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Dave's Internet Games Blog October 2003 Archive

By Dave Spohn, About.com Guide to Internet Games since 2002

Battlefield 1942 v1.5 Patch

Friday October 31, 2003
The latest update for Battlefield 1942 is now available for download from EA's FTP server. The incremental patch, for those with v1.45, is 46 MB, and there is also a ... Read More

There Inc. Debuts

Monday October 27, 2003
The online world of There has opened its doors to consumers after a lengthy and extensive beta test period. They are offering a 14 day free trial, and memberships start ... Read More

AO: Shadowlands Trial

Saturday October 25, 2003
Funcom informs us that the 7 day free trial of Anarchy Online will now include access to the new Shadowlands expansion. If you haven't tried this popular sci-fi MMORPG yet, ... Read More

Ex Blizzard Execs Form Company

Wednesday October 22, 2003
A new game development company called Flagship Studios has been founded by David Brevik, Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, Bill Roper and Kenneth Williams, all former executives at Blizzard North. There ... Read More

Hordes of the Underdark Interview

Sunday October 19, 2003
HomeLan Fed has a chat with Darcy Pajak of Bioware about Hordes of the Underdark, the second expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights. Watch for six new prestige classes, more epic-level ... Read More

SWG: The Novel

Saturday October 18, 2003
A full length book based on the settings and events of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empired Divided, will be released this December. It is called The Ruins of Dantooine and ... Read More

Links Added

Thursday October 16, 2003
The library continues to grow, thanks to all your helpful link submissions. New demos that are available for download include Savage, Shadowbane, MOHAA: Breakthrough, Halo for Windows, and the cel-shaded ... Read More

Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Goes Gold

Wednesday October 15, 2003
The holiday season can't be too far off, because games are starting to come out at a furious rate. Uru Obsession reports that Uru: Ages Beyond Myst has gone gold ... Read More

CS: Condition Zero Gold

Wednesday October 15, 2003
A post on Shacknews reveals that Counter-Strike: Condition Zero quietly went gold last week and should be available in stores next month. Although still using the Half-Life engine, the game ... Read More

Online Gamer Myths

Tuesday October 14, 2003
People who play video games are frequently thought of as a bunch of geeky, reclusive, compulsive, teenage boys who have abandoned their lives in the real world to pursue their ... Read More

Trials of Atlantis Gold

Wednesday October 8, 2003
The second expansion for Dark Age of Camelot, Trials of Atlantis, has gone gold and should be available in stores later this month, according to this press release. Players will ... Read More

Massive Assault Goes Gold

Wednesday October 8, 2003
Real-time strategy games often feel more like click-fests than contests of strategy. Massive Assault, a new strategy game from Wargaming.net goes back to the turn-based approach, giving players a chance ... Read More

Stolen Half-Life 2 Playable Build

Tuesday October 7, 2003
Only 5 days after the source code for Half-Life 2 stolen by hackers, a playable version of the game has appeared on the Internet. Although there was a certain amount ... Read More

Final Fantasy XI Preview

Monday October 6, 2003
The famous Final Fantasy series of console games has been developed into a new MMORPG which is in the final stages of beta. The word is that it will be ... Read More

Poll: Future MMORPGs

Saturday October 4, 2003
The next six months or so is going to be a very interesting time for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. With all the releases planned in this genre, fans are ... Read More

Half-Life 2 Source Leak

Friday October 3, 2003
Gaming news sites had a busy day yesterday after Gabe Newell of Valve Software announced on HalfLife2.net that the source code for Half-Life 2 had been leaked. The story was ... Read More

Gaming with GameSpy

Friday October 3, 2003
I sometimes forget that not everyone is familiar with tools like GameSpy Arcade, which millions of gamers use daily to find game servers and see where their friends are playing. ... Read More

Half-Life 2 Interview

Thursday October 2, 2003
GameSpot recently caught up with Gabe Newell, Valve's founder and managing director, at an ATI event. They discuss the game's elusive release date, fine tuning, and why there hasn't been ... Read More

Lords of EQ Demo Part 2

Thursday October 2, 2003
Elddar Alliance, the second in a three part series of demos for Lords of EverQuest, has been released through nVidia's nZone site (Flash only). Frankly, I was a little frustrated ... Read More

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