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Posted by Viper - March 19, 2008 11:24 - 441 Views

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses a whole bunch of bugs and improves general reliability and performance, supports new types of hardware and adds support for several emerging standards. Read More ť

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The CPL Ceases Operations

Posted by Viper - March 14, 2008 18:37 - 481 Views

Effective immediately, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) will cease operations. Therefore, all CPL events currently scheduled for 2008 are hereby canceled. Read More ť

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	#1 - spitfire - March 14, 2008 19:32 they really shutting down or is it just a temporary downtime?!
	#2 - Droop - March 14, 2008 21:23 Never heard of them, but it still saddens me.
	#3 - Matteh - March 14, 2008 22:33 @Droop - Amazing, only the top league
	#4 - Roflcpt3r - March 14, 2008 22:34 They are the famous here in the states. I wonder if this will affect the CAL leagues at all
	#5 - m03b - March 15, 2008 06:43 omg :O
	#6 - D_DK - March 17, 2008 20:00 Ohhh my God... CPL is an institution within competitive sports... Cant believe they cant keep that going...

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Custom maps Hell: TF2 analysis

Posted by Viper - March 13, 2008 12:31 - 269 Views

The guys at Shacknews have taken a look at a whole bunch of custom maps that are available for Team Fortress 2 and as the title says you can imagine what this is about. Read More ť

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Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008

Posted by Viper - March 12, 2008 11:21 - 290 Views

The world's most complete and in-depth soccer management game, Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008, is fully updated for the 2007-08 season and now available on Steam. Challenge yourself by taking full control of any of over 5,000 manageable teams from around the world including clubs from leagues such as Major League Soccer, English Premier League, and the Mexico Premier Division. Read More ť

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	#1 - Roflcpt3r - March 12, 2008 14:09 ...you cannot be serious
	#2 - Faith - March 12, 2008 17:22 Why not?
	#3 - Roflcpt3r - March 12, 2008 22:35 pay to play a game where you manage soccer teams...?
	#4 - Viper - March 13, 2008 13:23 And? This game exists since 1998 and a lot of people love it. It's more then meets the eye ;)
	#5 - Roflcpt3r - March 14, 2008 04:02 So its not something random like railroad tycoon or any of those oddities the come out every now and then. (I do like the sims and simcity tho)

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Valve Explains Why PC Gaming gains Steam

Posted by Viper - March 06, 2008 18:12 - 339 Views

We've mostly passed the days of being a scary thing to being a staple in people's launch plans," Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi tells Gamasutra. Given the ever-broadening digital distribution space, The team spoke to him to discuss the state of downloadable gaming on the PC and how Steam's doing -- and the role it aims to play in the months ahead. Read More ť

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	#1 - Kryptt - March 06, 2008 18:52 Steam is taking over the world!
	#2 - spitfire - March 06, 2008 19:28 Steam is Holy, VALVe is GOD!
	#3 - Matteh - March 06, 2008 21:44 Go steam!
	#4 - sslice - March 07, 2008 03:42 You should have seen the ad for CS Online.. makes it look amazing when it's basically CS 1.6 :o

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Vampire: The Masquerade gets update

Posted by Viper - March 06, 2008 18:04 - 174 Views

The patches Scrolls site tells us about a new patch for the Source engine powered RPG game Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. Read More ť

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Activision thinking COD MMOG?

Posted by Viper - March 05, 2008 14:43 - 181 Views

With the massive Activision Blizzard merger looming, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick held court today at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference. Kotick raised the possibility that, one day, there could be an MMOG title based on the award-winning Call of Duty series. Read More ť

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	#1 - Billeh - March 05, 2008 17:50 Stupid idea. COD should remain a FPS.
	#2 - sslice - March 05, 2008 20:43 Doesn't mean it won't be an FPS.

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Battles Temporarily Suspended

Posted by Viper - March 02, 2008 18:40 - 267 Views

The team from Finalbattleground just let us know that Battle 5 has been temporary suspended until all performance issues are resolved. This means the current Battle 5 will be continued on Monday the 10th. Read More ť

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	#1 - keepdashytballin - March 05, 2008 01:43 =[

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Frontlines patch coming soon

Posted by Viper - March 02, 2008 14:08 - 536 Views

If you are one of the lucky guys like me running Windows Vista and just bought the Frontlines: Fuel of War game on Steam, while looking at a crash window after the Frontlines logo shows up everytime when you try to start it, I can tell you that THQ/KAOS is currently working hard on releasing a patch very soon which should fix these problems. Read More ť

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Mattie to speak about ES2.0 at PyCon 2008

Posted by Viper - February 25, 2008 10:44 - 300 Views

Mattie, the big guy behind the Eventscripts for Source has been invited to speak at this year's PyCon (Chicago, March 14-16). PyCon is the largest Python scripting language convention and is sponsored by Google, Microsoft, Sun, and others. Read More ť

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