An FPS Server guide for developers It's not rocket science and to be honest, most if not all of these features have been around for some time. However we keep seeing new games released, with a lot of these basic features missing. Click here to view the list of features we've been asking for since 2001
Please use this thread to leave feedback or be part of the continued discussion on what admins need to run a successful game server.
Company of Heroes® Complete: Campaign Edition™ For Mac
Take command on March 1. Their lives are in your hands.
Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition for the Mac includes the fully-featured single player campaign from the original Company of Heroes as well as the additional campaigns and content from the expansions Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts and Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.
The guy in charge of Valve/Steam does not talk much but he sat down with Penny Arcade to talk hardware (PC, Console and even Wearable computers) and a few other things.
Now do you see a future where Valve is actually selling hardware or do you just want to have things that could take advantage of that technology should it be popular?
Well, if we have to sell hardware we will. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we think that we need to continue to have innovation and if the only way to get these kind of projects started is by us going and developing and selling the hardware directly then that’s what we’ll do. It’s definitely not the first thought that crosses our mind; we’d rather hardware people that are good at manufacturing and distributing hardware do that. We think it’s important enough that if that’s what we end up having to do then that’s what we end up having to do.
- Click here to head on over to Penny Arcade to read the full interview
Which Battlefield T-shirt do you want us to produce next in the DICE Store? Vote for your favorite and we’ll make it happen!
Vote in the poll below, no later than Sunday, March 4th 2012. Whichever T-shirt has the most votes at that date will get produced so you can buy it and wear it!
Look out for more chances to make your opinion heard on DICE swag in the near future, and make sure to visit www.store.dice.se for more premium quality gaming gear designed here at DICE.
* Added several links at the bottom regarding the game
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up in regards to a new sub forum for the 2 dawn devs and their upcoming title Ravaged, here at FPSadmin.com The section will be headed up by some of the 2 Dawn devs and staff. Please give them a warm welcome and yes they will have dedicated servers you can run yourself... (who would have thunk that is still possible )
Some info on 2 Dawn and Ravaged:
2 Dawn
Established in 2009, 2 Dawn is dead set on bringing the fun back to games.
Our team is made up of passionate gamers with AAA game development experience.
We have worked on titles such as Battlefield, DesertCombat, Frontlines and more, but now we are ready to break some rules and make some games that bring the community together for some laugh out loud experiences.
Our focus is on online core gaming that requires skill, teamwork and diapers because you are going to piss your pants.
Join our forums, sign up for beta and lets begin the ride together.
Ravaged the game:
Ravaged is a first person shooter online multiplayer game set upon a post-apocalyptic earth devastated by natural disasters caused by the sun's solar flares. It chronicles the struggle between the “Resistance” and the “Scavengers” as they fight one another in order to gain an upper hand in an ongoing war for survival, territory and resources.
In general, the Scavengers are an outnumbering, oppressive, murdering group of lawless criminals that wish to claim all land and resources for themselves. They will stop at nothing in order to accomplish their goal.
The Resistance is a group of resistance fighters hell bent on restoring civilization. These civilians were able to seek shelter as the world succumbed to natural disasters during the year 2012, taking with them precious goods and weapons while the criminals and less fortunate lived off the land.
Ravaged is an action game. Furthermore it is a multiplayer only First Person Shooter with Vehicles, Team Objectives, and skill based gameplay.
We are developers with AAA game experience that wanted to create a team based game that requires skill and over the top fun.
Ravaged is currently in developing and will be in Beta early 2012, releasing on PC in spring 2012 via Steam and other PC distribution methods.
Multiple teams at DICE working on future content for the shooter
A few weeks back an EA executive pointed to an upcoming event in NYC that the company would use as a platform to announce upcoming and highly anticipated Battlefield 3 DLC. Well, last week came and went with hardly a mention of the phantom content. With the natives getting restless, EA Community Manager Ian Tornay, took to Reddit to explain yet again that the content is indeed coming and to "stay tuned".
”I think, as another Redditor pointed out, there’s been some confusion as to what was going to happen. It’s a big time at EA right now. We’re starting to work on new titles, figuring out how to close up our year, and planning for the months to come... That being said, we do have something really cool for you guys and we didn’t want to smoosh it in with a bunch of other stuff. We definitely have information coming, stay tuned.”
Tornay also explained that DICE has multiple teams working on future Battlefield 3 content on both the DLC front and game update front. When asked about the possibility of DICE visiting Battlefield 2143 as a DLC option, Tornay explained that "There is a lot of enthusiam inside DICE for 2143...Of course it's an option."
Tornay did not give a definitive date or timeline to expect these announcements. So as he says, "Stay Tuned".
Tripwire Interactive are thrilled to announce that Killing Floor has sold more than 1 million copies on PC - and is still selling strongly! This is a major achievement from any game studio as few games, even multi-million-dollar AAA titles, ever sell over 1 million copies on PC. As a truly independent outfit who have funded ourselves all the way, we are particularly proud of the achievement. Our thanks go to all the developers of the Killing Floor mod and everyone on the team here at Tripwire Interactive, who's continued support has made the game such a huge success. We would also like to thank all the members of the community who have made maps and other add-ons for the game, with the Killing Floor SDK. And, most importantly, we offer our thanks to all of the fans and everyone who has bought the game over the past two years and helped make Killing Floor the cultural phenomenon that it is today.
As everyone loves stats, here are some of the important ones:
1.1 MILLION copies of Killing Floor sold on PC in 2 and a half years
Nearly 2 million Killing Floor DLC packs sold
45 MILLION hours of Killing Floor played to date
440 MILLION Zeds have been dispatched in Achievements alone - including more than a quarter-million Christmas Santa
Zeds are being killed by you at the rate of over 20,000 an hour!
Hundreds of custom maps have been created by the community
But we're not just here to brag! In fact we've decided to do something very special to celebrate the 1 million copies milestone. For the next three days we're practically giving the game away with a massive discount of 85% as the "Midweek Madness" feature on Steam this week. That is the cheapest we've ever sold the game for. If you have friends who don't yet play the game, now is the time to educate them on the joys of Killing Floor. You all go on playing the games we make for PC and we'll go on making and supporting them!
seeing is the MP is really as bad as I thought it would be... Shame there is no single player 
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