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'SlySoft', the Antigua-Based Company behind 'AndDVD HD', has Claimed that it Knows How to Defeat the Additional BD+ Encryption Available on Blu-Ray Devices and that BD+ Movies will be Cracked by the End of the Year. In a Press Release, the Company Appears to Relish its Outlaw status in 'Hollywood'. "I should really think about hiring a bodyguard now, since this product won't please everybody", said James Wong, the Company's Head Developer. He's Certainly Right about that.

'AACS', the 'Advanced Copy Protection System', Deployed on both High-Definition Disc Formats, Proved itself to be Something Less than Hacker Proof when it was Cracked in a Couple of Months. Back in April, Hackers Announced a Set of "non-revocable cracks" and then Promptly Cracked AACS Again, a Day after it was "fixed". BD+ is a 2nd Layer of Encryption that Can be Slapped on Top of AACS. It Wasn't Used with Initial Blu-Ray Releases because, well, it Wasn't actually Done. The Specs and Licensing Arrangements Weren't Worked out until June of this Year and it Wasn't Long after that BD+ Went to Work Annoying Legal Users.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the 3rd Quarter, iSuppli said Worldwide Revenue for Nintendo DS and Wii Gaming Software was $1.2 Billion, up 31.4% from the Previous Quarter and more than Double the $611 Million from the Comparable Quarter a Year Ago.

In Comparison, 'Sony' Generated $1 Billion in Gaming Software from PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP, Flat with the Previous Quarter. 'Microsoft' Raked in a relatively Modest $317.8 Million for XBox and XBox 360 Software compared to $271.9 Million from the 2nd Quarter.

iSuppli expects Wii Software Revenues to Rise to $1.1 Billion by 4th Quarter 2008 with a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of nearly 30% from $66 Million in 1st Quarter 2006.

While the Wii is the Hot Topic Lately, the Older DS Handheld is still Bringing in Significant Revenues. The Research Firm expects DS Software Sales to Hit $1.2 Billion by 4th Quarter 2008 with a 'CAGR' of almost 13% from $333.2 Million in 1st Quarter 2006.

“Nintendo is likely to maintain its lead in this area, as it expects by the end of 2007 to ship about 200 additional titles, adding to the more than 150 games already released, many from outside publishers”, said David Carnevale, Vice-President of Multimedia Content and Distribution at iSuppli. “Company software sales should be further boosted by the addition of a new flagship title for the Wii, dubbed Wii Fit, which encourages players to engage in full-body exercises using Wii Balance Boards, performing activities including yoga, push-ups, aerobics and stretching.”

iSuppli Attributes this Growth to Nintendo's Well-Publicized Pursuit of a Wider Market, with Games like 'Super Mario Galaxy' and 'Mario Kart Wii' also Helping Expand Nintendo Revenues.

 

iSuppli's Statement said Sony has Lost its Foothold as Market Leader because of “the console's high price point, combined with a lack of compelling titles”.

 

 

 

 

 

With All its Talk of PSP Integration and a Sprawling Console-Based Virtual World, One Can't Help but Feel some sort of Amazement at the Coming of 'PLAYSTATION Home'. For our Readers out there who are Living in Japan right now, you Might be Wondering, "When are we going to get Home ?" Well, we Can Finally Give you an Answer to that Question and that answer is, "Spring 2008".

While Making our Daily Rounds on the Japanese Websites ou there, we Managed to Find a Little Tidbit that All but Assures us of a Spring Release. It Seems that, at the 'Tokyo Content Market' 2007 Symposium, a Senior Producer for 'Sony' Managed to say that Japan Would also See the 'PS Home' come Spring 2008.

Seeing as PLAYSTATION Home is also Set for Release in Other Territories in Spring 2008, Could we Expect to See a Simultaneous Worldwide Release ? The Possibility certainly Exists, Complete with the Potential Bells and Whistles of a PLAYSTATION Home Launch Party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- You can now set a theme under [Theme Settings].

- The home menu color, background and icons for XMB (XrossMediaBar) will change, based on the theme that is selected.

- You can now search for a scene when playing a movie that is saved on Memory Stick Duo media.

- You can select and play the scene you want to see from a thumbnail image.

- Simultaneous playback of content under (Music) and (Photo) is now supported.

 

 

 

- New for v3.72: Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.

 

 

 

- [Assign Buttons] has been added to the (Remote Play) menu.

 

 

 

- Sequential playback of videos saved on Memory Stick Duo media is now supported.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support has been added for [Remote Start]* of the PS3 system under [Remote Play].

 

- To use this feature, the PS3 system software must be version v2.00 or later. For detailed information about [Remote Start], visit the PlayStation 3 Help & Support section at eu.playstation.com and select Connecting to other devices in the General Guides area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scheduled: 12:00 WET, 8 November 2007
Begins In: 8 Days

 

 

However in Addition to this, There will also be a Tournament Running Downstairs for the 1st 200 "fans" that Turn up at the Doors. The Tournament will Start at 14:00 WET. No Information has Been Released as to What the Tournament will be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Midway and Epic today announced that Unreal Tournament 3 has gone to gold master for the PC. Developed by the team behind the critically acclaimed video game Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 is currently scheduled to ship in North America on November 19th for the PC with a suggested retail price of $49.95 and $59.95 for the collector's edition. The PlayStation 3 version will follow soon. Unreal Tournament fans can get a taste of the compelling first person shooter by checking out the previously released single-player trailer below, or download the beta demo that is available now at http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ut3 .

About Unreal Tournament 3 Unreal Tournament 3 marks the return of the world's premiere first-person shooter to the PC and its debut on the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Unreal Tournament 3 unleashes the full power of Unreal Engine 3, taking graphics, gameplay and challenge to a whole new level. Players engage in intense battles with other human players online, or against Unreal artificial intelligence that sets the industry standard. With the most powerful futuristic weapons and vehicles available, this is FPS action at its best !"
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Hello again !

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has gone off to manufacturing, and we thought we’d celebrate by giving everyone an early Halloween treat – a brand new trailer, highlighting some of the game’s finished environments and teasing out just a bit more of the story.

We’re also pleased to share another nice bit of news with you all – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will now be available in the U.S. on November 19, so you’ll be able to set out on your adventure a day earlier than expected !

Special thanks go out to Massive Attack for the trailer’s awesome music, and to Taylor Kurosaki, our video editor, for putting it all together.

Enjoy !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers", said Apple Chief Executive, Steve Jobs. "Leopard's innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac."

Leopard is the 6th Major Release of 'Mac OS X' and is Packed with More than 300 New Features. Among them is "Time Machine", an Effortless Way to Automatically Backup everything on a Mac; a Redesigned "Finder" that Lets Users Quickly Browse and Share Files between Multiple Macs; "Quick Look", a New Way to Instantly See Files without Opening an Application; "Spaces", an Intuitive New Feature Used to Create Groups of Applications and Instantly Switch between them; a Brand New Desktop with "Stacks", a New Way to Easily Access Files from the "Dock"; and Major Enhancements to "Mail" and "iChat".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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- Added voice over IP (VoIP). A new menu has been added to the settings menu that will allow this to be configured. The PC must have a microphone configured properly via the Windows Control Panel in order for it to work in game.
- Comprehensive bot improvements.
- Medic revive/health drop XP bonus (20%).
- Light weapons xp bonus (10%) (reduce the cost for each upgrade by 10%, not increasing the actual xp given).
- Threaded renderer: enable via r_useThreadedRenderer 2, when from console in main menu, can not enable in game.
- further optimization of pre-generated shadows, across all maps.
- Alternative mouse input method (enabled by default) using the Raw Input API. Disabled by setting m_rawInput 0.
- Fixed high DPI mice dropping input in certain situations.
- Added support for quadraphonic and 7.1 speaker setups.
- Made vehicle wheels appearing to clip through the ground less common.
- Fixed Titan engine shutdown sound getting cut off when switching seats.
- Spectators come to a complete stop instead of infinitely drifting slowly up or down.
- Vehicle horn sounds don't play when the vehicle is underwater.
- Fixed respawning player being visible in a standing pose over their corpse briefly when they respawn when unlockFPS is enabled.
- Sniper rifle & railgun tracers appear no matter how far away you are from the firer.
- Technician can now switch to other tools while sprinting after changing to his stroyent tool.
- Fireteams are saved across map transitions.
- Fade in vehicle panel/fireteam dialogs.
- Added tool tip explaining the time limit functionality in the play computer shell.
- Remember the chosen class when the admin forces a player to the other team.
- Added EMP effect for all deployables/vehicles while they are disabled.
- Added total XP tool tip for the different proficiency types when mousing over them in the overview tab in the stats.
- Gray out quick chat item "I'm disguised" when not in disguise.
- Lighting Pistol: Fixed not overheating at the same rate if tapping the fire key instead of holding it down.
- Fixed not graying out drop down button in admin menu when "Add bot" is disabled.
- Hide friend/foe indicators while going through the Slipgate teleporter.
- Fixed occasionally seeing a spectator's command map icon if there was a radar deployed.
- Health Packs and Stroyent Cells now have separate uses count on the stats page.
- Fixed treating mining laser objective as a destroy objective instead of construct objective with regards to stats.
- Fixed not resetting radial timer on deployable notify icon when the icon is created.
- Send a tool tip instead of a chat message when a fireteam is disbanded.
- Fixed players seeing the enter vehicle icon on the MCP when it is deployed at an outpost when another player is occupying the gunner seat.
- Fixed driver not getting a tool tip when he is kicked for driving in the wrong direction.
- Grenade Launcher: Always display "Grenade Launcher" obituary even if using bullets.
- Plasma Launcher: Always display "Plasma Launcher" obituary even if using Lacerator.
- Fixed when a Strogg player delivers an Energy Cell back to the Strogg ship, the objective icon next to his name in the scoreboard does not disappear until he dies.
- Fixed not resetting decoy charge bar when switching from driver to another vehicle seat.
- Notify client when client has been muted/unmated from text chat or VOIP.
- Joining a game in progress displays "Warm up(Waiting for more players to ready up)" in the in game scoreboard.
- If a spectator switches to spectate a player firing a one-shot per charge bar vehicle weapon the charge bar will not update properly.
- Now hides energy segments when holding the landmine.
- Fixed the charge notify icon disappearing for someone who has planted a charge, that is dead and spectating someone else while the spectatee charge explodes.
- Fixed charge notify icon not disappearing if you arm a charge you are not the owner of.
- Added option to save account password.
- Added a message history to friends/clan chats.
- Added an option to keep the message friend/clan member window open after sending a message.
- Added a Favorites source, similar to History.
- Added Time/Date information to the Replay page.
- Added Delete button to the Replay page.
- Added option to disable the Complaint popup after you are team killed.
- Added built in support for 1280x960 and 1400x1050 video modes.
- Fixed the server list getting a new list every time Play Online was entered.
- Fixed the server list getting a new list every time a filter changes.
- Fixed display of servers with < and > in their names.
- Changed bot filter to filter out a server only if it's completely full of bots.
- Changed obituary and chat text to a smaller font size.
- Changed menu transitions to make it more obvious that there were new choices when entering the options menu.
- Adjusted energy cell drop-pod rubble in Quarry so players can't clip through it.
- Added EMP sparks and effects to "disabled" vehicles and deployables.
- Added unique hit sound for headshots.
- Slight increase in damage distance falloff for all Lacerator variants.
- Reduced damage distance falloff start point to 25% of weapon range for the Sniper Rifle and Railgun.
- Slight reduction in maximum spread for standing and crouching stances for standard Lacerator and Plasma Launcher variant.
- Reduced firing rate for Grenade Launcher variant to match the Scoped Assault Rifle.
- Reduced firing rate for Plasma Launcher variant to match the Accurised Lacerator.
- Improved initial accuracy for Pistol and Blaster.
- Slight increase to fire rate for both Shotgun and Nailgun.
- Anansi and Tormentor take longer to repair.
- Constructing the mining laser should count as a primary objective for stats purposes now.
- Outskirts: removed two deploy squares that were directly below Strogg spawns.
- Slipgate: fixed fogging on decals on the Antarctic-side structures.
- Valley: raised flight ceiling to allow aircraft to navigate more of the map.
- Volcano: fixed a number of holes in the terrain and missing faces on geometry.

- Roughly 1/3 Drop in Light Weapons and Battle Sense requirements for each level unlock from:

Level 1 10
Level 2 20
Level 3 40
Level 4 80

To

Level 1 8
Level 2 16
Level 3 32
Level 4 64

-Roughly 1/4 drop in all class requirements for unlocks. This means that Soldier, Medic, Engineer, Covert Ops, Field Ops and Strogg equivalents would change from:

Level 1 15
Level 2 30
Level 3 60
Level 4 120

To

Level 1 12
Level 2 24
Level 3 48
Level 4 96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer.

- Improved overall game performance.

- Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions.

- Improved searching for ranked games.

- Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives.