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| August 16, 2000 |
PENGUIN POWERED DESCENT 3 IS OUT  |
AUGUST 16, 2000
OUTRAGE NEWS CONTINUED ... |
NEW
D3 MOD ANNOUNCED AT EXTREMEBUILDER.COM
Olympia Gold 3
A fast paced, only the best will survive type racing mod. OG3 will be one of the most
intense mods ever created for Descent. Using all 360 degrees of freedom given to the game,
enhancing its capabilities to the max with over 7 warp speed ships, new strategic weapons
and realistic movement of glider ships enhanced with heat sinks, now you'll really go
under. If you thought Descent gave you nausea, you ain't see nothing yet.... So buckle yer
seat, put yer kids to bed, and get ready, cause og3 is a non stop high action
rollercoaster ride from start to finish!
Visit
ExtremeBuilder.com Descent 3 MOD page
Jump straight to their
Olympia Gold 3 MOD page |
| August 07, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE NEWS |
OUTRAGE PEOPLE - NEW EMPLOYEE
Herman Miller
Outrage welcomes Senior Programmer, Herman Miller. Herman received his bachelor's degree
in computer science in 1987 from Michigan State University. From there he went on to work
as a programmer on the Ultima series of Games from Origin Systems.
He worked on many aspects from graphics and sound drivers to collision detection and
physics. He was with Origin for 13 years before coming to Outrage!
Herman's hobbies/interests include languages, music, and art. He has been designing
languages since 1978, long before the community of constructed language enthusiasts
started forming on the Internet. Lately he has been experimenting with microtonal music.
A few
examples of his music are available at mp3.com on the Tuning Punks site
He also has a web site, which is currently in a state of
transition as he has been redesigning it for the new millennium. |
AUGUST 07, 2000
OUTRAGE NEWS CONTINUED ... |
OUTRAGE PEOPLE - NEW EMPLOYEE
Corey Hall
Level Designer/Artist, Corey Hall, joins the ranks at Outrage. Corey has an associates
degree in Computer Animation from the The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He takes
inspiration from Mr. Miyamoto, (legendary game-designer Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of
Donkey Kong, Mario, Star Fox, Zelda and numerous other classics), whom he says, "is
the greatest game designer of all time". In his spare time Corey likes to mountain
bike and play air guitar. In addition to his computer skills Corey has informed us that he
can, "do a dead on Jean Claude Van Damme impersonation!", although this remains
to be seen. |
|
AUGUST 07, 2000
OUTRAGE NEWS CONTINUED ... |
| MORE
SUMMER LAN FESTS |
 |
Yet
another LAN D3 Fest is taking place, this one right here in Michigan.
SKYRAT'S DESCENT LANFEST
Metamora Michigan, Sept 22nd-24th
Jump to Outrages LANFEST links page
Go directly to Skyrat's LANFEST page |
| August 02, 2000 |
| SUMMER D3 LAN FESTS |
Our
LAN fest area has a new addition, this one is happening in Minnesota and is aptly called Minnesota LAN 2000.
Its scheduled for August 19th and 20th.
CALIFORNIA SUMMER 2000
LAN FEST is scheduled for August 11-13 and is happening in, you guessed it,
California. Expect to see Outrage Entertainment's own, Andy (Spesimen) Crosby, out there!
For details on these
and other past & present LAN fests please visit the
links area of our site. |
| July 05, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE ONLINE FORUMS NOW ONLINE |
Outrage
has just added a very cool message board system to its site. These online forums contain
three topics so far, Outrage Technical Support, a Descent Message Forum and a board for
Outrage itself. We encourage all those interested in Outrage Entertainment and the Descent
series of games to sign up and participate in these discussions. You only need to sign up
once for access to all three of these boards. Use the "WebBoard" link in the
navigation menu to the left or the link at the bottom of this news item to join now.
Go to the online forums now |
| July
03, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE
PEOPLE - NEW EMPLOYEE |
|
Outrage
expands its talent pool once again with 2D/3D artist Ramey Harris. Ramey earned his BFA in
Computer Animation at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, where he
became proficient in Maya and 3D Studio Max. In fact, Ramey even assisted on object
creation for the Kinetix 3DS Max 3 demo CD. As far as hobbies go, Ramey reports that he
has little free time but enjoys blowing off stress with FPS gaming. Welcome aboard, Ramey;
looks like all your hard work is starting to pay off! |
| June 21, 2000 |
| NEW LINKS |
Downloadable 3D Models
Descent fan, Nick Herres, aka, "Kruel" has created two models for download, the
Black Pyro and Phoenix Interceptor. These models are available at his website for use in
the 3D program Bryce. Follow the links below to download the models. Also be sure to check
out the links page for more great fan sites.
Black Pyro Model
Phoenix
Interceptor Model |
| June 09, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE PEOPLE - NEW EMPLOYEE |
Annie Sullivan
Outrage welcomes another new programmer, Annie Sullivan, to its team. Annie graduated from
the University of Michigan with a degree in computer engineering. Annie said she is
particularly interested in AI, artificial life & graphics. When she's not programming,
Annie plays bass guitar in the punk band Bloodpact. She came to Outrage fresh from a
European tour. If you would like more info. on Annie and her band follow this
link to the bands web page. |
| June 05, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE UPCOMING PROJECTS |
New Images Finally! Get a peek at what we've been up
to. Outrage has just added a new area to its site dedicated to our upcoming projects. Use
the "New Projects" link in the nav bar or the link below to get a look at some
of our artists concepts.
New
Projects Area Link |
| June 02, 2000 |
| LOKI ENTERTAINMENT TO PUBLISH DESCENT 3 FOR LINUX |
Loki Entertainment has announced that they will publish
Outrage Entertainment's Descent 3 for the Linux operating system on PC. Loki is the
leading publisher of Linux games, and we're excited that they'll be bringing D3 to Linux
users.
Read the Press Release.
Visit Loki Entertainment |
| May
31, 2000 |
| SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT KIT [SDK] VERSION 1.4 JUST RELEASED |
| The SDK is used to build
multiplayer mods for Descent 3 version 1.4 and to compile level and object scripts for
custom levels. It is available for the PC & LINUX platforms. You can download the SDK here |
| May
26, 2000 |
| THE
1.4 PATCH IS RELEASED! |
AUTO UPDATE VERSION 1.4 NOW AVAILABLE
The Descent 3 patch, version 1.4, has been released today. Currently it is only available
by using the Auto Update feature. To access this feature start Descent 3 and choose
"Auto Update"
Look for the self
extracting patch to be available on Wednesday, May 31, 2000.
ENJOY!! |
| May
17, 2000 |
| OUTRAGE
PEOPLE - NEW EMPLOYEE |
Marc Hanson
Outrage welcomes a new programmer, Marc Hanson, to its team. Marc recently graduated with
a BS in Computer Science from the University of Toledo, focusing on graphics, AI, and game
design. He has also been an active member of the Descent community for several years, and
jokes that his GPA would have been 0.15 higher if he'd never put Descent 3 on his hard
drive. If you'd like to learn more about Marc, or try some of his intensely strategic D1
and D2 levels, surf to:
http://whoopass.warpcore.org. |
| April
21, 2000 |
| LAN
PARTY AFTERMATH |
Heres the caption that was included with the photo they sent in:
"Rambo's Toledo LAN Party (4/15): Rambo and Stonewall pay tribute to Wildcards League Emperor Zappafan by allowing him to
shave their heads! They wanted to be, "Just like Zappa..." The picture is a before and after shot of the shaving of
the heads. I don't know about you, but this has got to be the funniest thing I've every
heard of happening at a LAN. Rambo's parties are legendary for good reason..."
Read more about their event |
| April
12, 2000 |
| LAN
PARTY IN CALIFORNIA |
California
Summer 2000 LAN Fest
The Asylum Descent group is holding a summer of 2000 fest in the San Jose, California area
for primarily Descent 1, 2, and 3 players.
Find out more about this event here
note: This is not an Outrage
Entertainment sponsored event |
| April
05, 2000 |
| WOW!
- DESCENT'RS FOR SETI |
Twentynine new
people have joined the Descent'rs for SETI Project since February 24, 2000,
bringing the member count to 95! When I first posted a news item about the project the
Descent'rs had logged 20.66 years in CPU time, now just over a month later the total is up
to 25.73 years.
If
you want to get involved or just want a little bit more info., check out the links below.
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program
that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
Descent'rs for SETI SETI@home Project Page |
| March
29, 2000 |
| Jeff
"Sewerat" Slutter, Outrage Programmer Interview |
"He's had an
important role in the development of Descent 3, and talks about various things, such as
his experiences as a gaming programmer.."
Read the
interview at Planet Descent |
- March 24, 2000 |
| Who
Wants In ??!! |
Spring is coming
to Ann Arbor and maybe you should too...
Two job openings are currently available here at Outrage Entertainment for a Senior Programmer and 2D Texture Artist.
Check out the jobs page for details on Outrage and these
positions. |
| REVIEW
- March 24, 2000 |
| Flamethrower
gets his hands on a copy of Descent 3 at evilavatar.com |
Flamethrower
gets a hot new PC and decides to check out Descent 3.
"the
eye-candy is astonishing, the glint on the windshield, the rain splatters, the fabulous
use of color, the joyously OTT weapons, light halos..."
Read the entire
article here. |
| REVIEW
- March 24, 2000 |
| Flamethrower
gets his hands on a copy of Descent 3 at evilavatar.com |
Flamethrower
gets a hot new PC and decides to check out Descent 3.
"the
eye-candy is astonishing, the glint on the windshield, the rain splatters, the fabulous
use of color, the joyously OTT weapons, light halos..."
Read the entire
article here. |
| NEW
PLUGIN - March 15, 2000 |
| 3D
Studio Max3 Export Utility now Available |
Just
released for Max3
The P3D 3D Studio Max 3 plugin is now available for download. This is an updated version
of the model exporter and POFgen converter utility for users of 3D Studio Max 3.
Download it now
For
more information on this new version please visit our
downloads area. |
| REVIEW
- March 15, 2000 |
| Descent
makes PC Gamers Readers All-Time Top 50 |
Number 45
In PC Gamers Readers Poll of their All Time Top 50 Games Descent grabbed the # 45 spot.
"Six
degrees of freedom, and six times as much fun as any of those wannabe first-person
shooters."
-Tim Byron, Reno, NV
PC Gamer
April 2000
Vol.7 No.4 |
| DIABLO'S
COOKBOOK - March 07, 2000 |
| Tired
of Getting Scorched on PXO? Then this Book is for You! |
Diablo's Cookbook
If you really want to be good at Descent1, 2 or 3 then don't walk, run to Diablo's web
site and buy Diablo's Cookbook. After over four years of Descent, Diablo has written a
book that covers basic tactics all the way to his winning secrets. Diablo who is almost
unbeatable in one on one play offers you who really want to compete with the best the
chance to do so.
Visit his site |
| NEW
RELEASE - March 02, 2000 |
| Descent
3 Level Editor Source has been Released |
The source for
D3Edit, the Descent 3 level editor, has been released.
For information
regarding D3Edit and Descent 3 level building please visit,
The D3Edit website
To download the source for D3Edit follow this link,
D3Edit Source |
| ANNOUNCEMENT - February 24, 2000 |
| Maya now in use at Outrage |
Outrage has selected Alias|Wavefront's Maya for use in their next level of
products. Maya
is a well matched solution that will allow Outrage to previsualize and export data
directly to their new in-house engine.
Doug Brooks, Outrage's Senior Animator, says "We are extremely
excited about the new possibilities that Maya will allow Outrage to explore.The modeling
capabilities it offers are better and faster than any we've seen and the package will help
us to produce the next level of cutting edge games".
Alias|Wavefront |
| NEW LINKS - February 24, 2000 |
| DESCENT 3 MEETS ET! DESCENT'RS FOR SETI |
Descent'rs for SETI - A group of 66 (so far) Descent fans have banded
together and logged a staggering 20.66 years in CPU time for the SETI project! If you want
to get involved or just want a little bit more info., check out the links below. SETI@home
is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that
downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
Descent'rs for SETI SETI@home Project Page |
| MAILING LIST - February 18, 2000 |
| A Note to all those who signed up for the mailing list from
January 18th to February 17th |
Sorry!!
If you signed up for Outrage's mailing list after January17th of this year we ask that you
please sign up again. If you signed up on or
after February 18th there is no need to register again. If you have never signed up this
would be a great time to join our mailing list!
Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. |
| DESCENT
3 FAQ's - February 17, 2000 |
| Outrage
has added an FAQ section to the website |
Today we have posted a list of
frequently asked technical questions for Descent 3. Theres a list of supported graphics
cards and settings too.
Descent 3 FAQ Page |
| ENGINE
LICENSING INFORMATION - February 07, 2000 |
| Outrage
Entertainment's Fusion™ Engine is now available for licensing for PC and Macintosh
games. |
| Follow
this link for a detailed description of the Fusion engine and its capabilities. |
| LAN
Parties - February 02, 2000 |
| Hosting
a Descent 3 LAN Bash in the near future? Snag a LAN Party Prize Pack! |
Outrage and Interplay are
offering support for LAN parties and contests.
-visit the Interplay web site and fill out the online form to register yourself as one of
the LAN Party or Contest Coordinators.
Get all the
details here |
| Review
- January 25, 2000 |
| Mercenary,
the new expansion pack for Descent 3 gets reviewed at ign pc. |
"Mercenary is an outstanding
achievement worthy to be in anyone's collection who devoted anything close to a
significant portion of their free time to Descent 3. If you haven't picked up either of
these yet, and like first person shooters, you're missing out on some serious bonding time
between you and your PC. Run out, grab yourself a nice crispy joystick, and then flip on
the answering machine. You're gonna be here for awhile."
Jump over to ign's site to
read it all |
| Named an Editors Choice - January 17, 2000 |
| Descent 3 has been named a "PC Editor's Choice" in Game
Revolution's "Best of 1999" awards. |
Revolution Report Card
A-
+ Kick-Ass Gameplay
+ Kick-Ass Graphics
+ Kick-Ass Sound
+ Kick-Ass Multiplayer
+ Kick-Ass AI
+ Kick-Ass
- Complex Controls
- May Make You Vomit
- Just Not Quite Revolutionary
+ This Game Kicks Much Ass!
Did I say that already?Ben Silverman - Editor
Game Revolution
510.525.GAME
ben@game-revolution.com
Read
the whole glowing review right here. |
|
| Nomination!
- January 17, 2000 |
| Descent
3 was nominated for Action Game of the Year at Gamespot. |
See who Descent 3 was up against
for Action Game of the Year.
Go there now. |
| Review
- January 06, 2000 |
| Descent
3 nabs the SS Award from DailyRadar.com! |
"The game is a textbook
example of how to produce a thrilling, action-packed sequel. If you missed it, you must
have it, so go get it!
Read the
whole article here. |
| Review
- January 06, 2000 |
| GameSpot
UK gives Descent 3 the number 55 spot in its review of the Millennium's top 100 games! |
| See what they say!! |
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