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Thanks Kaos

Stewie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:09:53 +0000

Do you ever check out the full credits of a game? No? Neither do I, but now we have Joep at the office

The credits of Frontlines: Fuel of War include me. w00t Thanks Edmar, Drew and all other guys at Kaos Studios.

Thanks Kaos

Frontlines on the frontline

Stewie — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:02:50 +0000

THQ decided to sent a little gift to the soldiers in Afghanistan. We received 200 DVDs with Frontlines: Fuel of War for the troops on the frontline! Thank you Kaos Studios and THQ!

We plan on activating the first gameserver onsite this summer.

Frontlines Benelux Open Beta Keys Beschikbaar Via i3D.net

Stewie — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:20:09 +0000

This Dutch press release was released by THQ Benelux on Friday Januari 4th 2008:

Frontlines Benelux Open Beta Keys Beschikbaar Via I3D

Breda- 4 januari 2008 – Vanaf nu kan je de Frontlines: Fuel of War Benelux Open Beta spelen. Dit is een gratis online multiplayer beta met 2 mappen. Deze beta wordt exclusief in de Benelux door de servers van i3D gehost.

Wat is deze beta?
De Frontlines: Fuel of War beta focust op gameplay issues en bug tracering. De graphics zijn nog niet optimaal en je zult problemen tegenkomen die in de eindversie niet meer zullen voorkomen. Ook, is de game beperkt voor multiplayer en heeft slechts twee mappen.

Wanneer kunnen we de uiteindelijke game verwachten?
Frontlines: Fuel of War zal uitkomen op de PC (Windows), Xbox360 en Playstation 3. De PC en Xbox360 versies zullen 29 februari 2008 uitkomen en de Playstation 3 game zal iets later verschijnen. Met de online multiplayer kan je op de PC met maximaal 64 spelers en op de Xbox360 en Playstation 3 met 32 spelers spelen.

Inschrijving
i3D.net behandelt alle inschrijvingen. Er zijn een beperkt aantal cd keys, deze promotie zal binnen een paar dagen eindigen. Schrijf je dus zo snel mogelijk in via: http://www.frontlinesfuelofwar.net/frontlines-beta-keys.php
Hosting
Het Nederlandse bedrijf i3d zal voor THQ de Europese hostingsactiviteiten van Frontlines Fuel of War verzorgen voor PC en Xbox360.
Meer informatie over Frontlines: Fuel of War: http://www.frontlinesfuelofwar.net

Over THQ

THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI), is een toonaangevende ontwikkelaar en uitgever van interactieve entertainment software. Het bedrijf ontwikkelt producten voor alle populaire game systemen, personal computers en draadloze toepassingen. Het hoofdkantoor van THQ is gevestigd in Los Angeles County in Californië. De producten worden verkocht via een wereldwijd netwerk van vestigingen in de Verenigde Staten, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Oostenrijk, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Nederland, Spanje, Korea en Australië. Voor meer informatie over THQ en de producten: www.thq.com en www.thqwireless.com. THQ Wireless and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

Over i3d

i3d is een Nederlandse colocatie- en hostingprovider. i3d is de grootste gamehoster van de Benelux en wij blijven maar groeien! Naast gameproducten bieden wij ook dedicated servers en professionele colocatie producten aan. Wij zijn gevestigd in Rotterdam en beheren een serverpark van 500+ servers in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Parijs, Frankfurt en London en maken daar tevens gebruik van een van de snelste Europese netwerken.

THQ: Dedicated XBOX360 servers in upcoming beta

Stewie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:35:14 +0000

FRONTLINES: FUEL OF WAR MULTIPLAYER DEMO CONFIRMED FOR XBOX LIVE!

And Kaos Studios have been listening to your feedback…

Xbox 360 owners were able to get an early taste of Frontlines: Fuel of War’s single player mode thanks to last week’s demo, but the question most people have been asking us is ‘Why isn’t there a multiplayer demo?’ Given Kaos Studios’ heritage, and the fact that Frontlines has been designed to deliver epic multiplayer gameplay supporting 32 players over Xbox LIVE in gigantic open world environments packed with next-gen weapons, drones and vehicles, that’s a pretty good question…

So we’re happy to report that a Multiplayer demo is indeed on its way to Xbox LIVE in the New Year, with a number of substantial improvements to graphics, performance and controls. Kaos have been listening very closely to feedback since the release of the single-player demo, and the results should be immediately apparent. Specifically, a slicker, consistent frame rate combined with additional graphical oomph as the code is polished for a February release date, together with a substantial improvement to the control scheme and stick sensitivity.

For a full run-down of improvements, check out Kaos Studio’s official comment to CVG.com here . If you have any feedback to add regarding the Beta or Demo, head over to the Kaos community forums here http://community.kaosstudios.com/.

Source: http://www.thq-games.com/uk/news/show/3138

Great news, I am looking forward to the first reviews of Xbox360 players. Frontlines: Fuel of War will be the first game supporting such large battles on the Xbox360 network.

Gameplay 2007: Perfect!

Stewie — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:01:28 +0000

Over 8000 i3D.net goodies were gone in no time. The Gameplay 2007 was a big succes for our company. This was our first big gaming event and the 3 days were perfect! Our Simbin powered racing seat was very popular, the exclusive Frontlines: Fuel of War Xbox360 pods were crowded.

More photos: http://forum.i3d.net/game-blog-news-announcements/18817-gameplay-2007-de-fotos-het-verhaal.html

i3D.net present at GamePlay 2007

Stewie — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:19:14 +0000

On November 23th, 24th and 25th, the biggest Dutch game convention, Gameplay, will be held in the ‘Jaarbeurs’ in Utrecht, The Netherlands. i3D.net will be present with a complete booth measuring 40 square meters .

Unique preview
On our booth we will feature a number of Microsoft Xbox360 pods with an unique European preview of Frontlines: Fuel of War, the new first person shooter from development studio Kaos and publisher THQ. The game is scheduled for release in early 2008 on PC, Xbox360 and Playstation 3. The PC beta is available at FilePlanet!

Racing simulator
We will also provide racing fans with more information on Race 07 – The Official WTCC game. This game, developed by SimBin, published by Atari, is hosted by i3D.net worldwide. We will announce more information about this game on the Gameplay soon!

Goodie Hunt!
Offcourse we have a large number of gaming goodies we will give away every day on 12:00 and 16:00 in our booth. We also have a very limited number of high-value goodies from i3D.net EA, THQ, SimBin and Z-Board.

We invite all i3D.net customers, fans and partners to visit our booth on the Gameplay ’07! A select number of free tickets to the convention will be available in a two contests on the i3D.net forums in the next days.

The underdog: Frontlines Fuel of War

Stewie — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:54:06 +0000

A few months ago I wrote about the big upcoming games in the last quarter of 2007. I totally missed one big upcoming game, Frontlines: Fuel of War, by THQ. This game will be a Battlefield 2 killer. The gameplay is based on capturing control points and moving the ‘frontline’ of the battle towards the enemy main base. Online multiplayer capabilities are extended and up to 32 players per server. There are vehicles you can drive and airplanes you can call in for additional air-cover.

This game uses an ranking system. You choose player-class like Sniper or Assault but you also choose a secondary class, like air-specialist or drone-specialist. The more ingame experience, the better your secondary weapons will be. There is no fixed release date for Frontlines yet, but next to Quake Wars (September), Crysis (November) and Call of Duty 4 (November) this game will be one of the big hits of 2007/2008.