GR2 Vehicles
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 30 2004
Differing reports on the amount and nature of vehicle interaction with Ghost Recon 2 are leading to a degree of confusion among the fans. Thinking back to the pre launch build up for the original Ghost Recon there were many instances of magazines getting wrong , so do not place to much strength on what you read unless it is a direct quote from a developer,... like Serellan for example. Apparently the actual specifics are not cast in concrete just yet, as he explains...

"While there will definitely be new kinds of interactions with different kinds of vehicles, the specifics are still being determined"

Read the full explanation and following discussions here.

CGW GR2
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 30 2004
Computer Gaming World have a short piece on Ghost Recon 2 for the PC in their current electronic edition. The article will reignite the vehicle debate as it says "all you wheelmen can actually use vehicles this time around", which is contrary to previous news intimating that while vehicles will be used for transporting troops, or calling in support, player control is not included.

Other news includes confirmation that well known game types such as defend, recon and firefight will appear. In the campaign the article states that character attributes will increase as the campaign progresses.

The article goes on to say that PC owners will have the new option of voice control during missions and a new improved and revamped control system. Graphics seems to be an area that has been worked on hard, with new particle effects, multi-texture rendering and dynamic lighting. Thanks to JT_Snowman for the lead!

BT Interview
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 29 2004
GRtwo.com have posted an interview with BulletTooth, the Tom Clancy Community Manager at Ubi Soft. While there is nothing new revealed in the interview, it's a good read and helps build the hype as we get closer to the public unveiling of Ghost Recon 2 at E3. Read the interview here.

Pandora Review
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 29 2004
Our sister site agr-s.com has just published a review for Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow written by MagnumKP, read it here.

WOI MP
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 28 2004
Don Miguel is releasing a multi-player version of War of Infamy (thanks to Rebar and the rest of the team), and it comes in at less than 17Mb! Download the mod here and get almost every weapon from every country out of the War of Infamy modification and contents from all WOI Theater expansions. Of course the missions are now fully playable in co-op, and considering the challenge they offered in single player this can only be a good thing! Visit the dev team at warofinfamy.com.

British Infantry
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 27 2004
Chems has just released his most comprehensive Ghost Recon mod to date - and it's a cracker - the British Infantry Mod. Alot of fans have been looking forward to this one with its multi talented modding team, we've even been getting emails asking when it will be out. It's out now and can be downloaded right here (46Mb). Also grab this tiny patch just released.

The full contents can be viewed in Chems' post here, and includes...

• 3 new snow maps
• 2 New relight maps
• 12 New Weapons
• New Binos model and view
• New Nightvision
• 3 New Vechicles, Defender 110, Defender 110 Desert, Lynx, Lynx Desert, Rigid Raider.
• 16 New CHRs and skins.
• 3 New Missions, 2 from Jack57 and 1 from Hhour
• All new shell screens
• New Ubi and Redstorm video, new medals
• ... and more...!

Positive feedback is already coming in...

"I just beat the first mission, and can soundly say this is the best mod I've played. The new .Chrs look amazing, the new NV and binoculars are great, and the SA80 is great fun to use." Sup.

This is a very professional mod with quality content, try it out and leave Chems your feedback here!

Anti Alias
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 25 2004
Whiteknight has prepared an interesting report on the effects of Antia Aliasing (AA) and Anisotropic Filtering(AF). The report contains over 20 images showing the effect the various levels of AA and AF has on Ghost Recon. Read the report here.

Stalker v1.0
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 25 2004
Stalker has working on a Total Conversion mod for some time.

There will be many special units included like the KSK, British SAS and the Australian SAS. Check the forum thread right here and leave him some feedback

Requirements
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 24 2004
Whiteknight77 has started an interesting poll in the forums about System Requirements for games. With Ghost Recon 2 set for a release around November many computers will be shaking in their tower units wondering if they can produce decent frame rates on the next generation of games this Christmas.

There are some interesting comments in the discussion, so have a read before you make your vote.

Stabilise Update
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 23 2004
In this small update for Operation stabilise Streinger has added a brand new Leopard 1 tank and both it and the ASLAV vehicle now have destruction animations.

Download the update here very soon.

Operation Falconer
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 22 2004
Aus Viper's latest project is called Operation Falconer and features the Australian SAS in Western Iraq. Keep up with progress at his webpage here.

Ubi Focus
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 22 2004
If you are in the San Francisco Bay area Ubi Soft want to talk to you, so much so they'll even pay for it!

"Ubisoft will be conducting focus groups that will discuss games on the evening of Thursday, May 6 in Concord, California. If you are a male between the ages of 15 and 25, and are interested in participating, we invite you to come to the facility for a discussion group."

The Focus Group is being organised by nichols research, click the link to email them, or read the original post in the Ubi Forums here.

Ghost Recon 2 Movies
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 21 2004
Of course there are no "real" Ghost Recon 2 movies on the loose just yet, but here's the next best thing - Fanta Shokata movies. What else is a fan going to do until the real thing turns up?! Check them out here.

Tech. Series
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 20 2004
Over the coming weeks we will be publishing a series of reports on new and developing military technology, specifically weapons and equipment. For a little fun we'll also be debating whether or not such weapons are likely to appear in Ghost Recon 2.

To kick the series off we take a look at the Cornershot, a weapon developed by the Israeli army to fire around corners without exposing the user to enemy fire. Read the report here.

=LT= Strategy
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 20 2004
Here's a neat tool from the Ghost Recon Chile site! What =LT= Strategy does is allows teammates to connect to each other via a command map tool and sketch on battle plans. Everybody that is connected to the host will see the battleplan being drawn up in realtime.

There are no English instructions right now, and the tool is all in Spanish, but it's fairly straight forward to use. The Host simply clicks the Hostear button, and joining members type the hosts IP into the Conectarse box at the top and click Conectar. Then you can all draw on the Command map that the host selects from a drop down box. Grab it from the Official Chile site link above, or from this Fileplanet mirror.

GR2 Perspective
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 20 2004
Ubi have posted some clarification on the perspective for Ghost Recon 2, which includes a groovy new feature. Read the quote as posted by Dannik.

SR2004 Update
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 20 2004
Alpha Squad's Stealth Recon 2004 tournament has reached the half way stage as the results from mission two are just in. Check out the current standings here.

GR2 X-Box Screens
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 17 2004
As GR-Retreat correctly predicted recently, Ghost Recon 2 articles are appearing in gaming magazines this month, starting with the Official X-Box magazine in the UK. Fan site GhostRecon2.co.uk have some scans of the article including the text and all the images.

The Far East location is discussed, and should provide some awesome visual treats, as borne out by some of the images in the article. Airstrikes are confirmed in the piece, as hinted at in the GR-2.com teaser movie. This is all new to Ghost Recon according to the article; although modders have achieved airstrikes for Ghost Recon 1, exactly how it has been implemented in Ghost Recon 2 is an exciting prospect we can't wait to get our hands on! The screenshots of jets and helicopters flying overhead look fantastic.

The big news however is the inclusion of Havoc 2 physics. This is the damage model used in Half Life that permits destructable objects and interaction with small objects.

Other news in the article confirms one of the hot topics - vehicles. Yes there will be vehicles, lots of them, but no - you will not be able to drive them. The later parts of the article are sure to fire fear into the heart of hardcore Ghost Recon fans as it draws parallels with Raven Shield, remember however that this is an X-Box magazine previewing the X-Box version! Discussion and debate is raging on here.

Civil War
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 17 2004
Mamon has posted some neat new ingame images from his upcoming American Civil War modification for Ghost Recon, check out these screenshots. Mamon is looking for some modelling assistance to get the mod nearer completion, so hit his PM button in that link if you can help.

IGS Winter
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 17 2004
Here's a pack of 8 retextured maps from IGS that includes 2 brand new maps. Total random respawns is available, however there are no missions included. Download here. Modders wishing to script for any of these maps can contact the author by emailing here.

New Mods
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 16 2004
Today I updated the downloads database with all the recently submitted Ghost Recon mods. That's 15 brand new mods, totalling over 40 new missions, and new weapons and new maps! Check the downloads panel on the right for the up to date list.

GR2 Logo
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 16 2004
GRTwo.com have the Official GR2 logo on show right now, check it out here.

DYNACOMP
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 16 2004
You will probably have noticed a DYNACOMP image over on the right for sometime now. It's not often we promote a single mod like that, but the expectations for this project were so high it merited keeping an eye on. If you read the latest information post by Parabellum, you'll soon see why it's hard not to get excited about this upcoming release, check it out here.

Ghost Recon 2 at E3
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 15 2004
The official word is in, Ghost Recon 2 will be at E3 as expected, full Press Release and associated hype here.

GR Official Site
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 14 2004
Ubi Soft have launched what appears to be the official Ghost Recon 2 website at ghostrecon-2.com. Two things of note - the flash movie shows an airstrike in progress, and the release date is shown - November! Comments here.

Ubi's 3rd
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 14 2004
Ubi Soft have made the third announcement regarding military gaming as promised earlier - and it's all about America's Army!

"... announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement to develop and publish games based on the U.S. Army's industry leading America's Army game."

"America�s Army, Brothers in Arms� and Tom Clancy�s Ghost Recon� 2 are evidence of Ubisoft�s commitment to bring the gamer quality titles from every segment of the military category"

This confirms Ubi softs commitment to the console market, as you can read in the full press release posted in our forums here.

GR on N-Gage *updated*
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 14 2004
Make sure you check this out - Ghost Recon on N-Gage. Unlike many other games that appear on handhelds and the only similarity is the name of the game, Ghost Recon actually looks like Ghost Recon on the N-Gage. The development team have been keeping us up to date with progress and it is sounding like quite an impressive project. Check out some of the features...

• fog, rain, and night vision
• 4 difficulty levels and varied mission objectives such as: place demolition charges, neutralize hostile presence, attack convoys, and rescue hostages
• the first full-fledged tactical action FPS on a portable console
• Local multiplayer over a Bluetooth connection with up to 8 players, featuring several adversarial and cooperative modes
• Built from scratch for the N-Gage platform - from redesigning the controls to mapping textures - for a smooth gaming experience
• All maps, missions, and modes original for N-Gage

There are also details of the new model - the N-Gage QD that's worth a look. If you click on the 4th image shown under the picture of the N-Gage QD you'll be treated to a movie of a multiplayer session of GR! We should have a review of this title over the coming weeks.

Iwo Jima Remembered
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
In the first of an occasional series on conflicts that should not be forgotten, today I am publishing a special report on the WWII conflict at Iwo Jima. Please take a few minutes out of your time to read this report and reflect back on this remarkable war story. Read the report here.

BIA
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
Ubi Soft have confirmed our news post from yesterday regarding a new WWII title they are publishing. The game, previously referred to as Bakers Dozen, is infact going to be released as "Brothers in Arms".

Read more details and the full press release first in our forums here.

Peru Walkthroughs
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
To tie in with our Jack57 Interview posted earlier today, Crimson has created walkthroughs for every mission in Jack57's Postcards From Peru campaign. All seven missions are detailed, including images - so now you have no excuse to try out one of the best ever Ghost Recon campaigns.

You can find Crimson's walkthroughs in our Recon section here. Each of Jack57's Campaigns and links to reviews can be found in our Campaign Downloads section.

Jack57 Interview
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
Chems has interviewed Jack57 and the focus is of course on his amazing Ghost Recon custom made Campiagns.

"I try for realism in the sense that I want the player to think what he would do in this situation in real life and react accordingly."

Read the full interview here where you'll also find links to each of Jack57's superb mods. I'm glad to say Jack57 recently joined us on Staff here at GhostRecon.net, and as always you'll find him in our Modding forums lending a helping hand where needed.

GR2 Wish List
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
There's some quality posting going in regarding what should and should not be in Ghost Recon 2 in our forums right here. Check out Sartillies "want" and "no want" list, and Barrett's post on page 2 - it's the little things that are just as important to the hardcore fan as the major issues like vehicles, weapon views and jumping!

GR2 Giveaway!
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
John Pain has been promised 2 copies of Ghost Recon 2 by Ubi Soft and he is giving them both away! To enter the draw simply make 60 posts in his forums right here! Could be a nice Christmas gift for somebody!

Ubi do WWII
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
Thanks to Snowman for alerting us to what could be one of the two remaining announcements expected from Ubi Soft over the coming days. It appears they may be publishing a WWII game from developers Gearbox Software.

According to IGN the title is not fixed yet, but is currently referred to as Bakers Dozen. Visit the game site here. Fans of Band of Brothers will really want to check this out. What's intruiging is the thought that has gone into this, check out this quote and think about what it could be a promise of...

"The problem with these games is that they promise to let us live the life of a soldier in combat, but they're not really putting us there. Real soldiers know that in combat, you live and fight as a team. Leadership counts. Good tactics win. Poor leadership and bad tactics get you slaughtered."

War of Infamy
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
These are the last two instalments in what has to be one of the most impressive Ghost Recon mod projects ever. Its scale, depth, variety, and above all its historical accuracy make War of Infamy an outstanding series of mods.

These final two downloads are Omaha Beach and Pacific Theater. Omaha Beach features new maps by El Oso, Neutron and DonMiguel and the missions are by Don Miguel. The new maps in Pacific Theater come from El Oso, Sleeper and Mike Schell. Both mods feature the amazing selection of WWII weaponry accurately modded into Ghost Recon by the WOI team.

Download Omaha Beach here and Pacific Theater here. Other mirrors and the full list of War Of Infamy downloads can be found here. Visit War of Infamy here.

RiB2
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
Riot in Belgrade 2 is in the works. MONOLITH is progressing with work on this all action campaign including some fearsome looking helicopter battles, check out the images here.

Modder help for scripting helicopters can be found in this discussion.

North Korea
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
North Korea Campaign is a five mission campaign from Miltia Man. One bonus mission isincluded with the modification. Missions can be played on either single or multiplayer. It has a small weapons modification and several new kits.

The campaign takes place in the year 2007 shortly after the death of Kim Jong IL. Washington sends the Ghosts elite special forces team into North Korea. Their mission, to locate intelligence on nuclear arms inside North Korea. Download here. Forum discussion here.

Euro Ladder
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
We are catching up on a lot of Ghost Recon news over the next few hours, so sit tight and let's get right on with it....

The Combat Zone has opened a new Euro Ghost Recon ladder due to demand. This is a hamburger hill, timed session, full details at TCZ right here!

Punkbuster
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
Punkbusted.com took a major step forwards in the fight against cheats recently with a new initiative.

"... Punk Buster (has) officially gone live with the new Auto-Master Ban List System ... This is a fully automated, secure, real time spooling of the Punk Buster logs directly from your server to the master database. It stops cheaters in their tracks across a large number of game servers...This is the biggest event in our web site history..."

Read the full press release in our forums here.

GR2 at Gamespot
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 11 2004
Gamespot have posted news on Ghost Recon 2, nothing new there yet, but keep an eye out for the usual plethora of screenshots appearing soon-ish.

IGN have also posted along the same lines.

GR.net and GR2
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 9 2004
People have been asking me what the future is for GhostRecon.net now that Ghost Recon 2 is on the horizon. The answer is quite simple, we will expand to include everything about Red Storm's Ghost Recon 2. There will be a new expanded Recon section, updated Arms and FAQs sections and of course we've had a Ghost Recon 2 forum on the go since the start of the year. So whether it is Ghost Recon, or Ghost Recon 2 - we'll be pumping out the news and exclusive content as always.

We might even start to reminisce a little now that we are about to enter a new generation of Tactical Shooter. If my maths is correct, this is the 1303rd news post made here, that's an average of 37 Ghost Recon news posts a month! Our Recon section has grown quite remarkably with exclusive content penned by GhostRecon.net staff members and fans alike - it now contains around 115 reports! I wonder how long it will take us to reach that number of Ghost Recon 2 reports...

Ghost Recon 2 Official
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 8 2004
Ubi Soft have at last announced the existence of Ghost Recon 2!

"...Ghost Recon 2 launches on next-generation consoles and PC this Holiday season. The game is set in the chaotic battlefields of tomorrow, and will offer gamers an insider's view of the way large scale conflicts will be fought in the near future."

Thankfully that quotation would seem to confirm that Ghost Recon 2 will grace both PC's and consoles very soon. It does however leave us to speculate about which platform will see Ghost Recon 2 first. Bearing in mind Ghost Recon 2 is already slated to appear in console magaznes next month, that could be an indication.

The other comment that will be of interest to loyal Ghost Recon fans is this quote..

"....a completely redesigned graphics engine "

Fans of the original Ghost Recon's Red Storm engine with it's gritty realism will probably be pleased to hear that statement, which could mean that Red Storm have either designed a brand new game engine, or taken literally, redesigned and enhanced the original. Our Engine Poll from last month certainly would indicate that this will please the majority of fans.

You can read the full press release and comment in our Ghost Recon 2 forum.

R6:3 Black Arrow
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 7 2004
Our sister site AGR-S.com is the first to post about the latest Rainbow Six 3 title. It's called Black Arrow, and it's for the X-Box! More details and full press release here.

Ubi.com
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 7 2004
Ubi have officially announced their new Ubi.com portal. Four of the major websites are already up and running, with the remainder of the European Ubi websites due to be updated by the end of June. Among the improvements are..

• Twice as many ways for players to find their favourite title on the website (more powerful search engine and user-friendly navigation)
• Enhanced customer usability in navigation (quicker loading time of information and more readable content)
• Better access and visibility of online services like downloads and community activities

Visit Ubi.com!

GR2 In the Media
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 7 2004
News of Ghost Recon 2 has made it into main stream gaming magazines, with promises of Previews in the next editions of some console magazines! Read more about it at GR Retreat and watch your newstands next month!

Littlebird Update
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 6 2004
Chems has updated his Littlebird helicopter mod to fix a minor issue, modders planning on putting this cool helicopter into their mods can download the latest version here, discussion here.

Direct Action
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 5 2004
En4rcment has released his latest Ghost Recom mission pack! Direct Action is a 5 mission campaign, and it's already getting some great feedback - here's what Parabellum had to say...

"Just finished the 1st mission. Great stuff! The extraction cinematic after the mission 1 was great. I especially loved the initial camera angle and movement. For a moment, I forgot that I was watching GR! "

Contents include New Ghost skins, New SD weapons, Custom/retextured maps, Extract cinematics, Intro movie and Intel Photos!

More details in this forum discussion, download here. Although it is rather hefty at around 60Mb, we highly recommend that everyone gives these missions a run through!

Knight Fork
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 4 2004
Remember Afrika Burning? Well here's another mission pack from the same author, mig. In Knight Fork you'll find 6 brand new missions, and they are all night missions! Download Knight Fork here, and please check the readme for important information.

Don Miguel tools
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 2 2004
There's a batch of new tools being released by Don Miguel this week. The one I'd like to focus on today is an update to his amazing platoon extender mod. Fans will already know that this tool allows players to take control of up to 18 men in a mission, but with this update you can use the tool with your favourite Ghost Recon mod as well as the default missions! You can download this exciting new version at 3dretreat, or at Fileplanet.

WOI v2.4
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 2 2004
The latest version of War of Infamy has been released, including Eastern Front v1.1 and Afrika Korps v1.0.

These are extremely detailed and well researched WWII modifications, with stacks of quality content. Many of the features will be familiar to fans of this series of mods, including the neat launcher tool for selecting theatres and character sets. The tense night missions will also be familiar territory, stumbling along without night vision, searching for the enemy only to find they are right next to you, peering through the night trying to locate you!

What's new here though is fascinating. Historically based missions and maps based on actual locations with mapped terrains. Remember the Bunkers map by Mike Schell that was never released? It's in here too, in modified form with some clever touches you're going to love. There are new anti-tank weapons you'll have fun with too, it takes a while, but stopping a tank dead with one well placed shot is very rewarding!

One thing as sure as the quality of this mod, is the difficulty - these missions are no light wieghts and will offer a good challenge to everyone.

For more details on the content please check the following links on the official site...

WOI 2.4 | Eastern Front v1.1 | Afrika Korps v1.0

Download locations can be found on this page. This mod is quite an achievement, and deserves to be a hit with WWII buffs and Ghost Recon fans alike. Please feel free to comment in our forums here, or the official WOI forums here.

R6:3 PS2 Review
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Our sister site Aggression, has a brand new review up for the PS2 version of Rainbow 6:3. We don't always cover the agr-s.com news here at GR.net, but seeing as how this review was penned by forum regular Zantar45 we thought we'd make an exception! Read it here.

VIRUS UPDATE
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Those of you hit by the new web virus that redirects your browser to different sites can relax as we have the solution. So if, for example, you are viewing our sister site agr-s.com, when you should actually be viewing Ghostrecon.net, read these easy virus removal instructions!

** WEB VIRUS **
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Please be aware of a new virus affecting web browsing. Apparantly this new virus alters users web browsers so that they load different sites than the intended ones. For example, instead opening CNN news, it might open FOX news. There is an easy fix and we hope to have details posted here before the end of the day!