Ghost Recon 4 Named "Predator" and Ubisoft Trademarks "Assassin"

Earlier this year it was revealed that there would be a Ghost Recon 4 sometime in the future. Now this game has cropped up again, because it's been rated by the OFLC, and the name is Ghost Recon Predator.

I'm hoping somewhat that this isn't like the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter games- at least the first one. That was quite forgettable in my mind. Now, I liked the original Ghost Recon a lot. There's a lot of joking around about the supposed unoriginality of the title and writers and commenters on the story are joking that it may feature the Predator.



I don't know about that though, because Mr. Predator is preoccupied with other projects like the several Aliens/Predator/AvP projects in development. It would be cool to go back to the jungle and swamp atmosphere of the original instead of the more urban environments of Advanced Warfighter, anyway.

In a bit of related news, Ubisoft has trademarked the name "Assassin", which would likely (not confirmed) have something to do with the Assassin's Creed franchise, seeing as there's a whole lot of "Assassin" there.

Ghost Recon 4 Named "Predator" and Ubisoft Trademarks "Assassin"

Death Rally has Been Released as Freeware

I came across this on the NAG forums just now.

Remedy Entertainment, the original developer, has re-released Death Rally as freeware. It's 42 MB, and it will run on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, according to them.

Why was this done? Because it's the 13th anniversary of the game, it turns out. It was released on October 20th, 1996. I played it a while back, when I was still in high school.

The cool thing about this game is that it features the guest appearance of Duke Nukem.

You know, it was only the other day that I read that there were possible plans of more Death Rally releases in the future, too. Remedy recently filed for a new trademark. It was assumed that it would be for a digital release, but now that I see this whole freeware release thing, I'm not sure.

http://www.remedygames.com/games/death_rally.html
http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=2616
http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/showthread.php?t=12229
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/deathrally/full-game/33267.html (mirror)

Death Rally has Been Released as Freeware

More on The Dark Mod Public Beta

I've covered it a few times on this blog, especially recently, with the public beta v 1.0 being released a few days ago.

I've been on to a number of other websites that have covered the story lately, and I've gotten more of the story about the mod and its included missions, particularly from RPS:

There are four missions- the training mission is included with the big download, and there are three others, "The Chalice of Kings", "The Crown of Penitence", and "The Outpost" that you can download.

You can get more info about all this at the site, which has received a visual makeover lately.

I noticed that originally some people were complaining about the downloading procedure offered on the mod's website. But now there are more mirrors for the download. These are the ones that are available. Note that Shacknews has put it up on FileShack now too:

Update: BigDownload has put up a link too.

http://www.bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/pk4/tdm_update_win.zip
http://www.keepofmetalandgold.com/files/tdm/tdm_update_win.zip
http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/tdm_update_win.zip
http://www.southquarter.com/tdm/tdm_update_win.zip
http://roggen.jmnet.us/darkmod/tdm_update_win.zip
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15468/The+Dark+Mod+Beta+1.00
http://www.bigdownload.com/games/doom-3/pc/doom-3-the-dark-mod/
http://www.strangebedfellows.de/torrents/torrents/darkmod.torrent

More on The Dark Mod Public Beta

Some Game Named "Hell is Other People"

Not that I care much for the game, which you can play a free version of, but it is named after one of my favourite quotes of all time, by Jean-Paul Sartre:

"l'enfer, c'est les autres", or "Hell is other people."

It's so true.

http://www.destructoid.com/hell-is-other-people-will-make-you-loathe-humanity-152371.phtml
http://nottheinternet.com/hell/

Some Game Named "Hell is Other People"

Panic Mechanic: What Happened to Jack?

If you’re a South African reader, you remember Leon Schuster’s film, Panic Mechanic, don’t you? Well, it had been years since I’d seen the actor who played Jack Paddaman in that film, Frantz Dobrowsky. You know: “Hi Jack!”

I saw him on the TV, with that unmistakably ugly face sans ponytail recently. It also looked as though his nose had been broken at some point too. He had grey shaved hair, and his face was wrinkled like an old prune. He looked quite bad for his age- in his fifties.



So, I looked his name up and came across his profile on imdb.com, and got quite a shock. The series I’d seen with him starring in it, Dryfsand, was a few years old. But that’s not the worst of it. I found out that Dobrowsky committed suicide back in 2006 after his house had been repossessed. He was 58 when that happened.

Okay, so it was years ago, but just seeing him on the TV made me think about it.

http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorID=10476
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0846057/

Panic Mechanic: What Happened to Jack?

Video Games Coming Out in October 2009: 10/18 - 10/24

Pick of the Week: Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

If it hadn't been for Borderlands only coming out next week on PC, it would have been in the Pick of the Week category as well. Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition isn't a bad choice for PotW. The one released last year was just for consoles, and now this new version comes to the PC as well as the others, so I will likely get this sometime. Some say that the game will be released only next month, so I'm not sure. Other sites say it will be this Friday.

As I mentioned, Borderlands is coming out on consoles this week too. There's Tropico 3 for PC, and the inevitable sequel to the SD vs. Raw series, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010.

Red links will take you to each game's detail page at Amazon, Direct2Drive, Steam, GamersGate, etc.

PC

DinerTown Detective Agency
Elven Legacy - Ranger (GamersGate)
Metal Drift (Steam)
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
Tropico 3

PlayStation 2

Astro Boy: The Video Game
Backyard Football 2010
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
FIFA Soccer 10
MotorStorm Arctic Edge
Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

PlayStation 3

Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Borderlands
FIFA Soccer 10
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

Xbox 360

Backyard Football 2010
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Borderlands
FIFA Soccer 10
Lips: Number One Hits
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

Wii

Astro Boy: The Video Game
Backyard Football 2010
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party
Cook Wars
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
FIFA Soccer 10
Horse Life Adventures
Littlest Pet Shop: Friends
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Medieval Games
NBA 2K10
Shimano Xtreme Fishing
Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

Nintendo DS

Astro Boy: The Video Game
Bakugan Battle Brawlers - Collector's Edition
Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall
Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Show
Charm Girls Club: My Perfect Prom
FIFA 10
Imagine: Fashion Designer World Tour
Jam Sessions 2
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010
Littlest Pet Shop: Beach Friends
Littlest Pet Shop Friends: City
Littlest Pet Shop Friends: Country
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Space Invaders Extreme 2
Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

PSP

Astro Boy: The Video Game
FIFA Soccer 10
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010

Video Games Coming Out in October 2009: 10/18 - 10/24

Angels& Demons: The Book or the Movie?

For the past while, I've been reading Dan Brown's Angels& Demons. I got about half-way when I hired the DVD from the store to watch. I thought, Damn, now the ending of the book will be revealed and they'll be no point in continuing on. The movie was slow to start, that's for sure. Only in the second half, the half that I hadn't read, did it start to pick up a bit, and then a lot.

I've heard from people who have finished the book that the movie is quite a bit different, and that it pays to read through the whole thing anyway. So I probably will just for the hell of it. It does make for quite a good read.

Angels& Demons: The Book or the Movie?