Archive for May 10, 2008

First Gears of War 2 Gameplay Video!

It’s here, the first ever video footage of Gears of War 2 for Xbox 360! It’s two full minutes of freaking awesome gameplay video.

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Rumor: .Mac relaunch to coincide with iPhone 2.0?

According to our anonymous tipster, .Mac will undergo a complete revamp that will coincide with the iPhone 2.0 launch (which everyone expect to occur at WWDC 08).

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BioShock movie in development, Gore Verbinski directing

Universal has signed a deal to turn Bioshock into a movie. Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) will head the project and Aviator writer John Logan may write the screenplay.

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Assassin’s Creed tangled in scandal that won’t go away

Great controversy surrounds Assassin’s Creed and decision to remove DirectX 10.1, damaging ATI’s surprising performance advantage. TG Daily conducted detailed investigation and after talking to various game developers, Ubisoft and Nvidia, learned that original explanations do not hold ground. Was there any money involved…? Read on.

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BioWare Backs Down From Draconian Mass Effect Authentication

“When Mass Effect comes to the computer it will not use SecuROM…. The developer said the decision came after listening “very closely” to its fans and that the new system will also allow gamers to play the game without the DVD in the drive.”

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BitTorrent Shrugs Off Massive Malware Attack

Described as “One of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years,” the Downloader-UA.h trojan is running wild on P2P networks. But thanks to its system strength - and the work of torrent site moderators - such outbreaks are shrugged off by BitTorrent.

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AT&T Changes its Mind Again, No Hotspot Access for IPhone

AT&T has flip-flopped yet again on the issue of iPhone customers getting free access to AT&T hotspots. While yesterday the iPhone plans page clearly stated that access to the hotspots was included with all plans, that statement is now gone again. Hey, AT&T: why don’t you make up your minds and be clear about this? This is ridiculous

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Harvard researchers say violent games are OK

A pair of Harvard researchers say violent games are absolutely fine for teenage boys and girls. In fact, they say boys who don’t play any games are considered socially inept.

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8 Things We Want to See in GTA

A dream list of stuff we want to see in future GTA games (someday).

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