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Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Ships Ahoy - Dracula: Origin
19:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Frogwares announces that Dracula: Origin should now be available in the US and Europe (thanks Gamer's Hell). Word is: Frogwares presents a new, deeply Gothic adventure: "Dracula: Origin." Can you......

Requiem: Bloodymare Open Beta
18:57 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Gravity Interactive is accepting registrations for open beta testing of Requiem: Bloodymare on the game's official website, saying the testing begins a week from tomorrow: MARINA DEL REY, Calif. --......

Penny Arcade Adventures Episode One Next Week
18:37 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Hothead Games announces that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will be available for PC, Mac, Linux, and Xbox 360 a week from tomorrow: VANCOUVER, British......

Assassin's Creed Patch
18:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A new patch for Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition updates the PC variant on this stealth game to version 1.02. The 35 MB patch addresses a number of bugs, adds support for x64 editions of......

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Patch
17:57 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A patch is now available for Rainbow Six Vegas 2 to update the newest installment in the Tom Clancy tactical shooter series to version 1.02. The new version adds speech recognition and address a......

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals Announced
17:37 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Got Game Entertainment announces Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, a point-and-click adventure game slated for release this August. Here's word on the game, which is based on the graphic novels of......

LEGO Indiana Jones Demo
15:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A playable demo for LEGO Indiana Jones allows you to put your fedora on your blocky head and crack your plastic bullwhip in the brixilated edition of the movie-inspired action game. The demo is......

Heresy War Demo
15:09 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

As noted on the Dream Builder's Studios Website, a playable demo is now available for Heresy War, their combat space simulator. The Heresy War media page offers the demo and some screenshots showing......

Stronghold and Crusader Sequels Planned
15:01 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

VideoGamer.com has word from Firefly Studios' Simon Bradbury on their plans for the future, where he says that after completion of Dungeon Hero, the developer will eventually turn its attention to......

World of Warcraft Patch
14:53 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A new update is now available for World of Warcraft, updating Blizzard's juggernaut MMORPG to version 2.4.2. Some or all manual editions of the patch are mirrored on ActionTrip, Gamer's Hell, and The......

PC Guitar Hero III Patch
14:45 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Aspyr Support now offers a new version 1.3 patch for the PC edition of Guitar Hero III. The update adds a "Front Row Cam" for low-end configurations, laptop-specific optimizations, Intel X3100......

Wrath of the Lich King Details
14:37 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

The dungeons section on the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Website has details on the Nexus new dungeon from the upcoming expansion for Blizzard's MMORPG. The update has information and......

Age of Conan Getting Very Testy
14:29 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Funcom and Eidos announce that they have accepted over (Dr. Evil voice) one million sign-ups for the Age of Conan beta test and that a new "femme fatale" trailer is on the Age of Conan Website. Here's......

Morning Previews
14:21 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Age of Conan on AtomicGamer. Stronghold Crusader: Extreme on VideoGamer.com....

Op Ed
14:13 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

bit-tech.net - A Picture-Perfect Quandary. On DRM....

Gatherings & Competitions
14:05 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

The Fury League Website has the prize structure for this competition, outlining how the $25,000 prize pool gets distributed....

Morning Consolidation
13:57 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Microsoft Xbox 360 accessory 'to launch today'. GameTrailers EIC sets record straight on GRID controversy on Joystiq. Thanks Mike Martinez. Rock Band: Various Tracks. Train In Vain (Stand by Me),......

Morning Tech Bits
13:49 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

JVC, Kenwood to merge under holding company. Thanks Mike Martinez and Boing Boing. Dell dropping XPS, focusing on Alienware. Alienware to bring out low-cost AMD graphics powerhouse. Microsoft Tries......

Tuesday Game Reviews
13:41 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition on Gameguru Mania. Turning Point Fall of Liberty on Crispy Gamer. XIII Century: Death or Glory on Crispy Gamer....

Tuesday Hardware Reviews
13:33 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop on Digital Trends. Apevia X-Telstar Red-Black Case on Overclockers Club. ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-Wifi Motherboard on Hardware Canucks. ASUS 8600 GT TOP Graphics Card on......

etc.
13:25 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Mike Martinez. Casual Gaming's Effects on Mood, Stress? A history of the Amiga, part 7 Game on?...

Mass Effect Q&A, Movies
03:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

There's a new BioWare Q&A on Computer and Video Games talking with BioWare's Ray Muzyka about the upcoming PC edition of BioWare's sci-fi RPG. On a related note, a set of four new PC Mass Effect......

New Mount & Blade
03:09 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A new version 0.951 of Mount & Blade is now available, offering bug fixes and other enhancements for TaleWorlds' action/RPG. The new version, which also serves as a playable demo, is available......

Mac Guitar Hero III Patch
03:01 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Aspyr Support offers a new patch to update the Macintosh edition of Guitar Hero III to version 1.3. The new version adds a "Front Row Cam" for low-end configurations, laptop specific optimizations,......

Wrath of the Lich King Q&A
02:53 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Behind the Blue Curtain Further Discussion on Wrath of the Lich King with Tom ?Kalgan? Chilton on The MMO Gamer is a Q&A with the World of Warcraft designer, discussing the Wrath of the Lich......

Op Ed
02:45 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

If critics want to ban Grand Theft Auto because it lets you kill virtual people, what world do they live in? Thanks Mike Martinez....

Evening Previews
02:37 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures on GamesRadar and IGN. Alone in the Dark on GameSpot. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate on Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault and WarCry. SBK-08 Superbike World......

Evening Screenshots
02:29 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Iron Grip: Warlord on Strategy Informer. Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory on FileFront.com....

Evening Gatherings & Competitions
02:21 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes. Win an AMD Phenom X4 9750-based system....

Evening Consolidation
02:13 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Gamer's Hell. Nintendo Launches WiiWare An Open Playground For Creativity. Gameloft's TV Show King Available Now, Exclusively for WiiWare. Viva Pinata, Scene It? sequels revealed by Microsoft.......

Evening Tech Bits
02:05 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Mike Martinez. Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 on ExtremeTech. Game Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit. Windows XP Service Pack 3 runs FASTER. Thanks Ant. AMD......

Mobilization
01:57 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Ant. Sprint loses 1m cell subscribers. Firmware 2.0 hints suggest Apple might be working on a 3G iPhone. Thanks Mike Martinez. Wireless Companies Crack Down on Phone Spam. Philadelphia's Wi-Fi......

Metaverse
01:49 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Using Facebook For The Games Industry. Microsoft says YouTube blocking was a glitch. Super-Fast Broadband Via the Sewer System. Thanks......

Safety Dance
01:41 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Thanks Mike Martinez. Air Force Colonel Wants to Build a Military Botnet. Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server. How to get safe online. "Banks are taking a harder line with customers who......

Legal Briefs
01:33 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

ECA Issues Action Alert on New Congressional Video Game Bill....

etc., etc.
01:25 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Study: Video game industry holds promise for NYC's economy? The Payne & Redemption Website has word that efforts to save this machinima project from its "Foxing" (story) have been unsuccessful.......

Monday, 12 May 2008

BlizzCon 2008 Announced
17:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

IncGamers has the press release announcing details on the 2008 installment in Blizzard's BlizzCon convention: MARLOW, UK ? 12th May, 2008 ? Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its......

New Nexuiz
15:17 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

A new version 2.42 of the Nexuiz freeware OpenSource first-person shooter is now available. The change notes describe what's new and different in the new version, which is mirrored on FileFront and......

jDome
15:06 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

The jDome Website is home to this project that creates a monitor view with an immersive 180-degree field of vision for gaming, using a pretty simple patented approach that only costs a couple of......

Morning Q&As
14:55 GMT | author: Blue | source: Blue's News | read full news ...

Two Worlds: The TemptationThe Two Worlds: The Temptation Q&A on HEXUS chats with James Seaman of Topware Interactive about plans for the upcoming The Temptation add-on for Two Worlds, their RPG:......

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