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September 2nd, 2010, 17:45 Posted By: wraggster
Intel is hoping to build a new games platform out of the immensely popular netbook device – and wants developers to kick start the revolution.
The chipset giant is currently accepting entries in its ‘Games For Netbooks’ contest, and will award three winning entrants $1,000 as well as dev tools and exposure.
Developers making games for the contest won’t be giving up their IP, Intel says.
An overall winner will also be awarded a holiday with as much as $5,000 of expenses paid.
The deadline for the contest – which first launched last month – is 3rd October 2010 at 12PM GMT.
Intel is partnering with a British dev tools group, known as The Game Creators, as part of the contest.
Entrants should to create their netbook games with either DarkBASIC Professional or Dark GDK, and Intel wants the entries to be designed specifically for netbooks (running at 1024 x 600 resolution, for example).
Each entry cannot exceed 250MB, nor can it include third-party content.
Netbook sales have rocketed in recent years due to the entry-level prices for the products, and many analysts say the devices are on the cusp of becoming a phenomenon in emerging economies.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...s-game-devices
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September 3rd, 2010, 21:27 Posted By: wraggster
Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome. Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total security vulnerabilities, including six high-priority flaws, and the company paid out a total of $4,337 in bug bounties to researchers who reported the vulnerabilities. A number of the flaws that didn't qualify for bug bounties were discovered by members of Google's internal security team.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...37-In-Bounties
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September 5th, 2010, 19:48 Posted By: wraggster
There's an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that enables simple data-stealing attacks by Web-based attackers and could lead to an attacker hijacking a user's authenticated session on a third-party site. The flaw, which a researcher said may have been known since 2008, lies in the way IE8 handles CSS. The vulnerability can be exploited through an attack scenario known as cross-domain theft, and researcher Chris Evans originally brought the problem to light in a blog post in December. At the time, all of the major browsers were vulnerable to the attack, but since then, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera all have implemented a simple defense mechanism. The upshot of this is that if a victim has visited a given Web site, authenticated himself to the site, and then visits a site controlled by an attacker, the attacker would have the ability to hijack the user's session and extract supposedly confidential data. This attack works on the latest, fully patched release of IE8.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...net-Explorer-8
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September 6th, 2010, 20:55 Posted By: wraggster
Remember when a 1.4GHz processor was deemed the world's fastest? Man, that was ages ago. Recently, IBM has laid claim to that very record, with its 5.2GHz z196 processor being the focal point. Of course, we've seen a number of consumer chips hum along at speeds well beyond that (thanks to sophisticated cooling systems, of course), but this here enterprise chip does it without any liquid nitrogen-based assistance. It's a four-core slab that was manufactured using the outfit's 45 nanometer technology, boasting 1.4 billion transistors and the ability to handle more than 50 billion instructions per second. Interestingly, Fujitsu's Venus CPU is said to handle a staggering 128 billion calculations per second, so we're guessing that IBM won't be snagging this crown without any debate from the competition. At any rate, there's a very convincing video waiting for you after the break, and no, you won't find this thing in your next Alienware anytime soon.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/i...h-5-2ghz-z196/
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September 7th, 2010, 22:52 Posted By: wraggster
2K games broke the news on Twitter and then showcased it at the PAX games convention over the weekend.
The game, first announced in 1998, was cancelled in 2009 when its developer - 3D Realms - collapsed.
The title has now been resurrected by US developer Gearbox Software which said it will be released on PC, PS3 and XBox 360 in 2011.
If it does, the game will become the record holder for the longest game between releases, thought to be currently held by StarCraft, which had a 12-year gap between releases.
Eternal wait
The original Duke Nukem was released in 1991 and was a side scrolling shooter that pitted the player against an army of robots.
The game evolved into a true first person shooter in 1996 with the release of Duke Nukem 3D. This also proved popular, but faced stiff competition from the likes of Quake and Unreal which, unlike Duke Nukem, used 3D polygons instead of sprites, resulting in a far better looking game.
Nevertheless, the series had legions of fans who have waited in expectation for the next release.
For many, the wait has been endless, prompting the game to win Wired Magazine's "Vapourware of the Year" award on numerous occasions, a prize given to products that are talked about, but never actually get released.
The new Duke Nukem Forever deal sees Gearbox not just securing the rights to the game, but also the eight team members from 3D Realms who worked on the project.
"It's unbelievable, it kicks ass and it's totally going to happen," said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software.
"The Gearbox Software team and I are ecstatic that we have grown to a position to be able to pick up and carry the torch and help Duke rise back to glory in his time of need," he added.
Scott Miller, who co-founded the now defunct 3D Realms, said that Gearbox had been "handpicked as the new home for Duke Nukem".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11198237
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September 7th, 2010, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster
NCSoft's has today released the first major expansion for its fairly popular MMO Aion, and it's completely free. Sort of. We think.
In Aion: Assault on Balaurea, players will team up to "launch a massive counter assault against the invading Balaur in their homeland. Along with the ability to explore new and updated zones and instances, the expansion provides players with an increased level cap, new weapons, items and skills as well as enhanced flight mechanics. Because exploring is never fun alone, Aion introduces completely unique, functional pets equipped with in-game benefits to keep characters company along the way."
That's out in US, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore today. Confusingly, the PR says it hits retail in Europe on Friday, with an SRP of €29.99. That looks like the bundle price for the game, the expansion plus the "exclusive premium Speckled Ailu (Panda) Pack pet along with a limited-time retailer specific pet exclusive". Or something.
In UK the participating retailer is Game. Hit the source link for more info.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS
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September 7th, 2010, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster
Looks as if the Internet Explorer 9 Beta has now leaked on video, and -- surprise, surprise -- it looks exactly like Internet Explorer! If you were out hoping for a major overhaul, it looks as if you'll need to pick a new wish to cross your fingers for. Design wise, the IE9 beta shown in the video past the break is no drastic departure from IE8, though the internals should obviously be revamped quite a bit. The rest of the world is still awaiting that September 15th launch date, but you and your impatient soul can watch an early build peak at 95/100 (so close!) on the Acid3 test with just a couple of clicks. Enjoy!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/07/i...00-on-acid3-t/
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September 8th, 2010, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster
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A new version of coLinux (Cooperative Linux) has been released. coLinux makes it possible to run Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.
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Version 0.7.8
FLTK Console (Shai Vaingast):
New: Select font style and size with menu, store current font in registry.
New: Setect text with right or left mouse and copy&paste with key Win+C.
New: "cocon=COLSxROWSxSCROLLBACK" to use console scrollback with keys Win+PageUP, Win+PageDown or mouse weel.
Disabling console FLTK resize functionality.
Enabled blinking cursor support.
New menu option "exit on detach" (quit console after shutting down).
Redesigned menu to be more inline with today´s standard menu layout.
Workaround for some Vista keyboard drivers bugs where WinKey+C and WinKey+V don´t work properly. Now WinKey+Home and WinKey+End is teh alternate.
Daemons:
Different descriription for file properties, add original filename.
Kernel:
Version 2.6.33.5
Filesystems EXT4 enabled in kernel, GFS2 enabled as module
Buildsystem:
Suppress warnings from Python 2.6. (Shai Vaingast)
Config variable changed from SOURCE_DIR to DOWNLOADS.
Updated libraries and tools:
FLTK 1.1.10, fixes problems with Window border frame on Vista.
http://www.colinux.org/
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September 12th, 2010, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster
Over on the IE blog Microsoft's Ted Johnson writes, 'With IE9, developers have a fully-hardware accelerated display pipeline that runs from their markup to the screen. Based on their blog posts, the hardware-accelerated implementations of other browsers generally accelerate one phase or the other, but not yet both. Delivering full hardware acceleration, on by default, is an architectural undertaking. When there is a desire to run across multiple platforms, developers introduce abstraction layers and inevitably make tradeoffs which ultimately impact performance and reduce the ability of a browser to achieve 'native' performance. Getting the full value of the GPU is extremely challenging and writing to intermediate layers and libraries instead of an operating system's native support makes it even harder. Windows' DirectX long legacy of powering of the most intensive 3D games has made DirectX the highest performance GPU-based rendering system available.' Some Mozillians hit back in the comments to the IE Blog post and others have written blog posts of their own. PC Mag's Michael Muchmore seems to conclude that IE9 and Firefox 4 are more or less the same (despite the title of his article) while Chrome currently lags behind."
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...ter-Than-Yours
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September 12th, 2010, 23:57 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.scummvm.org/news/20100912/
Following up on the SCI game testing, a testing session for the next ScummVM release has arrived! It's time to point and click at several other ScummVM games that need testing before we can publish a new version.
This testing season we have two new games up for testing: Fascination and Maniac Mansion (C64 version).
Contrary to previous testing seasons, not all games will be tested. The number of games supported has grown significantly and testing all the games is too much. So for this testing season, and testing seasons onward, we've decided to only put games up for testing that have had significant changes to their codebase since the last release. As usual, the list of games to be tested is on the wiki. The page also lists games that are not required to be tested, but feel free to test them too if you don't have any of the other games that require testing.
Note that the SCI games are not on the testing page. The SCI testing went well and they do not need to be tested again.
So what are you waiting for? Go test some ScummVM games using a daily build and report any bugs you find to the bug tracker. After completing a playthrough of a game, please report it on the forums so it can be added to the release testing wiki page. Make sure you provide the version, language, and platform of your game when reporting a completion. Consult the testing guidelines should you have any other questions.
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September 13th, 2010, 20:05 Posted By: wraggster
Google is co-hosting a new HTML5 Game Jam event – a foretoken perhaps to the search engine giant’s preferred web format as the world waits for it to launch its new social game business.
The company has been on an acquisition spree of late, buying up game studios in what is thought to part of a wider plan to become Facebook’s biggest rival in the social space.
Supporting HTML5 could be key in Google’s poorly-shrouded intent to bring gaming to its web browser, Chrome, as well as Android phones and even Apple devices.
The company will be co-hosting the HTML5 Game Jam event along with Spil Games, a casual game group that recently overhauled its entire web presence to support the HTML5 standard.
The value of HTML5 has routinely been discussed in contrast to Adobe’s Flash platform, chiefly because the latter is blocked on Apple’s iOS devices in favour of the former.
The HTML5 Game Jam takes place in Hilversum, The Netherlands, on the weekend of October 9-10, 2010. It will see 80 developers pitch ideas, crack into programming, and end the marathon event with a short presentation.
“This game jam is the latest development in our HTML5 strategy, and we're thrilled to work with Google on this,â€said Peter Driessen, CEO of Spil Games.
“An open, free weekend of hardcore coding fits perfectly in our strategy to unite the world in play, and we can't wait to see what comes out of the weekend.â€
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...workshop-event
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September 13th, 2010, 22:27 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has urged Windows users to block ongoing attacks against Adobe's popular PDF viewer by deploying one of Microsoft's enterprise tools. Adobe echoed Microsoft's advice, saying the Enhanced Migration Experience Toolkit (EMET) would stymie attacks targeting Reader and Acrobat. Called 'scary' and 'clever,' the in-the-wild exploit went public last week when security researcher Mila Parkour reported it to Adobe after analyzing a rogue PDF document attached to spam. Adobe first warned users Wednesday of the threat, but at the time gave users no advice on how to protect themselves until a patch was ready. Microsoft stepped in on Friday. 'The good news is that if you have EMET enabled ... it blocks this exploit,' said Fermin Serna and Andrew Roths, two engineers with the Microsoft Security Response Center in an entry on the group's blog."
A Symantec blog post suggests the people exploiting this vulnerability may be the 'Aurora' group responsible for the attacks on Google late last year.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09...ro-Day-Exploit
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September 14th, 2010, 22:55 Posted By: wraggster
A fresh question mark hangs over the viability of the pre-owned software market this morning after a ruling in the US Court of Appeal upheld a developer’s right to prevent the resale of its software.
Gamasutra reports that Autodesk has successfully won a case in which defendant Timothy Vernor had been arguing for his right to buy and use a pre-owned copy of design program AutoCAD.
Vernor acquired the software in an office sale and then listed it for sale on eBay along with a serial number.
Autodesk, however, argued that its End User License Agreement states that the software is licensed, and that the licence itself was non-transferable. It also states that if the user chooses to upgrade the program older versions should be destroyed.
The defendant, however, argued that since he had not agreed to any licence the conditions should not apply to him.
In 2008 a US Court ruled in Vernor’s favour, but following an appeal from Autodesk that ruling has now been overturned.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/34581...owned-software
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September 15th, 2010, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster
It seems Google's bug bounty program is paying some nice dividends, for both sides. Less than two weeks after releasing version 6.0 of its Chrome browser, Google has pushed out another Chrome release, which includes fixes for 10 security bugs, seven of which are rated either critical or high. Google Chrome 6.0.472.59 comes out just 12 days after the last Chrome release, which fixed 14 security bugs. As part of its bug bounty program, Google paid out $4,000 in rewards to researchers who disclosed security flaws in the browser. Most of the security flaws fixed in the new release are in the Windows version of Chrome, but the most serious bug is only in Chrome for Mac.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...ys-4000-Bounty
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September 15th, 2010, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster
We all knew today was the day, but just in case you've been zoned out in Kauai the past few weeks, Microsoft's getting set to release its refreshed build of Internet Explorer to the general public today. IE9 Beta is said to be a beta that's essentially done, so you shouldn't have too much to fear when the download links go live later today. The crew at Redmond claims that it's far more compliant with HTML5, CSS3 and SVG2 standards, and that it's the only game in town with full hardware acceleration. Keep an eye on that source link for a shot at downloading your copy later today, and if you're terrified of offending your existing Firefox or Chrome installation, we'll do you one better -- our own in-depth review will be going live in a matter of hours.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/i...e-later-today/
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September 15th, 2010, 23:06 Posted By: wraggster
The Insignia Infocast is a $169 simple media device being sold at Best Buy. Marketed as a way to share photos and run Chumby apps, hackers are starting to release packages to extend its features. [Bunnie] shows us one package in particular that allows it to be used as a web browser with an external keyboard. With an 800Mhz processor, an 800×600 touch screen, and 2 GB of memory, we can see that this is just scratching the surface of what is possible. [Bunnie] points out that some people are working on porting Android to the device, and if you really feel adventurous, you can dig into the hardware.
http://hackaday.com/2010/09/15/169-linux-tablet-sortof/
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September 15th, 2010, 23:18 Posted By: wraggster
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ODAMEX is a modified Doom source port. Supported platforms are Windows, Mac, Linux and FreeBSD.
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Odamex 0.5.0 (r####)
Odamex 0.5.0 should be officially released on August 24th, 2010.
Changes
General Odamex Changes:
Dozens of bug fixes and code optimizations.
Further improved netcode for large games and coop.
Improved weapon/item desync issues.
Improved Odamex protocol.
logfile ccmd reimplemented and improved. Servers now log at start up by default.
Added new console command waddirs. This command, when set by users, will allow odamex to search any directories listed for iwads and pwads.
Boom editing features are now fully supported.
Chex Quest now recognized as an iwad. It will automatically load chex.deh along with chex.wad if it is found.
Removal of gold team support. Odamex will eventually move towards dynamic team settings.
Odamex Client Changes:
New reorganized, scrollable menus.
Fix saving/loading for single player games.
Allow resolutions to be set manually when "autoadjust_video_settings" cvar is disabled.
Addition of Chocolate Doom´s Endoom viewer. Toggled with r_showendoom cvar.
ALT+F4 now brings up the quit screen on windows platforms.
Odamex Server Changes:
Most server cvars are now preceded by a sv_* prefix. For more information, visit server variables.
A new cvar, sv_motd, which will display a "Message of the Day" to any connecting clients.
Changed cvar co_level8soundfeature to be under server control.
Odamex Launcher Changes:
Improved GUI.
New graphical ping indicators.
New server detail window which shows server version, revision, and settings.
http://www.odamex.net/
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September 15th, 2010, 23:28 Posted By: wraggster
Those who have written off IE as being slow and old-looking are in for a surprise. The just-released Internet Explorer 9 beta is dramatically faster than its predecessor, sports an elegant, stripped-down interface and adds some useful new features, writes Preston Gralla. Even more surprising than the stripped-down interface is IE9 beta's speed. Internet Explorer has long been the slowest browser by a wide margin. IE9 has turned that around in dramatic fashion, using hardware acceleration and a new JavaScript engine it calls Chakra, which compiles scripts in the background and uses multiple processor cores. In this beta, my tests show it overtaking Firefox for speed, and putting up a respectable showing against Safari, Opera and Chrome. It's even integrated into Windows 7. One big problem: It will not work on Windows XP. So, forget the performance and security boost, many enterprises and netbook users.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...commentlisting
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September 16th, 2010, 17:07 Posted By: wraggster
Adobe seems to have made an about face regarding their support for native 64-bit Linux support for Flash today, and released a new preview Flash plugin named 'Square.' This includes a native 64-bit version for Linux, which I have verified works on my Debian Lenny LTSP server by simply copying libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins — with sound (which I was never able to figure out with running the 32-bit version with nspluginwrapper and pulseaudio).
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/0...ugin-For-Linux
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September 16th, 2010, 23:16 Posted By: wraggster
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D2X-XL is an OpenGL-port of Descent II. Supported platforms are Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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v1.15.88
Fixed: Exiting a Descent 1 level that had been entered coming from a secret level bumped the players back to the level they just exited
v1.15.87
Improved: 3D shield boost powerup is better visible
New: Hoard orb can now be rendered as 3D model (sphere)
v1.15.86
Fixed: Due to a recent addition, multiplayer was broken
Changed: Camera outputs will now only be displayed across their entire face regardless of any resulting distortion
Changed: Replaced messages ´Prepare for Descent´ with ´Loading...´ and ´Setting up Renderer´ with ´Prepare for Descent´
v1.15.85
Fixed: There was a small bug in ship physics
Fixed: The program didn´t reliably switch to the screen resolution stored in the active player profile at program start
v1.15.84
New: Added support for variable player ship energy capacity
New: Added support for third ship type (´heavy fighter´ with max. 150/300 shield, max. 120/240 energy, 90% of standard ship speed, built-in ammo rack)
New: You can now specify ase model file names for standard, light and heavy fighters in d2x.ini (-medium_ship, -light_ship, -heavy_ship)
Changed: When changing the ship in-game, the player will not lose a life, but respawn with the energy and shield the abandoned ship had (up to the maximum allowed for the new ship)
Changed: The light fighter will only have a maximum energy capacity of 90/180 units
Changed: The light fighter will not be able to carry Fusion guns
Changed: The standard ship will not be able to carry triple Fusion guns
Changed: Other than in nostalgia mode, the ammo rack will only increase the standard ship´s transport capacity by 50% (was 100% before)
v1.15.83
Fixed: The program crashed when trying to display the exit door animation during the initial Descent 1 briefing
v1.15.82
Fixed: Auxiliary cockpit views were transparent when using unenhanced stereoscopic rendering
Fixed: Effects weren´t properly rendered when using stereoscopic rendering
Fixed: Players who had triple fusions could only drop one fusion gun
Fixed: Players who had triple fusions would only drop one fusion when their ship was destroyed
Fixed: Savegames weren´t properly restored anymore
Fixed: Damage lightning wasn´t shown all over hires models
v1.15.81
Fixed: Auxiliary thrusters didn´t fire as they should during certain flight maneuvers
Changed: Switching to another ship in-game will cost the player a life
v1.15.80
Fixed: Auxiliary views didn´t show gun fire, missiles and effects (effects will only be shown at highest render quality)
Changed: The inventory can be turned off (meaning invuls and cloaks collected by the player aren´t stored but used immediately)
Improved: Pressing F4 will now drop markers that do not rotate. CTRL+F4 will drop rotating markers. ALT+CTRL+F4 will drop a spawn marker. CTRL+R in the automap will toggle the highlighted marker´s rotation
New: Support for Joffa´s and MetalBeast´s ´Phantom XL´ Pyro model (ship can be chosen when creating a new game or in the gameplay options menu)
http://www.descent2.de/
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September 16th, 2010, 23:17 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.aep-emu.de/PNphpBB2-file-...c-t-15572.html
Freeciv is an open source project that aims to provide a free Civilization clone (released under the GPL).
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WHAT´S CHANGED SINCE 2.2.2
Improvements to civ and ser scripts. GNAPATCH#1671 GNA#16311
Cross-platform compatibility improvements. GNA#16310 GNAPATCH#1700 GNA#16369
Fixed error loading the France scenario. GNA#16329
Fix bug where displayed diplomatic state was initially incorrect after loading from a savegame. GNA#16467
Fix crashes/errors associated with creating/deleting nations in editor. GNA#16491 GNA#16494
Ensure team name changes in pregame are propagated to all clients. GNA#16503
Improvements to private chat messages, including ensuring they are saved in the event cache for senders. GNA#16625
Bug fix: the client now takes fortresses (and similar bases) into account when displaying combat probabilities. GNA#16460
Improved networking code. GNA#16003 GNA#16427 GNA#16461 GNA#16495 GNA#16504
Only clients attached to a player can send vote packets. GNA#16215
Fixes to UI strings. GNA#16401 GNA#16455 GNA#16543
Fixed server crash in AI code. GNA#16100 GNA#16418
Improved debugging. GNA#16430
Improved developer documentation. GNAPATCH#1854 GNA#16564
Improved voting. GNA#16437
Improved handling of ruleset loading in scenarios. GNA#16441
Introduced server option maxconnectionsperhost. GNA#16466
Added deep ocean terrain to Hex2t. GNA#16250
Fixed crasher when fogging units. GNA#16592
[edit]Client
GTK2 client - Ensure files are sorted in save and load game dialogs. GNA#16296
GTK2 client - Improved UI in small-screen mode. GNA#16346 GNA#16440 GNA#16499 GNA#16500 GNA#16520
GTK2 client - Enabled small-screen mode by default. GNA#16063
GTK2 client - Improved allies chat button. GNA#16339
GTK2 client - Made client argument -a work with password registration. GNA#16421
GTK2 client - Reinstate scrollable area in unit info panel, avoiding redraws when changing unit focus. GNAPATCH#1685
SDL client - Fixed the drawing of trade routes. GNA#15347
[edit]Game Play / Rules
Buoy created within player borders will take effect instantly. GNA#16375
Ensured that global warming or nuclear winter affects a tile only once at a time. GNA#16411
Terraforming tile to ocean will not clear pollution if allowed by ruleset. GNA#16426
The effect of the Great Library wonder is by team rather than individual players in teams. GNA#16442
In some circumstances bases would not be allowed on the same tile (e.g., fortress and airbase), but this was not consistent; now fixed (fortress and airbase can always be built on the same tile). GNA#16465
Diplomats now have the same building sabotage chance as Spies. GNA#16305
[edit]Translations
Updated translations: Danish, Catalan, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian.
http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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September 16th, 2010, 23:18 Posted By: wraggster
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Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion is a source port based on Hexen II and HexenWorld. Supported platforms are Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Windows.
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2010-08-25: Hammer of Thyrion, 1.4.4-pre10
Version 1.4.4-pre10 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion is released: Changes since the previous beta version include:
- An important bug fix for the software renderer which would crash the game especially on win32.
- A new software renderer for windows compatible with both win32 and win64 as well.
- Net (hexen2): fixed BSD and Mac OS X socket api usage.
- SDL cdaudio: Improved the existing -cddev option.
- Windows cdaudio: added -cddev as a new command line option to choose the cdrom drive to use (syntax: -cddev E)
Along with the full sources, we also posted win32, win64 and dos binary packages, as usual. Mac OS X packages will follow shortly. We´d appreciate any feedback.
2010-05-08: Hammer of Thyrion, 1.4.4-pre9
Version 1.4.4-pre9 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion is released: This new beta version fixes an old midi/cdaudio play confusion bug in hexenworld and increases the number of detected video modes for both opengl and software renderers, among a few other bug fixes and other things. Along with the full sources, we also posted win32, win64 and dos binary packages, as usual. We´d appreciate any feedback.
http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/
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September 16th, 2010, 23:19 Posted By: wraggster
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A new version of OpenTTD has been released. OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.
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2010-09-14 20:36:00
Posted by frosch
Today we released OpenTTD 1.0.4. Nothing seriously was reported since the release candidate, and as we are confident the testers did a good job, we are also confident that it is a nice release!
Note that there is a new translation available in the release: You can now also enjoy OpenTTD in Belarusian. A good moment to thank all translators continuously maintaining and updating the translations.
If you are missing the translation into your native language, just join the team at our WebTranslator and become a translator on your own!
http://www.openttd.org/
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September 16th, 2010, 23:20 Posted By: wraggster
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StepMania is capable of playing many game types. Currently, it supports games similar to Dance Dance Revolution, Pump It Up, EZ 2 Dancer, and Para Para Paradise. In the future, it will support games similar to BeatMania, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, and more.
The games played by StepMania are rhythm games. Notes scroll up from the bottom of the screen, and the player must hit the corresponding button on the controller in time to the. All games can be played using the keyboard, but the real fun comes when using specially designed controllers, like a dance pad or hand sensors." Quoted from the homepage. StepMania is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
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Release: StepMania 4.0.b7: in-game song uploads
You can now publish songs in-game from the editor menu with "Publish" (next to "Save").
StepMania 4.0.b6
Changes:
- after installing a song, automatically start on the Select Music screen with the newly-installed song selected
- fix Profiles screen
- fix mine ghost flash and sound not happening on hit mine
- fix explosions flashing for a miss
StepMania 4.0.b5 - Infinite BPM support
Changes:
- widescreen fixes
- measure numbers now start with "measure 0" in editor
- "Infinite BPM", editor support, importing of negative BPMs/negative stops
- fixed video banner update speed
StepMania 4.0.b4
Changes:
- make negative BPM and negative stop songs playable
- increase SM3.x BGAnimation compatibility
- fix hang on some Macs when toggle fullscreen
- updated Mac installer
- fix more theme glitches
StepMania 4.0.b3
Changes:
- fix many editor theme errors
- fix ScreenStage->ScreenGameplay transition theme glitches
- fix ScreenSelectMusic theme glitches
- source code available: https://svn.stepmania.com/svn/branches/4.0/stepmania
- sample smxml file: http://www.stepmania.com/test.smxml (downloads Plaguemix One and Two)
- File associations in Mac build
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=466102
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September 17th, 2010, 18:37 Posted By: wraggster
The social gaming market will continue to be driven by Facebook and PC for some time, says Trip Hawkins, boss of publisher Digital Chocolate.
"Anyone who thinks it is easier to make money on the iPhone or Android rather than on Facebook is wrong," he tells ME.
"The mobile infrastructure, social features and web device population are just not there yet, and it will take some time. Mobile games will become more social but it is a rope that a game publisher cannot push right now."
Digital Chocolate continues to release games for iPhone and mobile platforms, but its focus has diversified with a series of popular Facebook games too.
"Inevitably and eventually, the mobile side will be huge, but it's not now and it's not even next," he says.
"It's still going to be Facebook and the PC for a while longer."
Companies like ngmoco have focused on trying to make freemium social games take off on iPhone, while Facebook giant Zynga recently brought its Farmville game to Apple's platform.
Meanwhile, Gameloft is the latest mobile publisher to dip its toes in the Facebook waters, with the launch of the Farmville-esque Green Farm.
Hawkins thinks that publishers are too quick to swing between the merits of one platform and another.
"Too many people are running from one side of the boat to the other, and back again!" he says.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/38706...acebook-and-PC
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September 18th, 2010, 20:42 Posted By: wraggster
Most browser benchmarks are isolated, artificial tests that can be gamed by browser vendors optimizing those specific cases. With only those benchmarks to go on, the folks at LucidChart were skeptical that the IE9 beta would actually outperform other modern browsers in real-world applications. To separate hype from reality, they built their first browser benchmarking tool, based in LucidChart itself. This benchmark is to SunSpider what a Left4Dead 2 benchmark is to 3Dmark Vantage. Product specs don't matter, only real-world performance on a real-world application. The results were surprising. IE9 held its own pretty well (with a few caveats), and the latest Firefox 4 beta came in dead last.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09...d-Use-Face-Off
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September 20th, 2010, 18:46 Posted By: wraggster
A new report from American stat analysis group NPD suggests that the value of digital PC games market is now far greater than the boxed sector.
The numbers claims that 11.2m PC games were purchased in North America between January and June 2010. In the same period just 8.2m boxed PC games were purchased at retail.
However, the good news for bricks and mortar retail is that the real money remains in physical product – in total dollar revenue terms traditional retail still accounts for 57 per cent of the market.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...-PC-retail-NPD
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September 21st, 2010, 21:15 Posted By: wraggster
As reported over at Phoronix, the Direct X 11 API now has an open source implementation on top of Gallium3d which should ease porting of games to Linux with or without Wine. While still in its infancy, you can see where this is heading. All this while Microsoft hasn't offered DX11 for their own aging WindowsXP. Could it be that Linux may soon support this Microsoft API better than Microsoft itself?"
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/0...nux-But-Not-XP
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September 22nd, 2010, 00:23 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•Give your Sims the rides they’ve always dreamed of—and the lifestyles that go with them
•Enjoy four all‐new styles of fashions, furnishings, and vehicles: Racing, Intrigue, Rockabilly, and Classic Luxury
•Create the ultimate garage to house your Sim’s professional race car or hot rod
•Give your Sims the rides they’ve always dreamed of—and the lifestyles that go with them. * Enjoy four all‐new styles of fashions, furnishings, and vehicles: Racing, Intrigue, Rockabilly, and Classic Luxury. * Create the ultimate garage to house your Sim’s professional race car or hot rod. * Deck out your Sim’s house in luxurious accessories to match their sleek new, luxurious rides
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September 22nd, 2010, 19:02 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft expected Internet Explorer 9 to be popular, but after more than two million people downloaded the IE9 beta in the first two days after its release, the software giant is having a hard time choosing which eye-popping statistics to cite. Microsoft says its "Beauty of the Web" site, which illustrates the aesthetic advantages of IE9's support for HTML5 and hardware acceleration, has had more the 9 million visits and 26 million page views since the IE9 beta launch on Sept. 15. Microsoft's developer-oriented IE Test Drive Site has had 4 million page views during the same period.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...d-Overwhelming
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September 22nd, 2010, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•More than just a strategy game -- the expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would-be kings to take up the reigns of power and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players to explore, battle over and claim as their own
•An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions, even first-time players will be confident in the choices they make
•Combat is more exciting and engaging than ever before. Wars between empires feel massive with armies spreading across the landscape. The addition of ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging players to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield
•Write your own epic story each time you play! Choose one of eighteen historical civilizations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world’s most powerful empire
•Negotiate with some of history’s most cunning rulers, each with a well-crafted plan for victory. Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items, plying them with gold, and deciding if they are friend or foe. City States will present a new diplomatic battleground on which the major powers of the world will vie for supremacy
•Compete with Civ players from all over the globe via the Internet and Play by Email, or compete locally in Hotseat and LAN matches, offering endless ways to rule the world. The game itself now serves as the hub of community activity, featuring the ability to share scenarios, compare scores, brag about achievements and visit one of the thriving Civ fansites without leaving the game. It’s now easier than ever for players to become involved in the global Civ Community
descriptionSid Meier's Civilization® V is the fifth offering in the multi-award winning Civilization strategy game series featuring the famous “just one more turn†addictive gameplay that has made it one of the greatest game series of all time.
With over nine million units sold worldwide, and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier’s Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time. Now, Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive strategy game to unprecedented heights by adding new ways to play and win; new tools to manage and expand your civilization; extensive modding capabilities; and intensely competitive multiplayer options. Civilization V will come to life in a beautifully detailed, living world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level making it a must-have for gamers around the globe!
In Civilization V, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age, waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering new technologies, going head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3qvp.html
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September 23rd, 2010, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
An official Final Fantasy XIV controller exists and it's due out in Europe and North America on 30th September.
The PC controller is from Sunflex Europe, "known for the quality gaming brand snakebyte".
"We are pleased to offer gamers a high-quality controller for the release of Final Fantasy XIV, which will improve the gameplay feel of this great RPG saga on PC," said Sunflex MD Mike Steup.
Pics of the controller are below. Squeenix released the Collector's Edition of the hotly anticipated FFXIV MMO yesterday. The bog standard version's out on 30th September.
Eurogamer's Rob Fahey went hands-on with the game last month and insisted it was "something radically different".
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ming-to-europe
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September 26th, 2010, 18:38 Posted By: wraggster
Command and Conquer 3: The Forgotten, a massive mod made by an 80 person team spread across 13 countries, went viral yesterday after its release. What's still more interesting is how quickly Command and Conquer developer Electronic Arts jumped on the project, with Lead Designer Samuel Bass writing, "It’s amazing what people with dedication can do," and highlighting the new faction, full campaign and new Full Motion Videos. After the flop of Command and Conquer 4 last spring left the pioneering RTS series with an uncertain direction, developer Electronic Arts promised to return with a more fan-centric approach. Are huge fan-developed projects with publisher support the future, especially with Blizzard similarly backing mods for its games, or are corporations too reluctant to give up their turf?"
http://theforgotten.cnclabs.com/
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September 26th, 2010, 18:58 Posted By: wraggster
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QuakeSpasm is a *Nix friendly Quake Engine based on the SDL port of the popular FitzQuake. It includes some new features, important fixes, and aims for portability and 64 bit correctness. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
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5.1 0.85.3
Fix the "-dedicated" option (thanks Oz) and add platform specific networking code (default) rather than SDL_net
Much needed OSX framework stuff from Kristian
Add a persistent history feature (thanks Baker)
Add a slider for scr_sbaralpha, which now defaults to 0.95 (slightly transparent, allowing for a nicer status bar)
Allow player messages longer than 32 chars
Sockaddr fix for FreeBSD/OSX/etc networking
Connect status bar size to the scale slider
Include an ISNAN (is not-a-number) fix to catch the occassional quake C bug giving traceline problems
Enumerate options menus
Add a "prev weapon" menu item (from Sander)
Small fix to Sound Block/Unblock on win32
Lots of code fixes (some from uhexen2)
Sys_Error calls Host_Shutdown
Added MS Visual Studio support
Add a "-cd" option to let the CD Player work in dedicated mode, and some other CD tweaks.
5.2 0.85.2
Replace the old "Screen size" slider with a "Scale" slider
Don´t constantly open and close condebug log
Heap of C clean-ups
Fix mapname sorting
Alias the "mods" command to "games"
Block/Unblock sound upon focus loss/gain
NAT fix (networking protocol fix)
SDLNet_ResolveHost bug-fix allowing connection to ports other than 26000
sv_main.c (localmodels) Bumped array size from 5 to 6 in order for it to operate correctly with the raised limits of fitzquake-0.85
Accept commandline options like "+connect ip ort"
Add OSX Makefile (tested?)
5.3 0.85.1
64 bit CPU support
Restructured SDL sound driver
Custom conback
Tweaked the command line completion , and added a map/changelevel autocompletion function
Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen
Disable Draw_BeginDisc which causes core dumps when called excessively
Show helpful info on start-up
Include real map name (sv.name) and skill in the status bar
Remove confirm quit dialog
Don´t spam the console with PackFile seek requests
Default to window mode
Withdraw console when playing demos
Don´t play demos on program init
Default Heapsize is 64meg
Changes to default console alpha, speed
Changes to cvar persistence gl_flashblend(default 0), r_shadow, r_wateralpha, r_dynamic, r_novis
http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/
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September 28th, 2010, 15:13 Posted By: wraggster
The USA has begun a test of its cyber defences, testing how government departments and organisations including banks and power suppliers would respond in the event of a web-based attack.
Thousands of participants are taking part in the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Storm III, a three-day exercise simulating a large-scale cyber attack on the US’s critical infrastructure.
“Securing America's cyber infrastructure requires close coordination with our federal, state, international and private sector partners,†said DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. “Exercises like Cyber Storm III allow us build upon the significant progress we’ve made in responding to evolving cyber threats.â€
The goal of the test is to determine and strengthen the country’s preparedness for such an attack.
Cyber Storm III involves seven government departments, 11 American states, 60 private sector companies across sectors including banking, water, power and IT, and other countries including the UK.
Earlier this year, Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky told PCR the current state of cyber attacks was “like a civil war on the internetâ€. “Now the situation is very dangerous. The global economy depends on the internet,†he said.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/34724...cyber-defences
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September 28th, 2010, 18:36 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
Immerse yourself in the glamour, pressure and exhilaration of the world’s most exciting motorsport as F1 2010™ roars onto the track complete with all the official drivers, teams and circuits set to feature in the highly anticipated 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™.
Compete against FORMULA 1 Drivers’ World Champions™ like Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Fernando Alonso and take on the full 2010 circuit line up featuring the return of the FORMULA 1 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX, Singapore’s dramatic night race realised in glorious high-definition for the first time and debut ahead of the drivers on the all-new Korean circuit.
Powered by Codemasters’ EGO Game Technology Platform, the world of FORMULA ONE comes to life with jaw-dropping visuals, authentic handling, dynamic weather and class-leading damage in a range of game modes including quick race, career mode and online multiplayer.
F1 2010 will take you to the heart of FORMULA ONE like never before.
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September 28th, 2010, 18:42 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•Aion: Assault on Balaurea offers eight new instances that provide a range of challenges from solo adventures to full-on Legion raids. Characters will face Balaur cultists in the Udas Temple instance, explore the roots of a great Elim tree creature, and fight each other in one of Aion’s fierce PvPvE battles aboard the Chantra Dredgion, the new Balaur supply ship
•Players will explore the vast lands of Balaurea, the home of the Balaur, ruled by the Dragon Lord Tiamat. The Asmodians and Elyos have established fortresses in the two new zones: Gelkmaros and Ingisson. Each area features completely new environments, powerful monsters, and unique flight mechanics to enjoy
•Pets are no longer purely decorative. Aion creates an entire new subsystem for players to explore as characters acquire functional pets capable of storing goods, assisting with crafting, or acting as guardians by alerting their masters to nearby enemies
•Characters will discover new weapons, earn new items, and learn new skills as they explore the dangerous lands of Balaurea in their journey toward level 55
•Windstreams, a new enhanced flight mechanic with varying strengths and effects, allow characters to traverse the vast new zones of Gelkmaros and Ingisson faster and with unlimited flight time
•Aion’s new Twitter feed functionality, with its fluid integration into the game, makes it easy for players to display their bragging rights to their friends. Players can capture and Twitpic up to ten of their favorite screenshots using the updated in-game UI
descriptionAion®: Assault on Balaurea™ (Aion 2.0) evolves the game’s story and terrain as it expands the game world of Atreia far beyond the traditional territories of Asmodae and Elysea. In this new chapter of Aion, characters take the fight against the invading Balaur into Balaurea, the Balaur’s homeland, through a counterassault against that massive, dragonlike enemy race and its allies. Aion: Assault on Balaurea will leave players breathless as they encounter jaw-dropping new challenges, novel and updated instances and zones, an increased level cap, and fresh weapons, items, skills, and flight mechanics. And characters will not be exploring the new zones all by themselves, as Aion: Assault on Balaurea introduces functional pets equipped with in-game benefits that will rapidly become constant character companions.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3woc.html
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September 28th, 2010, 18:43 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•Combining brutal attacks, supernatural abilities and seamless traversal, delivering intense action combat and epic adventure, set in an immersive demon ravaged world
•Each open world hub offers players the freedom to explore and make their own game-experience
•Unleash WAR’s fury with an expansive arsenal of weapons, from the fantasy oriented to the modern and the ability to use virtually anything within your environment as a weapon
•Customized to your gameplay style. Build up WARs Wrath powers and unleash them in spectacular attacks - or collect Soul Cores to increase or unlock new abilities
•Gain the services of RUIN, WAR’s phantom steed, blazing a trail through enemies across devastated environments
•Joe Madureira’s (X-Men, Battle Chasers, The Ultimates) unique visual art style and original storyline
•Harnessing the power of next-generation console systems, Darksiders: Wrath of War will immerse players in a rich cinematic gameplay experience - featuring beautiful graphics, detailed special effects, cinematic lighting and an epic musical score that compliments the in-game action
descriptionPenned by legendary comic book artist Joe Madureira (X-Men, Battle Chasers, The Ultimates), Darksiders: Wrath of War is set in a Post-Apocalyptic demon-ravaged world where evil forces have prematurely brought about the end of the time. Originally sent to oversee the destruction of Earth, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been betrayed by their master, stripped of their powers and cast down to Earth. Players take on the role of WAR - the first of the Four Horsemen - as he embarks on a brutal quest of vengeance and revenge against the forces that betrayed him with the help of his phantom steed RUIN. Darksiders: Wrath of War features open-world exploration, a deep combat system and a huge arsenal of modern and mythical weapons.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3smj.html
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September 28th, 2010, 18:44 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•More than just a strategy game -- the expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would-be kings to take up the reigns of power and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players to explore, battle over and claim as their own
•An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions, even first-time players will be confident in the choices they make
•Combat is more exciting and engaging than ever before. Wars between empires feel massive with armies spreading across the landscape. The addition of ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging players to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield
•Write your own epic story each time you play! Choose one of eighteen historical civilizations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world’s most powerful empire
•Negotiate with some of history’s most cunning rulers, each with a well-crafted plan for victory. Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items, plying them with gold, and deciding if they are friend or foe. City States will present a new diplomatic battleground on which the major powers of the world will vie for supremacy
•Compete with Civ players from all over the globe via the Internet and Play by Email, or compete locally in Hotseat and LAN matches, offering endless ways to rule the world. The game itself now serves as the hub of community activity, featuring the ability to share scenarios, compare scores, brag about achievements and visit one of the thriving Civ fansites without leaving the game. It’s now easier than ever for players to become involved in the global Civ Community
descriptionSid Meier's Civilization® V is the fifth offering in the multi-award winning Civilization strategy game series featuring the famous “just one more turn†addictive gameplay that has made it one of the greatest game series of all time.
With over nine million units sold worldwide, and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier’s Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time. Now, Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive strategy game to unprecedented heights by adding new ways to play and win; new tools to manage and expand your civilization; extensive modding capabilities; and intensely competitive multiplayer options. Civilization V will come to life in a beautifully detailed, living world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level making it a must-have for gamers around the globe!
In Civilization V, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age, waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering new technologies, going head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3yub.html
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September 29th, 2010, 23:53 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today
features•The undead are everywhere creating a dynamic and challenging zombie-killing experience for the player as weapons will be created to kill massive amounts of zombies at one time!
•A new protagonist, Chuck Greene, is just the beginning in a long list of new characters, new survivors and new more vicious psychos that will be introduced to fans in the new world of Dead Rising
•Co-op play is introduced to the Dead Rising universe for the first time as players can invite their friends to partner up with them at any time to take on the zombie massacre- tag-team style! Play with a friend and have even more fun as you lure zombies in using strategic items like a toy helicopter or a firecracker. Once the zombies have gathered, your friend can rain bullets from above or shoot at a strategically-placed gas tank to create a deadly explosion that will take out masses of the enemy. Killing zombies with a friend is always more fun!
•Allows 4 players to compete in a gladiator type show that pits zombies against a group of players in the ultimate Vs. multiplayer blood bath
•Players can combine two everyday items using duct tape to create the ultimate zombie killing creations such as the Portamower and Paddlesaw. Unlocking combo cards along the way will give players the advantage as the helpful cards will show you what items are best for combining. The more zombies you destroy using your creative combo’s, the more Prestige Points you can earn which levels up Chuck along the way
descriptionDead Rising 2 will deliver more of the signature gameplay that the series is known for plus a number of new features.
Players who might need some help or simply want to share the zombie bashing fun with a friend will now be able to play in online 2-player co-op. Simply use the in-game transceiver to call for assistance at any time and once your partner has accepted, they will arrive by your side for double the action.
With hundreds of zombies on screen at any one time, the original Dead Rising forced gamers to take everyday objects they found in the Mall and use them as weapons. But now, in Dead Rising 2 with thousands of zombies filling every square inch of Fortune City, Chuck is going to need to be even more resourceful and inventive by creating combination weapons to save the day. Players will be able to take two objects, a roll of tape and with a little inventiveness create an advanced zombie-killing combo weapon - a piece of wood and a lawnmower become Portamower, the handheld mower that cuts zombies down to size in an instant; while a garden rake and car battery combine to create an electrified zombie prod. The more combo weapons a player uses, the more Prestige Points (PPs) they will gain along the way in order to level up Chuck.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3qmn.html
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September 30th, 2010, 03:00 Posted By: wraggster
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DXX-Rebirth is an OpenGL-port of Descent I+II. Supported platforms are Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. A new version was released today to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the project.
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Hello folks! Today, September 28th 2010 marks a big day for DXX-Rebirth.
Not only is it the 5th birthday of the project, it’s also the day of the release of v0.56 which was in the works for 20 months! Last but not least you surely have noticed that the website has changed as well. I hope you like it.
But first things first.
It’s the fifth anniversary for DXX-Rebirth. While it was only a small hobby for me in the beginning and for almost two years I rarely even worked on it, it somehow survived – growing. I never expected that, but I am very proud of it as well. I admit I always work very slowly (20 months for one release… gosh) and my lunch break times surely will some day crush the borders of the space-time continuum, creating a paradox which will swallow the whole universe (or at least this galaxy).
But you trustful players out there are my biggest motivation besides my love for the games in general. This is why I invested a lot of work into this v0.56 release.
So here is what you all have been waiting for – the most important changes of this release:
Totally rewritten UDP code for Multiplayer – including LAN Netlist, Packet-loss prevention and many improvements
All game parts now are window elements (you should not notice this but it’s a huge code improvement)
Improved Music playback compatibility. Missions can now have their own descent.sng, using HMP, MID, MP3, OGG and AIF
Extended Jukebox-feature to play your own music
D1X-Rebirth now supports D1 Shareware, Destination Saturn, 1.0/1.4/1.5 game content
D2X-Rebirth fully supports D2 Demo, Destination Quartzon, 1.0/1.2 game content
Improved demo recording. Views will always be correct in newly recorded demos, no matter how you jump through the demo. Descent 1 will record open/blown doors correctly when demo starts (all backwards compatible)
Bug in Joystick reading fixed. Game should now support more Joysticks, buttons and axes than you can ever operate in your state of evolution.
INI/command-line option added to use CAPSLOCK and NUMLOCK as normal keys
FPS-based damage/screen-shaking of Fusion cannon fixed
Old homing projectiles have been restored and now are FPS-independent
Code has been improved so it should now compile on way more *NIX-like operating systems
The game can optionally be compiled with/without IPX and/or UDP support
Movies are now always displayed in correct aspect ratio
The game will automatically detect supported resolutions of your system configurations and offer them in RESOLUTIONS menu
Ability to dynamically load AddOn packs
Tons of fixes and other improvements
http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/
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September 30th, 2010, 03:02 Posted By: wraggster
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Free Heroes2 Engine is a free implementation of Heroes of the Might and Magic II engine using SDL.
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SVN - up to r1945
Sep, 18, 2010
+ Updated: Dialog::ThievesGuild
+ Fixed: wince double click, wince auto videomode
+ Updated translations: russian, swedish, spanish
+ Added options: "heroes: recalculate movement points after creatures movement"
+ Fixed Heroes::ActionToDwellingRecruitMonster and Heroes::ActionToDwellingBattleMonster
+ Added "Anduran Battle Garb" artifact combined
+ Added: multiple icons for mass spells
+ Added options: heroes: surrendering gives some experience
+ Updated monster animation on maps
+ Fixed "Ultimate Stuff" sprite for Loyalty version
+ Fixed Maps::Tiles::GoodForUltimateArtifact
+ Added stats files (stevenaus ver.)
+ Fixed result for wins side
+ Fixed race/skill weight is 0, Skill::Secondary::GetWeightSkillFromRace
+ Fixed out of range for Interface::Basic::GetDimensionDoorDestination
+ Fixed zlogo leak memory
+ Added switch on/off mouse emulation
+ Added option: remember mp/sp for surrendering/retreating heroes
+ Added option for recruit hero cost to be dependent on hero level
+ Fixed default extra haste, slow values
+ Added optins: allow buy spellbook from shrines
+ Added: allow buy spellbook and visit Mage Guild for unions
+ Fixed autosave remember
+ Fixed scholar repeat dialog
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/
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