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Picture of the Day:
"...Mother."
Submitted by Kaboo Hahahein
Archive | Submit | | Soupe Du Jour: Reconnecting | I have a confession to make, one that may seem rather shocking coming from a staff member of this website: I haven't so much as touched the game of Descent for over a year now. No multiplayer, no singleplayer, nothing. Or at least that was the case until a day or two ago. I was sitting in my room at night, with nothing in particular to do, when I decided to give in to the niggling sensation in the back of my head that it was high time to climb back into my Pyro. I (literally) dusted off my 3D Pro, hooked up Grendel's wonderful converter, and rummaged around for my game disks...only to find, to my chagrin, that I didn't even have Vortex installed anymore, or even some of the old standby levels. When I finally got everything squared away, I fired up the server list and saw to my delight that there were quite a few old die-hards in-game. I jumped right into a round of Abend2...only to be instantly reminded of just how rusty it was. But I soon got back into a rhythm, and before I fell into one of my usual cold streaks and decided to call it a night, I had managed to rack up a decent number of kills. During a short hot streak, I found myself laughing at the sheer joy of that old familiar adrenaline rush. It had truly been far too long.
So why was I away for such a significant length of time? I couldn't begin to tell you. But like that one annoying song asks, who says you can't go home? So keep an eye out down in the mines, and with any luck, you'll soon see me again, hopefully planting a Smart missile where the sun don't shine.
--Top Gun
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 |  | | | | | DXX-Rebirth v0.55.1 released
9:36 AM PST | Descent II | Marix
Zico released DXX-Rebirth v0.55.1. This is a bugfix release fixing the most annoying bugs of version 0.55. Head over to http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ for a complete list of changes and grab your download.
| | | | | | | | | Descent Mission Database relaunched!
12:10 AM PST | Community | Top Gun
Sniper has relaunched the Descent Mission Database, a resource where mission creators can upload their releases and players can store and rate their favorites. Give it a try!
Source: PD Forums
| | | | | | | | | New Hyperspace project in the works!
11:48 PM PST | Descent 3 | Top Gun
In the realm of "stuff we really should have posted here months ago," Hunter has been hard at work on another installment of his epic Hyperspace series of space-based mods. The new project, titled "Silent Fury," will be an objective-based singleplayer level set featuring a cohesive storyline and fully-voiced characters. To read more about the project's background and keep up-to-date on Hunter's progress, hit up the forums.
| | | | | | | | | DXX-Rebirth v0.55 released
2:46 AM PST | Descent II | Marix
As a special christmas gift to the community Zico released DXX-Rebirth v0.55. This release once again features a lot of bug fixes aiming at giving you the most original classic Descent gameplay. Head over to http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ for a complete list of changes and grab your download.
| | | | | | | | | New D3Edit Version released today
12:17 PM PST | Descent 3 | Do_Checkor
Atan released a new Version of the Descent 3 Level Editor today. Besides loads of bug fixes there are a couple of groundbreaking new features in this update. The first reactions all came with lavish praise - especially about the easy and intuitive handling. Read more and get your copy over at www.Descentforum.de!
| | | | | | | | | Multiplayer Bots on Descentforum.NET
1:35 PM PST | Descent 3 | Marix
Thanks to the work of SuperSheep and the commitment of Do_Checkor you will now always find a server with some opponents.
Descentforum.NET will fill emtpy slots on its servers with the so called Spike bots which you can fight until the next player joins. For every player that joins one bot will leave, therefore the game can slowly drift to an all humans game. If a human player leaves another bot will join again. The bots are still in an early stage of development and slow but well aiming.
Source: Descentforum.de
| | | | | | | | | Community member Blue Falcon passes away
2:25 PM PST | Community | Top Gun
A long-time member of the Descent community, Bert Engle, alias Blue Falcon, passed away yesterday at the age of 48 after a long illness. Please keep his wife and family in your thoughts or prayers.
Source: DBB
| | | | | | | | | Descent Series on Good Old Games and Gametap
7:55 PM PST | Descent 3 | Top Gun
Good Old Games, a recently-founded gaming service dedicated to making high-quality PC games of the past available for purchase, has made available all three of the Descent games, along with a number of other Interplay titles (including the Freespace series). Each game has been tweaked to be XP/Vista compatible and is completely DRM-free, meaning that you can back up your purchase as many times as you like; in addition, you're able to re-download any game you purchase an unlimited number of times. For just $5.99 US a pop, you can finally legally get your hands on any of the Descent titles you never got the chance to purchase. The service is still in beta, but it should be fully launched in the near future.
In addition, the subscription gaming service Gametap recently returned Descent II and 3 (as well as the Freespace series) to its lineup after they were removed for some time. Our favorite game series is getting around quite a bit these days, isn't it? 
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