 Archive for the 'PC' Category‘Star Trek Online’ star-dated: MMO launches in FebruaryNovember 5th, 2009, 2:47 pm by Jayson Peters
Closed beta testing of the game, which is set in the generation after Star Trek: The Next Generation, began earlier this year. Via Cinema Blend Kindle unbound: Amazon announces PC e-reader softwareOctober 22nd, 2009, 2:04 pm by Jayson Peters
The application, which was announced the same day Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system debuted at the company’s first retail store in Scottsdale, will be available in November, the Los Angeles Times reports. Free computer game for Yom KippurSeptember 28th, 2009, 12:45 pm by Jayson Peters
I’m game. How about you? Wadjet Eye Games is making its gritty noir mystery The Shivah free through tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 29) to coincide with the holy Jewish Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur. Just enter coupon code “FreeShivah” when ordering. The Windows PC game features full voice acting, an original soundtrack, three different endings, a DVD-style optional commentary and even a blooper reel. Is Mesa company’s ‘Stargate’ game back on track?August 31st, 2009, 4:27 pm by Jayson PetersMesa-based Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment seems to be seeing better days. The developer of the online roleplaying game Stargate Worlds has reportedly secured the funding it needs to finish work on the project, which is based on a hit movie and TV series, and is on its way to repaying its vendors and employees. Cheyenne Mountain exec Shane Hensley told MMORPG.com:
In mid-August, the company’s statements took a more pessimistic tone, with CEO Tim Jenson telling the official Stargate Worlds online forum that his company has not managed to secure funding for the online roleplaying game. A report that surfaced in July suggested that if funding wasn’t secured by Aug.1, MGM Studios would pull the license that allows Cheyenne and its publisher, FireSky, to produce content based on the Stargate properties. So far, there is no official word that such a move is imminent. ‘WoW’ expansion ‘Cataclysm’ announcedAugust 21st, 2009, 12:29 pm by Jayson PetersFree speech? You be the judge — er, clerk …August 20th, 2009, 10:50 pm by Jayson Peters O'Connor Think you have what it takes to be a Supreme Court clerk? Sandra Day O’Connor says: Bring it, noob. Supreme Decision, a free computer game for teens created with the help of the former Supreme Court justice and Arizona lawmaker, has launched at www.ourcourts.org. It’s the first of several planned Web-based games designed to get middle-school age students totally amped about the Constitution and the legal system. Players assume the role of a clerk helping one of the esteemed justices prepare for a tie-breaking vote on a First Amendment case. It’s kind of like when I was in school and our class split into groups to roleplay a similar scenario — except, now the students can do it at individual computers, ignoring each other and preparing for a life of featureless solitude in the cubicle farms of Changzhou. Let’s play swine flu pandemic! (It’s just a game … right?)August 17th, 2009, 6:47 am by Jayson PetersWhy am I not surprised that a computer game based on the swine flu pandemic has beat a vaccine for the H1N1 virus to market?  Image: PhotoSpin You can play The Great Flu online at www.thegreatflu.com. It was designed by medical experts who apparently have nothing better to do at a university hospital in the Netherlands. Thanks, Dutch doctors. (Cough, cough.) When the swine flu makes its epic comeback this fall, we’ll know who to blame. Unless this is like Ender’s Game, and world health officials have given up all hope of managing the crisis themselves, and they’re disguising the situation as a game that will inspire some child prodigy to step forward and save us all. For the love of God, kids — PLAY THE GAME! Word silenced? Microsoft must stop selling a core productAugust 12th, 2009, 10:34 am by Jayson PetersAccording to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a federal judge has ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word products that “that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML.”
The injunction takes effect in October. Microsoft will appeal the order and the $290 million in damages awarded to i4i, a Canadian firm that holds a patent on a method for reading XML. Microsoft today announced that its Office applications — which include Word — would be made available on Nokia mobile phones. How will the court ruling affect that alliance? The computing giant recently scored a major victory by persuading Yahoo to surrender control of the Internet’s second most popular search engine and help it take on Google. See also: UPDATE: Microsoft can continue selling Word as it appeals the patent ruling, a court said Sept. 3. ‘Arkham Asylum’ demo is crazy goodAugust 7th, 2009, 3:44 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
‘Champions Online’ hype machine charging upAugust 7th, 2009, 8:40 am by Jayson Peters
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Cryptic Studios and its parent company, Atari, have confirmed that their MMO Star Trek Online will be released Feb. 2, 2010, in North America. The European launch will follow on Feb. 5, the companies told 
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“Things are actually very good here right now. We received some funding commitments that will provide financing over time and allow us to move forward with development and start catching up on our past due financial obligations, including some back payroll that we paid last week.”
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The demo for Eidos’ ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ is out this week and it’s well worth giving a try. I’ve played through it twice and it’s a lot of fun. The demo shows Batman returning the Joker back to Arkham, only to find out it’s an elaborate trap set by the Clown Prince of Crime. Now the Dark Knight must battle his way through a gauntlet of thugs, psychopaths and his greatest foes to retake the most pourous prison in comics. It’s available for free on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or 
The Associated Press has a report this morning on Champions Online, the other online roleplaying game in development from Cryptic Studios and published by Atari. The one that’s not 
