News (Games Tetralogy)

The News application on the Desktop allows players to read about current events and worldbuilding elements of the setting outside of the desktop and "The World." Sometimes events that happen online impact the offline world as the story unfolds. Whenever new articles become available, the player is able to tell at a glance thanks to the desktop notification.

News

Players select from a list of current news topics to read articles. Topics range from World events and local news to tabloid speculation.

Web news desktop selection window
Blank Web News Window
Web News Header with different sections, search, and advert
Different Advertisement Banners
English version of news article requiring players to scroll to see full article.

News article headers are displayed in four colors: Blue, Green, Orange, and Magenta. While the logos and main menus of each volume use the same four colors, there is a mismatch between the news headers their respective volumes. The reason for this is unknown, but it is likely due to an oversight or lack of communication during development.


Image	Featured in	Notes
		Other Vol. 1 assets use the color Orange
		Other Vol. 1 assets use the color Blue
		Other Vol. 1 assets use the color Green
		Vol. 4 uses magenta across most assets.

Development

The Web News window features a logo for "wns Web News Service" and a search bar next to the word "Topics." The selected tab says "Current News." There are three icons featuring cubes with "T," an envelope, and "?" and illegible text below each.

Each news article is an image stored in the game's data. The minimum display area for news articles is 344 x 239 pixels, according to a dummy image left in the game files. The programmer art reads "1画面分。344*239" (translation: "Screen Resolution Percentage 344 x 239") The 9 has been drawn in by hand while the rest of the text is typed. Longer news articles require scrolling the viewport down to read the full article text.

Localization

Localized Titles
	Japanese	English (NA)	English (PAL)	French (PAL)	German (PAL)	Italian (PAL)	Spanish (PAL)	Korean
Window Title	WEB NEWS	WEB NEWS	WEB NEWS	NEWS WEB	WEB NEWS	NOTICIAS DE LA RED	NOTIZE WEB	WEB NEWS
Header	Current News	Current News	Current News	Nouvelles	Aktuelle News	Últimas noticias	Notizie attuali	걸신뉴스 (임시 뉴스)

Infection

Main articles: Infection News

Vol. 1 News Articles
#	Volume	English Title	Image?	Note:
xddn_010	Vol. 1	New Transportation System Operational	Yes	Image Edited in Localized Versions
xddn_020	Vol. 1	"The World" Tops 20 Million	Yes / No	Image in Japanese Version, removed in Localized Versions
xddn_030	Vol. 1	Neuro Goggle FMD	Yes	Image Translated
xddn_040	Vol. 1	0.49% Error Rate	Yes	Same Image For All
xddn_050	Vol. 1	New Weapon in Online Retail	Yes	Image Edited in Localized Versions
xddn_060	Vol. 1	"The World" for Idiots	Yes	Same Image For All, Minor Edits
xddn_070	Vol. 1	Cat Toilet	Yes	Image Translated
xddn_080	Vol. 1	Neuro Goggle Sales	Yes	Same Image For All
xddn_090	Vol. 1	Comatose: Reason Unknown	Yes	Same Image For All, Minor Edits
xddn_100	Vol. 1	Success in Cultivation of Apples	Yes	Image Edited in Localized Versions
xddn_110	Vol. 1	Bigfoot Investigation	Yes	Same Image For All
xddn_410	Vol. 1	WNC Official Statement	No
xddn_420	Vol. 1	Public Phone Network Completion	No
xddn_430	Vol. 1	"WonderHawk" Announcement	No
xddn_440	Vol. 1	ALTIMIT Information	No
xddn_450	Vol. 1	Induced Coma with Online Game?	No
xddn_460	Vol. 1	Network Safety Law Reform	No

Mutation

Main articles: Mutation News

Vol. 2 News Articles
#	Volume	English Title
xddn_120	Vol. 2	SOL-NET Dominates Network
xddn_130	Vol. 2	New Bigfoot Sighting
xddn_140	Vol. 2	Increase in Game Addicts
xddn_150	Vol. 2	Enviro-Man?
xddn_160	Vol. 2	Garbled Text T-shirts
xddn_180	Vol. 2	Success in Cultivating Apples
xddn_190	Vol. 2	Capturing Bigfoot
xddn_195	Vol. 2	A New Silver Dollar Coin
xddn_470	Vol. 2	Game Coma Impossible, Says Professor
xddn_480	Vol. 2	International Geographic Discontinued
xddn_490	Vol. 2	Anti-theft Vending Machine
xddn_500	Vol. 2	5 Years Since the Net Crisis
xddn_510	Vol. 2	Tokyo Mega Float Operation Begins
xddn_520	Vol. 2	CC Corporation First Quarter Earnings
xddn_530	Vol. 2	Smoking Regulation Law in Deliberation
xddn_540	Vol. 2	Unmanned Convenience Store
xddn_550	Vol. 2	"News of the World" to Operate Online

Outbreak

Main articles: Outbreak News

Vol. 3 News Articles
#	Volume	English Title
xddn_200	Vol. 3	Official Announcement from CC Corporation
xddn_220	Vol. 3	Phone Lines Down
xddn_230	Vol. 3	Shutdown Results in Loss
xddn_240	Vol. 3	System Malfunction Affects Commuters
xddn_250	Vol. 3	Blackout Affects 10,000 Homes
xddn_270	Vol. 3	Artificial Apple Project Abandoned
xddn_280	Vol. 3	Bigfoot
xddn_285	Vol. 3	Panthers Strike Back
xddn_560	Vol. 3	ALTIMIT Information
xddn_570	Vol. 3	Next Generation Cellular Phone
xddn_580	Vol. 3	Disaster at Future Bay 21
xddn_590	Vol. 3	The Spread of Web TV Accelerates
xddn_600	Vol. 3	Exposing Net Porn
xddn_610	Vol. 3	Can Future Phenomena be Predicted?
xddn_620	Vol. 3	An ALTIMIT Rival?

Quarantine

Main articles: Quarantine News

Vol. 4 News Articles
#	Volume	English Title
xddn_290	Vol. 4	Second Network Crisis?
xddn_300	Vol. 4	Malpractice?
xddn_310	Vol. 4	Communication Chaos
xddn_320	Vol. 4	Delivery, Anyone?
xddn_330	Vol. 4	Medical Equipment Hazard
xddn_340	Vol. 4	Bike Deliveries, Again
xddn_350	Vol. 4	Game Coma
xddn_370	Vol. 4	Potapples
xddn_380	Vol. 4	New Species of Ape Classified
xddn_400	Vol. 4	Avalon 12
xddn_630	Vol. 4	*j1_ 3s & =BaHJ< (dPQO:Iq
xddn_640	Vol. 4	Apology
xddn_650	Vol. 4	Net Crisis Linked to Terrorism?
xddn_660	Vol. 4	Network Crisis Containment
xddn_670	Vol. 4	Game Coma Patients Slowly Recover
xddn_680	Vol. 4	Investigating ALTIMIT?
xddn_690	Vol. 4	Liquidation of the WNC
xddn_700	Vol. 4	Official Announcement: WNC Dissolution
xddn_710	Vol. 4	President Coleman Issues Statement
xddn_720	Vol. 4	Trespassers on Mega Float?

News Articles By Number


#	Volume	Japanese	English (NA)	English (PAL)	French (PAL)	German (PAL)	Italian (PAL)	Spanish (PAL)	Korean
xddn_010	Vol. 1	交通新システム本格始動	New Transportation System Operational	New Transportation System Operational	Nouvell régulation des transports	Neues Transportsystem funktionstüchtig	Nuovo sistema di transporto operativo	New Transportation System Operational	새로운 교통 시스템 본격 시동
xddn_020	Vol. 1	NWGI『ザ・ワールド』2000万本突破!	"The World" Tops 20 Million	"The World" Tops 20 Million	Vente recourd pour "The World"	"The World" übertrifft 20 Million	"The World" a quota 20 milioni	"The World" vende 20 millones	NWG「the world」 2000만 카피 돌파!
xddn_030	Vol. 1	ニューロゴーグルFMD	Neuro Goggle FMD	Neuro Goggle FMD	Neuro-casque FMD	Neuro Goggle FMD	Visore neurale	Neuro Goggle FMD	뉴로고글 FMD
xddn_040	Vol. 1	誤認率が0.49%	0.49% Error Rate	0.49% Error Rate	Marge d'erreur de 0,49%	0.49% Fehlerrate	Tasso di errore 0,49%	Tasa de error del 0,49%	오인율 0.49%
xddn_050	Vol. 1	オンラインショップに新兵器	New Weapon in Online Retail	New Weapon in Online Retail	Vente Internet : nouvelle ère	Neue Waffe im Online-Handel	Nuovo asso per le vendite online	Nueva arma en la venta online	온라인 샵에 신병기
xddn_060	Vol. 1	ザ・ワールドの歩き方	"The World" for Idiots	"The World" for Idiots	"The World" pour les nuls	"The World" für Doofe	"The World" per principianti	"The World" para idiotas	"더 월드"의 모든것
xddn_070	Vol. 1	キャットイレ	Cat Toilet	Cat Toilet	Litière nouvelle génération	Katzenklo	Toilette per gatti	WC para gatos	고양이 화장실
xddn_080	Vol. 1	ニューロゴーグル売り上げ好調	Neuro Goggle Sales	Neuro Goggle Sales	Ventes record pour le Neuro-casque	Neuro Goggle Verkauf	Vendite di visori neurali	Ventas del Neuro Goggle	뉴로고글 판매 호조
xddn_090	Vol. 1	原因不明の意識不明者	Comatose: Reason Unknown	Comatose: Reason Unknown	Deux étranges cas de coma	Im Koma: Grund unbekannt	In coma per cause sconosciute	Coma: razón desconocida	원인불명의 의식 불명자
xddn_100	Vol. 1	松昔の栽培に成功!	Success in Cultivation of Apples	Success in Cultivation of Apples *	Une nouvelle variété de pomme	Neue Apfelsorte kultiviert	Gli scienziati coltivano una nuova mela	Scientists Cultivate New Apple(sic)	송이버섯 재배성공
xddn_110	Vol. 1	ツチノコ大捜査線	Bigfoot Investigation	Bigfoot Investigation *	A la recherche de Bigfoot	Bigfoot–Suchaktion	Alla ricerca dello yeti	Investigación del Bigfoot	네로 대수사선
xddn_120	Vol. 2	SOL-NETのネットワークシェア60%	SOL-NET Dominates Network	SOL-NET Dominates Network	SOL-NET domine le réseau	SOL-NET dominiert Netzwerk	SOL-NET domina la rete	SOL-NET domina la Red
xddn_130	Vol. 2	ツチノコ目撃談	New Bigfoot Sighting
xddn_140	Vol. 2	ゲーム中毒急増	Increase in Game Addicts
xddn_150	Vol. 2	快盗イカスミブラック	Enviro-Man?
xddn_160	Vol. 2	文字化けTシャツ	Garbled Text T-shirts
xddn_180	Vol. 2	今度こそ、松昔栽培に成功!	Success in Cultivating Apples
xddn_190	Vol. 2	ツチノコ捕獲	Capturing Bigfoot
xddn_195	Vol. 2	新五百円玉登場	A New Silver Dollar Coin
xddn_200		CC社による公式発表	Official Announcement from CC Corporation
xddn_220		回線追いつかず不通	Phone Lines Down
xddn_230		取引不能で三百億	Shutdown Results in Loss
xddn_240		8万人の足乱れる	System Malfunction Affects Commuters
xddn_250		最馬団地地区一万戸が停電	Blackout Affects 10,000 Homes
xddn_270		松昔人口栽培断念	Artificial Apple Project Abandoned
xddn_280		ツチノコの正体	Bigfoot
xddn_285		板神快進撃	Panthers Strike Back
xddn_290		第二次ネット危機!?	Second Network Crisis?
xddn_300		医療ミス?	Malpractice?
xddn_310		通信網大混乱	Communication Chaos
xddn_320		バイク便ホクホク?	Delivery, Anyone?
xddn_330		医療機器ハザード	Medical Equipment Hazard
xddn_340		バイク便再び	Bike Deliveries, Again
xddn_350		ゲーム告睡者重態?	Game Coma
xddn_370		香り松昔味シメジ	Potapples
xddn_380		新種のヘビ、名前決定	New Species of Ape Classified
xddn_400		アヴァロン12	Avalon 12
xddn_410	Vol. 1	WNC公式声明	WNC Official Statement	WNC Official Statement *	Déclaration officielle du CRM	WNC – offizielle Meldung	Annuncio ufficiale del CMR	Comunicado oficial CMR	WNC공식성명
xddn_420	Vol. 1	公衆電話ネットワーク完成	Public Phone Network Completion	Public Phone Network Completion	Cyberphone opérationnel	Öffentliches Telefonnetz vollendet	Rete telefonica pubblica completata	Completada red de telefonía	공중전화 네트웍 완성
xddn_430	Vol. 1	『ワンダーホーク』発売	"WonderHawk" Announcement	"WonderHawk" Announcement	Bientôt le "WonderHawk"!	"WonderHawk" Ankündigung	Annuncio di "WonderHawk"	Anuncio de la "WonderHawk"	「원더호크」발표
xddn_440	Vol. 1	ALTIMIT情報	ALTIMIT Information	ALTIMIT Information	Information ALTIMIT	ALTIMIT Information	Informazioni su ALTIMIT	Información "ALTIMIT"	ALTIMIT정보
xddn_450	Vol. 1	ネットゲームで意識不明?	Induced Coma with Online Game?	Induced Coma with Online Game?	Les jeux en ligne, cause de coma ?	Koma durch Online-Spiel?	Coma indotto da gioco online?	¿Coma inducido por juego online?	네트웍 게임으로 의식불명?
xddn_460	Vol. 1	改正ネットワーク保安法	Network Safety Law Reform	Network Safety Law Reform	Réforme de la loi sur la sécurité du réseau	Netzwerksicherheit-Gesetzesreform	Riforma della legge sulle reti	Reforma Ley Seguridad en la Red	개정 네트웍 보안법
xddn_470	Vol. 2	ゲーム皆睡はありえない?	Game Coma Impossible, Says Professor
xddn_480	Vol. 2	『文芸秋冬』廃刊へ	International Geographic Discontinued
xddn_490	Vol. 2	防犯自販機登場	Anti-theft Vending Machine
xddn_500	Vol. 2	ネット危機から早や五年	5 Years Since the Net Crisis
xddn_510	Vol. 2	東京メガフロート稼動開始	Tokyo Mega Float Operation Begins
xddn_520	Vol. 2	CC社上半期決算報告発表	CC Corporation First Quarter Earnings
xddn_530	Vol. 2	喫煙規制法案国会審議へ	Smoking Regulation Law in Deliberation
xddn_540	Vol. 2	無人コンビニ誕生	Unmanned Convenience Store
xddn_550	Vol. 2	毎読新聞オンライン化へ	"News of the World" to Operate Online
xddn_560		ALTIMIT情報	ALTIMIT Information
xddn_570		新世代携帯電話発表	Next Generation Cellular Phone
xddn_580		みなとみらい21で大惨事	Disaster at Future Bay 21
xddn_590		WebTV普及が加速	The Spread of Web TV Accelerates
xddn_600		ネット風俗摘発	Exposing Net Porn
xddn_610		『未来の事象は規定可能?』	Can Future Phenomena be Predicted?
xddn_620		ALTIMITに対抗馬?	An ALTIMIT Rival?
xddn_630		¥³ ⟙ F¥∙¤ろ¢±<¿	*j1_ 3s & =BaHJ< (dPQO:Iq
xddn_640		お詳び	Apology
xddn_650		テロ説広がる	Net Crisis Linked to Terrorism?
xddn_660		ネットワーク危機収束?	Network Crisis Containment
xddn_670		ゲーム告睡者続々と快復	Game Coma Patients Slowly Recover
xddn_680		ALTIMITを捜査?	Investigating ALTIMIT?
xddn_690		WNC発展的解消へ	Liquidation of the WNC
xddn_700		WNC解散正式発表	Official Announcement: WNC Dissolution
xddn_710		コールマン大統領声明	President Coleman Issues Statement
xddn_720		メガフロートに潜入者?	Trespassers on Mega Float?

References

Featured in	Logo:	Character(s)
Volume 1	Tail Concerto	Flare, Stare, and Alicia
Volume 2	Tail Concerto 2	King Hound III and Waffle
Volume 3	Silent Bomber	Jutah
Volume 4	Silent Bomber サイレントボマー	Benoit and Jutah