How about this..? Give me the 3K and I'll use my resources such as: www.tigerdirect.com and www.xoxide.com and I'll build you something 10x better than "Aliencrap" or other supposedly "top notch" manufacturers. Don't buy overpriced systems. Yeah their awesome, but yeah.. their overpriced. Of course, what isn't. I made my bro a
According to the Hollywood Reporter, infamous director Uwe Boll has decided to cut his Dungeon Siege based movie into a two-part film. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is scheduled to hit theaters next November and December. Hollywood Reporter quotes Boll on the film being, "a huge epic adventure, and to support the exhibitors who can't accept a movie so long, we decided to split the movie in half." Unlike the Quentin Tarantino's split of Kill Bill, In The Nam
Well Jackson is obviously a little OCD, just look how good LORT was.
Blizzard has finally announced details about its upcoming expansion to its massively popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. As rumored the title will be The Burning Crusade and will have the Blood Elves as the new Horde playable race, with the Alliance race still to be announced, although it has been rumored to be the Pandaren or Draeni races. The expansion will chronicle the ongoing Legion's desire to crush all life on Azeroth and will include a new continent, the Orc home world of Outland
In a recent NY Times article Peter Jackson, famed director behind "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the upcoming remake of King Kong, admitted that he did not like how Electronic Arts handled the games, and that was one of the reasons that King Kong is being made by rival Ubisoft. The other reason you ask? A game by the name of Beyond Good and Evil . Jackson explained that the lack of input he had on the LOTR games, even though EA advertised that his access was "
A new bill that is almost identical to California's anti-game bill, which was recently signed into law has been introduced in Florida by Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla. Bill SB492 contains the same description of what constitutes a violent game, the same 18+ sticker for those games and the same fine, $1,000, will be leveed for those who break the law. Diaz de la Portilla's bill does have one striking d
Blizzard has put up a new Beta Sign-Up form for those participants who are going to BlizzCon this weekend. Although they haven't announced what game the sign-up is for, few will care, it is most likely for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, which is to be debuted at the Con. Unfortunately for most of us, the only way to score a Beta Sign-Up Code is to attend the convention or dump a crapload of money on eBay next week. Source: <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/blizzcon/be
Gamespot has word that the Seattle Police have decided that the case against Penny-Arcade , filed by anti-game activist and attorney Jack Thompson, has been disregarded as a civil case. "Our preliminary review of the document has led us to believe that it is most likely a civil matter," police spokeswoman Deborah Brown said, "but we have forwarded it to the chief of our criminal investigations bureau to mak
The Las Vegas based Topware Interactive has announced that they are the publisher for Techland's upcoming shooter sequel, Chrome SpecForce . Topware will be the games exclusive publisher and will be pushing Chrome's sequel to stores November 14th for the PC for only $29.99. Managing Director James Seaman had this to say, "It is our mission at Topware Interactive to bring quality games to market at a fair price, and Chrome SpecForce was a perfect fit for us. With its’ hi
SCI Entertainment has released more details about the takeover bids it has received , saying one suitor hasn't been in contact since June, effectively that deal is toast, and the other bid was made just last week. The purchase of Eidos in May made SCI Entertainment the largest UK based publisher but also a prime target for takeover due to its attractive properties. "Although the party making the first approa
Word has come out that Pac-Man will once again be coming to PC via the newly announced Pac-Man World Rally . Pac-Man will now join Mario, Donkey Kong, Crash Bandicoot and Jak in the Kart racing genre allowing players to get behind the wheel as Pac-Man or one of 14 other Namco characters. Namco will keep the game in the Pac-World allowing players to eat each other, using the famous Power Pellet to do so. Pac-Man World Rally is slated for a Summer 2006 release on Gamecube, PC, PS2,
SCI Entertainment, the recent purchaser of Eidos has reportedly been approached by various firms interested in the company's franchises. SCI Entertainment, who now brands its games under the Eidos name now has the Conflict, Tomb Raider, Hitman and Carmageddon series as part of its properties. The Daily Mail via the BBC has said that SCI has become the target of three firms looking to get their mitts on some new franchises. The firms include industry giant Electronic Art
Digital Jesters marketing director Leo Zullo has come out to say that his company is doing just fine after some financial hardships. "We have experienced some cashflow problems of late, as every company does," he said. "But we received a substantial investment a few months ago and since then we have overcome our difficulties and have been restructuring." The investment was made by i-Tag, a private equity group, and has secured Digital Jesters for the near future. Zullo did admit that the
Uwe Boll and Running With Scissors have announced that they will be bringing POSTAL to the silver screen. Boll has been part of some of the worst game to movie projects - ever - including "Alone in the Dark", and the rave-based "House of the Dead," but RWS believes that their project will create "the most incendiary game-to-film deal yet." Boll currently has two game-based projects in the works, "Bloodrayne" and "Dungeon Siege" the latter of which he is still sh
The screen adaptation of Hitman has had some solid news drop yesterday, courtesy of Daily Variety. DV reports that Skip Woods, the director of Swordfish, has been signed onto the project as a writer and word has it that Fox is hoping to turn the project into a studio franchise. Vin Diesel will also be taking the role of Executive Producer, and portraying the bald assassin, Agent 47. Source: <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931358?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0" target="new"
Handleman has announced that they will be acquiring Crave Entertainment, a privately owned software and hardware publisher and developer. The acquisition should be completed in 45days, pending the approval of regulatory committees. Stephen Strome, Handleman Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said, "The acquisition of CEG expands our customer base, broadens our product line and is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings. Video game software is one of the fastest gro
Jack Thompson has taken his squabble with Penny-Arcade one step farther. Gamespot reports that on Friday morning Jack Thompson sent a letter to John McKay, US Attorney for the Western District of Washington, and various media outlets, saying that the site was trying "to encourage and solicit criminal harassment" in his direction.
Do another one for FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOMMMM! Sorry that movie rocked, anyways it wouldn't hurt to write them what you said before.
Newly formed Monumental Games have announced that they have begun work on a new MMO and also that they are looking for licensees for their MMO middleware, TitanAT. Monumental was formed by three members of the Climax Online team and hopes that their new MMO and MMO tools can garner them a quick name in the market. "Given the need for top class middleware in the rapidly growing MMO market, our tools and technology provide the perfect foundation for those developers and publishers who wa
Penny Arcade has a huge following as many of us know, but one person, Jack Thompson, probably didn't know that when he decided to butt heads with them. The lawyer turned anti-game activist charged the webcomic with harassment after they donated $10,000 in his name to Entertainment Software Association. After Penny Arcade made light of this to their fans,
Mad Doc Software and Sierra Entertainment have announced that they have begun developing the first expansion pack for their strategy game Empire Earth II . Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy is scheduled for release in Spring 2006 on the PC. The Art of Supremacy will places players into the greatest battles in history with new civilizations at their disposal, new campaigns, and a variety of other features. Campaigns will span from the Russian plains to the Af
EvStream has announced a new space based MMORPG, Armada Online. In Armada Online players become a starship captain who joins the war against the alien horde, known as the Armada. EvStream promises that Armada Online will offer the intense combat of a space based shooter, with the long term growth expected from an RPG and depth of an RTS. EvStream says that the alpha tests for Armada Online will begin in a few months and will be topped off with numerous beta test rounds before its re
I did away with MSOffice about a year ago and haven't looked back. I used OpenOffice to recover people's "lost" MS files all the time, that usually turns them on to OOo.
Just like teachers!
We still have Babbage's and Software Etc...o wait...
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