 UFO: Extraterrestrials Goes Mainstream, Preview at IGN |
UFO: ET News
News topics in this forum are shown in descending date order by the date that they were started so that it reflects the latest news on the site.
If you have a news article that you think might be of interest, you may add it yourself as long as you adhere to the guidelines in the sticky post below and remember to read the Forum Rules before posting.
Guest posting is enabled in this forum - please ensure your replies are civilised and relevant.
 |
  |
 28th February 2007, 3:09am
Post
#1
|
||||
 Jazzercise Instructor  Group: Chief Editor Posts: 314 Joined: February 2006 From: baby arm fantasy island Member No.: 4,340  |
Chaos Concept's UFO: Extraterrestrials is getting some mainstream attention with a new preview at IGN.
QUOTE One of the small ways that the game differentiates itself from X-COM is that the intercepts take place in real time right on the globe map. (The scale of X-COM required intercept battles to play out in a small radar window.) Here you'll actually see your ships and the enemy's firing missiles and cannons and beams at each other. Small explosions provide a nice bit of visual feedback on the battles, while simple health bars let you see just how close you or your enemy are to crashing. In related news, Tri Synergy, the UFO: ET publisher, just confirmed that April 16th is the correct release date and sent along some new screenshots.
|
|||
 |
 
|
|||
|
28th February 2007, 4:03am
Post
#2
|
|
 Maverick Hunter Group: Site Staff Posts: 804 Joined: November 2004 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 101 |
God, this game is going to rock so hard, can't wait.
--------------------   |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2007, 4:11am
Post
#3
|
|
 Mr. Grognard Group: Admin Posts: 2,858 Joined: January 2004 From: Sheboygan WI, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Seeing as this game is almost out, I figured I should check to see what the system requirements are. Our official interview lists the requirements as "Pentium 1.5GHz, 256MB RAM and a standard graphic accelerator with 64MB RAM as a minimum", but this way back in March of last year. Found this topic at the official UFO: ET forums (Nov 2006). The requirements are basically the same except the graphics RAM is 128 MB. A lot has happened since then, anybody know what the specific current requirements are? I'm looking for stats on free HD space, graphic cards supported etc, etc. (My circa Dell 2002 P4 notebook has 50% free HD space at 20GB and a pathetic Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics card).
 - Zombie --------------------  QUOTE(JellyfishGreen) Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan. A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain. A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place. They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap, of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles! |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2007, 10:18am
Post
#4
|
|
 Official Love Nest Mascot Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: October 2003 Member No.: 2,178 |
Not to sound ungrateful but...
*sighs* There goes my food budget & sleep. What with all these new games all coming out right now. -------------------- "Never be normal!" - Ron Stoppable
NeoPets. Get yours today! CritticAge. Just for kicks. StarPirates.net Unification Wars. Build your star empire! I get money per click too! :D |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2007, 5:40pm
Post
#5
|
|
 Lieutenant Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: March 2005 From: Finland Member No.: 3,446 |
This game sounds more and more "My cup of tea". Something like this I have been waited years to come.
Hopefully this will hard rock hard, sell well and bring more AP-games to developers lists. O'ye! |
|
|
|
|
1st March 2007, 2:55pm
Post
#6
|
|
 I've got my eye on you! Group: Site Staff Posts: 525 Joined: November 2002 From: Slovenia Member No.: 1,078 |
IGN has some hardcore X-COM fans in their crew. They push X-COM for the "best of all times" award every time. That's probably why ETs got such a nice preview, too.
We should invite the IGN to become our affiliates.
|
|
|
|
|
3rd March 2007, 4:55pm
Post
#7
|
||
|
Mr. Grognard Group: Admin Posts: 2,858 Joined: January 2004 From: Sheboygan WI, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
UFO: Extraterrestrials released the box cover art for the game just the other day. Take a look:
Pretty slick, eh?  - Zombie -------------------- QUOTE(JellyfishGreen) Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan. A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain. A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place. They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap, of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3rd March 2007, 5:12pm
Post
#8
|
|
|
Dances with Mutons Group: Site Staff Posts: 755 Joined: April 2005 From: Croatia Member No.: 3,529 |
That is bound to get some attention in game shops.
|
|
|
|
|
10th March 2007, 9:19am
Post
#9
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: February 2006 From: Göttingen Member No.: 4,375 |
all the links in this news post are broken. there are quotes around the links and the base uri from strategycore.co.uk is not removed - they all end in 404
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
10th March 2007, 10:39am
Post
#10
|
|
|
Dances with Mutons Group: Site Staff Posts: 755 Joined: April 2005 From: Croatia Member No.: 3,529 |
Since all the links work for me, it must be the kind of problem other people have been having recently.
Possible solutions: 1) Clear out your Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, History etc. 2) If you're using Firefox, upgrade to the newest version, 2.0.0.2. |
|
|
|
|
13th March 2007, 9:31pm
Post
#11
|
|
 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,976 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
A few new screens at the official site.
-------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar |
|
|
|
|
14th March 2007, 7:05pm
Post
#12
|
|
 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE(mattn @ 10th March 2007, 9:19am)  all the links in this news post are broken. there are quotes around the links and the base uri from strategycore.co.uk is not removed - they all end in 404 matt, the CMS we're using occasionalyl has it's funny moments and the odd news article doesn't display correctly on the main site news page. Just in case anyone else was wondering, this one was broken before the forum upgrade and the CMS just seems to have something against it. Oh well! --------------------   |
|
|
|
 |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
Similar Topics
| Topic Title | Replies | Topic Starter | Views | Last Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | Skalisko | 1,856 | 14th May 2005, 8:52am Last post by: Pete |
|||
|
 |
4 | JellyfishGreen | 1,873 | 21st January 2004, 12:30pm Last post by: ApOcaLyPSe_1985 |
||
 |
21 | Pete | 3,131 | 18th April 2005, 10:29am Last post by: Slaughter |
|||
|
5 | Slaughter | 1,795 | 30th September 2005, 11:43am Last post by: Pete |
|||
|
3 | Slaughter | 1,657 | 1st October 2005, 8:50am Last post by: Pete |
|||
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 23rd November 2008, 6:20pm |
Copyright © StrategyCore 2004 - 2008 · Created by Notanotherdotcom ·
Powered By IP.Board
© 2008 IPS, Inc.