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.

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.

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.

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.

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.