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by Published on August 22nd, 2011 21:17- Categories:
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Coming off a record breaking competition in Anaheim, CA, top pro players, aspiring amateurs, and thousands of video game fans will descend upon Raleigh, N.C., this weekend as the 2011 Major League Gaming (MLG) Pro Circuit returns to the Tar Heel state. From August 26-28, competitors from around the globe will battle for more than $120,000 in prizes and stipends playing some of the most popular video games of all time including the record-setting Call of Duty®: Black Ops on the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) entertainment system, Blizzard Entertainment’s blockbuster real-time strategy game, StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ on PC, and the popular Halo: Reach on Xbox 360. League of Legends, Riot Games’ debut title, will make its Pro Circuit debut in Raleigh with four of the best teams in North America - Epik Gaming, Curse Gaming, Team Solo Mid, and Counter Logic Gaming - competing for a chance at $20,000 in prizes.
On Friday, August 26 at 8:15pm ET, fans will have the exclusive opportunity to watch a Gears of War 3 expo match featuring Th3 Nsan3z, the 2008 Gears of War 1 Pro Circuit National Champions and 2009 Gears of War 2 Pro Circuit National Champions, vs. Team Epic. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to compete in a Mortal Kombat PlayStation® 3 tournament in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation booths for a share of a $7,000 prize pool.
Fans can go online to purchase spectator passes, watch the event in real-time and become MLG league members to receive discounts on passes, as well as free 720p high quality, ad-free LIVE video streaming. The LIVE broadcast will be showcased via four streams - two streams for StarCraft®II: Wings of Liberty™, one for Call of Duty®: Black Ops and one for Halo: Reach.
The Raleigh competition is the fourth of a challenging, six-city US Pro Circuit tour that places the most talented players alongside their toughest opponents. More than $1 million will be awarded throughout the year making this the largest MLG season to date. The recent, record-breaking Anaheim Pro Circuit (July 29-31) drew more than 20,000 spectators and delivered more than 35 million online stream views.
The Players and Games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops on PlayStation 3 system
Hundreds of players will battle for a 1st place prize of $10,000 in gameplay modes Capture the Flag, Domination and Search and Destroy. With two first place wins in Dallas and Anaheim, Quantic LeveraGe will return to try to reclaim their title against #2 seeded team, OpTic Gaming and #3 seeded team, FeaR.
StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ on PC
Hundreds of players from around the world will compete in the StarCraft II tournament, including Korean players Bomber and Trickster, Code S players and teammates on StarTale. Both will make the trip to Raleigh through MLG’s exchange program with GOMTV's Global StarCraft II League (GSL), along with Code S players Nada and Coca. Other players to watch include EvilGeniuses’ Idra and Dignitas’ Naniwa.
Halo: Reach on Xbox 360
Hundreds of Halo: Reach players will compete during the three-day, double-elimination tournament for the 1st place prize of $20,000. Coming off 1stplace domination in Columbus and Anaheim, Instinct featuring Ogre 2, iGotUrPistola, Lunchbox, Roy will fight to continue their winning streak going up against Dallas winners and Anaheim 2nd place finishers Status Quo, and other top seeded teams Dynasty, Warriors and Str8 Rippin.
League of Legends, Riot Games
League of Legends will make its debut with teams Epik Gaming, Curse Gaming, Team Solo Mid, and Counter Logic Gaming competing for a chance at $20,000 in prizes. Matches will be streamed LIVE online and fans can watch Pool Play on Saturday, August 27 from 10:00am – 8:00pm ET and the Championship Finals on Sunday, August 28 from 10:00am – 1:45pm ET.
Gears of War 3, Epic Games
For the first time, Epic Games will showcase the upcoming Gears of War 3 in an expo match featuring highly anticipated multiplayer maps Thrashball and Trenches. On Friday, August 26 at 8:15pm ET, Th3 Nsan3z, the 2008 Gears of War 1 Pro Circuit National Champions and 2009 Gears of War 2 Pro Circuit National Champions, go up against Team Epic, including Donald White, Alex Connor, Richard Wilt, and Jonathan Taylor. Three full games will be commentated by Chris Puckett (MLG), Quinn DelHoyo (Epic Games) and Kendall ‘Arctic’ Smith, Epic Games consultant and Captain of GoW team Amayzn. Gears of War 3 launches worldwide on Sept. 20, 2011. The match will be streamed LIVE on the Halo: Reach stream online.
Mortal Kombat PlayStation®3 Tournament, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
In addition to the main stage titles, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Mortal Kombat PlayStation® 3 tournament in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation booths for a share of a $7,000 prize pool. The eight players with the longest winning streaks during the open competition held on-site on Friday, August 26 from 3:00 – 10:00pm ET and Saturday, August 27 from 11:00am – 9:00pm ET, along with the top eight players from an online qualifier, ...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 21:11- Categories:
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd today announces its sponsorship of the World Cyber Games (WCG) and details of its UK specific tournaments. Gamers are invited to take part in the WCG UK tournaments, this year held at the Insomnia 43 Gaming Festival, dubbed i43, in August, and Eurogamer Expo in September.
i43 plays host to the PC gaming tournaments of the WCG and will run from 26th-29th August at the International Centre, Telford. The titles featured are amongst the most popular and challenging games including League of Legends, StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ and FIFA 11.
Eurogamer Expo will host the console tournament, featuring beat ‘em up favourite Tekken 6, and the PC final of FIFA 11. The Expo runs from 22nd-25th September at Earls Court, London. Samsung will be showcasing its range of products that give a truly immersive and enriched gaming experience on its stands at the events.
Open to everyone, the WCG tournament qualifiers will be held over the duration of both events. The finals for League of Legends and StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ will be held on the last day of i43, and the FIFA 11 and Tekken 6 finals will take place at the close of the Eurogamer Expo on 25th September. The full tournament schedule is as follows:
i43 (26th–29th August)
League of Legends
· Qualifiers – 27th August 2011
· Final – 28th August 2011
StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™
· Qualifiers – 26th August 2011
· Final – 28th August 2011
FIFA 11.
· Qualifiers – 27th August 2011
Eurogamer Expo (22nd–25th September)
Tekken 6
· Qualifiers – 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th September 2011
· Final – 25th September 2011
FIFA 11
· Final – 25th September 2011
Eight winners will form the UK WCG 2011 team, taking on the best of the rest of Europe in Poland for the European Final held in Warsaw 6th–9th October. Team UK will then go on to the World Finals held in Korea in December to battle it out for the WCG 2011 Champions title.
The Samsung stand at Eurogamer Expo will showcase the gaming capability of specific products as well as demo how their integration offers the ultimate gaming experience, whether playing from home or on the move. Visitors can experience: Samsung’s 7 and 8 Series televisions, which deliver outstanding 2D and 3D pictures; 3D gaming notebooks; Series 7 and 9 computer monitors, which combine cutting-edge design, 3D gaming and HDTV; Mobile devices such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy SII plus a vast number of games. ...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 20:52- Categories:
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Looks like Razer's not buying the whole "console > PC" argument. The company just went live with a new website that couldn't possibly be more esoteric. Aside from telling us that "there's something terribly wrong with gaming today," we aren't given much to go regarding its impending announcement. Apparently, something "big" is coming on the 26th of August, and whatever it is (Switchblade, perhaps?), it'll remind the world that PC gaming is, in fact, not dead. Hit the source link to sign up for more, or head on past the break for a look at the ominous teaser vid.http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/21/razer-teaser-reminds-us-that-pc-gaming-is-not-dead-neither-ar/ ...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 18:49- Categories:
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Last night saw the grand finals of the After Hours Gaming League, with Microsoft taking on Zynga at Starcraft II to bring down the curtain on a tournament devised by popular Starcraft II shoutcaster Sean "Day[9]" Plott. According to the league's Twitter, Microsoft won, and donated its $5,000 reward to Amnesty International. Other companies that took part in the tournament included Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Twitter and Yelp.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/microso...a-starcraft-ii ...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 18:39- Categories:
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In part one I showed you that you could install a linux distro on a new computer and transplant it into a 386 computer in a short amount of time and with little effort. Now it is time to move on to bigger and beefier machines like 486′s, Pentiums and better.
I am going to break this quick tutorial down into sections based on installed RAM. While this won’t be a “how to” for all old PCs in the world I hope to at least send you in the right direction. I will mention a few distributions mainly for the super low ram machines. Its not my intent to start a distrubution war, and I have not personally sat down with every single one to make a educated assessment. However, you’re more than welcome to chime in.
Join us after the break and see what options you have for that old “boat anchor” sitting in the closet!
http://hackaday.com/2011/08/19/insta...ld-pcs-part-2/ ...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 15:59- Categories:
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What an achievement. 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness has this week claimed its tenth successive UK No.1.
It’s the games 13th time atop of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
However, the chances of Zumba claiming its 14th No.1 next week are less enticing, what with the upcoming arrival of Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Friday (August 26th).
There’s a new entry in the Top Ten this week, too – Nintendo’s Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles, which debuts in seventh position. And thanks to the 3DS price cut, fellow Nintendo adventure title The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time also performs well, climbing nine places to No.4.
EA’s The Sims 3 and Ubisoft pair Just Dance 2: Extra Songs and Call of Juarez: The Cartel all fall out of the Top Ten.
Here’s the Uk Top 20 in full:
1. Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
2. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
3. Cars 2 (Disney)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
5. FIFA 11 (EA)
6. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner)
7. Xenoblade Chronicles (Nintendo)
8. Dirt 3 (Codemasters)
9. Brink (Bethesda)
10. LA Noire (Rockstar)
11. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
12. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA)
13. The Sims 3 (EA)
14. Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (EA)
15. Just Dance 2: Extra Songs (Ubisoft)
16. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)
17. Call of Juarez: The Cartel (Ubisoft)
18. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
19. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/uk-ch...r-zumba/083509
...by Published on August 22nd, 2011 15:50- Categories:
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This week's UK official PC sales remains largely dominated by The Sims titles, which take four of the top ten spots.
The Sims 3: Generations and The Sims 3 finish the week at No.1 and No.2, while The Sims: Medieval and The Sims 3: Late Night take No.4 and No.5. Sandwiched between them at No.3 is Sega's Football Manager 2011.
Blizzard titles World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and StarCraft 2 take the next two spots, Shogun 2: Total War is up three places to rejoin the top ten at No.8, while Civilization V and The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings round off the top ten.
GfK/Chart-Track PC Top 10 (week ending August 20):
- 01. The Sims 3: Generations (EA)
02. The Sims 3 (EA)
03. Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
04. The Sims: Medieval (EA)
05. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA)
06. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard)
07. StarCraft 2 (Blizzard)
08. Shogun 2: Total War (Sega)
09. Civilization V (Take 2)
10. The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings (Namco Bandai)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ominate-again/
by Published on August 22nd, 2011 15:41- Categories:
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Virgin Gaming has increased its prize fund to €3 million (£2.6m) in cash over the next 12 months.
The service was launched in June last year, when it offered cash prizes worth $1 million (£606,000) over the following 12 months. The new fund has raised that amount by more than 400 per cent.
The extra money is necessary to support a new tournament format, Series Tournaments, which is launching this Thursday.
Series Tournaments will allow Virgin Gaming members to enter, leave, and resume tournaments with more freedom, allowing tournaments to be played more often and resolved more quickly.
"We're always listening to our members, and one thing we kept hearing was they wanted more frequent tournaments for larger prize pools,' said Virgin Gaming co-founder Zachary Zeldin in a statement.
"We can't wait for them to try this new style of tournament; it's going to let us to host more games and accommodate our unrivalled million euro prize pools."
At the time of its launch, Virgin Gaming's financial structure returned 88 per cent of player fees as cash prizes, and took the remaining 12 per cent as a management fee.
Earlier this month, the service further expanded its game portfolio by signing a partnership agreementwith Ubisoft.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...und-to-GBP2-6m
...by Published on August 19th, 2011 22:05- Categories:
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An anonymous reader sends word that the first Firefox 7.0 beta has been released. One of the big areas of focus for this version will be performance enhancements. One optimization "Reduces memory use and improves performance areas including responsiveness, startup and page load time, even in complex websites and Web apps." Another addresses one of Firefox users' long-standing gripes: "The JavaScript garbage collector works more frequently to free up memory and improve performance when you have many tabs open or keep Firefox running for a long time."http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/19/1652201/Firefox-70-Beta-Released ...by Published on August 19th, 2011 22:04- Categories:
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With the latest Windows 8 build (8064) that has been delivered to Intel, it's clear that the company is taking strides to make sure that its upcoming OS isn't quite so easy to pirate. For starters, the generic volume license keys that were so easily exploited during the early days of Windows 7 leaks will no longer be an option for pirates. Product keys also won't be shipped in the prodkey.txt file included in the build packages. Instead, installers will need to retrieve a unique key from a Microsoft web page. There's also a good possibility that the recently-surfaced fast booting patent could come into play as well. If Microsoft does indeed have designs on using a remote server to push OS code to systems at boot time, that code would be a very clever place to embed activation-related programming. Even if a crack was discovered, it would be neatly undone during a subsequent start-up sequence — similar to the way Microsoft's now-idle Windows Steady State could turn back the clock on an entire Windows installation after rebooting."Microsoft has also indirectly confirmed in a recent blog post that Windows 8 will make use of an app store.
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