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Microsoft Game Studios and Valve today announced that Counter-Strike for Xbox has gone gold and will arrive on store shelves on November 18 for an estimated retail price of $49.99 (U.S.). Counter-Strike makes its explosive console debut exclusively on Xbox and Xbox Live. Counter-Strike on Xbox will be the most graphically advanced version of the [...]

ATI released a new set of CATALYST display drivers and ATI Control Panel for all RADEON products. Download Here

Enlight Interactive announced that X2: The Threat, Egosoft’s space simulation game, has gone gold. It will be in North American stores in about two weeks, priced at $39.99.
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It’s no secret that spammers are increasingly using dirty tricks to continue the spread of spam - while also doing their best to annoy anti-spam activists. They’ve been launching denial of service attacks on just about all anti-spam sites, and recently tricked a registrar into taking away SpamCop’s domain name. Some in the [...]

When you’re shopping for a new TV, Dell and Gateway may not be the first names that come to mind. They’re well-known for their PCs, but should you buy a TV from them? Consider this: Soon, PC makers are likely to offer more cutting-edge TV products than most consumer electronics vendors–and to sell them at [...]

Atari closes Hunt Valley, MD office, lets 35 go. Microprose, or what remained of the Hunt Valley, Maryland offices that existed in the wake of two acquisitions (first by Hasbro Interactive and then sold to Infogrames as part of another deal with Hasbro Inc.), has been shut down today.
Nancy Bushkin, Atari’s VP of [...]

Ubisoft has signed with North American publisher ARUSH Entertainment to publish a videogame branded with the Playboy bunny, entitled Playboy: The Mansion. The game is to be available on PC and “two major console systems”, and promises to “seamlessly combine an intriguing social interaction simulation with empire-building challenges.” We suspect it may also feature [...]

The release dates and delays continue today, with an all-new set of listings from Microsoft’s Xbox games section that don’t bode well for the system. The latest additions to the list are True Fantasy Live Online, Jade Empire, Halo 2 and Conker: Live & Uncut. While Jade Empire is listed for a Holiday 2004 release [...]