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Happy New Year! - Spider @ 23:06:34 EST Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's to 2004! |
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Happy New Year! - Spider @ 23:06:34 EST Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's to 2004! |
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Photo Gallery - Spider @ 15:12:01 EST Blizzard has released a photo gallery, where they post random pictures from the office. Be sure to give it a look if you're interested in seeing what the geeks at Blizzard are up to. :) |
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Undead Mission 7: Part 1 Walkthrough - Deathwing @ 2:24:49 EST Chapter 7 of the Undead Campaign in the Frozen Throne is a long one, featuring three separate dongeon crawls. Today, we publish a complete guide for the first of these. How does one exploit the armour Anub'arak? Whereabouts are all the Gold Stashes? What's the best way to kill the Level 10 Mountain King and which barrows should you detonate? Find out: We'll have the rest of the campaign guide up shortly. |
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New Wallpaper - Deathwing @ 23:40:47 EST Inquisitor has sent over a new wallpaper to Infoceptor, and this time, its another great render. 'Terran Suicide Strike' is an action shot of a desperate Terran assault. Featuring great detail, it's a nice contender for your desktop: For other great wallpapers, check out the archive. Think you've got a piece of work that can match those being published? Send it in! |
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New Poll - Deathwing @ 19:01:58 EST In less than a week, it'll be a new year, and with each passing year, technology improves and with it, so does system requirements for the latest games. World of Warcraft will certainly feature greater requirements than Warcraft 3, and one wonders, what proportion of people have the ability to keep their computers constantly up to date? Let's find out, in this week's poll. |
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Poll Results - Deathwing @ 18:56:33 EST Within a new week, it's time for a new poll. So here's the results to the previous one:
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Vote for the Frozen Throne - Deathwing @ 18:26:09 EST Gamespot has launched their viewer choice awards for the best games of 2003. As usual, we want Frozen Throne to win, so head over there and vote! |
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New Starcraft Action Figures - Deathwing @ 5:25:39 EST GigaBalls has sent word that looking at the Atamaii website, it seems that Blizzard is releasing a second batch of Action Figures for the Starcraft Universe, including the Ghost, Infested Kerrigan and Zeratul. They look very cool, see for yourself. |
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WarCraft III: Board Game Impressions - Deathwing @ 5:30:50 EST Infoceptor viewer, Scuzball, has written up a nice impression of the Warcraft 3 Board Game... again, it is a big thumbs up: I've played it a few times now, and let me say, GAWD it's fun. It's like a simplified version of Warcraft that had a bastard child with Risk. |
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Replay Highlight: Kodo Madness - Deathwing @ 5:23:25 EST We'll go light on news in Christmas Day, but to keep you entertained, here's a replay on someone who one a game massing Kodos. Yes, folks, its possible, and a great Christmas Present for random Battle.net people. |
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Tis the Season to be Jolly - Deathwing @ 0:16:31 EST As Spider said, we wish you the best for Christmas Eve and the Day ahead. As customary at Infoceptor, we leave you with a little treat, a collection of Christmas content that we've gathered over the years! And of course, some wallpapers: Have fun, and Merry Christmas! |
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Gamespy Viewer Choice Awards - Deathwing @ 0:07:13 EST Gamespy has just released thier viewer choice awards for 2003. So... how Did Frozen Throne go? Well not bad: Not bad, considering that Frozen Throne is an expansion pack...
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Happy Holidays! - Spider @ 14:29:12 EST We'd just like to thank all the fans that have kept this site alive through the years. Your support is always appreciated and it's made our experience here all the more worthwhile. A big thanks goes out to the moderators of our boards, who have given a lot of their personal time to help out, as well anyone else who has contributed time and effort to help Infoceptor grow. We wish you all a very happy holiday. -The Infoceptor Staff |
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Official Bonus Map - Deathwing @ 19:39:16 EST There's a new bonus map for Blizzard, a tower defence. If you're an avid fun of such a scenerios, give it a look. |
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Blizzard Holiday Wallpaper - Deathwing @ 19:37:15 EST Blizzard has released their Christmas Wallpaper for this year, featuring a nice horder of orcs. Find it here. |
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Boardgame at Blizzard - Spider @ 14:55:16 EST If you like playing the game on your PC, perhaps you'll enjoy playing it tabletop as well. Blizzard is now selling copies of the WarCraft boardgame in its store, so be sure to buy a copy if you're interested in playing it. |
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Battle.net Mail! - Spider @ 14:50:31 EST Battle.net net now supports e-mail! You can use it to send off mail to people on your friends list, or to your entire clan if you're playing WarCraft III. Diablo II also has this feature; if you want to read more about this new addition to Battle.net be sure to stop by their information page concerning this topic. |
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Starcraft Bells - Deathwing @ 22:13:31 EST The Christmas Season is upon us, and to celebrate, we've got a Parody of Jingle Bells for you. Written by 'Orion Hui', Starcraft Bells is a carol that celebrates one of the best Blizzard games of all time. Thought it doesn't make to much sense, sing along for a laugh. We have plenty of other parodies, especially of Christmas Carols available, find them here. If you're feeling inspired, we'd love to see a parady by you. Simply send in your lyrics, along with the midi file. |
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WoW Beta Delayed - Deathwing @ 18:44:36 EST Not that we didn't expect it, but the formal announcement is here:
Oh well, we were hoping to try out the beta during the summer. Perhaps in future, they'll have public beta tests for not-so-ready beta versions? |
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New Poll - Deathwing @ 23:57:14 EST This week's poll topic will be of no surprise... to anyone. Warcrraft 3 V1.13 has been released, and with the CD Protection controversy over, we'd like to take a look at the details. Was the balance changes fair? Be sure to vote. |
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Poll Results - Deathwing @ 23:38:37 EST Its a new week, time to change the polls. Without delay, here are the results to the current one:
In fact, 1 in 10 people are currently using a wallpaper that's right here, not bad, considering the vast amount of choice available on the Internet. If you're one of those who voted 'Daboo', go take a browse right now.
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Frozen Throne Wins Awards - Deathwing @ 23:11:09 EST Gamespot has just launched the first part of its Game of the Year Awards 2003. In the special acheivement awards alone, Blizzard came out with some great prizes for the Frozen Throne: Impressive, so... you're money is well spent! |
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WoW Preview at Gamespy - Deathwing @ 22:27:01 EST With my notebook finally fixed, I'm back, so you should see a whole heap of new content soon. With that in mind, first we've got news that we've missed. Gamespy has written up a preview for World of Warcraft, see it here. Kudos to Chib for the news. |
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First lvl 50 account - FrostByte @ 17:47:29 EST Sweet[SAINT] is the first player and is currently the only player to pass level 50. He's currently ranked first in asia. A huge accomplishment its self. With over a 76% win rate and over 800 wins level 50 seems a daunting target. Blizzard has promised a prize for the first player to reach level 50. Congratulations. |
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Blizzard disbands STAB and BSer - FrostByte @ 17:43:43 EST Blizzard has taken actions against any member of the clans STAB and BSers. These are both clans famouse for their back stabbing in two vs twos. All members have had their accounts wiped and cd-keys banned. The clans have also been disbanded. Backstabbers are now on a equal level with maphackers it appears. |
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V1.13b Released - FrostByte @ 14:36:44 EST Due to the seriously bugged patch recently released by Blizzard a new patch has already been released. No bugs or balance changes have been addressed but instead the .sys issue has been which is related to copy protection. It gives an outline to what's being addressed in the next patch. Read all the upcoming changes here. |
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SC: Ghost interview at IGN - FrostByte @ 21:18:40 EST An interview concerning StarCraft:Ghost is at IGN! It has an interview with John Largrave. It cantains information such as the shipping date and differences in the consoles. The interview can be found here! Kudos to Solidus for the news. |
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Bug Fix - FrostByte @ 21:08:46 EST Andy_B has acknowledged the v1.13 .sys problem and says they are working on the problem. Currently downloading the patch may cause your cd-rw or virtual drive to become damagaed. |
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Interesting .sys File - FrostByte @ 18:41:05 EST According to a huge amount of people on the battle.net forums the latest patch from Blizzard has created some kind of .sys file in your temp file. This was not listed on the v1.13 patch information though no one knows what this file does. It has a randomly generated name and cannot be deleted unless you know what your doing. It is however recreated when Warcraft III is run. So far the file seems pretty consistent around the 29kb mark. The file will not have an accurate creation date but is accessed approximately when the newest patch is created. Also the creation date of some files dates before their computer was construced. This file could be related to anti cheats so on but nothing was mentioned in the patch list. It also adds registry files. Alot of posts have been deleted by blizzard as so far no response by blizzard. So far people have been complaining about problems with cd-rom drivers and such. Discuss it here. Or read a complilation so far of problems and things to watch out for here. Let's hope to have the issue resolved soon! |
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Bad News - FrostByte @ 22:24:28 EST Deathwing will be out for a couple of days due to technical difficulties. He expects to be back in 4-5 days so no more great wall-papers and maps until then. Spider and I will keep you guys up with the news until he returns. |
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V1.13 Its finally here! - FrostByte @ 13:25:18 EST We've waited for nearly and eon and now it's finally here!. Just simply connect to battle.net to update like many of the old versions. For a full list of changes click here! You can also discuss it there. Let's hope that major issues have been sorted out. |
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New Wallpaper - Deathwing @ 0:21:57 EST Want a stunning wallpaper? Well Killst4r has sent over a piece of work that'll make your jaw drop. Featuring excellent colors, stunning visuals and the general 'WoW Factor', this is probably one of those released that'll make you want to give your desktop a different look. Be sure to grab it, in several resolutions, including 1600x1200: As usual, if you have talent to match, be sure to send us your work. |
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New Poll - Deathwing @ 0:32:41 EST It's hard to think of inventive polls when nothing much has being happening (Come on Blizzard, release V1.13!). So, this week, we'd like to do a survey on how well received our wallpapers are. Recently, there's been a number of high quality desktops released, but do you use them? We'd like to know! |
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Poll Results - Deathwing @ 0:30:51 EST It's the start of a new week, time for a new poll. Without delay, here's the results to the current one:
It looks like almost 9 out of 10 Infoceptor viewers use 1024x768 resolution or higher, which is pleasing, as that is the resolution the current layout is optimised for. In our process of designing a new layout, we will make sure that it keeps looking best for this resolution. As for 640x480, it's now completely out of date. In response to this, we will in future stop offering wallpapers at such a resolution and aim to get more higher res desktops, for those people with 17'+ moniters! Thanks for your help! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the Week: Paintball Deathmatch - Deathwing @ 1:52:16 EST Its that time of week again, and today we've got a multiplayer map, that while common in concept, is executed particularly well.
Interested? Download it here. |
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Frozen Throne V1.13 Soon? - Deathwing @ 6:44:59 EST According a fan who was lucky enough to visit Blizzard at the recent Gen Con, Blizzard stated that V1.13 is complete, and all they have left to do is finalise the patch for foreign language versions of War3. Does this mean it'll be released in a week? If it were any other company, we'd say yes. But this is Blizzard, so you can talk about it. |
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Undead Mission 6: Walkthrough - Deathwing @ 2:16:29 EST Today, we continue with another instalment of our Warcraft 3 walkthrough. This time, its the sixth mission of the Undead Campaign, and with two based to simultaneously control, and demons to fight, it's certainly not easy.What defence is the most supply efficient? Allowing you to build up enough forces to attack? How do you defeat a base that constantly builds unit from over 9 production buildings... at 50% the normal speed? Where do you expand, with minimal fear of being attacked? Find out! We'll have the rest up soon. |
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World of Warcraft at Gen Con - FrostByte @ 21:28:05 EST World of Warcraft will be previewed at the up coming Gen Con. They will be there from December the 11th to the 14th in booth #227 beside the NvidiaŽ booth. The event will be located at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim. |
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Meet Richard Knaak - FrostByte @ 21:21:46 EST Richard Knaak, author of many Blizzard Novels is touring at various Waldenbooks stores this week. He will be there to sign autographs and answer questions about his 24 novels. If you've read some of his novels or are in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area go and see him. He will be touring at the following stores,
A must for any Blizzard fanatic. |
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Exclusive WoW Screenshots - Deathwing @ 0:29:45 EST Directly from Blizzard, Infoceptor brings you five new screenshots for World of Warcraft hot off the press. They feature some brilliant new eye candy, such as Water Elementals, attractive rogues, among other things. Take a look. |
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Vivendi Unversal Lay-offs - Spider @ 21:24:59 EST Vivendi is suffering more than we know...earlier today they announced 70 employees were informed of their termination last week after poor financial numbers were released by their games department earlier that week. (A reported loss of over 70 million) The employees came from the branches of VU's gaming department, however, no further specifics were released. Seeing as all branches were affected, we can be certain a few Blizzard employees suffered that fate... The scary part of it all was that no one knew of these upcoming cuts. Nothing was annouced, even internally, no one saw this coming. Makes you wonder what's going to happen to Blizzard, and eventually Vivendi... Thanks to White_Pointer for the news. |
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New Wallpaper - Deathwing @ 0:29:44 EST Infoceptor is dedicated to bringing exceptional wallpapers to you, and today's addition is no exception. Brought to you by Killst4r, this one features an excellent painting of a Dark Templar. It has nice colors, a great design, and definitely a worthy contender for your desktop: Got art? Be sure to send it in. |
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Some WarCraft news for you... - Spider @ 0:12:57 EST First off, Blizzard is having their Worldwide Invitational which will take place in Korea, featuring the top ranking players from WarCraft III. They will be competing for a $40,000 cash prize. The contest will begin January 15th and proceed through the 18th. Read more about it here. In World of WarCraft news, Blizzard has updated their dungeon page to include 9 screenshots of the DeadMines. Be sure to check out the screenshots; the game is looking good. Once you're done looking at those, be sure to head over to GUComics.com and read their comic about World of WarCraft. |
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Map of the Week: Metal Marines, Code Red - Deathwing @ 3:24:27 EST Today, we've got another excellent scenario for you try. From the creator of Metal Marines, comes another Warcraft 3 Map with a high tech theme. This time, there's custom music, custom terrain and other very stuff. In Metal Marines, Code Red, players are split into two teams in a race to destroy the opponents base. The game includes a simplified version of resource management, several types of marines to launch at enemies as well as a varied range of intercontinental missiles... what's more, there's actual space terrain! Be sure to download it. Got a cool scenario? Send it in. |
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New Poll - Deathwing @ 5:25:22 EST Well, nothing much has been happening in the Blizzard world, so I thought we'd take the time to find out something technical... Whether it is for new designs, or the release of new wallpapers... the resolution that our viewers view Infoceptor in is a big factor. While 6 years ago, when Infoceptor started, the majority had 640x480... things have changed. So we ask you, what resolution do you use? It'll help us customise our content for you! Be sure to vote. |
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Poll Results - Deathwing @ 5:21:54 EST Start of a new week, time for a new poll. Without delay, here's the results to the current one:
Due to the fact that the poll script was down for the majority of last week, votes were minimal... but gee, ain't we optimistic? Either everyone thinks they'll be hit by a bus this weekend, and Blizzard won't release the patch till Duke Nukem Forever is released. So... don't get your hopes up! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Back to Work - Deathwing @ 2:33:34 EST Well, after a week, I am finally back in action. Internet's set up, and you should expect to see new content from yours truly. We've got a whole load of stuff coming, so stay tuned! In addition, we apologise again for the inconvenience. The server crash may have also knocked a few other scripts offline, if that's the case, be sure to send me the word. |
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Server problems - Spider @ 20:49:41 EST We have been experiencing some server problems over the course of the week, hence the lack of news and other updates. We're working on getting everything back up to speed, so please bear with us. In our downtime a few interesting tidbits have come up, if you happened to have missed them, read on. In regards to Diablo II, numerous accounts (800+) have been closed. These accounts were involved in the realm exploits that were discovered some time earlier. Blizzard has fixed the exploit since then. In WarCraft III news, a new bonus map was released for Frozen Throne called Emerald Garden. Be sure to play it. The WarCraft III Art Tools had a bug which caused them to crash whenever a user tried to alter an attachment object flag. Blizzard has released a new version of the corrupted DLU that was causing the problem, so you may go download it, or simply redownloaded version 1.01 of the WarCraft III Art Tools. Blizzard has also a need of a Lead Game Master for the upcoming World of WarCraft, so go check it out if you're interested. We'll be sure to keep you posted. Just keep checking back, and if you have any questions always be sure to drop by our forums, as we'll answer all your concerns; should you have them. |
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Screenshots. - Spider @ 13:30:47 EST Not much to say, Blizzard has released 11 new screenshots. Feel free to see them here and comment on our boards if you please. |
