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Battle Tip: Hero Micro
If you're not micro-managing your heroes in battle then you're probably going to lose a lot of games. This is extremely important against heavy myth unit civilizations like Loki and…
Athlon 64 and Windows XP 64 Bit Edition – This is the Beta
For the past week, I've been running Windows XP 64 Bit. This version is still a beta version of the OS. In other words, should you try this for yourself,…
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft should soon be making CD's available with the trial software. According to them it's supposed to be shipping in mid-February. If, like myself, you're the impatient type, you can…
Legacy of Ykesha Update
As pointed out on PlanetEQ, the official Web site for Legacy of Ykesha, the upcoming EQ expansion, has been updated. There's now an article on how the new Charm items…
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Unleashed
AMD announced the release of its most powerful processor to date to resellers and computer manufacturers worldwide - the AMD Athlon XP processor 3000+. Highlights of this latest processor include…
Time of Defiance Skirmish Servers
Nicely Crafted Entertainment plans to launch a Time of Defiance Skirmish Server on Friday that will give players of this online strategy space game faster and more focused gameplay sessions.…
Hizbullah Action Game
The Jeruslem Post (free registration required) reports that Hizbullah (a Lebanese Shi'i Muslim political/militant group) is developing an action game for the PC that claims to "counter the image of…
Today on GameSpy: Lord British!
Today GameSpy offers an excellent interview with Richard Garriott, the mastermind behind Ultima, perhaps the most beloved PC role-playing game franchise ever. Richard talks about his past hardships while working…
PSO Valentine
SEGA of America announced today its plans to launch a special online Valentine's Day quest for Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II on February 14 (this Friday). The quest,…
Soul Ride Engine Open-Sourced
Slingshot Game Technology announced that the Soul Ride Game Engine source code has gone open-source (under the GNU General Public License) and is available freely from Source Forge. Soul Ride…
Chain Reaction Contest
GarageGames says that Chris Cole of Monster Studios is working on an updated version of its puzzler game Chain Reaction and the team is offering the community the chance to…
Prima Games Largest Strategy Guide Publisher
Random House's publishing division of video and computer game strategy guides, Prima Games, retained its number one position last year. Prima Games has been the largest publisher of strategy guides…
Special Blizzard Insider, No Patch
A "special" edition of the Blizzard Insider newsletter reannounces WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, the official expansion set to last year's biggest strategy game. It includes an inteview with Senior…
DAoC Bits
Mythic Entertainment offers a couple of updates at The Camelot Herald detailing the Quest Contest finalists (entries can be read at the site), and offer some spiffy new Dark Age…
HotHead & Octagon
Octagon Entertainment offhandedly revealed that it is representing HotHead Studios, a small development studio formed by former members of another small start-up called DarkBlack. HotHead Studios is currently working on…
Rise of Nations Beta Contest
Strategy gamers will be ecstatic over Microsoft Game Studios' plan to release one thousand Rise of Nations beta copies. Fans can sign up at the official Website to participate in…
The Eye Opener
Microsoft has launched its Xbox Platinum Hits Program this morning, unleashing twelve new Xbox games for $ each. A good deal for anyone that hasn't already purchased these titles yet.…
Ultimate Stunts 0.3.0
A new version of Ultimate Stunts has been released today, bringing this open-sourced racing game (based on the DOS classic, Stunts) for the PC to version Not too many changes…
Attal Update
The Attal: Lords of Doom site has been updated with a to-do-list for the next major version of this open-sourced fantasy-flavored strategy game for Windows and Linux. The next major…
Sony Pictures Digital Titles Go Wireless
Sony Pictures Digital will develop games based on Sony Pictures Entertainment's films for QUALCOMM's BREW platform. Wheel of Fortune and JEOPARDY! are currently available, while XXX, Q*Bert, Pyramid, and Stuart…