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Is Windows 8 the First Step to PC Death?

September 17, 2011 | | PC News

About a month ago, one of the original creators of the PC at IBM declared
the PC is doomed. Yesterday, Microsoft showed off its latest child,
which is still in development: Windows 8.
Windows 8 is the new tablet OS that is taking dead aim at the Apple
iPad 2, which is pretty much slaying all of the Android competition.
Where Apple’s success has been based mainly on the very large collection
of apps, Windows 8 looks to incorporate the best things of iOS and make
it better.

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Zynga Announces Indiana Jones Games

September 17, 2011 | | PC News

So you’re all farmed out on Famville. Your digital coveralls are faded
and worn and you’ve tilled enough cyber-soil to last you a lifetime.
Now you’re left wanting a new experience. Come to think of it, you’ve
been waiting for a new adventure game. Did you know Zynga already has
you covered?

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Developer Affinity: Epic Games

September 17, 2011 | | Xbox 360 Features

It is often said that great things come from humble beginnings. In the case of the North Carolina-based
studio Epic Games, creators of the
seminal Unreal Engine (used in a dizzyingly large number of modern videogame
titles) and the hugely successful Gears of War series, those
beginnings were very humble indeed. The
brainchild of Tim Sweeney, founded in 1991 in Rockville, Maryland, started life
with a simple game creation engine for DOS called ZZT and soon became known for
creating popular shareware titles such as Jazz Jackrabbit, which spawned a
sequel and was named “Arcade Game of the Year” by PC Format magazine in 1995.

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Stranger’s Wrath HD in beta

September 16, 2011 | | PS3 News

A game
that almost fell off my radar has shown up again: a PS3 exclusive HD
re-make of Oddworld Inhabitants final game, Stranger’s Wrath.

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Classic Arcade Racer May be Getting the HD Treatment

September 16, 2011 | | PS3 News

HD remakes are growing in popularity and Sega may be looking to cash in on an arcade classic. According to the the Australian government classification website, Daytona USA could be making a comeback. It is possible that Sega is planning a reboot of the franchise, but with the popularity of HD remakes growing coupled with the low project overhead, it seems to reason they will give it a Hi-Def facelift.

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Resident Evil 6 Teased at TGS

September 16, 2011 | | PS3 News

At Tokyo Game Show 2011 Capcom presented a teaser confirming
Resident Evil (known as Biohazard in Japan) 6 is in
development.

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A Gift From Aperture Science: Portal Is Free

September 16, 2011 | | PC News

If you’re the person who hasn’t played Portal yet, you no longer have any excuse to not understand references to “The Cake Is A Lie” because Valve is putting the game up for grabs. Thanks to a generous grant from the fine philanthropists at Aperture Science (America’s leading manufacturer of military shower curtains/ Quantum Tunneling Devices) Valve will let anyone download a copy of the game for free for a limited time.

Is Windows 8 the First Step to PC Death?

Zynga Announces Indiana Jones Games

Developer Affinity: Epic Games

Stranger’s Wrath HD in beta

Classic Arcade Racer May be Getting the HD Treatment

Resident Evil 6 Teased at TGS

A Gift From Aperture Science: Portal Is Free

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