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With the full approval of the Frazetta family on this project, this is the most ambitious and detailed DEATH DEALER project to ever hit the printed page. DEATH DEALER is an otherworldly figure who was once human and made death personified in a pact with dark gods.
“Frazetta’s DEATH DEALER series has a lot of power [...]

Culprit uncovered in Core Duo battery drain: Microsoft driver

As we reported a few days ago, the team at Tom’s Hardware ran some tests on laptops powered by Intel’s Core Duo, and found some puzzling results: a mystery power drain that seemed unconnected to the processor itself. Now they think they’ve found the answer, and it [...]

Why There’s More to Life Than Level 60
The New York Times has an interesting Q&A conversation with Jeff Kaplan, the lead game designer behind World of Warcraft. They key to WOW’s success has been the balance between making the game easy early (to satisfy the n00bs) and harder — much harder — after attaining level [...]

This month in the New Avengers, we get a trailer for the new Ms Marvel solo title. Oh sure, she’s got a good reason to turn up on the Avengers doorstep, but she’s here to set up the new ongoing. Last month’s Spider-Woman storyline gets unceremoniously shunted off to the final page, and the rest [...]

10: Half-Life 2: Aftermath
Who makes it: Valve
When is it out: April 26th
9: Star Wars: Empire at War
Who makes it: Petroglyph
When is it out: February 17th
8: Shadows of the Colossus
Who makes it: Sony
When is it out: 24th February
7: Supreme Commander
Who makes it: Gas Powered Games
When is it out: Some time 2006
6: Bully
Who makes it: Rockstar
When is [...]

At the premiere for “Big Mommas House 2”, 20th Century Fox’s feature film head honcho Tom Rothman gave IESB a surprising update on how a certain sequel is progressing.
“Yeah, uh, Hutch would know actually better but I think they just got the script, they just got the script in…we are making that movie, it’s gonna [...]

EA reveals Godfather release date
The Godfather might be one of the most anticipated film-to-game translations ever and its final has a solid release date. EA has announced that The Godfather will ship for PC, Xbox and PS2 on March 21st. The Xbox 360 and PSP versions of the game will be released at a later [...]

Microsoft suffers losses as Xbox shortages continue
Microsoft has posted its revenue results for its second quarter ended 31st December, revealing a loss of USD 293 million from the division which manages its next-generation Xbox 360 console. Gamesindustry

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Butting the Netflix line
What’s it called when by reporting on something you end up disrupting the very thing that you’re reporting on? Heisenberg’s uncertainy principle of journalism? No matter. On an unrelated note, Shawn Morton claims to have discovered a method to move selections on your Netflix queue from "very long/long wait" immediately to "shipping." [...]

A new Crashday demo is now available, offering the chance to test drive Moon Byte Studios’ upcoming stunt/racing game. The demo provides a sample of the game’s stunt and demo derby modes as well as multiplayer support. Proving that quitters never prosper, the demo can only be launched 50 times. The 309 MB download (direct [...]