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Win a signed copy of Jane Jensen's Dante's Inferno!

7th June 2003

A new competition has been setup by those cool folks over at Just Adventure, where you can enter to win a signed copy of Jane's latest novel "Dante's Inferno"! The link is on their home page, so hurry!

More info on "Project Jane-J"

5th June 2003

Another interview has appeared over at HomeLAN which talks more about the new game, as well as more general musings about the game industry and what she's been upto since GK3.

Jane Jensen's working on a new game!

31st May 2003

Scant few details are available on what the new game will be about, but it won't be a new GK title. For more details check out an interview conducted by Just Adventure, and another by GameSpy. Both interviews contain interesting reflections post-GK, and what to expect in the near future.

Win A Signed Copy Of Jane Jensen's Judgment Day!

18th February 2003

The folks over at Adventure Gamers sent word of a competition they are running where you can win a copy of "Judgement Day", Jane Jensen's latest novel. Be warned, some of the questions are decidedly tricky!

Do You Want Gabriel Knight 4?

1st August 2002

If the answer is yes, Jane Jensen (creator of all the Gabriel Knight games to date) is asking people to email her with reasons why you would like to see a 4th installment, and if you you would prefer it to be in the form of a 2D, 3D, or live action game engine. Anyway, for more details on all this, head over to Sierra's community forums for more details, including the email address to write to!

GK Fan Convention

6th July 2000

Damn, it would have been really cool to have been able to attend this thing. But fortunately for people like me, and thanks to the concerted effort of many people, you will be able to follow the proceedings online. Visit the GK Convention site to glean the details on registering with Worldstream who are broadcasting the event.

Gabriel Knight Mix

17th February 2000

Completed all three games? Read the books? Decoded and viewed all the movies from GK3? Well download the dance mix of the Gabriel Knight theme created by Bart. It weighs in a tad over 5mb, but it is definitely worth it, as its a very nice mix.

GK2 MP3's Up

17th February 2000

Gernot recently(ish) sent me over a whole new batch of GK2 mp3's that have been completely resampled. Until I get round to creating a jazzy table page to link them to, you can get the raw files directly.

Gamespot GK3 Game Guide

7th December 1999

GameSpot UK have posted up a comprehensive walkthrough for GK3. Use it sparingly though!

GK3 Demo Available

4th December 1999

Avault have a GK3 demo available to download, weighing in at a paltry 56mb.

PS. Checked out the GK3 MP3's recently?

GK3 - Binding/Resolution Hack

27th November 1999

Since the game development has taken its time in being completed, a few users now have near-super computers sitting in their homes. If you regard yourself as a bit of a power user, and want to enjoy GK3 in the kind of screen resolutions other mortals merely dream of, try this registry hack posted onto comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure by Christy (I don't think that its _the_ Christy, and that email address is most probably spam fodder!).

Warning! Don't even think about modifying this registry branch if you don't know enough about registry editing, or your hardware to set these values to settings. Doing so could stop your computer from starting (or worse), and you will have no one to blame but yourself (You did make a backup right?)

Ok, with the warning out of the way, lets begin. The key you will need to modify lives at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3

To modify the screen resolution, change the values of:

Screen Height
Screen Width

Which reside in the Engine folder. Change the value in both of these to a valid upper screen resolution (such as 1280x1024, 1600x1200, or even higher if know you can), make sure you correctly enter either the hex or decimal value as appropriate, and in the write places!

The bindings hack is a lot easier. You still have to edit the registry though. Have a look at what lives at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3\Bindings

Those values should make sense to you, modify any that you want! Probably not a good idea to bind 2 or more actions to the same key (You aren't crouching with the railgun here you know =)

Just finished a few hours of GK3, and I have to say that I am very impressed with it so far. I will be reserving judgment until I complete the game, but its looking mighty fine indeed. =)

Its In My Sweaty Palms...

26th November 1999

"What is?" you cry. Why, the game of course. Being available to pick up as early as yesterday it seems, GK3 is now available in the UK at a RRP of £29.99 or less.

After many years of waiting for this thing, I have no doubt that I will have a great time playing it. I'll see you guys'n'gals on the other side... =)

GK2 MIDI Files

24th November 1999

A person going by the handle Gernot has created and recorded one of the tunes in GK2 into MIDI format! You can get it (and an MP3 recorded version) from the GK2 Soundfiles section of the site.

As I am sure most of you are aware, this is quite a difficult task, considering that they didn't exist at all in MIDI format, and have had to be created specially. Why not send a note to Gernot to encourage some more to be made?

How Good Is Your GK Knowledge?

11th November 1999

Stephen Granade has cleverly devised a cool GK quiz, cunningly utilising the capabilities of a voting system. Go over there and pass the time instead of asking when the game is going to be released! =).

Ok! Which three people didn't know what a "Schattenjager" was? Tut Tut!

Say "Hi!" to Jane Jensen

9th November 1999

Well, if you leave near any of the American west coast areas she will be visiting that is =). For all the details, go check out the Mad Woman's appearance page for more details. Someone say "Hi!" for me!

Prima's Official GK3 Strategy Guide

9th November 1999

Prima Games are now taking orders for the GK3 strategy guide. So if you have a feeling that you might get stuck in the game at some point, this could be your lucky day. Here is what the cover looks like:

Prima GK3 Strategy Guide

GK3 Has Gone Gold

4th November 1999

Just a very quick note to say that GK3 has gone gold, meaning that it should be ready to buy very soon now. Congratulations to the GK3 development team for putting that baby to bed! =)

Adventuregamer GK3 Preview

19th October 1999

Nico from the Sidney GK3 Web Site has a preview available over at Adventure Gamer. Its a good read, and I urge you to check it out, even if just for the new screenshots. Nice job Nico!

Gamespot GK3 Preview

29th September 1999

By far, the most interesting GK3 news in recent memory =) Sierra have released a small QT VR movie which shows you from a first person persepective within the game environment. Make sure you check it out.

Huge thanks to Nico from the wondrous Sidney GK3 Web Site for telling me about it. I really should hit Sierra's site more often...



Avault GK3 Developer Update (Or "Official Gold Date")

28th September 1999

15th October. They have a nice featurette and some new screen grabs, so go check it out.



Avault GK3 Developer Update (Or "Official Gold Date")

28th September 1999

15th October. They have a nice featurette and some new screen grabs, so go check it out.



That Woman Can't Stop Talking!

11th August 1999

And I'm grateful for it =). exxtreme3D have posted up an interview with Jane Jensen about GK3, which has lots of info about the structure of the game.



Yet Another Jane Jensen Interview

23rd July 1999

3D Rage have posted up an interview with Jane Jensen about the forthcoming GK3, with a few new details which you may not have known before.



Gabe and Grace in 3D VRML

12th July 1999

Gamespot US have posted up a couple of VRML models of several game characters, including GK's very own Gabe and Grace, and is worth checking out, as they were made from th exported 3D Max models used within the game, so the final product should look pretty close to what you see. Thanks to Andrew Deemer at Gamespot for the heads-up!



Jane Jensen Interview

17th June 1999

The IGN PC network have rustled up a little preview, and contains the writers thoughts on the latest version of GK. Check it out.



Jane Jensen Interview

26th May 1999

An interview conducted with Jane Jensen can be found over at PC Paradox's website.



GK3 Review

25th May 1999

Well, almost. Francis Li (the lucky blighter =)) was fortunate enough to attend the recent E3 exhibition, and even had a chance to see Gabriel Knight 3 running, and meet its creator, Jane Jensen. I have reprinted the article he posted to the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure here, with his kind permission.

I had the pleasure of meeting Jane Jensen and seeing a demo of GK3 in action at E3. It looked great, and I can't wait for it to come out.

The game runs full screen, and the player has complete control over the camera (at least, during gameplay- not sure about cutscenes). For those who struggled with KQ:MOE's camera control, which was relative to the main character, you'll be pleased to know that GK3 plays just as you would expect from a classic Sierra game in 3D.

Instead of keeping the camera relative to the on-screen character, after you enter a room, you can explore the environment from a first person perspective. I don't recall if the cursor highlights over a hotspot, but when you click on an object, a row of icons appear, indicating the available actions. After choosing an action, the camera switches to show the character (i.e. Gabriel) walking over to the object and performing the action.

The cutscene I viewed was rendered using the game engine, and showed Gabriel and Mosley talking over a table. The characters are pretty detailed, even up close, and suffer only from simple lip-syncing (looked like they were just swapping mouth textures) and a rather vacant stare. Hopefully in the future we'll see models with more expressive capability (see the Dreamcast, Playstation 2000 talking head demos!).

Dialogue and soundtrack seemed to be all in place. Subtitles appear during conversation, which will be good for hearing impaired players...

You can see a picture of the GK3 booth (among a few other shots) at my homepage- go to Digital Photography and choose the E3 99 gallery:

http://www.sonic.net/~fli/

or directly at:

http://www.sonic.net/~fli/photo/e3-99.htm

Francis



AGN3D GK3 Screenshots

25th May 1999

A few new screenshots are available at AGN3D.



Gamesmania GK3 Preview

21st May 1999

A very interesting preview available at Gamesmania, who were also able to squeeze a few quotes out of Jane Jensen whilst at E3. Many thanks to Jason at Gamesmania for the info...



Gabriel Knight E3 Spoilers

17th May 1999

Over at E3 Net They have a small piece about GK3. But beware! It has spoilers...



Gamecenter Screenshots

14th May 1999

Gamecenter have some nice E3 screenshots on their site about GK3.



Nah, I don't think so!

12th May 1999

Gamespot have a new pre-E3 feature on their site about GK3. Including a mysterious reference to the game ending.



End of the road...

12th March 1999

...or maybe not. Today is my last day working at Easynet, and I will be off to pastures new. This leaves a rather large question mark over what will happen with my website, which has been hosted here for close to three years now.

You may have noticed that I have updated all my email addresses to one that I can be reached at. In case you missed it its raymond.chitolie@tesco.net.

In preparation, I have already made arrangements with Christy to take over the fan fiction archive. She (and others) have made superb efforts to make available fan fiction resources to many people, and I know that it will be in safe hands.

There are far too many people to list individually here who have helped me over the years in spreading the good word of GK far and wide. I applaud you all!

The site will be left here, with any luck it will either remain indefinitely, or be removed after a short while. Lets wait and see.

Take it easy every one, and expect to see the resurrection of the Domain of Schattenjagers, in the not-too distant future.

Ray.




Previously on "News"...

3rd September 1998
Voodoo forums, 1998 GKFF, GK3 previews.

26th November 1997
Return from the abyss, Jane Jensen interview, 3D Mosely!, Official GK3 site update, GK3 MP3's, Voodoo museum online, GK3 speculation, Knights templar, Curse of Monkey Island 3 (GK Link, honest!).

27th September 1997
Nostradamus musings, German poems, Sierra requests things from GK fans, Official GK3 Site updated, French=Spain?, possible tangential plot arcs, Phaistos disk connection, more Nostrodamus, Greek mythology, even more Nostradamus, new GK concept image.

29th August 1997
Knights Templar rumour, Lourdes, Rennes-le-Château and pictures, GK3 music available, Sierra GK sites are overhauled, snippets of info at Gamecenter.

22nd August 1997
Plenty of speculation about the GK3 story (based on clues garnered from some very surprising sources). Some archived snippets from Jane Jensen herself, Gamesmania interview.

17th August 1997
"Beast Within" novel release date, GK3 Rumours in full, first indications of possible location, Sierra award monthly web awards for best GK site, petition to get GK recognised by CGW, official news about GK3, clues about possible location and subject matter, 3D hardware information.

5th July 1997
Jane Jensen's reply to 3D speculation, GK3 Official Site teaser page up (then down, then up, then down, then up...). Official GK3 site date announced, GK3 rumour control.

10th May 1997
GK 3 - Story Almost Completed, GK - The Beast Within Novel, GK - The Dark Soundtrack, GK3 - Minimum Machine Spec

10th March 1997
Gabriel Knight 3 Production, GK:Sins of the Fathers - The Novel (More Information), The return of Millennium?

10th December 1996
Gabriel Knight 3(D?), Mooted storyline, Engine back-lash, GK Novel, GK3 Negotiations.


New information will be posted (and credited) as and when I can get it. If you have some news related to anything Schattenjagery, contact me at raymond.chitolie@tesco.net.

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