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Lucasarts looking at reviving adventure games?

Lucasarts looking at reviving adventure games?

2nd Jun 2008 Lucasarts could be looking at reviving the adventure game genre if only the hardware wasn't a problem. Wait, what? [31]

Ubisoft working on 3D glasses game

Ubisoft working on 3D glasses game

2nd Jun 2008 Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed that Ubisoft will be making games which will require 3D glasses, as well as CGI films, books and a TV series.  [7]

Nvidia releases free Call of Duty 4 maps

Nvidia releases free Call of Duty 4 maps

2nd Jun 2008 Nvidia has done PC gamers a favour today by releasing four free maps for the PC version of Call of Duty 4 - ones that Xbox 360 owners had to pay for.  [26]

ASTRA unveils octo-GPU supercomputer

ASTRA unveils octo-GPU supercomputer

2nd Jun 2008 The ASTRA group at the University of Antwerp has revealed a pint-size supercomputer built from four GeForce 9800GX2 graphics cards designed for medical research. [17]

AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 pictured

AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 pictured

31st May 2008 COMPUTEX 2008: We've got pictures of AMD's new next generation graphics card, the Radeon HD 4850 - check inside to see what's changed... or not, as the case may be. [31]

Comcast hit by DNS attack

Comcast hit by DNS attack

31st May 2008 A cracker group calling itself Kryogeniks has taken responsibility for an attack on the DNS records of US cable giant Comcast, resulting in the downing of its main website on Wednesday. [12]

Nehalem and X58 show up in Taipei

Nehalem and X58 show up in Taipei

30th May 2008 COMPUTEX 2008: We're out in Taipei visiting companies ahead of next week's Computex 2008 tradeshow. We've snagged some pics of baby Nehalem and a very early MSI X58 board. [44]

Ubisoft sees 25 percent growth in market

Ubisoft sees 25 percent growth in market

30th May 2008 After a fantastic year of sales in games last year, Ubisoft reveal at Ubidays 2008 that they have seen the market grow by 25 percent and expect the same this year. [2]

Ubisoft reveals Shaun White’s Snowboarding for Wii

Ubisoft reveals Shaun White’s Snowboarding for Wii

30th May 2008 At Ubidays 2008 we learned that the game would be developed to work closely with the Wii balance board.  [3]

Prince of Persia to star new female character

Prince of Persia to star new female character

30th May 2008 At Ubidays, Producer Ben Mattes discussed the new game mechanics and female star of the new Prince of Persia game. [11]

Ubisoft celebrates ten years of Tom Clancy

Ubisoft celebrates ten years of Tom Clancy

30th May 2008 Today Ubisoft celebrates ten years of success with the phenomenal Tom Clancy franchise of games and outlines the future of the brand. [5]

Cyberlink to launch new TrueTheatre technologies

Cyberlink to launch new TrueTheatre technologies

30th May 2008 COMPUTEX 2008: Cyberlink is set to upgrade its portfolio of new TrueTheatre technologies to include video upscaling, noise reduction, image stabilisation and more. [7]

Beyond Good and Evil 2 unveiled

Beyond Good and Evil 2 unveiled

30th May 2008 At Ubidays 2008, Ubisoft unveiled the first official trailer of Michel Ancel's Beyond Good and Evil 2, to enormous applause. [8]

Desktop Eee sighted

Desktop Eee sighted

30th May 2008 The guys over at AnandTech have got their hands on an engineering sample version of Asus's Eee PC desktop, and it's looking like a pretty impressive device thus far. [8]

Gears of War 2 multiplayer details come out

Gears of War 2 multiplayer details come out

29th May 2008 Gears of War 2 creator Cliff Bleszinski reveals some details on the hugely anticipated title in July's EGM. [11]

Take the bit-tech Reader Survey and win!

Take the bit-tech Reader Survey and win!

29th May 2008 We’ve been running the latest bit-tech.net Reader Survey for a little over a month now and it will soon be coming to a close. Here's your last chance to win some prizes. [115]

Adobe Flash flaw allows code execution

Adobe Flash flaw allows code execution

29th May 2008 A flaw in versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to the latest release allows for remote code execution on affected systems, and is being actively exploited by crackers. [4]

bit-tech expands full-time Editorial team

bit-tech expands full-time Editorial team

29th May 2008 We're pleased to announce this morning that our recruitment process has come to an end - our fourth full-timer is now working away at bit-tech HQ. [44]

Dell to launch Eee-alike

Dell to launch Eee-alike

29th May 2008 Box shifter Dell is planning an ultraportable Eee PC-style low-cost notebook according to comments on its blog yesterday - and in an astounding fit of innovation, it's bright red. [23]

Adobe to integrate GPU acceleration into Photoshop

Adobe to integrate GPU acceleration into Photoshop

28th May 2008 During a meeting at Nvidia's HQ last week, Adobe revealed that Photoshop 'Next' will integrate GPU and Physics acceleration. [36]

Asus "condemns" Gigabyte: Round 3

Asus "condemns" Gigabyte: Round 3

28th May 2008 Motherboard manufacturer Asus has launched the latest salvo in its ongoing spat with rival Gigabyte, suing the company for defamation regarding an anti-Asus propaganda presentation. [22]

Homeplug AV II tech announced

Homeplug AV II tech announced

28th May 2008 The Homeplug Powerline Alliance has announced the latest revision of its Homeplug AV standard, promising greater speeds for networking over mains cabling. [11]

World's first Kil'jaeden kill

World's first Kil'jaeden kill

28th May 2008 European WoW guild SK Gaming has claimed the first kill of Kil'jaeden, the current end game boss for World of Warcraft.  [21]

Resident Evil 5 to feature online co-op

Resident Evil 5 to feature online co-op

27th May 2008 A whole slew of new details have been confirmed for Resident Evil 5, including a new cover system and minigames. Oh, an online co-op too.  [9]

Study: Male gamers have need to conquer

Study: Male gamers have need to conquer

27th May 2008 A recent study in Stanford, California has revealed that male gamers pursue the hobby primarily out of a need to conquer.  [22]

Halycon planning Philp K. Dick games

Halycon planning Philp K. Dick games

27th May 2008 Halycon Company, the production company which owns the rights to make films based on Philip K. Dick's novels, has announced plans for game adaptations too.  [11]

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