- Official Map Making Contest
- Posted by General_II on May 01st, 2008 @ 6:54 p.m.
- This just in: NVIDIA is sponsoring a map making contest for World in Conflict. The prize?
Grand Prize: $1000 Cash, an NVIDIA 8800 Series Video Card and a chance for your map to appear in a future World in Conflict product.
Runner-Up Prizes (4): An NVIDIA 8800 Series Video Card and a chance for your map to appear in a future World in Conflict product. Runner-up winners will be chosen for each of the following four categories: Best use of DX10, Best Assault Map, Best, Domination Map, Best Tug of War Map.
Once an entry is submitted it will be reviewed by designers at Massive Entertainment. The top entries will be posted on worldinconflict.com. Interested? Check out the official official map making contest site:wicmapcontest.sierra.com
-See the original announcement post here
-Download Wiced here.
-Learn to use Wiced here
- Cinematic Trailer and Screenshots for Soviet Assault!
- Posted by Cheesewiz on April 28th, 2008 @ 9:29 p.m.
- Do you remember how amazing the trailers were before World in Conflict was released? Now you've got something else to admire for Soviet Assault! Today Massive released a brand-new cinematic trailer to IGN, hopefully the first of many!
Along with this came some great new screenshots to admire. Is it just me, or are some of those tanks Camo colored?
Check it out!
Also, a big thanks to aznninjahitman at HG Main for the heads up!
- Footsoldier Minimod Released!
- Posted by General_II on April 27th, 2008 @ 11:58 a.m.
From Gundug, another great mod for World in Conflict. This minimod takes advantage of the specialist concept- individuals that can change the tide of a battle through the strings they pull- and also focuses on the use of infantry by increasing squad sizes, realism, and the effectiveness of traditional light infantry counters.-Weapon ranges increased close to real world performance
-Weapon damage modified
-Deadly combat, with cover and protection from enemy line of sight critical
-Expensive support role weapons, from TA to armor and light artillery
-New unit types, including machine gun squads, scouts and specialist teams
-Adjusted squad sizes and composition
Get to the battlefield! Download the Footsoldier mod here.
- More Stuff to Blow Up!
- Posted by General_II on April 26th, 2008 @ 7:06 p.m.
- That's right, there's a new battlefield. Evil Viking's map Virginia has just been released by Massgate.
You can automatically download Virginia by logging into Massgate or manually from wicbase or Massgate's website.
For more intel, check out the screenshots here.
- Black Hawk Down Mod Beta Testing!
- Posted by Cheesewiz on April 25th, 2008 @ 01:11 a.m.
- Heavengames has gotten word that the BlackHawk Down Modding Team has opened up slots for private beta testing! Their goal is to try to let players evaluate the modded game to provide them with some feedback. Anyone who helps them would look for bugs, needed features, or just generally comment on the fun of the mod.
If you are interested in helping them out and getting to play a brand new mod before anyone else, check out their Beta Tester Application Thread or send an email to NvziblSkillz at qtran(dot)transitionstudios(at)gmail(dot)com !
- Unlock The Achievement - Scavenger Hunt / Charity Event
- Posted by Cheesewiz on April 20th, 2008 @ 2:54 p.m.
- Since World in Conflict will soon storm onto the XBOX 360 Platform, World in Conflict Heaven is proud to announce that, along with Halo Wars Heaven, we will participating in one of the largest online scavenger hunts ever with the XBOX 360 Community!
It starts tomorrow, and anyone who wishes to register at UnlocktheAchievement.com can participate. The object is simple, just sign up, visit the participating sites (there's about 50), and look for the Game logos on pages throughout their (and our) sites! Some will be very easy to find, others extremely difficult. As millions of XBOX live gamers go out to find these images, the best will recieve over 100 prize packages! And trust me, those prize packages look pretty darn sweet.
Best of all, all of the proceeds and corperate donations from this will go to help deliver Care Packages and other gifts to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. This is particularly near and dear to me since I had a cousin there for 2 years with cancer. For that and many other reasons, HG is proud to help out with this cause!
I'm sure all of you 360 Gamers are looking forward to the hunt, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow, because the images won't be up until then!
Good luck to everyone involved, and thanks for participating in such an awesome cause!
Again, here are some links of interest:
UnlocktheAchievement.com
Registration Link
Charity Info
Have fun!
- Armor: Spearheading the Operation
- Posted by Shanks13 on April 19th, 2008 @ 3:51 p.m.
- Treads rolling, armor plating rattling, guns blazing, the brute force behind the operations rolls in to dominate the battlefield!
Don't we all wish it was that easy? Luckily for us, it can be! Namst has written a guide on how to play armor effectively, so if you'd like to improve your armor skills and strike fear in the hearts of your enemies with heavy metal, be sure to read Namst's Guide to Armor!
- A Work in Progress for World in Conflict
- Posted by General_II on April 14th, 2008 @ 9:14 p.m.
- Massgate today announced that a new map is going to be officially released- a custom map called Virginia. Made for 8v8 Domination matches, Virginia has been out in the Beta form for the past few weeks.
Needless to say, Virginia boasts a high degree of effort and quality.- Over 50 hours of total work inside and outside of WiCEd
- Fully customized 8192x8192 splatting texture with hand-painted detailing in Photoshop CS3
- Fully customized roads using Lightwave/3DS Max9
- Fully customized surround mesh using 3DS Max 9
- Load screens and music
- Detailed storyline
See the official release or check out the Virginia thread.
Virginia will be coming out sometime in the next month. When it does, be sure to download it here at World in Conflict Heaven.
- Footage from the Battlefield!
- Posted by General_II on April 13th, 2008 @ 8:05 p.m.
Last week, just before the reviews of Soviet Assault, a new video was released: Yulja.
Short thereafter, on April 10th, the official trailer for Soviet Assault was released.
Both show excellent footage of the World in Conflict in addition to some commentary which reviews the game's premise.
- Soviet Assault: a new war
- Posted by General_II on April 11th, 2008 @ 10:59 p.m.
- Gamespy, IGN, and TeamXbox recently previewed Soviet Assault, the version of World in Conflict for Xbox 360.
Some interesting revelations include the fact that Soviet Assault isn't an expansion- it's the Xbox360 version. Also of note is that voice commands are a part of the Xbox 360 Soviet Assault experience. Just say something like "send four anti-tank infantry" or "tankbuster" and the the jets will come flying in on your command.
A new point of view.
The IGN preview describes what Soviet Assault exactly is and that there will be new AIs that have been improved, using special abilities and possibly tactical aids.
Gamespy talks more of how the Xbox 360 controls play and how the interface works out. They note that multiplayer will be reduced from 8v8 to 5v5.
team xbox tells the compelling story of an omlet -not your ordinary omlet- and World in Conflict going Xbox 360. It runs through the new controls and tells of the voice-command potential.
You can check out the original Massgate post here.
