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May 27th, 2009, 17:24 Posted By: wraggster
Blizzard's games, such as World of Warcraft and StarCraft, are perhaps known for their breathtaking cinematics as much as for their gameplay. The process behind these cinematics is complex, involving an entire modeling and coding team — they even needed to make their own physics engine! AtomicMPC has the full story behind these incredible videos. Quoting: 'Storyboards become animated storyboards (thanks to a storyboard team who are also trained animators) complete with temporary music to help set the tone and get the pacing right. Then the animators and modeling team get involved, creating a rough 3D version of the final animation. While the modeling team works on characters and environments, the animators work with very low polygon characters and as the models are refined and updated the animations are refined. This is also where production technicians get involved, supporting the more technical developments like hair and skeletal systems for the characters. And then the effects team kicks into gear.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...9/05/27/049224
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May 27th, 2009, 17:23 Posted By: wraggster
Perhaps emboldened by the similar setback to Champions Online, Jumpgate Evolution developer NetDevil has announced that the space MMO will not be released in June, as was originally planned. NetDevil's president, Scott Brown, said, "One of the things we've always promised is that we would not release an unfinished product, nor would we subject players to a sub-par experience. ... Jumpgate Evolution is nearly feature complete, but since entering the Friends & Family phase of testing we've been able to bring new eyes onto the game and get solid, crucial feedback from actual players and fans. Based on these results, it is clear that the product needs more time to meet its objectives. As an example, we have received and read lots of feedback regarding the instanced and public PvP systems. The feedback has been vital in helping us polish and improve this core feature of the game." A new release date has not yet been selected.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../05/27/0524254
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May 27th, 2009, 17:17 Posted By: wraggster
LG's certainly been known to dabble in the third-dimension, and while we're still waiting for it to ship those "one or two" 3D TVs this year, at least we're confident that it's getting closer. Over in South Korea, the company has showcased a new Full HD (1080p) 3D monitor with what it says is the highest brightness level of any competing panel. Sadly, viewers are still required to don glasses when ingesting the action, but this take on the tech enables said eyewear to be somewhat thinner and less cumbersome. Have a peek at the vid down in the read link.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/v...hd-3d-monitor/
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May 27th, 2009, 17:16 Posted By: wraggster
iBUYPOWER may not yet be a household name when it comes to gaming laptops, but its sure doing its darnedest to take on the likes of HP, Dell, Acer and ASUS with its totally respectable Battalion 101 CZ-10. This 15.6-inch lappie arrives with a 2.66GHz T9550 Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, ATI's 512MB Radeon HD 4650 GPU, a 500GB 5400RPM hard drive, 8x dual-layer DVD burner, a 6-cell battery and a WXGA (1,366 x 768) panel. You'll also find an HDMI output, three USB 2.0 sockets, a 2 megapixel webcam, inbuilt microphone, 3-in-1 card reader and a fingerprint scanner. Best of all, the outfit throws in its accidental damage protection plan, all for the completely reasonable asking price of $1,235. It's available to order now for those who can't resist, and the full release is after the break
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/i...gaming-laptop/
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May 26th, 2009, 21:56 Posted By: Shrygue
via Engadget
Well, here's a wild new spin on the Android for netbooks debate: Canonical, commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is creating an Android execution environment that would allow Android apps to run on Ubuntu and other desktop-style Linux distros, which seems like the best of both worlds for netbooks in most cases. Canonical already has a working prototype of the execution environment, and plans on making the necessary changes to the kernel in its next version of Ubuntu to give Android all the juice it needs at the core level and will open source the project soon.
Things are still early, and there's a lot of work to do before this is going to really make the highly specialized Java-based Android apps actually usable on regular Linux -- they're currently working on granting Android access to the Ubuntu file system, for instance -- but we love where this is headed.
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May 26th, 2009, 21:43 Posted By: wraggster
New from SuccessHK
The MX Laser(w/Bluetooth) Mouse adopts wireless bluetooth 2.0 standard and laser technology. Its operation range is quite large---it can operate within 3 meters. This MX laser mouse has a laser engine. Since the laser is a highly concentrated beam, it can measure the smallest motion and give you instant response, even your fastest movements! Besides, no any mouse pad is required to use. And the scroll wheel on this optical mouse makes navigating documents easier, letting you easily view long webpages or word documents. It uses with 2 AAA Batteries and compatible with Win95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/MacOS systems.
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May 26th, 2009, 20:49 Posted By: wraggster
CyberAgent America, Inc., a publisher of free-to-play online games, today announced a new ranking system for free-to-play multiplayer action game NinjaTrick™. Currently in open beta, NinjaTrick is a Flash-based game for everyone that is easy to pick up and play, but deep enough to reward players who employ clever strategies on the battlefield.
The ranking system, which tracks the progress of players as they compete in Ninjutsu matches, is currently live in the game's open beta. And as part of the NinjaTrick Championship: The Ninja Trials (the "Contest"), aspiring ninjas have a chance to compete for gems, glory – and if they're truly skilled, an iPod Touch, iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle!
Contest Details
During the Contest, each entrant will compete with other randomly selected entrants in Ninjitsu matches in various elements: Fire, Wind, Lightening and Ice. CyberAgent America's ranking system will track the progress of each entrant in the Contest, including the number of wins and ranking within each element. The contest winners will be determined based on ranking placement on June 18, 2009. Winners will be announced on June 25, 2009 on the NinjaTrick official blog at http://info.ninjatrick.com/ See Contest Rules at info.NinjaTrick.com for additional details.
"NinjaTrick is a player-versus-player game at its core, and so having a great ranking system is very important to us," said Toshimichi Namba, CEO for CyberAgent America, Inc. "The contest is a great way to get the competition heated up as we continue to polish and refine the gameplay during our open beta."
Aspiring ninjas everywhere are urged to point their browsers towards www.NinjaTrick.com to get in on the intense Ninjutsu action – and possibly win an iPod Touch, Nano or Shuffle if their Jutsu is strong enough!
Join the NinjaTrick open beta at www.NinjaTrick.com. Add the Facebook application here: http://apps.facebook.com/ninjatrick/
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May 26th, 2009, 20:48 Posted By: wraggster
Merscom announced today's game release of Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer, inspired by the feature from Overture Films, Righteous Kill, which is debuting on Starz on June 6, 2009 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
In Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer, the player once again takes on the role of Erica Dean as she looks into a new rash of murders. The game is set about a year after the events of the first Poet Killer. A mob hit man is found dead, with a poem lying on his body. Erica Dean is called in to find the killer before things get out of hand. Work through multiple versions of varied locations looking for clues to the identity of the Poet Killer. Enlist the help of Mary Jacobs, a new forensic officer, to assist Erica in analyzing the items from the crime scenes. Hunt down the killer and put an end to his vigilante killings before it's too late.
"Given the tremendous success of the original Righteous Kill game, we are confident this product will help our customers extend the experience they enjoyed both with the game and movie." explained Lloyd Melnick, chief customer officer at Merscom. "Given the higher production values in Revenge of the Poet Killer, this game will almost certainly be another hit for Merscom and Starz Digital Media."
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May 26th, 2009, 20:47 Posted By: wraggster
Independent developer Monte Cristo today revealed the content details of their genre-defining city-builder -- Cities XL. The game, which is playable in both single- and massively persistent multiplayer modes, offers a unique experience for both, as detailed below -
In solo mode, Cities XL will offer:
* 25 maps featuring varying landscapes - from canyons to grassy hills and snowy mountains
* Around 500 buildings based on various architectural styles (European, American …)
* Diverse citizen structure: Four levels of wealth, four main different needs (Services, Environmental, Prices and Traffic) split into many sub-categories (Police and Fire departments, Education, Leisure, Commerce, multiple types of Pollution, Taxes, Cost of Life, Distance to work and more)
* A rich enterprise selection ranging from agriculture to heavy industry, services, tourism…
* A complex, but easy to access, simulation based on 12 resources (electricity, waste management, agriculture, water, fuel, etc.)
* An ambitious traffic system including many type of roads (five different widths, costs, quality and capacity), highways, airports, ports, and much more
* A set of never-before-seen real-time construction tools allowing players to create curved roads, building zones of various shapes, elaborate bridges...
* An avatar studio and Web-based profile pages
"From day one we wanted to make sure that we were going to compete with the most ambitious builders out there in term of content and functionality," said Patrick Marchal, studio director. "We wanted the players to first enjoy Cities XL in solo mode, and then convince them to join the Planet Offer, which will open the gates to a more ambitious level of game experience."
Cities XL offer for the massively persistent Planet mode:
Multiplayer gameplay both in-game and on the web:
* Trade resources with other players to develop economic strategies, specialise your cities, maximise your possibilities in a global economy
* Work cooperatively to build Mega Structures – special buildings that enhance your city aesthetically and economically
* Web-based city management -- check your trade contracts, receive alerts, adjust your decisions from any computer in the world
Persistent MMO world:
* Each player receives five slots to build five persistent cities on different Planets
* Contribute to the life and statistics of the Planets (economics, population, pollution…): what you do has an impact on the world
Community features and animations in-game and on the web:
* Visit one another's cities, see other players' creations and content, chat with other players
* Create and participate in online events, discover virtual cities and real people
Regular upgrades :
* All Buildings, Maps, simulation and functionality upgrades are free with the planet offer
Monthly costs:
* 1 Month = 7€
* 3 Months = 5€/month
* 6 Months = 4.5€/month
"We think that with a price point of 7€ for one month or 5€ per month for 3 months, the Planet offer offers tremendous value for money. There are countless hours of gameplay, fun and sub-objectives in the Planet Mode that players will discover with time," said Jerome Gastaldi, Monte Cristo's CEO. "We really intend to continually expand the game, and together with the community keep on enriching it and improving it. "
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May 26th, 2009, 20:47 Posted By: wraggster
Playrix Entertainment, a top-tier developer of such worldwide popular titles as Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey, Call of Atlantis, 4 Elements, Fishdom, etc., announced that the second installment of its renowned puzzler Fishdom is in development and scheduled for release in winter 2009.
The original Fishdom rolled out in June 2008 has been a best-seller since its launch building an unprecedented fan base. The game with conversion rates up to 14% was called one of the greatest games of 2008 by CGA. Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey, a hidden object spin-off of the title, was released in April 2009 and immediately captured the top spots on the major gaming portals.
"We know that Fishdom fans anxiously awaited the launch of Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey and it more than lived up to their expectations," said Igor Bukhman, Playrix's COO and co-founder. "Now we are gearing up towards the release of Fishdom 2, a match-3 sequel to the franchise, where we tried to take into account some great ideas and interesting suggestions of Fishdom devotees. It's going to be choke full of cool features and mind-blowing twists. Players will be able to create and design as many tanks as they wish and share their progress with friends sending them pictures of their Fishdom."
Fishdom, a smooth combination of sim and puzzle, gives players a unique opportunity to build up their own dream aquarium and fill it with lovely fishies and eye-catching ornaments. To do that they need to earn money by progressing through challenging boards and solving immersive puzzles. Once the dream aquarium is ready, it can be set up as a beautifully animated desktop screensaver.
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May 26th, 2009, 20:40 Posted By: wraggster
The owner of games site GamesByEmail.com created Dice-O-Matic, 'a machine that can belch a continuous river of dice down a spiraling ramp, then elevate, photograph, process and upload almost a million and a half rolls to the server a day. ... The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. It has an aluminum frame covered with Plexiglas panels. A 6x4 inch square Plexiglas tube runs vertically up the middle almost the entire height. Inside this tube a bucket elevator carries dice from a hopper at the bottom, past a camera, and tosses them onto a ramp at the top. The ramp spirals down between the tube and the outer walls. The camera and synchronizing disk are near the top, the computer, relay board, elevator motor and power supplies are at the bottom.' While not called out in the article, the pictures clearly show a Dell Mini 9 running the show (and performing the optical recognition of the dice values.) No, it's not running Linux."
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../05/26/1528223
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May 26th, 2009, 17:41 Posted By: wraggster
Gala Networks Europe, the leading online game publisher that operates the gPotato.eu game portal is proud to announce that Rappelz, our first fully localised Turkish language game enters Closed Beta this week. Between Wednesday 27th May and Wednesday 3rd June, players across the world will be able to join over two and a half million players who have played Rappelz with fully localised Turkish content and community features, backed up by the Turkish customer support team.
During the Closed Beta week, players who win the level 20 challenge will be able to keep their friends lists as well as getting an exclusive item pack for the OBT containing the Red Lydian mount for 30 days, an Adventurer Cloak and two stamina savers. Creatures who hit level 20 will also be kept at the start of the OBT but reset back to level 1. There will be a wipe of player data and friend lists for everyone who does not reach level 20, and guilds will also be erased.
Available to download from the fully localised Turkish website at http://tr.rappelz.gpotato.eu , Rappelz takes place in a fantasy world and allows players to tame a wide variety of terrible creatures and lead them into battle against thousands of other players. Lucky beta key holders will be able to experience this brand new world on the 27th of May, and those without a beta key will can still enter the lottery to participate by pre-registering at http://tr.rappelz.gpotato.eu/Ad/?TYPE=PREREG .
For more information on the Turkish version of Rappelz which also contains the brand new Navis Lamia expansion for high level players, visit http://tr.rappelz.gpotato.eu or follow our news on RSS via http://rss.gpotato.eu/?game=rappelz&lng=tr
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May 26th, 2009, 17:35 Posted By: wraggster
Real-time strategy title BattleForge is now free, Electronic Arts announced today.
To download the Play 4 Free version of BattleForge you just need to visit www.battleforge.com and click Play 4 Free.
The free version of the game, which was price dropped to $30 earlier this month, will include all of the community features, scenarios, the recently launched Renegade campaign and 32 of the 200 trading cards used in the game.
Players will be able to add more cards to their collection by purchasing points online. The $30 retail version will still be available and include cards from all four factions plus 3,000 BattleForge points.
http://kotaku.com/5270010/battleforge-is-now-free
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May 26th, 2009, 15:08 Posted By: wraggster
CyberSports' massively multiplayer online game Football Superstars is set to be released at retail in the third quarter of 2009.
Featuring a persistent online world, where users control a single player rather than a whole team, the game has previously only been available as a free online download.
The boxed retail version will be sold for GBP 19.99 and will include new features such as an increased variety of game modes, new training options and the chance to buy licensed items from Puma and Reebok.
"We already have over 300,000 registered users with the free-to-play version, however by introducing it to a new gaming audience through retail we feel that this will massively benefit the experience for all players," said CyberSports head of sales and marketing Phil Booker.
A premium edition of the game will include three months subscription, 40 Football Superstars bonds, four unique skills and exclusive licensed Puma sportswear.
"We are really excited to be in a position to offer a retail product and have some unique content appealing to both existing and new players alike making the box quite a collectors item," said creative director Steve Marshall.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...retail-release
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May 26th, 2009, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster
Face it: in between waiting for Windows 7 to launch and tweaking the XP build on your newly purchased netbook, there's this little thing called Windows Vista that needs to be maintained. Today, Microsoft did its part and released the standalone installers for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Service Pack 2 for Vista and Server 2008. Now it's all up to you. Hit the reads link to patch the Wow with a little SP2 Meh.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/w...y-to-download/
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May 26th, 2009, 10:54 Posted By: wraggster
At the beginning of this month, a swarm of protesters descended upon the Army Recruitment Center housed within Philidelphia's Franklin Mills Mall. Their qualm with the Center focused on its use of first-person shooters to attract young, Call of Duty-experienced potential recruits. Now, a few weeks after the protest march, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Christine Flowers offers a different look at the technologically endowed Recruitment Center, and the controversy that's been surrounding it as of late.
Flowers, a conservative, Philly-based lawyer, doesn't see the Center's use of games as an enticing trap for impressionable adolescents. Instead, she agrees with the sentiment of the Center's manager, Maj. Larry Dillard, who sees the technology as a way to boost "transparency." Flowers writes, "There's no subterfuge in giving someone an accurate picture of the army experience." Any veterans in the audience today that want to compare "the army experience" to a few rounds of America's Army?
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/ph...itment-center/
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May 26th, 2009, 10:42 Posted By: wraggster
Over at Gamasutra, there's a massive new interview with Epic (Mega)Games founder Tim Sweeney, the guy who's still a key technical figure at the Unreal Engine/Gears Of War developer. He discusses his early programming days, the story behind classic shareware game/tool ZZT, the origins of Epic, the '90s shareware business, and even a bit about the future as well. Particularly neat is his revelation that you can still order ZZT via mail, with orders fulfilled by his dad: 'My father still lives at the address where Potomac Computer Systems started up, so he still gets an order every few weeks... he's retired now, so he doesn't have much to do. Every week, he'll just take a stack of a few orders, put disks in them, and mail them out.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../05/25/2150236
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May 26th, 2009, 10:39 Posted By: wraggster
Want a good example of why Intel -- or we, the consumer -- needs a strong competitor? DigiTimes' has it from sources at motherboard makers that Intel will delay its mainstream desktop Core i5 platform (including Lynnfield procs and 5-series chipsets) from July to early September. A rumor with merit given DigiTimes' proven sources within motherboard makers like ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI. The reason for the delay is to allow vendors to deplete 4-series inventories that have piled-up during the economic slow-down. Of course, if AMD or... well, AMD could muster the silicon to compete with Intel at the same price point then such a delay would not be possible. How much you say? DigiTimes has the Core i5 processors priced at 2.93GHz ($562), 2.8GHz ($284) and 2.66GHz ($196) when purchased in bulk.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/i...tition-needed/
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May 25th, 2009, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
Horror-themed first-person shooter NecroVisioN has been allowed an Australian release following graphical edits to its violent content, according to online reports.
The game, developed by Polish studio Farm 51, was previously refused classification by the Classification Board in Australia, effectively banning the game from the region.
According to Australian games site Games On Net, the game has now been approved by the board with a rating of M, following graphical edits that include enemy blood being replaced by "a gray 'dust' effect."
NecroVisioN is a first-person shooter that takes place in an alternate-history World War I that features zombies. The title was released on the PC in Europe and North America earlier this year to mostly mediocre reception, with review score aggregate Metacritic showing an average rating of 61.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ralian-release
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