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Seagate Spins Up Hybrid Hard Drives
We’ve been hearing of these mythical chimeras of hard drives for years now - partially solid state, part traditional platter, all ferocious performance - but it looks as though Seagate is finally ready to serve up to the masses a laptop sized hard disk that makes real the impressive concept.
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This Week in Games: October 8, 2007
It’s a confusing week for releases, though we have to wonder whether such a thing is ever straightforward. There is some solid game material hitting shelves that week, and we’ve got a full breakdown for you.
First up is a turn-based strategy game set in the day of the American Civil War…
New SOE MMO Makes Waves
If you’ve been following the MMO scene for a while, you might have already heard of SOE’s next venture into the genre with its Pirates of the Burning Sea. Developed by Flying Lab Software, Pirates puts players into the britches of a New World sailor around the year 1720. Players choose …
Bungie Jumps Ship
In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft and Bungie both confirmed rumors that had been floating around for the past week, speculating that Bungie was seeking to become an independent game company once again. Since Monday, hints that Bungie, the creative mastermind behind the Halo series, was see…
CoD 4 Scores Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is no stranger to writing music. Responsible for cinematic scores seen in movies such as Shrek (and its sequels), Phone Booth, Team America: World Police, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Gregson-Williams recently had the opportunity to add …
Activision Announces More Rock
Activision, one of the world’s oldest video game production companies, today announced 17 more tracks that will ship with Guitar Hero III on October 29th. Without further ado, here is the list in its entirety:
· Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)
· Helicopter (by Bloc Party)
· Stricken …
Sony Premiers First OLED TV
The modeling world may still be debating whether thin is sexy, but when it comes to computers and technology, sexy is thin. Meet Sony’s fancy new piece of eye candy, the XEL-1 OLED TV. The screen is only 11″ across diagonally, but it’s additionally only 3mm thick; an impressive ach…
Crysis MP Beta Open… For Now.
Get ‘em while they’re hot, kids! FilePlanet has opened up their Crysis beta key distribution to anyone with a FilePlanet, Gamespy, or IGN explanation, rather than just FilePlanet subscribers. We expect keys are limited, and they’re probably go fast, so now is the day to get yours.
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A Baker’s Dozen of satan May Cry 4
While the fourth title in the series may turn it’s back to the Dante we know and love, it looks like Nero is not lost to much in the ass-kickery branch. News has been consistently slow to come on that new satan May Cry title; I interpret that as meaning there is still a big chunk of work needi…
New in Stores the Week of Oct. 1, 2007
As far as quantity goes for releases that week, PC gamers don’t have much to brag about. As always though, quality is what puts a smile on my face.
Up for sale on the 1st of October is an intriguing looking RPG from developer Rebelmind, called The Chosen - Well of Souls. Don’t expect th…
