| | | | Celtic Kings Goes Gold
Strategy First is pleased to announce today that Celtic Kings, the highly praised real-time strategy game, developed by Haemimont Games, has gone gold.
"The feedback we have received for Celtic Kings has been great," said Pro Sotos, Product Manager for Strategy First. "At E3, people were amazed by the detailed graphics and depth of gameplay. The mix of strategy and role playing elements really makes for an addictive game."
| Prince of Qin brings riveting tale of revenge to your PC
Publisher Strategy First and developer Object Software are pleased to announce that the action RPG Prince of Qin has gone gold.
"This title has been compared to Baldur’s Gate and Diablo," says Pro Sotos, Product Manager for Strategy First. "It was definitely one of our most popular games at E3 this year so we’re eager to finally bring it to the public."
| | Far Cry, A Paradise For Gamers
Worldwide Release of a New First Person Shooter Game on PC to Set Base Late 2003
Ubi Soft Entertainment announced the release of Far Cry, a new first-person-shooter game. With an emphasis on tactics and action with a spectacular use of graphical and environmental details, Far Cry is planned for a worldwide release on PC CD-ROM in late 2003.
| | VIA to Define Next Generation Gaming Experience at QuakeCon
VIA Audio Immersion to Complement Premium Performance Chipsets and Mainboards in Driving Gaming Standards at North America's Greatest LAN Event
VIA Technologies today announced Title Sponsorship of QuakeCon 2002, the ultimate gaming convention being held at the Mesquite Convention Center on August 15-18. Participants will get the chance to experience the ultimate gaming hardware platforms, as well as a great end to three days of gaming with an awesome party night brought to QuakeCon 2002 by VIA.
| | Matrox Parhelia Surrounds Users with Huge List of Surround Gaming titles
Announces support for over 20 shipping titles making Surround Gaming the fastest supported new technology in 3D gaming
Matrox Graphics Inc.'s new Parhelia family of graphics accelerators is garnering an unprecedented level of interest from game developers for its unique new Surround Gaming technology. Providing the ultimate immersive experience for interactive game play, Surround Gaming lets users play games across three displays, with either an ultra-wide field of view (FOV) mode or separate camera views on each display, to fully engage their peripheral vision and provide game critical information.
| Imagination Technologies Licence Agreement with Intel
Imagination Technologies Group plc ("Imagination Technologies") today announces that Intel Corporation ("Intel"), the world's largest chip maker, has licensed Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX graphics / video core for incorporation into Intel Integrated Circuits ("ICs").
Under the terms of the agreement, Imagination Technologies receives licence and development income and will receive royalty revenues when Intel ship products incorporating the PowerVR MBX Core.
| | Cg Momentum Increasing in the Developer Community
NVIDIA to Propose Cg-Based High Level Language to OpenGL ARB
NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Cg—“C” for graphics, a high-level shading language which NVIDIA developed in close collaboration with Microsoft Corporation—has been met with overwhelming enthusiasm, developer adoption and market acceptance. A little over a month after Cg’s official unveiling, the NVIDIA Cg Compiler and NVIDIA Cg Toolkit:
| | EA Signs Pierce Brosnan to "Star" In James Bond 007: NightFire
Star of Current Bond Films to Cross Over Into Original Interactive Bond Game
Electronic Arts announced today that it has reached an agreement with Pierce Brosnan to use the famous Bond actor’s likeness in their upcoming video game, James Bond 007: NightFire. The game, which uses an original storyline created exclusively for the interactive project, is based on the Bond universe and will be released worldwide the same month as the newest 007 film starring Brosnan, “Die Another Day” produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. NightFire is currently under development and is scheduled for a simultaneous release on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and PC-CD.
| ATI launches RADEON 9700 VPU
RADEON 9700 delivers double the performance of any product currently on the market
ATI Technologies today introduced the RADEON 9700 Visual Processing Unit (VPU). ATI's groundbreaking new chip boasts many industry firsts and revolutionizes the graphics industry with features including eight parallel rendering pipelines, complete Microsoft DirectX 9 support, AGP 8X support and a fully programmable floating point architecture, leading the industry into a new era of cinematic-quality real time graphics.
| | Infogrames Announces Driver 3 for Xbox, PS2, GameCube, and PC
The Wheelman Returns in Follow-up to Top-Selling PlayStation Series
Infogrames is creating a third installment in the smash hit Driver series, currently titled Driver 3, for Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and personal computer. The game is being developed by Infogrames' own Reflections Interactive in Newcastle, England, the team responsible for the original two Driver games and the current hit release, Stuntman.
| | NVIDIA Unveils the nForce2 Family of Platform Processors
nForce2 Delivers the Fastest System Performance and a Complete Integrated Solution for the Corporate and Consumer PC Markets
NVIDIA Corporation unveiled the NVIDIA nForce2 -- the Company’s newest family of highly integrated platform processors. With features and performance optimized for both the corporate and consumer desktop PC environments, NVIDIA’s nForce2 Platform Processors will transition the traditional desktop PC into a digital media platform suitable for new non-traditional PC markets and price segments. Demonstrations of NVIDIA’s nForce2 Platform Processors will take place in the NVIDIA booth (#4) at the Platform Conference, being held at the Silicon Valley Conference Center this week in San Jose, CA.
| Matrox Elected As Voting Member of OpenGL Architecture Review Board
Matrox Graphics is pleased to announce that it has been elected by its peers in the technology industry as a voting member of the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB). Comprised of leading technology companies such as Apple, Compaq, Evans & Sutherland, Intel, SGI, Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, ATI, 3Dlabs and Sun Microsystems, the ARB's primary objectives are to discuss the future advancement and development of OpenGL in the marketplace, to approve new OpenGL features and extensions, and to vote on ARB bylaws.
| | SGI and ARB Release OpenGL 1.4 Specification
New Features and Functionalities for Advanced Realism for World's Leading Graphics Specification
Designing the next-generation sports car, creating a must-have game, training future fighter pilots or producing the next blockbuster movie will become easier with the latest version of the OpenGL application programming interface (API). SGI, building on its 20 years of graphics leadership and innovation, and the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) today announced the availability of the OpenGL 1.4 specification. Introduced 10 years ago by SGI, OpenGL is now the premier environment used by software developers to create interactive 2D and 3D visual applications for computer systems ranging from consumer PCs to graphics workstations and supercomputers.
| | Infogrames Secures Video Game Rights to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Company Gains Exclusive Worldwide Console and PC Video Game Rights to Develop Games Based on Upcoming Summer Event Film
In a move that strengthens its already robust Hollywood-based video game lineup, Infogrames has signed a deal with C-2 Pictures and Intermedia to develop and distribute video games based on the highly-anticipated "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" motion picture.
| | Colin McRae Rally 3 cars unveiled
See the world in 16 of the world’s best rally spec cars in Colin McRae Rally 3.
Colin McRae Rally 3 is about giving gamers the professional rally driver experience in what’s tipped as one of the most wanted games of the year. Today Codemasters reveals the full list of rally-spec cars and stages that will feature in the game.
| | NVIDIA Enlists in America's Army
Leader in 3D Graphics Forms Special Ops Team to Optimize U.S. Army’s Anticipated Game for GeForce GPUs
Answering a call to action issued by the U.S. Army, NVIDIA Corporation has formed a ‘special ops’ team to work closely with the development team behind the upcoming game “America’s Army,” and assist them in optimizing the game for NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). When powered by NVIDIA GPUs, “America’s Army” achieves amazing levels of graphic quality—from the barracks and bunkers rendered in rich 3D detail to the true to life character animations of real soldiers—providing gamers a truly immersive gaming experience.
| | Intel Celebrates The Industry's 1 Billionth PC
When it comes to the PC, science fiction has become science fact.
When introduced some 25 years ago, PCs were big and clunky, and performed simple word processing and basic spreadsheet functions. Today, the home PC is a powerful all-in-one digital jukebox, movie studio, photo darkroom and electronic game board.
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