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		<title>Download Free Scratches Game</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/10/22/download-free-scratches-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scratches Description: Isolated by a washed out road, and in search of clues, you delve into every dark corner of the sinister Blackwood Manor and its untended grounds via a point-and-click interface. Alternate ending and 2 additional hours of gameplay are included in a new chapter to this popular atmospheric mystery adventure game for the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Isolated by a washed out road, and in search of clues, you delve into every dark corner of the sinister Blackwood Manor and its untended grounds via a point-and-click interface.</p>
<p>Alternate ending and 2 additional hours of gameplay are included in a new chapter to this popular atmospheric mystery adventure game for the PC, brimming with eerie twists and terrifying surprises. Set in and around a solitary Victorian Mansion concealing a terrible secret, a long since forgotten story from the past emerges to haunt the present. A careful combination of inventory-based and deductive-style puzzles, integrated with a riveting storyline, non-linear gameplay, intricately detailed graphics, and an entrancing soundtrack, immerse you in a haunting Gothic atmosphere.</p>
<p><strong>Scratches Features:</strong></p>
<p>- Alternative original ending<br />
- Exciting new chapter! Before Blackwood Manor is demolished, a reporter sneaks inside The Manor to gather clues about the mystery…but what he will find is a terrifying surprise!<br />
- New clues to understanding the story<br />
- New revealing thoughts from the main character in “Michael’s Diary”<br />
- Higher supported resolution<br />
- New default control method with fixed mouse, FPS-like movement</p>
<p>Scratches Requirements: No special requirements</p>
<p><a href="http://lfiles3.brothersoft.com/games/new/action/adventure/scratches-demo-en.exe" target="_blank">Download Scratches</a></p>
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		<title>Sixaxis allows for &#8216;turmoil&#8217; in Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/09/04/sixaxis-allows-for-turmoil-in-ninja-gaiden-sigma-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publisher Tecmo Koei has announced that the motion of the Sixaxis controller for the PlayStation 3 is supported in Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2. Moving the controller shows the breasts of female fighters shaking. Moving the controller shows the breasts of female fighters shaking. &#8220;You shake the controller and the breasts shake them,&#8221; said a representative [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-929" title="ngsigma" src="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ngsigma-300x181.jpg" alt="ngsigma" width="228" height="137" />Publisher Tecmo Koei has announced that the motion of the Sixaxis controller for the PlayStation 3 is supported in Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2. Moving the controller shows the breasts of female fighters shaking. Moving the controller shows the breasts of female fighters shaking.</p>
<p>&#8220;You shake the controller and the breasts shake them,&#8221; said a representative from Tecmo Koei to TheSixAxis website. &#8220;You shake the controller and the breasts shake them,&#8221; said a representative from Tecmo Koei to TheSixAxis website. The spokesman confirms that Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2 the motion of Sony&#8217;s Sixaxis controller support, an option is rarely used by developers. The spokesman confirms that Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2 The motion of Sony&#8217;s Sixaxis controller support, an option is rarely used by developers.<br />
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Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2 is a new version of Ninja Gaiden 2, which appeared in 2008 for Xbox 360. Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2 is a new version of Ninja Gaiden 2, which appeared in 2008 for Xbox 360. The new version is released in early October for the PlayStation 3. The new version is released in early October for the PlayStation 3. Both games are made by the Japanese Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki though &#8211; the creative force behind Ninja Gaiden &#8211; Sigma 2 has not meegwerkt. Both games are made by the Japanese Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki though &#8211; the creative force behind Ninja Gaiden &#8211; Sigma 2 has not meegwerkt. He left the studio after a dispute over royalties and has now formed a new studio. He left the studio after a dispute over royalties and has now formed a new studio.</p>
<p>In Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2-configuring two female fighters, Ayane and Momiji, the breasts respond to movements of the Sixaxis. In Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2-configuring two female fighters, Ayane and Momiji, the breasts respond to movements of the Sixaxis. Both play an important role in the game. Both play an important role in The Game. Players can choose which of the duo on the part of protagonist Ryu Hyabusa fights in the coop-game format. Players can choose which of the duo on the part of protagonist Ryu Hyabusa fights in the coop-game format.</p>
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		<title>Battlefield 2 1.5</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/09/02/battlefield-2-1-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday is patch version 1.5 released for Battlefield 2. This third part of the Battlefield series runs on the Refractor 2 engine. This third part of the Battlefield series runs on the Refractor 2 engine. The game is developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by EA Games. The Game is developed by Digital Illusions [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-771" title="Battlefield 2 1.5" src="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Battlefield-2-1.5-300x234.jpg" alt="Battlefield 2 1.5" width="250" height="195" />Tuesday is patch version 1.5 released for Battlefield 2. This third part of the Battlefield series runs on the Refractor 2 engine. This third part of the Battlefield series runs on the Refractor 2 engine. The game is developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by EA Games. The Game is developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by EA Games. The patch, which up to 1972MB large and requiring version 1.41 is already installed, a number of important improvements. The patch, which up to 1972MB large and requiring version 1.41 is already installed, a number of important improvements. So widescreen resolutions are supported and finally, the game offers more than 2GB RAM, if any. So widescreen resolutions are supported and finally, The Game offers more than 2GB of RAM, if any. Furthermore, several bugs fixed and there are some things in the game adapted to the fairness, balance and playability should benefit. Furthermore, several bugs fixed and there are some things in The Game adapted to the fairness, balance and playability should benefit. <span id="more-770"></span>Finally, there are some new maps and content Euro Force and Armored Fury added to the game. Finally, there are some new maps and content Euro Force and Armored Fury added to The Game. Below is the complete changelog for this release can be found: Below is the complete changelog of this release available:</p>
<p><strong>New features: New features:</strong></p>
<p>* Additional support for Windows Vista. Additional support for Windows Vista.<br />
* Added as a required map Highway Tampa. Added as a required map Highway Tampa.<br />
* Added a new folder called Operation Blue Pearl. Added a new folder called Operation Blue Pearl.<br />
* Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free content to play for all Battlefield 2 players. Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free content to play for all Battlefield 2 players.<br />
* Added support Added support Widescreen Widescreen<br />
BF2.exe * Allowed to use more than 2Gb RAM BF2.exe allowed to use more than 2Gb RAM<br />
* Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (http://www.novint.com). Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (http://www.novint.com).</p>
<p><strong>Gameplay Tweaks: Gameplay Tweaks:</strong></p>
<p>* Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.<br />
* AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective. AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.<br />
* Added checks to prevent &#8220;runway grieving. Added checks to prevent &#8220;runway grieving.<br />
* Various changes made to prevent cheating. Various changes made to prevent cheating.<br />
* Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model. Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.<br />
* Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes<br />
* Fixed Fixed<br />
* Prevented or use mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles Prevented or use mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles<br />
* Prevented or use mouse wheel to operate parachutes Prevented or use mouse wheel to operate parachutes<br />
* Players can now pass claymores by going prone Players can now pass claymores by going prone<br />
* Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley Update on the HUD TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley<br />
* Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a period letter) Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a period letter)</p>
<p><strong>Bug Fixes: Bug Fixes:<br />
</strong><br />
* Fixed the issue where players picking up a kit would cause CTD Fixed the issue where players picking up a kit would cause CTD<br />
* Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1 BF2OpenAL.dll updated from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1<br />
* Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings<br />
* Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC&#8217;s control when they capture the flag Airfield Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC&#8217;s control when they capture the flag Airfield<br />
* Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon Challenger2 Updated the HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon<br />
* Changed a PLA to MEC FAV FAV on Road to Jalalabad Changed to a PLA MEC FAV FAV on Road to Jalalabad<br />
* Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for 360 seconds as to other uses artillery artillery Tweaked the respawn time on Dragon Valley for 360 seconds as to other uses artillery<br />
* Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bison (PP-19) to 0666 Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bison (PP-19) to 0666<br />
* Updated the F35B&#8217;s lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft Updated the F35B&#8217;s lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft<br />
* Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design<br />
* Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5 Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5<br />
* Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint Updated the HUD G36E to react the same as other weapons during sprint</p>
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		<title>Wii Fit Plus Appears on October 4 in North America</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/09/01/wii-fit-plus-appears-on-october-4-in-north-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo has announced that Wii Fit Plus on October 4 will appear in North America. Although the game on the market in Europe, Nintendo Europe and other continents have no release date announced. Although the game on the market in Europe, Nintendo Europe and the other has no release date announced continent. Apart Apart Wii [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p>Nintendo has announced that Wii Fit Plus on October 4 will appear in North America. Although the game on the market in Europe, Nintendo Europe and other continents have no release date announced. Although the game on the market in Europe, Nintendo Europe and the other has no release date announced continent.</p>
<p>Apart Apart Wii Fit release date of the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus also has a number of new colors for the Nintendo DSi handheld console and the Wiimote and Nunchuck for Wii announced. Release date of ranging from Nintendo Wii Fit Plus also has some new colors for the Nintendo DSi handheld console on the Wiimote to Nunchuk for Wii announced. As of September 13, the DSi in North America in the white and pink to obtain, so, the company announced Monday. As of September 13 will DSi in North America in the white and pink to get, so, the company said Friday. Currently, the DSi in North America alone in the blue and black available. Temporarily is the DSi in North America alone in the blue and black available. The white version in the Benelux since the launch of the DSi available. The white version in the Benelux since the launch of the DSi available.<span id="more-711"></span></p>
<p>The Nintendo Wii hardware is also a new color. Nintendo Wii hardware is also provided with a new color. Nintendo raises for the holidays a black version of the Wiimote out, in a bundle with a black-box Wii MotionPlus will be sold. Nintendo will have a black version of the Wiimote from holidays, in a black with a bundle Wii Motion Plus will be sold cubes. To complete the set will also be offered to black Nunchuck can buy those sold separately. To complete the set will also make the black Nunchuck users can buy the sold it.</p>
<p>For the time the notices are only for North America, so the U.S. and Canada. Yet apply only to notices of North America, so the U.S. and Canada. Or the black Wiimote and Nunchuck reach the Benelux is unclear. Or the black Nunchuck Wiimote in Benelux achieved is not clear. Nintendo Tweakers.net Netherlands has prompted know that the Wii Fit Plus will appear here, but the Dutch release date of the fitness game company could say nothing. Nintendo Tweakers.net request Netherlands reports that the Wii Fit Plus will appear here, but the Dutch Release date fitness game go the company could say nothing.</p>
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		<title>Harry Potter game on iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/08/28/harry-potter-game-on-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Potter fans can now practice their magic wand skills on their iPhones, all thanks to a new application called 'Magic Wars'.

The free iPhone app trains Hogwarts' newest students in the art of casting spells and prepares them for duels with other wizards.

Launched three weeks ago by 'pocketfungames', the game, trains players for wizard battles by making them practice motions with an iPhone while reciting an incantation.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p><a href="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/harypotter.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-547 alignleft" src="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/harypotter-150x150.jpg" alt="harypotter" width="150" height="150" /></a>Harry Potter fans can now practice their magic wand skills on their iPhones, all thanks to a new application called &#8216;Magic Wars&#8217;.</p>
<p>The free iPhone app trains Hogwarts&#8217; newest students in the art of casting spells and prepares them for duels with other wizards.</p>
<p>Launched three weeks ago by &#8216;pocketfungames&#8217;, the game, trains players for wizard battles by making them practice motions with an iPhone while reciting an incantation.</p>
<p>After boot up, the application asks aspiring wizards and witches to flick their wrist to find a matching wand and are asked a series of questions to determine the house in which they will reside.<span id="more-546"></span></p>
<p>One can even give themselves a wizard name and upload a photo before getting on to studying spells and proposing duels with other players.</p>
<p>Using the iPhone as a stand-in for a magical wand, players study and practice movements in a virtual classroom while reciting incantations such as &#8220;Flabilis&#8221; to cast the spell for levitation, for example.</p>
<p>After casting a spell, each player&#8217;s magic wand ability is scored by a percentage, reported The Christian Science Monitor.</p>
<p>Later, one can even cast spells outside the classroom and find another nearby wizard by using the iPhone&#8217;s GPS capabilities to challenge another player to a duel.</p>
<p>Players then take turns reciting incantations and moving their wrists in semi-circles and other patterns to conduct various spells on each other.</p>
<p>And when the duel gets over, the players&#8217; scores are calculated to see who had the most effective spells.</p>
<p>Ms Sara Lewis, who created the app, told TechCrunch that the game receives around 2,000 downloads per day.</p>
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		<title>Web-based game educates HIV+ teens</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/08/28/web-based-game-educates-hiv-teens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests. The game, dubbed +CLICK (Positive Click), allows users to navigate through a "shopping mall" where they can choose among different lessons on abstinence, condom use and birth control, as well as video clips featuring other HIV-positive young people and experts on the virus.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p>A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests. The game, dubbed +CLICK (Positive Click), allows users to navigate through a &#8220;shopping mall&#8221; where they can choose among different lessons on abstinence, condom use and birth control, as well as video clips featuring other HIV-positive young people and experts on the virus.<br />
In the new study, the Texas researchers who developed the game tested it out on 32 HIV-positive 13- to 24-year-olds, having each patient use the programme in the waiting room during a routine doctor visit.<span id="more-492"></span> They found that most patients — 84 per cent — rated the game as easy to use, while 94 per cent said it was &#8220;trustworthy,&#8221; and 88 per cent would use the game again.<br />
Moreover, the game boosted patients&#8217; confidence in their ability to use condoms properly and to delay having sex, the researchers report in the journal AIDS Care.<br />
&#8220;We wanted to create +CLICK so that we could help educate youth on the importance of making proper, healthy decisions to protect their relationships and themselves, as well as help to reduce transmission (of HIV),&#8221; lead researcher Dr Christine M. Markham, of the University of Texas School of Public Health, said in a news release from the university.<br />
&#8220;Participants were very receptive and enthusiastic about playing the game,&#8221; Amy Leonard, another researcher on the study, said in the news release. &#8220;They also liked that they were able to ask the clinicians questions about what they learned on the lessons.&#8221;<br />
Larger, longer-term studies are now needed to see whether the Web programme goes beyond changing attitudes and actually leads to higher rates of safer sex and abstinence, according to the researchers.</p>
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		<title>Gamer steals from virtual world for real debts</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2009/08/28/gamer-steals-from-virtual-world-for-real-debts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prashanth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.
It happened in EVE Online, where more than 300,000 subscribers pay $15 a month to play. They gain wealth through hard work, manipulating the market, or killing rivals in a distant future where humans have colonized the stars in an online game similar to World of Warcraft and Second Life.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p><a href="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/game.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-486 alignleft" src="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/game-150x150.jpg" alt="game" width="150" height="150" /></a>Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.<br />
It happened in EVE Online, where more than 300,000 subscribers pay $15 a month to play. They gain wealth through hard work, manipulating the market, or killing rivals in a distant future where humans have colonized the stars in an online game similar to World of Warcraft and Second Life.<br />
EBank, EVE&#8217;s largest player-run financial institution which has thousands of depositors, is at the center of the scandal.<br />
&#8220;Basically this character was one of the people that been running EBank for a while. He took a bunch of (virtual) money out of the bank, and traded it away for real money,&#8221; said Ned Coker, of the Icelandic company CCP, which developed the game.<span id="more-485"></span><br />
The CEO of EBank, a 27-year-old Australian tech worker who identified himself only as Richard and used the online name Ricdic, embezzled about 200 billion interstellar kredits, the game&#8217;s virtual currency.<br />
He broke the rules of the game by exchanging the stolen virtual funds for $6,300 Australian ($5,100) with players who preferred to buy virtual money rather than earn it playing the game.<br />
&#8220;It was a very on the spot decision,&#8221; the married father of two explained in an interview.<br />
He said a spam email for a black market website that traded online money for real cash popped up on his screen, prompting him to exchange the virtual cash for real money to cover a deposit on his house and expenses related to his son&#8217;s medical problems.<br />
&#8220;I saw that as an avenue that could be taken, and I decided to skim off the top, you could say, to overcome real life (difficulties).&#8221;<br />
Word of the theft spread quickly within EVE. Panicked customers started a run on the bank, worried that they would lose the money they had amassed by hunting space pirates or mining asteroids.<br />
Ironically, if Ricdic had merely stolen the online money he could have stayed in the game. But exchanging the virtual cash for real dollars broke the rules and CCP banned Richard&#8217;s EBank accounts.<br />
&#8220;It unbalances the game,&#8221; Coker said.<br />
Players can only buy virtual money with real money, or use virtual cash to pay for playing time, but they cannot exchange game money for the real thing.<br />
&#8220;We have never seen ourselves as gods who make the rules of social interaction,&#8221; said Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, an economics adviser to CCP. &#8220;You are able to lose the things you have created. That&#8217;s what makes the world interesting.&#8221;<br />
Ironically, Richard had built a reputation as one of EVE&#8217;s few trusted players — a rare commodity in a game where repeatedly blowing up a violator&#8217;s spaceship was the only way to enforce some contracts.<br />
Asked if he had any regrets about the scam, Richard said he felt he let down his fellow EBank staffers, many of whom he considered friends.<br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m not proud of it at all, that&#8217;s why I didn&#8217;t brag about it. But you know, if I had to do it again, I probably would&#8217;ve chosen the same path based on the same situation,&#8221; he said.<br />
EBank survived the crisis. But Richard will not be returning to EVE anytime soon.<br />
&#8220;At the moment, we&#8217;ve got our hands full,&#8221; Richard said about his family responsibilities in the real world.</p>
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		<title>Game Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 &#8211; Xbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Golf fans have been waiting for this to the best-known game with apprehension after the largely disappointing reception given to its predecessor. The 2008 version failed to build on the success of the 2007 original, but PGA Tour 09 gets the series back to par. Among the new features is a training mode, in which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p><a href="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tiger-woods-pga-tour-09.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-216" title="tiger-woods-pga-tour-09" src="http://www.techforbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tiger-woods-pga-tour-09.jpeg" alt="" width="123" height="98" /></a>Golf fans have been waiting for this to the best-known game with apprehension after the largely disappointing reception given to its predecessor. The 2008 version failed to build on the success of the 2007 original, but PGA Tour 09 gets the series back to par.<br />
Among the new features is a training mode, in which Tiger&#8217;s coach highlights aspects of the player&#8217;s game that could be improved based on shots in previous games and challenges.<br />
In truth, these are little more than extended practice sessions of specific shots but they do provide a skills boost that applies to the next game.<span id="more-215"></span>Unlike previous games in the Tiger Woods franchise, the skills gained are not static &#8211; your rating in areas such as shot power and accuracy improve as you complete training challenges, compete on the tour and purchase improved kit at the pro store with your winnings. But play badly in the next game &#8211; for instance taking more puffs to finish than on previous courses &#8211; and the rating  goes down. This means concentrating on game basics and not just relying on previous achievements.<br />
Another useful new tool is the club tuner, which analyses your natural swing using the analogue stick and suggests tweaks to aspects such as the degree of elevation on the face of specific clubs and a natural bias towards drawing or fading shots. You can then practice shots using the new settings, which we found to be of greater value than the actual training challenges.<br />
The appeal of this title lies in its gameplay and this is an area where EA rules supreme. The analogue swing stick takes some practice but gives a fine degree of control over shot power. The application of draw and fade has been transferred to the bumper buttons, which if anything makes this subtle control a little too easy.<br />
The biggest change has been made to the putting preview, which is more realistic than previous versions, taking account of the fact that the ball will deviate from the predicted line if less than 100 per<br />
cent power is applied.<br />
The preview line itself is easier to read, though, and because of this can be used only once when weighing up a puff. As you get only one shot at using the tool, this encourages you to read the contours and elevation of the The online side of the game has been speeded up by simultaneous drives so you don&#8217;t have to wait for each player connected to your game to take shots in sequence. Instead, different coloured lines show the trajectory of each ball as it is played.</p>
<p>There are some new courses, with a wider range of terrains to freshen up the look and an even more detailed game face application so you can style your golfer&#8217;s appearance to meet tour standards. On the commentary side, Scotland&#8217;s Sam Torrance has been added to the otherwise transatlantic team. There&#8217;s not as much humour as in PGA Tour 08- they could do worse than getting Peter Alliss in for the next update.</p>
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		<title>Microsoft unveils 60GB Xbox 360</title>
		<link>http://www.techforbes.com/2008/08/24/microsoft-unveils-60gb-xbox-360/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has tripled the amount of storage on its Xbox 360 with a 60GB version which will sell at the current price of the 20GB model.The new unit will cost $349, while the 20GB will drop to $299 until stocks are depleted. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Arcade, which has no hard drive but includes a 256MB [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p>Microsoft has tripled the amount of storage on its Xbox 360 with a 60GB version which will sell at the current price of the 20GB model.<span id="more-97"></span>The new unit will cost $349, while the 20GB will drop to $299 until stocks are depleted. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Arcade, which has no hard drive but includes a 256MB memory unit, will continue to sell for $279. The Xbox 360 Elite system will remain at $449.</p>
<p>The new console is due to hit shelves in the US and Canada in early August. There are currently no details regarding price or availability for Europe or other regions.</p>
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		<title>IMI and Sony come together to curb piracy in India</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Music Industry (IMI) and Sony Playstation have decided to come together and step up their drive against the piracy of game software in India. Together, they conducted their first ever raid in a Mumbai suburb and seized two Sony Playstations and 230 game discs.Piracy in India has increased due to easy accessibility to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><p>The Indian Music Industry (IMI) and Sony Playstation have decided to come together and step up their drive against the piracy of game software in India. Together, they conducted their first ever raid in a Mumbai suburb and seized two Sony Playstations and 230 game discs.<span id="more-91"></span>Piracy in India has increased due to easy accessibility to the Internet and broadband. As much as 90 percent of the games sold in India are pirated. This is a clear concern for the industry that claims to lose millions of dollars to piracy each year.<br />
The availability of pirated games on websites and peer-to-peer networks has made accessibility to pirated games relatively widespread. Even with more international brands entering the Indian market and prices dropping, piracy rates remain high.</p>
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