Battlezone Archives

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Battlezone Who

Battlezone II Combat Commander

Q&A: Who runs Local Ditch Gaming? What do they know about Battlezone II? Is this a threat the in the form of a question?

Who are you and what do you know about Battlezone 2?

I’m a guy that was a fan of the original Battlezone, but didn’t too much get into Battlezone II. I know that if you want to play it nowadays, the easiest way is to pick the remastered version, Battlezone: Combat Commander, on Steam.

Oh, and there’s the long-forgotten and totally outdated Battlezone II section of Local Ditch Gaming. It could be worth a visit if you want to remember a pre-BZII world, complete with “Pandemic Watch” websites.

Battlezone 98 Redux is Released

A recycler rests at its base in Battlezone 98 Redux.

Battlezone 98 Redux, the remake of Activision’s real-time strategy version of the classic Battlezone has been released for your enjoyment.

Battlezone (the ’98 Activision version) is back. This time around, it’s courtesy of Big Boat Interactive and Rebellion Studios. New features include a graphical refresh, integrated Steam Workshop and mods, and functioning, easy-to-access multiplayer.

My thoughts: If you want to experience some Battlezone multiplayer action, now is the time. Hop in while everyone else is hopping and enjoy the fun.

At the moment, you can pick it up with 20% off via Steam.

Activison’s Battlezone to be Remastered

Battlezone Returns

Activision’s ’98 classic, Battlezone, gets a remaster from Rebellion Studios.

Rebellion Studios, currently producing a remake of Atari’s original Battlezone, has released an open letter announcing that they’ll be remastering Activision’s more modern version of Battlezone, too.

I find it interesting that they describe their remake of Atari’s game as a reboot, while the Activision version gets a remaster. Now, what exactly does remastering entail? (more…)

Torrential Zone

ive been looking for sometime now on how maybe i can run my battlezone i downloaded in a torrent file. It works ok when i mount the image but at the main menu of the game, it tells me to insert a cd. any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Please visit battlezone1.net.

Out-of-Date

The servers.dat file you have is an old one. The most current servers.dat file can be found at https://www.bz911.com/anet2/servers.dat. It contains the 5 operational anet servers available today.

Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve changed the links on this site so that they now point directly to the bz911 servers.dat file, in order to make sure everyone gets the latest version