| Atari still hearts box games | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 12:49 by |  Comments: 0 |
 Thought the move to Steam would make a big change to Atari's business? Not according to them. That doesn't mean they don't like it, as UK Managing Director Jeremy Wigmore said, “The online business will be very exciting". He goes on to remind us that Atari is a publisher, saying, “But what we can’t forget is the distribution strength we have around the world – and the boxed game reputation we enjoy as a publisher." | |
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| NVIDIA Launches the Fastest Graphics Card on the Planet | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 11:24 by Kres | Comments: 5 |
 The NVIDIA 9800GX2 was launched today along with the latest nForce motherboard, the 790i Ultra SLI. Full press release inside. | |
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| Electronic Arts UK Signs as Official Games Sponsor for SCI-FI-LONDON | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 08:57 by Kres | Comments: 1 |
 Sci-fi-London announced today that Electronic Arts will be the official games sponsor for this years Sci-fi-London event, the UK's only dedicated science fiction and fantastic fill festival which will run from 30th April to 4th May 2008 at the Apollo west end theater. | |
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| Pirates of the Burning Sea gets its latest patch, ahoy there 1.2.67.0 | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 08:17 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 Those scurvy developers over at Flying Lab Software today are moving their latest build from the test-bed to live servers. It contains numerous tweaks and fixes for the game with a full release of notes on their forums.
The North American and European fix for user content problems has already deployed, Australians will have to wait for this build to finish before getting their share of patched booty. | |
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| Rumour-mill: Blizzard looking to bring Diablo III from depths of hell? | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 08:01 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 2 |
 Sure Diablo III is one of the most mythical rumours going for the games industry, but recent job list postings on the Blizzard website may add credence to the wild ravings of fans.
The ad listing says they're looking for new level designers that would work with "the team behind Diablo I and II." | |
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| Sins of a Solar Empire selling well at retail | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 07:51 by Kres | Comments: 0 |
 Not only is Sins of a Solar Empire selling well via download distributions, but it's nearing the top of the charts for retail sales as well. The NPD group has released a list of the top 10 selling PC games for the month of February 2008. | |
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| Atropos Studios releases Diamonds in the Rough | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 07:18 by Kres | Comments: 0 |
 Atropos Studios today announced the release of Diamonds in the Rough, an adventure game for the PC whereyou play the role of a 20 year old American called Jason Hart. Jason is a high school dropout who works as an office boy, Although that is about to change when he is approached by a mysterious man who seems to know more about him than Jason does himself. | |
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| Precision Games releases Pursuit of Power | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 06:23 by Kres | Comments: 1 |
 Precision Games announced the release of Pursuit of Power today, a real-time strategy game based in a fantasy setting. You assume the role of a powerful leader and your main goal is to destroy all the enemy portals and troops. | |
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| Epic on Steam, pun intended | |
| Posted: 18.03.2008 03:24 by | Comments: 0 |
 Epic Games, known for every game that begins with "Unreal" and little else, is officially on Steam's growing toilet-paper-long list of developers who sell their games through the service. Not only that, they've got an awesome deal on 5 unreal games (Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, and Unreal Tournament 3). | |
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| Prey 2 official, but we knew it all along | |
| Posted: 17.03.2008 20:22 by | Comments: 2 |
 Yeah...don't you just love when news comes out early and publishing companies/developers/someone decides to announce it anyway? This is one of those times. We already told you that Prey 2 info was leaked. Nothing new there. But now we have some more fancy details that may be of interest, all of which are official. | |
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