IP-Name Mapper
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 30 2003
Battalion Command have released their IP to Name Mapper tool that will assist with banning disruptive players even if they change names or have dynamic IP's. This will of course be of interest to anyone running a dedicated Ghost Recon server. Download the tool here, and check this discussion for details on the differences between registered and unregistered versions.

GR Walkthroughs
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 29 2003
Two more walkthroughs were added to the Recon section today.

• Arctic Sun by Xian Saint
• Witchfire by NYR

Thank You!
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, November 27 2003
I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time and effort to plan and contribute to a special Ghost Recon Community surprise for me on my Birthday yesterday. Little did I know that so many GhostRecon.net regulars and fans from across the community had been working away at a secret forum for many weeks, to organise a surprise visitor to hand deliver several gifts to me last night.

It made it a very special day for me, and I'll always remember it. The Logitech steering wheel gift is fantastic, as are all the other gifts, like magnumKP's Rocky mp3 and Silentnight's Rocky powerpoint presentation , the custom Rocky mousemat from the guys at =UE= and even the custom car for Nascar racing from NYR. I understand there are also some military challenge coins on their way from the USA from zjj, and a package from Ubi Soft! To all those that were so generous and donated for a gift, I plan on upgrading my ageing graphics card for something with a lot more punch - who knows I might need it soon for Ghost Recon 2!!

This truly is a gaming community like no other, thanks again to you all, Staff and fans alike, you are the best!

Free Russia
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 25 2003
Giwex has added a review for an oldie but a goodie - the Free Russia campaign by AV Apollo. This mod broke some new ground with its level of professionalism and new features when it was first released, and its missions have stood the test of time. So if you have not already enjoyed the delights that this custom Ghost Recon campaign has to offer, check Giwex's review here for full details.

I have also taken the opportunity to update this campaign's entry in the downloads database, and its listing in our Campaign Downloads section with working links to the most up-to-date version.

Full Intention
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 25 2003
New Concept Mods have released some new images for their upcoming Full Intention mod. You can view early shots from the new map and new skins in this post. The team have plans for a second map based in a derelict train yard, so keep checking back for updates.

RSi Server [updated]
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 25 2003
Red Sector have opened up their Ghost Recon server for public use until the 15th of December. So if you are looking for some good no-respawn coop games head over to their server at [removed] and try it out. There is also a teamspeak server running, for details on that and other requirements check out this post by RSi Brain over at the RSi forums. UPDATE : Server now OFFLINE.

Cold Steam
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 23 2003
Ghost Recon Elite Platoon are coming up for their 2 year anniversary, and to celebrate they have released a brand new coop mission mod for Clans to test their skills against.  

The mod contains the mission file and a PDF file containing the mission briefing, I've packaged them together for convenience, grab them here or from GR Elite (Registration required).

SR2004 Prize
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 23 2003
Hypernia have just announced that they are sponsoring Alpha Squad's SR2004 tournament. Hypernia will be supplying the winning team with a Premium Game Server for a year, a great prize! The official SR2004 website can be found here.

Best Custom Map Ever?
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 22 2003
There's a new mod on the horizon that is already being touted by some fans as possibly the best Ghost Recon custom map ever. That's quite an accolade considering some of the fantastic maps we have seen in the past.

Originally titled "Wilderness Castle" and started way back in July this mod comes from Deleyt and Zeko and is now called "White-Skull Valley". Progress since June has been steady, and produced some remarkable screenshots. You can follow the mods progress in this forum thread.

So, what's going to be so special about this mod? Apart from a remarkable new map that features 100% new textures, there will also be brand new weapons (by Lurch32), a new kit restriction aimed at promoting good gameplay, new multiplayer coop games (from AS Chavez), and new single player missions!

And that's not all. In a refreshing change that will please quite a number of Ghost Recon fans, this mod will run fine on stock Ghost Recon, without any mission packs. Not only that, the team behind this mod are also aiming to make this mod fully Mac compatible, which will please the surprising number of Mac Ghost Recon fans out there!

For more information please visit the Red Sector forums, why not post a few words of encouragement while you are there!

SR2004
Posted by Rocky on Friday, November 21 2003
A new co-op tournament appears on the horizon - Stealth Recon 2004 from Alpha Squad. A webpage has appeared here, and the official forum is open here, although there are no sign-ups permitted just yet.

SR2003 was a huge success, with the Bad Azz Danes eventually taking the title. BAD are currently running the Azz Cup which should end round about the time that Alpha Squad's SR2004 competition starts.

Alpha Squad have a proven track record for professionally run competitions, and of course they have some extremely talented mission scripters on board, so if you are at all interested in trying out at competitive co-op play, keep a close eye on this one!

GR2 & Ubi
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, November 19 2003
There may be a hint of an official announcement regarding new Ghost Recon information at the Ubi Soft forums. It's not much, but it may signal an end to this extended period of no information and fan speculation, check it here.

GR-Retreat
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 18 2003
Giwex has put together a bio for Jodit Haile, the Desert Siege specialist, read about it at GR-Retreat here.

Also at GR-Retreat you can find El Oso's new website, thanks to Javaman.

Walkthroughs
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 18 2003
Our push to complete a walkthrough for every single mission in each of the three Ghost Recon campaigns continues today with the addition of five more mission walkthroughs.

• M05 - The Embassy by Yodasplat
• M07 - The River by SOTO Mac
• M12 - The Docks by Crimson
• M15 - Red Square by Crimson
• D02 - The Refinary by Xian Saint

Thanks go to Yodasplat, SOTO Mac, Crimson, and Xian Saint for producing the walkthroughs, and SOTO Phantom for coding them up!

RSE Expand
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 18 2003
Thanks to CR6 at GR-Retreat and Seojina for pointing out that the employee page at Red Storm Entertainment's website has grown somewhat recently. Around 4 new designers, 12 new artists and 9 new engineers appear to have been taken on recently.

One of the new designers is Rafael Chandler, who funnily enough used to sing in a band named to suit our sister site Aggression. Rafael used to work in QA with Electronic Arts and joined RSE last month. So what does he think of Red Storm and his new colleagues...

"Life at Red Storm is great. Dangerous, yes. Free doughnuts, free pizza, free soft drinks, free potato chips, free beer..... Another guy, he knows guns, inside and out. A shooter, a former soldier. I work with educated men, people who know things that matter. It's a great job."

Too right it's a great job! He's working with the team that gave us Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six... what's coming next we will just have to wait and see... not too long though hopefully!

More on GR2
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 18 2003
In the run up to Christmas you can expect to see more and more leakage regarding Ghost Recon 2. An unofficial Game Cube Europe site seems to be the first to acknowledge the existence of Ghost Recon 2...

"This game is a sequel to the popular Ghost Recon on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PS2. Ghost Recon lets the player lead an elite team of U.S. Army Special Forces through the deadly realism of tomorrows battlefields."

GameCube expect to see Ghost Recon 2 sometime in 2004.

Burning Sands
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 16 2003
Thanks to Stalker our Recon section expanded today as we begin our final push to complete the Mission Walkthroughs. Stalker's walkthrough for the opening mission in Desert Siege can be found here. You can expect to see the walkthrough section totally finished over the coming days thanks to the Staff and Forum members!

WMC Round 2
Posted by Rocky on Friday, November 14 2003
The second round of the Weapons Modding Competition is now open. This time around Elpatricio and Earl have selected the SAKO Rk.95.

Community modders are already searching the web for images of this weapon, check on progress in this thread.

Hidden War
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, November 13 2003
The latest Ghost Recon mod from Sixpence is Hidden War v 1.2. This is a sixteen mission campaign that requires Desert Siege and is playable offline or multiplayer. It also includes the guarded forest map, sunny and moon maps, and day to night maps. It's around 125Mb, download here.

nGage [updated]
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, November 13 2003
Ghost Recon on Nokia nGage is coming, and you can help shape how it turns out. Gameloft are producing the title, and the game's Producer is looking for feedback for the Ghost Recon community. So, if you have an idea on what would transfer well to a bluetooth handheld gaming device - post your ideas in this discussion and you might very well see your suggestion incorporated in the final release version!

The latest information from the developer is quite exciting. Whereas as some handheld versions bear little resemblance to the original PC game, Gameloft are aiming to produce a miniature, portable, multiplayer Ghost Recon!

"Ghost is fully 3D rendered, with much of the effects you'd expect from a current FPS ... I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when the screenshots are released ... imagine Ghost Recon, ported ... for the original playstation, and then squished that down to fit on a smaller screen" Gameloft

Sounds very interesting, we look forward to publishing a definitive review when the game is released next year!

WMC Winner
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 9 2003
The first Weapon Modding Championship has come to a close and a winner selected by the panel of judges. Congratulations to SnowFella for his impressive model of the MP5KA4.

You can view SnowFella's winning entry and all the runners up in this thread and read all about the competition is this thread. The standard of the entries was amazing, well done to all the participants and also to Elpatricio and Earl for running the Competition.

Task Force Dagger
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 8 2003
Instead of publishing more mods today, I'm publishing a book review! It's not good to stay glued to your PC all night, so check this out and enjoy a good read!

The book is Task Force Dagger : The Hunt for Bin Laden, which recounts the efforts of Special Forces deployed in Afghanistan 2 years ago in direct response to the 911 terrorist attack.

I found it a very interesting read, find out why here.

San's Regroup
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 8 2003
Here's a cool new game type from San called Regroup. There are two game types included, and both have single player, or coop multiplayer versions.

In Regroup the player's platoon is split into teams that have to Regroup at a Central Area before the extract is designated.  Then the team must extract with the added complication of a tough opposing force! The mod comes with a comprehensive Readme file and can be download here. Forum discussion here.

Civil War!
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 8 2003
Here's a brand new campaign from Mamon played out during the American Civil war! Containing a full campaign, new weapons and new models, this is a very nice and much anticipated mod, grab it here! The mod has been underway since early September, you can track progress in this forum discussion. The mod weighs in at 28Mb, and requires Desert Siege. Please check the readme for important installation instructions.

TG Overlays
Posted by Rocky on Friday, November 7 2003
Eternal from Tactical Gamer has released his custom grid overlays for Ghost Recon maps. The pack contains replacement command maps for every Ghost Recon map, even the expansion packs. Simply backup and replace your old maps with these for easier communication with your team! Download the 8mb file here.

Stealth Co-op
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 4 2003
Chavez has released a coop game type that Alpha Squad developed to improve their teamwork and stealth skills. The current version is available for download here, and you can read more about the game type in the AS forums here under the Stealth Recon Co-op section. You also can download other Alpha Squad contributions for the Coop community on that page.

This will be a great performance enhancer for all coop teams wishing to progress well in coop tournaments. More discussion in our forums here.

Red Sun Released
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, November 4 2003
Red Sun is out! One of the largest, most ambitious Ghost Recon mods you will see this year is finally out of beta testing stage and available here. The content list you'll find on that page gives an indication of the size of the mod, which includes 10 brand new maps, a 7 mission campaign, and some brand new innovations you have never seen in a Ghost Recon mod before!

The package even includes a new modder's toolkit offering never-seen-before tools for modders that bring a whole new range of possiblities to the modding community.

Join in the discussion here, where you'll find hints, tips, and bug confirmations as they arise.

Azz Mission 1
Posted by Rocky on Monday, November 3 2003
I recently reported on the outcome of the first round of the Azz Cup. Now you can download the mission the top co-op teams in the community struggled with. See how you and your team fair in this stealth mission! You will need to check the full briefing first, read it carefully here.

SPR Review
Posted by Rocky on Monday, November 3 2003
Giwex has reviewed the campaign that was the start of a terrific series of campaigns from Jack 57 - Saving Pilot Ryan.

"Mission 4 is my favourite one: at the end of mission 3 you were told that Pilot Ryan and Commander Williams have been caught by the enemy. They have been imprisoned at the camp and you have to go (alone) to save them."

Read Giwex's full review in our mods review forum, here.

WOI 2.3
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 2 2003
There is a new patch out for War of Infamy, bringing this remarkable mod to version 2.3. You must have WOI v2.2 before installing this patch.

This patch adds rifle propelled grenades to the mix and addresses several of the stability issues in MP play. Download the 9Mb patch here. Visit the WOI team here, where you will find a couple of other mirrors for this file if required.

In a second update, you can also download the latest patch for WOI : Eastern Front. This patch adds two versions of the T34, and a mission update, and five weapon updates. Download here.

Azz Cup 2003
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 1 2003
Round One of the Bad Azz Danes Ghost Recon co-op tournament has just come to a close. As the leaderboard shows, the first mission was far from easy with most teams failing to complete any of the objectives. Congrats to the teams that managed to extract, and good luck to everyone for the next round!

Firefight 4
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, November 1 2003
Chavez of Alpha Squad has released 4 new game types - you can find some details in our forums here, and the download link in their forums here.