Golden Triangle Winners >>(Links Fixed)<<
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 29 2007
Lightspeed's Golden Triangle Ghost Recon 1 co-op tournament has come to a close, and the winners are.... the unstoppable Alpha Squad! Not only did they win, but they did it in style, completing each of the seven missions with full points! Congratulations to the other teams for their sporting contribution to the tournament. You can see all the final standings here, and the official forum for further reading can be found here.

The missions that Lightspeed crafted for the tournament were awesome, and we'd encourage everyone to give them a try. We've created a pack of all the missions including text file briefings, and a list of all the mods you'll require to play. Download Golden Triangle here. Once you've tried the missions, you can also watch and learn from Alpha Squad's example, as we have prepared a mission replay download pack, grab that here.

Finally, huge thanks to Lightspeed for a spectacular set of fun but tricky missions.

Custom Campaign Feature
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 28 2007
Rpghard has discovered that GRAW 2 has support for custom campaigns! This feature is described in Wolfsong's modding tutorials, but rpghard is the first to implement it. With a custom campaign installed, a new option appears at the top right of the screen in Campaign mode that allows the user to scroll through all the available installed campaigns.

Now fans can enjoy custom campaigns complete with the ability to quick save, and modders can include custom intro's for their new campaigns.

Rpghard has already started his own custom campaign, so download Operation Storm and try this new feature out!

GRAW 2 PC Patched to v1.04
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 28 2007
Ubisoft released a new patch for GRAW 2 PC today, bringing the game to v1.04. The patch is automatically installed when GRAW 2 launches. Forum discussion here.

GRAW 2 Throwback Pack 2
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 28 2007
Xbox 360 owners will be besides themselves with joy at todays news that Ubisoft are releasing a new FREE DLC pack for GRAW 2.

The pack consists of 7 classic maps including a selection from Summit Strike, and also a brand new game type "Co-op Exfiltration".

Piccies and more detail at TeamXbox.com, forum discussion here.

Ubisoft Partner With Microsoft
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 26 2007
It's an alliance that may surprise PC gamers critical of Ubisoft's apparent lack of dedication to the PC platform, but it's true; Ubisoft have joined forces with Microsoft to publish games under the "Games for Windows" brand. What does this mean? It means that Ubisoft is committed to publishing exclusive PC titles such as Far Cry 2, and also PC versions of each of its console titles. More at CNN.

Brettzies Weapon Pack v1.2
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 22 2007
There is an awesome new weapon for the Ghosts to tool up with in the latest version of Brettzies extremely polished GRAW 2 weapons modification.

In Brettzies WP v1.2 you get a brand new Barrett Firearms M468 rifle in addition to the other new models M4A1, M16A4, Mk12, and Mk23. All that and it also loads GRAW 2 up with a very cool custom movie loader, showcasing the weapons with brand new character animations by Brettzies.

The forum discussion for the fantastic weapons mod can be found here.

Restriced Kit Games
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 22 2007
In an attempt to meet game balance complaints from some GRAW 2 server admins, Nutlink has released a Restricted Kits GRAW 2 modification. This bundle contains all the stock maps without grenade launchers and the M99 for DM, TDM, HH, and Siege gametypes. This will address some requests for the removal of the M99 and also deal with GL spamming.

No NARCOM
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 22 2007
So you've heard those GRAW 2 mission breifings over and over and it's getting a bit old? Try this easy to install, non-overwriting mod from Nutlink that stops those pesky briefings in their tracks!

Once you launch GRAW 2 with the included batch file, all the NARCOM videos from the mission briefings screens and also during the missions themselves, will be gone, leaving you to concentrate on the job at hand. No game files are altered, starting GRAW 2 as normal is all that is required to get the briefings back!

You can download No Narcom right now here.

Mission Storm
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 22 2007
Rpghard, arguably the most prolific GRAW 1 mission modder, has just released his first mission for GRAW 2, and the good news is this is the first in a series.

Each mission will be a remake of a campaign mission, but with more enemies, and possibly different time settings. The first release therefore is Mission Storm, which is a more difficult night time version of the first campaign mission in GRAW 2.

You can download it right now here, and leave feedback in the forums here.

Squirrels Creek
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 22 2007
As modders get to grips with GRAW 2 modding, some exciting new projects are coming to light. We'll be taking a look at them over the coming days, but today we take a look at Squirrel's Creek - a new multi gametype map from Biro.

What makes this map so promising is that Biro is the author of the extremely popular Ghost Recon map - The Farm. You can check out another image and read more about this custom GRAW 2 map in our GRAW 2 Map Modding forum.

GRAW Elite Tournament
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, August 21 2007
"Warfighters and Ubisoft have teamed up to bring you a clan match that earns respect. 12 Teams will play against each other in a Team Elimination Championship."

This is a pay to play X360 tournament with over £1,000 in special GRAW prizes, check out all the details here.

Beta AGEIA Drivers for Vista
Posted by Rocky on Monday, August 20 2007
A new set of AGEIA drivers has been released for Windows Vista which should solve related GRAW 2 installation issues. Download the drivers and read how to install them in our AGEIA FAQ entry here.

GRAW ACU Badge up for Grabs
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
Staff member Dick Splash has secured a fantastic GRAW ACU badge up and put it up for grabs in our latest competition.

To win one of these badges all you have to do is design a similar badge, but for GhostRecon.net. Dick Splash has posted more details in the official entry thread here. Make your image any size you like, and have your entry posted before the end of September. Good luck, great prize!

For more details on these excellent multicam ACU badges, check out this ebay power user's selection.

Clean Landscapes
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
GRAW 2 modders might like to check out the latest addition to the download section. GRIN Wolfsong has released a suite of xml files that provide modders with clean landscapes to work from. Download it here.

PS3 No Harder Than The X360
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
The GRAW 2 develpment team have been speaking about the PS3 version of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 today, read it here.

We Have a Winner
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
Congratulations to forum member InsolenceAndHeresy for winning our popular competition to win a special edition game music CD from Game Music Central.

This exclusive Collector's Edition Best of the Best CD features 18 all new tracks inspired by some of the greatest games ever made. It also contains a 6-page booklet featuring photographs and printed autographs of all 20 celebrity composers.

For more details visit Game Music Central here where they have some streaming media of the contents.

Christian "Serellan" Allen Moves On!
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 15 2007
In a statement to the Ghost Recon community Christian "Serellan" Allen has announced his departure from Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft to join Bungie Studios.

Serellan's rise from the "Roosters Nest" bedroom modder to Creative Director with RSE, and now Design Lead with Bungie has been remarkable, but well deserved. Always active in the community Serellan on occasion supplied competition prizes for fans and was interviewed three times by GhostRecon.net, once in September 2004, again in May 2005, then once in the RSE NC design studios. GR-Retreat also interviewed Serellan here. Anchorage Daily News also scored a really good interview covering Serellan's rise through the ranks, you can read that here.

One of the highlights must have been collecting the BAFTA last October for Game of the Year, you can watch that on youtube here.

On behalf of everyone at GhostRecon.net I'd like to thank Serellan for his dedication over the past 5 years, which has clearly gone above and beyond, and is very much appreciated by all.

Please add your best wishes for Serellan in this forum discussion.

GRAW 2 Patch 1.03
Posted by Rocky on Monday, August 13 2007
As promised Ubisoft have released a new patch for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. Simply start up GRAW 2 and go to the mulitplayer section to auto-update, or you can manually download it here. Read more in our forums here.

The patch includes various fixes and many modding tutorials!

GRAW 2 Patch on Monday
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 10 2007
Details of the next GRAW 2 patch can be found here, expect to download it on Monday!

Ghost Recon Gold
Posted by Rocky on Monday, August 6 2007
Although fans are enjoying the latest title in the Ghost Recon series with Advanced Warfighter 2, we'd like to draw fans attention to the Ghost Recon Gold pack that is available at major retailers now at an awesome low low price.

For less than £8 (or $14) you can have the original Ghost Recon game plus both expansions packs, Desert Siege and Island Thunder! This is an awesome deal, even if it's purchased just as a backup in case your current disks get damaged! For gamers who have not experienced the original, it's a fantastic game that looks absolutely superb on todays PC's with a widescreen monitor, and of course there are hundreds of mods for it, free for download right here.

In the UK grab it from Play.com (delivered for less than £8), in the US, try Amazon.com, or please post a USA retailer in our forums here.

Ageia PhysX without the Card
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 5 2007
GRAW 2 fans with a meaty enough graphics card can experience the extra particle and explosion effects offered by PhysX with a simple file edit. The details and example movie can be found in this forum discussion. Try it out and post your results!