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2008-10-09T01:43:00.000-07:00

Crysis Warhead
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Sep 16, 2008
Don the nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, aka 'Psycho,' and experience a storyline parallel to the events of the original game.

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- Genre: Modern First-Person Shooter
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Crysis Warhead

Warhead is a fantastic stand-alone expansion to a superb shooter, and should be played by anyone who likes games with guns.

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This ain't no vacation on the beach: Crysis Warhead.
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Drive and destroy in Crysis Warhead.
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GCA 2008: Crytek's Yerli on gaming graphics' future

Cofounder and president of Crysis studio discusses why style trumps looks, what tomorrow's games will look like, and why the next visual leap won't happen until 2012.
- Posted Sep 22, 2008 10:45 pm PT
AU Shippin' Out September 22-26: Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Relive history's largest airborne assault thanks to Ubisoft.
- Posted Sep 22, 2008 12:17 am PT
Shippin' Out Sept. 14-19: Warhammer Online

EA's fantasy MMOG part of busy week at retail that includes Rock Band 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Pure, Crysis Warhead, and more.
- Posted Sep 15, 2008 6:15 pm PT

Today's News

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Funcom financials hail King Conan

MMOG developer's Q2 earnings see 694 percent surge in revenue--but sharply increased loss; 1.2 million units now shipped, 415,000 players online. Full Story
- Posted Aug 15, 2008 1:00 pm PT
- 10 Comments

Burnout download revs up analysts

Industry prognosticators assess the likelihood that EA's announcement will cause brick-and-mortar retailers to crash and burn. Full Story
- Posted Aug 15, 2008 11:11 am PT
- 30 Comments
NPD: NCAA Football sacks July

EA's collegiate pigskin sim scores top honors as 41 percent spike in total software sales push US industry to $1.2 billion in revenue for the month. Full Story
- Posted Aug 14, 2008 4:31 pm PT
- 38 Comments
Epic, Grasshopper partner with EA

Megapublisher to distribute new IP from Gears of War-maker's People Can Fly subsidiary, forthcoming collaboration between Suda-51 and Shinji Mikami. Full Story
- Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:15 pm PT
- 57 Comments
Q&A: Battlefield general lays out battle plans

DICE executive producer Ben Cousins talks about the free-to-play game's beta program, why it wouldn't work on consoles, and what makes it different from Team Fortress. Full Story
- Posted Aug 14, 2008 9:23 am PT
- 32 Comments
EA kicks off FIFA 09 tracklist

Duffy, Hot Chip, CSS, The Ting Tings, Kasabian, The Kooks, and The Fratellis in the latest soundtrack; Junkie XL back for another season. Full Story
- Posted Aug 15, 2008 9:42 am PT
- 9 Comments
Spore begins mitosis

Will Wright's galactic-scale life sim has gone gold, will undergo rapid asexual reproduction in preparation for September launch. Full Story
- Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:40 am PT
- 63 Comments
Burnout Paradise cruises to PSN

Criterion Games parking carnage-fueled racer in Sony's online storefront this fall for $29.99. Full Story
- Posted Aug 14, 2008 5:30 pm PT
- 57 Comments

Top 10 PC Games Today

2008-08-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Mass Effect
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: May 28, 2008
In a diverse interstellar society, you must overcome other species' distrust of humans and battle a force that threatens to end all life.

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- Genre: Action Role-Playing
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Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Apr 30, 2008
Galactic Civilizations II returns with a second expansion pack.

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- Genre: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy
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Sins of a Solar Empire
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Feb 4, 2008
Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy from Stardock.

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- Genre: Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
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Out of the Park Baseball 9
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: Jun 1, 2008
The game lets you do almost anything a real-life general manager can do to guide a baseball team to glory.

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- Genre: Baseball Management
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Europa Universalis III: In Nomine
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: May 28, 2008
This expansion pack for Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition features 50 more years of gameplay, as well as a new mission system.

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- Genre: Strategy
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: May 20, 2008
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an online action role-playing game from the creator of Anarchy Online.

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- Genre: Fantasy Online Role-Playing
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Assassin's Creed
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: Apr 8, 2008
The first game in the Assassin's Creed franchise is set in 1191 AD, when the Third Crusade was tearing the Holy Land apart.

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- Genre: Historic Action Adventure
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Devil May Cry 4
GameSpot Score
8.0
great
- Release Date: Jul 8, 2008
Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's demon-hunting series, but this time it stars a new character, Nero, and his powerful demonic arm.

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- Genre: Fantasy Shooter
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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
GameSpot Score
8.0
great
- Release Date: Jun 3, 2008
Build, battle, and brawl your way through favorite cinematic moments in Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

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- Genre: Adventure
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Penumbra: Black Plague
GameSpot Score
8.0
great
- Release Date: Feb 13, 2008
Penumbra: Black Plague completes the story laid out in Penumbra: Overture, carrying on the series' brand of psychological horror.

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- Genre: Horror Action Adventure
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Top 5 PC Games Today

2008-08-15T13:35:00.000-07:00

Top 5 Games:

Mass Effect
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: May 28, 2008
In a diverse interstellar society, you must overcome other species' distrust of humans and battle a force that threatens to end all life. (Top Games)

Full Review »
- Genre: Action Role-Playing
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Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Apr 30, 2008
Galactic Civilizations II returns with a second expansion pack.

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- Genre: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy
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Sins of a Solar Empire
GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Feb 4, 2008
Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy from Stardock.(Top Games)

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- Genre: Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy
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Out of the Park Baseball 9
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: Jun 1, 2008
The game lets you do almost anything a real-life general manager can do to guide a baseball team to glory.(Top Games)

Full Review »
- Genre: Baseball Management
- Check Prices
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine
GameSpot Score
8.5
great
- Release Date: May 28, 2008
This expansion pack for Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition features 50 more years of gameplay, as well as a new mission system.(Top Games)

Full Review »
- Genre: Strategy
- Check Prices

Cheat Codes

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Latest PC Video Computer Games Cheats and Codes:

The Sims 2 Hints & Cheats:

Sims 2 Cheat Codes

Misc. Codes

Press CTRL + SHIFT + C to access the cheat window, then enter the following:

Cheat	Effect
exit	closes cheat window
expand	expands or contracts cheat window
kaching	get 1000 cash
help -all	list cheats
autopatch (on/off)	lets you know if theres a patch
moveobjects (on/off)	moves objects and deletes you couldnt before
vsync (on/off)	increases game performance but lowers graphics
StretchSkeleton	makes your sims larger or smaller
aging off	turn off aging
aging on	turn on aging
motherlode	50,000 simoleans
faceBlendLimits (on/off)	turns off facial bounding limitations. It prevents the normal corrections the game will make for two parents with very different facial structures.
boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true/false	You can place objects outside the grid.
intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims 8	You can invite more people to your parties.
boolprop constrainFloorElevation false	Allows you to change elevation of floor tiles.
boolprop constrainFloorElevation true	Disables the ability to change elevation of floor tiles.
clear	Clears all cheat codes on the screen, but codes are still in effect.
slowmotion	Puts the game in slow motion. Enter any number that 0 through 8 (0=fastest and 8=slowest)
boolprop lotTerrainLighting (True/False)	Set to false and lots will not light up when highlighted in neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel (True/False)	Set to false to remove bridges from neighborhood.
boolprop displayLotImposters (True/False)	Set to false to removes house graphics from neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater (True/False)	Set to false to remove water from neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora (True/False)	Set to false to removes trees/plants from neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads (True/False)	Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodProps (True/False)	Set to false to remove props like rocks and towers from neighborhood
boolprop lotWater (True/False)	Set to false to remove removes water (ponds) from lots
boolprop lotTerrainPaints (True/False)	Set to false to remove floorpainting on lot
boolprop carsCompact (True/False)	Set to true and cars will have more detail in neighborhood
boolprop lotInfoAdvancedMode (True/False)	Set to true to show lot information
boolprop objectShadows (True/False)	Set to false to remove removes shadows on objects outside house
boolProp guob (True/False)	Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house
boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel (True/False)	Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim
boolProp displayPaths (True/False)	Set to true to see the path where the selected Sim walks to
boolprop displayLookAtBoxes (True/False)	Set to true and blocks appear on Sims faces and on parts where Sims look at
boolProp simShadows (True/False)	Toggle shadows on/off for Sims
boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename (True/False)	In neighborhood, shows filename of house when lot is highlighted
boolprop locktiles (True/False)	Set to false to place floor tiles outside lot
boolprop allObjectLightsOn (True/False)	Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when used
social_debug	You can tell what social reaction will happen before you do it
RoofSlopeAngle (15-75)	Changes the slope angle of a roof
boolProp testingcheatsenabled true/false	if set to true ALL other cheats work.
familyfunds (Family's last name) XXXX	Alots any amount of money you desire to any sim family (remove parenthesis in the family's last name and replace the XXXX's with any amount you want)

Neighborhood Only Cheats

Bring up cheat window by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C

Cheat	Effect
deleteAllCharacters	At neighborhood view only, removes every Sim from the neighborhood.
TerrainType (desert/temperate)	Only for use in neighborhood view, toggles between the two terrain types.

More Codes

Press Ctrl + Shift + C to access the console.

Some cheats require you enter the Postprocessing cheat.

Cheat	Effect
slowMotion #	Make you set the game speed. (# = 0 to 8, 0 is normal)
boolProp enablePostProcessing true	Turns Postprocessing on.
boolProp enablePostProcessing false	Turns Postprocessing off.
bloom rgb #	Sitcom flashback blur effect (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)
vignette # # #	Blurry bits at the edge of the screen. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)
filmGrain #	Makes the screen grainy. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)
letterBox #	Adds a letterbox effect to the view. (# = 0.0 to 0.4) (require postprocessing on)

Other Parameters

Add these to the shortcut's parameters for other helpful things. Some have code counterparts.

Cheat	Effect
-w	Windowed Mode
-r[width]x[height]	Start with desired resolution (in pixels).
-f	Fullscreen Mode
-nosound	Disables sound

Debug Mode

Open the cheat menu by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C, then entering the following:
boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true

While in Create-a-Sim, press Shift + N before creating your first sim to enable skintones, clothes, and hairstles that would normally be used only by NPCs. Press Shift + M to disable it.

While in Live mode, Shift + Click on a sim to bring up the debug menu.

Sims 2 Secrets

Custom Painting

To decorate your house with custom artwork, first your sim must have a creativity level of 5 and be able to paint a still life.
Have your sim paint and a frame will appear that you can center on whatever you want to paint. If you want to paint a picture of something outside the Sims 2 game, just press C anywhere at this time. This will pause the game.
Use Alt + Tab to exit the game, then open a picture program such as Paint and open the snapshot you just took, it will usually be in the folder: C:\My Documents\EA\Sims2\Storytelling\Snapshot.bmp
Then, you also have to open the picture you want to have in your game. If your picture is too large resize it so it will fit in the original snapshot from the game.
Copy your custom picture on to your snapshot from the game, then save the picture. Use Alt + Tab to get back to your game and your sim will start painting your own custom picture.
Using this trick you can put pictures of your friends or family, web pictures, or anything else in your Sims 2 game.
Listen To Mp3's On Sim Radio

First get whatever Mp3's you want to put on the game, then open up MyDocuments/EAGames/TheSims2/Music/(whatever RadioStation you want your song on). Then, Drag your MP3 into the folder. Now, start Sims 2 then go to options menu, then music settings, then the Radio Station, then pick witch songs you want the radio to play. You can now listen to your favorite songs in your Sims game.
Use your own videos for the TV

It's possible to watch your own videos on the Sim-TV. You must put the video you want into My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Movies\Broadcast (the TV sender you want). If you then turn on the TV in the game you can watch it! The video must be .avi-clips and the clips shouldn't be larger then 128x128 pixel also it shouldn't have more then 15 frames per second.
Listen to music included with game

First, open your The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Sound directory. The names of radio stations, plus a few more including Build mode and Neighborhood music should be here in *.package files. Copy and paste the file corresponding to whatever you want to listen to into another folder. Rename it from [File].package to [File].mp3. You can now listen to the sound/songs included in the file.
For Poor Families

The trick is that no matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it in the same day, you can get all your money back. So if your Sim is poor and needs body points or something, buy a body machine and keep selling it back to refund all your money.
Saving Pizza

Have a sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery guy comes DON'T accept the pizza! The pizza delivery guy will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and the pizza will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas as you want, so if your sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.

Sims 2 Glitches

Disgusting Faces

There is a glitch in character creation mode where you can make absolutely disgusting faces. The trick is that if you go to the face designing area and you select a face part such as the eyes and max out all the sliders one way or the other, then go to a different face part and select one of the PREDESIGNED parts, and then come back to the eyes, the sliders will have reset in the middle, but the eyes will still look the same. This works for all of the face adjusting tabs. Exploiting this, you can make eyes the size of dinner plates, cheekbones 4 feet long, and a HUMUNGOUS nose, to name a few.
free bookcase skills

Buy a bookcase, then have your sim start to study. Interrupt the action so that the book it placed on the ground, then simply sell the bookcase. The book can then do everything the bookcase could have done for free.

Games Forums

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Games Forums:

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RxPG
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Theroyalforums
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TribalWar
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FileFront
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TeamWarfare League
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Paradox Interactive
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OneClick Wi-Fi
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Civilization Fanatics Center
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PC Games

2008-08-15T11:24:00.000-07:00

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Usually Big PC games needs Big and expensive Computer Hardware. Like you have to use more RAM( random access memory) to play smoth PC games in you PC( personal computer) and secondly you have to increase you Graphic card memory.
Today PC games require bigger RAM and big video Graphic cards, like if you use 256 MB of Graphic card your PC games will run smoothly and effeciently.
There are many companies manufacturing Graphic cards for your personal computer, like NVdia GForce, Ali, Microsoft built-in video Graphic card, and many more.

There are many types of PC games like Free games which can be found on CD in the market and can be downloaded from the website for free playing, there are also share ware games which are not totaly free, and also trial games which are played for 1 or 2 stages only then they require license key or registration or need to buy that game from the suplier.
People use to Play online free games, which dont need to download to your PC. they can be directrly playable on the internet. Most of the Role playing, Action, stragegy, or other PC games are Multi-Player, you can play with online friends and also with home users connecting joystics or other media with your PC to enjoy and have more fun.

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Video Game

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare box art
Developer(s) Infinity Ward Aspyr (Mac conversion)
Publisher(s) Activision
Series Call of Duty
Engine Proprietary
Native resolution 600p (Console versions)
Version 1.7 (as of June 28, 2008)
Platform(s) PlayStation 3,Nintendo DS, Windows,
Xbox 360, Mac OS X
Release date November 6, 2007
AUS November 7, 2007
EU November 9, 2007
Mac
Q3 2008
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (Internet/LAN, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live)
Rating(s) BBFC: 15
ESRB: M
OFLC: MA15+
PEGI: 16+
Media Blu-ray Disc, DVD-DL, Download

Input methods Gamepad, keyboard and mouse

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the PlayStation 3, Windows, and the Xbox 360. It is scheduled for release for Mac OS X in the third quarter of 2008.^[1] It is the fourth installment of the Call of Duty video game series, excluding expansion packs. The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous games in the series and is instead set in modern times. The game is the first in the series to be rated Mature in North America. The title and game details were announced on April 25, 2007,^[6] and the game was released worldwide between November 6, 2007 and November 9, 2007. It became available on Steam on November 6, 2007 for pre-purchase, and was available to play on November 12, 2007.^[7] The game was in development for two years. It uses a proprietary game engine, and includes features that include true world-dynamic lightning, HDR lighting effects, dynamics shadows, and depth of field.^[8]

The story is centered around a fictional near-future conflict involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, who are fighting against Russian ultranationalists in civil war torn Russia, and rebels that have staged a coup d'état in a small Middle Eastern country. It is told from the perspectives of a United States Marine and a member of the British SAS, and is set in multiple locations, including the Middle East, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Prypiat, Ukraine. The multiplayer portion of the game features various game modes, and contains a leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons, weapon attachments, and camouflage schemes as they advance.^[9]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare received considerable praise and has won numerous awards from gaming websites, including IGN's "Best Xbox 360 Game".^[10]^[11] It was the top-selling game worldwide for 2007, reaching over seven million copies as of January 2008.

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Characters:

During the single-player campaign, the player controls several characters from a first-person perspective. The player assumes the role of MacTavish for most of the game, starting with his enrollment in 22 SAS.^[16] Sergeant Paul Jackson is part of the USMC 1st Force Recon deployed to the Middle East, and the player controls Jackson's character during five levels of Act 1. Captain/Lieutenant Price is an officer of 22 SAS who is playable in a flashback. Price is voiced by actor Billy Murray most famous for playing Don Beech in The Bill. Yasir Al-Fulani is the president of the unnamed Middle Eastern country mentioned in the game, and is playable only in the game's opening credit sequence before he is executed. The player assumes the role of an American thermal-imaging TV operator aboard an AC-130 gunship during one level, and a British SAS counter-terrorist operative infiltrating a hijacked airliner to save a VIP in the epilogue level.^[19]^[17]^[16]

There are several non-playable characters (NPC) who feature prominently in the story. Captain Price (in his NPC capacity) and his right-hand man, Gaz, serve as mentors to MacTavish. Jackson's USMC platoon is led by Lieutenant Vasquez and Staff Sergeant Griggs; Griggs later accompanies MacTavish in Russia. Sergeant Kamarov leads the Russian Loyalists that ally with the SAS and USMC forces. Captain Macmillan is Price's (then a lieutenant) mentor and commanding officer during the flashback to the assassination attempt on Zakhaev. The villains in the story are Imran Zakhaev, the leader of the Russian Ultranationalist party and the main antagonist of the game; Khaled Al-Asad, the commander of the revolutionary forces in the Middle East and an ally of Imran Zakhaev; and Victor Zakhaev, the son of Imran Zakhaev and a priority figure in the Ultranationalist party.

Awards

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare received awards from various game sites and gaming authorities. Both GameSpot and GameTrailers gave it the Best Graphics of E3 2007 award, and the Best PlayStation 3 Game of 2007 award.^[40]^[42]^[43] It gained high praise from both video game magazine GamePro and GameSpy, having been named the Best Overall Game of 2007 by the former,^[44] and Game of the Year by the latter.^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51] Game Critics also named the game "Best Action Game".^[39] From other authorities such as IGN and X-play, and the Spike Video Game Awards, the game won awards for areas such as Best Sound Design, Best Shooter of 2007, and Best Military Game. From the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare won Console Game of the Year, Action game of the Year, and Overall Game of the Year.

Theory

2008-07-21T00:54:00.001-07:00

Although departments of computer science have been studying the technical aspects of video games for years, theories that examine games as an artistic medium are a relatively recent development in the humanities. The two most visible schools in this emerging field are ludology and narratology. Narrativists approach video games in the context of what Janet Murray calls "Cyberdrama". That is to say, their major concern is with video games as a storytelling medium, one that arises out of interactive fiction. Murray puts video games in the context of the Holodeck, a fictional piece of technology from Star Trek, arguing for the video game as a medium in which we get to become another person, and to act out in another world.^[15] This image of video games received early widespread popular support, and forms the basis of films such as Tron, eXistenZ, and The Last Starfighter.

Ludologists break sharply and radically from this. They argue that a video game is first and foremost a game, which must be understood in terms of its rules, interface, and the concept of play that it deploys. Espen J. Aarseth argues that, although games certainly have plots, characters, and aspects of traditional narratives, these aspects are incidental to gameplay. For example, Aarseth is critical of the widespread attention that narrativists have given to the curvaceous heroine of the game Tomb Raider, saying that "the dimensions of Lara Croft's body, already analyzed to death by film theorists, are irrelevant to me as a player, because a different-looking body would not make me play differently... When I play, I don't even see her body, but see through it and past it."^[16] Simply put, ludologists reject traditional theories of art because they claim that the artistic and socially relevant qualities of a video game are primarily determined by the underlying set of rules, demands, and expectations imposed on the player.

Development

2008-07-21T00:52:00.000-07:00

Video game development and authorship, much like any other form of entertainment is frequently a cross disciplinary field. Video game developers, as employees within this industry are commonly referred, primarily include programmers and graphic designers. Although, over the years this has expanded to include almost every type of skill that you might see prevalent in any movie or television program including sound designers, musicians, and other technicians; all of which are managed by producers.

In the early days of the industry, it was more common for a single person to manage all of the roles needed to create a video game. As platforms have become more complex and powerful in the type of material they can present, larger teams have been needed to generate all of the art, programming, cinematography, and more. This is not to say that the age of the "one-man shop" is gone as this still occurs in the casual gaming and handheld markets where single screen games are more prevalent due to technical limitations of the target platform (such as cellphones and PDAs).

With the growth of the size of development teams in the industry the problem of cost has become more critical then ever. Development studios need to be able to pay their staff a competitive wage in order to attract and retain the best talent, while publishers are constantly on the look to keep costs down in order to maintain profitability on their investment. Typically, a video game console development team can range in sizes of anywhere from 5 to 50 people, with some teams exceeding 100.^{[citation needed]} The growth of team size combined with greater pressures to get completed projects into the market to begin recouping production costs has led to a greater occurrence of missed deadlines and unfinished products;^{[citation needed]} Duke Nukem Forever is the quintessential example of these problems.^{[citation needed]}

See also: Video game industry practices

Modifications

Main article: Mod (computer gaming)

Games running on a PC are often designed with end-user modifications in mind,^{[citation needed]} and this consequently allows modern computer games to be modified by gamers without much difficulty. These mods can add an extra dimension of replayability and interest. The Internet provides an inexpensive medium to promote and distribute mods, and they have become an increasingly important factor in the commercial success of some games.^{[citation needed]} Developers such as id Software, Valve Software, Crytek, Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment ship their games with the very development tools used to make the game in the first place, along with documentation to assist mod developers, which allows for the kind of success seen by popular mods such as the (previously) Half-Life mod Counter-Strike.

Cheats

Main article: Cheating (video games)

Cheating in computer games may involve cheat codes implemented by the game developers,^[11]^[12] modification of game code by third parties,^[13]^[14] or players exploiting a software glitch. Modifications are facilitated by either cheat cartridge hardware or a software trainer.^[13] Cheats usually make the game easier by providing an unlimited amount of some resource; for example lives, health, and/or ammunition.^[12]^[13] Other cheats might provide an unusual or amusing feature, like altered game colors or graphical appearances.

Glitches

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Software errors not detected by software testers during development can find their way into released versions of computer and video games. This may happen because the glitch only occurs under unusual circumstances in the game, was deemed too minor to correct, or because the game development was hurried to meet a publication deadline. Glitches can range from minor graphical errors to serious bugs that can delete saved data or cause the game to malfunction. Glitches in games for home computers, and now in consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, may be later corrected if the developers release a patch.

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2008-07-21T00:51:00.001-07:00

Platforms

The term "platform" refers to the specific combination of electronic or computer hardware which, in conjunction with low-level software, allows a video game to operate.^[10] The term "system" is also commonly used.

In common usage a "PC game" refers to a form of media that involves a player interacting with a personal computer connected to a high-resolution video monitor. A "console game" is played on a specialized electronic device that connects to a standard television set or composite video monitor. A "handheld" gaming device is a self contained electronic device that is portable and can be held in a user's hands. "Arcade game" generally refers to a game played on an even more specialized type of electronic device that is typically designed to play only one game and is encased in a special cabinet. These distinctions are not always clear and there may be games that bridge one or more platforms. There are also platforms that have non video game variations such as in the case of electro-mechanically based arcade machines. There are also devices with screens which have the ability to play games but are not dedicated video game machines. Examples are mobile phones, PDAs, graphing calculators, GPS receivers, MP3 players, digital cameras, and watches.

Genres

Main article: Video game genres

A video game, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres based on many factors such as method of game play, types of goals, and more. Because genres are dependent on content for definition, genres have changed and evolved as newer styles of video games are created. As the production values of video games have increased over the years both in visual appearance and depth of story telling, the video game industry has been producing more life-like and complex games that push the boundaries of the traditional game genres. Some genres represent combinations of others, such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games. It is also common to see higher level genre terms that are collective in nature across all other genres such as with action or horror-themed video games.

Types

Video games are primarily meant for entertainment. However, some video games are made (at least in part) for other reasons. These include advergames, educational games, propaganda games (e.g. militainment), and others. Many of these fall under the category of serious games.

History

2008-07-21T00:50:00.001-07:00

The formulative years of video games consist of basic games that made use of interactive electronic devices with various display formats. The earliest example was in 1947, where the idea for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device" was conceived by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. The two filed for a patent on January 25, 1947, which was issued on December 14, 1948 as U.S. Patent 2455992.^[2] Inspired by radar displays, it consisted of an analog device that allowed a user to control a vector drawn dot on the screen to simulate a missile being fired at targets represented by drawings fixed to the screen.^[3] Other examples included the NIMROD computer at the 1951 Festival of Britain, Alexander S. Douglas's OXO for the EDSAC in 1952, William Higinbotham's interactive game called Tennis for Two in 1958, and MIT students Martin Graetz, Steve Russell, and Wayne Wiitanen's Spacewar! on a DEC PDP-1 computer in 1961. Each game used different means of display: NIMROD used a panel of lights to play the game of Nim,^[4] OXO used a graphical display to play tic-tac-toe,^[5] Tennis for Two used an oscilloscope to display a side view of a tennis court,^[3] and Spacewar! used the DEC PDP-1's vector display to have two spaceships battle each other.^[6]

In 1971, Computer Space was released and was the first commercially sold, coin-operated video game. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, it used a standard television and game generated video signal for display (the game was featured in the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green). Computer Space was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console. Modeled after a late 1960s prototype console developed by Ralph H. Baer called the "Brown Box", it also used a standard television and game generated video signal.^[3]^[7] These systems were followed by two versions of Atari's Pong; an arcade version in 1972 and a home version in 1975.^[8] The commercial success of Pong led other companies to develop numerous Pong-clones and their own systems, spawning the video game industry.^[9]

Video Game

2008-07-21T00:40:00.000-07:00

A video game is a game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device.^[1] However, with the popular use of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms are broad in range, from large computers to small handheld devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use.

The input device normally used to manipulate video games is called a game controller, which varies across platforms. For instance, a dedicated console controller might consist of only a button and a joystick, or feature a dozen buttons and one or more joysticks. Early personal computer based games historically relied on the availability of a keyboard for gameplay, or more commonly, required the user to purchase a separate joystick with at least one button to play. Many modern computer games allow the player to use a keyboard and mouse simultaneously.

Beyond the common element of visual feedback, video games have utilized other systems to provide interaction and information to the player. Chief examples of these are sound reproduction devices, such as speakers and headphones, and an array of haptic peripherals, such as vibration or force feedback.

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2008-07-19T00:44:00.000-07:00

Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures:

Publisher: Funcom Inc. | Publisher 2: EIDOS Interactive

Developer: Funcom Inc. | Category: Role-Playing

Release Dates: Online - 05/20/2008, N Amer - 05/20/2008

Also available on: 360

Interviews:

Funcom’s Gaute Godager gives a look inside Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
“We would do a disservice to the wonderful Hyborian universe had we not tried to immerse the players in it from day one.”

News:

Tales of Conan - A Homeland Torn
Age of Conan - Fictional Story Series #7

Age of Conan Continues to Dominate Retail Charts
More Than 700,000 Gamers Have Registered for Accounts

Tales of Conan - Cold Steel
Age of Conan - Fictional Story Series #6

Tales of Conan - In the Underbelly of the Beast
Age of Conan - Fictional Story Series #5

Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures - Review #2 - Levels 20 - 39
Continuing look at AoC - in part 2 of this rolling review for each 20 levels

All News for Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures

Description:

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) based on the world and works of acclaimed author Robert E. Howard. In Age of Conan, players enter Hyboria with thousands of their friends and enemies to live, fight, and explore the dark and brutal world of King Conan.

Features:

True Conan Experience - Explore King Conan's amazing universe and roam in the brutal footsteps of the world’s greatest fantasy hero. Battle terrifying demons and defeat devastating monsters known from 70 years of Conan lore.
First Mature MMO – Sexy, savage, barbaric, brutal and bloody – The ingredients of Robert E. Howard's authorship translates to a shocking and mature MMO experience.
Real Combat System – Fight mounted or on the ground and take real-time control as never before seen in any MMO. Use magic, steel or bows and unleash havoc on the brutal battlefields of Hyboria.
Guild and Solo Gameplay - Form guilds and lay siege to hostile castles in massive PvP battles. Team up with other players in groups and PvE raids, or face the Hyborian dangers all by yourself.
Easy to learn, difficult to master - Expand your character the way you want. An easy to learn RPG system is mixed with the depth MMO players craves.
Incredible variety – Conan delivers what fans of online games love and enjoy. Vast character customization, lots of social opportunities, crafting, exciting classes and player-made cities are but a few added ingredients in this powerful MMO.
Advanced Technologies - A next generation game in every sense, 'Age of Conan' is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows line-up, as well as a showcase DX10 title for nVidia. Expect an unprecedented visual feast.

Hardware Requirement:

Windows Vista/XP
3GHz Pentium IV
1GB RAM
Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800)

Recommended Requirements:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
2GB RAM or more
Features: Dolby Digital 5.1, Online

Latest Comments:

Re: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures
GameGirl_401 on May 30, 2008, 07:34:02 AM

The Reviews are in and it looks like Age of Conan is a hit..

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Re: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures
latte on May 09, 2008, 01:49:30 AM

It'll be good alright. Guides and other stuff are already around. If you're into the game, you could try this one, http://www.k...

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Re: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures
BergNo on April 27, 2008, 07:50:41 PM

what does'nt

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Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures
GameGirl_401 on March 10, 2008, 09:20:25 AM

All I have to say about this game is it better be good.. It's only been in the works for the last 3 years now.I am sure it will ...

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2008-07-19T00:42:00.000-07:00

E3, Atlantica, and FREE Games Oh My!

The yearly spectacle that is E3 happened this week and even though you folks couldn't attend you won't be left out since we have taken all of the trailers from E3 and put them on FilePlanet for your viewing pleasure. Just click on our banner below and be taken to our special dedicated E3 page to see them all! Today also marks the beginning of the FilePlanet Exclusive Open phase of the Atlantica Online MMO beta. It was subscriber only earlier in the week but is now open to everybody so check it out while keys remain! In our continuing efforts to show love to our users we have once again snagged a FREE game just for you! It is an FPS named Gore and it needs a loving home on your hard-drive. On the MMO front we have patches for both World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online. The last file of the week is also one of the most exciting, a hi-def trailer for the upcoming Watchmen movie! - The_Spaniard

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2008-07-18T01:33:00.000-07:00

Sony's console sees significant sales uptick, as US gaming industry grows 53 percent to nearly $1.7 billion in June.
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Publisher points to latest NPD numbers as putting the motion-sensing system atop the domestic retail heap.
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Publishers put their wares out for all to play in LACC's Concourse Hall; attendees flock to Resistance 2, Wii Music, and Fable II.
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BioWare's acclaimed martial arts-themed RPG available through Microsoft's downloadable game service for $15 on July 21.
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Castlevania producer demos new game's debut at conference that also saw a Homecoming for Silent Hill and an all-female Ramones cover band; Rock Revolution still on for 2008 in NA.
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Lobby president Michael Gallagher addresses a sparse crowd amid growing concerns of the organization's future and relevance.
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Universal's Angelina Jolie action blockbuster heads to unnamed consoles, PC courtesy of Swedish developer later this year.
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[UPDATE 2] Snubbing E3 proper, the newly merged publisher shows off two new Raven and Marvel games and demos Guitar Hero World Tour's studio mode at a shindig all its own; Rock Band instruments will be compatible with new game, which will even adjust its drum scheme.
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Sony's press conference sees SCEA president Jack Tretton reveal Resistance for PSP and MAG, an all-new massive action game from Zipper Interactive; PS3 video store launching tonight; full video inside.
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Top 10 PC Games Today

2008-07-17T00:43:00.000-07:00

9.0: Editor's Choice

Mass Effect

Release Date: May 28, 2008

In a diverse interstellar society, you must overcome other species' distrust of humans and battle a force that threatens to end all life.
Full Review »

Genre: Action Role-Playing | Check Prices

9.0: Editor's Choice

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor

Release Date: Apr 30, 2008

Galactic Civilizations II returns with a second expansion pack.
Full Review »

Genre: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy | Check Prices

9.0: Editor's Choice

Sins of a Solar Empire

Release Date: Feb 4, 2008

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy from Stardock.
Full Review »

Genre: Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy | Check Prices

8.5: great

Europa Universalis III: In Nomine

Release Date: May 28, 2008

This expansion pack for Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition features 50 more years of gameplay, as well as a new mission system.
Full Review »

Genre: Strategy | Check Prices

8.5: great

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Release Date: May 20, 2008

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an online action role-playing game from the creator of Anarchy Online.
Full Review »

Genre: Fantasy Online Role-Playing | Check Prices

8.5: great

Assassin's Creed

Release Date: Apr 8, 2008

The first game in the Assassin's Creed franchise is set in 1191 AD, when the Third Crusade was tearing the Holy Land apart.
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Genre: Historic Action Adventure | Check Prices

8.0: great

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Release Date: Jun 3, 2008

Build, battle, and brawl your way through favorite cinematic moments in Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.
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Genre: Adventure | Check Prices

8.0: great

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Release Date: Jan 21, 2008

This massively multiplayer online RPG takes place in the Caribbean of the 18th century, with privateers, merchants, free traders, and naval officers.
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Genre: Historic Online Role-Playing | Check Prices

8.0: great

Penumbra: Black Plague

Release Date: Feb 12, 2008

Penumbra: Black Plague completes the story laid out in Penumbra: Overture, carrying on the series' brand of psychological horror.
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Genre: Horror Action Adventure | Check Prices

7.8: good

Theatre of War

Release Date: May 19, 2008

Theatre of War is a real-time tactical strategy title depicting the most significant battles of World War II during 1939 to 1945.
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Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy | Check Prices

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2008-07-14T23:22:00.000-07:00


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Top 5 PC Games Today

2008-07-14T00:42:00.000-07:00

9.0: Editor's Choice

Mass Effect

Release Date: May 28, 2008

In a diverse interstellar society, you must overcome other species' distrust of humans and battle a force that threatens to end all life.
Full Review »

Genre: Action Role-Playing

9.0: Editor's Choice

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor

Release Date: Apr 30, 2008

Galactic Civilizations II returns with a second expansion pack.
Full Review »

Genre: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy

9.0: Editor's Choice

Sins of a Solar Empire

Release Date: Feb 4, 2008

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy from Stardock.
Full Review »

Genre: Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy

8.5: great

Europa Universalis III: In Nomine

Release Date: May 28, 2008

This expansion pack for Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition features 50 more years of gameplay, as well as a new mission system.
Full Review »

Genre: Strategy

8.5: great

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Release Date: May 20, 2008

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an online action role-playing game from the creator of Anarchy Online.
Full Review »

Genre: Fantasy Online Role-Playing

News

2008-07-12T04:47:00.001-07:00

Sports

2008-07-12T02:07:00.000-07:00

Don't Pay For NCAA 09 Rosters

Thinking of paying for your NCAA 09 rosters or (worse yet) having to type in all those hundreds of names yourself? Forget about it. Thanks to the new EA Locker feature in this year's NCAA Football 09, paying for rosters or spending all those hours entering the names in yourself (as I've done many years.. at least for the SEC) is a thing of the past. Sites like this one are getting prepped for next week's release of the game, and will have names of "trusted" accounts you'll be able to download free (and hopefully accurate) NCAA rosters.

If you aren't familiar with the process, downloading rosters is really simple in NCAA 09. To do so, you simply go to to the online menu, then go to the EA Locker. You'll be presented with a list of gamertags from your friends list from whom you can download any rosters they own. Or you can enter another gamertag of your choosing (Pasta from pastapadre.com is currently hosting his own roster--so his wouldn't be a bad place to start). After you've downloaded your roster file, you'll need to load it up in the game. That's all there is to it.

While I can't personally vouch for the accuracy of any of the rosters you might find out there, it's great news that the days of mailing out memory cards, paying money for the data-entry duties of others, or spending hours pecking out the roster names yourself seem to be behind us.

College Football's Info Blitz

This time of the year is when I start getting antsy for college football. With NCAA Football 09 a week away, I've finally started cracking open the college football magazines I horde each year, looking for clues as to which teams will emerge once the season rolls around. I've already spent some time with Phil Steele's 2008 tome and just bought the Sporting News magazine last night. But there's still Athlon, and ESPN, and several others. What's funny to me is how all of these magazines claim unerring year-on-year accuracy--every one of these rags, it seems, is the most accurate college football magazine in the land.

Which, naturally, can't be the case. So I'm curious: Where do you get your college football information? Do you look at the magazines, pay attention to Web sites, or just go with whatever televised coverage you can find during the dog days of summer? Which sources do you trust, which ones are simply terrible? Let's hear your thoughts...

From the Bleachers: 07/02/08

Last time, the FtB crew brazenly referred to soccer as "evil." This week, they make up for it with discussions of EA Sports' upcoming FIFA 09 and FIFA Manager 09, as well as a recap of Spain's huge victory over Germany in Euro 2008. With Shanker on injured reserve, Aaron and Brian recall their love for Micro League Baseball, Jon Miller talks about EA's 'All Play' games for the Wii, and Fred discusses the achievements in Madden NFL 09 and notifies listeners about a SportsGamer reader who's put his life for sale on the forums. Any bidders? Plus e-mails, phone calls, and more bad sports picks!

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