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Sins of a Solar Empire Patch Released, Demo Plans Revealed
The Sins of a Solar
Empire Website now offers the promised version 1.03 patch for Ironclad
Games' space strategy game. The update can be applied automatically from within
the game, and a manual edition of the patch is available from
ActionTrip,
FileFront,
FileShack, and Gamer's
Hell...
So Blonde Q&A, Movie
The So Blonde Q&A on
gry.o2.pl is a bilingual English and Polish conversation with Steve Ince
about this point-and-click adventure. On a related pair of notes, the
Anaconda Website
offers a German trailer for the game, along with word that the German edition is
gold and due for release ...
CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 3 - Are Box Coolers any Good?
Comparing Box Coolers
Among the enthusiast crowd, it is more or less a matter of course to equip a computer with a powerful CPU cooler. After all, thanks to their better design and construction, most aftermarket air cooling solutions offer superior cooling performance, while running at lower no...
Wolfdale Shrinks Transistors, Grows Core 2
The New Core 2 Duo: 45 nm Wolfdale Replaces 65 nm Conroe
Intel's 65 nm generation isn't dead yet, as the firm will still be offering multiple models in the server, desktop and notebook spaces for a while. The processors used in Apple's ultra portable Mac Book Air and Lenovo's upcoming X300 seri...
CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 2
The Whole Range - From Bargain Bin Part To Water Cooler
In the first part of our extensive roundup of CPU coolers, we came to the conclusion that 45% of the products we tested either failed the test, or weren't worth the asking price . Additionally, we were surprised by how much junk is sold in...
Vista Workshop: More RAM, More Speed
Windows Vista With 8 GB
Throughout the history of personal computers, RAM has always been something of a valuable commodity - even a luxury. Only a few years ago, even reaching the memory limit of 4 GB possible under a 32-bit operating system was completely unthinkable. But then again, at one t...
CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 1
The Heat Is On - CPU Coolers Compared
It's been over seven years since Tom's Hardware first published a comparative test of CPU coolers. At that time, there was a distinct lack of awareness regarding the importance of this component, and a pronounced dearth of critical tests containing knowledg...
Alone in the Dark Q&A, Movie
The
Alone in the Dark Q&A on Gameplayer talks with Nour Pollini about the
upcoming installment in this survival/horror series, talking about the Central
Park setting, gameplay, the new game engine, and more. Meanwhile, a new Alone in
the Dark trailer shows off over a minute from the gam...
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New Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Movie, No Demo
GamesIndustry.biz has an article based on an interview with Rainbow Six
Vegas 2 designer Phil Therien, quoting him as calling the hardcore shooter
market "too narrow." Along the way Phil also discusses why four-player co-op was
changed to two-player co-op, repeats there will be no ...
X Motor Racing Patch, New Demo
A new version 1.05 of X Motor Racing
is now available, offering changes and tweaks to this realism-oriented racing
simulation. The game can be updated from within the game, and there is also an
updated demo, which is mirrored on
FanGaming,
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
and
Strategy Informe...
Crysis Hotfix, New Server Docs Released
The
Crysis Weekly Update #8 is online, announcing the release of a version 1.21
hotfix to address the security hole that could cause server crashes as well as
the availability of version 1.4 of the game's redesigned server documentation.
The update is rounded out with a status report on the...
World of Warcraft Patch Details, Trailer
A new trailer showing off the Sunwell Plateau from the upcoming version 2.4
World of Warcraft patch is now online. The clip can be found on
this in
development page along with information about the Fury of the Sunwell update
and a wallpaper for your decorating pleasure. The trailer is also mi...
Galactic Dream: Rage of War Patch, New Demo
RageofWar.NET now offers a new patch for
Galactic Dream: Rage of War, updating Evolution Vault's science-fiction RTS game
to version 1.2. The update incorporates new features as well as bug fixes and
optimizations, and there is also a patch to incorporate these changes into the
game's playab...
The Graveyard Released, Demo
The Graveyard is now
available, along with playable demos for the PC and Mac editions of this offbeat
game described like this: "The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed
by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard.
You walk around, sit on ...
Galactic Command - Echo Squad SE Patch, Updated Demo
The 3000AD Patches Page is the
location of a new patch to update Galactic Command - Echo Squad SE to
version 2.10.05. The
version control file outlines what's new and different. Meanwhile, the
3000AD Demo Page mentions an
updated version 2.10.05 demo, but lists no mirrors at this point; the...
Far Cry 2 Delay, Movie
The Far Cry 2 Developers Blog has
word that Far Cry 2 is delayed until fall of this year (thanks Gamer's Hell).
Ubisoft's sequel to Crytek's first-person shooter was announced with a spring
2008 release date (story), but a new video blog reveals the new
date while offering some new gameplay ...
Strategic Command 2: Weapons and Warfare Patch, New Demo
Battlefront.com now offers
downloads of a new patch for Strategic Command 2: Weapons and Warfare,
updating the military strategy expansion to version 1.03, offering "AI
enhancement, bug fixes and game play balance improvements." The new features are
reflected in an updated version ...
BioShock, Civ MMOGs?
The Bank
of America SmidCap Conference, always a hotbed of gaming news (thanks
FiringSquad),
has a
series of slides from a presentation by Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick on
EA's attempt to purchase Take-Two. Included along the way is a slide showing
they feel BioShock and the Civilizat...
Sam & Max 205 Details, Trailer
Telltale
Games has details on Sam & Max: What's New Beelzebub, saying the
fifth episode in Season Two in the adventure series will be released on April
11. A new trailer shows off gameplay from the episode, along with a satanic
recruiting pitch (on VHS?) from the upcoming episode five in...
Imperium Romanum Patch, Scenario
The Imperium Romanum Website is
serving up a new patch that updates Haemimont Games' city building game to
version 1.02. The patch addresses some issues, including what are described as
"major game crashes," and also adds a new scenario called "Augusta Raurica." The
downl...
April F-F-Foolin', Part One
3D Realms: Duke Nukem Forever Screenshot. In case this was the year no
one else did it.
Diablo III Announcement.
Announcing
Dominions 4: Succubi In Heat!
Digital Eel announces Infinite
Space Olnine: Shadows of Infinity. For release one year ago.
BBFC: GTA
4 to feature...
PureSim Baseball Patch, Sale Pitch
Matrix Games announces
the release of a new patch for PureSim
Baseball, updating the baseball simulation to version 1.71. In celebration
of the opening of the actual baseball season, they have also kicked off a sale,
offering the game at 35% off, promising that is not an April Fool's joke.
...
April F-F-Foolin', Part Four
Super Pii Pii Brothers. Thanks dakslf.
Virtrium LLC Changes
Name of Game Product Horizons to World of Dragons.
Welcome to Google TiSP. Thanks
Wowbagger_TIP.
BeyondUnreal.
Guild Wars implements new character models, shown
here and
here.
Thanks Tadej.
...
Night of a Million Billion Zombies Patch, Demo
The Night of a Million Billion Zombies Website
offers online sales of this indie survival horror game, a patch to update the
game to version 1.1, and an updated version 1.1 demo. The game features five
playable characters, 25 levels, and most important, zombies. The demo is
mirrored on Atomi...
April F-F-Foolin', Part Three
Thanks Ant.
YouTube. Pick a video, any video.
Thanks Defias.
Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer Movie. Thanks space captain.
Black Mesa: Source purchased
by EA.
Google
Wake-up. Thanks j.c.f.
Virgle: The Adventure
of Many Lifetimes.
Metal Gear Solid 4 GamePlay Footag...
April F-F-Foolin', Part Two
Xbox.com New For Spring. Thanks xXBatmanXx.
World of Warcraft:
The Molten Core announced for consoles. Thanks Len.
NetDevil
Announces A New Company Name - NetAngel. Thanks Gamer's Hell.
The Lord of the Rings Online:
Shadows of Angmar - The Battle of Amon Hen.
Intel Corpo...
April F-F-Foolin', Part Five
The aftermath. Thanks Gamer's Hell.
Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures new race: The Elves.
Battle for Wesnoth to replace
Microsoft's "tired" AOE franchise.
Splash Damage Announce
New Title.
SporeDate.
Space Quest II Cancelled.
...
H.A.W.X Announcement, Trailer
This press release officially announces H.A.W.X, the aerial combat
game first revealed last night (story), though the Tom Clancy Air
Combat "brand" was revealed last year (story). The first trailer
is now available for this aerial combat game that will carry the Tom Clancy name
a...
TrackMania Nations Forever Trailer, Release Date
The
TrackMania Website announces the release of a new trailer for TrackMania
Nations Forever and reveals April 16 as the release date for this free
installment in Nadeo's racing series. The trailer is mirrored on
ComputerGames.ro and
Gamer's Hell, and here's a bit on how this is intended ...
Sins Patch This Week, Ladders & More Near
Sins of a Solar Empire
v1.04 planned for this week on the Sins of a Solar Empire Website has word
that they hope (but do not promise) to release the new patch for the 4X
strategy game this week. The update outlines the play testing that they've done
to test the balance changes in the patch. ...
Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent, and MDK Sequels?
Interplay
Releases 2007 Earnings; New Web Site Launch Imminent follows-up on word that
Interplay is resuming game development (story) with further
indications of what they have planned and word they are set to relaunch their
website (thanks No
Mutants Allowed). Interplay continues to pursu...
Nintendo Number One, Sort Of
Develop Magazine has released the 2008 edition of their
Develop 100 ranking of game development
studios by 2007 UK sales. The big story this year is that Nintendo has dethroned
EA Montreal for the top spot, though it should be pointed out that EA's standing
on the list is diluted as it is s...
The Witcher Patch, Editor, Adventure
The Witcher
Official Website now provides downloads of a new patch for The Witcher
that brings CD Projekt's action/RPG to version 1.3 as well as the promised beta
version of the D’jinni adventure editor (thanks Wolfox). As a bonus, the version
1.3 patch also contains Price of Neutrality, a n...
Sins of a Solar Empire Patch, Desync Issues
Though it's not yet reflected on the
Sins of a Solar Empire Homepage,
the Sins of a Solar
Empire Update Page (registration required) has the promised new version 1.04 patch for
Ironclad's space strategy game. This patch "addresses user-requested game
balancing," but will not addre...
SC2: Patton Drives East Next Month, Preorders
The
Battlefront Store is now accepting pre-orders for Strategic Command 2:
Patton Drives East, their alternate-history World War II strategy expansion.
This is accompanied by word to expect a release in May.
...
FlyFF Guide: Flyff-itionary (not completed, but updated)
You are here, and you're new:
First of all, welcome! You've stumbled upon Flyff and have decided to join its communities, good for you!
But wait! All the words that Flyff people are spewing out at you is confusing the heck out of you! You have no idea what to do and you need a dictionary for F...
Team Fortress 2 Interview, Preview
Valve's Robin Walker
on New Team Fortress 2 Content, Future Maps, and Awesomeball on Shacknews is
a barroom conversation with Valve's Team Fortress 2 director about
implementing new elements into the teamplay shooter, issues surrounding game
balance, class weapons, their (euphemism) release ...
FlyFF Guide: BowJesters, and you.
Introduction
This is my first guide, so dont flame. Constructive Critism is fine.
So, What exactly are BowJesters? Bow Jesters are Jesters who use bows, rather then yoyo's. "But Jesters are suppose to use Yoyos, Why is there Bow Jesters when you can't use offensive skills?" Simpl...
EA Extends, Lowers Take-Two Offer
EA
extends Take-Two bid to May 16 (thanks Dagok) has word that after having
their $26/share offer rejected by the Take-Two board, they are playing hardball
by extending the offer deadline to May 16 and reducing the offer by 26
cents/share, perhaps thinking the original offer was turned down ...
X-Plane Demo, Patch
The X-Plane Website is hosting a
demo for version 9.00 of this flight simulator (thanks Gamer's Hell). The demo features
limited scenery and will only operate with a joystick for 10 minutes. The demo
is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Accompanying the demo release is a new
version 2.0...
Depths of Peril SDK, Beta Patch Released
Soldak
Entertainment announces the release of a beta version 1.010 patch for
Depths of Peril, Soldak's action/RPG. The patch is available
on this page,
while more details can be found in
the patch
notes. The patch is mirrored on
FileFront and Gamer's
Hell. Additionally,
they
offer ...
HL2 Fistful of Frags Beta Server, Client Hotfix
The Fistful of Frags Website is
serving up a new beta version 1.35C dedicated server for this Western-themed
modification for Half-Life 2, calling it a "recommended" update, in spite
of the beta tag (thanks Gamer's Hell). Additionally they are offering a semi-optional
client hotfix...
PC Devil May Cry 4 Summer, Demo First
Capcom's Devil May Cry 4
Coming To PC This Summer offers word that the PC edition of the supernatural
action game will make its retail debut sometime this summer, featuring some
enhancements over the console editions. Word is the release will be preceded by
a playable demo:Capcom, a leading ...
Hellgate: London Patch, Another Coming
The
Hellgate: London Website has the release of the version 1.2 patch for
Flagship's action/RPG after a couple of weeks of beta testing (users who applied
the release candidate beta don't need this update, as it's unchanged).
The patch notes outline
what's changed in the patch, which is mi...
PC Two Worlds: Add-on Next Week, Another to Follow
ZUXXEZ Entertainment announces that the Tainted Blood expansion for
Two Worlds that was released last month for the Xbox 360 edition of Reality
Pump's role-playing game (story) will be made available one week
from today as a free release for owners of the PC edition. They also say that
anoth...
Green Screen, Zoo Games, and Ryan Brant
This press
release announces the formation of
Green Screen Interactive Software,
a global publisher of PC and console game, and their creation of Zoo Games, a
new casual game publisher they've formed by acquiring and combining
Destination Software and
ZOO Digital Publishing. On
this topic...
Baseball Mogul 2009 Patch, Demo
The Sports Mogul Website
offers a Baseball Mogul 2009 demo, providing a chance to get in touch with
your inner Steinbrenner with a sample of the eleventh installment in this sports
management series. Additionally,
this page has a new
patch for the game, for those unwilling or unable to use ...
Gothic 4 Subtitle, Details
Tiscali Games has
details from German PC Games magazine on Gothic 4: Arcania, the next
installment in the RPG series that's being developed by Spellbound Entertainment.
In addition to revealing that new subtitle, there's word the game will be set
about ten years after the events in Gothic 3,...
X-Motor Racing Patch., New Demo
The X Motor Racing Website has a new
version 1.06 of this motorsports simulation. The update adds new physics
surfaces, simulation optimizations, and more. The
downloads page has an
updated multi-language demo.
...
TF2 Update Next Week, No Portal 2 this Year
This week's
Steam marketing message has word that Steam will be the exclusive online
distributer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, that they are now selling an
arcade-style shooter called Bullet Candy, and that the Team Fortress 2
update including the new Goldrush map and new medic achievements ...
Battlefield Heroes Trailer, Details
Planet
Battlefield has a new Battlefield Heroes trailer (thanks Ant) along with
word that the invitation-only beta test for the multiplier shooter will begin on
May 6. They also have a couple of other details about the game, including word
that the client download has been optimized to be ab...
Team Fortress 2 Update, Free Weekend
Steam News has word that the Team Fortress 2 update that adds the new
Gold Rush map is now automatically available via Steam and that Valve is
kicking off a Team Fortress 2
free weekend starting Friday:The Team Fortress 2:
Gold Rush Update is now
available, free to owners of Team Fortress...
Men of War Beta Postponed, Chat Planned
Digitalmindsoft has word
that the multiplayer beta testing for Men of War (story) has been
postponed to an unspecified future date, offering apologies and a shot at one of
the remaining beta keys. They also mention a developer IRC session on Wednesday,
May 7 to discuss the game and its featu...
Evochron Renegades Patch, New Demo
The
Evochron Renegades Website has a new version 1.788 of this freeform space
exploration and combat game, as usual, serving as an update for the full game as
well as an updated playable demo. Word is: "The main focus of this update is an
all-new multiplayer system, so it is required to...
Team Fortress 2 Patch, Free Weekend Underway
Steam
News announces anew update is now automatically available for Team Fortress
2, and also that the free Team Fortress 2 weekend is now underway:A
worldwide Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend is now under way! Join now, and play the
full game for free, including the new content just released in...
Overclocked Demo, UK Shipping
Lighthouse Interactive has released a playable demo for Overclocked: A
History of Violence, their psychological adventure game, revealing along the
way that this psychological adventure game that was released a couple of weeks
ago in North America (story) is also now available in the UK.
Wor...
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Mass Effect Q&A, Movies
There's a new
BioWare Q&A
on Computer and Video Games talking with BioWare's Ray Muzyka about the
upcoming PC edition of BioWare's sci-fi RPG. On a related note, a set of four
new PC Mass Effect movies can be found on
Gamer's Hell.
...
Battleforge Q&A, Movie, Screenshots
The
Battleforge Interview on bit-tech.net chats with Volker Wertich about
Battleforge, the upcoming collectible card-based RTS game in the works at German
developer Phenomic Studio. There are some
high-resolution screenshots of the game on PC Games and a new video from the
game can be fo...
Prince of Persia Release Dated, Sort of
New Prince of
Persia given basic date on Eurogamer has word that Ubisoft has narrows the
expected release date for their new Prince of Persia game from the
"holiday 2008" release date it carried upon its announcement
(story) to "sometime between the beginning of October and en...
