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Starting tonight Halo 3, the final chapter of Microsoft s epic video game trilogy, finally goes on sale around the world. By the end of the week, fans in 37 countries will be playing the game Wired magazine recently called a cultural touchstone, a Star Wars for the thumb stick generation. In the United States, more than 10,000 retailers across the country are opening their doors at midnight tonight solely to sell copies of the game and accompanying Xbox 360 consoles and accessories. With nary a pirate, a spider or a wand in sight, day-one sales of the video game are expected to shatter entertainment sales records and top the biggest entertainment launches of all time.

Namco Bandai Games announces that they have released a new trailer for their Xbox 360 role-playing game, Eternal Sonata. The trailer highlights the game s unique action/RPG combat system, and introduces gamers to a world where the visuals are as vibrant and detailed as the moving storyline, told through one of the most eclectic and courageous casts of characters to grace the Xbox 360.

Apple says that Apple s iPhone users will be able to enjoy YouTube s originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone s 3.5 quot; display. In addition, Apple says that YouTube is now live on Apple TV.

NVIDIA has introduced the world s fastest graphics processing unit named NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra performs an average of between 10 and 15% faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX GPU, previously considered the fastest GPU on the planet, across a wide range of top games and applications. NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI-based motherboards for Intel processors provide the fastest and most feature-rich platform for the GeForce 8800 Ultra. NVIDIA refers to these systems as the definitive gaming platform.

Black Sea Studios has announced WorldShift. WorldShift is a cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today s civilization is only a fading mysterious legend. With WorldShift, Black Sea Studios are again offering really different, unexplored view on the RTS genre and a lot of deep, addictive gameplay. WorldShift had been in development for long time already and more announcements will follow in close future.

The new drive can read, write and rewrite to HD DVD-RW discs, as well as read and write to HD DVD-R discs and standard DVD and CD discs.Toshiba s SD-L912A enables mobile PCs to replace larger desktop systems in the home with this additional high-definition functionality. The drive allows backup of large-capacity PC hard disk drives to the reusable format of HD DVD-RW discs and provides capabilities to store data-rich, high-definition digital content. HD DVD-RW functionality also opens the door to a wide range of applications involving storage and rewriting of large volumes of data.

The lineup features both sequels of well-known games and new exciting developments of various genres. 6 key titles announced for this year s E3 Media and Business Summit include Disciples III, Jagged Alliance 3, Heavy Duty, Showdown: Scorpion, 2025: Battle for Fatherland, and Numen.

Ocean has arrived. The world s first dual-slider combining a traditional numeric keypad and a separate full QWERTY keyboard in a single device, Ocean delivers the definitive 3G mobile experience in an uncompromising form factor, exclusively on Helio s nationwide service.

Atari announces that New York Times best-selling author Lorenzo Carcaterra has teamed up with the company as script writer on Alone in the Dark. Poised to redefine action gaming, Alone in the Dark will deliver blockbuster-action on a cataclysmic scale set in New York City s iconic Central Park. Alone in the Dark is being developed by Eden Games for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows platform.

Pirates of the Burning Sea Producer, John Scott Tynes, delivers yet another new Developer Journal to MMORPG.com. This time, John gives us a look at a Producer s Blog entry that was previously only available to players in the game s beta.

NCsoft Europe announces that closed beta testing is beginning for the company s online computer game, Richard Garriott s Tabula Rasa.

This week Wii owners can get in the ring with the Mega Drive version of one of the best fighting games of all time. Virtual Console is graced by the Virtua Fighter 2 a game which helped evolve the fighting genre into the modern era when it launched in 1996.

Even the noblest of Marvel s Super Heroes have a dark side – it s time to unleash yours in the Spider-Man 3 video game from Activision. Timed to the theatrical release of Sony Pictures Entertainment s Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios quot;Spider-Man 3 quot;, based on the famous Marvel characters, the game allows players to experience for the first time Spider-Man s mysterious black-suited persona, as well as heroic red suit while battling villains in a massive New York City playground teeming with activity.

Exit Games announces that World Golf Tour has signed on to use the company s core product Neutron 4.0. Neutron connects gamers across mobile-to-mobile and mobile-to-PC platforms, and is a leading turn-key solution for the development and deployment of mobile multiplayer games and cross-platform gaming environments. Neutron 4.0 will be supporting PC-to-PC connectivity for World Golf Tour, a new add-on to its core functionality.

Prestigious car-manufacturer Ferrari descended on London this weekend to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the famous Marque. Vehicles spanning the entire history of Ferrari were paraded around the capital as part of the worldwide quot;Ferrari 60 Relay quot;. The world tour is sponsored by video game publisher System 3, who used the visit to release further details about the upcoming video game.

SubRosaSoft has announced the immediate availability of MacLockPick, a new live forensics tool for extracting passwords, Internet history, and system settings from a suspect s Mac OS X computer. MacLockPick is an indispensable tool for law enforcement professionals to perform live forensics on Mac OS X systems. The solution is based on a USB Flash drive that can be inserted into a suspect s Mac OS X computer that is running (or sleeping). Once the MacLockPick software is run it will extract data from the Apple Keychain and system settings to provide the examiner fast access to the suspect s critical information with as little interaction or trace as possible.

SANZ has announced the release of EarthWhere 4.2 for Windows, a major upgrade to the company s geospatial data provisioning software. The product has been enhanced to take advantage of a scalable and easily configurable service oriented architecture which can support a wide variety of enterprise environments. EarthWhere 4.2 sets a new standard for management and automated delivery of geospatial data — elevation models, scanned maps,

As of today, brands wishing to target the lucrative 14 – 24 year old market across Europe can do so by advertising on Netlog, one of Europe s social networks.

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has announced the PPC9A, the latest addition to the company s PowerXtreme family of 6U VME single board computers.

Global Security One is warning parents that they need to remain vigilant with regards to their children s online activities, following the recent news that reports of websites featuring child abuse have gone up since 2005.

Palm and Claro Nicaragua have announced the availability of the Palm Treo 680 smartphone. The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone, running on the Palm OS, boasts Palm s hallmark ease of use.

Here s a possibly good news for all the gamers out there !

While people like ATT s COO and Apple themselves continue to maintain that the iPhone is still on track for June, everyone is still skeptical that something else is probably brewing behind closed doors.

K2 Network reveals new screenshots and new details on the unique stances of the Elementalist Class from its upcoming massively multi-player online role-playing adventure, Sword of the New World: Granado Espada.

CDV Software Entertainment USA has announced the upcoming release of a new compilation of Codename: Panzers titles to retail in May 2007. Codename: Panzers Commander s Edition is set to ship to North American retail on May 28, and will contain Codename: Panzers, Phase One and Codename: Panzers, Phase Two.