Release Dates
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 24 2003
Here's the latest game release dates from Ubi Soft UK.

Ghost Recon : Jungle Storm [PS2] 28th Nov 2003
Splinter Cell Classics [XBox] 17th Oct 2003
Splinter Cell Collectors Edition [PCCD] 7th Nov 2003
Raven Shield - Athena Sword [PCCD] 24th Oct 2003
XIII [XBox PCCD] 31st Oct 2003
Far Cry [PCCD] 28th Nov 2003

Those are all going to be top titles, and all due out before Christmas! Feel free to discuss them in our Computer Games Forum.

Weapon Modelling
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 23 2003
Weapon modellers at the ready - we are running a regular competition to find the most skilled weapons modeller in the community!

The competition is being run by one of our Consultants - Elpatricio, and he is judging along with Pyro Monty and Earl. This should bring out some really neat weapons, from some very skilled modders, but everyone is welcome to try out!

Read the announcement here.

3 Ghosts
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 23 2003
Here's a new idea, an audio story made up of game samples and voices, but it is bound to sound disjointed, with no real "story", isn't it? That's what I thought, especially at the start when I realised it was 100% Ghost Recon game sounds, with nothing extra to fill in and hold the story together. But this is a real class act - it has a story, action, soundtrack and of course Ghosts. A clever idea, extremely well executed. It must have taken the author an age to prepare and mix it together.

Here's some fan feedback on this Audio Story.

"That was utterly, utterly great!" Robbel
"That was excellent! Really cheered up my day" Hostile Person
"Thx to the author for a job well done. " SGT Spear

It is a 10 minutes long mp3 and you can download it here, enjoy it and listen carefully to understand the ending, then discuss here.

FN FAL
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 22 2003
SOTO Phantm has added another assault rifle to our Arms section - the FN FAL. Although not in active service in many countries anymore, this Belgian made weapon is still in use in some parts of the world, and still produced in the USA and Brazil.

In Ghost Recon this may be one of the most under used and under valued weapons, read the full report here, and join in the discussion with some FAL fans here.

Congratulations!
Posted by zjj on Sunday, September 21 2003
Congratulations need to go out to the winners of our Sig Award Competitions.  The results of the judging by our forum members for the first ever People's Choice Award determined that [GR] Cool K had the winning entry.

However, the staff judges came to a different conclusion.  They determined that the winning entry was done by no other than GR.net's own webmaster, ROCKY!

Congratulations to both of you!

Details for round 10, posted on September 22, can be found here.

Vote Now!
Posted by zjj on Wednesday, September 17 2003
For the past few months we have been running a Sig Award competition in the forums.  Members have been showcasing their graphic talents by producing sig images in regularly scheduled competitions.

The judging has started for Sig Awards #9, so take a look at this contest's entries here, and vote for your favorite here.  Details for the next contest, Sig Awards #10, will be posted early next week here in this forum.

XP Tweak Guide
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 14 2003
SOTO Phantm has put together an XP tweaking guide to help ensure your OS is in good shape, and that Ghost Recon gets a chance to run at its best. The report covers topics such as startup files, advanced settings, virtual memory, services and the registry. You'll find the report added to our Recon section, and can view it by clicking here.

Ubi Logo
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 9 2003
Ubi Soft have a new logo thanks to a french design agency.

This coincides with todays announcement that Ubi Soft sold its 100 millionth game this month! You can read all about the motive for change and more corporate jibber jabber here.

M2 Bradley
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 8 2003
Thanks to some research by Sartillies we have opened a new Armoury Section - Armoured Vehicles. The M2 Bradley appears in Ghost Recon Mission 14: Willow Bow, read Sartillies M2 Bradley report for a full breakdown on this amphibious people carrier.

3D update
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 5 2003
The 3D glasses report I published last weekend has been massively popular, thanks for all the positive feedback!

"special thanks to Rocky for the review of the E-D glasses, without which I'd never have bought the BEST upgrade for my pc EVER!!!" Alcazar

"One word, �WOW� Thanks for the recommendation" El Oso

Over the coming weeks I'll be putting together a few more 3D reports that will include a tweak guide, a quick setup guide, and a second review - this time from an ATI owner. In the meantime read the review here if you missed it.