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There are 438 news items in the archive.
Page 1 (Jan 28, 2004 to May 14, 2004)
Page 2 (May 14, 2004 to Jul 25, 2004)
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Page 7 (Oct 30, 2004 to Dec 29, 2004)
Page 8 (Dec 30, 2004 to Apr 13, 2005)
Page 9 (Apr 15, 2005 to Present)
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| IGN awards |
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| Posted on December 29, 2004 at 03:04 by Jon |
It's a pity that the category of "Best Game No-one Ever Played" is where Evil Genius makes an entrance into IGN's 2004 gaming awards, but better than nothing I guess. Go vote for the best game by a mile, Evil Genius, right here!
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| 1,000,000 and counting |
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| Posted on December 28, 2004 at 09:31 by Jon |
My trusty hit counter has confirmed that this week we hit the impressive 1,000,000 visits (not hits) mark over the Christmas period, a full month before the site hits its first birthday. It's great to see 2,000 seperate people here every day and hundreds of forum posts daily - nice one guys, and here's to 2005 and all the Evil Genius 2 news it may bring!
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| Happy Christmas! |
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| Posted on December 25, 2004 at 07:40 by Jon |
Everyone at Evil Planet wishes you a most happy Christmas - don't east too much turkey/ham, how!
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| Christmas wallpapers |
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| Posted on December 23, 2004 at 07:22 by Jon |
Thanks, VillianousVillian, for making a few new wallpapers for the Christmas period. There are two of Max, here and here, and another of a festive Alexis. Cheers!
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| Exclusive: Interview with Demis |
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| Posted on December 21, 2004 at 08:43 by Jon |
As it's coming up to the end of the calender year, I thought I'd take the opportunity to email Demis Hassabis, Creative Director at Elixir Studios and put a few questions to him. The short interview covers Elixir's comments about Evil Genius, relations with Vivendi Universal (the publishers), ideas for Evil Genius 2 and a hopeful question about Blue Vault. It's an interesting read and has a few little tid-bits of info about EG2, so take a look!
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| New poll |
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| Posted on December 20, 2004 at 02:10 by Jon |
The last poll was quite an important one, so I left it up for a while ("Did the patch help you?" results), but it's time for a new one. Although EG2 has not been officially announced as such, Elixir have mentioned in a recent press statement that ideas and presumably high-level designs for it are floating around. So does that give you a magical Christmas feeling, or are you pretty indifferent to the idea?
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| Forums On New Server! |
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| Posted on December 18, 2004 at 09:05 by WebNutMark |
You might have noticed the announcement on the forums that we were moving to a new server this morning. Just wanted to drop a quick note that the move was totally successful and we are now on the new server. The address is the same (http://www.n1nj4.com), but the server is even faster than before with a much better connection to the World Wide Web!
So, what are you waiting for? Join us in the forums!
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| Show off your saved games! |
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| Posted on December 15, 2004 at 02:01 by Jon |
For those who are enjoying perfecting the art of making the best base design or who have got to the end of the game with all the loot or all the research done, then we salute you! Why not show off your achievements by sending us your saved games? This forum thread has been set up to allow you to attach your (zipped) save files. It takes mere seconds to sign up to the forums and I'm sure people will enjoy downloading and trying out your saved files.
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| Elixir press release |
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| Posted on December 13, 2004 at 07:12 by Jon |
Elixir Studios today made a press release regarding their financial situation over the last year and their plans for the future. The full statement is as follows:
Elixir Studios today announced the successful closure of a new round of investment with £1,000,000 having been raised from existing institutional and private investors. The funding is to provide the Company with additional resources as it enters the next stage of its development strategy.
Following the successful release of Evil Genius with Vivendi Universal Games in October, Elixir Studios is currently in full production of its next major title, under contract with a market-leading US publisher. Conceived and signed 18 months ago, the as yet unannounced original game is scheduled for release in 2006. Elixir's other teams are currently working on plans for an Evil Genius sequel as well as a prototype for a next generation console IP.
Following on from the new investment and the Company's strategic goals, Elixir is planning an internal re-deployment of resources pending execution of the next publishing contract, a move that is likely to see total head count reduced by around 15.
Elixir's CEO, Mark Hewitt, commented "we are very pleased to have closed our planned fund raising and to have the full backing of our shareholders. As a company, we are really focused on forging ahead and completing our next title, which is an extremely exciting and innovative game, with a great publisher, as well as seeing our other plans come to fruition."
It is good to hear some information about the future plans at Elixir plus assurances about the financial stability of the company for next "stage of development activity". Brief details about the company re-organisation resulting in a lower head count is unfortunate but sadly not unusual in the gaming industry. GamesIndustry.biz has a front page article.
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| New review |
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| Posted on December 12, 2004 at 04:58 by Jon |
A late entry from Cosmos Gaming, and a short article at that, but the 8.5/10 score is pleasing. Take a look.
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| Review catch-up |
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| Posted on December 10, 2004 at 07:23 by Jon |
It's been a while since I scoured the web for new reviews, so unsuprisingly I found two to list here which I missed earlier. The first, from natjak is a fairly bog standard review, with a rather bog standard score of 6.8/10. The much more heartening offering from Game Critics, however, awards Evil Genius a hearty 90% ans finds little to mark down on, suggesting playing the game was "dealing with greatness". Nice one.
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| Spring (well, Winter) cleaning... |
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| Posted on December 8, 2004 at 07:16 by Jon |
Thanks, Rupert for helping me out by proof-reading sections of Evil Planet - things are a little neater around the edges now.
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| Vote! |
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| Posted on December 8, 2004 at 06:17 by Jon |
Gamespy have set out the nominations for their Game of the Year comp, with Evil Genius making the grade. So what are you waiting for?! Go vote for Evil Genius in the PC Strategy and PC Overall pages.
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| Exclusive: Texture Decompressor |
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| Posted on December 7, 2004 at 02:49 by Jon |
If you have been trying your hand at modding Evil Genius, you may have encountered difficulties extracting and decompressing the texture files. Well, hopefully a nifty little tool direct from Elixir will help you out - downloads for both the EU and the US versions of the game, plus documentation are on my mod page.
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| MI6 review Evil Genius |
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| Posted on December 6, 2004 at 14:05 by Jon |
No, not that MI6, but a James Bond fansite. They seem really keen on Evil Genius and this is reflected in a great score. Go check out the review to read about the game from their view of things, and be sure to stay around and check out the rest of their excellant site. Thanks, Andy, for the info.
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| New review |
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| Posted on December 3, 2004 at 01:58 by Jon |
This one seems more than a little late out of the starting blocks, but G4 Tech TV has finally released their 2-page review of Evil Genius, giving it 3/5. They mention "confusing base construction interface", which is a little puzzling, but applauds the campy humour and the chance to be the bad guy!. Thanks for the info, VillainousVillain.
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| Blackheart goodies |
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| Posted on December 2, 2004 at 08:06 by Jon |
An early Christmas present for you all. On the ever elusive pre-order CD, which was given out to some lucky guys ordering at GAME stores in the UK, were various cool Col. Blackheart goodies. Not only was there a patch to enable him in the game (which is now available from Evil Planet here), but a short video, huge poster and comic strip from one of the Elixir artists, Siku. So, I thought it was about time you guys could check it out for yourselves. The 15.6meg zip containing the lot is sitting right here on our special no-queues-for-anyone FilePlanet servers.
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| Modding |
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| Posted on December 1, 2004 at 01:54 by Jon |
A new version of Dameon's modding tool has been released (thanks also to the many helpers who worked on this tool). There is also a small group of modders on the forum looking to make a Star Wars conversion - if you want to help or know more, check out this thread or check out all the mod chat in the general modding forum.
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 26, 2004 at 01:53 by Jon |
Thanks, VV, for pointing me towards a short new review of Evil Genius from Frag Land which gives the game 83%.
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| More wallpapers! |
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| Posted on November 25, 2004 at 09:28 by Jon |
Five new wallpapers added to our collection today, for those who like their desktop to have a cool evil theme. The new images are the final 5 - the first four being offered by VillainousVillain (including some psychodelic backgrounds if you can put up with them!) and a amusing offering from Ryeko featuring Red Ivan (the final image). Thanks guys.
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| New wallpapers added |
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| Posted on November 23, 2004 at 02:53 by Jon |
4 new wallpapers have been added to our collecion here at Evil Planet thanks to the impressive artistic efforts of forum member Ryeko. The updates are listed at the bottom of my wallpaper collection page, and I would especially like to direct you towards two excellant Alexis and Max images. Thanks, Ryeko.
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| FAQ updated |
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| Posted on November 22, 2004 at 05:54 by Jon |
Saint has sent in a new update to his excellant FAQ - check it out for help or to see what's new.
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 21, 2004 at 09:30 by Jon |
Thanks, Dan, for informing me that print mag MaximumPC has given Evil Genius a excellant 9/10 with hardly a bad word to say...
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| Updated AOI list |
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| Posted on November 18, 2004 at 08:12 by Jon |
The excellant and utterly detailed list of World Map AOI's has been updated. Download it directly in doc format from this site, and keep it as a handy reference guide. Cheers Johnny Wu.
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| Wallpaper colleciton updated |
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| Posted on November 18, 2004 at 03:30 by Jon |
Thanks to forum member VillainousVillian, two new wallpapers have been added to the Evil Planet wallpaper collection. The two new ones are last two. Thanks to Dennis for the thumbnails.
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 18, 2004 at 02:53 by Jon |
A decent review from Gaming Groove which gives EG 8.5. It suggests that the gameplay could be polished, but the sound and graphics are top notch. Check it out.
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| New Contest! |
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| Posted on November 16, 2004 at 14:08 by WebNutMark |
In case you missed the last contest, another forum contest is underway! The last contest featured tricky encryption puzzles that confounded our forum members for days. This one is a bit more user friendly (as in less technical) and is open to all forum members. Details can be found at this page.
Various clues are posted by either WebNutMark or EvilJon throughout the Evil Planet Forums. Some members have already made some progress, but it is far from too late to catch up and win the prize!
Good luck to all those that want to give it a shot!
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| New poll |
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| Posted on November 16, 2004 at 09:18 by Jon |
About time for a new poll, which kinda picks itself this time round after the recent release of a US and EU patch. I guess for most people it was working fine before, but a vocal minority on the official forums have voiced their annoyance over some issues. The poll itself only refers to bugs rather than gameplay issues, but feel free to comment on it after voting.
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| EU PATCH RELEASED - v 1.01 |
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| Posted on November 13, 2004 at 04:31 by Jon |
The patch for customers with a US version of the game is linked to below this post, but for those with an EU version of the game, you will be relieved to know that a patch for your copy of the game is now available and can be downloaded here (direct link, 3 meg). The fix list is pretty muh identical to the list for the US version, listed below.
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| PATCH RELEASED - v 1.01 |
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| Posted on November 11, 2004 at 13:54 by Jon |
The long awaited patch for Evil Genius (US version only) has been released this evening. You can grab it from VU here, and fixes the following issues:
- Disguised sentry gun can now be researched.
- Sentry gun range increased.
- Agent AI fix for rooms behind locked doors.
- Glossary crash fixes for 2 hyperlinks.
- Rare loading crash.
- Rare crash involving monkeys.
- Extra hint added for objective 2 & the mixer.
- The second mess hall counter has been renamed to "mixer".
- Misleading "Load Save" option renamed to "Load and Save".
- Rare crash bug when deleting certain outdoor traps fixed.
- Rare crash bug when locking minions in during construction fixed.
- Minor scripting fix for a couple of objects.
- Minor fixes (text fixes & memory leaks).
- Rare crash in Training Fixed.
- Version added to Options screen.
- Research button sometimes missing when reloading a saved game fixed.
- Crash when saving during death cubicle animation fixed.
- Agent memory crash fixed (when agents are around during room detonation).
- Security desk crash fixed (holding down LMB to move it when it's destroyed).
- Body bag crash fixed (when reloaded and assigned to a destroyed freezer rack).
I am awaiting details on a patch for the EU version of the game. Ensure that you restart the game after installing this patch - old save games may still encounter errors otherwise. I also suggest a full reinstall if you have previously installed any unofficial mods.
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| Activate secret henchman! |
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| Posted on November 11, 2004 at 09:35 by Jon |
For those of you who don't know, some outlets gave away a pre-order CD when purchasing Evil Genius with some bonus content. Much of the bonus stuff is pretty standard (images, video, etc), but one section was pretty major. Well, now the game has been out for a while, some forum members have worked out how to enable a hidden henchman, Lord Blackheart in any copy of the game. The download, which includes full instruction, can be found here (direct link). Thanks to nexus and P.A.T.R.I.O.T Infiltrator for putting this download together. Enjoy!
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| More reviews |
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| Posted on November 11, 2004 at 04:08 by Jon |
"The gameplay is honestly hopelessly addictive and it’s not hard to be lured into spending many hours improving your base, training your minions, and trying to gradually bring the world into your villainous grip." comments PC Game World whilst lavishing 86% on Evil Genius - a great score. GameBiz.au is slightly more restrained, offering a mere 70%, suggesting that it is "innovate" but "the sequal would need lots of work"...
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 10, 2004 at 09:01 by Jon |
GamePro has checked out Evil Genius, and has given it a final score of 3/5 with a short review.
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| Update to Island Planner |
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| Posted on November 10, 2004 at 05:00 by Jon |
The ultra cool island planner (island 2) by forum member Slight has been updated - you can now list traps, doors and other items in your designs. Well worth a look.
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| FAQ / Guide update |
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| Posted on November 5, 2004 at 07:03 by Jon |
Saintly's excellant guide to Evil Genius has been updated with a load of extra information, so check that out if you need help on pretty much anything to do with the game. He has also pointed me to a couple of extra research combinations, which have since been added to the list.
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| Save Game Editor |
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| Posted on November 5, 2004 at 02:59 by Jon |
Another cool little tool has been created by a member of the modding community here at Evil Planet - a save game editor. This unofficial program can be used to edit your saves to increase money, edit settings and much more. Check out all the information and download it right here! Thanks to Eagle Eye for creating this.
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 2, 2004 at 02:44 by Jon |
ComputerGames.ro has reviewed Evil Genius is a short article, giving it a final score of 82%, commenting that it is fun to play and watch, and the radio broadcasts at the end of each mission are a "real treat".
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| New review |
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| Posted on November 1, 2004 at 07:51 by Jon |
Avault has reviewed Evil Genius, giving it 3.5/5, commenting that " Evil Genius is a breath of fresh air in a sea of copycat releases. This polished offering is extremely effective in immersing you in the world of world domination and espionage, while maintaining a wonderful sense of humor."
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| Patch Information |
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| Posted on November 1, 2004 at 06:30 by Jon |
There have been some discussions on the official forum about the impending release of a patch for Evil Genius to fix a number of issues. I have spoken to the producer of Evil Genius this afternoon, and he has confirmed that Elixir have created two patches (an US and EU version) which have been internally and externally tested. This patch, which Elixir are reportedly happy with, is now in the hands of the publishers, VU Games, who are naturally doing their own internal QA testing. It is now their decision when to release it, and neither Elixir nor us at Evil Planet can answer the question of when this might be.
When it is released, I will be hosting, and have further links as appropriate to external mirrors of both the US and EU versions.
Elixir mentioned to me that they have been working flat out to get the patch created, and thanks the Evil Genius community not only for their patience, but also for their support in sending bug reports and saved games in (via our forum), and are as keen as we are to see the patch released and allow you to enjoy Evil Genius as it was meant to be enjoyed!
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| Huge FAQ mirror |
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| Posted on November 1, 2004 at 02:30 by Jon |
Game FAQ's has a growing list of excellant FAQ's about Evil Genius, written by the impressively large communmity over there and at Gamespot. Here at Evil Planet we are eager to spread the word about Evil Genius and support anything relating to the game (whether here or externally) and therefore I am now hosting a mirror copy of an excellant and utterly huge FAQ by Saintly which covers an amazing amount of the game. Check it out (link now fixed).
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| A polite request |
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| Posted on October 30, 2004 at 11:08 by Jon |
Please could I remind all visitors that this site is not official (and therefore none of what I say is official), I have no more idea than anyone else when patches and so forth are coming out, and I am not technical support. The forums are around to help answer questions, so emailing gameplay questions to me will now not get a reponse. Since the game came out I've had about 500 emails asking for help / support or info that is on the site. I stopped replying to many at the 200 mark, as there are plenty of places to go for such information (not least the official site). Please save your time and mine by not asking such questions!
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