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Vista update improves "legacy" game support

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Microsoft has rolled out a Vista software update that, in part, addresses compatibility issues associated with certain "legacy" games. The update is not a response to Alex St. John's accusation that Vista's tight security could block popular online casual game networks; those remarks have been generally discredited.
The update improves support for the following titles: Age of Empires III (and The WarChiefs Expansion Pack), Battlefield 2 Deluxe, Dungeon Siege II, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Family Feud Online, Flight Simulator X, Lego Star Wars, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, and Zoo Tycoon 2 (and the African Adventure, Endangered Species, Marine Mania, and Zookeeper Collection Expansion Packs). Source: JoyStig
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Age of Conan DirectX-10 Flyby

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During the Vista launch party in Munich, we had the opportunity to film an Age of Conan flyby demo running on a Nvidia G80-Card and Windows Vista. It shows real DirectX-10 graphics for the first time and although the resolution is not very high, it gives you a good first impression of the next generation visuals of the upcoming MMORPG-title. View the video at PCGH
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UT2K7 Title Sheds Weight, Becomes UT3, Heads to 360

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Publisher Midway announced today during a press event that Epic Games' anticipated Unreal Tournament 2K7 has been renamed to the simpler Unreal Tournament 3. It was also announced that the game, which has never had a solid release date but was previously expected on the early side of this year, is now set to ship some time in the second half of 2007. ShackNews has more.
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Company of Heroes goes DirectX

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The Inq reports: If all goes well Company of Heroes should get the DirectX 10 patch by the end of March 2007. It might be the first commercial and available game to use the DirectX 10 rendering and the benefits of the DirectX 10 hardware. DirectX 10 patch will make the game look better as some eye munchies are possible with Direct X 10 only. The patch will make the rendering faster and the game should run quicker too. Overall you might not see the benefits in Frames per second as the new patch will do more then the DirectX 9 version of the game. The performance should level up but the game will look better.
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Company of Heroes Review

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Company of Heroes (CoH) is a World War II RTS game. You will be playing as a commander of US Able Company during World War II against the German war machine. Personally, I think there are too many ?cheap? World War II RTS games available. Will Company of Heroes join the black list of the poor WW II RTS games? Or will it join the ?List of Fame? next to the Command and Conquer series? Read on to found out.
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Top Ten PC Graphics

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We team up with Dell for a look at the five best-looking PC games on the market and five more on the horizon.
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Top 20 Most Anticipated Console Games for 2007

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Over the next two days, JCal will be taking a look at the most anticipated games that are set to be released this year. Up first are the console games. See JCal's top 20 most anticipated console releases in this article!

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Neverwinter Nights 2

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Bioware released its sequel to the ever-popular Neverwinter Nights around Halloween. How does it compare to the original? And why did we take so long to review it? Read on to find out.

Bit-Tech
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Halo 3: The Bungie Weekly Update

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A Wednesday morning, at 2am PST (Pacific Standard Time) on December 20th, we'll be going Live on Xbox Live Marketplace with the next in our series of Vidocs - a series of video documentaries about you guessed it, Halo 3.
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Halo 3: The Bungie Weekly Update

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A chunky update this week as we talk to Digital Domain, Machine Head and McCann Erickson about what it took to put together last Monday's Halo 3 TV ad, and we chat briefly about the secrets contained in the spot.
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GRAW 2 Details

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Media sites are buzzing today with news of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. The sequel was haphazardly announced in late October, but today marks the first revelation of explicit details; at least, to the eyes of an internet-only peruser.

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Battlefield 2142 v1.10 Beta Patch

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By taking part in this Beta you are accepting the risks related to the use of non-final code. EA and DICE are not responsible for any harm caused by the use of these files. EA will not provide customer support for any issues related to the use of any Beta related files. Any issues experienced during the use of these files should be reported to the EA Battlefield2142 Beta forums.
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Splinter Cell: Double Agent: A Performance Analysis

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The newest addition to the Splinter Cell series has recently been released for the PC. We'll take a look at the game and see how it runs on several graphics cards from both ATI and NVIDIA.
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NVIDIA Support Interview

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See how NVIDIA is helping developers push the graphics envelope with three upcoming titles.
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Halo 3 TV AD

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See Master Chief as you have never seen him before in our exclusive showing of the new Halo 3 ad. Sixty seconds of tantalising new Halo 3 goodness awaits.
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Crysis Statement Regarding the Release Date

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There has been a lot of recent talk about Crysis' ship date. I wanted to send out a message to all those who are interested and set the record straight. The game will ship a little later than planned.
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EA brand ''tarnished'' according to analyst

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A game industry analyst has issued a report stating that poor ratings and low-quality games are starting to diminish the EA brand. We'll delve into the challenges the gaming giant may be facing.

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Gran Turismo HD Cancelled

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Work on controversial PlayStation 3 title Gran Turismo HD has been stopped, according to an announcement on the Japanese website of developer Polyphony Digital, with the content so far produced to be given away as a free download in Japan.

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Halo 3 Trailer & Beta Sign-up Opens Monday

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Fans worldwide can experience a thrilling look at the most anticipated game of 2007 with a special 60-second ?Halo 3? trailer; Microsoft announces first chance for North American gamers to participate in the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta by entering at Halo3.com
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Shadowrun Xbox 360 Multiplayer Beta Sign-Ups Begin

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Microsoft has announced that sign-ups have begun to beta test Shadowrun, the upcoming multiplayer oriented first person shooter from developer FASA Interactive. The first part of the beta will be for Xbox 360 owners but upcoming beta slots will open for Windows Vista PC owners.

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Crysis Demonstration and Q+A

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We have some exciting content for you today, Electronic Arts' Ben O'Donnell and Crytek's Sebastian Spatzek showed off the latest build of Crysis on a modified multiplayer map at Multiplay i29, and HEXUS.tv was there to film it
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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade Review

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Death and destruction reign supreme in the latest Warhammer: Dawn of War game - Dark Crusade. We put it to the test to see whether this standalone expansion should be deemed worthy of a hero's reception.

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Lost Planet Online

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Direct feed of Lost Planet Online multiplayer
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Battlefield 2142 Patch 1.05

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Today we release the 1.05 update for Battlefield 2142. As previously communicated this update will among other things make the experience better when playing Titan mode. It will also solve the transport exploit that some players have taken advantage of. Overall the update includes over 25 fixes. The fix list can be found at the end of the update.
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PC Gears Of War Confirmed?

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While neither Epic nor Microsoft have talked about a possible PC version of their Xbox 360 third person shooter Gears of War.
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Halo 3 Screenshots Galore

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We're done holding out. Here's almost every bit of media we have on Halo 3. The catch? The boatloads of screens, renders and concept art (we're saving some of that, we changed our minds)
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Halo 3: The Bungie Weekly Update Public Beta Announced

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A It's hard to believe that it's been five whole years since Bungie unleashed Halo on the world! To celebrate this momentous occasion we've got a few small announcements that may be of interest to fans of the series as well as a little screenshot from a game we like to call Halo 3.
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Company of Heroes 1.3 Patch released today

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It has been announced that the Company of Heroes 1.3 Patch is to be officially released today. The game is gathering great community support recently because the creators (Relic) are taking an active interest in supporting the need of its customers, something EA could do looking into.
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Procedural Textures: Gaming's Future

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Allegorithmic has a new technology that it says can make games up to 90% smaller by replacing bitmap textures with mathematically generated ones - and has already seen its technology incorporated by small games publishers. Could this be the future for texturing?

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RoboBlitz Demo

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RoboBlitz, using Epic's Unreal Engine 3 and Ageia PhysX, is a fast-paced action game featuring puzzle-solving and unique physics-based weapons. Players blast through 15+ levels of high-intensity action as Blitz, a multi-talented robot on a mission to save its factory from a band of invading mechanical brains.
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Gothic 3 Demo

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3D Gamers is co-premiering the promised playable demo for Gothic 3, offering the chance to sample this recent third-person fantasy action role-playing sequel by Piranha Bytes. This massive download contains "the beginning area of the game, including the towns of Ardea and Kap Dun and the Rebel outpost Reddock, with all available quests, weapons, spells and NPCs. There will be no time limits imposed on players."
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Splinter Cell: Double Agent single- & multiplayer Demos

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Ubi Soft has released not one but two playable demos for Splinter Cell: Double Agent, offering the chance to sample both the single-player and multi-player sides of their brand-new stealthy 3D action sequel. The single-player demo contains a portion of the Okhotsk mission, while the multiplayer one includes one map for the Free and Rankings modes, with a few other restrictions.
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Splinter Cell: Double Agent Review

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Sam Fisher is back with his first outing on a next-gen platform. We look at the gameplay that the Xbox 360 and PC versions provide, and ask ourselves - can you teach an old agent new tricks?

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