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October 19th, 2007, 21:04 Posted By: Shrygue
via Engadget
As far as "world's firsts" go this is a pretty minor one, yet we'd be neglect in our duties were we not to present you with the Silver Seal Antibacterial, Washable Keyboard and Mouse, which manufacturer Seal Shield claims to be the only set combining both of these hygienic features.
Designed for use in hospitals and other germ-laden environments, the Silver Seal desktop features those same silver ion nanoparticles that have become all the rage among hypochondriacs these days, and is totally submersible (dishwashers, too!) to expedite regular cleanings.
Hospital IT procurement specialists should start looking for the set next month, and although no MSRP is available yet, we'll wager that you're looking at diNovo-level pricing.
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October 19th, 2007, 20:57 Posted By: Shrygue
via Engadget
Forget 200Mbps powerline home networking -- and don't even mention your poky 85Mbps setup -- because industry leader DS2 has just made all current gear obsolete with its introduction of technology that will enable 400Mbps theoretical speeds over standard electrical wiring.
Capable of pushing five simultaneous video streams, the zippy new tech will be key for applications such as PVR networking and multi-room HD IPTV, and should start appearing in "next generation" devices slated for 2009. Luckily 400Mbps products will actually be backwards compatible with 200Mbps gear according to DS2, meaning that you should be able to reuse some of your existing adapters and extenders instead of relegating them to the gadget graveyard.
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October 18th, 2007, 20:00 Posted By: Shrygue
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See you guys on the torrents, Ubuntu 7.10 is out today. Codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon" -- in that alliterative fashion that never gets old (yet) -- 7.10 includes the brand new GNOME 2.20 desktop, Compiz Fusion for gee whiz 3D interface effects, desktop search, fast user switching, Firefox plugin support, much improved monitor support and configuration (at last), and a whole bunch of other minor tweaks and major improvements.
Time will tell if this release proves to be the true commercial OS killer a lot of people are banking on, but there's no denying that Ubuntu Linux provides an increasingly attractive and perpetually free alternative to traditional operating systems and even many Linux desktop distributions. Welcome to the OS war, Gutsy Gibbon!
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October 18th, 2007, 19:48 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Update: EA has waded in and said it will be exclusively available on Game Daily from 17:00 BST today, and available everywhere else 24 hours later.
Flagship Studios has said that a demo for Hellgate: London will be available this week.
According to its website it should be with us today, although everywhere else in the world seems to think general public will be able to download it tomorrow. EA was unavailable to clear it up.
It will be a single-player sampler that lets you test out two of the six character classes from the game: the Blademaster, a melee specialist who likes to get up close and personal, or a Marksman that prefers to keep his enemies at about sniper-distance.
Open to you is a snippet of the storyline to work through, and a couple of side quests to wander off on as you explore the streets and tunnels around Holborn Station - which opened in 1906 before being modernised in 1933. I like trains.
Hopefully it will all come together to give you a good idea of what to expect when the full action role-playing game appears here on 2nd November.
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October 17th, 2007, 22:59 Posted By: wraggster
An NPD study entitled 'Kids and Gaming' has revealed that for the latest generation of gamers, games on the PC is their first taste of the hobby. Interestingly, kids seem to go through a sort of 'gaming life cycle', starting with kid-oriented systems (Leapster), with PC games picking up around six and console gaming beginning around ten. The study also confirmed something you probably already knew: more kids are gaming than ever before.
"The study, which surveyed kids aged two to 17, said that more than one-third of children in the US are spending more time playing games than a year ago. Half of these kid gamers are 'light' users at five hours a week or less and the other half are 'medium, heavy or super users' who game six to 16 hours-plus per week. With the kids surveyed who play games online, an average of 39 percent of their time is spent playing games online versus offline. The majority of the kids (91 percent) play free online games."
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...7/10/17/146209
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October 17th, 2007, 19:46 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Like MMO Archlord, Codemasters has now declared RF Online a completely free-to-play game, meaning you can download it for zilch and don't have to cough up a subs fee.
"RF Online is an epic mix of traditional fantasy and futuristic sci-fi set in the deep space galaxy of Novus where three races compete in an ultimate struggle for power and resource. Celebrating the games re-launch, new players can now also experience the all-new free expansion, Episode II: Pioneers of Novus available for free to all players of the game."
Says Ed Relf, director of marketing, Codemasters Online, "Moving RF Online to free-to-play game marks yet another milestone for Codemasters Online and the wider industry. We have proven with Archlord that has been downloaded over 1 million times the potential success that can be experienced and we are pleased to be in a position to re-launch RF Online using a similar model.
"We invite players from around the world to download the game for free and join us in Novus."
You can download RF Online here.
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October 17th, 2007, 19:40 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Paradox Interactive producer Johan Andersson believes consoles are actually helping niche PC titles prosper.
Speaking exclusively to Eurogamer, he said the new machines not only drive more people to games, but also segment the market - making it much easier for titles like his Europa Universalis series to find their target audience.
"Generally we feel it is good for the industry as a whole that more and more people are finding their way to gaming," said Andersson.
"People have been saying for years that the PC market is declining; yet we've seen massive growth and success in our niched PC segment instead.
"I don't want to predict where PC gaming in general is going, but for us, the increase in consoles has made the market more segmented, and consequently made it easier for us to reach our target audience and vice versa," he added.
Europa Universalis is a deep strategy series that takes place on a Risk-like map, where the idea is to conquer the rest of it with your starting faction.
It enjoys a solid and enthusiastic following on PC, with a forum made up of around 83,000 members; and while Paradox will always lean towards its home platform, Andersson believes he could work with something like the DS.
"We are always open to new opportunities and there are certain platforms that lend themselves well to the type of strategy we do, handheld variants like the Nintendo DS for instance. But our main focus will always be on what we do best and to cater to our target audience and our niche," concluded Andersson.
It is a refreshing perspective from an often overlooked area, but while niche games may prosper, bigger-budget titles like Crysis appear to be a dying breed - arguably destined to join the likes of The Orange Box, World in Conflict and Command & Conquer on consoles further down the line.
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October 17th, 2007, 19:40 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
DreamCatcher has popped a PC demo up for its new Painkiller game Overdose.
It started out life as a fan-made mod that allowed you to destroy things as half-angel and half-demon gatekeeper Belial, but was soon given a wad of notes so that it could flesh itself out into a proper offering.
You will now be able to slaughter around 40 freshly demented and Hell-spawned nasties with an armoury of six new weapons. Then, if you get a little bored, you can head online to try out the bundle of new multiplayer maps.
Painkiller: Overdose has been put together by Mindware, unlike the previous Painkiller and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell instalments that were made by People Can Fly.
Painkiller is a first-person shooter that takes place in Purgatory and Hell, and aims to bring about the kind of joy games like Doom and Serious Sam put in your hands.
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October 17th, 2007, 19:19 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Blue Orb is offering what it's calling Switcblade, "a software package designed to allow gamers to play Blizzard's massively popular World of Warcraft using an Xbox 360 controller."
Available only from community platform Xfire, Switchblade's first compatible game will be WoW, with other titles to follow. The software launches for free today.
From the press release: "In addition to its 'plug and play' pre-configured options, SwitchBlade is a highly customizable application. Experienced World of Warcraft players get extensive opportunities to reconfigure button mappings to match their unique style of play.
"We all know that World of Warcraft is popular, but a lot of gamers are just hooked on the console controller experience," said Aaron Levin, Blue Orb's Vice President of Business Development. "With SwitchBlade, they can relax on the couch with a gamepad instead of hunching over a keyboard and mouse."
Personally, I like hunching over my keyboard and mouse, because my posture is entirely too good.
Clearly, this is targeted towards console gamers who might have been waiting for console-like controls before jumping into WoW, but how about you experienced WoW players? Would you make the switch so you can "relax" a little bit? The 360 controller does have quite a few buttons...
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October 17th, 2007, 19:18 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Rare isn't entirely ruling out a PC version of its new Banjo-Kazooie game for Xbox 360, it's emerged.
"We'll probably make a decision when Banjo-Kazooie is finished about moving it to PC", Rare designer Justin Cook has told PC Zone magazine in a recent interview.
"The team is pretty much full-on with designing it at the moment, and the last thing on their minds is whether it'll make it to other platforms", he added.
It's an odd one to bring to PC though, and indeed Cook suggests it would hinge on the control scheme working successfully with mouse and keyboard.
"The question you should ask", he said, "is whether the first two Banjo games would've mapped well to PC controls - we found they were a natural fit for consoles really".
So we'll have to wait and see...
Rare, of course, is currently working on a PC version of Viva Piñata, Cook saying that as the developer's first PC release it's "quite exciting".
"When we were developing Viva Piñata originally, we thought about putting on the PC, as it's the type of game that suits it, being a sandbox-type game", he revealed.
You can read PC Zone's full interview with Justin Cook in issue #187, out now.
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October 16th, 2007, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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A coach to improve skills
Up to four players on the same computer
Up to 100 players via the Internet in Duplicate mode.
Groundbreaking artificial intelligence
A functional interface allowing players to start the game with three clicks of the mouse.
Includes The Official Scrabble Dictionary
Six different game modes
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The most popular letters game of the world is back on PC. Compete in craftiness against the computer or against friends to combine the letters in the most appropriate way. Place your letters wisely to complete already formed words or create new ones and take advantage of bonus squares to increase your score. Developed in partnership with the French Federation of Scrabble, this new edition will make everyone, if they are not already, hardcore players of Scrabble!
A New Interface : A functional interface allowing players to start the game with three clicks of the mouse. Also features an ergonomics offering with new graphic themes for the board and letters, and various levels of zooms and angles of sight.
Includes The Official Scrabble Dictionary: The official Collins dictionary is included and is easily updatable.
Six Different Game Modes: Standard & Duplicate Modes (game Mode used in clubs and official championships) Anagram, Enigma, Crossagram and Junior.
A Coach to Improve Skills: A mentor to analyze the game and advise you at a strategic level; also includes a library of commented games to improve your skills.
Multiplayer: Up to four players on the same computer, which allows participants to play between friends or versus the computer; up to 100 players via the Internet in Duplicate mode.
Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence: An AI game created for novice players as well as experts, corresponding to the expectations of the French Federation of Scrabble and validated by Franck Maniquant (world champion of French Scrabble and Champion of France in 2001).
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2by3.html
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October 16th, 2007, 01:39 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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What-if scenarios with tremendous historical detail and sophisticated AI -- replay historic moments of WWII as the leader of France, England, Germany, Italy, USSR, Japan or the United States
Innovative combat system allows many approaches to engagements from massive assaults to holding actions - Supplies, reinforcements and geography all play into your battle plan
Flexible victory conditions let players determine what counts as a win, then play toward that goal
Simultaneous turn-based action - All players can make their turns without waiting for anyone else, so it's always your turn
Each country has a unique personality you can harness -- use its individual capabilities and physical assets to write your own history and make it through the war
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MAKING HISTORY: The Calm and the Storm puts players in control of a global conflict, challenging them to define its outcome. It's a different kind of WWII strategy game -- here, you aren't just after military success. To win, you have to achieve economic and diplomatic victory, too. Use all the resources at your disposal, from natural resources to diplomacy to military force, to rewrite history and become the biggest winner after a long and bloody conflict.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2bxx.html
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October 16th, 2007, 01:37 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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Starring Supermodel Kyla Cole as a lead heroine
Original RPG journey for the curious newcomer and a vintage experience for the hardcore player
Tactical turn-based combat system
Twisting epic story of unearthly affairs
Exciting and realistic outdoor sceneries perceived from the 1st person perspective
Includes a free calendar featuring Kyla Cole
description
The ancient world of Bellarion struggled in the never ending war of Gods. The conflict began when Xarax, ruler of the Gods, was murdered. Each of the remaining Gods claimed the right to the Divine Throne. After many battles, the defeated Gods refused to submit to the victors and instead summoned their armies to attack the worshippers of other Gods. The deaths of those worshippers weakened the power of the conquering Gods. After 2000 years of battles, Bellarion lay in ruins. No one was able to achieve victory until the God of Darkness, Mortagon, found a new weapon which resisted all magic and divine powers. As the last hope Arswaargh, the God of Fire, created Vivien, who he fashioned after his own astral body. Arswaargh sent Vivien through space and time to seek the counter-weapon needed to defy Mortagorn, but unfortunately, she lost her divine essence while traveling through the magical portal to another world. Vivien must now seek the Gods of the new world, gain back her power and search for the counter-weapon against Mortagorn.
GODS: Lands of Infinity Special Edition is a blend of adventure and action in a turn-based setting. There is an array of missions and NPC (non player characters) that players can add to their team. Players must fight, gain experience, level and acquire new skills. The game is played out in the first-person perspective, until gamers enter a battle encounter, at which point the game goes into third-person turn-based battle. GODS: Lands of Infinity Special Edition invites you into an exciting world full of adventures, battles and quests of unearthly affairs. Spend hours discovering the world of Antasion, trading and completing the lead quests of each race or kingdom and many side quests. Highly advanced shader system providing realistic effects of natural ice, water, grass and other nature elements. Animated
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2bxt.html
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October 16th, 2007, 01:36 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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Play against your friends in split-screen multiplayer mode.
60 tournaments in 5 different game modes.
Burn up the track at over 210 MPH on your Ducati Desmosedici
Choose from more than 70 motorbikes from 4 different categories - Classics, Sports, Road and Grand Prix.
34 adrenalin-pumping circuits with a huge amount of unlockable extra content.
description
Feel the rush of motorcycle racing with "Ducati World Championship". Select your motorcycle from over 70 original Ducati models, perfectly simulated replicas of the real thing. With Ducati you don't have to settle on one model -- you can have them ALL! Ducati World Championship features a variety of modeled motorbikes from 4 different categories - Classics, Sports, Road and Grand Prix. There are over 34 exciting circuits to race on with an incredible amount of extras to unlock. A 360 view into the world of motorcycle racing enables players to be a pilot racing in the amateur, semi professional and professional racing classes, intent on reaching the Superbike and the Grand World Championship. Varied weather and track conditions with realistic lighting effects Learn how to become a champion rider with Loris' Riding Lessons! Work your way up through the challenging Career Mode with increasingly faster bikes and gorgeous Race Queens! 3 different playing modes - arcade, normal and simulation give you countless options and endless hours of fun! Special guest Doctor Costa and his Mobile Clinic! ESRB Rated E for Everyone
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October 16th, 2007, 01:34 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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Explore detailed crime scenes in five all-new and bizarre cases.
Take part in dramatic interrogations and break down the evidence alongside your favourite CSI investigators.
New garage lab allows you to examine large piece of evidence.
description
Find & interpret the evidence. Solve the crime: Take a journey inside the criminal mind and find out if you have what it takes to be a member of the Las Vegas Police Department’s elite Crime Scene Investigation unit. Work alongside CSI agents Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Sara Sidle, Nick Stokes, Coroner Al Robbins and Detective Jim Brass in 5 distinctive cases. Solve baffling crimes. Collect and analyze evidences using real-world forensic equipment and cutting edge investigative techniques. Evidence is hard to find, suspects lie unless proof is found.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2by1.html
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October 16th, 2007, 01:33 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
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First Submarine simulation of World War I
Detailed models of Submarines, Warships, Merchant Ships and Airplanes
Four different German Submarine boats to choose from - Armada-Petrolboat, Armada-Dieselboat, UB-I and UC-II.
Over 50 individual missions with accurate historical background
Campaign-mode from 1914 to 1918
description
Set in WWI, ?1914 Shells of Fury? is the first WWI submarine simulation to be released. Players have command of their very own WWI Submarine from the German Emperor's fleet. Prepare to participate in exciting underwater missions from WWI, and work out detailed strategies using powerful weapons. Take command and control of the various missions given, while roaming across the ocean. Players must use tactical skills in order to survive and move ahead of the opponent. Mission-generator Adjustable levels of difficulty Realistic Submarine Stations System Requirements - Windows XP/Vista, Athlon XP 2000+ or Pentium 2GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB 3D graphic card which supports PixelShader 2.0, Sound card, DirectX 9.0c For best performance - Athlon XP 2600+ or Pentium 2.4GHz processor, 1024 MB RAM, 256 MB 3D graphic card which supports PixelShader 2.0
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October 16th, 2007, 00:13 Posted By: JKKDARK
via GameSpot
Sega today has confirmed to GameSpot that the PC version of Universe at War: Earth Assault has been pushed from its projected October 30 release to "early December." As cause for the delay, the Sega representative noted that the game, which entered closed beta testing at the end of July, is undergoing further development. "We wanted to give the game a little more time for polish so that gamers get the best UAW has to offer," said the rep.
Universe at War is being published by Sega and is the second project from Las Vegas-based developer Petroglyph. The studio, which includes several former Westwood Studios developers, made a splash in the real-time strategy genre in 2006 with Star Wars: Empire at War and its follow-up, Forces of Corruption.
With a focus once again on interstellar strategy, Petroglyph's latest has gamers fending off alien invaders. As detailed in GameSpot's previous coverage, the game features robust multiplayer modes where gamers can compete in a persistent online campaign to rule the universe. An Xbox 360 version is slated for the first part of 2008, and Petroglyph plans to integrate Microsoft's Games for Windows - Live service to allow for cross-platform play.
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October 15th, 2007, 19:44 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Epic's Unreal Tournament III demo hit the internet late last Friday, and the release has been quickly followed by a patch.
"We created a fix for the game not starting up on Windows XP 64 and Windows Server 2003 systems. This patch has not undergone the same amount of QA as the released demo so I strongly encourage to ONLY replace the UT3Demo.exe with the one from the patch if you are experiencing the "Modified executable code is not allowed" issue at startup", the developer's explained in a forum post.
The patch can be downloaded here.
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October 15th, 2007, 19:22 Posted By: Shrygue
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A tool that addresses activation issues with the PC version of Bioshock can now be downloaded.
You may recall that when Bioshock released, the game's SecuROM copy protection came under fire for, among other things, only allowing two simultaneous installs of the game on different PCs and problems the copy protection raised with reinstalling it.
"Also, we have in the works a revoke tool which you will be able to run on your machine if you want to free up that key and move it to another computer", 2K Games said at the time.
It's the revoke tool that's now been released.
In a new post on community site Cult of Rapture, 2K says, "For those of you who would like to revoke one of your activation credits before uninstalling Bioshock from your PC, the Bioshock Revoke Tool is now available and will help you do just that!" Hurrah!
The tool can be downloaded here, where you'll also find documentation that goes deeper into use of the tool.
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October 15th, 2007, 19:21 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Playlogic has snapped-up adventure game Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens, and will be publishing it all over the world in Q1 2008.
The idea is to point and click your way through Simon's latest quest, which revolves around a doppleganger of him causing all sorts of trouble, as well as a healthy wardrobe of brightly coloured dressing-gowns with stars and moons on them.
As a series, the games firmly plant tongue in cheek, and aim to bring about the same joy that old LucasArts adventures did back in the day - oh Monkey Island you long lost love, you.
This fourth instalment in the popular series is already out in Germany and has fallen under the scrutinising eye of Eurogamer.de, who felt it worthy of a meaningful 7/10.
Head over their review to find out more, presuming you can read German, of course.
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