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Paul Jaquays Interview

Jan 23, 2002 1:13pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, Interview
There is an interview with id designer Paul Jaquays on Quake3Stuff, where he talks about himself and his work. So if you care to know how he gets his ideas for map, what kind of advice he has for aspiring level designers and all that check it out. Thanks HLF.

Bid For Power Released

Jan 18, 2002 8:58pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
As promised, the Bid for Power mod for Quake 3 has been released after being in development for two years. Basically its influenced by the Dragon Ball Z TV series and other anime, and it certainly has a unique look because of this. The first release is a 97.8 MB download and offers the Free For All, Capture the Dragonballz, Last Man Standing, and The Battle for the Planet game modes.

Sidrial Released

Jan 18, 2002 7:32am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
An interview on HomeLAN with Anna Kang of Fountainhead reveals that Sidrial, the TC for Quake3 is scheduled for release today. update: I just checked out the official website and the TC is already available for download there a bit early. It's 119 megs.

Click to enlarge"Sidrial is a pivotal product that makes you believe in the merging of theatrical animation and game as a valid form of entertainment today," said Katherine Anna Kang, Producer and CEO of Fountainhead. "A lot of people are going to be pleased to see what Machinima can do. In Sidrial, all cinematics were created entirely in Machinima. The work is tricky but it's a wonderful thing to see unfold."
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Quake Rally Car Release

Jan 17, 2002 8:07am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
Richard let us know over the last couple of weeks, two new cars for Quake 3 Rally have been released. Though the mod itself isn't out, the SDK is so they hope more people will create tracks for it.

Reaction Q3 Beta 1.10

Jan 13, 2002 2:48pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, Beta
Beta version 1.10 of the Reaction Quake 3 mod has been released. It comes with better headshot accuracy, the main menu will tell you why you have been kicked, the ingame browser filters out non-RQ3 servers and a new map is included among other things.

New Weapons Factory Arena Today

Jan 12, 2002 6:17pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
A new version of Weapons Factory Arena for Quake 3 will be released today, at about 8PM CST. There's a release party at irc.enterthegame.com in #wfa. WFA 3.3 features new ingame menus and visuals, new particle effects, new class balance, twenty new maps and various other things.

New Mac Quake3 Build

Jan 12, 2002 6:04pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, E3
id's Graeme Devine updated his .plan file with the news that the id software FTP has a new beta build for Mac Quake 3 1.31. It's a 1.7mb download.

Threewave CTF v1.2

Jan 10, 2002 8:22pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
Threewave CTF v1.2 is now available, you can head on over to the downloads page and grab the latest patch, it's just a bit over 7 megs and comes with a super cute installer thingy.

WFA Q3 Shots

Jan 10, 2002 4:38pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
There are ten screenshots from version 3.3 of Weapons Factory Arena. This new version is due out January 12.

Threewave 1.2 Today

Jan 10, 2002 5:54am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
The Threewave site has been updated with the news that version 1.2 of this Quake 3 CTF mod. The release mostly fixes bugs. Should be out around 6PM CST.

New Eternal Arena

Jan 09, 2002 2:31pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
Version 5.5 of the Quake 3 mod Eternal Arena has been released. There is a team Instagib rails mode, Rocket Duel mode, there are new graphics and a new font, and various things have been fixed.

New Invasion Q3

Jan 09, 2002 10:57am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
A new version of the Invasion mod for Quake 3 has been released, adding working bots and a radar among other things. What is Invasion? "Invasion is a mod for Quake 3 where Marines fight vs Aliens. The goal of the marines is to bring back the Alien Egg. The game is round based. Marines have only one life per round, different types of armor and weapons, and Aliens have infinite respawn and some usefull powers."

The Quake 3 Master Server Ping

Jan 06, 2002 8:12am CST tags: id Software, Quake 3 Arena
id Software's Christian Antknow updated his .plan with the news that as of now you can't ping the Quake 3 master server anymore to see if its up. "Until further notice, all ICMP communications to our Q3A master server are being blocked. This should not affect your ability to continue playing Q3A online"

Quake 3 Texture Pack

Jan 06, 2002 8:01am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
Over at the Mean Arena Kiltron has released a new texture pack for Quake 3 and FAKK 2, adding 122 new textures to those games. It's a 14.8mb download.

Quake 3 Mac Update

Jan 04, 2002 1:51pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
The id FTP server now has the Mac OSX patch for Quake 3, updating it to 1.31. It's a 975kb download which requires 1.30 to be installed. Thanks Blues News. Graeme Devine updated his .plan file where you can read what has been changed/fixed.

New Dark Conjunction Beta

Jan 02, 2002 11:44am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, Beta
Beta 0.91 of the Dark Conjunction mod for Quake 3 has been released. Dark Conjunction is a single player mode, and version 0.91 adds a save and load mode, a new hulk attack, an intro story and also fixes several bugs from the previous release.

Threewave 1.1 Released

Jan 01, 2002 7:10pm CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
Version 1.1 of the Threewave mod for Quake3 has been released. As noted on the news page, 1.1 fixes all known bugs from 1.0, new admin features have been added, there is new cheat and flood protection and the ingame browser is fixed among other things.

Test Navy Seals Q3

Jan 01, 2002 9:32am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena
The Navy Seals website has a post up looking for testers for this long in development Quake 3 mod. Not just anyone can be a tester, but give it a shot.

Painkeep Interview

Dec 29, 2001 7:35am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, Interview
HomeLAN Fed has posted an interview with Sgt. Hulka of Team Evolve. They are currently working on version 3.0 of the Painkeep Arena mod for Quake 3. JCal asks about the new content in version 3.0, bug fixes and new features, the current status of the project, and a few other things.

Urban Terror Interview

Dec 26, 2001 9:06am CST tags: Quake 3 Arena, Interview
The Portugal Arena has posted an Urban Terror interview, talking to Oswald of the UT team about this popular Quake 3 mod. Thanks VE.