A tweet from Johan Andersson from this past summer offers a revelation not noted here at the time, as the tweet seems to confirm rumors from 2007 that the Frostbite 2.0 engine that will power the upcoming Battlefield 3 will not support Windows XP, saying: "Frostbite 2 is primarily developed for DX11. XP & DX9 is _not_ supported, 64-bit OS is recommended. Lots of time to upgrade if you haven't!" The thread about this on the Electronic Arts Forums also has comments noting this was revealed already, and there are slides in DICE's SIGGRAPH 2010 presentation indicating Frostbite 2.0 will only support DirectX 10 and DirectX 11. Thanks James via BF3Blog.

The Din's Curse Patches Page now offers another new beta patch for Din's Curse, bringing Soldak Entertainment's action/RPG to version 1.012. The patch also applies to the beta version of Din's Curse: Demon War, the game's upcoming expansion, which is available to preorder customers, and word is all future Din's Curse patches will be for both the base game and Demon War. Word is: "This patch addresses some of the balance issues in the expansion and fixes several small bugs." This page outlines all the changes.

Here's Valve's list of the ten bestselling titles on Steam for the past week:

1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
2. Crysis Maximum Edition
3. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
4. Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum
5. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
6. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
7. Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2
8. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
9. Team Fortress 2
10. Sid Meier's Civilization V

Ongoing site sales:

• Amazon - Up to 75% off on game downloads. Thanks jimnms.
• Atari - Dozens of downloadable games on sale.
• Black Isle Studios Store - Most games on sale.
• Direct2Drive - Dozens of games on sale. Also three coupon codes, offering up to an additional 25% off.
• EA Store - 44% off many digitally distributed games.
• GamersGate - Hundreds of games on sale. Buy four, pay for three.
• GOG.com - All games up to 50% off. Also, Tyrian 2000 for free.
• Impulse - Hundreds of games on sale.
• Matrix Games - Many games on sale.
• Steam - Over 1,000 games on sale.
• Telltale - Several games at 50% off.
• Ubisoft Online Store - 50% off downloadable games.

Specific Games:
(The EA Store Online Store has more than are listed below.)

• Battlefield 2142 on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Battlefield 2: Complete Collection on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Crysis on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Mass Effect 2 on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Medal of Honor Airborne on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Mirror's Edge on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Need for Speed ProStreet on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Need for Speed SHIFT on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• Out of the Park 11 on Impulse. Save 50%.
• Rail Simulator on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• SimCity Societies on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• SimCity Societies Destinations on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• SPORE on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims Life Stories on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Apartment Life on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Best of Business Collection on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Bon Voyage on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 FreeTime on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Fun with Pets Collection on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 Seasons on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 2 University Life Collection on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 3 on the EA Store. Save 44%.
• The Sims 3 Ambitions on the EA Store. Save 44%.
  Still on sale (previously reported). Continue here to read the full story.

• Wii Laptop Is Undeniably Neat.
• Defying Design: Epic Mickey's Epic... Success?
• Red-Ringed Xbox 360 Faces Celebratory Firing Squad.

• Android still has horrible text messaging bugs. Thanks Ant via Slashdot.
• iPad arrives in the House of Representatives. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

• HP Wins $2.5 Billion NASA Contract for IT Services. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• The evolution of hard drives. Thanks Ant via Slashdot.

• Hotmail Users Report Blank Inboxes. Thanks Slashdot.
• Groupon Attracts New Investors and Works on an I.P.O. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• YouTube is a TV Station - Italy. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

• Danger lurks in PDF documents. Thanks Slashdot.

• Craft of Gods on Christ Centered Gamer.
• Steam Treasure Chest on The Slowdown.

• ASUS P8P67Pro Intel P67 Express Motherboard on OCWORKBENCH.
• ECS P67H2-A2 Socket 1155 Motherboard on OCIA.net.
• Lian Li PC-V2120 Full Tower Case on Kotaku.

• MAME and MameUI versions 0.141 are now available. Thanks Ant…
• Pacman honored in Tournament of Roses parade 2011…
• The best Black Ops comeback ever - Rats vs. Dogs of War. Thanks Joker961 via reddit…

Long-time friend of the site David Laprad, recalling a comment or two I've made about a desire for a DOOM LIVE service in the vein of QUAKE LIVE, sent along a screenshot of the results of his recent search for information on the topic, which shows a fairly interesting, or should I say ominous, number of search results. Cue sinister organ music.

DOOMed Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Homerun In Berzerk Land. Chicken House.
Links:	8 reasons you wouldn’t really want to date a porn star. Thanks Neutronbeam. 2011 Movie Preview.
Media:	The Best Videos of 2010 Compilation. NSFW. Nerd Alert - SCV Love Song.
The Funnies:	Brevity. FoxTrot.