Reuters reports that Half-Life 2 will be released… well… no one really knows. Amazon.com Inc. shows the game being released Dec. 1, while EBGames.com says the game will ship on Nov. 27. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Walmart.com says for people who pre-order the game “it should arrive on or just after” Nov. 17. Best Buy Inc.’s…
As promised, the Max Payne 2 mod tools are now available. The 22mb package includes everything you need to create custom levels and mods for the game. Tweet Shacknews
The official Battlefield 1942 website has been updated with a new community message, mentioning that the 1.5 patch won’t be out this week. According to EA, the reason for the delay “is that we want to make sure that it reaches you in top condition and that the cd swap fix we’ve been working on…
Microsoft officials have posted slightly better than expected figures for the company’s first quarter results. Unusually sales were boosted from outside of the company’s core business, in particular servers and MSN. For the period ended September 30 sales rose 6% from the same period last year to $8.22 billion. Excluding employee stock-based compensation, which have…
Artisan Entertainment will bring Man-Thing, a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Fierce Entertainment, based on the popular Marvel Comics’ character, to theatres nationwide on August 27, 2004. The announcement made by Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad, Artisan Pictures’ President of Production Richard Saperstein, Artisan Entertainment Executive Vice President Patrick Gunn and Fierce Entertainment’s CEO Christopher…
Variety reports that Sanaa Lathan (“Out of Time”) and Raoul Bova (“Under the Tuscan Sun”) have been cast in Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Alien vs. Predator” for 20th Century Fox. They join Lance Henriksen, who has already been cast in the picture. Lathan’s character will be that of Lex Kline, who leads an expedition into Antarctica…
Experts warn that a geomagnetic storm generated by eruptions on the sun could reach Earth on Friday and potentially interfere with a number of technologies. Tweet News.com
Unfortunately, this won’t exactly be true tomorrow, but Reuters is reporting that LCD production is expected to double next year with new fab sites in Korea and Taiwan to meet with the demand I mentioned last week. As in all things market driven (unless the RIAA or MPAA are involved), increased production capabilities will drive…
Can you say “Oops!” in Czech? Staff members at Microsoft headquarters may be asking themselves that question this week after two software patches the company released last week caused problems with foreign language versions of Windows and Exchange. Tweet Activewin
