Out of the box Max gave players with GeForce 3 cards and Windows 2000 some problems, but Remedy remedied that issue super-quick. Max Payne went on to land most of its review scores in the 90's, as did Max Payne 2.

LucasArts today announced that their hit videogame Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will see further expansion this Fall through a new downloadable level for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Playstation 3 computer entertainment system. In addition, the company also announced Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, a special new version of the game for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, that will show gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself. Available this holiday season at retail stores, The Ultimate Sith Edition will include all of the original missions found in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as well as content previously only available via download and an all-new exclusive bonus level.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force and casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice,” unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of a mysterious new character armed with unprecedented powers. Originally released in September 2008, the game quickly became the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever, and has since sold six million units worldwide.

About the Tatooine Downloadable Content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Available this Fall via direct download from the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network and the Playstation Network, this new downloadable mission continues the story of The Force Unleashed in a new “Infinities” storyline that takes the Star Wars Saga in an entirely new and unexpected direction.

The mission begins at the end of the story of The Force Unleashed and re-imagines the Star Wars Saga as if the Secret Apprentice had killed Darth Vader and taken his place at the Emperor’s side, becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in the universe. The story picks up as the Emperor sends his new apprentice to the planet Tatooine to dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi -- who has been hiding on the planet ever since the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. During their hunt for the reclusive Jedi, players will also explore the depths of Jabba the Hutt’s palace and encounter notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett.

About Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

Due to be released in retail stores this holiday season for PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition combines the original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed videogame and three new levels to create the definitive ultimate-evil storyline of the events that occurred between the two classic Star Wars movie trilogies

The additional content includes two levels set on Coruscant and Tatooine previously only available via direct download, and an all-new exclusive level available only in the Ultimate Sith Edition package.

The exclusive level concludes the “Infinities” storyline set up in the Tatooine mission, as the Secret Apprentice is sent to the planet Hoth on a crusade to crush the Rebellion once and for all. While on Hoth, players face Luke Skywalker himself while visiting iconic locations seen in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

Please note that the screenshots and trailer are from the console versions - PC media will be released at a later date.

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Rewards are given out at the end of each Hero Games match, and each hero's reward is based on their participation in the match. There's a reasonably complex formula for this, but you'll tend to get more rewards for accomplishing your objectives without letting your opponents accomplish theirs: helping to defeat opponents, and winning matches, for instance, will tend to increase your reward. For team games, most of these rewards are shared across the entire team, so a healer or tank who contributes to a win will get good rewards even though they weren't scoring the kills personally.

That said, even if you're not a strong player, you'll still get a respectable reward for participating--after all, persevering in the face of certain death is what makes a hero, right? Match rewards include XP and Acclaim. Acclaim can be "spent" at Hero Games vendors for special loot: upgrades, costume unlocks, and other stuff that you can't get anywhere else. We're also working on a system to let defeated enemy players drop valuable items directly once in a blue moon. We give out rewards at the end of each match for a few reasons. First, it make it easier to reward support characters for indirect contributions. Second, it makes it easier to give out rewards for things like your team winning. For one, it makes it easier to give out rewards based on it discourages players from quitting mid-game. Even if they're losing, they can stick it out and earn some rewards. If they ragequit, they get nothing.

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Anderson, who will write and direct, told us that the fourth film in the franchise will have the largest budget of all the films so far. "I always envisioned Resident Evil as a trilogy of films," he said. "And we've been very lucky where it's a trilogy where the audience has built and built. I wanted to kick off a brand new trilogy. I'm really excited we're doing it [in 3-D] and we're using the same camera system [James] Cameron used for Avatar. There are a lot of exciting things about this one. I don't regard it as Resident Evil 4, I regard it as a re-tooling and rebirth of the entire franchise."

Microsoft said that in the fourth quarter Xbox 360 and PC game revenue decreased 12 % to $110 million “primarily as a result of decreased Xbox 360 console sales and decreased revenue per Xbox 360 console due to price reductions during the past 12 months, partially offset by increased Xbox Live revenue.” Shipments were slightly down in the fourth quarter, as 1.2 million Xbox 360 consoles were shipped compares to 1.3 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008.

For the full year, Xbox 360 and PC game revenue decreased $161 million (just three percent) and total Xbox 360 shipments were actually up from 8.7 million units to 11.2 million.

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Amusing Factoidals

• Lorne Green had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while host of Lorne Green's Wild Kingdom.
• Thomas Edison once saved a boy from the path of an oncoming locomotive who was a station official's child. For his bravery, the boy's father taught Edison how to use the telegraph.
• Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer.
• French astronomer Adrien Auzout had once considered building a telescope that was 1,000 feet long in the 1600s. He thought the magnification would be so great, he would see animals on the moon.
• Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.