June 2002

So, in reverse order - congratulations go out to Nicolas Mucci for his "Last Hope" mission, Rose for "Jack Rabbit", and TalkinBeerMug for "Border Ambush". The First Place Award for the first ever Ghost Recon Mission Competition, and a copy of Ghost Recon Collectors Edition, goes to Right Hand for his "Needle's Eye" mission. Congratulations to the winners, each and every one of those four missions presented an enjoyable and rewarding challenge.

For more details including the full runners-up list and downloads so you can play these great missions yourself, visit the Results Page.

It really is a beautiful map, and it is obviously more than just a conversion, it is  an enhancement. Although it's still in Beta, I played it fine in multiplayer and it looked fantastic. I thought Low Profile summed it well when he mailed me...

"Looks so good so far one might wonder if it was in inside job and RSE is giving us a new chalet for GR"

Grab this terrific map from the news page here and also have a look for a modded Kill House Double map! Leave comment here in our forums where Suicide Commando broke the news.

First up - Ubisoft has reported a few stories of interest including:

-Industry Experts Pick Ubi Soft Games As Best Of E3. This report has a fine collection of some of the awards and opinions of many people that attended E3. Check it out here.

-Ubi Soft Entertainment Announces Year-End Results Continuing Upward Momentum. This report is good news for UBI and for us...because if UBI does good, then we continue to be blessed with great products. Included are a number of titles in the works. Check it out here.

Next up - Gamespy has another preview concerning Splinter Cell...the game that has been nicknamed the "Metal Gear Solid 2 Killer". Some new screenshots and some more information included. Save your money now cause UBI is about to open the floodgates of gaming goodness in the near future. Check it out here.

Download v1.2 here, and visit the Trance M4 page here, and a full explanation of what is new can be found here.

We have updated our FAQ with details of this new tool, as the old fix we used to list was not entirely satisfactory. NVRefresh works, and not just for Ghost Recon, for all your games!

*Update* If you are having the same problem, but with a card other then Nvidia, try RefreshLock, a cool tool that works with all graphics cards, thanks Kev!

If you are looking for a professional tool that does all this and much much more, Dragon mailed us with this recommendation for PowerStrip.

"Powerstrip is fantastic: one can actually define different refresh-settings for different games/apps."

You can download Powerstrip here.

"Ihr könnt von Ghost Recon einfach nicht genug kriegen? Dann schickt mir den Beweis!
Macht ein Foto von Euch und Eurem Ghost Recon / Desert Siege Spiel und gewinnt eines von 3 exklusiven T-Shirts welche nur bei uns erhältlich sind!"

"Joseph Drust, Red Storm artist, and friend to modders everywhere, has created a tutorial webpage to help modders wanting to create characters for Ghost Recon."

You can check that webpage out right here. The tutorials detail how to import characters, weapons and attachments into Ghost Recon and has around 100 images! There is even a FAQ and a help form. Christmas just came early for the modders, make sure you say a big thanks to Ubi Soft and Joseph when you visit.

The latest weapons mod to hit our downloads is the latest version of the TAW Weapons Power Pack. For version history and the latest download, visit TAW here. Last I heard TAW were also recruiting, so if you like what you see over there, send them your details..

Finally it just doesn't seem right not to mention the big daddy of weapon mods, so I will. Navy Seals v2 from Picollo, 6000+ downloads, 'nuff said.

Back on The Sum Of All Fears, Joe reports that the film was superb, and well recieved, not surprising as it recently knocked Star Wars off the top of the US Box Office. The games release in the UK is slated for August with a price tag of £20. Game cube and PS2 version will follow.

Joe also managed to squeeze some interesting information about Raven Shield from Ubi Soft, including their opinion on the current debate about Raven Shield on MSN Zone, the manual, and world release schedules. For details on those visit our Rainbow Six site AGR-S.com.

One of our Consultants, Vanholt, was on the beta team for this map, read his impressions here.

Download Red Nest now.

Secondly a monster map compilation, featuring some new maps too, from *IQ* . The *IQ* Map Pack 2.0.1 is available here. If map packs rock your broadband boat, the Platoon compilation has 9 maps, grab it here.

As long as you have Desert Siege installed you are in for a treat as Koichiro just sent us the finished mod, and you can grab it right here. If I haven't convinced you yet, read what DWilliams said about Serpent's Nest here, he took his shirt off it was so intense!

In the second image Storm shows off some the cover afforded by some fallen trees, and there are plenty of other opportunities to find some good cover amongst all the undergrowth, bushes, huts, and of course the creek.