Sep/100
AMD makes Eyefinity easier with line of budget-minded active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters
AMD’s Eyefinity technology is one of the best ways to fill every inch of your peripheral vision with pixels. However, it’s certainly not the cheapest, relying on DisplayPort-capable monitors — inputs that even some current models lack. This has left many gamers buying $100 DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters, significantly raising the cost of adoption, but AMD has announced an unusual plan to tackle that: cheap adapters. The company is helping to develop converters that are expected to retail for just $30, still not as disposable as the VGA-to-DVI blocks you have cluttering up your junk drawer, but considering these are active plugs it’s probably about as good as we’re going to get. So, who’s up for some six-monitor Starcraft II?
AMD makes Eyefinity easier with line of budget-minded active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug/100
Multi-robot command center built around Microsoft Surface (video)
While we’ve given up on ever winning an online match of StarCraft II, that doesn’t mean top-down unit control schemes are only for nerds in their mom’s basement with their cheap rush tactics and Cheeto fingers and obscene triple digit APMs (we’re not bitter or anything). In fact, we kind of like the look of this robot control interface, developed at UMass Lowell by Mark Micire as part of his PhD research. The multitouch UI puts Microsoft Surface to good use, with gestures and contextual commands that make operating an unruly group of robots look easy, and a console-inspired touch control setup for operating a single bot from a first person perspective as well. There are a couple videos after the break, the first is Mike operating an army of virtual robots, using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio to simulate his soldiers and environment, but the second shows his first person UI guiding a real robot through a maze, in what amounts to a very, very expensive version of that Windows 95 maze screensaver.
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Multi-robot command center built around Microsoft Surface (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug/100
StarCraft features in University of Florida’s ’21st Century Skills’ course
It seems games are seeping even further into our education system. We’ve already reported the inclusion of Portal in the coursework at Wabash College, and now we learn that the University of Florida is offering a class in StarCraft — 21st Century Skills in Starcraft (EME2040). The course, taught by doctoral student Nathaniel Poling, uses Blizzard’s classic RTS to impart students with skills in the areas of “critical thinking, problem solving, resource management, and adaptive decision making.”
Poling told Technology Review that StarCraft requires players to manage “a lot of different units and groups of different capacities,” a skill that translates in real world business. The course — the university’s first fully online class — requires students to play the game, watch recorded matches, and write papers “which emphasize analysis and synthesis of real/game-world concepts.” Oh, the class also has no final exam and does count toward a student’s GPA. In other words: enroll in this class now.
[Thanks, Kai]
StarCraft features in University of Florida’s ’21st Century Skills’ course originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug/1025
iPhone 4 Jail Breaking Made Easy
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Aug/1025
Starcraft 2 Unboxing: Vs iPhone 4?
Unboxing Starcraft 2, WIngs of Liberty.
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Aug/100
Activision Q2 revenues down, earnings up
Activision has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2010, reporting revenues of $967 million. That’s down from $1,038 reported during the same period last year. Net income is up, however, with the company reporting earnings of $219 million, a 12 percent increase over last year’s $195 million. Before you get too confused, know that costs were down dramatically, dropping from $820 million in Q2 2009 to $667 million this year, which led to the increased income.
The driver behind Activision’s results, according to CEO Bobby Kotick, was “strong consumer response” to the company’s workhorse brands, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty. The report also mentions that Activision’s digital sales “exceeded retail sales for the first time,” having grown more than 20 percent year over year. Somehow, we’re not terribly surprised.
Looking forward, Kotick pointed to StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops and the World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm as potential bright spots for the rest of the year. Specifically, Kotick noted that Black Ops pre-orders are already outpacing the number of Modern Warfare 2 pre-orders at this time last year.
Activision Q2 revenues down, earnings up originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul/100
Command & Conquer series discounted this weekend on EA Store
Are you one of the three PC strategy game enthusiasts who refrained from picking up StarCraft 2 earlier this week due to a lack of cash-on-hand? EA’s offering a way to console yourself with some retail therapy: It’s reduced the price of a handful of Command and Conquer titles on its online store.
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Command & Conquer series discounted this weekend on EA Store originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul/100
The Best of Big Download: July 19 – 25
We are just one more day away from StarCraft II’s launch. That means you can expect to see a ton of StarCraft related features and contests planned for Big Download starting tomorrow. In the meantime, check out what we have been writing about for the past seven days.
Exclusive features
- Team Fortress 2 Engineer Achievements: Check out part five, part six and part seven of our series looking at the new achievements for the Engineer class in TF2.
- Freeware Friday: Our look at free PC games checks out the new Valve top down shooter Alien Swarm.
Downloads
- ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead demo: Try out a portion of the recent shooter expansion pack.
- Making History 2 demo: Download this playable slice of the recent strategy game.
- Razor2: Hidden Skies demo: It’s a small part of the recent arcade shooter title.
- Dragon Age Origins 1.04 patch: Update your copy of BioWare’s RPG to the latest version
- Singularity 1.01 patch: This patch for the recent first person shooter solves a texture streaming issue.
- Darkspore teaser trailer: It’s the first glimpse of the new Maxis action-RPG based on Spore.
- StarCraft 2 Ghosts of the Past trailer: Check out some cool cut scenes from Blizzard’s upcoming RTS game.
- Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning teaser trailer: It’s the first glimpse of Big Huge Games’ fantasy RPG.
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The Best of Big Download: July 19 – 25 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun/100
StarCraft 2 free for WoW players in Korea, loses 18+ rating
Blizzard is tweaking the business model for its upcoming StarCraft 2 release in Korea. IGN reports that the RTS will be free for Korean subscribers to World of Warcraft there, as Blizzard reportedly wants to bolster the MMO’s player base overseas. Other players will be able to buy the game outright for the US equivalent of about $54, or pick up $8 monthly or even $1.60 daily passes for the game, so Blizzard will still make a googoojillion dollars on the long-awaited sequel in Korea. No word on if these plans will make their way to North America, but we’d bet against it. WoW itself has had different pay models overseas for a while, but just the usual monthly price here in the US.
That money can also come from children as young as age 12 — after the game was originally rated for adults only, an edited version of the game has brought the rating back down to a 12+ age rating. The edit changes Zerg and Terran blood to black from red, and removes all profanity and smoking from the game. Blizzard is reportedly still thinking about releasing the “mature” version in Korea separately, although it’ll be after next month’s worldwide release.
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StarCraft 2 free for WoW players in Korea, loses 18+ rating originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun/100
Razer Starcraft II and Xbox 360 peripherals hands-on
Razer’s meteoric rise from second-tier mouse maker to top-shelf peripheral guru has been nothing short of incredible, and its success has enabled it to start to focus a little more on the niche groups. Such is its latest addition: a keyboard, mouse, and headset designed just for RTS gamers, and specifically for Starcraft II. We spent some time sampling their APM-enhancing abilities, and checked out the latest revision of the company’s upcoming Xbox 360 Onza controller too. It’s all after the break.
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Razer Starcraft II and Xbox 360 peripherals hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun/100
Razer shows off Starcraft II series of gaming peripherals
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Razer shows off Starcraft II series of gaming peripherals originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mar/100
Razer promises Mac support for all upcoming products
Razer already provides full Mac support for a few of its gaming peripherals — including the Naga and DeathAdder — and basic support for others, but it’s now taken avantage of GDC to “reaffirm” its commitment to Mac users. That apparently means that “all upcoming” Razer products — including the company’s line of StarCraft II peripherals — will boast full Mac support out of the box, and that the company will be rolling out updates to some of its existing products “later this year,” including the Orochi, Mamba, and Imperator gaming mice. First Steam, now Razer peripherals — dare we say it’s a good time to be a Mac gamer?
Razer promises Mac support for all upcoming products originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mar/100
NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it’s frying graphics cards
One of the discussions that arise anytime we bring up a new graphics card from ATI or NVIDIA is about which company has the better drivers. Well, this should help sway the argument a little bit. It would seem StarCraft II Beta players were among the first to notice low frame rates while using the latest drivers from NVIDIA, and further digging has uncovered that the automated fan-controlling part of said firmware was failing to act as intended. The result? Overheated chips, diminished performance, and in some extreme cases, death (of the GPU, we think the users will be okay). The totality of it is that you should avoid the 196.75 iteration like the plague, and NVIDIA has temporarily yanked the update while investigating the reported issues. Shame that the company hasn’t got any warnings up on its site to tell those who’ve installed the update but haven’t yet nuked their graphics card to roll back their drivers, but that’s what you’ve got us for, right?
[Thanks, Shockie]
NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it’s frying graphics cards originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug/090
Mysterious PlayStation 3 Slim listing appears on Amazon.de
A listing has been found on the German Amazon shop for “PlayStation 3 Konsole slim.” There are no other details on the listing — no date, no picture, no price, and even the platform is listed as “platform independent.” The listing is so new and so devoid of info that nobody has even posted any user reviews of this nonexistent product.
With all the stuff we’ve heard about the supposed Slim, we have no doubt that it is, or will be, a real product — but this Amazon listing does little to convince. We will, however, keep checking Amazon for more info about the Slim, whenever we log back in to see if Starcraft: Ghost is back in stock.
[Via Engadget; thanks, Marius!]
Mysterious PlayStation 3 Slim listing appears on Amazon.de originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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