While Intel’s Larrabee might not be a household name for consumers just yet, it’s certainly at the table where Nvidia and AMD/ATI eat. The many-core (8 to 48, at least, according to that Intel graphic) x86 chip runs all your existing apps while tossing in support for OpenGL and DirectX thus eliminating the need for [...]

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After weeks of speculation, Blizzard has officially announced Diablo III at its World Wide Invitational event in Paris.
Said to feature more quests than ever, the anticipated sequel will stick to its roots by being “first and foremost a cooperative game.”
Diablo III will feature old standards such as the quotable Deckard Cain, as well as a [...]

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The eagerly awaited game Spore from Will Wright (of Simcity and Sims fame) is coming to the Mac later this year. CNET broke the news earlier in the day, and EA confirmed it in a press release later. Like the releases promised (but not delivered) last year, the Mac version of Spore will rely on [...]

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Ebon Praetor writes “The BBC reports that Blizzard and Activision have announced an $18.8bn merger. Activision’s CEO, Bobby Kotick, will become the head of the joint company, while Vivendi, Blizzard’s current parent company, will become the largest single investor in the new group. Even with the size of the merger, the combined company will still [...]

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Valleywag has a page full of coverage on the story of Jeff Gerstmann, editorial director and ten-year veteran of GameSpot, who was fired this week after posting a scathing review of the heavily-advertised Kane and Lynch.
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(Via Daring Fireball.)
If this is true, then CNet & Gamespot has lost my complete support.

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A big new World of Warcraft patch has been released, updating v2.2.3 of the game to v2.3.0. The 281mb download introduces the new 10-man instance of Zul’Aman as well as Guild Banks, while also adding new gear and items for PVP Arena Season 3, decreasing the experience needed to level up from 20 [...]

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MattHock writes “Wowhead (a WoW information database) has been sold to ZAM (Affinity Media) for the price of $1 million. ZAM is the owner of several other WoW databases, including Thottbot and Allakhazam. Until recently Affinity was also the owner of IGE, a highly controversial company that sold in-game wealth for real life money. Affinity [...]

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IGN has a preview of Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, checking out the new features and scenarios available in this expansion pack. GameSpot
(Via Shacknews - News Feed.)

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