The Crysis Warhead Website announces that Crysis Warhead is gold, and Crytek's first-person shooter follow-up is expected in stores on its planned release dates (story) of September 16 in North America and September 12 in Europe. Crysis Warhead includes a new single-player Crysis campaign as well as Crysis Wars, an enhanced version of Crysis multiplayer play.

Battlefield Website has word that a Battlefield 2142 Stats Facebook application is now live, so you can add your personal stats from the futuristic multiplayer shooter directly to your profile.

Carmack on multi-threading in id Tech 5 on bit-tech.net has some quotes from the Rage presentation by id Software's John Carmack at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) where he discussed multi-core and multithreading support in the upcoming vehicular action game. How the game will offload rendering onto one core and game logic to another is described, as well as descriptions of a number of different threads the game will run, allowing some functions like AI to operate asynchronously from tick-based game state processes.

Steam is offering another weekend sale. Through August 25 Beyond Good and Evil and AudioSurf are available for $4.99 each.

Two new GC 2008 Project Origin trailers show off more of Monolith's upcoming creepy F.E.A.R. sequel. The GC trailer #1 is posted on ActionTrip, AtomicGamer, and FileFront. The second clip is available on AtomicGamer and FileFront.

A new Saints Row 2 movie introduces another of the gangs in the upcoming open world action sequel. Today we meet The Ronin, arguably an ironic name for a gang. The NSFW clip is posted on ActionTrip, AtomicGamer, and FileFront.

• NotesOnGameDev - Mad World Is Nothing New.
• TREMBLING HAND - Making MMOs Legendary.

• M Festival and i34 wrap-ups on XSReviews.co.uk.
• Advanced Overclocking Championship Berlin 2008 wrap-up on NordicHardware.
• Space Siege Competition on Strategy Informer.

• 360 Team Fortress 2 update by year's end.
• Rock Revolution drum compatibility detailed; game 'on track' for '08.
• Harmonix already teasing next project, and it'll involve "Music Creation".

• MID runs World of Warcraft, 1080p video... poorly.
• First dual-core Atom slips out.
• Small form factor Penryn chips announced.
• Sony Announces New PSP Wi-Fi Tie-Up.
• Audi A4 Driving Challenge added for iPhone.

Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Announcing the Extend Firefox 3 Contest Winners. Thanks Ant and Digg.
• Internet provider's usage cap raises questions.
• Woman Attempts To Kidnap Ex-Virtual Boyfriend.
• X-rated emails at work? No problem for Hawaii state exec.
• Broadband Competition This Is As Good As It Gets - At least according to one Wall Street analyst...Thanks Ant.

• Microsoft admits posting flawed update. Thanks Mike Martinez.

Thanks Ant.

• Microsoft granted Page Up Page Down patent. Thanks Digg.
• Disney's rights to young Mickey Mouse may be wrong. Thanks Boing Boing.
• Brazilian charged in botnet scheme, will be extradited to U.S. Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Legend: Hand of God on RPG Observer.
• Master Poker on Out of Eight.
• The Sims 2: Apartment Life on GameZone.
• Space Siege on bit-tech.net.

• Acer Aspire One Netbook on Small Computing.
• Apevia X-Sniper Mid-Tower Case on OCIA.net.
• Cooler Master HAF 932 Case on Motherboards.org.
• Cooler Master UCP 700W PSU on TweakTown.
• GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R Motherboard on PC Perspective.
• Kingwin Mach 1 900W PSU on DragonSteelMods.
• Noctua NF-P12 Fan on Top Review Shop.
• OCZ Vendetta 2 Cooler on bit-tech.net.
• Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic Graphics Card on TweakTown.
• Razer Lycosa Keyboard on LGR Nexus.
• QNAP TS-209 Pro II NAS on Barry's Rigs 'n Reviews.
• Scythe Ninja 2 Cooler on Pro-Clockers.
• SilverStone KL01 Case on Techware Labs.
• Smooth Creations Neptune System on Neoseeker.
• Super Talent Pico-C Gold 8GB RAM on APH Networks.
• Tension Labs EAP03 Earphone Audio Processor on techPowerUp.
• Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler on Techware Labs.
• Thermaltake Xaser VI VG4000BWS Case on Overclockers Club.
• VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Graphics Card on Phoronix.
• XFX GTX280 XXX Graphics Cards on Bjorn3d.

• Inside the World of Blizzard on Business Week. Thanks Ant and Digg…

I held off today's post from last night to try to avoid burying last nights news too quickly, and I'm still trying to figure out how the late night updates work with the weekend. I was going to ask for opinions about that today, but already received a couple of unsolicited comments that suggest the wee hours update was missed, so I guess I don't need to ask (I'm not sure why I would imagine anyone favoring delaying an update). I think what I need to do is make sure evening updates don't go up so late that the morning updates don't follow immediately after.

Unburied Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Play:	Jane's Hotel.
Links:	The 6 Most Depressing Happy Endings in Movie History.
Stories:	French Police Shocked to Pull Over Blind Journalist Driving Drunk. Hooah! Thanks brother19. Religious Man Eaten After Trying to Receive Blessing From Crocodile. Thanks brother19. The Curious World of the Last Stop. I grew up near one that isn't listed (Flatbush Avenue).
Science:	Fat into muscle - how to turn a beer gut into a six-pack. Thanks Neatorama. Killer Carbs: Scientist Finds Key To Overeating As We Age. Thanks Boing Boing. Fish Tale Has DNA Hook - Students Find Bad Labels.
Images:	Lightning at sunset. Thanks nin.
Media:	Limbo of The Lost - The Sing A Long Awful Ending. Indiana Jones: Hero, or Killer? NSFW. Californians Gather To Celebrate Annual Wildfire Tradition.
Follow-ups:	Quantum Release Date Quagmire. Thanks nin. Taito Considering Legal Action Against 9/11 Invader Artist. Artist Pulls Controversial 9/11 Game Exhibit.
Teh Funnies:	xkcd.