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October 27th, 2008, 18:50 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
In the latest post on the Tabula Rasa website, lead designer Susan Kath has revealed that the next major update to the science-fiction MMO, Deployment 15, will take players to Earth for the first time.
Tabula Rasa's setting has humans fighting for survival on an alien world after Earth was invaded and presumed destroyed by the Bane race. However, the next update will see players return to a ravaged Caprica, sorry Earth, and fight alongside a resistance force formed by the humans left behind.
Screens show combat in a ruined urban landscape, apparently "one of the most iconic cities on Earth" (New York City, going by the skyline silhouette, and the label on the minimap which reads "New York City").
The Earth map will feature "epic control point gameplay for level 48 to 50 players", new monsters including Epics and mini-bosses, opportunities to use mechs, and new armour sets.
Kath also promises that future maps will continue the Earth storyline. It's an encouraging sign of creative life from a game that has been rumoured to be on the chopping block many times in the year since its launch.
Meanwhile, Tabula Rasa's creator, Ultima legend Richard Garriott, has also returned to Earth from his own adventures in space, in a coincidence so perfect a PR couldn't make it up (well, maybe).
The Associated Press, via MSNBC, reported late on Friday that space tourist and second-generation astronaut Garriott had touched down safely in Kazakhstan with his Russian cosmonaut colleagues. He'd spent two weeks aboard the International Space Station.
"I'm fresh and ready to go - again," Garriott reportedly told his NASA astronaut father Owen. "What a great ride that was." At USD 30 million, you'd hope so.
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October 26th, 2008, 11:45 Posted By: wraggster
And you thought MapleStory was all fun and games. A Japanese woman has found herself in jail, potentially facing charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data, after deleting the character of her in-game 'husband' who divorced her rather suddenly. "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry!" she is quoted as saying:
The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data.
She was arrested on Wednesday and taken 620 miles (1,000 km) from her home in southern Miyazaki to Sapporo - where her "husband", a 33-year-old office worker lives.
If charged with the offences, and convicted, she faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 ....
A Sapporo police official, according to the Associated Press news agency, said the woman had used the man's ID and password to log in to the game last May to carry out the virtual murder.
I love the fact the BBC is describing this as murder (though I imagine it would be quite upsetting to log in and discover your character had gone 'poof'); for those of you considering virtual revenge, tread carefully.
http://kotaku.com/5068836/japanese-w...virtual-murder
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October 26th, 2008, 11:42 Posted By: wraggster
While it still won't operate on our trusty Macintosh Performa 5200, PC gamers with less-than-stellar rigs will be pleased to know that Valve recently lowered the previously announced system requirements for Left 4 Dead. Well, okay -- the only thing they lowered was the video card memory requirement from 256 MB to 128 MB, but we imagine that this will allow access to a much larger number of casually outfitted PCs. To find out if you'll be able to join in all the zombified reindeer games upon Left 4 Dead's Nov. 18 release, check out the full list of requirements we've posted after the jump.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/25/va...r-left-4-dead/
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October 25th, 2008, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster
It hasn't been too awfully long since Windows Vista SP1 hit the intertubes for real, but the Vista team is already talking up SP2. Granted, we all know Redmond is focused on moving beyond all of this Vista hoopla and forging ahead with Windows 7, but there's apparently still some work to do on the outfit's current OS. Unfortunately, the latest update isn't exactly enthralling, as we're given no set time frame for launch and we're not shown any forthcoming changes that really get our juices flowing. For instance, Vista SP2 will add Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches, the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack, ability to natively record data on Blu-ray media and Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify WiFi configuration. Wait, did you just yawn? You did. We saw it.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/m...sta-sp2-still/
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October 25th, 2008, 15:39 Posted By: wraggster
News via aep
Q-Gears is an attempt to make a clone of Squaresoft's Final Fantasy 7 game engine. It is designed to be cross-platform and run on modern operating systems such as Win32 and Linux. QGears 0.00a3 has been released at Sourceforge. You can also keep track of the progress at Akaris Q-Gears Final Fantasy Engine Blog.
http://q-gears.sourceforge.net/
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October 25th, 2008, 03:32 Posted By: wraggster
Prepare Lord of the Rings Online fans. It's almost time for you to get your hands on Mines of Moria - the first expansion for the MMO - is coming November 18th. There will be plenty of new features to look forward to such as the game's level cap being increased, new items, and the addition of two new classes, Run-keeper and Warden. You'll also be able to have the option of purchasing a massive collector's edition with all sorts of goodies. In the mean time we got a new trailer which gives you a fly through the ruins in Durin's Way.
http://kotaku.com/5068571/lotr-onlin...ugh-durins-way
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October 25th, 2008, 01:57 Posted By: wraggster
If you didn't get all up on the Good Old Games beta, you (and the rest of the public) now have a crack at the open beta of the service, which lets you purchase classic, DRM-free PC games for $5.99 or $9.99 a piece.
In addition to previously announced Codemasters and Interplay titles, GoG is now sporting games from Strategy First (e.g. Jagged Alliance) and Pluto 13 (Gothic). Oh, and if you need to play a little catch up with the Fallout series before the third game drops, you can get the pair of predecessors for $12 on GoG.com.
http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/24/go...ds-publishers/
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October 25th, 2008, 01:56 Posted By: wraggster
With the economy being the way it is, many of us need to face the fact that we must cut back a bit on our gadget budgets. However, that doesn't mean that we need to go cold turkey. If you are currently in the market for a new laptop, have you ever considered buying refurbished/recertified? Keep in mind that refurbished/recertified laptops were either returned, overstocked, defective or functioned as demos before heading back to the manufacturer for repair and inspection. Many of them come with warranties and should be good as new. However, there is a stigma (and horror stories) that go along with purchasing refurb gadgets for the discount. So, my question is: Would you buy/ have you bought a refurbished laptop?
http://gizmodo.com/5068267/question-...rbished-laptop
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October 25th, 2008, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
Far Cry® 2, the next-generation first-person shooter from Ubisoft, will take you deep into the most beautiful but also most hostile environments in the world: Africa! More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry® 2, the true sequel to the award-winning PC game, will provide you with an unprecedented gaming experience.
Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal," a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit your their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2toq.html
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October 24th, 2008, 21:02 Posted By: Shrygue
via Joystiq
Fallout 3's radiation sickness hasn't even begun to set in and already people are talking about another sequel. Understandable, given the pause between Fallout 2 and next week's post-nuclear follow up stretched on for a decade, a wait that Bethesda's executive producer Todd Howard even admits was a touch much.
"I think it's good for people to miss things," Howard commented to Reuters. "Ten years between 'Fallout' is a bit long, but I think there's this nostalgia factor." In fact, the report notes that Howard thinks waiting three years or so is about right, though Bethesda's Pete Hines gives the inevitable sequel a wider berth. The company's VP of public relations tells Edge that it would be more accurate to expect Fallout 4 "before 2018" (since Howard did say 10 years was too long to wait). Geeze, by that time, we'll probably be living in our own apocalyptic wasteland, and Fallout will just be the game we play when we go outside.
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October 24th, 2008, 20:48 Posted By: Shrygue
via Engadget
It's hardly a scientific test, but when a Cnet editor's 8 year old daughter was given the choice between an OLPC XO laptop running Windows XP or the Linux-based Sugar UI, Sugar was the winner. As Cnet points out, either OS when properly incorporated into the teaching curriculum should serve the children of developing nations equally well. Only one, however, promises to prepare our youth for middle management.
P.S. Amazon's Give One, Get One program will be limited to Linux according to Cnet and confirmed in the OLPC Wiki -- no dual-boot for you Santa.
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October 24th, 2008, 20:44 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
Namco Bandai Games America Inc., today announced that they will continue to support customers of PC game Hellgate: London with online server support and play through January 31, 2009 despite the closure of Flagship Studios. In a further gesture of support, Namco Bandai Games will provide this server support free of charge to all fans and players of the game up until the shut down date.
Namco Bandai Games appreciates the enthusiasm of all the Hellgate: London players and looks forward to providing them with future entertainment products.
For questions regarding the shut down or additional information about Hellgate: London, please visit the game's official website at www.hellgatelondon.com.
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October 24th, 2008, 20:42 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Good news Voodoo 3 owners: Valve has downgraded its system requirements for co-op zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.
The list is basically identical to the last one, except the video card requirements have been lowed from 256MB to 128MB. Oh and we were joking; and it won't actually work with a Voodoo 3, by the way.
Left 4 Dead is out on November 21. See the revised specs below:- OS: Windows XP, Vista, Vista64
- CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
- RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
- Disc drive: DVD-ROM Drive
- Hard drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space
- Video: Direct X 9 compatible video card - Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0
- Sound: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card
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October 24th, 2008, 19:55 Posted By: wraggster
Go big or go home. That's what I always say, and EA must have been thinking the same thing when they announced their new Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. But you need subscribers to have a successful MMO, and everyone right now is playing World of Warcraft. So how do they plan on becoming a serious contender? LucasArts executive Tom Nichols told VG247 he thinks storytelling may be the key to winning this online battle.
“When World of Warcraft came out, everybody thought, ‘No, the market is only this big, because that’s as big as EverQuest was.’ Blizzard showed that it could be much larger. Our goal is to show that by bringing storytelling to the genre that we can attract an even wider audience. Plus, we have the benefit of this huge brand, which has done very, very well for nearly 30 years.”
Nichols also said there's great potential here with Bioware behind the project and the use of the ever-popular Star Wars license. Still, that's a pretty steep mountain to climb. Good luck, sirs.
http://kotaku.com/5068290/ea-lucasar...-wows-userbase
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October 24th, 2008, 19:23 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
- Wireless. Supports 2 channels.
- Supports windows Vista (32bit) / XP (32bit) / 2k / ME / 98 SE / 98.
- The 1st lightgun for All Screens (includes CRT / LCD / Plasma / Projector…etc)
- Supports PS3, PS2, PC (Note: In PS2/PS3, only GunCon2 compatible games are supported.)
- Compatible with MAME and more than 100 Flash games.
- Provide Turbo / Auto-Reload mode.
- Recommend screen size : 14 – 120 inch.
- Note: For 16:9 screens over 42 inches (with LED stands mounted beside the screen), or 16:9 screens over 52 inches (with LED stands mounted above and below the screen), TopGun Blaze Stand II is recommended to be used.
- Supports 52 inches 16:9 screen at 7 feet from the screen (with LED stands mounted above and below the screen)
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October 24th, 2008, 02:29 Posted By: wraggster
There’s no doubt that software piracy is rampant in China. Microsoft attempted to remedy the problem with its new version of Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program, which will turn the screen black every hour if the system fails the validation test. Previous versions just notified the user that they were using pirated software. You can imagine this didn’t go over too well with the Chinese, who were outraged by the inconvenience and more than one even accused Microsoft of hacking into their computers. A genuine, unpirated version of Windows costs over 1000 RMB, which is more than most Chinese make in a month. Contrast that with the 5 RMB (less than one US dollar) for the pirated version, and you’ve got a no-brainer.
http://hackaday.com/2008/10/22/micro...ires-in-china/
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October 24th, 2008, 02:01 Posted By: wraggster
A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher found herself in jail after viciously murdering her ex-husband...in MapleStory. According to reports, the woman's virtual, big-headed anime husband suddenly divorced her in mid-May, which lead to her logging on with the 33-year-old man's username and password and deleting his character. When the man discovered the death of his character, he called the police. The alleged virtual murderer has now been jailed for suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, which could carry a five-year prison sentence or a fine of up to $5,000.
"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.
My god, do you know what this means? I need to start playing Maple Story immediately!
http://kotaku.com/5067773/japanese-w...irtual-husband
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October 24th, 2008, 01:44 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has expanded its latest WGA initiative — you know, the one that turns your computer off screen black every hour — to China. An guess what! Since the majority of Chinese computer users run unauthorized copies of Windows, they're kind of upset. Of course, there are plenty of good discussions to be had about how measures like this could affect Microsoft's image and limit computer access in poorer parts of the world, but one awesome Chinese blogger/aspiring economist sees things differently:
If the price of genuine software was lower than the fake one, who would buy the fake one?
Someone should tell Microsoft!
http://gizmodo.com/5067539/microsoft...starting-wwiii
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October 22nd, 2008, 22:31 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
features
The extensive artistic research combined with the next-gen engine will allow you to explore over 50Km2 of seamlessly rendered African landscape. No game has ever provided such freedom of movement!
The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry® 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montréal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more…
Real-time story telling, systemic auto-healing, minimal in-game interface are just few of the features that will make you feel the tension of being alone against barbarous warlords that threaten thousands of innocent lives.
Choose from a wide range of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine-gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kills as a Sniper. If you feel that the atmosphere is not warm enough, light up your flamethrower and let your enemies and everything around them feel the heat.
Fly, Drive, Run, slide and hover over the huge open world with your glider, trucks, cars, boats and much more.
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Far Cry® 2, the next-generation first-person shooter from Ubisoft, will take you deep into the most beautiful but also most hostile environments in the world: Africa! More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry® 2, the true sequel to the award-winning PC game, will provide you with an unprecedented gaming experience.
Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal", a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit your their weaknesses, and neutralise their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3361.html
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