate the German posts? ;) |
New Model from Dune Sunday, February 3, 2002, 02:56 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this cool picture of an incomplete Maula pistol from Pogoman of the Dune mod: by Alvind |
Tutorial Project on Hold Saturday, February 2, 2002, 07:27 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved this e-mail from Dark Templar: Some of you may remember some news posted a while ago that a new tutorial site was going to open up that would give people a very visual learning reference for using the Deus Ex SDK (UnrealEd). Well I have some semi-bad news, for the moment putting the project on the back burner becuase of that evil universal constant... time. We just don't have enough of it what with working on mods aswell as other things. But on the flip side there is good news, seeing as we aren't launching soon we will have more time to write tutorials when we have the time so that when it's up you'll have a whole host of tutorials to help you learn. As of now we're not certain when we are actually launching but it could be in anywhere up to a months time :-( |
Update on The Nameless Mod Saturday, February 2, 2002, 06:48 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Ah yes, a few updates on The Nameless Mod (the community mod formerly known as OTF). There's a new site up, even though it's only temporary, and there's a snippet of the story, some map and weapon pics and a lot of skin pics. Go there! |
Dune Needs More Teammembers Saturday, February 2, 2002, 05:51 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Dune mod is in need of some dedicated teammembers. That means anyone with modding skills. If you want to help, head over to their join page or email Pogoman, tell them what you can do and, if possible, send some examples of your work. |
New DX PS2 Preview Friday, February 1, 2002, 15:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Gamespy has a new preview of the PS2 version of DX up here, and indeed it looks very good. Must keep thinking: "DX2, DX2, DX2..." : ) |
Target Sighted Weapon #5 Friday, February 1, 2002, 05:39 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Weapon number 5 is up, and number 6 will be up later tonight. Today, it is a M42 - A1 Machine Gun. |
Deus Ex MP Mailing List Thursday, January 31, 2002, 12:15 | Winquman | Comments We just got word from The First Person Shooter Society about a sister list exclusively for the DXMP community. You want to know more? Go there! |
Redsun 2020 Update Thursday, January 31, 2002, 12:06 | Winquman | Comments Well, this is great news! Another mod page has finally decided to update again. This time it's the Redsun 2020 Mod, and I suggest you go and pay them a visit. |
More PS2 screenage Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 22:42 | Despot | Comments "ION Storm's masterpiece is looking hot on the PS2!" is the flavor text for the latest batch of DX PS2 screenies, and for once it's quite correct...the shots are--how do you say?--"l33t"? Here's a sample: Thanks, Andy M for the tip. |
ION Austin at Game Developers Conference Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 22:30 | Despot | Comments Thanks to Gwog for pointing out a number of ION Storm Austin peeps on the speakerlist for the Game Developers Conference. The list includes (these are the ones that the newsie eyes could spot, there may be others as well): Alex Brandon: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36539400 Chris Carrollo: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36749002 Doug Church (honorary ISA): http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36553146 Witchboy: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36628709 Randy Smith: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36755606 Warren: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/gdc_02/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=36632515 Wanna go! Wanna go! |
New Ordinance Wallpaper Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 02:24 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Ordinance mod has a cool new wallpaper for you all to marvel at: |
Another Invisible Update Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 02:11 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Another update from Invisible Online: 1. Shade vs Human Mod Help has been added, this will tell you how to get the mod to function properly. 2. Star Wars Mod Page has been added, 4 screenshots and help page to get the mod working on your server. 3. A feedback link is posted on the site, it will be of use to me for Broken Links/Mod Bugs/Contacts/News/ and anything else you can think of. The NSF mod is getting ready to be released in 1-1.5 months from this update. See this page for more info on the NSF mod. They would also like you to notify them if there are any problems. It would be of great help, and after all, that's what the feedback link is used for. |
Target Sighted Weapons 3 and 4 Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 02:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Weapon number 4 from Target Sighted is online now. So is #3, and has been for a days' time. We apologize for that. |
DX Skyward Fires Mod Update Monday, January 28, 2002, 13:30 | Evil_InVasion | Comments The Deus-Ex mod Skyward Fires reports that Helios13 has joined the mod team as a skinner and a texture artist. Also, their modeler Boogie is working on the SunTech Trooper model, with a preview here. |
DXW Story Monday, January 28, 2002, 10:17 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The first part of the DXW story has been released. Here's a retainer. The whole story will be up on their website soon. The Great Russian War of 2010 The war started when a particularly cutthroat Russian nationalist, Vladimir Romanov, came to power as the Czar or Russia. He wanted to restore the dignity that Russia had lost in World War II. It made a surprise in invasion on two fronts. On the western front is got as far as Germany, Austria, and Italy before there was much resistance. Then France, the Spain, and the United Kingdom sent troops to try to make a line across the German-Austrian-Italian border. This was going well until Czar Romanov realized that the troops sent through Mongolia and China were easily gaining ground and sent half of them to aid the Western Front. These additional troops overwhelmed the European defenses and it looked like Russia had won. However, by this time the United States army had fully mobilized and arrived in Europe. It backed up the hurt European powers to surround the Russian army. Most of the troops surrendered, except for a few pockets of resistance that didn’t prove to be too much trouble to destroy. The troops on the Eastern Front realized their danger and gave themselves up too, despite Czar Romanov’s orders to continue the invasion. |
Invisible News Monday, January 28, 2002, 08:35 | Jonas Wæver | Comments I quote: I have posted a Star Wars mod, made by me and Anxiety. Includes Lightsaber/Blaster/Rifle/And More... These MiniMods will be made in a Series, Shades vs Humans {Military vs Evil Creatures) Star Wars (Laser Beams and Lightsabers) Dark Times (Magic and Medieval Battle) The [NSF] Mod is comming along nicely, Beta Tests went over good yesterday, only a few problems. 1. Automatic Weapons do not work for clients (Sound Issue) 2. Smoke Grenades are very short, with some video cards. Unfortunately since my last news post I STILL haven't gotten a response from modellers/animators so I might release Beta 1.0 without weapons models (they will be textured though). And this was from Tommy Downing a.k.a. Dark from Invisible Online. |
Ordinance Update Monday, January 28, 2002, 08:26 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Ordinance mod has got a new site design and added a lot of stuff to the site. They have a new Ikonboard forum, a music section and some new art amongst other things. This be good! |
Target Sighted Weapon #2 Monday, January 28, 2002, 08:12 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Target Sighted has a new Weapon of the Day. Today, it is an Auto Mag. This will get monotonous at some point ;) |
"Counterfeit" Design Doc Goes Public Sunday, January 27, 2002, 20:12 | Ghandaiah | I've made a final personal decision to never use the Counterfeit plot idea again, so I'm opening the design doc for the once-active mod to the public. It can be seen here. Oh, and even though the mod is no longer on the mod list, you can still download the released demo just by going to the site, or just straight through FilePlanet. I don't know how much longer the actual site will be up, though. I think there's a Mods Page or somethin' in the works for PDX. |
Special Forces Update Sunday, January 27, 2002, 11:19 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Special Forces has 2 new weapon screenshots and 3 new level shots. They have also obtained the help of William Cutter, a.k.a. Alpha Operator, who'll be voicing Jack Forest (the main character). And they need a webmaster. Apply here. |
Target Sighted - Again Sunday, January 27, 2002, 06:39 | Winquman | Comments This must be some kind of record...two news posts the same day? Anyway, the latest mail from Target Sighted is about their Weapons Week. They are going to update their homepage with a new weapon every day during one week. Sounds like fun, eh? The first weapon can be found here. |
New, fast DXMP Server Sunday, January 27, 2002, 06:31 | Winquman | Comments We just got news about a new DXMP server called Northwood. It's a fast P4 with fast internet connection. Isn't this what all DXMP players have been wishing for? The homepage of the server can be found here. |
Twist: Chapter Seven - "Unclean." Sunday, January 27, 2002, 01:02 | Ghandaiah | Comments The next chapter of the critically-acclaimed, well-loved, extremely popular, worldwide-famed super-novel has been posted for all its fanatics, scholars, studiers, and hardcore fans to enjoy! ... *Returns to reality.* Chapter seven of my pathetic attempt at fanfic can be seen here. Two site hits are expected for this latest endeavor. |
Preachers interview Sunday, January 27, 2002, 00:37 | Despot | Comments Well, a wee bit late here (grumbles about the remissive news crew), but there is an interview on DX-M.com, in which the lead of the Preachers mod, SchizoSlayer, answers various questions about his effort. A random quote: What inspired you to start up the Preachers project? The combination of playing Max Payne and watching Ghost In The Shell on my new DVD player I think. Deus Ex didn't come into it, all I saw there was a solution to our engine problems. Perhaps Deus Ex is what keeps me making it but it's not what started it. |
Target Sighted Update Sunday, January 27, 2002, 00:31 | Despot | Comments Well, Target Sighted has been updated (starting to notice a pattern?) based on feedback from their forums: colors have been changed, and a few links added. There is also promise of more interesting tidbits about weapons and items. |
New Mod: RIFTS Sunday, January 27, 2002, 00:28 | Despot | Comments Paul Nortness has asked for an Announcement of a new mod under development by him...temporary website is here, and all positions (webmaster, coding, mapping, etc.) are open. An interesting challenge, this one. Converting a dot-system to FPS is no small task. |
Mod Loader to be updated? Sunday, January 27, 2002, 00:24 | Despot | Comments Well, this certainly bodes well for custom Deus Ex stuff: nomad has sent in a link to his site, which contains updated versions of Team UC's Mod Loader and UC mod. More updates are on the way as well, apparently. About time, say I! :) |
Mod News, Issue #1 Saturday, January 26, 2002, 07:43 | Winquman | Comments From now on, there will be an issue number for every mod news post. This makes it easier to keep track of them. So, enjoy Issue #1 ;)
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Vampire News Saturday, January 26, 2002, 05:08 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DX: Vampire has two new additions to the team: Birdie a.k.a. Phoenix has rejoined the mod as mapper and Steve "Zestionmark" Gillet has joined the mapping crew too. They are still, however, looking for skinners, modellers and audio engineers. Apply now! |
DX Mod Editorial Friday, January 25, 2002, 09:39 | Winquman | Comments Even more stuff to read about Deus Ex mod development? Sure is... I am a mapper for Deicide and I have written an editorial attempting to explain the reasons of why Deus Ex mods have been so slow lately by the title of "Deus Ex Mods Difficult? Hue Betcha!" |
New Mailbag Thursday, January 24, 2002, 21:29 | Despot | Comments Just when you thought the mailbag had been completely devoured by rabid poodle dogs, NK lets loose another one. Evil_Invasion lends a hand in this issue, which ponders mathematics, greasels, and stupidity, according to the description. In case you missed the last link, here's another one: link. And send mail to the mailbag here. |
Target Sighted Forum Thursday, January 24, 2002, 08:02 | Winquman | Comments Target Sighted has got a new forum. They would really like you to give them feedback on the site and the mod in general. And the forum is a great place to do this, so go there! |
New SkyWard Fires News Wednesday, January 23, 2002, 16:58 | Evil_InVasion | Comments The mod SkyWard Fires has a couple news pieces. Mouse has announced his departure, stating lack of time as his reason. Drewb99 has finished his first model for this mod, a small explosive, which you can view here. Kamikaze also stated that the mod is in need of skinners, animators and most importantly, mappers. So head over to the site if you would like to apply. |
Target Sighted Update - Again Wednesday, January 23, 2002, 09:14 | Winquman | Yes, that's right. We just got an other update from Target Sighted: The "teams" page has received a new "status" indicator, to show our..um...status. (yahuh) A brand new Augmentation has been added to the features page, designed for use by the medic class ;) Lastly, the "classes" have had a bit of revision, while i play with the names, and reduce the amount of classes there is, so as to not make the game so confusing. If only all mods updated this frequently... ;) |
Target Sighted Update Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 05:59 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Target Sighted has updated their site, with a promise to start updating it a lot more frequently, rather than occasionally. I'm sure Winquman will like to hear that ; ) |
More screenage from DX PS2 Monday, January 21, 2002, 20:05 | Despot | Comments Gamespy Daily has put up some new lo-res screenies from the PS2 version of Deus Ex... Makes one wish that PS2s grew on trees, eh? |
Modpages.com, now with DX support Monday, January 21, 2002, 09:34 | Despot | Comments Insyder from Modpages.com has sent word that the site now has a Deus Ex section (story). With this addition to their site comes a need for reviewers, one interviewer, and a news agent that is familiar with the Deus Ex community, so if you're actively or inactively seeking to contribute to the webpresence of Deus Ex, apply via e-mail, or join their chat channel on irc.gamesnet.net, channel #modpages. |
Disclosure Mod Update Monday, January 21, 2002, 07:59 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Face, leader of the Disclosure mod: Just a quick email to let you know that there's been another update at the Disclosure site (www.facedesigns.co.uk). Production work for mission 9 has begun and to show this I've put up a screenshot of the current work in the Files section. Also, I'm looking for help from anyone who has experience/knowledge of converting PC made DX maps/mods for use on the Mac platform, if anyone fits this description I would appreciate it if they could contact me at face@rush365.co.ukas I would like to be in a position to release Disclosure for both PC and Mac platforms when the time comes. What are you waiting for? Go and visit the page! |
Hidden Agenda Screenshots Monday, January 21, 2002, 06:52 | Winquman | Comments We got some new screenshots from the Hidden Agenda Mod: |
Editorial: Deus Ex Needs You! Monday, January 21, 2002, 00:06 | Despot | Comments Right, another Article about Mods, this time from PDX forumite, proprietor of the Modshop and member of the DXMP_PartyZone team Deus Diablo. He gives his thoughts on how the community can and should support those involved in Mod-making efforts. Give it a read. So you thought we'd given up on the Mods issue, eh? Guess again! Mods are important! Important! *gesticulates widly* |
Skyward Fires Recruits New Member Sunday, January 20, 2002, 16:16 | Evil_InVasion | The DX mod Skyward Fires has recruit a new member, Geordie, a part-time coder. They also released a new song, titled 'No Unauthorized Personnel' by Kamikaze. |
News from Prey Sunday, January 20, 2002, 09:30 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Prey have got three new team members: Paul Nortness - Mapper Lucijan Blagonic - Texture artist The Fifth Geek - Modeller and texture artist They still need coders, mappers, voice actors and modellers. They also have a site up. |
New Mod: Digital Being Sunday, January 20, 2002, 09:20 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have another new mod: Digital Being, started by Philippe Parker. Here's a teaser: This is the digital century. Everything in this world has to do with technology and computers. Welcome to a world where this is irrelevant. This world exists only in the minds of the pawns and in the circuits of computers. Traveling through fiber cables and phone lines. This is the digital world. A whole new experience. An escape. You are you or are you? Everything here is real, you, your friends, your foes. Your job, the night clubs you go to. Even your personal computer and cell phone exists. A whole new concept for the Deus EX world. A digital world inside computers all over the world. Free play, or follow a custom story line. You decide how to live your life. They need a determined people who are interested in developing the mod. More information can be found on their website, or by sending a mail. |
Mod News Sunday, January 20, 2002, 08:57 | Winquman | Comments So what are you waiting for?
If you had an update on your homepage that you can't find here, please mail me the URL to the page. Thank You. |
Warzone Mod Update Saturday, January 19, 2002, 11:04 | Winquman | Comments That's right. They've posted an in-game screenshot of their Apc model. So go and check it out! |
Skyward Fires Interview Saturday, January 19, 2002, 08:04 | Jonas Wæver | Comments [KaMiKaZe] was nice enough to point out an interview with himself over at Deus-Ex.org. The interview is about his mod Skyward Fires, and it is some three days old, but it's still interesting. |
PS2 Gameplay movies @ Gamespot Friday, January 18, 2002, 16:48 | Despot | Comments Thanks to Gwog (who spotted it on Gaming Groove) for the heads up on some new gameplay movies on Gamespot, which show off various portions of the game such as part of the first level and the use of the stun gun. Also newly available on Gamespot is the new intro cinematic that was previously posted on Fileplanet. |
Metal Gear Solid mail problems Friday, January 18, 2002, 09:11 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Metal Head, leader of the Metal Gear Solid mod. His e-mail address has not been working very well, so he has not received a single mail about the mod. His new e-mail address is metul_hed@greatestgamers.com. So if you have sent any e-mails about the mod, please resend them to the new address. |
New Deus Ex Mod Thursday, January 17, 2002, 07:25 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Jim Frazee about a new mod he's starting: Attention Deus Ex Mod Programmers, My name is SciFiTechGuy. Currently I am working on a story for a new Deus Ex mod. I am in great need of experienced programmers who are willing to work with me. The task I require of you is unique, but easy (in your case). I have no experience working with the Unreal Engine or it's development kits. I am attempting to create a continuation of Deus Ex through the form of a mod. But I need developers to help me. The plan for the game is fairly simple: The game will be using the same maps from the original Deus Ex. All that is needed are modifications to the maps to upgrade them with the concurrent storyline. I do not require any assistance in the story. I need only experienced programmers to work with on maps. If you are interested, please email me at scifitechguy@attbi.com. The name of the mod is Deus Ex-Operation: Machina. The mod has no homepage yet. |
Havok 1.6 released Thursday, January 17, 2002, 04:36 | Despot | Comments VoodooExtreme has a report that version 1.6 of Havok's real-time physics engine (website) has been released, which includes a new technology know as MOPP (Memory Optimised Partial Polytope). A description of the tech follows: MOPP (Memory Optimised Partial Polytope) is a completely new way of compressing bounding volume data for arbitrary polygon meshes. It has a dramatically reduced memory footprint compared with traditional bounding volume approaches without sacrificing any runtime performance. Developed exclusively by Havok engineers, it is fully integrated into the 1.6 release of the Havok SDK. MOPP technology enables game developers to create worlds of a greater size and scope than was previously possible. Other features of the release include further integration of Havok physics with the leading rendering engines and modellers, such as Max and Maya. Do I hear a "w00t"? |
DX PS2 preview on IGN Thursday, January 17, 2002, 04:25 | Despot | Comments PS2.IGN.com added some info to their preview of the PS2 version of Deus Ex (thanks, Shacknews). Not a lot of new info, but there is a new Date of Release, cited as March 2002 in the Quick Info. They also mention that the game is "80% complete." Perhaps we won't be eeing this title for a while yet. |
The Path to Illumination, The Eighth Age Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 20:31 | King Kashue | Comments Okay, I know it's been a while, and I was really trying to get this written before New Year's...stuff just came up, and well...*stifles a sob*...Ghand wrote Two Got Ghand? articles since I wrote last...*breaks down sobbing*...I knew it was bad, but I...I didn't know it was that bad...I mean, two Got Ghand? installments...the horror!... Ah yes, the article...Since it's been so long, I've brought you THE KING KASHUE, EXCEEDINGLY BELATED, MERRY NEW YEAR OF THE RINGS, MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA!!!. An extra contest, extra questions, and someone finally asks THE QUESTION I CANNOT ANSWER™!!! |
New Mod: Deus Ex World Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 10:21 | Winquman | Comments We just got word from Daniel Seidl of a new mod called Deus Ex World: A new mod, called Deus Ex World, or just DXW, is now on the net. It will be something between Deus Ex and Amfia or GTA 3. The website is at www.deusexworld.de.vu (it is in German and in Englisch) We also need a lot of members, if anybody wants to help, he can send an e-mail to daheisy@yahoo.de or lajos@tnatrix.de. So go ahead and visit them! |
DX 2 Release Date! Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 10:44 | Jonas Wæver | Comments YES! It's true. Deus Ex 2 has an official release date: Spring 2003. Now we all have something to look forward to! This information is from a Deus Ex 2 First Look posted on Actiontrip. There are also some screenshots and some other cool info on the game. Let there be much rejoicing. |
WS/witchboy Gamespot Interview Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 18:14 | Despot | Comments Right on the heels of the DX2 first look comes a 5 page interview with Warren Spector and Harvey Smith on Gamespot (thanks, _Cyborg_). They talk about Deus Ex 2, oddly enough, and its development, technology, and planned features. Here's a quote of interest to the Deus Ex MP crowd: GS: Though Deus Ex shipped as a single-player game, Ion Storm released a free multiplayer add-on some months later. How was it received? Will Deus Ex 2 have multiplayer out of the box, and if so, what will it be like? WS: The multiplayer patch was well received, if not as widely played as we might have hoped. Everyone who played it and took the time to tell us about his or her experience seemed to appreciate how different the Deus Ex multiplayer experience was from the rest of the multiplayer games out there. And that was our goal, really. We wanted to see if our character and experience differentiating gameplay tools worked as well in a multiplayer setting as in a single-player one, and we got the answer we were hoping for. Having said that, the work involved in creating a genuinely unique multiplayer experience and in supporting a multiplayer community turned out to be...significant...and we need to keep our focus on the single-player experience. There's a petition out there right now asking us to do multiplayer versions of our future games, but I really think we're better off--and players are better served--if we focus on what we do best, which is providing a first-rate, single-player, story-based, character-driven experience. There is also a new piece of concept art available. |
New tutorial site Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 10:50 | Winquman | Comments We just got word from Lawrence about a new tutorial site called T.I.N.A.: A new tutorial site , T.I.N.A, spawned in the PDX forums is being put together by myself, Dark Templar and Phas. The tutorials are designed to easy to read and understand. Our site is already constructed and we will be hosted on PDX but we require a few more tutorial authors before we can launch the site. We need people who are knowledgable in Conedit, Unreal Ed, Unreal scripting scripting and perhaps moddling. You need not have experiance in all of these things, In fact knowledge in one area would be enough. You must also be able to put your knowledge into understandable text form :) If you wish to help us out in expanding the DX modding community please email me at Trestkon@hotmail.com. So what are you waiting for? |
Mod News Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 08:02 | Winquman | Comments You know the drill...
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DX Community Mod Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 07:33 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Trestkon is starting a different kind of mod (I think it's safe to say). He posted about it in the forums, the thing is: if you're part of the DX community, you can just make a post on the thread, and Trestkon will give you a part in his level. Remember to tell him what kind of part you want, and maybe give a few suggestions to the story. Thanks to Aunt Betty, who pointed it out, and is skinning for the mod too. |
New Mod: Hidden Agenda Monday, January 14, 2002, 05:17 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Prey is working on a new mod called Hidden Agenda. It is to be created entirely by him, and he is currently working on early map designs and a completely original story based on the early days of the DX universe. The mod takes place some years before the events in DX, and many of the DX characters will appear in the early stages of their careers. He doesn't want to give away too much of the story, but he can reveal that it includes an early prototype of Paul going crazy in the city, and a newly created JC prototype sent out on his first ever official mission to track down Paul and find out who is behind his escape and subsequent trail of terror. Prey is also working on the script and some original artwork for DE: Hidden Agenda, and will pass on any work he has then the time comes. |
Got Ghand 16: "Of Riddles and Pigeons." Friday, January 11, 2002, 22:53 | Ghandaiah | Comments Now that I'm back from my week-and-a-half-long trip to Paris, I can finally deliver the next installment of Got Ghand. This one deals with a cigar-smoking pigeon named Pete, me spewing some silly detective dialogue, and changing the United States currency to the goat. Also included are two... rather difficult... riddles. The article can be seen through this link, but you REALLY don't want to go here. Honest. It's rather disturbing. |
New Screenies from DX Prequel Friday, January 11, 2002, 15:09 | Jonas Wæver | Comments DX: The Prequel has released some very interesting footage of a couple of new characters and some very good looking map screenshots. This is just good. |
New Mod in the Planning Friday, January 11, 2002, 08:26 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We got this email from Metalhead: I currently have plans in the works for a mod based on Grey Fox from the Metal Gear series that will take place between the Zanzibar revolt from Metal Gear 2 and the Shadow Moses incident of Metal Gear Solid. The general idea is to make it a Metal Gear style game, including mimicking the Metal Gear Solid inventory style, camera style, etc. I was going to use Max Payne, but without direct access to the movement/ai code... Though it may step on Konami's toes a bit, I hope they'll understand the views of a devoted gamer. Currently it's a solo effort, and as of yet I have nothing to show, but any and all help would be appreciated. I think it's time to really show what can be done with the Unreal Engine. Send all mail to metul_hed@metallica.com Metalhead |
Article: Mod loading Thursday, January 10, 2002, 21:51 | Despot | Comments Right, so the Deus Ex mods and FMs are starting to appear...and with it, comes the question, "how the fork does one get these running in Deus Ex?" The question is not easily answered, so we at Planet Deus Ex have whipped up an article on the topic, which covers the different loading methods in detail. Now, somebody make a utility like Darkloader for Deus Ex, mmmkay? |
Mod Shop updates Thursday, January 10, 2002, 01:27 | Despot | Comments The DX Mod Shop has been updated, with a note that the site will be "changing priorities," and therefore no new previews for the forseeable future. Diablo makes note of the dramatic increase in items on the Obituaries page. |
Contest at Modpages.com Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 10:44 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Modpages.com has started a rather bold contest. Well, the contest itself may not be particularly bold, but the prize is: the winner gets to be moderator on his/her forum section of choice. The rules are simple: the 100th person to sign up for the forums wins! You may not sign up more than once. It is possible to do so, but you'll most likely be banned from the forums. Of course, no racist, insulting, foul language or other bad nicknames are permitted. Nicks of this kind will be disqualified. Go here to sign up. |
PS2 DX Delayed Monday, January 7, 2002, 20:39 | Despot | Comments Thanks to Shacknews for pointing out this post on PS2.IGN.com, which says the release date for the PS2 version of Deus Ex has been pushed back from the beginning of February (not a January release, as the article says). Expect to see the game in "mid- to late-February"...appropriately vague, no? :p |
Writers wanted at 3D Action Planet Monday, January 7, 2002, 17:08 | Despot | Comments CitizenC has sent word that 3D Action Planet is looking for some more writer-type people to help in the game coverage of said site. If you think you have the writing skillz and commitment necessary, take a look at http://www.3dactionplanet.com/about/write.shtml for the details. |
Mod News Monday, January 7, 2002, 10:59 | Winquman | Comments Looking through Deus Ex mod sites is a little like walking through a ghost town. Most sites haven't been updated for months - in some cases for nearly a year. So, please, if you are a mod leader, try to update your site. Well, here is what I've found:
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Cassandra Project Update Monday, January 7, 2002, 06:26 | Jonas Wæver | Comments The Cassandra Project has updated their site with some information on the status of the mod, which is coming along nicely, a little about the leak approximately a month back and comments on the recent mod awards, in which I completely failed to mention that Cassandra had recieved bronze in the category of the best DX mod. Sorry about that. |
DX: Special Forces updates Sunday, January 6, 2002, 12:51 | Winquman | Comments We just got a mail from Steve "WrongWay" Wilcox, leader of the DX: Special Forces mod: Over at DX: Special Forces we have a new team member, his name is Robert Goss. Robert will be doing voice acting for us. Also we have some brand new screen shots up on the media page. So go visit them! |
New Mod: Prey Saturday, January 5, 2002, 05:18 | Jonas Wæver | Comments We have recieved a mail from ZEN, that he is starting a new mod. The mod is called prey, and he will need modellers, mappers, scripters, voice actors, a webmaster and especially a texture artist. If you wish to apply, send a mail to him. Here's the information displayed on his temporary recruiting site: Welcome to a universe where everything matters, in a fully fledged city complete with gunshops, supermarkets, temples, government buildings, towering apartments, airports, research labs, a NASA space launch facility, slums, gladiatorial arenas, bookstores and even a red light district, welcome to the city of ANKH, and the world of Prey. Something is in this world, a threat you can't see. It may be staring you in the face, you just don't know. Most games require you to think fast, shoot fast, and live. This time, just living will be a challenge. What you can't see can't hurt you, right? |
Updates on Disclosure Friday, January 4, 2002, 16:03 | slicer | Comments News from Face Designs has arrived at our doorstep again, with more previews now available at the Disclosure mod site. There is a music preview, composed by Symbiant (a.k.a. Isamu, for those that remember, the head NGUK Admin.), and more updates on the site, including some redesign on the site and new shots of a completely redesigned Hells Gate. Check out the site by clicking here. |
Mod News Friday, January 4, 2002, 10:24 | Winquman | Comments Yeah, I know it's been long since last Mod News - well, here we go again...
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ION Storm Article Followup Friday, January 4, 2002, 05:29 | Jonas Wæver | Comments Andy M was nice enough to point out a followup on the ION Storm article we posted about wednesday. It was a forum thread posted by John Carmack on Slashdot. |
ForumPlanet integration / test Thursday, January 3, 2002, 13:44 | Despot | Comments Right, this is partially an Announcement that PDX now has ForumPlanet integration, which allows you, the viewer, to discuss newsposts at will. Just click on "Comment!" link in the newspost header to join the discussion. Rah for cool technology! :) This is also partially a test of the new functionality. |
DXMP_Sewage Thursday, January 3, 2002, 07:27 | Jonas Wæver | There is a new multi player map out from Schizoslayer. It's called DXMP_Sewage, and takes place (not surprisingly) in a system of sewers! Go here to get it. |
Poll... Thursday, January 3, 2002, 02:12 | Despot | ...was a parrot with a lisp that had a fondness for fingers and fish crackers. And there's also a new poll on Planet Deus Ex ('bout time, eh?). Johnzo Gonzo wants to know: Why is the Deus Ex Modding Community so small? Be sure to vote in this one, I'm interested to know as well. And, so as not to break with tradition, there are results from Poll 28 in our Poll archive. Comments from the new staffer on the block, Winquman, and myself. |
Planéte Mods Award 2001 Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 12:33 | Jonas Wæver | Here's the results of the Planéte Mods Award 2001. The Coop Project came in second, and on the first place we have (dudududummm) Edge of Dark! Congratulations for the winners and for the losers: so what? |
A Hardcore Elegy for Ion Storm Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 12:17 | Jonas Wæver | There is a pretty interesting article about ION Storm out on Salon.com. Here's the link. |
Update on Special Forces Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 12:11 | Jonas Wæver | Steve "Wrongway" Wilcox has updated the site for his mod Special Forces. He's released more screenshots in the media section and a few desktop images. |
The X Strain Needs New Teammembers Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 09:54 | Jonas Wæver | Lexxon is looking for crewmembers for the X Strain. Over the last few months they've lost several teammembers and now they really need new ones to replace them. Currently, they're looking for 3D modellers, texture artists and mappers. If you're interested, just place your cursor on top of Lexxons' name in the beginning of this post, and press your primary mouse button. Don't think I'll actually bother making another link down here! |
Top of the Underworld Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 09:03 | Winquman | We just got word of a new mod started by Liquid Snake. The name of the mod is Top of the Underworld. This is the info we have about it: Top of the Underworld is a single-player game that allows you, the player, to control several different types of thieves through the streets of Amsterdam, New York, and Italy. You and your team of thieves will play through missions where you rob banks, sabotage, steal, and assassinate. You can find the homepage here. They are also looking for more staff, they are in need for 2 dedicated mappers, a modeller, an animator, and a webmaster. If you like to join the team, go here. Also, if you do not like to work for a mod, you can still support it by just entering their homepage and read more about it. |
TDXE Hosted on Deus-Ex.org Tuesday, January 1, 2002, 06:53 | Jonas Wæver | Tartarusspawns' DX Editing will be hosted on Deus-Ex.org. It is official, the new site is here. At the time of posting, it is not yet finished. Also, their long-awaited poll results are up: 48% Modder or Deus Ex related site 44% Players waiting on sp maps 8% Players waiting on mp maps |
Crux Website Tuesday, January 1, 2002, 06:48 | Jonas Wæver | Max Bronsema, co lead of the mod Crux, has informed us, that they have a website up. It's a bit bare at the time being, but it should give you an idea of what the mod is all about. Also, any suggestions will be appreciated. |
Cable of Technofiles Mailing List Tuesday, January 1, 2002, 06:36 | Jonas Wæver | The Cabel of Technofiles DX mod group has a mailing list (secure, privacy guaranteed) to which you can sign up if you want to recieve announcements and stuff. They've had it for some time, but neglected to make a public announcement about it. And you don't even have to go look for them, they're right here! |
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