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DAZ 3D has released DAZ Hexagon 2.5, the newest version of its popular 3D polygonal and subdivision modeling software. The new release offers a sculpted primitive tool allowing users to model and import 3D objects into Second Life, enhanced UV-mapping and freehand brush modeling, and ambient occlusion. The tool's freehand brush modeling capabilities provide displacement brushes to refine 3D models by smoothing, pinching, and inflating the geometry and adding high-resolution details. A complete U . . . Read more

Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today launched the official “World in Conflict Map Making Contest Sponsored by NVIDIA to challenge aspiring level designers and amateur game developers to create new multiplayer environments for World in Conflict. The competition, which starts today, offers World in Conflict map makers cash and prizes as well the opportunity to have their maps become “official” and included in a future World in Conflict product.

World in Conflict, which . . . Read more

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has released its first title available via Sony’s PlayStation Network download store in the form of PSOne classic, Bishi Bashi Special.

Originally released in 2000, Bishi Bashi Special is the definitive party game, and comprises over 80 fun mini-games – each madder than the last. Converted from two of Konami’s Japanese arcade machines – Super Bishi Bashi and Hyper Bishi Bashi – the compilation is designed to test the player’s reactions, timing and . . . Read more

We know that Square-Enix is preparing to bring The Last Remnant to both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but we also know that Final Fantasy XIII is exclusive to Sony's platform. Therefore, when something new like Star Ocean 4 - developed by Tri-Ace and published by Square-Enix - begins to circulate, we wonder about the targeted platforms.

Well, according to an interview with Infinite Undiscovery director Hiroshi Ogawa in the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, SO4 is supposedly a PS3 . . . Read more

Tired of being tied to your Xbox, just to play Guitar Hero? Activision is unveiling today -- exclusively through Game|Life -- a Guitar Hero mini-game widget that you can embed in your own blog or web page.

The widget, played with the keyboard, contains three different songs: "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour, "School's Out" by Alice Cooper, and "Metal Heavy Lady" by Lions. Each is set at only one difficulty level: Easy, Medium, and Hard, respectively.

With Guitar Hero and Rock Band lo . . . Read more

Capcom has announced the PC version of "Devil May Cry". The company claims the console version of its hit demon-slaying game already has two million shipments to its credit since the release in February. Now the enhanced PC-port has been officially announced, but without an exact date. Capcom has said vaguely the game will be available in summer.

The PC version will feature additional content, new modes, and enhanced graphics options. A playable demo is expected to be released before the game . . . Read more

If you were hoping to add some more Aerosmith tunes to your Rock Band roster, dream on; the band is a Guitar Hero exclusive for an unspecified period of time, reports Newsweek.

One Aerosmith song, "Train Kept a Rollin'", made it into Rock Band, but everything beyond that is strictly Guitar Hero territory, says Activision's Tim Riley.

"I can say that we do have the band exclusively, and their catalogue should be exclusive to us beyond the one or two tracks they had licensed out to Rock Band . . . Read more

Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), is proud to announce that key retailers across North America will be offering $10 off for all pre-orders of Mass Effect™ for the PC1, shipping to retailers May 27, 2008 in North America and June 6, 2008 in Europe. Gamers will receive the $10 discount by pre-ordering Mass Effect at both specialty and online retailers including GameStop, Amazon.com and GoGamer.com.

Gamers who pre-order Mass Effect throu . . . Read more

In the winter of 1860, Milton Bradley -- a lithographer in Springfield, Mass. -- released a game he had developed called the Checkered Game of Life.

Players started on a checkerboard square called Infancy and tried to move through various trials to the destination of Happy Old Age.

Before radio, before phonographs, at a time when cards and dice were tainted in the popular imagination by their association with gambling, the first version of Life in some ways opened the modern age of at-home . . . Read more

Race is an issue that is never too far from the surface of American society. Video games, though, are not an arena in which we normally expect race to raise the passions of people who otherwise view the hobby as a form of escapism. Enter Resident Evil 5—the next iteration of the revered Resident Evil franchise—which has made a huge splash in the gaming world despite being a year from release. While massive pre-release hype is normal for a game of RE5’s caliber, the particular reason for th . . . Read more

Third-party publisher Ubisoft on Monday hooked us up with a new teaser video for – well, we'll let you decide. For now, the company isn't commenting one way or the other about what the footage below represents, but we've got a few guesses and we think you will, too.

Behold, what looks to be a teaser video for what could be Rayman Raving Rabbids 3. The evil bunnies from the series are back and one in particular has discovered Nintendo's Wii Balance Board, which comes packaged with Wii Fit on . . . Read more

CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), a leading global enterprise software and new media company, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2007. Total revenue for full year 2007 was (U.S.)$402.4 million, an increase of 30 percent from (U.S.)$309.5 million in 2006. Adjusted net income(a) was (U.S.)$18.7 million for 2007. Non-GAAP cash and cash equivalents(c) were (U.S.)$255.2 million as of December 31, 2007.

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Hot on the heels of the top-selling Street Fighter II mobile game, Capcom Interactive, Inc. has released the next chapter in the epic series, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, to North American carriers.

Following in the footsteps of its legendary predecessor, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition for mobile has been built from the ground up to play fast and frenetic on cellphones. For the first time on mobile, players can take control of all eight characters from the original Street Fighter . . . Read more

Officials from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have announced that sales of the SingStar franchise on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 have totaled over 12 million units in PAL territories – including Europe and Australia.

The first PlayStation 2 title was released in 2004, allowing users to sing along to music videos via bundled microphones, in the style of traditional karaoke.

The game proved an instant success in Europe, where several new versions are released every year them . . . Read more

One of the dangers of building your house upon a soft foundation is the possibility that cracks will start developing down the line after everything has had a chance to settle down.

Such seems to be the case with Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade strategy and its now infamous file size cap. What started out as a 50MB file size concession to the 'hard drive-free' Xbox 360 core unit has now become a right pain in the butt for both software publishers and consumers chomping at the bit for juicy digit . . . Read more

Play this game and you may die in seven days.

Square Enix is bucking its trend of Final Fantasy remakes to bring an original horror title, Nanashi no Game ("The Game With No Name") to Nintendo DS.

The gameplay looks to take a page from previous DS adventure games such as Hotel Dusk: Room 215, and even plays the same way, with the DS tilted sideways.

But here's the twist: Nanashi introduces the idea of a cursed game, a la The Ring, that not only affects the in-game characters, but the pl . . . Read more

The new issue of the UK's PC Gamer magazine has published the first details of THQ's massively multiplayer Warhammer 40K game. Not bad going, considering it's still years away.

The game, it transpires, is definitely an RPG at its core. But although it's no MMOFPS it's still firefight-focused, and borrows heavily from the holy trinity of tactical shooter mechanics: cover, suppressive fire, and flanking. Sounds a bit like Tabula Rasa to us.

Combat will apparently take place on a larger scale . . . Read more

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