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In a recent developer review, G4TV asked Gordon Van Dyke about the future of Battlefield 1943‘s PC release. The reply is less than favorable. When asked directly why the PC version was delayed (now with a set release date of Q1 2010), Dyke had this to say:

We haven’t released a Frostbite [1943's game engine] built game on PC, so going into this project we lacked a starting foundation we had on Console.  There are also many different and unique only challenges to the PC that has lead to us pushing the release even further to Q1 CY 2010 [early next year].  This was a hard pill to swallow, but it was absolutely needed to ensure the features and functionality that PC Players have come to expect from Battlefield on PC are not missing.  Things like support for DirectX 9 and 10, higher player count (up to 32-player matches), wide peripheral support i.e. Joysticks for flying, VoIP, and ranked server provider hosting.  So it was and still is the absolutely right decision, for quality sake, to not release until it is ready.

via [G4TV]

Macenstein has heard that Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, will release as soon as Friday the 28th of this month. They have some pretty solid proof in the form of a training manual used to prepare support technicians in the use and install of Snow Leopard. Their source says next Friday is “extremely likely” to be the release date so keep your eyes peeled for the newest installment of OS X.

via [Gizmodo]

It seems I am a little late to this one, but according to reports I’ve read, there was recently a thread on Sony’s forums about GTA IV‘s DLC being playable on a PS3 at an unmentioned convention. Follow the break for a quote.

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Crytek has decided to torture gamers with a teaser site for their upcoming sequel to Crysis. The site gives us a little bit more of what to expect of the game, which is basically the same thing we’ve seen in Crysis 1. To be perfectly honest, I’m not very excited about Crysis 2 itself, but rather the technical advancements that such games bring to the gaming world. At any rate, if you’re looking forward to the release of Crysis 2, then this site will hopefully keep you busy until the game’s release.

Immediately after announcing that development is in its final stages, Remedy Entertainment, the development company behind Alan Wake, have released a new trailer in which Sam Lake gives us a nice walkthrough, explaining some details and gameplay elements to be found in their upcoming game. Follow the break for the video.

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This should be no surprise as this has been rumored for quite some time, but Sony officially unveiled a slimmer PS3 at GamesCom. It’ll be out the 1st of September with a price tag of $300. It’s obviously smaller and lighter, but also packs a 120GB HDD and has all the same features of the original PS3. Speaking of the original PS3, all current PS3 models will get a $100 price chop. Watch a vid after the break.

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According to Matias Myllyrinne, Remedy’s Managing Director, Alan Wake is actually finished and the development team is just doing clean up and polishing work to make it look and run as best as it can. With the game’s newest release date slated for “Spring 2010″, Remedy should have more than enough time to make Alan Wake the best game it can be. After 4 years of development, will this game finally see the light?

via [Joystiq]

It seems that the boys at EA have forgotten their plans for Battlefield 1943 PC release because they seem to be shifting the hype to their upcoming sequel, Bad Company 2. BC2 is set to release March 2, 2010 in North America and the 5th for Europe. Although there are no details on it yet, we can only assume that this non-specific release date covers the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

via [ShackNews]

IO Interactive, the guys behind the popular Hitman series, have announced that a demo for their upcoming game Mini Ninjas will not only release, but they were also nice enough to tell us exactly when to expect this demo. PC and Xbox 360 gamers will get their pale white hands on the demo August 19 while the PS3 gamers of the world won’t see it until the following day. There are no details yet of what to expect from the demo as far as gameplay.

The Apple keynote rumor that has been floating around the web has the suspected date of September 9th. New iPods are almost guaranteed to make an appearance, as this has typically been the event for that each year, but sources are now claiming there will be no tablet announced at the event. While no one knows for sure what will go down, we will just have to wait and find out the truth for ourselves on that Wednesday afternoon. Stay tuned.

via [Engadget]

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