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08/31/08 11:48 PM Recent SimHQ Articles by guod

September Calendars Now Available!

A Modder's Diary




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08/31/08 11:46 PM Aviation & Air Combat News by guod

Friday, September 5

News Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence

RC and Scale Modeling » Plastic air force - in my room

FS2004 / FSX » Free FTX Demo Now Available [Big thanks to Thomas DW for bringing this to our attention!]

FS2004 / FSX » FTX BLUE, FTX GOLD Screens

FS2004 / FSX » Wings Of Power II P47D, ww2 fighters update and SOLO release

DCS: Black Shark » Screenshots

EECH / EEAH » September Calendar

Enemy Engaged 2 » New Downwash texture

Red Baron » New Terrain Files

Red Baron » NEW Open Source Launcher Website up

Battle of Britain + Battle of Britain 2: Wings of Victory » BOBII Hot Fix #2 Ready for Download

Battle of Britain + Battle of Britain 2: Wings of Victory » It's FLAK Jim, but not as we knew it

European Air War » Sandbaggers Latest News

European Air War » Skins of the 354th.FG. 9th.USAAF [Skylark]

European Air War » WWIAW edges ever closer

European Air War » New B-17 Hangar ready for download

European Air War » HR Ki-87 [Rotton50]

European Air War » HR Ki-88 [Rotton50]

European Air War » HR Ki-119 [Rotton50]

European Air War » HR J2M3 "Jack" [Rotton50]

European Air War » HR Steyr RSO [Shreck]

European Air War » New Outside Hangar Screen for the 163 [MadProf]

IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters » Focke-Wulfs Forever [777 Studios - Goodwood]

IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters » {New Skins} RAAF Spitfire MkVc's Metal Finished Pack [EAF19_Kristorf]

IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters » {New Skins} RAAF Spitfire MkVc's, Darwin 1943 [EAF19_Kristorf]

IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters » Yak-3 151GvIAP [Hynkel]

IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters » Me-210/410 Skinpack [vpmedia]

Storm of War: Battle of Britain » Update 2 September

Storm of War: Battle of Britain » Latest Oleg comments, Sept. 3rd

Storm of War: Battle of Britain » New BoB pics from Oleg over at the banana forum

Third Wire Series » GMG RF-84F Thunderflash is out

Third Wire Series » Spanish Civil War released

Tuesday, September 2

News Contributor: Doug "guod" Atkinson

Oleg has posted some new images in his just released update about Storm of War.

Monday, September 1

News Contributor: Doug "guod" Atkinson

New screenshots posted from DCS: Black Shark.

Big news about the WWI flight sim formerly known as "Knights of the Sky". The new name, "Rise of Flight" now has the official web site open. Check out the beautiful screenshots and a new message to the eager community from =FB=VikS.


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08/31/08 11:43 PM Land & Armor Combat News by guod

Friday, September 5

News Contributor: Chuck "Magnum" Ankenbauer

Soldiers Magazine Focuses on Army Gaming

"The September issue of Soldiers magazine highlights the use of gaming throughout the Army."


GameSpot has a review of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames , including a video review.

Gamespot shares word that Call of Duty: World at War will be released Nov. 11th, and a beta is coming soon.

Worthplaying has new screenshots of XIII Century: Death or Glory

Thursday, September 4

News Contributor: Chuck "Magnum" Ankenbauer

Paradox Interactive announced Europa Universalis III: Complete , which includes the original Europa Universalis III game as well as the previously download only expansions Napoleon's Ambition and In Nominee. Thanks to Worthplaying for the news.

Team Xbox shares news that a Call of Duty 4 Double XP Weekend, and a new playlist are coming soon.

Team Xbox also shares news that Ubisoft Montreal may add predatory animals to Far Cry 2 after the release.

Worthplaying shares news that the recent release of STALKER: Clear Sky has been patched.

Worthplaying has new multiplayer information about Crysis Warhead , along with some new screens.

Tuesday, September 2

News Contributor: Chuck "Magnum" Ankenbauer

Worthplaying has new screenshots of Far Cry 2 , and EndWar .

Worthplaying shares news that the World in Conflict map editor, v. 1.200 has been released.

Worthplaying also has the multiplayer details for Crysis Warhead .

Team Xbox has a Mercenaries 2: World in Flames game guide.

Team Xbox also shares word that the Warhammer: Battle March web site has gone live.

And finally from Team Xbox, word that Battlefield: Bad Company will be getting four new conquest maps this fall.

Monday, September 1

News Contributor: Chuck "Magnum" Ankenbauer

Worthplaying has two new trailers for Far Cry 2 and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Worthplaying has new screenshots of Crysis Warhead .

Worthplaying has a review of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for the Xbox 360.

IGN also has a review of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for the Xbox 360, including a video review.

Worthplaying has 16 new screenshots of Killzone 2 for the PS3.

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08/31/08 11:41 PM Naval Combat News by guod

Primary Naval News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler" Mauk

Saturday, September 6

This Day In US Naval History
1918 - Sailors fire first of the five railroad batteries at Tergnier, a German rail head in the Comeigne Forest. These 14-inch, 50-caliber guns were originally designed for battleships.
1939 - Navy begins formation of neutrality patrol for Atlantic Ocean.
1940 - First destroyers transferred to Great Britain at Halifax, Nova Scotia, under "Destroyers for Bases" agreement.
1944 - USS Independence (CVL 22) begins use of specially trained air group for night work. First time a fully-equipped night carrier operates with fast carrier task force.
1945 - U.S. troops begin returning home when Task Force 11 left Tokyo Bay for the United States.
1953 - Exchange of prisoners of war from Korean War (Operation Big Switch) ends.

Wednesday, September 3

Pirates of the Burning Sea Celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Day

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08/31/08 11:38 PM Motorsports News by guod

Monday, September 1

News Contributor: Sean "EnvyODB" Willett

It was an intense three races on the SimHQ Motorsports 1 server on Sunday. "Vikz" was the winner
of the Orchard Lake stock car feature race. Second went to "adlabs6" and third went to "Henny".

The two Jacksonville 25 lap races were taken by a hard-charging "VBA_Rhino". Special notice
to "SteV8" who ran his first ever stock car race, and nearly pulled off the win in the second 25-lapper.
Great job "SteV8" in your race debut!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this weekend's fun and exciting races.

The next stock car race will be Sunday, September 21st at Talledega. Read about the details here.



"Vikz" on his way to a win in the Orchard Lake feature race.



"Weasel_Keeper" had a good run in another sub-lime green race car.



"VBA_Rhino" took both of the 25-lap events on the Jacksonville highbanks.



"SteV8" took the pole position in the Orchard Lake feature race.

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08/31/08 11:36 PM Technology News by guod

Friday, September 5

News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler Mauk

OCZ Announces “OCZ Gear” Online Store for Clearance, EOL, and Refurbished Products

Intel Roadmap Shows Next-Gen Atom in Q3 2009

Radeon HD 4600 Gets Multiple Listings, Partners Ready with Fleets of Custom Designs

Scythe Releases the Hard Disk Stabilizer x4

Patriot Releases 4GB DDR3 PC3-16000 Low-Latency Viper Series Memory Kits

ASUS Expands Matrix Series with ASUS ROG EN9800GT MATRIX

Sony Unveils Three New All-in-One Desktop PCs With Blu-ray Technology

Samsung Has Hopes of Acquiring SanDisk - All Your Memory are Belong to Us

Dell Looks to Sell its Computer Factories

Timing Rumors Surface for AMD Plant Spin-off

Review: Titan Cool Idol TTC-NK75TZ(RB) CPU

Review: Thermaltake Vi-On SATA/USB2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure

How Does Your Security Suite Stack up?

Thursday, September 4

News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler Mauk

Vulnerability Exposed in Google Chrome Beta

NVIDIA to Cut Partners

GIGABYTE's Passive Radeon HD 4850 Revealed

Sony Recalls VAIO TZ Models Due to Overheating Risk

Detailed Pics of Gigabyte X58-EXTREME, LGA 1366 Socket

China Developing x86-compatible Processor to Rival Intel

Cheaper, slower Radeon HD 4800 derivative coming?

Sony VAIO Users Get Burned, Sony Recalls 440,000 units

PNY and Sony To Release Movies On USB Flash Drives

First Look: Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU

Acer G24 - 24" Widescreen Gaming Monitor

Samsung: Blu-Ray Has Five Years Left

Four-Way SSD Round-Up, OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron

Wednesday, September 3

News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler Mauk

RV730 Tested, Performs Close to Radeon HD 3850

Nehalem, Core i7 Priced Up

Verbatim Announces Rapier V1 and V2 Gaming Mice

Review: The Best Gaming Mouse: Logitech vs. Razer vs. Microsoft

Google Chrome: Performance and First Impressions

Dogs and Cats Living Together: Sony and PNY Set to Re-release Ghostbusters on a Flash Drive [PDF Link]

MSI Announces N280GTX OC HydroGen and SuperOC Graphics Cards

AMD Desktop Roadmap for 2009 Reveals no Surprises

Tuesday, September 2

News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler Mauk

Apevia X-Sniper G-Type Mid Tower Case

NZXT Sentry LX

Zalman HD160XT Plus Premium

NEC Display Solutions Launches Premium 22-inch MultiSync EA221WM Display

ASUS Released Non-Reference Radeon HD 4870 with Expanded Power Circuitry

Logitech Introduces New Set of Keyboards

GeIL to Make Use of its DBT Technology for Black Dragon and BD EVO ONE DDR2 Modules

Google Chrome: Steal this Browser

IE8 Beta 2 Hogs Memory

Review: NZXT Tempest Crafted Series Mid-Tower Case

Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512 MB

Palit 9800GT Super+ 1GB Single/SLI

PowerColor HD4870 PCS+

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic

Two dozen GeForce 9600GTs overclocked

SteelSeries IKARI Laser and Optical Gaming Mice

WolfKing Trooper MVP Gaming Mouse

ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ Zone Edition

OCZ Elixir Gaming Keyboard

CPU Scaling With The Radeon HD 4870 X2

ASUS Maximus II Formula

ASUS Rampage Extreme

GIGABYTE EP45-Extreme

Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H

NVIDIA SLI on Intel X58 Chipset Mobos

Monday, September 1

News Contributor: Tom "NightCrawler" Mauk

Scythe Announces Kaze Maru Series Case-fans

Creative Announces Three New GigaWorks Speaker Systems

Intel Intros the Core 2 Q8200 and E5200 Processors

RivaTuner Creator Protests Anti-Russian Nazism, Bans NvNews Linkage

Thermaltake Announces Release of its New V9 Gaming Chassis

Gigabyte United to Merge With Gigabyte Technology

Transcend Reveals its 64GB Heavy Hitter – JetFlash V20 USB Flash Drive

Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler Spotted in Japanese Stores

Thermalright HR-03 GTX Kit Pictured

News Contributor: Doug "guod" Atkinson

AMD Dual-Core Optimizer Version 1.1.4

NVIDIA's SLI on Intel's X58?

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