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Steve Gibson

April 4, 2008 6:40 PM

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We made it! Friday! Time to light stuff on fire!

Census going oldschool

Apple passes Wal-Mart on
music

No pedos on facebook?

Sue Google maps!

As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:

Chris O'Donnell in Max Payne

Iron Man 360 media

Saints Row 2 release date

Free Trackmania sequel!

Tiberium screenshots

Dawn of War 2 screenshots

Bourne Conspiracy trailer

Lastly, FIRE! FIRE! DO IT!

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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okellyc

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April 4, 2008 6:41 PM

damn them dawn of war 2 shots looks soooo good
- Wadmaasi
  
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  April 4, 2008 6:44 PM
  
  Fuck yes. The one with the jump packs is making me all a quiver. I haven't paid any attention to CoH, so the the gorgeousness of the engine is new to me.
  - aeg1x
    
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    April 4, 2008 6:54 PM
    
    play coh ok
    - Wadmaasi
      
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      April 4, 2008 7:26 PM
      
      Can't do it, I got WWII-gamed out like 7 years ago. They guy I play DoW with has been pleading with me to get CoH since day one, and...I just can't.
      - Tincan
        
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        April 4, 2008 7:35 PM
        
        Please do. Just forget the WW2II thing. Its such a great game and that is such a poor excuse.
      - aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 7:37 PM
        
        what is the last WW2 game you played? COD2? What is the last WW2 RTS you played? Just play that shit motherfucker.
- RikiTiki2
  
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  April 4, 2008 7:03 PM
  
  hot damn I missed the thread in FP...
  
  and this post! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16643159
  goddamn rofl
- DM7
  
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  April 4, 2008 7:31 PM
  
  Heresy grows from idleness.
- eeeealmo
  
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  April 4, 2008 7:51 PM
  
  fuck yes. any word of a release date or what?
  - aeg1x
    
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    April 4, 2008 7:55 PM
    
    I'm hoping it's this year
    - kainen1
      
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      April 4, 2008 8:02 PM
      
      better give SC2 a wide berth
      - eeeealmo
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:03 PM
        
        in my opinion, if this game is anything like CoH, the gameplay mechanics will blow SC2 away
        
        aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:06 PM
        
        yeah I can see myself playing it more than SC2. Obviously SC2 is going to be the bigger success but I don't see why DoW2 couldn't thrive as well. They'll be pretty different games if their previous offerings are anything to go by.
        
        eeeealmo
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:07 PM
        
        i think CoH has given relic a pretty solid following. obviously not nearly as strong as SC2 but strong enough to hold its own
        
        aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:13 PM
        
        what impresses me is that its numbers have actually gone up since I used to play last year. The peak concurrent online users back then was ~2000 players and now it's well above 7000. It averages more players a night than TF2.
        
        dkrulz
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:22 PM
        
        That's still a joke compared to bnet. Have the finally got an automatch system comparable to B.net's?
        
        aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:24 PM
        
        it's had one since launch
        
        dkrulz
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:26 PM
        
        Don't remember it having AT in the beta, did that change when it was released?
        
        aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:27 PM
        
        AT went in last patch
        
        dkrulz
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:30 PM
        
        Good lord, that should have been there on release, hopefully DoW2 will have everything on release.
        
        aeg1x
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:36 PM
        
        yeah pretty dumb they didn't have it in there. Now that Relic Online is up to par feature wise I'm sure that DoW2 will build on it.
        
        derelict515
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:39 PM
        
        in the US but Blizzard sells a whole lot of copies to Asia
        
        Rice-Rocketeer
        
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        April 4, 2008 9:17 PM
        
        CoH is popular enough in Asia to warrant a Chinese MMO.
        
        NFXFSX
        
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        April 4, 2008 9:19 PM
        
        With uber-Rangers!
  - Magus
    
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    April 4, 2008 9:23 PM
    
    Site says in spring 2009 http://www.dawnofwar2.com/us/home
- High-g
  
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  April 4, 2008 8:02 PM
  
  I hope Blur Studios would make an appropriate intro video again...
  - Moonbase Commander
    
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    April 4, 2008 8:17 PM
    
    They make such epic videos. I love 'em.
  - capt tripps
    
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    April 4, 2008 8:22 PM
    
    There's a teaser vid at http://www.dawnofwar2.com/us/home
    I'm not sure who did it, but it looks pretty nice.
    - aeg1x
      
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      April 4, 2008 8:27 PM
      
      looks like it's using ingame models though
    - Moonbase Commander
      
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      April 4, 2008 10:20 PM
      
      Teaser...not...loading...
      - SockMonkeh
        
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        April 4, 2008 10:21 PM
        
        it gave me an erection
    - bcyde
      
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      April 4, 2008 10:21 PM
      
      Yeah it's short but sweet.
- radula
  
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  April 4, 2008 8:20 PM
  
  singleplayer, but multiplayer co-op! :O
- cfalcon
  
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  April 4, 2008 8:26 PM
  
  I'm reinstalling CoH after seeing these pictures (I accidentally uninstalled CoH when I deleted the OF beta. GJ making the OF uninstaller delete the normal game :\). Time to download a gazillion patches
  
  I can't wait for DoW2
  - capt tripps
    
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    April 4, 2008 8:28 PM
    
    It will be less painfull if you install OF.
    - cfalcon
      
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      April 4, 2008 8:31 PM
      
      I actually don't own that :[
      - capt tripps
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:36 PM
        
        Do you at least have that motherload patch (1.## gigs) downloaded already?
        
        cfalcon
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:43 PM
        
        No and I think I just got to it. Guess I'll go play Halo for a while...
        
        I thought this was going to be a lot worse since previously I would download 2-3 patches everytime logged on once every few months. I installed the 1.4 patch and now it's giving me the huge one.
        
        capt tripps
        
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        April 4, 2008 8:58 PM
        
        I checked fileshack, 1.75 gigs. It does allow you to play against OF owners though. So it's not like it's just balance changes and bug fixes.
- [deleted] 328349105
  
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  April 4, 2008 8:44 PM
  
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  - hamachi
    
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    April 4, 2008 9:34 PM
    
    it's pretty short but fun
- Sebastian-TEC
  
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  April 4, 2008 9:29 PM
  
  Agreed. I want MOAR!
- capt tripps
  
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  April 4, 2008 9:30 PM
  
  I'm kinda torn about the non-linear campaigns. They offer more replay and variety, but the linear campaigns tell a better story.