In order to avoid any misunderstandings concerning the name "Vampire Story" - since there is another computer game from a different company titled "A Vampyre Story" - we have decided to change the name of the project to "Vampire World" thus easing this situation for our business partners and customers.

The Vampire World project is almost completed and Mayhem Studios signed a distribution contract with Game Factory Interactive, LTD covering the Russian mutation of the game. Negotiations with other publishers are taking place and the publishers for individual territories will be known in the first quarter of 2007.

The game will be released world-wide in summer 2007.

For more information visit please www.mayhem.sk

• Remedy
  Remedy Interview - Part 1: Life After Success on YouGamers talks with Markus Mäki and Petri Järvilehto (thanks Alan Wake Zone) about Remedy, the Max Payne series, and the upcoming Alan Wake: "No - anyone who is operating in the games industry has to constantly change. The whole industry is developing at such an insanely rapid pace; project growth is incredible; platforms are changing - all of the parameters of the industry change in 5 years increments and if you’re not able to change too and develop the company further, then you’re going to fall behind really badly. And I think we’ve see a lot of that in past few years - a lot of developers have not been able to adapt to the industry changes."
• GDC
  GDC 2007 Chris Taylor on Supreme Commander on IGN and GDC 2007: Warren Spector on Game Narratives on IGN.

• The Crossing on Games Radar.
• Crysis on 1Up, GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN.
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles on PC Gamer.
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on GameSpy. Dev Diary #5.
• Field Ops on GameSpot.
• Frontlines: Fuel of War on 1Up.
• Fury on GameSpot.
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 on IGN
• Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising on 1Up, Games Radar, GameSpy, and GameZone.
• Halo 2 on IGN.
• Hellgate London on 1up, GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN.
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar on the Official Website and Games Radar.
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames on Games Radar, GameSpy, and GameSpot.

♫ Intermission ♫

• Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia on IGN.
• Portal on 1Up, GameSpot, GameSpy, IGN, and Joystiq
• Silent Hunter IV: Wolves of the Pacific on 1Up.
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on 1Up.
• Star Trek Online on Multiplayer Online Games Directory and WarCry.
• Tabula Rasa on GameSpot and GameZone.
• Titan Quest: Immortal Throne on 1Up.
• Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn on Eurogamer.
• Universe At War: Earth Assault on 1Up.
• The Witcher on the Official Witcher Blog.
• Warmonger on Multiplayer Online Games Directory.

Bit Blot's dreamlike 2D underwater adventure game Aquaria won top honors, collecting the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game, at the 2007 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards.

The winners were announced tonight at the 9th Annual IGF Awards ceremony, hosted by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

The IGF awards have been described as the Sundance Festival of the videogame industry, and offer both global exposure and over $50,000 in cash prizes to the lucky winners. Other major award recipients included Queasy Games' abstract shoot-em-up, Everyday Shooter, which grabbed the awards for Design Innovation and Excellence In Audio, upcoming Xbox 360 Live Arcade title Castle Crashers, which won for Excellence In Visual Art, Three Rings' online title Bang! Howdy, which came out on top in the Technical Excellence category, and stylish Flash-based point-and-click puzzle adventure Samorost 2, which triumphed in the Best Web Game category.

There were two other notable Main Competition awards given out on the night -- the Audience Award, adjudicated from public voting at major consumer game website GameSpot, was won by The Behemoth's Castle Crashers, and IGF Platinum Sponsor GameTap gave out $20,000 in advances for indie games to appear on its PC subscription download service, as part of its special GameTap Indie Award - with Everyday Shooter getting a $10,000 advance and $5,000 advances going to Cryptic Sea's Blast Miner and Naked Sky Entertainment's RoboBlitz.

In addition, the IGF Student Showcase recognized ten student-designed games and, for the first time ever, awarded a $2,500 Best Student Game prize. The award went to DigiPen Institute of Technology's fast-paced capture the flag game, Toblo.

The IGF Mod Competition, now in its second year, celebrated the best amateur mods of existing videogames with a new $5,000 award for Best Mod Game. Cut Corner Company Productions took home the Best Mod award for Weekday Warrior, their corporate office adventure mod for Half-Life 2, also the Best Singleplayer FPS Mod.

• Spielberg and EA working on Wii title.
• Peter Molyneux Shows Off Fable 2.
• Nintendo guru wants more happy games.
• Miyamoto Shares His Unique Vision.
• CliffyB On Threading the Gears of War. Gears have teeth, screws have threads.

• New NVIDIA Unix Driver. Thanks Ant and Digg.
• Users are putting Band-Aids on software, says new federal research chief.
• TiVo CEO promises lower-priced HD TiVo this year.

• Verizon Wins Patent Case Against Vonage; Now Pushing To Shut Down Vonage Service.
• FBI busts two Cisco parts scams.
• Former Gateway execs found guilty of manipulating earnings.
• SEC shuts down trading for 35 companies.
• 3M sues Sony, Lenovo, and others over laptop batteries.

• Users report major problems with Blockbuster Online.
• Gabetti joins virtual land rush in Second Life.
• Three surfers find a new way to drink -- online.
• Wikipedia to writers Prove your expertise.
• Sweden seeks telecoms monitoring.

• No Microsoft security updates coming next week.
• Yet Another Study Says Identity Theft Is Exploding.
• Microsoft's OneCare antivirus fails another test.

• GameWorld Network has a follow-up on allegations that GamePro was bribed to give Supreme Commander a bad review, saying the original story was based on "a lie"…
• Time To Say Goodbye to Joysticks?…

R.I.P.: Former Phillies coach John Vukovich dies.

Emphasizing close-quarters combat, Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike features the new Conquest Assault game mode, and three new maps, including the infamous WWII battle scene at the Bridge at Remagen, an Alpine Titan docking harbour in Port Bavaria and a claustrophobic showdown in the Liberation of Leipzig. The booster pack also features new vehicles including the EU's heavily armed IFV Goliath and the PAC's hovering light IFV Hachimoto in addition to new persistence, new gameplay and more.

MONTREAL, March 8, 2007. – Software publisher Strategy First Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSTR), has partnered with Los Angeles-based video game and film production company, Union Entertainment, to adapt Strategy First’s hit video game franchise “Jagged Alliance” into a feature film. Union and Strategy First have signed on Nick Nunziata (Grizzly Park, Meg) to help develop and co-produce the project.

The original “Jagged Alliance” game was released in 1994 and has spawned five sequels, with another currently under development at Strategy First.

The project’s title, “Jagged Alliance”, describes the cutthroat relationships between members of a lethal mercenary team whose only true allegiance is to the highest bidder. Each a specialist in his or her own discipline, these operatives know that in order to survive their missions, they must rely on, but never dare trust, each other. The team is assembled from the best of the best by the Alliance of International Mercenaries, an apolitical private organization with its own covert agenda.

“‘Jagged Alliance’ is high on character and action, but with a dark humor that fans relish,” says Union President Richard Leibowitz. “‘Jagged Alliance’ has a solid premise, and its character-driven game story makes it much better suited to film adaptation than many other game properties. Those elements are key to successful game-to-film translations.”

“Jagged Alliance is a great game franchise with dynamic characters and personalities that belong on the silver screen. This project is a brilliant take on the property and we anticipate a truly original picture coming out of this series.” says Emanuel Wall, Strategy First’s Business Development Manager.

New York, USA (March 8, 2007) – Paradox Interactive, a leading publisher and developer of critically acclaimed strategy titles, announced today that their next strategy release, Frontline: Fields of Thunder, has gone gold.

Frontline: Fields of Thunder, developed by Nival Interactive, follows in the footsteps of the original "Blitzkrieg" and depicts the largest tank battle in history in what is commonly referred to as the Clash of the Titans.

Players will find it offers a gameplay experience on a strategic level as well as a tactical level. The superbly detailed battle map gives players both immense scope and historical accuracy. In addition, the historical settings and scenarios are completely accurate, so much in fact that it felt necessary to add an encyclopaedia to the game as an aid to players.

The title is releasing on March 16 in Germany and Scandinavia, March 20 in North America, March 30 in France and April 6 in the UK. Frontline: Fields of Thunder has a SRP of $29.99/€29.99 and has been rated Teen by ESRB and 12+ by PEGI.

And lastly, I do want to say that a lot of your critiques about the demo are things we are seriously listening to, and while its still extremely early, we fully respect some of the more popular concerns. Moving the radar back to the command post however is not something we would likely do. Thats a massive game change and we wouldn't make such a change right now only from the demo. With regards to alternate mouse setup, yes for the millionth time we're strongly considering it for the first patch, i'll keep you posted. Walls... walls are not 100% lost in C&C 3 but we've explained and will explain further in the next podcast why they are not there. That said, its not something we couldn't add back in through a patch, but we need to see lots of gameplay first before enacting such a move. So, just lettig you know, its not technically impossible, but for right now, it would not be wise until there was TONS and TONS of more gameplay.

• Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction
  The Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction Q&A on RPG Vault talks with NetDevil about this upcoming Unreal 3 engine first-person shooter: "For now we've focused all our efforts on making gameplay. The weapon set is fairly believable, and we did not want to go too far with it. It turns out that making destruction really silly is quite easy, and quite cheap if you just toss bizarre weapon designs into the environment. But what we wanted was a system that delivered complete devastation in a believable way."
• Top Secret
  David Perry talks to Pro-G about his user-created MMO on Pro-G: "The idea behind the top secret project was to really expose some of the talent that's out there. It's actually a safe bet for me since I already know it's out there and I keep getting reminded of that anytime I do anything these days. One thing I do is work with colleges to try to help their students get into the game business, and when you see the quality of what they're turning out, it's absolutely stunning - really unbelievable. The point is, for everything you want in a game, there's someone out there who cares passionately about it."

• Portal on FiringSquad.

• GDC 2007: The Wii is a Piece of S***!
• LittleBigPlanet announced for the PS3.
• The Force Unleashed Q&A on IGN.AU.
• Gran Turismo HD Preview on Strategy Informer.
• Stuntman Ignition preview on Gaming Nexus.
• Battlestar Galactica preview on Hookedgamers.com.
• TN Games' Force-feedback Vest Beats the Crap Outta Gamers.

• Creative Customer Support offers new Windows Vista drivers for various products. Thanks Col & E,mm.
• Microsoft moves to replace JPEG with HD Photo.
• Adobe Tackles Photo Forgeries.
• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD on IGN.AU.
• Linux reduces e-waste by 50%.
• Indian offshore call centers 'not doomed'.

• Epic Bring Hammer Down On Custom Gears Figure.
• Did Take Two Exploit 9-11 Aftermath in Stock Option Scam?
• Gates urges federal data privacy law.
• Conn. Bill Would Force MySpace Age Check.
• Intel ordered to investigate destroyed e-mails in antitrust case.
• Wife Of Jailed Chinese Dissident Suing Yahoo For Handing Over His Info.
• 3M sues Sony, Lenovo, others over battery patents.
• Turkish Court Orders Ban of YouTube.
• Chinese Government Crackdown on Virtual Currency, Internet Cafes.

• Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo.
• CBS Doubles Bandwidth For NCAA Playoffs - Institutes queue system to handle viewer demand.
• Everything you need to know about IPv6.

• Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail.

• Invites For E3 2007 Issued.
• GDC: Pictures From The Show on FiringSquad.
• Blizzard Entertainment Announces 2007 Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, South Korea on May 19 and 20.
• The Sims 2: Seasons Simlish Online Music Competition.
• Theatre of War competition on TTGamer.

• Once Upon a Time in Germany, Part One and Part Two on Gamers With Jobs.

• Supreme Commander on Gamepyre.
• Titan Quest: Immortal Throne on AtomicGamer.

• AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ 65nm CPU on PCSTATS.
• ASUS P5B Premium Vista Edition Motherboard on Bjorn3d.
• Biostar VIA K8M800 Motherboard with Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Combo on ThinkComputers.
• Corsair 2GB PC2-10000C5 Dominator RAM Kit on Legit Reviews.
• Crucial Ballistix PC8000 DDR2 2GB RAM on Trusted Hardware Reviews.
• Enermax Infiniti 720W SLI PSU on Virtual-Hideout.
• Inno3D iChill 7900GS Video Card on Legion Hardware.
• Lian Li C31 Case on XYZ Computing.
• Logitech VX Revolution Mouse on PC Perspective.
• Mouse Pad Roundup on Oz Case Modz.
• OCZ Flex XLC PC2-9200 RAM on Neoseeker.
• Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 2GB RAM on Overclockers Club.
• Pertelian X2040 USB on BurnOutPC.
• Razer ProTones m100 Earbuds on techPowerUp.
• Seagate 750GB Pushbutton Backup on Tech ARP.
• Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Cooler on AnandTech.
• Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II NB Cooler on PCApex.
• XFX & BFG 8800GTS 320MB Video Cards on DriverHeaven.net.

• Rebellion at Take Two: People are Talking…
• Futuremark Launches YouGamers, World’s First Intelligent Gamer Website. Are they insulting me, or you guys, or all of us?…
• MAME and MAME32 versions 0.113 are now available as well as DOSBox version 0.70. Thanks The Vintage Gaming Network and Ant…
• Developers aim to lure women to adult games…