Cryptic Studios writes, "Our first Ask Cryptic of 2009 brings you answers about art, ship capabilities, and more. Thanks as always to our development team for taking the time to answer these questions!
In a story posted yesterday, New World Notes reporter Wagner James Au, a.k.a. Hamlet, spoke with Beth Odets, one of the creators of Second Life Israel. She told him that there were "lots of people yelling… obscenities about murderous Israeli forces" and after evicting the most unruly protesters, she finally had to close the area to outsiders.
February 10 marks the much anticipate release of the super scary (judging from the videos), F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. That leaves just a little over a month to make plans to pick up a copy for the game and GameStop is pulling out all the stops to try and get people to buy it there. When you reserve the game online or at your local store you will receive a bonus Armacham Field Guide as well as a GameStop-Exclusive lithograph.
Modders created a Next Generation Graphics Patch for EA's FIFA 09, which is improved with a better visualization of the matches.
Owners of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm will get first crack at the multiplayer beta for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on January 21. That is one whole week before the public release of the beta. Full details from THQ are included.
Massively: "The application period for Linden Lab's inaugural Linden Prize (US$10,000 paid in Linden Dollars) is coming to a close. The deadline for applications is Thursday, 15 January.
Massively: "Mod Mark, the Lead Designer for Jagex's RuneScape, has written a new Behind the Scenes article for January in which he describes the changes coming down the pipe for RuneScape."
Sports Interactive and SEGA have announced that Football Manager Live for PC and Apple Macintosh is available now via digital download at www.footballmanagerlive.com.
Ars Technica had a chance to briefly check out Sony's take on 3D gaming yesterday, but Sony wasn't the only company trying to get in on the action. Nvidia was showing off its own technology with its 3D Vision glasses, and unlike Sony's proof of concept display, Nvidia's setup was both playable and ready for purchase. The game on display? Left 4 Dead.
While not giving a specific date, SEGA have said the game will be arriving sometime quarter one, but calendar or fiscal makes a difference.