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Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a video game developed by Spark Unlimited and released by Activision Publishing. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Game Cube and the Xbox from Microsoft. It is classed as a war shooter played from a third person perspective with sequences in first person view. Th... |
4 August 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Lara Croft will be remembered for a long time even if we can't remember the actual games. Let's face it, the only thing that comes to mind when we think about Tomb Rider is an obscure patch that made her run without wearing too many clothes. It doesn't matter if the game design and puzzles were so frus... |
4 August 2008
21:06 GMT |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is a first-person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007. The game was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 18, 2008, in North America and March 20, 2008, in Europe, except for G... |
4 August 2008
19:46 GMT |
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Let's face it, gamers, current gen consoles are already obsolete. Not hardware wise, as there seems to be enough processing power in them to make them a match for mainstream PCs for at least a few years. Not software wise, as there are interesting games and AAA titles that are coming up on both the Xbox 360 and ... |
4 August 2008
19:21 GMT |
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The concept of Splinter Cell, unlike many other games, is not centered on mindless killing that makes Jack Thompson stone cold nuts. The main objective is to reach your target without being seen, spotted and, for that matter, even getting in contact with anyone (even if it means knocking them down). Sure, you could s... |
4 August 2008
19:06 GMT |
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CART Fury: Championship Racing is a video game developed and published by Midway Games. It was created and released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 gaming device from Sony in 2001, when the console had just been launched on the market. The title is classed as a racing game with a third person perspective. This is o... |
4 August 2008
18:26 GMT |
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In an investor call that follows the release of the financial results for the first quarter of 2008, Activision Blizzard leading figures mentioned a few facts regarding the future development of their company.Bobby Kotick, the head of Activision, says that he expects the merged Activision Blizzard to sell videogames ... |
4 August 2008
18:06 GMT |
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If there is one solid competitor against MMO games on PC, that is the casual game genre: they take less time to play than the regular games and they are meant to deliver a relaxing experience rather than a challenge, like the more hardcore titles or MMOs. However, it is a general rule of thumb for these casual online... |
4 August 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 is a video game produced and published by Capcom Entertainment. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox from Microsoft, the Dreamcast from SEGA and the Game Cube from Nintendo. The title is classed as a fighting game played from a third person per... |
4 August 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Turbine and Warner Bros. announce that they are partnering up to release The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria for retail in North America. It seems that the announcement is a direct result of Warner Bros. pumping more than 50 million dollars into the development of Turbine earlier this year. The announcement ... |
4 August 2008
16:11 GMT |
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Blizzard has some pretty exciting project for us, but there's just a small problem about them: we have no idea when we're going to get our hands on these exciting projects. We wanted Starcraft II, we got it - no release date, though. We wanted Diablo III, we got it - no release date, though. And the same th... |
4 August 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Bully is a video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. Released in 2006, it is available for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. The title is classed as an action adventure title, played from a first person perspective.The main character of the video... |
4 August 2008
14:51 GMT |
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It looks like almost everything that has the Eee logo on is due to become successful at a very fast pace, which suits ASUS quite well. No matter if we are talking about the Eee PC or its desktop version, the Eee Box, ASUS' Eee products are among users' favorites. An example of ASUS' success comes from ... |
4 August 2008
14:41 GMT |
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Ubisoft has announced that it aims to publish Armored Core: For Answer on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Developing duties on the title are handled by From Software and the series' tradition of pitting giant robots against… giant robots will continue.Kenan Alpay, who is an associate producer at Ubisoft, gave Ga... |
4 August 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Last week I reported the epic battle started by Nintendo against the biggest enemy of the DS handheld - the R4 chip (or Revolution for DS): 55 companies filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the distribution of the chip. However, the effects of the measure were opposite to what Big N and the other companies were expe... |
4 August 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Last week, "cloud computing" was in the spotlight, as three major companies announced a joint project to research large-scale computing. The industry giants Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo said that they would provide facilities, software and infrastructure resources to the new joint project. Following the announcem... |
4 August 2008
13:02 GMT |
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For the past few months, Blizzard has been full of surprises for the gaming community (even though most of their official statements were common sense and everybody was expecting to hear them sooner or later). However, it seems that the company now loves to share its secrets - and so do we. For example, during the la... |
4 August 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. The future of global security hangs in the balance as you battle to defend classic Vegas locations and environments like Fremont Street, the Stri... |
4 August 2008
11:36 GMT |
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As most of you must know by now, the latest news reports on Intel's Atom and VIA's Nano processor claim the latter is better than the highly-rated Atom. All surveys and head-to-head reviews of the two small-sized processors appear to indicate a single winner, namely VIA's Nano CPU. Undoubtedly, this en... |
4 August 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Lara Croft game released back in 1996 which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. Moreover, additional downloadable content, like picture and theme packs, is available for purchase in the Xbox Live Marketplace.All the original environments from the first insta... |
4 August 2008
09:34 GMT |
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The music simulation mania is reaching new and weird heights. Just after Logitech and Activision Blizzard have announced their intentions to create "premium" instruments for Guitar Hero: World Tour, Harmonix and MTV reveal that, as part of the promotional campaign for their next music game, Rock Band 2, they will lau... |
4 August 2008
08:57 GMT |
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As of late, it has become a general trend for everybody to talk about the hard times that NVIDIA is having in the chipset and graphics market. Rumors have gone so far as to claim that the Santa Clara-based chip maker was about to phase out of the chipset business, thus putting an end to future high-end SLI-enabled mo... |
4 August 2008
08:25 GMT |
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GRAW, as Tom Clancy's game is often referred to, features an upgraded AI for the Ghosts and some new Cross-Com features. The graphics are also improved - for example, the devs implemented changing weather systems. GRAW's online popularity was one of the most important aspects of the game.Tom Clancy's G... |
4 August 2008
08:15 GMT |
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Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is a video game developed and published by Konami Interactive. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and for the Xbox from Microsoft and was published in 2005. The game is classed as an action and role playing title with a medieval and fantasy theme played from a thir... |
4 August 2008
07:53 GMT |
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Deploying Service Pack 3 directly on top of a fresh installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will kill all subsequent updates from Microsoft's servers. The Redmond giant warned that integrating SP3 into the operating system straight after performing a new installation of XP SP2 via Windows Update will result in... |
4 August 2008
07:40 GMT |
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Nokia and Consolidated Gulf Co. (also known as CGC), have recently released two new handsets in Qatar: Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 Classic, both running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition. Coming in a slider form factor, Nokia 6210 Navigator is the successor of the 6110 Navigator and brings lots of useful features,... |
4 August 2008
07:10 GMT |
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Cartoon Network Racing is a video game created by Firebrand Games LTD. and published by The Fame Factory. It was developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and for the Nintendo DS handheld device and was launched in 2006. The title is classified as a racing game with an arcade feel, developed using a li... |
4 August 2008
06:52 GMT |
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While Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is just around the corner, Microsoft has failed to meet the exact deadline for the delivery of the second development milestone for the successor of IE7. By the end of August 2008, testers will have the pleasure of playing around with IE8 Beta 2, according to the Redmond company which... |
4 August 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Samsung F480, also known as Samsung TouchWiz, was released today in India, several months after its European launching (the handset is called Samsung Taco in Europe). The F480 is one of Samsung's latest high-end devices, offering a wide range of nice features that are packed in a small and elegant case. First o... |
4 August 2008
06:26 GMT |
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One of the biggest issues with today's netbooks is related to their battery lifetime. This mostly happens because netbooks equipped with a 3-cell battery can only provide users with about 2 to 3 hours of battery life, which isn't all that much when you are looking for a truly high on portability computer sy... |
4 August 2008
06:22 GMT |
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During the second quarter of 2008, a number of 94.4 million graphics cards were shipped by manufacturers, marking a 0.5 percent sequential drop from the first quarter, but a 16 percent rise on the year-over-year basis. The leading company on the market seems to be Intel, which registered a total of 44.67 million unit... |
4 August 2008
06:07 GMT |
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FBI warns users not to open any emails that are headed by the "FBI vs. Facebook" subject. They do not contain any information regarding a lawsuit, an investigation, or other activity that the two parts could be involved in. Clicking on the eye-catching titled emails will result in users being infected with a storm wo... |
4 August 2008
05:56 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson unveiled today that its C902 Cyber-shot handset would have a James Bond Limited Edition. Coming in a new color, titanium silver, the James Bond C902 will be available starting November, at the same time with the worldwide release of the newest movie featuring the 007 agent, namely Quantum Of Solace.The ... |
4 August 2008
05:39 GMT |
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The start of August has brought along with it an update to the Deep Zoom Composer. According to Microsoft, the new version of the Deep Zoom Composer serves to resolve stability issues, to kick quality up a notch by delivering bug fixes and enhanced performance. Additionally, the new iteration of the solution delivers... |
4 August 2008
05:33 GMT |
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The latest reports on the web indicate that ASUS' Eee Box needs about 35 seconds to get you to web surfing, from that button push that turns the machine on. Consequently, that means 11 seconds for the ExpressGate to load, and 25 seconds more to launch the FireFox browser. Some consider this is not as fast as exp... |
4 August 2008
05:23 GMT |
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Just minutes after we showed you the video of Lenovo's upcoming netbook product, the systems vendor decided to put out the official details for the 10-inch model. The guys at PC Magazine were the first to get their hands on the technical specifications and press photos of the new IdeaPad S10, a 10-inch netbook m... |
4 August 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Reigh Rockeffeler, also known as Snooks, is a 7-year-old girl who was kidnapped by her father, right during his visitation hours, as he shared custody rights with the mother. After the FBI reported that the man kidnapped his daughter and made a clean escape in an SUV, injuring in the process a social worker whose rol... |
4 August 2008
05:04 GMT |
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O2, the largest mobile operator in the UK, will soon enlarge its XDA family of handsets with a new device named XDA Ignito. It is actually O2's own version of HTC Touch Diamond, the high-end Pocket PC already available in the UK from other carriers (Orange, for example). According to a recently leaked O2 pre... |
4 August 2008
05:02 GMT |
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By now, most of us are already aware that a number of major manufacturers have expressed their intentions of going on the netbook market with their own products. The rumors refer particularly to Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Fujitsu and others (which are relatively unknown or new in the industry). If we already know how Del... |
4 August 2008
04:42 GMT |
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Microsoft's first and only public demonstration of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, delivered at the end of May 2008, offers the first consistent peek at the touch computing feature of the operating system. The Redmond company is heavily committed to investing in the evolution of natural user... |
4 August 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Fusion represented for AMD a good reason to justify its action of acquiring ATI. The acquisition proved to be an unhappy one: AMD went down to the red line with its finances, and the management of the company changed. Even so, Fusion is still far from what AMD would like to detail. Still, no secrets seem to last too ... |
4 August 2008
04:24 GMT |
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We're living in a true MMO era and, according to game analysts, that's the future of PC gaming. New online universes are released every now and then, but they barely manage to bring any novelties to this overused concept. However, one of the new titles that want to give it a shot is World of Kung Fu, a free... |
4 August 2008
04:23 GMT |
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The Google Page Creator service won't have the chance to make it to the Google Apps, because the company is planning to completely replace it with its new Google Sites. In preparation for this, sign-up for the Google Page Creator has already been closed, while an announcement on the home page of the project noti... |
4 August 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Samsung B308 and Samsung B289 are the names of the latest clamshell phones unveiled by the South Korean manufacturer in Asia. The B308 and B289 both come in clamshell form factors and are entry-level devices targeted at users who can't afford paying too much for a phone. The features of Samsung B308 (or Samsung... |
4 August 2008
04:13 GMT |
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You are probably still playing the wonderfully crafter TrackMania Nations Forever for free on your PC (and if you don't, go here to download it) but you certainly thought, at least once since you started playing, how cool it would be to have a handheld version of the game to enjoy wherever you go. The answer to ... |
4 August 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Del.icio.us users now have the possibility to access the new version of the site, as the developer team promised it would happen in the near future. "The new Delicious is just like the old del.icio.us, only faster, easier to learn, and hopefully more delightful to use and to look at." it is said about the new website... |
4 August 2008
03:42 GMT |
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Media Create does not waste any time in bringing the latest data regarding videogames and hardware from the dynamic Japanese market and we waste no time in checking it and writing some comments.The big news this week is that the Sony made handheld has sold more than 2 million units since the beginning of 2008. And an... |
4 August 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Intel decided it's high time to give us a few more details on its upcoming Larrabee 'visual computing' architecture. The company talked a little more about the discrete graphics product it plans to launch somewhere in the 2009-2010 time frame. Some pieces of information on the new technology had alread... |
4 August 2008
03:37 GMT |
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The North American division of LG Electronics has recently announced the opening of a new design center in Union Square, New York. This is actually a relocation of LG's old Design Center from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and it comes in order to strengthen the South Korean company's presence in the US. F... |
4 August 2008
03:25 GMT |
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The first rumors about ASUS releasing a number of new Eee PC models surfaced last week and, since then, we also got to see them being confirmed. The company's CEO, Jerry Shen, officially confirmed that ASUSTek was prepared to launch a couple of new models, which would come as part of three Eee PC categories.The ... |
4 August 2008
03:23 GMT |
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Both Electronic Arts and Sony, as creators and publishers of the Madden NFL series of videogames, are being sued in the Supreme Court by Jim Brown, one of the great players of American Football, one of the people that entered its Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a player, Brown wore the no. 32 T-shirt in an NFL career t... |
4 August 2008
03:07 GMT |
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Pro Evolution Soccer is the only soccer franchise that is capable of fighting against the more famous FIFA series from Electronic Arts, and Konami plans to win the battle no matter what. Therefore, the company has just announced that PES 2009 will also be released on Nintendo's Wii console, alongside the already... |
4 August 2008
03:01 GMT |
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A rare species of a type of threadsnake, measuring only 10 centimeters in length, was discovered recently in the Caribbean island of Barbados by Blair Hedges, evolutionary biologist at the Pennsylvania State University and researcher, also known for discovering the world's smallest species of frogs and lizards. ... |
4 August 2008
02:56 GMT |
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While some of you might not use the Internet for reading and sending e-mails and, therefore, may not be too keen on my previous article, I'm sure that the following pieces of advice regarding browsing websites and using your instant messenger will surely be at least of some interest.Let's start with the eas... |
4 August 2008
02:46 GMT |
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As was widely expected, the Activision Blizzard bosses have not decided what franchises to keep from Vivendi Universal and which to spin off or cancel altogether. Lovers of Spyro, Ice Age and Crash Bandicoot can breathe a sigh of relief, as these intellectual properties are considered important and will feature promi... |
4 August 2008
02:35 GMT |
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You probably remember last month's announcement of Battle Fantasia, the fighting game developed by the team who worked on Guilty Gear. When it was first presented, the game was an Xbox 360 exclusive, but right now things are looking better for the PS3 fanboys, since 505 Games has announced Battle Fantasia for So... |
4 August 2008
02:32 GMT |
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Welcome to our 5th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about: the new face of Launchpad, Atheros is the first vendor to release free wireless drivers to the Linux community, Debian releases its fourth maintenance version, Nvidia introduces support for GeForce 8600 GS video cards for Linux u... |
4 August 2008
01:35 GMT |
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