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Straticast|StraticsCast #8 Patch Notes: September 4, 2005 Episode
Direct link to StraticsCast #8IntroductionSong: M/A/R/R/S/, "Pump Up the Volume"Word on Stratics downtimeContest winner: Brian Murray wins a free copy of PlanetsideUpcoming House of Commons discussionsirc.stratics.com 6668 #straticshocPlanetside, Sept. 12, 8 p.m. ESTCity of Villains, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. ESTPirates of the Burning Sea, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. ESTSong: Van Halen, "Jump"In the news...Mike Okuda, Star Trek's designer, joins Star Trek Online.Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York announces Neocron Evolution 2.1 expansion announced.Hurricane Katrina devistates the southern United StatesWorld of Warcraft's Shawn Carnes is interviewed by GamerGod and talks about higher level content. Blizzard also announces that WoW hits the 4 million subscriber mark worldwide, with 1 million subs in North America alone.City of Heroes releases Issue 5, "The Forest of Dread." They also announce five free days for those with closed accounts for those who log in before September 6th. Fileplanet has a free 25-day Shadowbane trial for you to check out. Guild Wars gets updated on Sept. 7th with new content called "Sorrow's Furnace." Existing GW accounts can sign up with directsong.com for free music minipak. Ragnarok Online to hit France and Belgium.Asheron's Call 2 to close doors on December 30. AC2 staff get reassigned to other Turbine titles. The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines discussion Saga of Ryzom players with active accounts as of August 29th will get a free month added to their accounts and will have an opportunity to beta test the upcoming expansion, The Ryzom Ring, which is scheduled to begin testing in November.China to crack down on MMO addiction by forcing game developers to make it so that those who play over three hours will be penalized with weaker characters. Game companies have until October to comply with the ruling. Those who pre-order City of Villains will get a free in-game item: a battle helmet to choose from.Auto Assault pushes back release date to Spring 2006.Sony Online Entertainment announces its Station Exchange program a success after only 30 days. They've done over $180,000 USD in sales so far and counting. Irth Online announces a sweepstakes in conjunction with Alienware. The contest ends on September 10.Song: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Relax"
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