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Alien Breed is making a very long-awaited return. It's something we've always wanted to do, and despite being exceptionally close on a number of occasions to getting the right deal on various platforms, it never worked out. Fortunately sci-fi action is back in fashion, and we look forward to delivering Alien Breed - the details of which may surprise a few people when we cough them out.

We've been in production a few months now, and publishers will get their first glimpse of what we've been up to over in Lyon. I imagine we'll start previewing it to the press in the early part of the New Year and release more information then. I think it's safe to say that it's perhaps one of the larger indie digital titles to date and has pretty high production values. We're happy, too, that whilst it's a totally new title, it shares a ton of spirit and vibe with the original game.

I think a lot of people are expecting a polished port or something, but people will be pleasantly surprised - and no it's not first-person!

But the most exciting thing about the PC version of GTA IV isn’t the improved graphics. It’s the new video editor. Imagine an invisible sphere around Niko at all times. Imagine being able to position a camera anywhere in that sphere. Now picture yourself as a film director with an easy-to-use and comprehensive video editing suite that’ll let you create anything from a short music video to full-length feature film. You’ll be able to set markers, track objects, and pan the camera for sweeping long shots. In just a few minutes, Rockstar representatives were able to show us how you could attach the camera to a rocket to get a really cool first-person shot of the rocket hurtling towards a nearby helicopter.

#5 - Dead Space
A sinister trip into the USG Ishimura is fraught with disembodied floating limbs and blood spray painting the walls. The monsters that will accommodate your stay there will add to the slaughterhouse as your mining arsenal takes them out in the most brutal fashion. It can almost make you queasy, if it wasn't so damn fun.

Its called Grey Matter and it's an "Anti-Shooter", basically a shooter in the genre of Robotron / Geometry Wars, except you don't shoot bullets you are the bullet.

-Run into the exposed brains of incoming attackers to destroy them.
-Killing 3 of the same type of enemy will cause a "trinity attack" killing everything inside it.
-Avoid enemy dangers (flashing bullets, tails, teeth and lazers)

The game's story is left up to interpretation and (like most of my games) vague enough to not matter to those who are just looking for a quick play, but cryptic enough for people to pick it apart and find its deeper meaning.

We'll be releasing the Left 4 Dead dedicated server files prior to the Left 4 Dead demo being released. More details will be sent to the mailing lists when we have them.

There are two things to keep in mind regarding running a Left 4 Dead server:

1) The CPU load for the Left 4 Dead server will be higher than you're used to for games like TF2. Left 4 Dead has a bunch of A.I. for the zombies, etc., that games like TF2 don't have.

2) Left 4 Dead uses a new matchmaking system we're developing. We'll be working with the server admin community to make sure the new system operates as smoothly as possible. More details on this later.

If you missed the German Games Convention and would like to see the demo, scope out the video for yourself.

Our Zombie game mode is not part of the main story campaign – it is an entirely separate bonus mode for the next-gen versions, which will be available after our credits roll. You can play the mode solo, but I highly recommend playing it with 3 of your friends via Co-Op.

The mode has a fun economy system which allows you to accumulate points, which can be spent on purchasing weapon upgrades, ammunition, and opening new sections of the level to expand your fight as each wave of Zombies grow in difficulty.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir builds on the strong tradition of Dungeons & Dragons computer games by marrying old-school concepts like full party customization and dungeon crawling with new innovations, such as a fully 3D Overland Map feature which allows for free exploration of the non-linear game world. The gripping storyline foreshadows the events that devastate the land of the Forgotten Realms in the Fourth Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Role-Playing Game, released in June 2008.

The Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Overland Map feature lets players explore the Chultan Peninsula and Sword Coast in a way never before possible in any Neverwinter Nights game. Players will explore well-known locations, like Neverwinter and Crossroad Keep, alongside lesser travelled areas, such as the xenophobic jungle nation of Samarach. Vicious monsters and groups of bandits populate the Overland Map, and the farther from civilization the player roams, the more difficult the encounters become.

The 20 to 30-hour campaign in Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir introduces new classes, including the fearsome Hellfire Warlock and the daring Swashbuckler, as well as brand-new spells, creatures, and playable races. Fans of the compelling multiplayer features of Neverwinter Nights 2 will be able to play through Storm of Zehir's campaign in the online cooperative mode, while modders can use the included editor to create their own campaigns and Overland Maps to share online.

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FYI, I live in Stauffenbergstrasse, a road named after the ill-fated Colonel.

In a partnership with New Line Cinema and The Saul Zaentz Company, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game created by the same Pandemic Studios team behind the best-selling Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II titles. Set in “The Lord of the Rings” universe of J.R.R. Tolkien as depicted by the Academy Award-winning films, players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want. In addition to crusading as the heroic forces of good, for the first time ever in a ‘The Lord of the Rings’ action title they’ll conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself.

Battlefield: Bad Company players can download the ‘Community Choice Map Pack’ via PlayStation Update starting today and via Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace starting tomorrow. Included in this pack are four brand new conquest multiplayer maps, gameplay enhancements and PlayStation 3 Trophy support – all for free!

Previously, players had the chance to vote on which two single-player levels they wanted to see as multiplayer maps and Par for the Course and Acta Non Verba won with the most community votes. The other two maps available were selected by the Bad Company development team which includes Ghost Town and Crossing Over, coinciding with the community’s #3 and #4 choice.

SackBoy Costumes - $0.99 each
Continue to customize your SackBoy/SackGirl with brand new outfits that will be available in a variety of themes and designs. Here’s a sneak peek of a few costumes in the works…

Premium SackBoy Costumes - $1.99 each
Its no secret, that we love the rest of the PlayStation family and we want the SackPeople to be able to dress up as their favorite characters. Stay tuned for more announcements with new costumes from our PlayStation family and even some outside the family… Here’s a few of the ones we’ve already announced…

RARE SackBoy Costumes - $?.??
In time, we’re hoping to introduce very rare items that are both only available for a certain amount of time and extremely collectible. We’ve previously announced the such an item, the “RARE Mm T-shirt”, but in North America, we’re waiting for the right time to introduce into the PS Store. Stay tuned…

Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle - $2.99
At times, we’ll offer four basic costumes at a great price…to make things easier for the ‘must collect everything I see’ personalities

Premium SackBoy Costume Bundle - $5.99
Similar to the Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle, this premium version consists of four premium costumes for the price of three. All characters in premium bundles will revolve around a certain theme…more info to come in the near future.

Seasonal & Limited Time Only Costumes - FREE
The “launch” SpaceSuit and Halloween mask is a perfect example of this. These types of items will be available for a short amount of time only so look for these around special events and holidays.

Community Costumes - FREE
Remember LittleBigChallenge 003? We’re finalizing the winners now, so stay tuned. These will be available for free and over time, you’ll see more and more of these types of free downloads for LBP community.

Game, which is expected to launch late next year, involves a journey through the depths of hell. EA hasn’t officially titled it yet, though sources said it’s likely to be called "Dante’s Inferno," as it’s a modern interpretation of the epic poem. Publisher has reportedly cleared that title for usage.

EA declined to comment, as did its reps at UTA, which will broker the movie deal.

By Thursday evening, Universal, Paramount, New Regency and MGM were battling for the property, after Warner Bros. dropped out earlier in the day. Competition underscores the fact that as studios swing for the fences on branded properties with tentpole potential, videogames are becoming the hottest segment of the marketplace, despite their spotty box office track record.

Graphically, it's every bit as bad as Turning Point, with character models that are consistently and horribly outdated. I actually made a note that the inclusion of creepy mannequins was a rip-off from Condemned, until I realised that these pale, featureless automatons were supposed to be civilians. There's a character who I assume is supposed to be your sexy female companion, but she looks like Mr Punch and sounds like Margaret Thatcher and I couldn't wait to get far away from her freakish hooked nose and flat, painted, staring eyes.

Legendary is the gaming equivalent of cheap supermarket own-brand beans, but instead of costing eleven pence it costs the same as a prime steak cooked by a top chef. It's a bad, bad game. One of the worst I've played on this generation of consoles, in fact. In that regard, at least, the title is surprisingly accurate.

Final Score: 2/10

Another example of 'Andrew knows best.'

Boards

• EVGA 790i SLI FTW Motherboard - [H]
• Gigabyte EP45-UD3P - Motherboards.org

  Cooling
  

• OCZ Gladiator Max CPU Cooler - Virtual-Hideout
• Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler - Dragonsteel Mods
• Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler - Hi-Tech Reviews

  Guides
  

• TweakTown’s Guide To Water Cooling Made Easy - Tweaktown

  Memory
  

• Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series PC2-8500 4GB - Modders-Inc

  Power Supply
  

• SilverPower SP-S850 Power Supply - Bjorn3D

  Video
  

• Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition - Hexus
• HIS Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB - Guru3D
• PowerColor X1600 Pro - OCModShop
• Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB - TTL
• Sapphire HD 4830 - Hardware Secrets
• Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Overclock Edition - ThinkComputers.org
• XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition - TechGage

  Windows
  

• Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? - Tech Report

Today's spooky Halloween question:

What do you think is the scariest game ever made?