Flatout: Ultimate Carnage Crashes Into Stores

Press Release:

Empire Interactive’s critically acclaimed FlatOut Ultimate Carnage for PC has arrived in stores today. Summer holidays have never been so dangerous…

FlatOut Ultimate Carnage blurs the line between arcade and simulation, a deathproof experience in which more than 8,000 persistent objects per track will throw your car off-course and your driver through the windscreen. With an average of 20,000 polygons per car, expect bodywork to get mashed up quickly, all in glorious HD. There are eight full offline game modes including Career Race, Time Trial, Carnage Race, Beat The Bomb, Last Man Standing, Deathmatch Derby, Multiplayer Party Mode, and the favourite Ragdoll Mini Games.

Source SDK Update Released

Updates to Source SDK have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Enhancements

• Added a drop-down list in the SDK Launcher that allows the user to switch between The Orange Box engine and the Half-Life 2: Episode One engine
• Two new lighting preview modes are available in Hammer
• Models are automatically centered when loaded in Faceposer

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash and corrupt configurations for users that don’t own any Orange Box games
• Resolved issues with building models for any games that that use the Half-Life 2:Episode 1 engine
• Fixed crashes in Hammer and Faceposer when HL2 is set to the active game

Known Issues

• Cannot create shortcuts to Hammer, Faceposer, and Model Viewer
• Linux makefiles for the Orange Box source code are incomplete and will be updated in the next release
• The Particle Editor is not presently included in the Source SDK
• SDK shader code only included with mods built to use Half-Life 2:Episode 1

Neverwinter Nights 2 Patch v1.12 Released

Obsidian has released a new patch for their successful RPG, Neverwinter Nights 2. The patch updates the game to version 1.12 and fixes many classes bugs, multiplayer crashes as well as the toolset. The patch can be downloaded using the auto updater. release notes after the jump. Read more

Saga v136.8 Patch Details

This week we’ve been focusing on getting things in place to resolve the remaining crashes people may be experiencing. We’re hoping to see them all disappear over the next few weeks as we finish gathering data and put all the pieces into place. We’re also working fast and furious on fixes such as market issues. We believe we’ve taken care of all known market issues and any issues related to sending things via attachments. Please let us know if this is not the case. Next patch we expect to push up a significant balance update as well as have a host of other bugs and fixes. Please keep posting your reports, suggestions, and comments on the forums. We appreciate your patience and support! Read more

Race 07 Update Released

Updates to RACE 07 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

RACE 07

• Fixes for Nvidia 8800 users getting crashes
• Fix client crash on multiplayer session switch
• Fixed loading of replays (showed up as incompatible before)
• Various fixes to sun and lensflare effects
• Fixed listening position in freecam mode
• Fixed mouse pointer in replay / freecam mode
• Fixed start position of freecam
• Fixed generation of AI opponents when using custom skins
• Added automatic clutch options to realism settings
• Fixed LOD for freeflight camera
• Fix for mouse pointer getting stuck in replay browser after exiting replay when mouselook mode enabled
• Fixed various mouse look issues
• Various HUD fixes

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl v1.0006 Patch

GSC Game World has released a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, the update brings the version number to v1.0006 and fixes multiplayer bugs and adds the anti-cheat BattleEye system. Full release notes and download links after the jump.

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