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New Players
The last few weeks have shown many new players using the webtool. This has resulted in new servers with new players across the globe. Traffic on the website has also spiked in recent months. Please use this opportunity to visit the forum and introduce yourself to the community.
Happy 20th Birthday Hexen II!
20 years ago today, Hexen II hit the stores. It’s amazing how the time has flown! I remember bringing it home and sitting in my kitchen on my Windows 95 machine (it was a custom built rig) installing the game. Dial-up was garbage and we were all computer illiterate at the time so multiplayer never…
A Look Inside HexenWorld HQ
Here’s a shot of our new dedicated server in action! I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of what we have been working on over the last few weeks with the community. Now that we have a reliable server it’s game time. We have big plans for the future of Hexen…
Servers Are Live
The servers are now live! We have just about every game type featured. Take a look at GameSpy3D or XQF and join in on the fun. More content is coming soon! On this note, I’d like to talk about HexenTourney. The tournament is scheduled for August 31, 2016. So far nobody has registered. The tournament…
This Week in HexenWorld
The Banana Pi M2+ has shipped in. What a cool board it is! This weekend I will be loading the OS onto it and will have dedicated servers running 24/7 from now on. After this weekend there will be no more downtime. Stay tuned and watch the for the servers!
Dedicated Server Coming Soon
With the development of QuakeSMS underway, the folks at BananaPi have been kind enough to give us a sample BPI-M2+ board for deployment purposes. In exchange, I will be doing a review of their product. In a very short while, we will have Hexen II/World servers running 24/7 with QuakeSMS enabled. There will be no…