N-Gage Exclusive
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 29 2004
I've been lucky enough to play the upcoming release of Ghost Recon on the brand new Nokia N-Gage QD over the past few days. You can read my thoughts on this conversion in our World Exclusive review - the first review of this title anywhere.

"What you immediately notice about this conversion, is that it is unlike some other high profile pocket conversions in that it actually is a conversion and not an entirely different game, sharing only the same title as it's big brother PC counterpart. Splinter Cell suffered that fate, morphing from a 3d-stealth title to a Rayman type platformer - a totally different game altogether. GR:JS on the Ngage QD however is very much it's big brother's little brother, definitely from the same gene pool."

Click here for the full Ghost Recon Jungle Storm on N-Gage QD review.

GR on Far Cry *updated*
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 17 2004
Check this out - Ghost Recon maps are being modded into Far Cry! The first one is by Soroc (TeamBSR.com) is available now and just looking at the screenshots - looks amazing.

"I can honestly say this is the best map I've ever played in any game. I was part of the testing, and it's the most fun I've ever had in any online FPS. " JaymzRR

 Check the images and grab the download here (New V1.7!) (assuming you have Far Cry!) and join in the mods discussion in our forums here.

Ruggbutt has just dropped us a line to say that he plans on extending this popular project...

"We’re doing a mod for FC that incorporates the best stuff from GR and the best from FC.  No respawns, the limp, random inserts and new player models"

Sounds more than a little interesting, Far Cry owners could have a real treat on their hands soon!

Dynacomp Help
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 16 2004
One of the most exciting and groundbreaking Ghost Recon mods ever hangs in the balance this month. With a massive amount of work behind this mod already, the Dynacomp team find that resources have dropped off to a point where the mods completion is in danger.

This would be a real shame as Dynacomp is inovative and huge. So if you are either a scripter of a mapper, please get in touch with Parabellum. You can do so either here in our forums,  or at his website here.

Hoak's HUD
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 16 2004
Hoak has pulled off a total revamp for the Ghost Recon HUD. It's only a few KBs in size, and you can find screenshots of the simplified HUD in the forums here.

"I was fed up with the clunky, obtrusive and overly 'artsy' Ghost Recon HUD. For realism gaming I prefer minimalistic HUD designs that strip off all excess artistic foo-foo and that convey information with the least obstruction of screen real-estate -- in as clear yet unobtrusive a manner as possible."

The download is currently at Ghostaholic.

Kafee Soundpack v6.0
Posted by zjj on Monday, June 14 2004
Kaffe has completed the work on the soundpack's sixth version. It has become a Total Firefight Sounds Conversion and almost every gun should sound distinct and decent. It can be grabbed here and discussed in this thread.

Enjoy the new sounds!

White Skull Valley!
Posted by zjj on Monday, June 14 2004
This long awaited and superb new mod has finally been released. It features a cracking new map with 3 environments (day, night, and rain), two new missions, and 52 weapons. A couple of screenshots are below. You can discuss this mod here.

To download visit either this European server or this American server or use our Fileplanet mirror.

Recon Section
Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 11 2004
After some site maintenance today I noticed some of our special Recon reports were missing from the Recon index page. I've now updated the index which should now include a link to every single report we have ever published, that's in excess of 140 unique Ghost Recon reports!

Down N Dirty
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 10 2004
RR GRT has completed his Down N Dirty mod for Ghost Recon (requires DS and IT). There's a neat movie of the brand new map that's included so you can preview it, and the discussion has started here.

The mod includes Chems' SWAT characters and 54 new weapons download the 34Mb mod here.

Kafee Soundpack
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 10 2004
Hoak has given the excellent sound pack by Kafee the review treatment, read it here.

Durango
Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 7 2004
Here's a new map from |S&P|Papa6 that's starting to look very promising. You can download the map now, but this is only an early beta, and is for feedback purposes only! Download here, images and feedback here.

D-Day
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 6 2004

 

"To us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings." B.L.Montgomery General, 21 Army Group.

60 years on, in these better days, we should indeed look back in pride.

Ghost Recon.net D-Day report.

Discussion here.

The Mosque
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 6 2004
El Oso has posted some screenshots of a new map he is designing called The Mosque. You can view screenshots and read more on it here. Mission scripters looking for a new project should contact El Oso as I understand they are looking for some assistance in that area.

The full mod is being produced by simplesuperman and is currently called "That Others May Live".

SR2004-3
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 6 2004
The scores are in for the penultimate round of Alpha Squad's Stealth Recon 2004 tournament!

With only the final round to go it's pretty tight at the top with 11 teams all on 100+ points. Good luck to eveyone as they go into the last mission over the next 4 weeks!