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GAME INFO publisher: Interplay developer: The Software Refinery genre: Simulation MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: n/a homepage: n/a release date: 1998

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»	Dec 15, 2008 GTA IV PC Patch Issues Rockstar's PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV hit the stores just in time for the Holiday shopping craziness. Much to the dismay of PC gamers everywhere, the game was crammed with major performance hiccups. » MORE

»	Dec 17, 2008 Tomb Raider Underworld v1.1 Patch Available Those of you who are playing Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider Underworld might want to download the v1.1 patch for the game. The 112MB patch for Tomb Raider Underworld is available for download right here. » MORE

»	Dec 12, 2008 GoW 2 & CoD: World at War Dominate Sales NPD issued the chart for the best-selling console games at U.S. retailers during November. Apparently, Epic Games' Gears of War 2 and Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War shifted more units than any other console on the market. » MORE

»	Dec 04, 2008 GTA IV PC Problems Abound While Rockstar already launched the PC version of its console smash Grand Theft Auto IV, we ourselves haven't tried out the game yet. It looks like game audiences everywhere are starting to get peeved about numerous issues. » MORE

»	Nov 20, 2008 DIRT 2 Details It looks like the next DIRT game is on its way. I think most of you will agree that DIRT was a pretty decent racer. Perhaps not the best successor to the CMR series, but it's still a good game. » MORE

»	Nov 14, 2008 360 Outsells PS3 in US During October During October Microsoft's Xbox 360 managed to outsell one of its main counterparts on the console market - a.k.a. Sony' PlayStation 3. Here's how the numbers breakdown: 1. » MORE

»	Oct 29, 2008 PS3 Outsells 360 Worldwide During Q2 According to a report posted at EuroGamer, the PS3 shifted 2.43 million units worldwide for the three months ending September 30, which is reportedly nearly twice as much sold consoles during the same time last year. » MORE

»	Oct 15, 2008 Next Xbox Console With Forward Compatibility? Here's an interesting little story recently dug up by Xbox fan site Xbox Evolved. According to their report, Microsoft is exploring the possibility of "forward-compatible" video games for the next edition of the Xbox console. » MORE

»	Oct 08, 2008 Wrath of the Lich King Specs Revealed Blizzard Entertainment reveals (via WoW forums) the PC and Mac system requirements for their long-awaited expansion pack World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. » MORE

»	Oct 06, 2008 The Conduit Media, Not Your Average Wii Graphics The futuristic first-person shooter from High Voltage Software is currently in development for Nintendo's Wii console. This game utilizes High Voltage Software's in-house Quantum3 engine, specifically made for the Wii. » MORE

»	Sep 24, 2008 EA Sued Over Spore DRM Courthouse News Service reports that a class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court. Maryland resident Melissa Thomas has filed a class action lawsuit against publisher Electronic Arts, accusing the company of unlawful and deceptive conduct. » MORE

»	Sep 19, 2008 360 Hasn't Outsold Wii in Japan After All Is the world still spinning? Yes? That's a relief. Well, it should have stopped after the literally bewildering news that the Xbox 360 actually managed to outsell the PlayStation 3 and, more importantly, Nintendo's Wii console in Japan. » MORE

»	Sep 12, 2008 NFL 09 Dominates August Charts, Nintendo Rules Hardware Sales Man and I thought the PC sales charts looked bad... Seriously, console software sales are a perfect reflection of this year's annoyingly dull summer season. » MORE

Sep 11, 2008

X360 Price Cut Boosts Sales by 600%
The recently slashed price of the Xbox 360 console seems to have given the console a major sales boost. Microsoft is saying that Xbox 360 hardware sales across the US doubled and there are certain retailers reporting about 360 models selling six times the rate they were selling before the price reduction.

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»	Aug 29, 2008 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Specs GSC World just released the minimum, recommended and optimal system requirements for the upcoming standalone expansion pack, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. » MORE

Aug 28, 2008

PC Gaming Rediscovering Itself, Says Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor, acclaimed game designer and CEO of Gas Powered Games, feels that PC gaming is slowly getting back on its feet. He does have a point. We've seen countless publishers and developers making all sorts of PC announcements and many games you'd normally expect to witness on current-gen consoles are now making their way to PCs as well.

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Aug 15, 2008

Need for Speed Undercover Announced, Screens
Black Box & Electronic Arts officially confirm Need for Speed Undercover, a new installment in the popular racing series. This game features the international movie star, Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard), as the lead character in the live-action sequences.

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»	Aug 01, 2008 Wii Outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan Nintendo appears to be kicking Sony's butt at the moment in Japanese hardware sales. The Wii console has outsold Sony's the PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 on Japanese territory during July, as reported by a game magazine. » MORE

»	Jul 29, 2008 Mass Effect PC Patch and DLC Released BioWare just released a patch, updating the PC edition of the RPG Mass Effect to version 1.01. Get the 34MB patch for Mass Effect PC here. Here's what's new: Update 1. » MORE

»	Jul 23, 2008 SEGA Thinks Resident Evil 5 is Wii-Bound Nintendo or Capcom haven't said anything about a Wii edition of the upcoming survival horror game, Resident Evil 5. Last we heard, Resident Evil 5 is heading towards the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. » MORE

»	Jul 24, 2008 New Midnight Club: Los Angeles Screens Rockstar San Diego is at present busy with Midnight Club: Los Angeles, which, by the look of the latest dosage of in-game screenshots, is progressing beautifully. » MORE

Jul 17, 2008

E3 2008: Dragon Age: Origins Hands-on
So, a majority of PC gamers continually complain how the games industry has taken a swift turn towards consoles. Despite the discontent of many, quite a lot of development teams and hardware manufacturers have reassured that PC gaming is alive and well.

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»	Jul 18, 2008 MGS 4 Rocks June Charts, PS3 Outsells 360 Here's the neatly compiles hardware and software sales for June 2008 (cheers Gamasutra). Nintendo's dominating both hardware and software charts, as usual. » MORE

»	Jul 01, 2008 Crysis Warhead Screenies Early last month, EA and Crytek unveiled they are working on a standalone expansion pack, Crysis Warhead. The game is being developed exclusively for the PC and is powered by a new and enhanced version of the Crytek's CryENGINE 2 technology. » MORE

»	Jun 26, 2008 MGS 4 Ships 3 Million Metal Gear Solid 4 is doing pretty well sales wise, with around half a million copies sold in Japan and one million shifted across Europe. At this time, there is no official figure to prove how many units of the game have been sold overall. » MORE

»	Jun 16, 2008 MS to Announce X360 Price Cut? Analyst Jesse Divnich believes Microsoft could reduce the price of the Xbox 360 in the US and we'll know more come this year's E3. Divnich expressed his views in a note to investors following the release of NPD sales data for May. » MORE

»	Jun 17, 2008 MGS 4 Kicks Ass in Sales Across Japan and Europe Four days after its launch in Japan, Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots sold 476,334 copies, which includes various editions; even those bundled with hardware. » MORE

»	Jun 13, 2008 NPD Charts: GTA IV and Wii Take the Lead NPD released the latest US hardware and software sales for May. The Wii emerges triumphant as the top-selling console last month. As can be seen in the report, MS, Nintendo & Sony all seem pleased NPD's data. » MORE

»	Jun 09, 2008 Alone in the Dark Golden Atari sends the word that the development of the survival horror game, Alone in the Dark, has been completed and that the title is on track to ship June 20 in Europe and June 24 in the States. » MORE

»	May 30, 2008 Steam Cloud Approaches Valve Software prepares a major update for its digital distribution system, Steam. Yep, the upcoming Steam update includes automatic driver updates for hardware and an integrated system requirements checker for various games. » MORE

»	May 26, 2008 Encryption Chip to End Piracy? Atari founder Nolan Bushnell (65) claims that a new encryption chip is being installed on new computer motherboards in an effort to end piracy of PC games. » MORE

May 16, 2008

GTA IV (360) Conquers Console Sales
The latest software charts show Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV as the top-selling video game, while the Wii topped hardware sales charts yet again. Here are the console software sales for the month of April (the number next to each title denotes how many units were sold): 1.

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»	May 17, 2008 Age of Conan With Cross-platform Play? When Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures arrives for the Xbox 360, FunCom may incorporate cross-plaftorm play to give 360 gamers a chance to play on PC servers. » MORE

»	May 15, 2008 Sega Reveals 4 New Games Sega reveals a publishing deal with PlatinumGames; an independent development studio assembled by the former Capcom staff that was responsible for games such as Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Steel Battalion and Okami. » MORE

»	May 07, 2008 GTA IV PS3 Patch Available Rockstar just released an update for the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The patch is available for download right now via the PlayStation Network. » MORE

»	Apr 24, 2008 Nintendo Sells 25M Wiis, 70M Nintendo DS Units So, Nintendo seems to be doing more than okay with its Wii console right now. The company's latest financial documents Nintendo reveal that Wii console has sold 24. » MORE

»	Apr 18, 2008 Console Sales for March Looks like Patcher wasn't right about the PS3. Wedbush Morgan analyst predicted the PlayStation 3 would outsell the Xbox 360 for the third time in row in monthly sales. » MORE

Apr 09, 2008

Rumor: 360 Motion Sensing Controller Code-named "Newton"
8BitJoystick brings a follow-up on yesterday's story about Microsoft making its own motion sensing controller for the Xbox 360. The report refers to a remote device that's supposedly in development and carries the code name "Newton.

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»	Mar 31, 2008 DirectX 11: With Ray-tracing and This Year? Microsoft logic is a simple one: if DX 10 didn't make you buy Vista, maybe DirectX 11 will? Techarp is reporting: According to a confidential source, Microsoft has decided to switch to ray-tracing in DirectX 11. » MORE

»	Mar 25, 2008 PSP Outsells Wii in Japan The PSP has been a top choice for Japanese gamers for a long time, but was recently toppled by Nintendo's Wii. Now, the latest Japanese hardware sales show that the Sony's handheld gaming platform regained the lead. » MORE

»	Mar 13, 2008 Unreal Engine 4 Targets Consoles Exclusively After bashing PC as a gaming platform, Tim Sweeney talks openly about the gearing Unreal Engine 4 exclusively towards consoles and not PCs, as revealed in the third part of a Q&A posted at TG Daily. » MORE

»	Mar 10, 2008 MS: Xbox 360 Gets 42% of Next-gen Revenue Things may have picked up for the PS3 and the Wii console is doing more than okay, but Microsoft says they have taken the lead in the everlasting console war. » MORE

Mar 06, 2008

US Air Force to Buy 300 PS3s
It was reported that the United States Air Force plans to purchase 300 (count 'em) 40GB PlayStation 3 consoles. The natural assumption would be that they want to gear up in time for the launch of MGS4, but contrary to popular belief, they are actually planning to use these PS3s to conduct a "technology assessment of certain cell processors.

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»	Mar 04, 2008 THQ: Piracy to Blame for Iron Lore Demise Last week, Iron Lore Entertainment (developers of games like Titan Quest) announced it has closed its doors due to "several unrelated events" and the fact that the company failed to secure funding for its next project. » MORE

»	Feb 26, 2008 Assassin's Creed (PC) Faster in DX10 Mode Now if this isn't reason enough to buy Vista, I don't know what is! According to Ubisoft's Charles Beauchemin, Technical Lead on Assassin's Creed PC, AC will use DirectX 10 features. » MORE

»	Feb 22, 2008 X360 Sales Reach 18 Million During this year's GDC, Microsoft's John Schappert revealed how many 360 consoles Microsoft shifted since its launch in 2005. "I think that we've sold 18 million, the last time I've checked. » MORE

»	Feb 20, 2008 PC Gaming: Allied Assault The earlier-mentioned PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA), a non-profit organization made up of game devs, publishers and PC makers and hardware suppliers has officially become a reality at the GDC08 in San Fran. » MORE

Feb 19, 2008

Analysts Predict 10% Boost in PS3 Sales
This is it. The gaming industry is slowly witnessing the turn of the tide, as reports already reveal that today's major shift in the format war is going to bring fortune and glory for Sony, which otherwise received great criticism for going with the Blu-ray technology for its PS3 console.

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»	Feb 15, 2008 So it Begins? PS3 Outsells 360 in January. More data from NPD follows. Console hardware sales during January 2008 have shown that the Nintendo's Wii console is still the most favored piece of gaming hardware amongst US gamers. » MORE

»	Feb 07, 2008 Xbox 360 HD-DVD 50 Bucks Cheaper Happy times for format whores! The price of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player has been lowered from $179.99 to $129.99. It's not exactly the deal of the century, but it's a welcomed price drop nonetheless. » MORE

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