Wednesday Reading- Video games worry 1/3 of parents - briefly
(hx) 05:32 PM CET - Dec,05 2007
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- Too Many Beta Invitees Hurt Tabula Rasa - At the 2007 Independent
Game Conference in Austin, Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator
Richard
Garriott was asked what, in his opinion, was done right (and what was
done wrong) in the marketing of his just-launched, NCSoft-published Tabula
Rasa PC MMO.
- Asterix at the Olympic Games Multilanguage Demo -
A
playable demo (562MB) of Asterix at the Olympic Games is now available
for download, allowing you to try out the localised demo of this game based
on the upcoming live action feature film of the same name.
- X Motor Racing Demo v1.2 - Exotypos has released an updated demo
for X Motor Racing,
allowing you to try out this racing game previously known as No Brakes: X
Racing. The 90.6 MB download can be found on
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and
GH
- 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul Demo -
The demo is actually only good for the short haul, as it allows 60
minutes of play in the full game, after which a key must be purchased to
unlock the game.
- Forge of Freedom Patch v.1.10.10 - The dozens of improvements
range from better balance between camps, population and replacements to more
realistic diplomatic percentages, two siege phases instead of one, improved
scenario orders of battle and more realistic detailed battle frontage rules,
and more.
The v1.10.10 Update is a Comprehensive Update which can be applied to
all previous versions of Forge of Freedom.
- Avencast Patch v1.02 -
The
multilanguage update adds three new auto save options, removes
unnecessary quest items, and offers overall performance improvements.
- Hellgate: London Patch v0.6 -
This Unofficial Hellgate website for the word that Flagship has released
the
v0.6 patch for Hellgate London. The v0.7 update should be released
soon as well.
- SunAge Patch v1.05 -
The update is for the English and Italian boxed editions of the game,
while direct download editions of the game were released at version 1.05
- Alvin and The Chipmunks Ships -
Alvin and
The Chipmunks game is hitting stores, based on an upcoming live action
film featuring the musical rodents, and otherwise sure to delight the
grandchildren of fans of 1958's The Chipmunk Song
- The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific Ships -
Activation announced the release of Battle for the Pacific, the latest
installment in a series of strategy games co-branded with The History
Channel
- The Golden Compass Ships - Sega announced that
The Golden Compass,
The
Golden Compass, is now available in stores.
- Kane & Lynch: Dead Men available on GamersGate - GamersGate today
announced that
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, the latest game from IO Interactive, the
creators of the Hitman series, is now available for direct download on the
digital distribution platform
- GameSpot May See "Mass Resignations" Over Dismissal - Speaking
with a Gamespot employee yesterday who asked not to be named for this story,
Kotaku have learned that, despite the neutral nature of the Gamespot
news item on the matter, the editorial staff is said to be "devastated,
gutted and demoralized" over the removal of former editorial director Jeff
Gerstmann. The story states that "mass resignations" may yet take place in
the site's disheartened editorial staff as the source says "our credibility
is in ruins.
- Michael Bay Attacks Microsoft On Movie Downloads -
Film director Michael Bay has made a post on his official message boards
that attacks the stance Microsoft has made to support the HD-DVD high def
movie disk format. In his opinion Microsoft's support of HD-DVD is actually
a ploy for another purpose (Bay's latest movie Transformers is an HD-DVD
exclusive). In HD-DVD vs BlueRay related news,
this High-Def Digest story reports that the Blu-ray Disc Association
claims over 2.7 million Blu-Ray players have been sold to consumers through
Black Friday. That number includes sales of the Playstation 3 console.
- Video games worry third of parents -
More than three-quarters of parents in the UK are concerned about the
content of video games played by their children, according to a new survey.
The poll for Microsoft, which covered the UK, France, Germany and Italy,
found that 76% of British parents were worried about the content of games.
(thanks Stumpus)
- 10 Games Parents Should Avoid For Christmas -
Violent video games are bad - Okey.
- Assassin's Creed: PS3-Xbox 360 Graphics comparison - The folks at
Games Radar have run a test to see if Assassin's Creed looks better on a
PS3 or an XBox
- Free Xbox Live Marketplace content and Silver accounts - As part
of today's Fall Dashboard Update,
Xbox 360 owners who only have a free Silver Xbox Live Account will now have
to wait a little while to get the free demos that are released for the
console
- Guitar Hero III Wii Downloadable Content Starting Next Year -
Those who purchased the Wii version of Guitar Hero III are missing out
right now on the downloadable songs that the PS3 and XBox360 have available.
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