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News Archive 2003
News Archive 2002

 

 Playboy: The Mansion

If this will be a successful game or not we can't tell... But at least we can take a peek at the screenshots and put the imagination at work.
Playboy Mansion Logo
More info at the Yahoo! Games Domain ( and shots :)

 28th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Enemy Territory Goldrush V2

Bani is thinking about hacking Goldrush in order to make it do-able in under 5 minutes for skilled clans.

# no tank. no tank barriers.

Read More About It and Comment

 28th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 4

The fourth phase of Half-Life 2 preloads has begun, according to Steam News. Some info about the preload can be found, namely:

Read More About It and Comment

 28th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Warcraft III Patches

The new Warcraft III patch version 1.17 is now available for The Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne. Battle.net now features the release of a new auto-update for Warcraft III, also updating Blizzard's RTS game to version 1.17.

"It contains many bug fixes and balance changes, but also adds a few new features and two new neutral Heroes! To download the patch, simply connect to Battle.net. Your download will begin automatically."

 22th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Nº 1 in CB Halo CTF Europe Ladder

K1ck Halo reached first spot at the Clanbase's Halo CTF Europe Ladder after a good victory on a tight match vs digital:Revolution.

Read More About It and Comment

 20th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Quake 4 details leaked

Eurogamer revealed some details about Quake IV, the FPS with DOOM 3 engine in the works at Raven Software.

Quake IV will be a direct sequel to Quake II and "takes place just hours after the events of that game, and consists of a mixture of solo missions and battles that have you tackling the Strogg shoulder to shoulder with your fellow marines."

It seems that for the first time in Quake series, we will be able to control vehicules :)

 20th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Halo on K1ck Clan

We have turned to Halo, a novelty on our clan, and a new UK LogoUK Division is already fighting in the Halo battlefields. Looking for the top places, as usual, we all wish them luck.

More info in the K1ck Halo members section and in the press release.

 18th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom 3 Fortress Along with ETF

We've decided to keep up with the news about Enemy Territory Fortress but also include Doom 3 Fortress news.

Filled up and ready to go, D3F team already has some

Read More About It and Comment

 15th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 UT2004 Beta Patches And Mods

New Beta patches are available for Unreal Tournament 2004. Win32 and Linux patches update the game to version 3323.

Now for some UT2004 Mods action:
Eden Eclipse is a modification for Unreal Tournament 2004 that released Demo 1 along with some screenshots.
Release 4 of UT2004 Troopers: Dawn of Destiny is now

Read More About It and Comment

 12th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom 3 Update

Id Software has released the first update for DOOM 3, bringing this very popular FPS to v1.05. There will not be any support for this patch, as this is a Beta patch.

The game SDK, the Linux dedicated server and the demo (which will contain 3 single-player levels) will be released in the very near future.

 12th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Internet Chess Club Security Defeated

If you want to play a good game of chess in the internet, then Internet Chess Club is your obvious choice. But be careful because researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have been able to defeat their security mechanisms.

Actually, they can play a zero-time match, as well as have complete control over the game. Check out the paper about it and if you lose a match you can always state the obvious about your opponent "You Cheated!".

 09th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Comments on the News

You can now post comments on the news placed in each gaming section of K1ck Clan. State your opinion and be heard, wether you like what you've been reading or not.

And if you think that you have a peace of news that deserves to be published, just post it in our News wanna-be section and it will be published, if approved.

 05th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Natural Selection Beta 5 released

NS v3.0 beta 5 is out, and it will sure help to increase Natural Selection's on growing popularity.

"Beta 5 has many important bug fixes which will help facilitate new features coming in future builds. This build marks the correction of some long-standing bugs as well as some bugs which were reported by the community. There are also some significant balance changes in regards to Combat."

 05th September 2004 by Spirit

 

 Checking on Doom 3 Fortress

D3F has some new shots ( weapons, maps and so on ) and indeed they look good. And if you haven't done so, download the wallpapers and post your opinions at their forum or, even better, on our forum :)

 01st September 2004 by Spirit

 

 New Deathball version available

The football Mod created for the Unreal Tournament series is now on the 2.1 version. Well, one could consider that it's more like a game of rugby where some full-contact or kick-boxing skills are appreciated.

From their website "I heard Deathball is among the TOP 5 in the "Best Mod" category (of all games)."

 26th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 DOOM 3 MODS Pack #4

After Doom 3 MODS Pack #1, #2 and #3, it's time for the Pack #4. Lots of MODS, such as:

* DOOM 3 B4SHED_T0_D34TH Mod
* Demonic Powers v1.0 Mod
* Afraid of the Dark Mod
* Cold Breath v0.3 Mod

And so on... Descriptions are inside the packages.

 23rd August 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck 2nd at Cybernauta LAN Tournament

After a 13-01 convincing victory on the semi-finals vs AMK and an immaculate group stage, K1ck's Portugal LogoPT Counter-Strike section lost the final vs Exotic.

A well deserved win for our opponents and a Silver Medal ( Olympics year :P ) for our team.

 23rd August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Call Of Duty Mods Updating

Some updates for different Call Of Duty mods have been released.
Swat, a Call Of Duty total conversion, has some new features in the latest update: "in this update we have included a full arensal of Deagle in-game, 3rd person, and render pictures for you to take a look at. Also we have the beretta m12 (you may reconize the render from a older update) in-game".

The crew at Gang-Life on the other hand, finished off their Glock Model. Too plastic or not enough ? Just give it a look.

Modern Warfare released another update, always on the move. The final release may be even closer, as they are working really hard ( so they say :P ).

And to finish the round-up, Operation MarketGarden has some great renders of British weapons models:Piat an anti-tank weapon and Vickers MG a water-cooled Machinegun ( and of course, some new shots ).

 19th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Microsoft XP SP2 vs Gaming

Microsoft released the list of software, games included, that may ( or may not, who knows ? ) behave differently with XP Service Pack 2. According to the statement, "introduces a number of new features that help increase the performance and the security of your system. These changes also affect the operations and functionality of some programs."

So, check them out before upgrading your SP1 to SP2, if you don't want to get some shocking new behaviour on your favorite game...

 19th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Counter-Strike Source Review

"The rumors are spreading, and people are getting anxious to get their hands on Counter-Strike: Source. Many people have ventured to their local LAN centers, which often aren’t all that local; just to get first impressions for the new game. What’s new? What’s changed? Is it still playable? Could it actually be an improvement over 1.6? We’ll tell you... "

And indeed they do at Gotfrag.

 17th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck.cs.br Won WCG Pre-Qualifier

K1ck Counter-Strike Brazil LogoBrazilian Division won the Maranhão WCG Pre-Qualifier that took place in São Luis.

So if you are in Brasília's neighborhood on September's 10th,11th and 12th just drop us a visit at the Americel Hall ( Brazil WCG Finals :P )

 17th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Half-Life 2 preloads start next week

Valve confirms assets for the long-delayed shooter will be loaded onto the developer's Steam service next week. But they will only preload textures, audio, and "other stuff that doesn't change".

Rumors state that "Half-Life 2 must be near gold status and that it will complete its final debug next week and will be submitted to VU Games for approval shortly thereafter".

 13th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck.cs now in Spain!

A new project, this time in Spain, is now starting at K1ck Counter-Strike. The new division, k1ck.cs.sp, is formed by skilled and experienced Spanish players and the target in sight is the WCG. The lineup is:

Spain Logo - Namek
Spain Logo - TezZ
Spain Logo - Smooth
Spain Logo - aLz
Spain Logo - LooL
Spain Logo - Wit0s
Spain Logo - Oxk4r

Staff:
Spain Logo - Overz

Read the Press Release for further details.

 09th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom 3 Fortress!

And hope is on the horizon... Back to those Team Fortress days, now on Doom 3 ? Doom 3 Fortress is on the move, based on TF 2.9, and even Gudlyf, original TF coder who did TF 2.9, displayed some interest in the project. Keep on with the good work!

And if you're a Linux fan, check this Instructions Page to set you up and running Doom 3 on your favorite OS.

 06th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 QTracker with a new version

The server browsing utility is now on the 3.81 version. QTracker has some new features, including support for Doom 3:
* Adds support for: Halo CE and Painkiller.
* Adds Half-Life Steam support.
* Adds Initial Setup Wizard for first-time users.
* Adds First-Time User documentation.
* Added Pause feature.
* Watch Server now works and has added functionality.
* ICMP pings can now be disabled.
* Numerous bug fixes and visual enhancements.
* QtUplink: Adds support for Halo CE, Painkiller, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Unreal 2 XMP.

 06th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom 3 Cheats

And of course that with any game release ( or pre-release for that matter ) a cheat list has to come along. Where would the great players be without a little God Mode, full Weapons, Armour and Health or a little promenade through the walls ?
Bahhhhhh...

 05th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 World of Warcraft Screenshots

Check this whole bunch of World of Warcraft Screenshots. Among many shots, you'll find the lovely two-headed siamese twins that usually yell waaah waah weee wee wee! before knocking your lights out, while you watch them pounding to pieces all of your built-with-care armies.

 05th August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Swedish CPL Clash

"Guys, somebody stepped on a switch. I'm not kidding; someone actually stepped on a switch and unplugged our network!". Well... not exactly what someone might expect to hear from the organization staff in the middle of Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Extreme World Championships $100,000 Counter-Strike finals.

But after the game was restarted ( and after the offender was shot 3 times in the back and dumped in a garbage container ), Sweden LogoTeam Eyeballers won vs Sweden LogoSchroet Kommando, becoming the new CPL CS Champion. The Swedish clash results: 7-5;6-0.

 02nd August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Far Cry SDK

The software development kit for Far Cry is now available for download. So if you want to start designing your own Far Cry mods, just go ahead and take a peek at the 29 MB file.

You'll find everything needed to alter and expand the first-person shooter, namely "documentation, samples, exporters, plugins, source assets, and other useful things to learn how to create any kind of MOD or TC."

 02nd August 2004 by Spirit

 

 Enemy Territory Team Fortress Way

The ETFgame.com site has been launched and already some news are spreading out. ETF is powered by the Enemy Territory game by Splashdamage, the dev team are recruiting experienced 2D Artists and Modelers/Animators and don't forget to visit the shots section to keep yourself uptaded on the new developments.

For those of you that have never played a Fortress game ( shame on you! ), ETF has "10 classes to choose from and is only the start of what this game has to offer. Every class is unique in its own right from the Recon's speed to the Minigunners Powerful minigun which is not so 'mini'."

 30th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 DirectX 9.0c is here to stay

Read about the official release of DirectX 9.0c on Microsoft's DirectX 9.0c downloads Homepage. Among other stuff, "DirectX 9.0c improves the graphics, security, and performance of your operating system. Download and install this update for your Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP-based system".

But take note that "The DirectX 9.0c runtime cannot be uninstalled. We recommend Windows Me and Windows XP users create a 'System Restore' point before installing".

 30th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 QuakeCon 2004 on a final countdown

Just 12 days, 21 hours and 2 minutes away, as this news is being written, QuakeCon 2004 site has some info about the Quake 3 tournament rules, Doom III expectations and Deathmatch Championship, along with the final teams that have been accepted.

Check the Quake 3 Capture the Flag 4vs4 confirmed Team List and also the participants in the Quake 3 1vs1 Tournament.

 30th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Games Pirate gets Jail

Three and a half Years in Jail, the largest custodial sentence ever to be awarded by a UK court for games piracy, was given to a Welsh man as he pleaded guilty to 30 counts of trademark and video recording offences.

He was selling the products over the Internet via spam emails and was caught with goods worth an estimated quarter of a million pounds. If that was the guy that has been spamming my email for the last 2 years, then 3 years and a half is not enough...

 25th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Far Cry Patched and Unpatched

And after another patch release for Far Cry, suddendly, news arise that the patch has been recalled by Ubisoft. "Unexpected behaviour on specific hardware configurations" seems to be the cause for the "unpatch" :). And again, let us all wait for the 1.2 Far Cry patch...

 24th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck Counter-Strike Movie now available

Another K1ck movie, this time for Counter-Strike, is now available for download on a Portugal LogoPT mirror at the moment. Taken from the Qualifiers for the ESWC, the 298 Mb and 14:34 min movie has lots of frags, music and effects.

Following the success of the Quake 3 Fortress movie, mirrored in USA LogoUS, UK LogoUK, Sweden LogoSweden, Italy LogoItaly, France LogoFrance and so on, this time Counter-Strike is on the spot. A different director, another goal and perspective, watch it and enjoy!

 21st July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom 3 Standards

And the winner of the most hardware limits pushing game is...you guessed it right, Doom 3. Just read this article where you can find words and phrases like "Players will be treated to near-cinematic images", "Doom 3 is probably as good an excuse as any to buy a new PC", "Cards at the top of the heap" and so on.

Doom 3 will require:
• A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500.
• 384 megabytes of memory.
• Two gigabytes of hard drive space.
• An nVidia GeForce 3 graphics card or better; or an ATI Technologies 8500 or better.

Watching the list, one can't help feeling that with that setup you won't stand a chance :)

 20th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck.cs now on UK!

Spreading our Counter-Strike sections to the United Kingdom, We have created the UK Counter-Strike K1ck Division. The lineup is:

United Kingdom Logo - Immune
United Kingdom Logo - deep
United Kingdom Logo - Plateau
United Kingdom Logo - joe
United Kingdom Logo - cainn

Read the Press Release for further details.

 14th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Urban Terror still counting

Version 3.7 this time. Will it reach 3.9 before moving up to 4.0 ? As usual, you can get the 2.89 Mb update or the full version at http://www.urbanterror.net/.

"Features include: Boot is now available with Beretta and DE and grenades, Sr8 damage to waist and groin equalized at 80%, knife damage increased, ut_timenudge, improved walljumping, and more."

 14th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Leisure Suit Larry

Back in business, Larry in his Leisure Suit, goes back to school in a 3D adventure for PC and consoles - Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. Check the latest video from the Sierra Entertainment Downloads page, featuring Barbara Jo Bimbo.

 14th July 2004 by Spirit

 

 NVIDIA Scores with FarCry

The eagerly awaited 1.2 patch of FarCry will produce some nice publicity for NVIDIA. The patch is supposed to boost Farcry performance for all video cards, but with Nvidia getting the biggest boost from SM3 engine.

"But that's not the major update that we are here to talk about. The FarCry 1.2 will feature a new rendering path based on Shader Model 3.0 (Vertex and Pixel Shader 3.0), which is currently only supported by NVIDIA's 6800 series cards and not by ATI's X800 line of cards."

 03rd July 2004 by Spirit

 

 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

And now for something completely different: Sherlock Holmes' Adventures. The Silver Earring is an upcoming first-person point-n-click adventure sequel, scheduled for Aug 2004. Of course Dr. Watson couldn't miss the action and he will be assisting Holmes, as ever, in his new adventure. Check the screenshots.

The Mystery of the Mummy is the previous adventure, released Dec 2002, and you can check out the demo to see for yourself the environment and feeling of some rooms out of the full game.

 27th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Painkiller Expansion

There are plans to create an expansion for Painkiller - Battle out of Hell. This Painkiller Expansion Pack is expected in Winter 2004.

It "includes an additional single-player chapter with 10 levels, as well as new multiplayer modes, maps and models. It will also offer an amplified arsenal of un-deadly weapons, bigger and badder bosses and the map editor Software Development Kit."

 25th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck.cs Qualified for the ESWC

After a good tournament at FunkyByte and a breathtaking Final vs Midnight ( 11-13 ), we will now be at the ESWC Finals that will take place in Guimarães. Great games, emotion, nice organization, some time well spent.

More Info and photos in our K1ck LAN section.

 20th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 TeamSpeak Reviewed

New to TeamSpeak ? A veteran but still not knowing how to change between channels in mid game ? Check this step-by-step TeamSpeak guide.

You can also download TeamSpeak Overlay so that you can find out about that "intruder" while you're ingame. "TSO allows you to see who's talking without having to switch out of the game".

Concerns about a virus actually existing in "keypress.dll" ? False positive according to TS site, but just in case download and install the latest TS Version.

 19th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom III

So Doom III will be out in the summer and according to id Software CEO Todd Holleshead, "Playing through areas of the game for the first time in many months, even though I've demo'd those same levels dozens of times, I'm still caught by surprise, move with trepidation, and generally get the shit scared out of me on a regular basis". Who could ask for more ?

Some more shots can now be seen, this time for XBox. Lovely as ever, but my favorite is the guy with lots of red eyes...

"BTW, Doom beta testing is going very well." - John Carmack on a forum.

 19th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Half Life 2 Thieves Arrested

Valve has announced that several ppl linked to the the theft of the Half Life 2 code has been arrested. The suspects have been taken into custody in a number of countries, thanks to online gamers working with the police ( there is a first time for everything :P ).

According to Gabe Newell, "It was extraordinary to watch how quickly and how cleverly gamers were able to unravel what are traditionally unsolvable problems for law enforcement related to this kind of cyber-crime. Everyone here at Valve is once again reminded of how much we owe to the gaming community."

 15th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Unreal Tournament 2004 Patches

Now on version 3236, the new patches are available for download on a 12 MB Windows version and a 19 MB Linux version. Onslaught has lots of changes and several fixes, General Gameplay and Network stuff related were enhanced, along with some tweaks and engine bug fixes.

 15th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Counter-Strike Steam Updates

You have problems with validation and errors logging in to Steam ? So what's new ? Well, it seems that something will change according to Steam News: "An update for CS:CZ and Counter-Strike has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the changes:

COUNTER-STRIKE: CONDITION ZERO:
* Added updated player models under CS

COUNTER-STRIKE:
* Added crosshair customization (color, size, opacity)
* Corpses fade out with cl_corpse_stay"

As usual, you can always count on Valve's broadband delivery service to fix your problems. :)

 14th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 Rank 5 on Google!

We have reached rank 5/10 on google. Just download the Toolbar, install it and check it yourself. According to expert opinions "any page that reaches rank 4/10 ( google.com has 9/10 ) on google is an important page and relevant to the community where it belongs". Nice :)

 11th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck.cs now on Brazil!

After some time at the table ( a virtual one ) we have created a Counter-Strike K1ck Division in Brazil. They already have plans to participate in the 2nd Stage of the Norte/Nordeste Championship and WCG Pre-Qualify. The lineup is:

Brazil Logo - Alvetz
Brazil Logo - BoBoNiCo
Brazil Logo - chastinet
Brazil Logo - rickbob0
Brazil Logo - TrovaO

Staff:
Brazil Logo - h3Lp! (6th Player/Manager)
Brazil Logo - Speed (Lan Man)

Growing and growing, we expand to other continents... Read the Press Release for further details.

 10th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 UT2004 DeathBall

There is a 2.0 version of this spectacular Unreal Tournament Mod available for download at the official Deathball Site.

* Added new control feature: Holding altfire, then pressing first fire: releases a pass to the locked player, but the player's movement is being ignored. So a pass to a "dancing" player will still arrive.
* After releasing ball it takes 0.25 seconds until you can use the hammer
* Bouncing and deflecting now works flawless
* Reduced self-volley-power from 1500 to 1400
* Enemy-Volley-Power in Own Half increased from 1000 to 1600 (when you volley a ball in your own half that was shot by enemy)
* DB-Smallcube remade, looking much better, no more spammy roof, it's a little more width.
* DB-Bowl new. Basically it's like Cube, just widther (NOT longer).
* DB-Touchdown new! It's about carrying the ball into the enemy end zone. The ball alone can't do anything, you have to carry it!

 08th June 2004 by Spirit

 

 QWCD Quake Bootable Linux CD

Yup, you have no worries...just insert the cd and you get a ready-to-frag nothing-to-install QuakeWorld installation, playable from the bootable CD. QWCD has been released and includes popular Quake clients FuhQuake and MWQCL, besides up-to-date Kernel, and every piece of software a player should need (ATI and nVidia drivers, internet connection and browser, IRC client and so on).

Just don't mess things up and give the CD to your boss as your latest developments at the office...

 01st June 2004 by Spirit

 

 CPL $1,000,000 Gaming World Tour

CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) announced for 2005, a $1,000,000 Gaming World Tour in cash prizes. Some more information will be revealed at the Unreal Tournament 2004, Counter-Strike, Call Of Duty, Halo PC and Painkiller, CPL World Championships.

"The complete CPL World Tour announcement is scheduled for the final ceremony of the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships, taking place Wednesday, July 28 to Sunday, August 1, 2004 at the brand new Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas."

 31st May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Community Bonus Pack for Unreal Tournament 2004

Volume 2 of the UT2004 CBP is now available. It contains 20 more maps, 4 skins and 2 mutators and the designers hope that we will have fun with this second part of the pack :) Check the full details on the official site.

 31st May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Snowblind Announced

Snowblind was unveiled, a new first-person action game to be released Fall 2004. "Snow-blind´ (snó bli-nd´) - adj : Military jargon for a complete system shutdown of all internal electrical and bio-mechanical systems. Generally created by an EMP blast or similar electrical disturbance in the local vicinity. "

Product Description: Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game.

Players live the fantasy of being an elite special operations combat soldier with access to the most high-tech weaponry, gadgets and vehicles, presented with all the realism, emotional intensity, and valor found in the popular “War Games” shooter genre.

Game Features:
• Robust online multiplayer experience with 16 players and voice over IP support – classic and new multiplayer modes are offered, including some modes uniquely designed for the PS2 and XB platforms • Arsenal of unique weapons and secondary items including the Riot Wall™ and the “K1cker” physics gun yield a variety and depth of gameplay never before realized, especially when leveraged in multiplayer play. • Vehicles serve as functional obstacle solving tools, for rescue attempts and as weapons in both single and multiplayer gameplay • Use Biomods to customize, upgrade and exploit the superhuman powers of your character • Build an emotional connection to your comrades in battle; during the missions you have the power to rescue, heal and protect them. Neglect their cries for help and view with shame their names on the War Memorial Wall at the end of the game • Wide variety in mission pacing ranges from frenetic action of battlefield chaos to tactical infiltration style missions • Storyline is grounded in a believable, relevant near future setting, in a war as seen through the eyes of a hero • Pick-up & play, visceral action pulls the player through a cinematically immersive storyline • 11 missions spanning across 16 maps including the dilapidated Opera House, the twisting jungle at the city perimeter, a Buddhist Temple converted, and sprawling urban Wasteland

 24th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Japanese Game Website Owner Arrested

The owner of Gameonline, a popular Japanese videogame website, has been arrested for copyright violation regarding unauthorized screenshot scans. The entity that locked the dangerous felon and threw away the key is The Association for the Copyright of Computer Software, an anti-piracy consortium based in Japan.

Among the over 20,000 screenshots available for download on his game news site, "several hundred were allegedly found to have been taken from magazines and overseas game sites without the permission of the game publisher, a violation of Japanese copyright law."

You'd better start deleting those screenshots you have on your site if you don't want to look at the sun behind a barred window in the future...

 19th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Urban Terror 3.6

Right after version 3.5, here's the Urban Terror 3.6 version. The 500 KB patch was released in order to solve a problem caused by an exploit that was included in the last release. "The point is, this exploit is no longer an option."

Now you have to start all over again and find a new one, so that they have to release the 3.7 version :P

 19th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck Counter-Strike getting busy

With Sentitec's pre-qualifier at Felgueiras near the end of the month and the big Counter-Strike tournament that will take place at Penafiel 12-13 June, organized by Netplanet, the CS team sees the schedule getting thicker...as it should always be, because it is always a pleasure to play Counter-Strike ( for ppl who like it, anyway :P )

So move your ass and join Netplanet's event at torneio@netplanet.pt.

 15th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Quake3 CPMA

1.30 version of Challenge Pro Mode Arena is ready for you to take it. As usual, several things were changed, improvements were made and some additions in order to help ppl with poor net connections. "There won't be a full package for a while yet: my conn is too shit to actually upload it". Talk about making miracles in your own house...

 15th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Unreal Tournament 2004 Patch

The 12 Mb patch for UT2k4 is now available for download. For the first time, Unreal Tournament 2004 has a patch making it 3204 version. There are lots of changes, too many to put them in here, so grab the patch and read the release notes :).

 13th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Buddy is Watching YOU

BuddyWatch is an utility for Quakers that always dreamt about watching what their buddies were doing and where. Basically, it pops up a notification when one of your designated buddies shows up on one of your designated Quake III Arena servers. It's small, it's neat and you don't need to feed it, so have a go at BuddyWatch.

 13th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 History Revived

Time now for some old news - "03rd June 2003 - K1cK Q3F Movie Out! - Our Q3F movie, engineered at our hi-tech laboratories by our fine players ( state-of-the-art :P ) is finally out! 33M, divx 5.05 compression, low quality to make a reasonable fast download, you can check it at the mirror on Railbait or if you want a slower server but Portuguese Traffic, here."

Well, I watched it again and if you have ever wondered what Quake3 Fortress is about you should definitely take a look at the movie :)

 12th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 CoD Heat of Battle

Call Of Duty's Heat of Battle is now running on version 0.31. This teamplay modification for CoD has been massively altered for this new version: "Servers are online and ready for you soldiers. Plus, with all of the fixes and additions in this version you can't afford to not download it. (...) The work that has gone on in the past month has rivaled that of professional game studios and we only have all of you to thank. Now go get v0.31! Don't forget to snag the map pack right afterwards!"

 10th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 K1ck Mohaa Reopening!

One of our first Multigaming divisions has been officially reopened. K1ck Medal Of Honor is, once again, active and with a long path to walk through. Keep checking the section news, members and further developments on the Mohaa community.

 08th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Plays of the Week

The Play of the Week is a compilation of demos from the previous week's league matches edited together and put to music by the ppl at The Catacombs. The 125 Mb Plays Of The Week #22 have been released so if you are curious about these cool funny videos, just go get them.

 07th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 ServersPro becomes K1ck HeadSponsor!

Great news for the Portuguese EGaming community! At last we have a Game Server Provider created by players for the players, with high quality machinery, connections and professional assistance.

And of course we couldn't be left out when tough action develops, so we grabbed a fine deal for both sides and secured ServersPro as our HeadSponsor!

 04th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Netplanet as our Counter-Strike Sponsor!

Netplanet is our newest Counter-Strike Sponsor. The partnership was established and everybody was happy with the result, so let's put the show on the road and pursue our goals, hardly as ever!

 04th May 2004 by Spirit

 

 Doom III Images

There is a new Doom III set of images available for the XBox. Although there is nothing truly new, it remains ugly as ever and it seems that this game will win the first prize in any Shop of Horrors competition.

 30th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Xbox and PS2 Modding In Spain

It seems that ppl all around the World are Modding their Xbox and PS2 Consoles to allow them to play DVDs and games from other countries...Well, I'm shocked, I could never imagine that :). But if you do it in Spain, you are not breaking any laws. According to this article that envolves the Guardia Civil, loopholes, but not whips and women in leather boots, "A Spanish judge has ruled that modifications to games consoles to allow them to play DVDs and games from other countries are not illegal."

So, go to Spain, enjoy the weather and buy a Modded console...you are not commiting any crime. :)

 28th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Natural Selection v3.0 beta 4

NS v3.0 beta 4 is now available for download. There you will find all the information you'll need to give a try at this spectacular Half-Life Mod.

According to the news in the NS website, "NS has been downloaded over two million times and has 25,000 unique players every day. NS v2.01 release and NS v3.0 beta 4 are publically available from the downloads page."

 25th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 PS2 or brunette Bachelorette ?

Well, when it comes to personal taste, you sure can't discuss it. The winner of 'The Bachelorette' contest that took place at a San Francisco Giants baseball game was confronted with a hard choice: either take the beautiful, young, brunette bachelorette out on an all expenses paid date, or receive a Playstation 2. Yup, you guessed it right...a date with a PS2 :P

"Looks like when it comes down to a choice between video games and female attention, these days, videogames are winning out."

 23rd April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Far Cry Tweak Guide

If you are one of those guys always looking for that extra FPS ( well, who isn't? ), check this Guide for Far Cry tweaking.

"Most notable of all, however, seemed to be the difference in the performance between 512 and 1 gig of RAM. Using Sysmetrix to observe system performance while running FarCry, practically the full 512 MB of RAM is engaged throughout. When running a gig of RAM, up to 800 MB is used."

Did I forget to mention that K1ck are selling RAM nowadays ?

 23rd April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Natural Selection League

K1ck Natural Selection Division will be participating in the most famous NS Cup, the NSL Cup. Starting with 32 clans, they will all be fighting for a place in the Final. Stay tuned...

 22nd April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Call Of Duty Patch

There is a new Call Of Duty Patch, this time the 1.4, available for download. At last Punkbuster is here to stay, hoping that those long time cheaters don't find a way to get around pb.

Stalingrad multiplayer map, some bug fixes and tweaks can be found on this new patch:
* This patch will update ALL retail copies of Call of Duty™ as well as versions patched to 1.2 and 1.3. It is all-inclusive, containing the fixes included in the 1.2, 1.3 Beta, and 1.3 patches.
* It is recommended that any user modifications that have been installed to the Call of Duty™ directory be removed before installing this patch. These modifications are not supported by Activision® and may not be compatible with some of the new features that are included.
* Upon installing the 1.4 patch, you may be prompted to re-enter your CD key. Please be sure to have your Call of Duty™ CD key handy.

 21st April 2004 by Spirit

 

 New K1ck CoD Division

Well, it had to happen one day and better sooner than later. We now play Call Of Duty and as usually stamped with the "K1cK Quality Approved" seal.

On a Week full of new situations, lots of stuff happening ( all of them were great moves towards a bright future and a great present ), we couldn't let it end without a CoD Division :)

 19th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms

Since 1999 that we've been hearing about the Team Fortress Sequel for Half-Life. Although the original TF was designed for Quake ( some still think that it was the best game ever designed, and they are not that far from the truth :P ), "TF2 was to be a stand-alone product, featuring more classes, weapons, and far more sophisticated game types than the original title. But it's been a long wait so far. Very long. What's up with TF2?".

Well, say no more, here's the word from Valve's Doug Lombardi: "The project is still in development here at Valve and we will be announcing more info after HL2 ships."

 18th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 New K1ck NS Division

Natural Selection is our newest Division and let's hope that this means an increasing number of players in the HL Mod. Former great Portuguese NS clans' players, the looks of this new Division seems promising.

Check out the roster, the future matches and Natural Selection leagues that will soon appear on our site.

 17th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 GeForce 6 Series

NVIDIA Launches the GeForce 6 Series, the biggest performance and feature leap in company history according to the press release. Some of the stuff that people will find on GF6:
* Industry-leading 3D performance -- new superscalar 16-pipe architecture delivers more than twice that of current industry leading NVIDIA GPUs
* New features, including Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 feature set -- for ultra-realistic cinematic effects
* Unprecedented on-chip video processing engine -- enabling high- definition video and DVD playback

"The first GPUs based on the NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series, the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GeForce 6800 models, are manufactured using IBM's high-volume 0.13-micron process technology and are currently shipping to leading add-in-card partners, OEMs, system builders, and game developers.
Retail graphics boards based on the GeForce 6800 models are slated for release in the next 45 days."

 14th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 New K1ck UT2k4 Division

And now for something completely different :). Unreal Tournament 2004 is the next in line and as of today we also play UT. UT2k4 to be more precise, is our newest division and let's hope more will come along.

The page will be updated soon, keep checking UT2k4 news, info on roster, matches, configs and so.

 12th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 New Game Server Provider

Finally we will have something new and with the necessary quality required, in the GSP Portuguese market. Still testing and optimizing, ServersPro will be launched soon, "a Professional Game Server Provider created by players for the players".

With some heavy hardware that would delight even the more demanding players and the best connections in pt, let's wait and see what they are capable of...and of course, we wouldn't miss the action, as always.

 09th April 2004 by Spirit

 

 Far Cry moving to consoles

Word is that Far Cry will hit the consoles market created from the ground up. Far Cry Instincts is still on project, with no release date or target consoles specified, but it will surely cause some impact.

"In addition to the original's signature locations, non-scripted A.I., and unprecedented view-distance, Far Cry Instincts is said to feature brand new gameplay scenarios that 'will challenge players to use an even broader range of strategies and survival tactics in order to uncover the many secrets within the beautiful-but-deadly islands".

 09th April 2004 by Spirit

 

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