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Insurgency Coming Soon on Steam

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:31:22 +0000

Insurgency will soon be available on the early access section of Steam. We've had to do a lot of thinking about our pricing strategy over the long term. We believe this game will be worth $19.99 or $24.99 when we do our full release, and the success and duration of our upcoming early access on Steam will determine this. For the time being however, we have decided to lower the price point of the game to $14.99 for our upcoming early access on Steam.

At New World Interactive it’s incredibly valuable for us to be honest and loyal and as forthright as we can with our community. You are our lifeblood, and we genuinely appreciate all of the early support, feedback, and attention you have provided us. Because of you, we are in business and creating what we believe will be a revolutionary FPS experience with a long life ahead of it.

We are lowering the price point because we want to open our game to a broader audience and bring more players into the servers, and ultimately create a bigger, stronger, more robust player community. We believe the price point drop will enable us to attract more players to Insurgency, which means more people on the servers and better matches for you all to regularly play in.

Don’t think for a second we have forgotten about you. You got this thing started, and helped us craft the game over the past month and a half to be a much better, more realistic experience. You have set us on a new course, which our updates over the months ahead will reflect.

Due to the price drop on Steam, we would like to reward our early purchasers with a gift, a personal thank you to signify and recognize your support. First, we would like to present you all with the credits in the game in our final release, recognizing you as a contributor. Second, NWI will provide you with a specialized Insurgency badge that signifies your early support, which will show on your Steam profile. And third, NWI will provide you with an extra Early Access key. That means you can give your friend/teacher/brother/comrade in arms a free code to play along with you (which actually doubles the value of your original buy-in).

We hope you will enjoy these gifts as a token of appreciation for your loyal support and contribution to the development of Insurgency. We look forward to continue building this game and community together.

Jeremy Blum
New World Interactive
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Steam Early Access Release Date

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:02:56 +0000

We at New World Interactive are excited to announce that Insurgency will go live on Steam tomorrow, April 25th at 11am Pacific (20:00 Central Europe).

What does this mean exactly? It means that the game is still in Alpha, but it will be released alongside the 15 other early access games currently available on Steam. We will be introducing our game for the first time to the impulse buyer on Steam, which will provide you all with a fresh new pool of gamers to school on the servers.

What is the status of the game? We may not have released an update in 9 days, but that doesn't mean we haven't been hard at work. Here is a list of new things you can expect to see in the update we're including with the release:

New Battle game mode as the primary game mode for the maps District and Market. This mode is based on the Battle game mode in the mod, essentially a tug-of-war with dynamic front-line combat.
Numerous map updates: Various map improvements all across the board. Fixed lighting and fog issues in Uprising, Market and Contact.
Fixed major coop bug bringing servers into an endless hibernation loop where bots are no longer added until server admin manually forces a changelevel.
Added coop cvar mp_coop_lobbysize and added automatic bot adding and kicking to make sure this amount of player slots is available
Updated coop maps, AI placement and nav meshes
New sounds for AK, M16, SKS and MP40. Footstep sound tweaks.
Fixed sway bug that would happen when the player reaches low stamina, making their weapon wig out a bit.
New Insurgent textures.
New SKS and AK textures.
More weapon animation polish.
Fixed missing sound errors and sound glitching.
Fixed missing holster texture on Security player models.
Sync'd player animation speeds to movement speeds better.
Resolved issue with some of the shooting animations that caused the feet to snap strangely (IK issue).
Fixed skybox issue where the sun or moon wasn't being emitted through the skybox. You can now enjoy proper solar and lunar blooming.
Tweaked the HUD composition to be a little bit more minimalist and sleak.
Tweaked movement speeds for each class.
Tweaked view bobbing and sway.
Made the 4x scopes consistent from weapon to weapon.
Fixed a crash on the scoreboard accessing steamapicontext->SteamFriends() when null.
Added convar sv_hud_scoreboard_draw_avatars to disable avatars on the scoreboard.
SDK updated with objective set up for 3 and 4 point push maps.

Before going any further I would like to address some of the recent concerns brought up by veteran forum members:

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1. Why is there no one playing?

We have had quite a low number of sales so far, and on top of that being in Alpha we managed to break the game on multiple occasions which we believe contributed to this more than anything else. We saw a noticeable decline in concurrent users (about -70%) when we broke grenades and introduced the nasty C4 server crash that took us way too long to fix. We believe that in this upcoming update the game will be in a very solid place, and that releasing on Steam will help us get more sales, more people on the servers, and most importantly more feedback.

2. Why haven't you tried marketing the Early Access on your website more?

Our strategy has been to keep early access relatively low key for the time being, as we knew we would be experimenting with different things and occasionally breaking the game. With this early access release on Steam we will only push updates that have been tested thoroughly beforehand, so you can expect to see a much higher overall quality of updates. We will also not be committing to weekly updates anymore as we've found them to not work really well for us. Instead of releasing frequent updates, we will instead release meaningful ones. Now that the game is going on Steam and we are raising our standards a bit, we will start marketing the game and get the word out to people.

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Here is a full list of our features which will be on our store page:

Experience intense 32 player online action with a focus on teamwork
Rack up supply points for your team and customize the game's arsenal to your unique play style
Several multiplayer game types and game modes including the intense online co-op experience "Insurgent Hunt" and a "Realism" mode crafted by the community
Multiple environments that span several unique settings and play styles
Three unique player classes that affect movement and gameplay on the battlefield
Highly immersive audio with 3D VOIP to coordinate with and track other players
Help the development team prototype new maps and game modes
Create custom maps and content using the Insurgency SDK
Playable on both PC and Mac OSX and supports multiplayer cross-compatibility
Dedicated Server Support for PC and Linux

Here are the multiplayer maps and their respective game modes:

Siege - Occupy, Firefight, Elimination
Heights - Occupy, Firefight, Elimination
Contact - Occupy, Firefight, Elimination
Uprising - Occupy, Firefight, Elimination
District - Battle, Occupy, Elimination
Market - Battle, Occupy, Elimination

The following coop maps will be included:

Siege
Contact
Uprising

This is all for now. We look forward to seeing you all on the servers!

Originally posted here: http://www.playinsur...s-release-date/

Interview with J. Blum: http://www.rollinbro...surgency-2.html

Insurgency 2 coming soon!

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:38:54 +0000

Ok once again there has been a Video review of INS2, A website called Destructoid interviewed the developers of ins2 and they have approximate 2 hours of commentary and game play showing the 3 maps that has been released with this version of the game.

Hope you Enjoy..

http://www.twitch.tv...oid/b/372766740

Insurgency 2 Server

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:18:39 +0000

I'm pleased to announce that The Devil's Brigade will have an Insurgency 2 server setup and running on day one of Early Access for Insurgency 2!

That's Tomorrow !!

Server Details
Name: -|TDB|- TDBGaming.net .:. The Devil's Brigade .:. Recruiting!
Host/IP: gs.tdbgaming.net
Port: 27015

INS2 latest Review.

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:50:12 +0000

http://steamcommunity.com/games/ins2

Insurgency "Early Access" Release Date: March 1, 2013

New World Interactive is excited to announce the March 1, 2013 launch of our Insurgency Early Access!

Our Kickstarter campaign may not have been successful - but that hasn’t stopped us from taking your feedback and pouring it into the game. To show our appreciation, we will be sending out promotional codes that apply a 30% discount on the Early Access price for all Kickstarter backers. You will also receive all subsequent updates to the game, and a 10% discount for a friend. Keep an eye on those inboxes!

Beginning in March, Insurgency fans will be able join the developers through Steam to help shape the future of this uniquely cerebral shooter.

What does ‘early access’ mean?

The game is fully playable now, but there is always room for improvement! We want to serve our biggest fans by giving them early access on Steam to not only play the game early, but help us craft Insurgency as we reach the finish line.

How much will it cost?

The final price of the game will be $20.

Do I have to pay for subsequent updates, including the ‘full’ version released on Steam?

Nope! The price you pay includes all updates to the game, including our Steam release and future content released thereafter.

What platform are you on?

We are using the latest version of Valve’s Source Engine for PC and Mac OS X. We also have plans to eventually support Linux.

What will be in early access:

Intense 32+ player online action with a focus on teamwork.

Three unique classes that affect your movement on the battlefield.

Our most popular maps and game modes.

Gain supply and customize the game’s arsenal to your play style.

Use 3D VOIP to coordinate with other players. But always beware - nearby enemies can eavesdrop and use this information against you!

INS2 latest Review.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:31:26 +0000

For all of you that are Interested in the ongoing INS2 project there is a new review of it out with 40 minuets of game play Video.
There is commentary throughout the hole video as to what you are watching, what direction ins2 is still working on moving to, and what the future hopefully holds for it.

Enjoy.

DayZ Server Update - 1.7.2.5

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:12:05 +0000

Hello,

Because Six Updater did something this morning, I have upgraded the server to 1.7.2.5!

Along with the patch, the following changes have also been made:

Scripts file has been updated to include more checks (hack prevention)
BEC has been updated
Ban List has been merged with the community banlist. Over 960 GUIDs of known hackers have been added!
Server now restarts twice daily (6PM and 6AM)
Various config changes that should help with server stability

You can read more about the update here . Below is the changelog:

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* [FIXED] Ammunition amounts not loaded in properly (Now records used ammunition correctly)
* [FIXED] Graphical glitches with barbed wire (Rebinarized file should no longer produce graphical artifacts)
* [NEW] Additional optimizations to login process (further use of publicVariableClient to reduce network transmission)
* [FIXED] Respawn button not enabled when legs fractured (Now enables for fractured legs https://dev-heaven.net/issues/39161 )
* [FIXED] Excessive logging of player data in server logs (Disabled https://dev-heaven.net/issues/38784 )
* [FIXED] Graphical glitches with dead bodies (Rebinarized file should no longer produce graphical artifacts)

NOTE: I have not updated DayZ beta version as part of this upgrade. We're still at 95389!

Happy Surviving!

Insurgency 2 - Kick Starter

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:55:17 +0000

Insurgency Is Back!!

Some of you may have already heard that New World Interactive has taken over the development of Insurgency and is bringing to market Insurgency 2.

For the last few months, a few TDB members have been taking part in the Alpha and helping NWI with bugs, features, and general testing. But now NWI wants to rollback the covers and start showing off more of Insurgency 2.

A couple weeks ago, they launched a Kickstarter Campaign for the release of Insurgency 2, and they need our help. Here's your chance to pre-order Insurgency and help the project.

Head on over to Kickstarter and if you like what you see, throw a few bucks there way. $15 will pre-order the game.

New Gameplay Video

Checkout the new gameplay video!

View on Vimeo

Want to Help Out?

The Kickstarter Campaign has less than 30 days remaining to raise $180,000! They're at $37,000 now. If you can, help out and lets get some INS2 action going!

Hell, maybe they'll add a tank that Toad can hide on top of.

... wait a minute, at the $360 level they'll put artwork in the game somewhere. Perhaps a tank shaped like a Toad? We could have something here /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Cheers,

New Server - DayZ

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:33:54 +0000

For those interested, I have setup a DayZ server.

The server is US 917 . It is located in Seattle. It is a UTC-10 server, so Midnight PST is about 9pm game-time. I'm still tweaking this time to see what fits best. Suggestions are welcome /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

UPDATE: Server is now running Arma 2 Beta 95389 (1.62) - DayZ Version 1.7.2.4 !

Server stats:

Bring your friends, hop on, and have fun!

Happy hunting and surviving.

Check the forums for more details: http://tdbgaming.net/forum/185-dayz/

Cheers
Sna.ke

Minecraft Server Register

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:22:10 +0000

Hello Everyone!

In preparation for the server coming back online, please register your Minecraft username on the forums. This will granted you permissions to the server based on your rank.

Failure to do so will give you "Guest" access, which basically means you can run around and open doors.

To register your name, click on the "Signed in as ..." in the top right, then click on My Profile.
Click "Edit Profile" (top right-ish)
Scroll down under "Other Information"
Edit "Minecraft Username"

For a picture guide, checkout the attached image:

More details on exact mods will be forthcoming (just as soon as I get them working and the server stable).

The restarting issue is still uncertain, but I'm looking into it.

Cheers,
Sna.ke

Some Good 'ol Insurgency Fun

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:20:28 +0000

INSURGENCY PLAYERS UNITE!

...for one night of good 'ol insurgency fun /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />. Now honestly, I have not set anything up yet, but it just hit me that I havent played with you guys in god knows how long! One thing for sure, it will be damn fun to see you guys again and go in and kick some ass! I will try to see if any of our friends are interested in a friendly scrim.

Time: 8pm EST Sunday November 27

SHOUT IF YOU CAN COME!

Insurgency 2 coming soon!

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:20:02 +0000

The game developer New World Interactive is working on Insurgency 2 in the moment.
http://www.newworldi...x.php?page=home

Insurgency 2 is a standalone online PC and Mac game that puts the player in strikingly realistic modern day conflict zones. The original Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat was first released as a free mod on Steam back in 2007, and has since been downloaded by over a million people and formed its own small but dedicated gaming community.
NWI has assembled the original core team to make a remastered version of the game, which will expand the game to include 'Unrest in Chechnya', 'Revolution in Libya' and 'Piracy in Somalia'. The game will be ported from the 2006 version of Source Engine to the most recent version of the engine that was used for Portal 2, featuring HD graphics with new and improved levels and gameplay. The Insurgency will return to Steam in 2012.
http://www.newworldi....php?page=games

On the Facebookpage of NWI: https://www.facebook...orldinteractive you find the following entries:

January 17, 2012:

Exciting things happening with Insurgency 2! We've been internally play testing for about 2 months now. The game is fun, stable and improving vastly. We're about to begin a family & friends alpha, and start looking for a publisher to help us finish the game and spread the word. Thanks to all the INS fans who have stuck around and motivated us to take this thing to the next level. This project just continues to get more exciting as it progresses!

February 17, 2012:

We will be at Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, March 5-9,2012 - GDC with a first look at Insurgency 2!

Insurgency 2 Webpage: http://www.insurgenc...x.php?page=home

Insurgency 2 Facebookpage: https://www.facebook.../insurgencygame

More on this: http://tdbgaming.net...-2-coming-soon/

Insurgency Scrim

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:19:21 +0000

Fight back!

I've challenged eGO for a rematch to kick their butts like old times /wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />. Please comment in this article if you can make it!

Time: Sunday June 5th @ 8pm EST

UPDATE:
Ok JugHead and Geezer are joining us for the game, but Stephen will be away. We are going to need at least two more players, so please come and try to give me a shout if you're able to.

Codename 47 is Back

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:18:35 +0000

Looks like it should be an exciting time this year at E3.

Codename 47 is back in "Hitman Absolution". The game is currently scheduled for 2012, but it looks like we'll see a demo coming out of E3. The teaser is a few days old, but I figured the frontpage needed something more then just PSN /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Congrats to EntropicMyriad: Division Leader for...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:18:30 +0000

Greetings,

This should have happened a while ago, but I got busy and forgot and ya.

Congrats to Entropic, our new Division Leader for League of Legends! Entropic will be trying to get a LoL team going, and hopefully get some sort of tourney team moving.

You now have control over your domain, Entropic. I wish you the best of luck, and look forward to TDB getting competitive with LoL.

Cheers,
/yahoo.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':yahoo:' />

Sony PSN Network Hacked

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:18:01 +0000

Greetings TDB,

I know some of our members play Xbox 360 and PS3 online, and for those that have a PSN account there is some bad news.

As you may have noticed, the PSN network has been down the last few days. Well, Sony just admitted it got hacked. All of your account information has been stolen.

According to Ars, hackers got their hands on:

Your Name
Your address (city, state, zip)
Country
Email Address
Birthday
PSN Username and Password

They also advice that Credit Card information may have been compromised, as well as other information such as Security Question and Answers:

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It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

What Does This Mean?
It means everyone needs to be on high alert for Email, telephone, and Snail Mail phishing scams over the next few months. These attackers have a lot of information about you, and could make some very real looking email addresses. Always be aware when someone asks you for credit card, SSN/SIN information, and other personal/financial information that you are not expecting to be asked for.

Next Steps
If you use the same password for your PSN account as your email address or any other account, you may want to change that password now. You should at the very least have a different password from your email address. Especially important if your Steam and PSN account have the same or similar name and password.

Sony also advises this:

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To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:

U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.

We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a â€œfraud alertâ€ on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.

Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790

You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.

Storing financial or account information (i.e. passwords) in plane text is inexcusable. Passwords should be hashed, credit cards should be encrypted. Arg this annoys me.

Only time will tell what will happen, but I strongly urge everyone with a PSN account to do a password change. If you've purchased anything using a credit card on PSN, you may want to closely watch your credit report over the next year. Sorry to spam the front page, but you all need to know about this.

Source: PSN Blog via Ars

PSN Network Almost Back

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:17:54 +0000

Sony's Kazuo Hirai has announced that they are working on bringing Sony's PSN network back online within the next few days. They have upgraded their network adding new security features to prevent further breaches.

Also, there will be a "Welcome Back" package of content for existing PSN users, that will be announced in the next few days.

For information on when your area will be back online, check out the PSN Restoration Map.

REMINDER Division Leaders NEEDED!!!

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:16:58 +0000

Everyone that wants to be a Division Leader, Please feel free to post your intent in one of these links.

Well ... You Killed It

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:14:46 +0000

Okay, so we were down again today.

According to our service provider, we were using too many resources on the server, so we're working with them to sort that out. Some interesting statistics though...

Yesterday we had ~200 unique visitors to our site.
Today, we had ~460 unique visitors to the site.

While the resource usage is substantially higher per user with the new site, we more than doubled an average day's traffic.

We may go offline again sometime tomorrow while we decided what to do. In the meantime, we're working for a more stable solution.

Also, the following features of the site have been disabled temporarily to reduce load:

Personal Messages
Forum Searching
Forum Statistics

And when I say it's all your fault, I'm looking at Toad. /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

Cheers,
Sna.ke

INSURGENCY: Get your Fix

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:12:50 +0000

Get Your Fix of INSURGENCY!

I've sent a challange to eGO for this Sunday 8pm EST (June 26). I will let you guys know as soon as I receive word from them. For now, please let me know if you are able to make it. I didnt make a thread on the forums, just comment in this article please.

BTW: Please help me spread the word, as I will not be online that much until Sunday. Steam message, vent, facebook, phone, w/e you want