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July 23, 2008

XNA Developers Able to Charge for Games

8:28 PM EST by Hairy Scary Man

As indie developers continue to grow in number, more services are cropping up to allow them to share their wares. Now Microsoft's XNA kit, which allows developers to create games for XBLA, allows those developers to charge for their games. There will be three price points for games, and the price point limits the size of the game. Developers will receive 70% of the cost. Professional developers can also release games through the community system, so delisted games may crop up there. The community system will go live with the fall 360 update.

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Games for Windows Multiplayer Now Free

8:22 PM EST by Hairy Scary Man

Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Games for Windows service would now be completely free. Previously gamers had to pay for the gold subscription, which allows for cross-platform play (PC vs Xbox 360), matchmaking, achievements, and more. Microsoft also announced plans to introduce a marketplace to GfW, like the one found on the 360. The changes come after Microsoft listened to its customers (a first maybe?). Customers who paid for a gold subscription will be refunded.

Rome: Total War Heaven

Additional Unit Pack by Andalus Released

7:09 PM EST by SubRosa

The Additional Unit Pack Version 1.0 is now available for download. At last...This mod for RTW 1.5 adds 23 new units to the game, using mostly original textures and models. It aims to fill gaps in unit rosters, giving factions access to units they did not (More …)

July 22, 2008

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DirectX 11 announced

6:46 PM EST by Roxas

Microsoft have officially announced DirectX 11. Like DirectX 10, it will be Vista (and later) exclusive.

Features include new shader technology that begins to allow developers to position GPUs as more general-purpose parallel processors, rather than being dedicated solely to graphics processing; better multi-threading capabilities; and hardware-based tesselation.

Source: IGN

Further details regarding new features and continuity issues can be found here

World in Conflict Heaven

Team Synchronization

4:07 PM EST by Shanks13

I am almost ready to start cutting myself over the absolutely awful playing I have been witnessing lately. But beyond me wanting to bleed myself like a pig...Don't worry, it's not just me complaining. There's actually some good stuff in there that I (More …)

Stronghold Heaven

Today in History

3:41 PM EST by Sir Hugh

In 1456, the Ottoman Turks were besieging the city of Belgrade and had bombarded it with cannon fire to make several breaches in the city wall. They flooded the city, but the assaulting force was cut off from the rest when the gaps in the walls were (More …)

July 21, 2008

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The Fourth Age: Total War Triple Release!

7:35 PM EST by

Previously Danilh brought us news of the Fourth Age: Total War mod being released for vanilla RTW when it was previously only available for RTW: Barbarian Invasion.Today our friend, apocalypsis dropped in to let us know that there is a new patch for The (More …)

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