GamingSA Forum Merge completed

Welcome aboard!

From today you can login to the 3FL forums with your previous username & password from GamingSA.  So get on in there!  If your username already existed on the 3FL forums then it now has a ’1′ added to the end of it.  Obviously this looks a little ugly – so anyone that has this happen please contact me and I’ll see what we can do.  In a lot of cases the other username isn’t active and we can give it to you – or you can change to a new name

We’ll be using the 3FL forums to publish details on all of the replacement servers (eg, new IPs and Ports) and take on board any suggestions and comments you lot may have.

Remember – we’re just giving the servers are hardware upgrade – we’re going to maintain the configs as is.   We’ll start bringing the new servers up this week.

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Flash Game Friday: Colony

This week’s game is Colony, a simple flash based side-ways scrolling real-time strategy game.  The aim of the game is to build up a force to defend your base and to go forth and conquer the enemy’s base.

Go play Colony now!

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Farcry 3 in the works

The second game in the series was set in war torn Africa, with you working as a mercenary for hire trying to track down the elusive master mind of the warring groups.  For me I never could get far enough into the game to get any level of real satisfaction out of it, as it seemed to be a lot of driving around and repeating the same thing over and over (that said I probably only got 3-4 hours into it – maybe it got better?).  But aside from any debates over the gameplay, the game was quite graphically pleasing and is regularly used for benchmark comparisons between various hardware.

But getting back to Farcry 3, there really isn’t any info on when it will be available or even what theme it will have, whether you’ll be back to Africa, or slugging it out in some tropical rainforest/island environment like in the first game.  But one thing is probably a guarantee, and that is that the game will be very graphically pleasing and will bring today’s high end computers to their knees more than likely.

Via:  Joystiq

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Atkinson to appeal Modern Warfare 2 rating

Interviewed a few days ago on the ABC’s Radio National, Atkinson has reportedly stated he will be appealing the MA15+ rating given to Modern Warfare 2.  The interview itself states the game is about the Russian airport massacre level involving the killing of civilians, which is the main part of his argument against the game and its one that has been overly sensationalised in the mainstream media as well.

At the moment there aren’t any further details about whether he is going to follow through on his threat, or whether its just more of his rhetoric which is quite rife throughout the interview if you listen to the whole thing.

But given the game has already been released, its probably a bit too late now anyway, in that it’d be like closing the proverbial gate after the horse has already bolted given the number of copies of the game that have no doubt been sold in Australia already.

Via:  Kotaku

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Blizzard: No Diablo 3 in 2010

In a recent interview, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo commented that “We always announce all of our games too early,” he says. “I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, [Diablo 3] is not going to be out next year.”

With other major Blizzard titles due out next year, with Starcraft II pushed back to 2010 (originally slated for 2009) and the next expansion for World of Warcraft – Cataclysm due out next year as well, next year would be a rather crowded affair for Blizzard games given the fanbase down have a fair amount of overlap.

So that of course poses the question – if not next year, does that definitely mean 2011 for Diablo 3?  Blizzard’s response to such questions is of course the standard “it’ll be released when its ready”.  No doubt details will be leaked in financial statements closer to the actual release date that usually reveal the quarter that a major title is due out.
Via:  Joystiq

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Need For Speed: Shift to get free DLC

The DLC will include a number of new cars and a new multiplayer racing mode, and the best part?  EA won’t be charging for the DLC at all – it will be a free download for owners of the game.

The specifics of the extra cars include the following:

• 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427
• 1967 Shelby GT-500
• 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
• 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T
• 1998 Toyota Supra Mark IV

The new multiplayer mode will be a team based mode, but further details aren’t available for the moment.  But one detail that is available right now is the release date – the 3rd of December – just in time for Christmas!  At this stage the DLC will only be coming out on the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms on the 3rd, with no details currently available for when (or if?) the PC platform will receive it.

Via:  Shacknews

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3FL and Adam Internet’s GamingSA merge

It was only a year ago that iiNet Games joined forces with 3FL and from there we’ve seen an increase in players online from 200 to our current record of 1780.  Pretty impressive stuff if you ask me.

Coming of out this deal with Adam Internet, the GamingSA servers will be moved onto 3FL hardware graciously provided by Adam Internet in their South Australian datacentres.  From here we’ll be replicating their current game server offering and expanding it from day 1.

Over the weekend you can expect to see the first new 3FL servers start to come online.  Initially we’ll add some local Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 servers and then begin the process of migrating the GamingSA servers onto the new (very powerful) hardware.

What does this mean for GamingSA gamers?

The GamingSA servers you know and love will become 3FL servers in the near future.  Key differences you will notice are:

• Servers will be named 3FL
• Servers will be running on very powerful brand new hardware

Doesn’t sound too bad to me. Map cycles, configurations, mods etc will all be maintained and we’re extending an invitation to all GamingSA game admins to come on over to 3FL to continue.

Also please note: We’ll also be merging the userbases of the 3FL and GamingSA forums, so there is no need to sign up over here on 3FL.  We’ll bring your account over for you with your post count.

What does this mean for current 3FL gamers?

Freezone access to new servers in SA for a variety of games all with established communities and admins.  GamingSA actually run servers for quite a few games we don’t even have (Gmod.. woo!  giant magenta phallus rockets for everyone!

Look forward to seeing you all on the servers.

-wob

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Flash Game Friday: Doom Triple Pack

So this week we were feeling a little bit nostalgic, so take a trip down memory lane and get stuck into not just 1 game, but 3!  This week’s game is the Doom Triple Pack, which includes Doom, Heretic and Hexen all in delicious flash.

Go play now!

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Killing Floor updated

KF received another update this morning.  Bug fixes again.  Details are light – apparently just exploit fixes and some memory utilisation enhancements.

The 3FL servers have been updated.   Get in there!

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Activision seeking another Call of Duty developer

The franchise started off with Infinity Ward, with development house Treyarch brought in to produce alternate releases of games within the franchise.  The latest game in the series, Modern Warfare 2 (aka Call of Duty 6) was developed by Infinity Ward, with the last game being Call of Duty 5: World At War being developed by Treyarch.

The general consensus from most gamers is that they have preferred the Infinity Ward developed releases over the Treyarch ones, but if Activision brings in a third development house to work on a title from the franchise, it could be interesting to see where this goes.

As always I’m a skeptic, and I think its probably more an effort by Activision to try and milk the Call of Duty franchise harder than anything else.  Be interesting nonetheless to see what eventuates.

Via:  Shacknews

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