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Dec 02, 2008 - 2:00 PM - by WiseÄss
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Dean Pullen , Saturday 29 November 2008. 16:42:00
Vole bows to Intel - again
THE NEXT VERSION of Microsoft's core desktop operating system, imaginatively named Windows 7, aka Vista SP2, may contain an interesting feature for devices with low-end graphics chipsets, or even with no GPU acceleration at all. According to an MSDN document, Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform 10 (WARP10) is due for inclusion in Windows 7. The document, originally picked up by... [Read More]
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 Black Mesa Nearing Completion, Trailer Released |
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Dec 02, 2008 - 9:16 AM - by Tobad
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Today, the Black Mesa Team released an impressive trailer for their remake of Half-Life . The remake is a total-conversion mod for Half-Life 2, bringing the updated graphics and AI of the Source engine to the original game. The team has been dropping hints lately that the project, which began in 2004, is almost done, and the trailer confirms that it will be out in 2009. They also recently announced that they've "dropped Counter-Strike: Source as a requirement for Black Mesa, and from now on,... [Read More]
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EMA Suggests Point-Of-Sale Game Activation To Fight Piracy |
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Dec 02, 2008 - 9:16 AM - by Tobad
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Gamasutra reports on a set of standards (PDF) published by the Entertainment Merchants Association to promote the use of technology that would "disable" games and DVDs until they are activated when purchased. "The effort is codenamed 'Project Lazarus,' and the EMA says it's assembled a consortium of retailers, home video companies and video game publishers to see how easily such 'benefit denial technology' could be implemented, and to evaluate possible cost-benefit analyses. The initiative is... [Read More]
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