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nzGN in association with AuckLAN are proud to announce the return of the nzGN FPS Marathon!

We'll be resetting the scores, adding some games and settling in for the long-haul, Marathon style! This time we're hitting up 4 FPS games spread over the LAN (schedule to follow shortly); Team Fortress 2, CounterStrike Source GunGame, Day of Defeat Source & Call of Duty 4. So head on over to AuckLAN.com and signup!

http://www.aucklan.com...

Well AuckLAN is back in the wake of EchoLAN. We've had to fantastic LANs already and now we're scaling it up a notch! MikiPro are coming to the table with a mini rack, servers, network equipment, various other odds and ends and some moral support! Excell Studios are coming to the table with a flash website with full registration, seating, tournament options and forums. It will all be taking shape over at www.aucklan.com so keep your eyes peeled there. There's no shortage of expertise behind the scenes or equipment so expect some epic stuff! In the meantime, please check out our Facebook page, like us and follow our news there. We will be announcing a new venue in a few days along with our tournament plans and possibly even a tournament sponsor with some sexy prizes! We're looking to hold a small test run before the end of the year and a full scale LAN early in 2012 (if the world doesn't end). Keep your eyes and ears open for details soon! And check out our main sponsor:

http://mikipro.co.nz...

MikiPro (Server Sales & Support) have kindly sponsored New Zealand Gaming Network with a new LAN GameServer for our Auckland LANning needs. The server is admined and managed by Rurd2di (MikiPro & nzGN) and TheInfamousHOSS (nzGN) and will be taken along to most Auckland LAN events with either of us. Please feel free to suggest any dedicated servers you’d like to see or enquire about any LANs we will be taking it to!

Some details about the new server:

DELL PowerEdge 850
Pentium D Dual Core 3.0GHz
4GB RAM
dual embedded Gigabit NICs
1U Rackmount Form Factor
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1
DVD drive
250GB OS Drive, 2TB additional storage
Has public shared folders of Steam GCFs, patches, Applications, Benchmarking tools, DC clients, etc…
DC++ hub and all files hashed
running IRC channel & Crystal clear TS3 channel
Installed and functioning Dedicated Servers for:
* ARMA 2 & Operation Arrowhead
* Alien Swarm
* America’s Army
* Brink
* CounterStrike Source Vanilla AND GunGame
* Day of Defeat Source
* Dino D-Day
* HalfLife 2 Deathmatch
* Team Fortress 2
* Sniper: Ghost Warrior
* Serious Sam HD 1 & 2
* Wolfenstein (the new one)
* Aliens vs Predator (the new one)
* Duke Nukem Forever
* Killing Floor
* E.Y.E
* Trackmania
* Unreal Tournament 3
* Left 4 Dead 1 & 2
* Monday Night Combat
* Homefront
* Postal 2
* Grand Theft Auto IV (yes, you read correctly! Just requires clients to be running version 1.0.7.0)

We’re looking forward to it’s first couple of outings at EchoLAN 8 (final) in September and SMG LAN (Wellington) in October and no doubt a Ping Zero or 2 and probably Rurd2di will be taking it to Auckmageddon 6 in February. Thanks to MikiPro and Rurd2di for making this possible!...

EA Games president Frank Gibeau discusses the publisher's newly relaunched digital distribution service Origin and how the service ties into future plans for delivering exclusive digital content to consumers.

Electronic Arts has been in the digital distribution game for more than five years, though there’s been little that sets the online EA Store apart from other e-tailers like Steam or Impulse. Earlier this month, the platform was relaunched as Origin, with the publisher’s stated intent being to deliver content that you can’t necessarily find elsewhere in the PC gaming space. The first sign of change popped up earlier this week, when Crysis 2 disappeared from Valve’s Steam. What’s more, the official website for Alice: Madness Returns carries an “Only on Origin” tag for the PC version of the game.

EA Games president Frank Gibeau told Gamasutra in an interview that the publisher will continue to work with “retail channel partners as they evolve their business models to account for digital.” That said, the success of franchises like Halo and Uncharted has inspired the company to set up a framework that allows for platform exclusives. While Crysis 2 and Alice are examples of the changing attitude, the big push for EA will start with the release of the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

“In the case of Star Wars we’re trying to build an audience for Origin. And it’s also an opportunity for us to better manage the downloads and how we bring people over from the beta and that sort of thing. For a lot of reasons it made sense for an MMO, which is a highly complex deployment,” Gibeau said.

“I think long-term you’ll see we believe in reach so we will have other digital retailers for out products because we want to reach as many audiences as possible. But at the same time if we can use exclusive content or other ideas to help grow our audience then we’re going to do that because we’re growing a platform.”

The ultimate goal, of course, is to establish Origin as a platform with its own community and unique features, rather than just being a retail site. As digital distribution becomes more and more attractive for delivering content directly into the hands of consumers, expect to see more initiatives like this. Disc-based media isn’t going to disappear in the next five years, if only because we’re going to continue to see backwards compatible support in all corners of the market. The next 10 years though… entirely possible. Origin is a sign that EA is preparing for a shift in established business models, just as the EA Store was when it first launched back in 2005.

Source (not sauce): http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/ea-takes-on-steam-with-origin-makes-crysis-2-alice-madness-returns-store-exclusives/

Effectively this means we won't see future EA games released via Steam and they will only be available exclusively via EA's Origin service. Many gamers are very unhappy about this claiming that they will boycott EA's new games if they are not available via Steam. So far Crysis 2 is the only big game which has been removed from Steam to be released via Origin but you can expect to see BF3 and ME3 to follow the same trend upon their release. 

There are several petitions available to add your support to:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bf3onsteam/
http://www.change.org/petitions/dont-make-battlefield-3-an-origins-exclusive-title-2
http://www.petitiononline.com/EAmistak/petition.html...

Users,


Just to let everyone know that a major update has been released for the TS3 platform. Due to the nature of this update, we have reinstalled the NZGN TS3 server. Part of this reinstall was a fresh start, which means if you previously had a private channel on this server, you will need to contact an admin to have it reinstated. This process takes a couple minutes to do and can be done quickly while you are on the server.


Thanks


NZGN Admins



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Re: Media Center Rebuild - Need Game ideas!? by black_sheep
[November 22, 2011, 10:51:20 PM]
Re: Media Center Rebuild - Need Game ideas!? by TheInfamousHOSS
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Re: Media Center Rebuild - Need Game ideas!? by black_sheep
[November 20, 2011, 01:38:43 PM]
Re: DODS on sale by R!V3T
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Re: DODS on sale by black_sheep
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