The frontier RTS/FPS mod Empires, has released an update today, taking their mod to v2.21 and including a collection of bug fixes and modifications.
Empires 2.21 is released, with quite a few small additions, such as muzzleflashes, bullet shell ejection, and a whole host of bugfixes, including Dig-In correctly working again, Repair station repairing left armor, and a possible fix for the dreaded commander crash.
Get it here! If you're even a little sceptical, you can have a look at the v2.2 trailer below:
You can also check out 2 new music tracks from the mod: Welcome and Nimbus. If the quality of the music is any indication of the quality of the mod, then look out.
Well it's time for yet another year, but that doesn't mean we've quite finished reflecting on 2008. ModDB, "the largest website dedicated to supporting independent development of games", has opened the polls for the Mod Of The Year for 2008, as voted by you.
This year has been a huge one for HL2 mods, with 5 of them being picked up on Steam and twoothers following closely behind. Then of course there was that Black Mesa trailer... So head over to ModDB and show your support of your favourite mods of your favourite game.
ModDB's series of interviews with mod teams on the development process has hit upon Black Mesa, the mod of the moment. 4 of the team's members sit down for a solid 40 minutes of Developer Banter and answer questions about the history of Black Mesa's development, the current state of the union, and their hypothetical future dealings with Valve.
Well worth a listen for anyone in the modding scene or with even a passing interest in what is set the raise the bar for HL2 mods everywhere.
Thanks to our friends at Halflife2.net for the heads up!
Another mod lurking intriguingly in the shadows has come out with a Christmas media update, namely Enterprise: Temporal Cold War. The update shows off some ceremonial banners, a WIP Vulcan engineer and some fancy space shots (below). Yet another one to keep an eye on.
