6:30 am (PST), 2/21/2008: Yesterday we asked why AMD might be lowering it's prices on its HD 3800 line. Well, now you know. The price drop was in response to Nvidia's new GeForce 9600 GT card. As of this writing, AMD's new prices for the Radeon HD 3850 and HD 3870 have yet to hit the e-stores. Howev...

GamerChip reports that retailers have told them a modified version of Fallout 3 has been cleared for sale in Australia (thanks MCV), after depictions of drug used caused the Australian OFLC to refuse the sale of the uncut version down under (story). They don't seem convinced enough to tak...

id Software turned down offers of "good money" to develop a Quake MMOG says John Carmack in a Q&A tidbit on Shacknews, who adds that id "has no interest in MMO development," and will not be attempting a project like that anytime soon, saying he is "fully cognizant...

Another microblogging service bites the dust. Got an email just now announcing the shutdown of Pownce (similar to Jaiku, Twitter and Plurk). In a short email to Pownce users, it looks like the userbase was bought by SixApart: We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15, ...