Pro Gaming Leagues, GRAWfare Tournaments
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 28 2006
Tom Anger (Action-Inside/Nova-Inside director) has taken the role as Tournament Director with Pro Gaming Leagues in a vision to bring GRAW to a new and consitent level of competition called GRAWfare Tournaments. PGL has revised their rules and match specifications to coincide with GRAW's new patch and are inviting the community to join in this fun event. There are more to follow with many goodies planned. Here is the link to signup Tournament Discussion Forums, and there is a topic in our forums here.

Sig Awards #28 Now Open
Posted by Dannik on Wednesday, September 27 2006
It's that time again. Sig Awards 28 is in session, with the unusual theme of Active Food. Interpret as you will, this is possibly the most potentially surreal sig contest we've held.

The winner gets one million dollars (one million dollars not included) and a nifty tag to add to their profile.

Enter soon, as the contest closes at midnight GMT, October 5th, 2006.

8 Days Reloaded
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 25 2006
8 Days by Right Hand was the sequel to the awesome 12 weeks campaign, however it was never completed, and released in an unfinished state. Now thanks to work by KRP, GiWeDa and Migryder the issues with the unreleased missions have been resolved and the entire campaign is now ready for release as 8 Days Reloaded, enjoy it, it's a cracker.

Multiplayer Title Update for GRAW 360 Q/A
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 21 2006
Christian Allen has been answering questions about the new Multiplayer Title Update for GR:AW 360 today. Read the full session in our forums and learn about all the fixes and ranked game improvements, neat stuff!

GR:AW Modder
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 19 2006
Today we are unveiling a major new section to the site - Ghost Recon.net Modder. I've been working with DonMiguel to create this new resource for all Advanced Warfighter modders. It is still very much a work in progress, but we hope to see it grow with unique and exclusive features and tutorials for modding GR:AW over the coming months. We hope you find it a useful modding resource for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Comments here please.

Already there are modding tutorials for Lights/Lamps, two tutorials on Sounds, how to use the Bundle Extractor, and a remarkable GR:AW Modding Glossary by DonMiguel. There are more tutorials already waiting to be added to this section, so look out for those over the coming weeks! Thanks go to DonMiguel, Ruin and some of the GRIN guys for their support and initiative in getting this major new section up and running.

G-Pad GR.net Special Offer
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 18 2006
Those top guys at eDimensional have a new gaming gadget out and have organised a nice 25% discount especially for Ghost Recon.net.

Check out the G-Pad here and use the discount code "GHOST" at the checkout to claim back your $10 discount.

Win a GR:AW T-Shirt [CLOSED]
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 15 2006
This weekend we're running a free draw to win a very smart brand new Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter t-shirt, as modelled below by Rebecca.

Prize (model not included)

In order to be entered into the prize you only have mail me the answer to the following question...

"What is our models Top Tune?"

To thank Rebecca for being a good sport for Ghost Recon.net please give here your vote on the answer page by clicking the number  button so she can win her own competiton! Thanks Rebecca and Good Luck!

This is a quick win draw that will run for this weekend only, so entrants will stand a great chance of winning this neat t-shirt, enter now!

This Draw is now CLOSED, congrats to vader666 on winning!

Split Reason T-Shirt Winners
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 15 2006
A little bit later than advertised I am pleased to announce the winners of the gaming t-shirt competition we ran recently in conjuction with Split Reason.

The first winner is GR.net Supporter and forum regular Cpl Ledanek, who selected the I Frag t-shirt as his prize. The second person drawn randomly thanks to Random.org was Sudeerax, who selected the Kill Bill Linux t-shirt as a prize. Congratulations to you both, Split Reason will be in touch shortly to arrange delivery!

For those that missed out, I'll be posting a new t-shirt competition very very soon, so check back later on to stand a chance to win a very cool Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter T-Shirt!

Ghost Recon Dugg
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 15 2006
When Digg featured a new tactical gamer article at dslyecxi.com it was good to see Original Ghost Recon (OGR) get a mention in their Tactical Gaming Index. Sadly OGR was relegated to the foot of the index though, seperated from the likes of Operation Flashpoint and Raven Shield.

Of course I couldn't let that go, a brief debate later and I'm happy to say the OGR is now up there at the top of the index, where it should be!

Another Award for GRAW Xbox 360
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 15 2006
Yesterday we posted about GR:AW Xbox 360's remarkable 8 nominations in the BAFTA video games category. Today I noticed that GR:AW has won another award, finishing first in GamersReports Top 10 Worst XBOX 360 Achievements table!

Here's what they had to say about GR:AW's World Champion achievement...

"This tops the list because it’s simply not a fair achievement. XBOX Live’s Major Nelson has this achievement, primarily because he got an early copy of the game at a time when frankly, there wasn’t anybody else playing it. More importantly, it’s not something anybody with an expert level of skill can accomplish. Ultimately, somebody who has had the game longer than you can just win more than you ever can, despite your record. In that regard, it tops the list."

Hopefully early next month Ubisoft will be celebrating some real GR:AW awards when the BAFTA results are released!

GR:AW BAFTA Nominations
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 13 2006
Thanks to Redmonster for drawing attention to Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter's Xbox 360 nominations in this years British Academy Video Games Awards.

GR:AW is nominated in the following categories (joint highest number of nominations).

• Strategy
• Screenplay
• Gameplay
• Multiplayer
• Action & Adventure
• Technical Achievement
• Audio
• Game

Congratulation to Ubisoft/Red Storm, and keep an eye out for the results on October the 5th!

GR:AW Map Pack 3 Out!
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 12 2006
The latest Map Pack for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is out at Filefront, download GRAW Patch v1.3 here. It looks like Filefront may have jumped the gun a little as the patch is not yet available on Ubisoft's site at the time of posting. Here are some highlights....

* A ready indicator for MP modes has been added.
* Map download feature has been added.
* Extensive modding support
* New Game types
* Dedicated Server files
* Server Admin Console
* No mission end in coop if leader dies
* Widescreen bug fixed
* Glitches addressed

There are a bunch of posts appearing in the forums now with mirrors etc, while we get it organised, use this post to make your opinions known, thanks.

GR A Short History
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 11 2006
Long time site member Budgie has penned an article titled "Ghost Recon A Short History 1967 - Present". The article tracks the movements of the Ghosts during this period, and their involvement in various combat zones, using screenshots from Ghost Recon for effect. A lot of work has gone into this article, hopefully you'll enjoy the read!

GR:AW Total Combat
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, September 7 2006
The Art of Warfare are hosting a Domination tournament this month. There are 4 nights of competition, with different prizes each night, including GR:AW caps and an autographed GR:AW soundtrack CD. More details at the TAW Total Combat page.

Halloween GR:AW Event
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 4 2006
In association with Titans of War we are promoting a GR:AW monster hunt this Halloween, kicking off at midnight on the 28th of October!

TOW Angel is organising the event, read all about it in our forums here!

Map Pack 3 Q&A
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 4 2006
Ubisoft have released some details about the final GR:AW PC multiplayer pack, expected sometime this month. Check it out here, discussion here.

GR:AW Ghost Town
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 2 2006
I've been waiting for an excuse to link up to Tom Anger's GR:AW site, and here it is - Ghost Town! Tom is working away on adding a remake of Ghost Recon's Ghost Town to his growing collection of Original Ghost Recon remakes. Read more about this project here.

New Nvidia Drivers
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 2 2006
Thanks to Newman for pointing out that the latest Nvidia drivers contains a fix for a Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter display issue, as screen corruption for SLI enabled computers should now be resolved.