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Shattered Horizon Competition

HELSINKI, FINLAND – February 22, 2010 – Futuremark® Games Studio today announced a new community competition for Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The contest starts today 22 February and with 16 different challenges over 4 weeks there are plenty of ways for players to win one of the many PC hardware prizes on offer from competition sponsors Biostar, FSP Group, Enermax and Patriot Memory.

Shattered Horizon Free Weekend

HELSINKI, FINLAND – February 17, 2010 – Futuremark® Games Studio today announced that Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter, will be free to play and 50 percent off to buy on Steam this weekend. Shattered Horizon's innovative zero gravity gameplay has recently been enhanced by the Moonrise content pack which added four new levels and a major update which included many features requested by players.

"This weekend PC gamers everywhere can play Shattered Horizon for free," said Jaakko Haapasalo, producer at Futuremark Games Studio.

Major Shattered Horizon update

HELSINKI, FINLAND – February 11, 2010 – Futuremark® Games Studio today released a major update for Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The update adds some of the most requested features from the game’s active community, including voice chat, a new rank system, tutorial content, 5:4 monitor support and point limited servers as well as fixing several bugs and issues.

$30M for Internet research

So you want to build a better Internet? The National Science Foundation today said it would spread $30 million over 2-4 projects that radically transform the "Net through new security, reliability and collaborative applications.

The NSF said its Future Internet Architectures (FIA) program wants: "Technological innovations and the requirements of emerging and yet to be discovered applications, the Internet of the future is likely to be different from that of today.

Wolfenstein Review

Most modern first-person shooters are so very serious. They feature a whole lot of brown environments and gruff characters, but never have enough archways into alternate universes. Well, if you're in the mood for an FPS with a glint in its figurative eye, Wolfenstein is a good way to stave off the forces of evil without the in-game grumpiness that usually accompanies such endeavors. This sequel to 2001's Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a worthy addition to the series and a fun romp in its own right.

BioWare: Dragon Age Lasts Over 120 Hours

Ray Muzyka interview on VG247 talks with the BioWare boss about a variety of topics in a conversation at the recently concluded GamesCom trade show. They discuss upcoming projects, including Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2, and Dragon Age: Origins. Also touched upon is the changes that left him in charge of Mythic, the impact managing Warhammer Online has on their internal projects, new IPs, and when an announcement of their unrevealed project is expected: "[Laughs] Well, it hasn’t been announced when it’s going to be announced.

NZXT Panzerbox Case

NZXT Panzerbox Case is a perfect option for anyone looking for a small mid-tower ATX case. It's great for gaming LAN party use or or any application where an all aluminum, well craft strong small ATX case is required. It looks great, has a fair number of drive bays, excellent air circulation, removable motherboard tray and much more. This is one of the best small mid-tower cases on the market! Watch the video to find out more...

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