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Netherlands gaming industry hits EUR 1 billion

Posted by Viper - May 09, 2008 16:31 - 110 Views

The NLGD foundation, the Dutch games industry advocates, has announced that the Netherlands' gaming industry has grown to be worth nearly EUR 1 billion (USD 1.5 billion / GBP 787 million). Read More ť

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BioShock movie is coming...

Posted by Viper - May 09, 2008 16:27 - 147 Views

Take-Two has announced a deal with Universal Studios to bring hit shooter BioShock to the big screen. The film will be directed by Gore Verbinski, whose previous credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and The Ring. John Logan, who wrote Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd, is in talks to produce the screenplay. Read More ť

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	#1 - spitfire - May 09, 2008 17:35 woaaah this is soooo awesome! havent finished the game but sure this movie will be great!
	#2 - Olly - May 09, 2008 17:57 Am I the only one that doesn't like the game?
	#3 - spitfire - May 09, 2008 18:22 lol Olly is the game to scary for you? :P
	#4 - Viper - May 09, 2008 18:25 Bioshock rocks.
	#5 - Olly - May 09, 2008 22:19 I just thought it was boring (i only played the demo)
	#6 - invisible - May 10, 2008 12:56 havent seen many good movies to a game yet best i remember was Silent Hill so i hope that wont become another cheap shitty adaption of an awesome game
	#7 - Gummy Joe - May 10, 2008 12:58 Same as Olly, i only played the demo too and didn't see what the big fuss with it was, didn't like it very much :o.
	#8 - Viper - May 10, 2008 15:01 The demo is nothing like the real game tbh
	#9 - spitfire - May 10, 2008 15:26 agrees with Invisible & Viper. If they just get the atmosphere right it will be an awesome movie. (If they don't make the "plasmids" too x-men / Disney like..)
	#10 - Droop - May 10, 2008 22:45 Oh they better make it good.. Not like Hitman and other games turned in to movies D:
	#11 - icebreaker - May 11, 2008 02:04 Doom was actually a nice movie, imo. Same with Starship Troopers.
	#12 - invisible - May 11, 2008 11:52 the starship troopers game was made long time after movie came up so its not a real game adaption

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3DMark Vantage 1.0.0 Released

Posted by Viper - April 28, 2008 15:20 - 480 Views

3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware. 3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft. Read More ť

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	#1 - Matteh - April 28, 2008 17:06 3D mark is fixed. Bad.
	#2 - DaveB - April 29, 2008 10:06 P4009
	#3 - invisible - May 01, 2008 17:41 i hate programms that show me how shit my pc is

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The Crossing: Crossplayer on Source

Posted by Viper - April 19, 2008 20:34 - 584 Views

Its been some time ago that we last heard about the upcoming Crossplayer game from the creators of Half-Life 2 and Dark Messiah. Hopefully soon we will get some updates and new screenshots but for now, we have put the trailer online of this amazing interesting game for the people that have missed it last year. Read More ť

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	#1 - spitfire - April 19, 2008 20:44 lol hasnt this been posted half a year ago? (atleast the movie trailer)
	#2 - Viper - April 19, 2008 20:45 As the newposting says mr spitfire: we have put the trailer online of this amazing interesting game for the people that have missed it last year.
	#3 - sslice - April 19, 2008 20:57 Nice.. this should serve as a friendly reminder that we haven't forgotten about the game. We want more updates!
	#4 - Enigma776 - April 20, 2008 03:16 Thats a diffrent trailer to the one i remember seeing but still the game looks great. seems to have borrowed a bit from assassins creed with the dagger and the templars though.
	#5 - Viper - April 20, 2008 12:41 Enigma this design was there before assassins creed ;)
	#6 - dylanmclaughlin - April 20, 2008 19:53 looks alot like dark messiah + bits of doom 3

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The Leet World EP11: Wrong Side of the Hax

Posted by Viper - March 30, 2008 21:12 - 454 Views

Another new episode of The Leet World, a Counter-Strike machinima film is now available. The pulse-pounding second challenge has arrived. This could be the end of the line for the Terrorists! Will the Counter-Terrorists overcome their secret weapon? Read More ť

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	#1 - Viper - March 30, 2008 22:10 Tbh this is the best one so far... amazing quality and music, awesome work!
	#2 - Gummy Joe - March 30, 2008 23:16 I saw this a few days ago, funny stuff
	#3 - sslice - March 31, 2008 00:34 Yeah, this episode was definitely the best.
	#4 - spitfire - March 31, 2008 08:02 omg that gun drop sh!t (at round one end) was awesome!! XD.. happened to me allot when I played CS:S Wht the... ...terrorists win ! >.< I hate hax0rz ow btw the light effects on the last round are awesome
	#5 - invisible - March 31, 2008 13:53 amazing

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Steam is the Guardian of PC Gaming?

Posted by Viper - March 28, 2008 10:21 - 357 Views

PC Gamer talks about the way Steam is leading the movement to revitalize PC gaming as we know it. We're talking about Valve becoming the platform holder and guardian of the PC as a gaming system over the next two years," says Stephen Gaffney, Business Development Manager of Splash Damage. Read More ť

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Happy Easter to everyone!

Posted by Viper - March 23, 2008 14:33 - 349 Views

On behalf of the SteamFriends team I want to wish everyone that celebrates this, a Happy Easter and that you may find a lot of chocolates, eat lots of eggs and game on after it :P Enjoy! Read More ť

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	#1 - Rave - March 23, 2008 15:06 YEY
	#2 - Bam Bam - March 23, 2008 18:28 I GOT 6 EGGS
	#3 - Droop - March 24, 2008 00:11 I didnt get any eggs I got drunk though..
	#4 - Olly - March 24, 2008 04:44 I didnt get any eggs, but craploads of chocolate and alcohol :d

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SteamFriends fights in the battle's last day

Posted by Viper - March 20, 2008 16:51 - 192 Views

Tonight the last day of Battle 5 on the Finalbattleground is going to start and SteamFriends is about to end the war by staying 1st in rank. The last day will take one and a half hour so if you wanna see what is going on checkout this page and click View Battle. Read More ť

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Microsoft releases SP1 for Vista

Posted by Viper - March 19, 2008 11:24 - 405 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 - 460 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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