Weekend Reading - MS Explains the Lesbian Bans - briefly
(hx) 01:14 PM CET - Feb,28 2009
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- Quake Live Open Beta Impressions - Once that's done you start
playing within the web browser (although you can play full screen if you
want). In terms of gameplay
it's pretty much the same game that id released as Quake III Arena over
9 years a
- Out of the Park Baseball 10 Announced - Out of the Park
Developments
announced
Out of the
Park Baseball 10, the next installment in their sports simulation
series, which is planned for release for Windows, MacOS, and Linux this
spring.
- Sacred 2 video goes behind-the-scenes with Blind Guardian -
This
"Making of..." video for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is the third in a series
a behind-the-scenes looks at working with the German heavy metal band
Blind Guardian
in making the machinima music video
- Street Fighter IV PC Pushed To Summer - Asked when the PC version
will be out, Christian Svensson, Capcom's vice president of business
development and strategic planning, said:
"Let's say summer." He added: "We rolled out our Mad Catz sticks
and pads, and the interesting thing to note about all of those sticks and
pads is they all work with PC as well. We may, and I'm in talks with Mad
Catz to figure out how can we actually do some bundles of pads and Street
Fighter IV PC."
- HAWX Demo Arriving on PC Monday - Ubisoft has confirmed that a PC
HAWX demo is set for release at Monday, March 2, at noon EST. The full
game, developed by Ubisoft Romania, is hitting the PlayStation 3 and Xbox
360 on March 6. The PC version will arrive in stores on March 13.
- Quake Wars Ray Traced -
The following interview is with Dabiel Pohl, who has been working as a
research scientist at Intel on ray tracing technology. He came to our
attention because he's been using Quake games (3, 4 and ETQW) for his
experiments. Now here's the low-down on ray tracing from the man himself.
Enjoy!
- Bohemia issues statement on Operation Flashpoint 2 - Bohemia
Interactive has
issued a statement reminding gamers that despite its name, Codemasters
upcoming shooter Operation Flashpoint 2 isn't the true sequel to the
original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. As we've seen with previous
disputes between game developers and publishers, the publisher bought the
rights to the game's name, while the game dev owns the actual IP based on
that game (the game engine, characters, etc.)
- What Makes a Horror Game Truly Scary? -
Gamasutra has an opinion piece running today regarding horror games and
their actual scare factor.
- Dawn of War II on sale at GoGamer.com - THQ may have just
released Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II but over at the GoGamer.com site
the sci-fi RTS title has been put on sale as part of their regualar weekly
48 Hour Madness promotion. For now you can
buy Dawn of War II for just $35.90! In addition, you can get
Battlestations: Midway for just $2.90 this weekend and Hidden and Dangerous
2 is on sale for just $3.90.
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for $4.99 on Steam - You can head
on over
there and pay only $4.99 for the original Lost Planet, subtitled Extreme
Condition.
- Unreal/Unreal 2 sale at GoG.com this weekend -
If you
are interested you can get both Unreal Gold (featuring the original Epic
game and the expansion pack from the now defunct Legend Entertainment) and
Unreal 2: The Awakening for $16.95. If you happen to already own one or the
other you can get the second game for $1.50 off its normal GoG.com price
- Spore API Released - Maxis has released their
API for Spore. This
allows you to access their database of creatures and creators through
several different mechanisms.
- Microsoft Explains the Lesbian Bans on Live - On Wednesday,
I wrote about
the case of an Xbox Live user who claims she got banned from Xbox Live
for identifying herself as a lesbian. Now, here's an official statement from
Microsoft: "As stated in the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use, a member may not
create a gamertag or use text in other profile fields that include comments
that look, sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate content
of a potentially sexual nature. Profiles that do are asked to change the
language and suspended until changes are made. In regards to sexual
orientation, for gamertags or profiles we do not allow expression of any
type of orientation, be that hetero or other. Players can, however, self
identify in voice communication where context is more easily explained to
all players involved. Harassment of any kind is not condoned and is
taken very seriously; we strongly encourage Xbox LIVE members to immediately
report inappropriate behavior through the compliant tools in the service so
that it can be investigated and the appropriate action taken. The Xbox LIVE
community grows daily, and we continue to explore methods and levels of
enforcement to enhance the ways our members connect and have fun, while
adhering to a code of conduct that encourages respect and keeps the service
safe and fun for all our members."
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