Tuesday, April 13, 2010

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 13/04/2010


bit-tech.net
Why Everything Is Trying To Be An RPG Now
Levelling up used to be just for tabletop RPGs, yet it has grown to become the most ubiquitous mechanic since ‘Lives’. Is levelling here to stay and what does it mean for games design? We rolled a 20 on the encounter table, so sent Phil and 1D4 kobolds to investigate.
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Chromium ported to N900
Enterprising hackers have ported the Chromium browser - based around Google's Chrome - to Nokia's flagship N900 smartphone running Maemo Linux.
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Crysis 2 writer: "MW2's story was bad"
Richard Morgan, the writer behind Crysis 2, has slammed Modern Warfare 2's story.
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CM Storm team forms new company, BitFenix
BitFenix is a new company launching today with a team featuring most of the Cooler Master Storm team and some ex-Abit employees.
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Activision counter-sues Infinity Ward founders
Activision is suing the Infinity Ward founders who left the publisher last month after a royalty disagreement.
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Rumour: New socket to replace LGA1366 due in 2011
Intel's next generation high-end workstation to replace the current X58 systems will have 4-channel DDR3, more PCI-E and arrives in Q3 2011.
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Antec auctions custom cases
Antec has put a pair of uniquely modified cases on eBay for some lucky bidder to win, with the proceeds earmarked for helping with the relief effort for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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Made in the UK Week: Secret Bonus Content
It’s Monday now, so Made in the UK Week (AKA Project Awesome) has finally drawn to a close. It’s a time that will be filled with bittersweet memories as Batman finally leaves the bit-tech page and we all have to go back to the look of the old site – but don’t despair! There’s one more thing I have left!

Well, actually there are a lot of things I have left - articles that had to be culled from the final line-up and plans that just timed out - but there's one thing in particular. A little thank you to everyone who read the site last week...

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Corsair Nova 128GB SSD Review
Corsair's latest Nova Series SSDs are based on the Indilinx Barefoot Eco drive controller and Intel 32nm NAND flash. We've seen that combination perform strongly for a great price, so we wanted to find if Corsair's drive could hit the SSD sweet spot. Read on to find out.
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