Haze to be a PS3 Exclusive...for always

After making us believe for months on end that Haze may eventually land up on other platforms we get word via Ripten.com that the game will in fact remain a PS3 exclusive... forever!

While playing through the game we got speaking to two independent Ubisoft reps. On asking both separately whether the game will ever come out on the Xbox 360, they said in a resolute fashion that the game is not only a timed PS3 exclusive, but will never make its way onto any other platform. This result is apparently a recent decision, but final. Sony must have paid Ubisoft/Free Radical a nice little packet to bag this one.

Truth is I was never too keen on this game so this really doesn’t affect me a lot and more importantly GTA IV releases in just 42 days so I guess nothing can upset me now.Source

GTA IV muliplayer modes.......listed.........

As you all know, GTA IV is going to be a definitive "next gen experience" in every possible way and making this experience even sweeter is the fact that GTA IV is going to be crammed with 15, yes 15 Multiplayer modes that go something like this:

• Hangman's NOOSE
• Car Jack City
• Bomb da Base
• Bomb da Base II
• Mafia Work
• Team Mafia Work
• Deathmatch
• Team Deathmatch
• Turf War
• 10. Cops n Crooks
• Race
• GTA Race
• Deal Breaker
• Free Mode
• (some other mode?)

But, for a more detailed look at the modes, you’ll still have to wait for a while.Source

LOTRO Expansion 'Mines of Moria' Declared

The first expansion to Turbine’s Tolkien based MMORPG – Lord of the Rings Online: Shadow of Angmar – was announced at Connect 08 in Birmingham. The expansion will see LOTRO players dive deep into the goblin populated underworld, and will be called ‘Mines of Moria’.

The level cap will be raised from 50 to 60, as high leveled players will get a chance to venture out of the kingdom of Eraidor, and fight bosses like the Balrog and the Watcher.Source

Mobile Quad-Core Processors to be Launched by Intel

Keeping in mind the advent of desktop based quad-core processors in the mainstream, it was just a matter of time before they showed up in a mobile version too. This was confirmed by Digitimes, which goes onto say that Intel will be planning to launch its first quad-core CPU for notebooks, the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, in the third quarter this year. This new processor will be manufactured at 45nm and have a core frequency of 2.53GHz. The CPU will support FSB speeds up to 1066MHz, include 12MB L2 cache and have a maximum TDP of 45W.

While this announcement is good in terms of consumer choice, it raises a number of interesting questions. Despite the low heat dissipation of these processors, they will be a lot more power hungry as compared to standard dual-core processors and this will directly affect battery life. Secondly with such powerful chips, the GPU market will also need to keep pace enabling more realistic gaming on laptops, which is abysmal to say the least at its very best.Source

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