LucasArts, creators of both Star Wars and Howard the Duck, are teaming up with Bioware, creators of Knights of the Old Republic, to make an as-yet-unspecified entertainment product.
The product, details of which will be unveiled at a later date, "will be developed and published by BioWare and LucasArts, and will push the boundaries of the gaming market by utilizing the strengths of both companies to deliver an innovative, high-quality experience."
We know Bioware is working on an MMO... so could this be the fabled, hoped-for, but altogether unconfirmed multi-player based on Knights of the Old Republic?
It could be. Or it could be Knights of the Old Republic 3. Or it could be some totally new product...
Time, as they say, will tell. We'll tell you more when we know more.
Consumers based in the US who bought Orange Box product keys from an online retailer in Thailand are having their copies of the game deactivated.
Orange Box developer and Steam operator Valve issued a statement late last week defending its behaviour. "Valve uses Steam for territory control to make sure products authorized for use in certain territories are not being distributed and used outside of those territories," the company said.
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"In this case, a Thai website was selling retail box product keys for Thailand to people outside of Thailand. Since those keys are only for use in Thailand, people who purchased product keys from the Thai website are not able to use those product keys in other territories."
Consumers who have since bought a new domestic copy of the game but could still not get the new Orange Box to work, have been told to contact Steam directly.
"Some of these users have subsequently purchased a legal copy after realizing the issue and were having difficulty removing the illegitimate keys from their Steam accounts," the statement continues. "Anyone having this problem should contact Steam Support to have the Thai key removed from their Steam account."
MOST people will have never heard of Kamloops, an exquisitely beautiful city in British Columbia, Canada.
Surrounded by achingly beautiful mountains and lakes, it began as the crossroads for the fur trade and now is the preferred "sea-change" destination for Canadians.
It's the last place on earth I expected to learn about the latest research on video games.
Most Australian families own a video game console, be it PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Wii.
Most boys are playing an average of 13 hours a week, as opposed to a much more modest five hours for girls.
What should attract the attention of Australian parents is the finding that the more their children play, the less likely they are to do well in school.
It would appear the fast-moving, interactive and fun virtual world is finding it difficult to compete with homework and text books.
Researchers found an inverse relationship between academic performance and time playing games.
A new Scene It? DEMO is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo weighs in at 619MB and is not available to Asia.
“Scene It?” brings the fun of movie trivia to players of all ages with new movie clips in high definition as well as five new puzzle challenges never before shown in a “Scene It?” game.
"Scene It?" also ships with four new Xbox 360 Big Button Pads and will be available this holiday season, only on Xbox 360.
Game Features
New puzzle challenges: The Xbox 360 game includes more than 1,800 questions not seen before in any otherScene It? game. It features five new types of puzzle challenge that are sure to keep you guessing all night long.
Game types: Enjoy "Credit Roll," where you guess the film based on the list of characters and actors, "Child’s Play," where you guess the name of the film based on a child’s drawing of a film scene, and "Quotables," where you are challenged to finish a famous line from a featured film. In addition, all 21 puzzle types have been designed to provide the ultimate multiplayer experience on Xbox 360.
Big Button Pad: Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action is shipped with four new wireless Big Button Pads, so each player has his or her own buzzer. Making games such as Scene It? more approachable for all types of players, the Big Button Pad takes its inspiration from the game show buzzers of yesteryear but uses the latest infrared technology to minimize the chances of an argument over who answered first.
Hi-def visuals: The game offers a wide assortment of movie clips in HD format, as well as hundreds of stills and audio clips from your favorite films.
Minimal repeats: The Xbox 360 version keeps track of questions that have already been asked and minimizes repeats so you rarely get the same question twice.
Adam Kinney, a developer here at Microsoft, has authored a Vista Gadget thet allows you to keep tabs of some of your Xbox Live friends list. If you have Vista and you have Silverlight installed, this gadget will help you keep track some of your friends.
Note: This gadget won’t actually read your friends list, you have to manually enter the friends you want to track into this gadget.
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We know Bioware is working on an MMO... so could this be the fabled, hoped-for, but altogether unconfirmed multi-player based on Knights of the Old Republic?
Most boys are playing an average of 13 hours a week, as opposed to a much more modest five hours for girls. 
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