Added new sounds
Fixed the photon cannon on the BoP and the Hellhawk.
Ships now have similar top speeds within their class;
Fighters (11)
Heavy fighters and corvettes (8)
Frigates, destroyers & light cruisers (4)
Heavy cruisers, battlecruisers & battleships (3)
Numbers are for ARM craft.
CORE starships are a bit slower, while fighters are faster.
Refitted the Salvage corvettes with EMP turrets and gave them the ability to capture (thanks Burning Brick). Also enhanced their models.
Reduced size, cost and output of the O.R.C.'s to 2 fusion reactor equivelants instead of 3.
Fixed minor problems with some of the yards.
Replaced energy missiles on "Prowler" with regular missiles. Looks a lot better.
Increased all starship armour by 10%, 20% in the case of capital ships.
Reduced the armour on the ODS by 50%. Removed heavy laser and replaced with similar anti aircraft weapon to 2nd and 3rd turrets (pulse for ARM, laser for CORE).
Increased the firing rate on the "Mauler" and "Ravager". Reduced cost and build time by 40%. Also made shots more accurate.
Reduced damage from Heavy lasers by 20%.
AA weapons do more damage vs 2nd level craft. AA turrets now also fire at ground targets.
Changed the ARM gatling laser to a gatling gauss cannon.
Adjusted maximum build depth of 'orbital' units to 255 - they will now build on any stretch of water.
Renamed Flagships to 'communication ship' to prevent confusion. These are NOT combat vessels, ladies and gentlemen!
Gemini missile model for missile and Ifrit/BoP

Black & White Easter Eggs - For all your chocolate egg needs... Oh wait, they're not chocolate! Erm, right... Oh look *points upwards* a blimp! *sharp exit left*

Right in case you don't know, in the 'gaming industry', 'Easter Egg' is a term used to describe something put in a game by it's creators, but hidden away in obscure locations for bored players with too much time on their hands to stumble across

• Keep in touch with events through enhancements to the EVA/Sofia interfaces
• NEW Super Weapon for the Soviets - decimate opponents with Parabombs (and you still get paratroopers too!)
• Allied Armies now have a 'super weapon' which allows them to turn on/off power to structures, helping them to conserve power - as in Tiberian Sun
• New Allied Paradox Tank, Iraqi Firecaster Tank, Soviet Soldier Volkov and more!
• First BETA of AI enhancements

First the Good news. The 2.3 server is now stable and functional. The admin client has begun being tested. Once it has been tested the client itself will goto closed beta testers. Approxamtly a week later the public will get thier hands on it.

Now that bad news. I have recived this weeks work schedule and it leaves little time for me to debug 2.3, so its at a stand still for a few days. I will however keep yas upto date as the the progress of 2.3, please stop harassing me and other GBL sysops, you only slow us by asking the same questions over and over.

I'll leave you with these words..."Prepare, for the war is about to start!"

They've also written up some guides to playing the games using Arcade, as they may launch a little differently than gamers are used to on other gaming services:

Diablo - Red Alert - Red Alert II - Starcraft - Warcraft II

Arcade's addition of support for these titles was based largely on feedback from their users, who crammed their mailboxes with letters asking them to enable them to play these games through Arcade. They worked long and hard to grant those requests. What can we say? They're givers.

To grab the full version of Arcade 1.08, users should head over to the GameSpy Arcade download page.

Existing users can upgrade simply by launching the software and following the auto-update prompts.

Gangsters 2 Goes Gold
11:23 | by Prophet
Eidos passed along woird this morning that their action-strategy game, Gangsters 2 has gone gold and has headed to production. Gangsters 2 is a real-time strategy game set during the age of Prohibition, where moonshine and the nightclubs that served it were king. Features include: