GR2 AI
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 30 2004
CR6 spied an very interesting article about Ghost Recon 2 in a Game Developer magazine. It talks about a special tool developed by Red Storm to enhance the artificial intelligence in Ghost Recon 2, amongst other things. Read more in our forums here.

Worth Playing
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 30 2004
In case you missed it earlier this week, Worthplaying published a large feature on Ghost Recon 2 earlier this week, check it out here.

More Fonix
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 30 2004
Here's more detail on Fonix, the voice software being used to power voice recognition in console versions of Ghost Recon 2 and Rainbow Six 3.

Group Photo
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 29 2004
The Ghost Recon 2 squad posed for a team photo recently - check it out.

If you think you can name them all, post in this discussion! I'll try and get the original photo posted before the weekend, as this one suffers from cropping which cut out some of the equipment and most of No.4's hair!

Sixpence Interview
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 29 2004
Giwex has just finished interviewing one of the names that will go down in Ghost Recon history as a top contributor to the community - Sixpence.

"First of all, I have an idea for a Story, or more often … a Unit. I think, the Story you want to tell (for a Mission campaign) is the most important part. Usually I think about the Story for a few weeks and put it down on paper.  … Next I search the Maps. "

Read this interesting interview here, which also lists all of Sixpence's mods.

New GR2 Screens
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 26 2004
xboxworld.nl have some great new Ghost Recon 2 screenshots that you do not want to miss! Quite a few new effects are shown off in the images, discussion underway here.

ColdCallOut
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 26 2004
DTD's ColdCallOut mod for Ghost Recon is now out. This is an Officially licensed DTD expansion for the Frostbite mod.

"...new skins, characters, a bunch of hot winter camo'd weaponry (about 25 weapons), some new sounds, rets, etc. All based on a SEAL team 2 arsenal and loadout"

Download from Fileplanet, check out forum discussion here, and visit DTD here!

Blood Sun
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 26 2004
A new 10 mission campaign called Under the Blood Sun by Sixpence has been released!

"UTBS plays in Sudan and you have to protect the UN Members in this Land. The political and military Situation is similar in Black Hawk Down. Contains new Vehicles from Chems and 3 brand new Desert Maps, created by StereoG. Also the White Skull Valley Map"

You'll need the Afrika Korps pack to play this mod, you can find download locations for that at the War of Infamy site.

Download from rainbow6.org, forum discussion here.

GR2 Media
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 25 2004
Incase you've missed the recent batch of Ghost Recon 2 media and news, here's a recap!

• Developer Interviews at Gamespot [comment]
• PS2 Preview at Worthplaying [comment]
• XBox v PS2 video at IGN

GR2 Models
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 23 2004
Check out these awesome brand new images from Ghost Recon 2!

The images all show Captain Scott Mitchell, leader of the Ghosts, and for the modders out there, the model is made up of around 4700 polys. The model and rigging is by Joseph "piggyson" Drust, the texturing is by Jeff Mcfadyen and the weapon model is by Brian Spencer. Comment on these images here.

New Maps
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 21 2004
Giwex has put together a cracking report that looks at the latest map releases for Ghost Recon, and some promising upcoming maps.

All the details for each new map are listed and there's a great selection of screenshots too. Check out Giwex's Ghost Recon Map Report!

Pressure Review
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 21 2004
Giwex has produced a review for Migryder's Pressure mission pack for Ghost Recon (requires Island Thunder).

Read Giwex's review here, and other forum discussion about this mod can be found here. 

New Weapon Shots
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 21 2004
IGN have posted some new Ghost Recon 2 details, including images of what could be the camera mounted weapons enabling firing around around corners. Check out the links and details in our forums here. Gamespot have also  updated their photo collection with the same images, view that here.

Omega Cup
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 19 2004
Omega Team are launching a Ghost Recon Co-op tournament, The Omega Cup. Check their website for full details!

GR2 Most Wanted
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 18 2004
Ghost Recon 2 print adverts are starting to appear. I spotted this one in PC Gamer's Most Wanted for 2004 Awards, where Ghost Recon 2 is listed in the PC category.

Click the image for a larger hi-res version.

GR2 Weapons
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 16 2004
New information on Ghost Recon 2 and it's cutting edge weaponary! The Future Force Warrior has two new exciting features, weapon video output capabilites, and range activated grenades from an underslung grenade launcher.

The video feature will allow the Ghost to hold the weapon above or around obstacles and sight targets via a mounted video display. From the description so far, this is not unllike the CornerShot that we speculated might appear in Ghost Recon 2, way back in April! You can see how a weapon mounted camera system works and see some video footage by reading our CornerShot report.

These new features also appear in new multiplayer game types. You can read more about these features in this forum post by Zero Alpha, the lucky chancer who managed to see these new features in the flesh!

Win Fraps!
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 13 2004
We have 2 full licenses for game movie making software Fraps to give away this month! For anyone who is not sure what Fraps can do I made a 14Mb movie showing captures from various games, you can download that here. Fraps also has screen capture and FPS benchmarking options in addition to real-time video capture. There are lots of hi-res examples at the Fraps Website.

One copy of Fraps is up for grabs for any visitor to any of my sites (no country limitations!), and the other copy is going to be awarded to a randomly selected GR.net Supporter.

To get your name in the draw and stand a chance of winning a fully featured registered version of Fraps with lifetime upgrades, simply mail me at Rocky@ghostrecon.net and put the version number of the Fraps release dated 9th of September in the e-mail subject line (hint : check the Fraps news page). If you are a forum member please put your forum ID in the email message, thanks! The draw will be held on the 1st of October, good luck!

Snowfella Models
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 13 2004
I just could not let these amazing new Ghost Recon weapon models by Snowfella go by without making sure they were seen by the masses - these are really something.

Also, keep an eye on snowfella-modworks.com - Snowfella's upcoming website!

Fonix for PS2 GR2
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 13 2004
The PS2 version of Ghost Recon 2 will benefit from Fonix voice recognition features. Read more at Gamespy.

GR2 Interview
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 12 2004
Today we are publishing our Exclusive Interview with a member of the Ghost Recon 2 development team. Christian "Serellan" Allen was interviewed by our man NYR and answered questions gathered from the Staff and Forum members here at Ghost Recon.net.

"We are planning to make as many things destructible as we can, based on performance restrictions, including several mission specific objects like a tower, bridges, roadways, etc. "

Read the full 20 question Ghost Recon 2 Interview here.

Mods Roundup
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 9 2004
Stalker has just finished a roundup of this months Ghost Recon mods. It includes details of the newly released Navy Seals from Sixpence.

"NAVY SEALS shows the Ghosts as US NAVY SEALs with different Headgear, Tactical Vests and Equipment like Backpacks & Radiopacks. Woodland and Desert Camos are available. Hero Characters are the Members from "Tears of the Sun" Movie. MP Platoon1 Members reskinned too. Also includes an extended Weaponry, with improved Reticules. New Menuscreens, Splashscreens and Creditpics. For Collectors there is a Jewel Case inside."

There are also details on Year of the Monkey, That Others May Live, DTD Cold Callout, Stalker V2 Special Forces and the XM8 Weapons Mod.

GR2 Release
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 7 2004
Ubi Soft have updated the release dates for Ghost Recon 2 as follows :-

PS2 and X-Box : Nov 19 2004
PC-CDROM : Q1 2005

Swamp Maze
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 6 2004
Check out the recent update to the Swamp Maze discussion, some awesome new images. This is looking like a great map from BornToKill_TAW, expect to hear about its release soon.

Pressure
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 6 2004
Here are five brand new mission from Migryder some of which have random elements to offer replay value, especially to coop squads; yes these work co-op or single player, enjoy! Download here. Please leave feedback in the forums!

Gamespy Update
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 6 2004
Read a new Ghost Recon 2 preview at Gamespy, post comments here!

OTS
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 2 2004
Ubi Soft have released a superb new Ghost Recon 2 movie showing a lot of what Zero Alpha reported in recently. It's one of the best quality movies we have seen so far and showcases alot of the new features in Ghost Recon, most notably the over the shoulder view and first person view switching. We also get a good look at the character models, which are arguably still the best in the business.

Don't miss this 45Mb movie, 3dgamers download mirrors here, discussion here!

Swedish Force Review
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 1 2004
Giwex has completed a review of Wolfsong's Swedish Force mod. The bulk of this impressive mod is all new swedish skins for the characters, and 35 new weapon models. There's lots more in this mod though, so check out Giwex's review for all the details.

Two Versions
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 1 2004
Ubi Soft have issued a press release confirming what they told us at London last week - there will be two distinct versions of Ghost Recon 2. Of the PC version the press release has this to say...

"The PC version is now scheduled to launch in early 2005 in order to once again deliver ground-breaking innovation to the PC audience, more exciting details will follow. "

You can expect to hear those exciting details in only 15 days time!