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PD
Preview
February
29 - Updated by Tom
@ 3:19 EST
Our
hosts, n64shooters.com have made
a fantastic preview, check
it out.
No
German Perfect Dark?
February
26 - Updated by Mike
@ 4:42 EST
Hi,
this is Mike Schneider here of n64shooters.com, and also of Goldeneye
HQ. I'm going to be lending a hand to Tweek in the coming months.
Anyway, pdark.com today reported that German magazine "Total" stated that
Perfect Dark will NOT be coming out in Germany. To add my own thoughts
to this, it unfortunately is likely to be true... The German government
only allowed the original Turok to be in the country when Acclaim changed
all the dinosaurs to robots, and so, if Rare doesn't make these changes,
PD will likely be condemned as too violent in Germany. German government
does not allow any killing of humans or animals to take place in games
within their country.
Fan
Art
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 9:25 EST
The
Fan Art page has been
updated with a couple of new images. Remember, we're the only site that
offers prizes for PD Fan Art
, so why not send us some?
New
PD Movies!
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 8:57 EST
Click
here now for the newest Perfect Dark movies at VideoGames.com!
What
is datadyne.com?
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 12:25 EST
What
is datadyne.com? Well don't ask me. I personally think that its purely
coincidental. Many people emailed me asking what datadyne.com was all
about after seeing an ad in newspapers in Ohio. The ad apparently said
something aong the lines of, "Looking for trustworthy, intelligent people
to work in our global electronics company" but at the end said, "Must
have ability to work under pressure and have good self defense skills."
Interesting. Is the dataDyne Corporation from Perfect Dark forming in
the year 2000? I don't think so.
PD
Preview
February
29 - Updated by Tom
@ 3:19 EST
Our
hosts, n64shooters.com have made
a fantastic preview, check
it out.
No
German Perfect Dark?
February
26 - Updated by Mike
@ 4:42 EST
Hi,
this is Mike Schneider here of n64shooters.com, and also of Goldeneye
HQ. I'm going to be lending a hand to Tweek in the coming months.
Anyway, pdark.com today reported that German magazine "Total" stated that
Perfect Dark will NOT be coming out in Germany. To add my own thoughts
to this, it unfortunately is likely to be true... The German government
only allowed the original Turok to be in the country when Acclaim changed
all the dinosaurs to robots, and so, if Rare doesn't make these changes,
PD will likely be condemned as too violent in Germany. German government
does not allow any killing of humans or animals to take place in games
within their country.
Fan
Art
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 9:25 EST
The
Fan Art page has been
updated with a couple of new images. Remember, we're the only site that
offers prizes for PD Fan Art
, so why not send us some?
New
PD Movies!
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 8:57 EST
Click
here now for the newest Perfect Dark movies at VideoGames.com!
What
is datadyne.com?
February
26 - Updated by Tweek
@ 12:25 EST
What
is datadyne.com? Well don't ask me. I personally think that its purely
coincidental. Many people emailed me asking what datadyne.com was all
about after seeing an ad in newspapers in Ohio. The ad apparently said
something aong the lines of, "Looking for trustworthy, intelligent people
to work in our global electronics company" but at the end said, "Must
have ability to work under pressure and have good self defense skills."
Interesting. Is the dataDyne Corporation from Perfect Dark forming in
the year 2000? I don't think so.
Contests!
February
25 - Updated by Tweek
@ 3:56 EST
During
March we'll be giving away two Prima Strategy Guides to the writer of
the best editorial/feature/preview on any PD-related topic. Just send
your masterpiece to tweek@datadynehq.com before March 16, 2000. The winner's
article will be published on the site, as well as any other good articles
by the runners-up (providing we have permission to use them). I'll soon
update the contests page with more detailed info, but you may as well
get started now.
Things
are Looking Up!
February
23 - Updated by Tweek
@ 4:15 EST
Well,
after a couple of weeks of poor dedication from Tom and myself, we're
finally back in business. We now have a new system which allows our staff
to login and update news, making it a much easier and quicker process.
It also guarantees that this site will be updated more often by different
people. If you'd like to be one of the people that updates news, or if
you want to have any job on the site, email me.
UK
and Europe release date
February
23 - Updated by Tom
@ 1:56 EST
If
you, like me live in a country that uses PAL (ie. New Zealand, UK, Australia)
then you have to wait a bit longer than the US version release date, Rare
and Nintedo confirmed that it is the 30th June 2000. It's only
a month longer than the US date (22 May 2000) but, man is that going to
be the longest month of my life!!
IGN
Faq
February
23 - Updated by Tom
@ 1:40 EST
The
good people at IGN have updated there
FAQ. Have a look
here for all those questions we can't answer.
Forum
February
20 - Updated by Tom
@ 10:22 EST
Remember,
we have a while till the release of PD so how about spending some time
in our forums. Come on,
you know you want to.
We have a winner!
February
18 - Updated by
Tweek @ 11:50pm EST
Congratulations Tyrok! You've won this week's contest. Details have been sent in the mail. Make sure you enter the next contest now!
Delayed Again!
February
16 - Updated by
Tweek @ 3:42am EST
Nintendo has announced that Perfect Dark has been delayed until the
22nd of May, 2000. Here's what Nintendo had to say: "Both Rare and
Nintendo are committed to only releasing the highest quality products
and this extra development time will allow the game to be everything Nintendo
64 owners have come to expect."
This news is 100% true, and although it may be frustrating, the delay is for the best. Rare simply needs more time to make their game "Perfect".
By the way, while you take in this somewhat surprising news, head over to our forums, and make sure you check back tomorrow for the contest winners!
I Need Help!
February
12 - Updated by
Tweek @ 10:32am EST
I'm aware that this site is lacking content and regularly updated news,
but I no longer have the time or enthusiasm
to run this site single handedly. I really need to have a good solid staff
like other PD sites before the game's release. I won't be able to run
this site by myself after the game's release, so I'm looking for people
to take over my position as the lead webmaster of dataDyne HQ. Already
we have people interested in writing, doing the mailbag, and updating
news, but no one really stands out as a future dataDyne HQ webmaster.
If you're interested, please email
tweek@datadynehq.com to apply as webmaster, news guy, a writer, or
anything else you can think of as soon as possible.
On a side note, newsletter subscribers should check their mail for the latest contest info.
Rareweb
and PD Chat
February
11 - Updated by
Tweek @ 11:23am EST
Check out our newest hosted site, Rareweb, for all the latest info on Rare's many games.
Make sure you're at the PD chat this Saturday night at 9:30pm EST!
Contest
Winner!
February
10 - Updated by
Tweek @ 4:48am EST
Firstly, I apologize for not announcing the winner yesterday -- I could not use my computer for certain reasons. But anyway, I'm sure you just want to know who won the contest!
Here it is, our first contest winner is (drum roll)... Daniel S! Congratulations, you've won a Prima Strategy Guide valued at up to $US20! The winner will be notified by email. If you want to be a part of this week's contest, make sure you visit the contest page now!
Perfect
Dark Personnel
February
6 - Updated by
Tweek @ 1:16am EST
Our Personnel page has been updated with new information from the official Rare site. Please visit our new personnel page here.
Face-Mapping
February
5 - Updated by
Tweek @ 12:17am EST
Ernie's latest article is about the death of the face-mapping feature. Make sure you check it out, as well as his previous article on Videogame Babes, which was not originally working on the first day due to errors on the page.
Contests
February
5 - Updated by
Tweek @ 12:15am EST
Newsletter subscribers should check their mailboxes, since info on entering the first of our contests has been sent today!
New
PD Info and Screens
February
4 - Updated by
Tweek @ 3:45am EST
There's heaps of new PD info and screens from the Nintendo Gamer's Summit. The co-op mode reinstallation and the cancelled face-mapping is confirmed, as is the 4 humans + 8 bots simultaneous in multiplayer. The expansion pack won't be required to play PD, but it is highly reccomended that you use one (for things such as the high-res mode and the maximum number of bots in multiplay).
For detailed information and more news, visit the following sites:
- IGN64's PD impressions and new screens.
- Screenshots, cast list and story so far from Rare's official site.
- Nintendo's updated PD page.
We'll
soon incorporate the new information into our various sections, but until
now make sure you visit the above links.
Goodbye
face-mapping, Hello Co-op
February
3 - Updated by
Tweek @ 2:27am EST
If I could only have one of the two in Perfect Dark, face-mapping and co-op, I'd definitely pick the latter. And luckily I've been given what I wanted. The recent announcements that the face-mapping feature has been cancelled and the co-op mode has been reinstalled has been confirmed. I don't want to make promises (after a year and a half I've announced the co-op mode's cancellation three times), but it's apparently true. Nintendo didn't like the idea that you'd be shooting against your family and friends in PD. I think this is pretty ridiculous, since I'd rather my own brother shooting me in a videogame than in real life, but it's just the way it goes. The main thing is that we've got the two player co-operative mode back, right?
In other multiplayer news, it's now rumoured that you'll be able to play with four humans and eight bots in the deathmatch mode!
Plus, there'll be heaps of new PD info released from the Nintendo Gamer's Summit show later today.
Lastly, I want you to know that I'm exteremly busy this year, and unless I can find someone who wants to be a co-webmaster on the site, I may even have to close it down, which is something I really don't want to see happening. Email me if you're interested.
