DOWNLOAD UPDATE No5 FOR WORLD IN CONFLICT PC Video game

Sierra Entertainment's Massive Entertainment, developer of the award-winning action-strategy game World in Conflict, has released the World in Conflict Update No:5 for the PC retail game. Update #005 not only fixes bugs and balancing issues, but also introduces several new features that further enhance the gameplay and online experience, including the ability to prevent team stacking.

Update No:5 will be automatically downloaded and installed when users log onto Massgate. For a rundown of changes included in Update No:5 or for updated information, please visit www.worldinconflict.com. If you own the Trymedia Digital Download version, please download the update from Massgate's website.

Sony PLAYSTATION 3 System Software Update Version 2 specification.10

Blu-ray Disc Standard Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) EnabledDivX and VC-1 Video Playback Codecs SupportedVoice Changer for Audio Chat Introduced

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the immediate availability of the latest system software update for PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3). Version 2.10 will enable the world’s most popular gaming system to expand its value as a home entertainment hub by allowing it to play the very latest interactive Blu-ray Disc™ movies, as well as broadening the number of video formats supported to make PS3 even more verstaile than before.

With the introduction of Blu-ray Profile 1.1 (known as Bonus View) PS3 will be able to fully exploit the potential of the new Blu-ray movies coming to market in 2008. With features such as Picture in Picture (PiP), the exceptional visual clarity offered by Blu-ray is further enhanced with richer features and interactive content, limited only by the imagination of the studio.

With sales of PS3 on track to have reached a cumulative global total of over 16 million by the end of March 2008, and the system software update making them all compatible with Bonus View, the market for Blu-ray discs showcasing these new interactive features is enormous. The first Blu-ray movies to take advantage of Bonus View are scheduled for release in January 2008, making PS3 owners amongst the first consumers able to enjoy the enhanced movie-watching experience that Blu-ray technology makes possible.

Many Hollywood and independent studios supporting Blu-ray will be bringing out an ever increasing range of movie titles in all genres featuring Bonus View interactivity to add to the pleasure of watching movies on Blu-ray disc.. With superb image clarity up to five times that of normal DVD video, and crystal clear Dolby 5.1 Channel audio, Blu-ray movie playback on PS3 really broadens the entertainment possibilities of PS3.

The provision of support for DivX and VC-1 video playback codecs in system software Version 2.10 will also significantly expand the multimedia capabilities of PS3 by enabling users to enjoy access to the broad library of video content available in both the the DivX and VC-1 digital media formats.

Version 2.10 also introduces an engaging voice changer feature to enhance Voice Chat on PS3, enabling users to alter the tone and pitch of their voice from the Control panel during AV Chat.

Guns N' Roses - ADRENALINE INFUSING SOUNDTRACK FOR BURNOUT PARADISE

Rock Paradise City with the Smash Hit Single from Guns N' Roses

Electronic Arts announced today that Guns N’ Roses high-intensity rock anthem Paradise City headlines the playlist in Burnout Paradise for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame system. The music propels the game into high speed action with forty major artists including Alice in Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden, Twisted Sister, Jimmy Eat World and N.E.R.D., as well as rising stars Airbourne, Jupiter One and Junkie XL who have been signed to EA’s own music label, Artwerk.

Set to release January 25, 2008, Burnout Paradise offers a true open world environment built for intense speed, excitement, and exploration within Paradise City. Feel the aggression in the streets off and online*, as friends can connect instantly in one another’s game to heat up the competition.

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA, said, “Burnout is one of the world's most popular racing franchises and demands a soundtrack that matches the game's intensity at every level. We believe we've crafted a truly volatile mix of rock's most dangerous tracks -- beginning with the iconic 'Paradise City' -- for an audio fuel as explosive as the game itself."

The complete in-game soundtrack for Burnout Paradise includes:

Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver
Agent Blue - Snowhill
Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Alice In Chains - Would?
Army Of Me - Going Through Changes
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
B’z - Friction
Brain Failure feat. Dicky Barrett - Coming Down To Beijing
Brand New - The Archers Bows Have Broken
Bromheads Jacket - Fight Music For The Fight
Depeche Mode - Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)
Faith No More - Epic
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Innerpartysystem - Heart Of Fire
Jane’s Addiction - Stop!
Jimmy Eat World - Electable (Give It Up)
Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket - Cities In Dust
Jupiter One - Fire Away
Kerli - Creepshow
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
LCD Soundsystem - Us V. Them
Make Good Your Escape - Beautiful Ruin
Maxeen - Block Out The World
Mexicolas - Come Clean
N.E.R.D. - Rockstar (Jason Nevins Mix)
Never Heard Of It* - Finger On The Trigger
Operator - Nothing To Lose
Permanent ME - Until You Leave
Saosin - Collapse
Seether - Fake It
Senses Fail - Calling All Cars
Showing Off To Thieves* - Everyone Has Their Secrets
Skybombers - It Goes Off
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
Sugarcult - Dead Living
Swervedriver - Duel
The Photo Atlas - Red Orange Yellow
The Pigeon Detectives - I’m Not Sorry
The Styles - Glitter Hits (J.J. Puig Mix)
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

*Winner of the second international Burnout Bandslam competition.

New adventure game Dagger

Playlogic Entertainment - an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software - has acquired the hack and slash adventure game “Dimensity” from Bulgarian developer Dagger Games. The latest addition to Playlogics line up is set for release on PC in the second quarter of 2008. In total Playlogic expects to publish 6 to 8 new titles in Q1 of 2008.

Dimensity reveals an epic and complex tale of honor, loss and betrayal in a gritty fantasy setting. Choose between two races in massive single player campaigns to unravel the path of the heroes of the humans and the opposing ‘Triends’ to discover who will dominate the world of Dimensity in the end. Choose online play and battle up to three friends in the Multiplayer mode.

Dimensity is a hybrid hack and slash adventure game and features light RPG and RTS elements including character development. Its 3D engine features advanced terrain and particle rendering, normal mapping and per pixel lighting.

Rogier Smit, Executive VP of Playlogic: “We are very glad to be working with the Dagger team in Bulgaria. They have developed great technology and tools over several years and managed to successfully implement these in “Dimensity.” Together with the Dagger team our production department is making final changes, fine tuning and balancing gameplay and setting up the required marketing & PR activities”.

Hristo Velchev, Managing Director Dagger games: Trough all of these years of development we put a lot of effort and emotion in this title and I am very pleased “Dimensity” will be introduced worldwide by PlayLogic. We believe our collaboration will be a good starting point for a long time partnership. We hope people who play our game will enjoy it as much as we did creating it.”

Features:

• two extensive single player campaigns on a variety of unique maps, with hundreds of quests, objectives and side missions.

• Play as either a mage or a fighter, with a great variety of combo attacks and magical spells. Command up to 16 NPC units to fight at your side and level with you.

• choose to either adventure through world of Dimensity, or decide to wage war and conquer enemies with the aid of NPC units

• challenging multiplayer mode with four playable races battling in PVP or coop mode

• gain experience and levels in both single and multiplayer mode

• all items, gold and experience earned in both gameplay modes will be carried by the player as long as he keeps winning

• various unlockable extra maps for a special challenge mode, featuring extremely difficult but highly rewarding missions

• NPC units feature a wide range of troop types, from ordinary swordsmen to flying transport ships

• Dimensity uses only one resource – gold - which must be looted from dungeons complexes beneath the battlefield

Marble Arena 1.4 for PC & Mac download the update

Independent game developers Brightside Entertainment have announced the release of version 1.4 of their popular family friendly, single player and multiplayer game for PC and Mac, “Marble Arena”.

This new version adds a considerable amount of new features designed to make the game experience even better and bring players closer to the active community of map makers. Players will now be able to instantly know, right from the game, if new free maps are available for download or if maps they already have were updated. They can then rate them as they consider appropriate thus letting their creators know what playing their maps really feels like.

Version 1.4 insists a lot more on the multiplayer component, allowing players to create their own servers and automatically storing leader boards for them that register how many rounds each player has won. That information is then displayed on the website for the world to see.

For experienced players, the Master Mode feature should be a great addition. If you can finish levels without saving your progress, without ever falling over the edge and in half the original time then you truly are a Marble Master and for that you will be awarded with 5 times the original amount of upgrade points.

The community of map makers is a very important part of Marble Arena and this new version is trying to reward them for all their efforts, by allowing them to receive full games for any map that is posted on the website, even if it's outside of the weekly competition. Each map that gets posted translates into 500 fame points for its creator. Each good rating received by the map translates into even more fame points. Get enough fame points and you get a full game from the Prize Bucket. All that fame will also show in the game and in multiplayer games, letting people know immediately who you are.

These are just some of the new features version 1.4 brings. Plenty more options for players and map makers alike are included. For more information, discussions, screenshots, videos and to download the latest version of Marble Arena, please visit the official website :

Download here... http://www.Marble-Arena.com

Elf Online video game win with Player Artwork Contest

As a game which highlights individuality, creativity and popular internet culture, Elf Online could meet the need of players. Now, Elf Online Player Artwork Contest has provide a platform for the players to show themselves. This is your chance to be admired and stand in the top of the trend.

Rules
1 Content: Player Blog, sites, video, comic, article, drawing or any other art form.
2 Players could post their artwork or the link of their blog or site in the Elf Online forum event zone titled [Art Contest] followed by your work name. Players should also include their ID and character name in their post.
3 Time for the event, Dec.21st 07 to Jan.21st 08.
4 On Jan.14th 08 to Jan 21st 08, Elf Online Official will count all the works and announce the winners.

Requirement:
All works should be centering on Elf Online including Elf Online blog, site, game video, comic, review, experience, screenshot story, drawings and so on. Anything relating violence, eroticism and politics is prohibited.

Criterion:
We will select the winner accroding to the hype. Player who receive the highest reply and vote will be the winner

Prize:
First Place: 5 Players. Each of them will get 10000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)
Second Place: 15 Players. Each of them will get 5000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)
Third Place: 30 Players. Each of them will get 3000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points) Honorable Mention: 50 Players. Each of them will get 1000 Elf Online gold bullion (item mall points)

After we announce the result, we will sent out the reward in 3 working day.

Games Creation : Clickteam Announces JAVA Export Beta

New Java Export Features coming to PC versions

Clickteam is a leading "Game and Multimedia programs" creation development team, today announced, the availability of their newest Beta which includes the ability to save games and multimedia programs created with their tools to the Java format.

With Java, your applications will run on almost every computer in the world (Mac in the middle of 2008). Every computer, that includes Linux, Windows, Servers and any other platform that has Java client. The new Beata includes a feature that can save Java applets in TGF2/MMF2 as well as the ability to save as Java applications in MMF2 Dev. The export feature also allows for exporting as a webstart application.

To save your application as Java, it is very simple. Just select the option and then choose build. Now anyone with no programming knowledge will be able to create Java games and multimedia quickly and easily.

Build No248 for The Games Factory 2, Multimedia Fusion 2 and Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer is now available off our website at http://www.clickteam.co.uk.

Stroke of Fate PC video game fact sheet

A Stroke of Fate new screenshots available

As we get closer to the ship date, new facts are being unveiled from A Stroke of Fate secure archives. Our main character, a special espionage and sabotage agent, is getting deeper into Hitler’s circle, screwing into his favor and preparing to strike a fatal blow. The fascist leader being very careful though, the main character isn’t the one who gives up so easily – step by step he’s tying the knot – the enemy’s likely to approach his end of the rope…

More fresh screenshots have become available (I won’t tell you what it cost us to penetrate Hitler’s hidden dungeons and make these shots) in the game gallery. Follow us to see the gloomy vault where shocking rituals take place, watch Himmler’s office and other interesting places recreated for you according to authentic documents achieved so far…

A Stroke of Fate

Genre: adventure
Platform: PC
Publisher in Russia & CIS: Akella
Developer: Spline
Release date: Q1 2008

A Stroke of Fate is an interactive detective story framed in authentic surroundings of the fascist Germany in the 1940s. A gamer has a unique opportunity – to conduct a compelling investigation of the most mysterious secret veiled by the 20th century – Adolf Hitler’s preterm death.

The main character, a special sabotage and espionage agent is making every effort to squeeze into Adolf’s closest minions. You’ll need to act as a true patriot Germany has ever seen – attentive Gestapo eyes are watching you all the time! A most challenging task to fulfill - to prepare an assassination of “Lieber Fuhrer” himself – will show whether you have learned what it is to be a good spy! The Stroke of Fate will take you to the authentic landscapes and surroundings relevant to 1941-45 and controversial but still powerful personalities like Hitler, Himmler, Muller, and Goebbels. But what is even more important – you’ll even be able to breathe that time…

Key features:

• Compelling pseudo-historical plot;
• Ingenious brainteasers and quests to reflect German peculiarities of the 1940s;
• Realistic graphics;
• Authentic places and historically derived personalities: Muller, Goebbels, and Hitler;
• You can walk along the Secret Police building and Hitler’s private study

Angels Online

The long-awaited Angels Online（http://ao.igg.com）Open Beta Test has been launched, and in order to celebrate upcoming Christmas, IGG announce that they will hold the “Christmas Activities” between Dec 19th and Jan 2nd.

Backdrop:

Christmas is a very important festival in Eden, because it is a symbol of peace and love. In order to celebrate the most important day of the entire year, Angels will be organizing a big ceremony that will last 2 weeks.

A huge Christmas tree will appear in Eden, and it is said that when it radiates its dazzling light, Eden will be peaceful and full of happiness, and if lovers take an oath in front of the tree, their relationship will last forever.

Everyone in each city is busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas and decorating their Christmas trees, however some loathsome monsters have stolen all the ornaments on the Christmas trees when the Angels were sleeping. People are in a panic, and it’s time for the little angles to do something.

Event Duration:

From EST (GMT-5) Dec 19th 2007 to EST (GMT-5) Jan 2nd 2008

Event Contents:

1. Silvery Date

During the activity, Angels level 10+ can get a special [Night Star] from the Christmas Angel. There are two kinds of stars, one for girls and boys respectively. You can exchange it with an Angel of the opposite sex, and then take it to the Christmas Angel for a Christmas Box. If you make it successfully, you can’t do it again until 24 hours have passed. Hurry up!

2. Lost Sheen

A huge Christmas tree will appear in the open area of the Angel Lyceum, and an NPC called Christmas Angel near the Christmas tree will tell you about the event rules.
Angels will have chances to obtain Xmas Trinkets when they defeat monsters. You should pay more attention to those monsters whose levels range from 21 to 50, because they are probably the criminals. When you collect certain numbers of Xmas Trinkets you can find the Christmas Angel and exchange these Xmas Trinkets for special rewards.
Some monsters dropped trinkets in some remote places, so Angels of collection talent have chances to obtain Christmas balls when they exploit resources which require collection skills level 21 to 41. They can also exchange these Christmas balls at the Christmas Angel.

For more information please visit our official website at http://ao.igg.com/act/christmas.

Apple Mac Grimlic’s Descent expansion for PoxNora online strategy game

Octopi recently released the Grimlic’s Descent expansion for PoxNora, the critically acclaimed online turn-based strategy game,

This latest expansion, PoxNora’s fifth expansion since the core game was released in August 2006, adds 60 new runes across all factions, including the highly anticipated Grimlic, Hero of the Underdepths and a master of deception.

Other features of the expansion include more than 40 new abilities, a new map and a downloadable game client, which allows players to run PoxNora directly from their desktops instead of navigating to the PoxNora website to initiate a game. With the release of Grimlic’s Descent, the runes from all previous expansions are now available in the PoxNora single-rune store.

Grimlic’s Descent was created by Octopi, a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc. and the development house behind PoxNora. “I can’t wait to see what our players come up with,” said Peter Nolen, developer, PoxNora. “These new runes and gameplay will revolutionize the way existing players experience the game.”

PoxNora has more than 1.5 million registered accounts since the game’s launch just over a year ago. PoxNora combines many popular elements of collectible card games, tactical miniatures games, and role-playing games into an innovative online strategy game. PoxNora’s ground-breaking multi-faceted gameplay is not only very addictive, but also deep and complex.

The basics of the game are simple: players assemble battlegroups, or decks, consisting of champions, equipment, relics and spells. However, from the almost 600 individual runes available, only 20 may be selected at a time for use when playing an opponent. Learning how to combine runes and counter an opponent’s attack are essential for success.

Pre-constructed starter decks are available for free play, but in order to earn experience from battling opponents a player must purchase their own runes. PoxNora allows players to upgrade the attributes and skills of their champions by spending experience points earned through gameplay with runes they own. This makes it possible for the same champion owned by two different players to be quite different in advanced skills and abilities.

PoxNora was developed on a modified Octoplex engine and was designed for cross-platform gaming. PoxNora will run on any Java-enabled Internet browser on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers.

For more information visit www.PoxNora.com