International Cricket Captain is the summer game's equivalent of the all-consuming Football Manager, an in-depth simulation of the real-life sport which enables you to take control of your favourite county or international side and manage them to sporting glory.

With the latest version ICC 2006 launching shortly, we joined England batting star Kevin Pieterson and ICC producer Chris Childs at Lord's yesterday for an in-depth look at the final version of the game. Obviously you've got to love this most noble and superb of real-life games, but there's every sign that this season's version of ICC will live up to Childs' aim of making the 'perfect cricket game' and, of course, we'll be bringing you a full and comprehensive review shortly.

However during the course of the presentation, Childs revealed that both 360 and PSP versions of the game are on their way and that a totally revised version with a brand new 3D match engine will be in place for a big push on the title to coincide with next year's Cricket World Cup. Just as Football Manager successfully migrated onto both formats, ICC will follow suit and, personally speaking as lovers of the summer game, we can't wait.

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Since wraggster usually posts this kind of off topic news I decided i would just put it in submit news and let it be moved wherever.

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Steven Johnson, Authoer of Everything Bad Is Good for You appeared on the North American comedy "Fake News" show that is the "Colbert Report" (silent "T's") to breifly discuss a few video game related things. It seems while everyone is trying to convice parents all video games are a waste of time, and thus making kids dumber, Mr. Johnson pointed out that many games are actually making kids smarter. He used Civillization IV, one of last years most poplare games, as an example saying that kids are able to create civillizations, managing economy and what not.

I will post a link to a movie of the interview tomarrow, or you can wait and see it on your own at www.comedycentral.com ...

This is my first script that i have ever wrote. The script is writtin completly in lua feel free to play with the source just include my name. If anyone wants to get into help prgraming this game please msg me.

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The GP2X Interface board extends your GP2X with new interfaces for different purposes. The Developer's Version comes as a motherboard only, without any housing. It is targetted at developers. Besides the connectivity to a TV and amplifier, it offers useful functionality for debugging and firmware upgrades/recovery. The USB ports allow you to hook up any USB device, from HDDs to Joysticks as long as drivers can be obtained.

Upon Gamepark Holding's recommendations, the Developer's Version of the board is aimed at professionals only.

Caution:
Whenever you connect GP2X to Interface board, be sure to connect external adaptor to GP2X.

In case of 1st and second batch GP2X, you should always connect external regulated DC3V adaptor to Interface board.

In case of 3rd batch GP2X, you need to connect external adaptors only when you use high-power devices like HDD.

Whenever connecting external regulated DC3V adaptor to Interface board, be sure to turn off GP2X. In case you turn on Interface board after booting GP2X, Interface board will not operate normally due to improper initialization.

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Hello,

Please notice the new version of sudoku for luaplayer

Sudoku is a logic-based placement puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numerical digit from 1 through 9 in each cell of a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various digits given in some cells (the "givens"); each row, column, and region must contain only one instance of each numeral.

This game is translate in French, English, Italian (Thanks to Allesandro), German (thanks to Gery),Spanish (thanks to Souleater) and Portuguese.

There is a lot of various backgroung made by Gery.

Now you can have 4 differentes levels to play (Easy,Mean,Hard,Expert).

How to use it:

R: Allows to increment the number to be placed on the grid
L: Allows to decrease the number to be placed on the grid
Cross: Place the number on the selected box
Square: Delete the number posted of the selected box


Picture of the new menu with the levels



An example of background



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Take-Two Interactive, home of Rockstar and 2K Games, today announced sharp losses for its second fiscal quarter, representing lower profit margins, the cost of studio closures, and the ongoing pinch of an industry in transition.



For the second quarter ending April 30, 2006, Take-Two reports net revenues of $265.1 million, nicely above the $222.1 million reported in the same period last year. The rise in revenues, however, is stung by the bottom line, where the company saw a net loss of $50.4 million, compared to a loss of just $8.2 million in Q2 last year.

Take-Two says that this year's numbers suffer in comparison to last year, when Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was still hot. The company's sales star of the quarter, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, was co-published with Bethesda, meaning margins were lower than for titles Take-Two produces and publishes in-house. Finally, the company cites industry-wide sluggishness as companies and consumers move into a new console generation.

Why were losses so keen even as revenues were up? Take-Two faced non-cash charges of $24.3 million in dropping several titles in development, and closed its Rockstar Vienna and Indie Built studios, which incurred $2 million in costs.

For the year so far, Take-Two reported net revenues of $530.1 million compared to $724.5 million for the same period a year ago, and a net loss of $79.5 million compared to net income of $47.1 million in the first half of last year.

Earlier today, the FTC announced it has reached a settlement with Take-Two and Rockstar regarding the Grand Theft Auto "Hot Coffee" scandal. The settlement requires Take-Two to completely disclose game details going forward, but did not result in penalties or fines.

"While near-term financial results continue to be impacted by the console transition," commented president and CEO Paul Eibeler, "we are confident that we have positioned Take-Two for the long-term by streamlining our organization while maintaining an extremely talented global development team. We will continue to focus on creating compelling content, operating in a cost-efficient manner as we navigate the console transition, and aligning our resources to drive improved financial performance in 2007 and beyond."

Take-Two's future is full of promising titles, including this summer's Prey, Civilization IV: Warlords, and CivCity: Rome from 2K Games. Rockstar will offer Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PSP in October, followed by Bully and an unnamed title based on a "premier brand," while 2K Sports will offer its annual roster of titles.

The company's roster is especially tantalizing in 2007, which should see the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, BioShock, The Darkness, and Ghost Rider, among others ...

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Midway Games Ltd., a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), today announced a European publishing agreement (excluding South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) for Myst™ on PSP, the latest version of the epic adventure from Cyan Worlds. Over a decade since PC adventurers first sampled the delights of Myst’s emotive and visual feasts, the new handheld development will engage the player like never before and literally take them to another world.

There are no instructions and the player begins a voyage of exploration without encountering a single living soul. Alone on a mysterious island, you set out to explore its grandeur and mystery. Here a chilling tale of intrigue and injustice, defying all boundaries of space and time, is being told. Quickly, though, it becomes clear every action can somehow help unfortunate individuals trapped somewhere in a parallel dimension. The Myst adventure is like no other, tantalizing with its unique combination of lavish environments, puzzles, mazes, and a sizzling underlying drama which steadily unfolds to reward the player further still. More details about the game and release information will be made available shortly.

Martin Spiess, Managing Director - Europe of Midway Games Limited, offered, “We’re thrilled to be bringing one of the best known and most successful game franchises to this handheld format for the first time. Myst promises a one-of-a-kind adventure experience and contribute to the broadening of our PSP portfolio.”

Manny J. Granillo, President & Chief Designer of Hoplite Research, LLC, stated, "Finding the right partner with the right vision and who is in touch with what gamers want is always a challenge. We are delighted that we can work with such a strong publisher as Midway." ...