Pandora Review
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 29 2004
Our sister site agr-s.com has just published a review for Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow written by MagnumKP, read it here.

Anti Alias
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 25 2004
Whiteknight has prepared an interesting report on the effects of Antia Aliasing (AA) and Anisotropic Filtering(AF). The report contains over 20 images showing the effect the various levels of AA and AF has on Ghost Recon. Read the report here.

Ubi Focus
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 22 2004
If you are in the San Francisco Bay area Ubi Soft want to talk to you, so much so they'll even pay for it!

"Ubisoft will be conducting focus groups that will discuss games on the evening of Thursday, May 6 in Concord, California. If you are a male between the ages of 15 and 25, and are interested in participating, we invite you to come to the facility for a discussion group."

The Focus Group is being organised by nichols research, click the link to email them, or read the original post in the Ubi Forums here.

Tech. Series
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 20 2004
Over the coming weeks we will be publishing a series of reports on new and developing military technology, specifically weapons and equipment. For a little fun we'll also be debating whether or not such weapons are likely to appear in Ghost Recon 2.

To kick the series off we take a look at the Cornershot, a weapon developed by the Israeli army to fire around corners without exposing the user to enemy fire. Read the report here.

Ubi's 3rd
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 14 2004
Ubi Soft have made the third announcement regarding military gaming as promised earlier - and it's all about America's Army!

"... announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement to develop and publish games based on the U.S. Army's industry leading America's Army game."

"America�s Army, Brothers in Arms� and Tom Clancy�s Ghost Recon� 2 are evidence of Ubisoft�s commitment to bring the gamer quality titles from every segment of the military category"

This confirms Ubi softs commitment to the console market, as you can read in the full press release posted in our forums here.

GR on N-Gage *updated*
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 14 2004
Make sure you check this out - Ghost Recon on N-Gage. Unlike many other games that appear on handhelds and the only similarity is the name of the game, Ghost Recon actually looks like Ghost Recon on the N-Gage. The development team have been keeping us up to date with progress and it is sounding like quite an impressive project. Check out some of the features...

• fog, rain, and night vision
• 4 difficulty levels and varied mission objectives such as: place demolition charges, neutralize hostile presence, attack convoys, and rescue hostages
• the first full-fledged tactical action FPS on a portable console
• Local multiplayer over a Bluetooth connection with up to 8 players, featuring several adversarial and cooperative modes
• Built from scratch for the N-Gage platform - from redesigning the controls to mapping textures - for a smooth gaming experience
• All maps, missions, and modes original for N-Gage

There are also details of the new model - the N-Gage QD that's worth a look. If you click on the 4th image shown under the picture of the N-Gage QD you'll be treated to a movie of a multiplayer session of GR! We should have a review of this title over the coming weeks.

Iwo Jima Remembered
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
In the first of an occasional series on conflicts that should not be forgotten, today I am publishing a special report on the WWII conflict at Iwo Jima. Please take a few minutes out of your time to read this report and reflect back on this remarkable war story. Read the report here.

Jack57 Interview
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 13 2004
Chems has interviewed Jack57 and the focus is of course on his amazing Ghost Recon custom made Campiagns.

"I try for realism in the sense that I want the player to think what he would do in this situation in real life and react accordingly."

Read the full interview here where you'll also find links to each of Jack57's superb mods. I'm glad to say Jack57 recently joined us on Staff here at GhostRecon.net, and as always you'll find him in our Modding forums lending a helping hand where needed.

Ubi do WWII
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
Thanks to Snowman for alerting us to what could be one of the two remaining announcements expected from Ubi Soft over the coming days. It appears they may be publishing a WWII game from developers Gearbox Software.

According to IGN the title is not fixed yet, but is currently referred to as Bakers Dozen. Visit the game site here. Fans of Band of Brothers will really want to check this out. What's intruiging is the thought that has gone into this, check out this quote and think about what it could be a promise of...

"The problem with these games is that they promise to let us live the life of a soldier in combat, but they're not really putting us there. Real soldiers know that in combat, you live and fight as a team. Leadership counts. Good tactics win. Poor leadership and bad tactics get you slaughtered."

Euro Ladder
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
We are catching up on a lot of Ghost Recon news over the next few hours, so sit tight and let's get right on with it....

The Combat Zone has opened a new Euro Ghost Recon ladder due to demand. This is a hamburger hill, timed session, full details at TCZ right here!

Punkbuster
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 12 2004
Punkbusted.com took a major step forwards in the fight against cheats recently with a new initiative.

"... Punk Buster (has) officially gone live with the new Auto-Master Ban List System ... This is a fully automated, secure, real time spooling of the Punk Buster logs directly from your server to the master database. It stops cheaters in their tracks across a large number of game servers...This is the biggest event in our web site history..."

Read the full press release in our forums here.

GR.net and GR2
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 9 2004
People have been asking me what the future is for GhostRecon.net now that Ghost Recon 2 is on the horizon. The answer is quite simple, we will expand to include everything about Red Storm's Ghost Recon 2. There will be a new expanded Recon section, updated Arms and FAQs sections and of course we've had a Ghost Recon 2 forum on the go since the start of the year. So whether it is Ghost Recon, or Ghost Recon 2 - we'll be pumping out the news and exclusive content as always.

We might even start to reminisce a little now that we are about to enter a new generation of Tactical Shooter. If my maths is correct, this is the 1303rd news post made here, that's an average of 37 Ghost Recon news posts a month! Our Recon section has grown quite remarkably with exclusive content penned by GhostRecon.net staff members and fans alike - it now contains around 115 reports! I wonder how long it will take us to reach that number of Ghost Recon 2 reports...

R6:3 Black Arrow
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 7 2004
Our sister site AGR-S.com is the first to post about the latest Rainbow Six 3 title. It's called Black Arrow, and it's for the X-Box! More details and full press release here.

Ubi.com
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 7 2004
Ubi have officially announced their new Ubi.com portal. Four of the major websites are already up and running, with the remainder of the European Ubi websites due to be updated by the end of June. Among the improvements are..

• Twice as many ways for players to find their favourite title on the website (more powerful search engine and user-friendly navigation)
• Enhanced customer usability in navigation (quicker loading time of information and more readable content)
• Better access and visibility of online services like downloads and community activities

Visit Ubi.com!

R6:3 PS2 Review
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Our sister site Aggression, has a brand new review up for the PS2 version of Rainbow 6:3. We don't always cover the agr-s.com news here at GR.net, but seeing as how this review was penned by forum regular Zantar45 we thought we'd make an exception! Read it here.

VIRUS UPDATE
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Those of you hit by the new web virus that redirects your browser to different sites can relax as we have the solution. So if, for example, you are viewing our sister site agr-s.com, when you should actually be viewing Ghostrecon.net, read these easy virus removal instructions!

** WEB VIRUS **
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 1 2004
Please be aware of a new virus affecting web browsing. Apparantly this new virus alters users web browsers so that they load different sites than the intended ones. For example, instead opening CNN news, it might open FOX news. There is an easy fix and we hope to have details posted here before the end of the day!