Thursday, January 13, 2011

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 13/01/2011


bit-tech.net
Bit-Gamer Competition #4
We may have only just come out of our tiny, smelly podcast studio, but we're still eager to give away more prizes in the name of bit-gamer.

This week we've got three PC games to give away courtesy of Paradox Interactive!

Forum Prize - King Arthur: The RPG Wargame
Twitter Prize - Majesty 2
Facebook Prize - Mount and Blade: Warband

We're also giving in to popular demand and opening the competition to the forums - but with a twist. What we'd like you to do is have a go on the Online Videogame Name Generator and see us what titles come out as a result.

Then, if you want to win a copy of King Arthur, post the result to comments thread below this article. If you've got your eye on Majesty 2 then send your title to @bit_gamer on Twitter. Finally, if you hope to win Mount and Blade: Warband, post your game name on our Facebook page (you may have to 'Like' the page before you can post to it).

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Microsoft Seeks to Block Apple App Store Trademark
Microsoft has applied to block Apple's trademark on 'App Store,' arguing that it's a generic term.
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Microsoft Announces Touch Mouse
Microsoft announces the impending launch of its multi-touch Touch Mouse.
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KFA2 Announces Cable-Free Graphics Card
You don't need display cables with this card, so you can hide your noisy gaming PC.
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Asus P8P67 Review
We play with the EFI BIOS to get 4.9GHz from this excellent - and affordable - Sandy Bridge board.
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Gameloft: 'Games have one new idea a year'
Mobile game developer Gameloft has said that the industry has only one new idea a year.
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EA: Cloud gaming is not the future
EA CEO John Riccitiello has questioned the practicality of cloud gaming platforms, such as OnLive.
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First STALKER 2 details emerge
GSC Game World has revealed some of the first details about the upcoming STALKER 2.
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iPhone Review: Ultimate Spiderman: Total Mayhem
There's only one problem with Ultimate Spiderman for the iPhone - there isn’t enough of it and, when the end comes, it feels abrupt and lacks closure. There’s no real plot that ties the action together; just a series of boss fights linked by someone occasionally muttering ‘prison break.'

You knock the wind out of Sandman, run Rhino through a wall, truss Doc Ock up with his own arms, nullify Venom, best the Goblin and that’s it. End of line, as they say.

It’s disappointing because, right up until the end, Ultimate Spiderman is one of the few truly console-quality games on the iPhone. As Ultimate Spiderman you can run, jump, swing and soar through a number of (relatively) gorgeous levels, finding hidden areas and unlocking comic book art, trophies and extra moves.

Ultimate Spiderman’s button-mashing melee is also perfect for the tiny touchscreen, especially when compared with the awkward thumb-panning and auto-aim of most iPhone shooters.

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OCZ Leaves RAM Market
OCZ has announced its imminent departure from the DRAM market, and will instead concentrate on SSDs.
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Dirk Meyer Resigns From AMD
Dirk Meyer has resigned from his post as chief executive officer at chip maker AMD.
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The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge
We test and compare memory performance, scaling from 1,333MHz to 2,133MHz, to find the sweet spot.
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CES 2011: Crucial Details C300 Successor
Faster performance, 25nm NAND chips and a new name.
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Bulletstorm PC specs revealed
Epic Games has revealed the recommended and minimum hardware specification for Bulletstorm.
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Gearbox dismisses Borderlands 2 rumours
Gearbox Software has said it is not currently making a sequel to Borderlands.
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Review
We've finally pulled out of Azeroth for long enough to write a review. Find out what we think.
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