London – November 16, 2005 - 2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced plans to release Torino 2006™ - the Official Video Game of the XX Olympic Winter Games through a unique partnership with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), the exclusive licensee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for interactive entertainment software.

Featuring eight winter sports, 15 thrilling events, extraordinary wintry landscapes and authentic commentator analysis, Torino 2006™ gives gamers the chance to participate in one of the most exciting sporting events of 2006. With a multiplayer mode for up to four players, gamers can compete head-to-head or in turn-based play that simulates the global stage of one of the most exciting sporting events in 2006. The XX Olympic Winter Games will take place in Torino, Italy from February 10-26, 2006.

Some of the highlights include multiple AI improvements and tweaks, worker behavior tweaks, MANY game play improvements (ex Animal Husbandry reveals horses), promotion tweaks, a softer pillage sound (requested by many, many people), fixed diplomatic exploits (gold for gold, peace treaty exploit), multiplayer tweaks (Hot seat, Lobby, etc.), memory, caching and performance improvements, etc. There were also a number of video card specific fixes.

To those of you having problems, thanks for your patience. Our guys were working around the clock with your detailed feedback to produce this patch. For those of you having no problems, it's only going to get better. =)

• SiN Episodes
  A new SiN Episodes Blog (thanks Frans) features a diary from Ritual's Shawn Ketcherside on their upcoming shooter sequel, covering the completion of some voice acting and how they are gearing up to add the game's choreography.
• The Suffering: Ties That Bind
  The Suffering: Ties That Bind Wrap Report on RPG Vault is a postmortem on Surreal's horror sequel written by lead designer Andre Maguire and creative director Richard Rouse III.
• The Chronicle
  MMORPG.COM's The Chronicle Developer Journal #7 offers a look at the playable races in Rapid Reality's upcoming MMORPG courtesy of a "guest writer."

• Will Wright
  Shacknews' Will Wright Interview chats up the famed designer in an esoteric article-format conversation that does not reveal anything about Spore, his upcoming game, other than that development is going well.
• Trilogy
  The Trilogy Q&A on Gamesplanet talks with Mark Skaggs of Trilogy Studios about what can be revealed about the newly formed studio's plans: "One of the fundamental philosophies at Trilogy is to work with the best creative and innovative people we can find. We’re fortunate to be sitting in the city where many of those people live and work everyday and collectively we have great experience collaborating with film studios and the creative people who work there. That experience gives us a good idea of how the process works and what to look for in a creative partner."
• Auto Assault
  OGaming's Scott Brown Q&A talks with the NetDevil designer about their upcoming MMORPG: "The speed of gameplay is what really sets Auto Assault apart. In most MMO games, it is about controlling mobs to only engage one or maybe two creatures at a time, wait until you are ready for the next fight, and then reengage. What we wanted was to bring the excitement of action games to RPG style game play. We do this by making your typical encounter involve many enemies at the same time – and much more speed. We also use something we call a TacArc which requires some amount of player aim to maneuver yourself into an optimal firing position but then still relies on a dice roll and player and item statistics to determine if you hit and if so, for how much damage."
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  There's a micro Dark Prince Q&A on the Ubisoft Forums discussing the art direction for the Dark Prince in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones: "One of the visual links between the Dark Prince and the light Prince is the Sand corruption glowing on the Prince’s arm. When the Prince turns into the Dark Prince, the Sand corruption spreads all over his body, creating a strong contrast with his dark skin."
• Tomb Raider: Legend
  Tomb Raider rises again on Gamesradar is a Q&A covering the upcoming return of Lara Croft, the heroine burdened with huge...expectations: "This being the seventh title that we've put out signifies how Lara, in many respects, is the face of Eidos," Housnam declares. "She's a videogame icon and a household name, and so the expectations are huge."
• Child's Play
  Gamecloud's Child's Play 2005 Q&A talks with Penny Arcade's Mike Fehlauer about the Child's Play charity drive: " I think everyone who's held a game controller has felt the heat from the sensationalist mainstream press. Child's Play is way to respond to that heat while at the same time positively affecting the life of a kid. Plus, Child's Play is super simple: you click on an icon on a map, click on an item, click "buy". Done. Whatever you just bought is on its way directly to a hospital. Child's Play is pretty unique in that the donor gets to pick exactly what to give and exactly where it goes."

• Hellgate: London on 1UP.

• El Matador on this page on the framed Official Website.
• Pirates of the Burning Sea on the Official Website.
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones on Ubisoft's FTP Server. QuickTime 3D.

• Handyperson's guide to removal of SONY ROOTKIT!.
• Bridging the Vista Graphics Gap. Thanks NFHQ.
• Microsoft to add true HDTV support to MCE and Xbox 360.
• Microsoft announces CableCARD for late 2006.
• Apple updates Java 2 support.
• Happy Birthday to the single-chip.
• Texas Town Renames Itself 'Dish' - Gets ten years of free satellite service. Next up, Massengill.
• Tivo's Broadband Kung-Fu is Strong - DVR maker offers up Hong Kong action flick.
• One battery source to power them all.
• Maxtor Inches Away From Small Drives.
• CES 2006 Innovations Honorees Chosen.
• Prototype of 100 dollar laptop for poor unveiled at UN summit.

• Revolution to Feature Play Control System.
• Circuit City Clarified Early Xbox 360 Offer.
• Ubisoft brings Drakengard 2 to Europe and North America.
• Xbox 360 Games & Peripherals On Sale at Amazon.com.
• Ubisoft's Flow Spins into Stores.
• Gears of War preview on PlayDevil.com.
• Ridge Racer 6 burns on to Xbox Live.

• Level Zero claims the world's first mobile business application for the Sony Playstation Personal.
• iPod porn pains parents, employers.
• Barenaked Ladies release album on USB stick.

• U.S. Will Retain Control of Internet.
• Keyloggers Foster New Crime Wave.
• Spammer jailed for £1.6m net scam.
• Broadband Envy - So what are we doing about it?
• Bob Geldof rails against e-mails. Apparently that's what's holding up the next Boomtown Rats album.
• Schoolgirl wins Google Doodle competition.

• MacGameFiles has a new version 1.0 Rev C patch for the Mac edition of the Sims 2...
• Ubisoft Announces Cast Likeness and Voice Talent for Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie...

R.I.P.: 'This Is Your Life' Host Edwards Dies.

Manhattan, New York Nov 16, 2005. Global publisher and developer Paradox Interactive today announced a stand-alone expansion pack for their successful grand strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The expansion will include the original game and boasts a World War III scenario, a complete scenario editor as well as an extended time line.

Hearts of Iron II received international acclaim from the North American and European gaming communities, including Editor’s Choice Awards from PC Gamer and Gamespy.

“We have received tremendous response on this title and strongly felt there was room to offer gamers an even greater Hearts of Iron II experience”, says Fredrik Lindgren, Director of Publishing at Paradox Interactive. “Hearts of Iron II – DOOMSDAY has a simpler yet more advanced gameplay and the WWIII scenario with its nuclear conflict is sure to put an interesting twist to the story”.

We have released the 1.0.4 update for Quake 4. Check our website for all the announcement details. This update is compatible with the current release, but we recommend everyone to upgrade. We also released an SDK so you can start making game modifications. There is also lots of documentation on content creation on the iddevnet website.

Now to answer a few frequently asked questions about the GNU/Linux version:

- Linux clients can't play on pure Windows servers 'out of the box'. Even with this update, Windows server still need to put a game pak in their path so Linux clients can join in. This is documented in the Quake 4 GNU/Linux FAQ.

- The builtin level editor will not be available on Linux. As was the case with Doom 3, it is too heavily dependent on Windows APIs to be ported. I would advise anyone interested in content creation for Quake 4 on GNU/Linux to help add support in GtkRadiant.

• War Front: Turning Point on Computer and Video Games.

• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones on Ubisoft's FTP Server. QuickTime-VR shots. Thanks Frans.

• Ballmer bowls for HD-DVD.
• Apple threat prompted name change, coders say.
• AMD aims for four-core Opterons by 2007.
• Microsoft eyes making desktop apps free.
• Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble.
• nVidia 'NiBiToR' 2.5a released.

• Half-Life 2 heads to Xbox.
• Activision Hits the Gritty Streets of Manhattan With the Debut of True Crime: New York City.
• Shadow the Hedgehog Burrows into Stores.
• Retail is Condemned.
• Amped 3 Ships.
• 2K Sports Ships NBA 2K6.
• Unpacking The Xbox 360.
• Inside Microsoft's Xbox 360.
• PlayStation 3 Pad a Double-Bluff?
• Sony's clampdown on second-hand games.
• Aeon Flux infiltrates retail.
• Xbox Compatibility List - Over 200 Games.
• Sony Confirms It No DRM For Future PS3 Disks.
• Ninety-Nine Nights Delayed in Japan.
• Soul Calibur III Misses Arcade.

• Nokia's Mile High Pinball Ricochets Into the US Market; Pinball Wizards Now Can Go Full Tilt on the N-Gage.
• Rifts: Promise of Power Enters a Brave New World as the Pen-and-Paper RPG Ships on the N-Gage Platform for US Gamers.
• Prepare To March Into Battle as Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands Ships on the N-Gage Platform.
• Nintendo Wi-Fi hits speed bump.
• Gold Nintendo DS Now On Sale At Japan Toys R Us.

• Deal averts Internet showdown.
• 'Anti-spyware tools not yet up to snuff'.
• New Service Expands Google's Reach.
• Google Base service goes live. All your base...
• Yahoo Makes Online Shopping More Social.
• He Figured That Business Is So Good, Who Needs a Store (registration required).
• Celebrities Taking a Gamble (registration required).
• Small-Town Shops Bulk Up on the Web (registration required).

• World Cyber Games 2005 kicking off in Singapore.
• Video Games Live Celebrate Major Success in Seattle and Vancouver. Thanks Mike Martinez.
• Interview with Jason Harper of LanParty NW.

• Piracy on the Rise in the U.S. and U.K., says Research Firm on WarCry.

• Age of Empires III on GameShark.
• Bet on Soldier on Boomtown.net.
• Black & White 2 on Gameplanet NZ.
• Call of Duty 2 on Computer and Video Games and Gaming Illustrated.
• City of Villains on GameSpy.
• Civilization IV on StrategyZone Online and Gameraiders.
• Day of Defeat: Source on Boomtown.net.
• Earth 2160 on GameZone and IGN.
• EverQuest II: Desert of Flames on Strategy Informer.
• F.E.A.R. on The Guru of 3D.
• The Movies on EuroGamer and Strategy Informer.
• NBA Live 06 on IGN.
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted on 1Up.
• Quake 4 on Gamehelper.
• Sniper Elite on GameSpot.
• Star Wars Battlefront II on ActionTrip.
• Universal Combat: A World Apart on Adrenaline Vault and games xtreme.

• Albatron 6600GT (single and SLI) Video Cards on Bjorn3d.
• AMD Sempron 3400+ CPU on BlueSmoke.
• Antec Super Lanboy Aluminum ATX Computer Case on Tweaknews.net.
• Canon PowerShot S80 Digital Camera on TrustedReviews.
• E-Power Tiger 550W Modular PSU on PimpRig.
• Epox 8NPA SLI Motherboard on AMDZone.
• LG LGDVB418 DVD Players/Recorders on Designtechnica.
• MGE XG Dragon Case on Overclocker Cafe.
• NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Video Card on X-bit labs.
• OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Gold GX XTC Dual Channel RAM on A1 Electronics and Techgage.
• PowerColor Radeon X800 GT Video Card on Insanetek.
• PrimoChill PC ICE Water Cooling on ThinkComputers.
• Samsung SGH-D600 Mobile Phone on OCWORKBENCH.
• Sapphire PI-A9RX480 Motherboard on PimpRig.
• SilverStone Nitrogen NT03 Cooler on Extensive Mods.
• Thermaltake Muse External Enclosure for 3.5” and 5.25” Devices on X-bit labs.
• Titan TTC-K8ATB-825-SC Athlon64 Heatsink on FrostyTech.
• X-Micro Video MP3 400 Player on 3dGameMan.

• Gaming fanatics show hallmarks of drug addiction. Thanks Mike Martinez...
• Minabelle's World of Warcraft Library is online. Thanks Ant...
• Activision announces an extension of their deal with Dreamworks that will continue the creation of Shrek games through 2008. Thanks Frans...
• Etrom: the Astral Essence has shipped in Italy. Thanks Frans...
• Dungeons & Dragons goes virtual...
• Fish Tycoon offers the chance to become a mogul by tending your virtual aquarium. A trial version offers the chance to sample the game...