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EA Boss John Riccitiello Resigns Following SimCity Debacle

Posted 03/19/2013 at 9:17am | by Paul Lilly

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Disappointing financial results prompted John Riccitiello to step down as EA's chief.

The well documented issue with EA's SimCity launch may not have directly led to John Riccitiello's decision to resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the software publisher he's served for the past six years, but perhaps it hints at deeper problems, not the least of which is EA's view on Digital Rights Management. Since taking over as head of the company, EA's stock has fallen more than 60 percent.

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Valve Tricks Out Team Fortress 2 with Virtual Reality Mode

Posted 03/19/2013 at 8:38am | by Paul Lilly

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Team Fortress 2 now supports the Oculus Rift.

So you've played Team Fortress 2, but have you played it while wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset? It wouldn't have made much sense to do so up until now, as Valve just announced a VR mode to the free-to-play title that it plans to release in the coming days. In doing so, Team Fortress 2 becomes the first game to officially support Oculus Rift, a VR headset that raised more than $2.4 million in funding on Kickstarter last summer.

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Microsoft Force Feeds Service Pack 1 to Windows 7 Users

Posted 03/19/2013 at 8:07am | by Paul Lilly

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SP1 for Windows 7 delivers critical security updates and improves performance.

For those of you rocking Windows 7 -- likely the majority reading this -- Microsoft wants you running Service Pack 1 (SP1), so beginning today it will roll out automatically on Windows Update, the software giant announced in a blog post. You can avoid SP1 by disabling automatic updates, but unless you have a very specific reason to do so, you might as well upgrade, if you haven't already. SP1 contains several security patches, bug fixes, and performance tweaks to keep Windows 7 operating at peak form.

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EA "Sincerely" Apologizes for SimCity Fiasco, Offers One of Eight Games for Free

Posted 03/18/2013 at 11:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Dead Space is among the titles SimCity gamers can choose to download for free.

Electronic Arts (EA) screwed up the launch of SimCity in a big way, and the company knows it. Well, sort of. It's not as though EA had an epiphany that overly restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes, such as requiring an always-on Internet connection, potentially cause more problems than they solve, and for that it should feel ashamed. But the games publisher is willing to admit that it was woefully unprepared on the server side to enforce its draconian DRM measure, and for that, it's throwing free games at disgruntled customers to compensate.

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Surprise Patch for Supreme Commander 2 Improves AI

Posted 03/18/2013 at 8:39am | by Paul Lilly

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It's been more than two years since the last SupCom2 patch. Is there something more at play?

If you needed an excuse to revisit Supreme Commander 2, a real-time strategy (RTS) title that debuted to PC just over three years ago, here it is. There's a new patch available and it promises to fix a bevy of AI issues and improve game play in a number of areas, not to mention a reworking of the economy, which our sister site PC Gamer says is the biggest change of all. That's all well and good, but what should we make of the timing of this patch?

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XBMC vs. Plex

Posted 03/15/2013 at 3:03pm | by Brad Chacos

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The battle of the free media players

Attention, would-be cord cutters: If you’re going to tell the cable man to shove it, you’re going to want a full-featured media center app to make browsing your digital movies, music, and pictures as pretty and painless as possible. Two of the top no-cost contenders are the open-source XBMC and Plex, a partly proprietary fork of XBMC that focuses on streaming media to multiple devices. Which is the blockbuster and which is the dud? Let’s find out.

Note: This article first appeared in the December issue of the magazine.

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Google Chrome Boss Sundar Pichai Replaces Andy Rubin as Head of Android

Posted 03/13/2013 at 11:28am | by Paul Lilly

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What will become of Android following a surprise management change?

Andy Rubin, one of the founding fathers of Android, approached Google about the open source mobile operating system back in 2004. Now he's stepping aside as head of the OS he helped to create, handing the reins over to Sundar Pichai, senior vice president for Chrome and Apps, Google CEO Larry Page announced in a blog post today. Rubin is off to start a new chapter at Google, while Pichai will likely focus on making Android easier to use.

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Dropbox Rolls Out Revamped Desktop Client

Posted 03/12/2013 at 10:46pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Latest stable build features new tray popup UI

San Francisco-based cloud storage company Dropbox on Tuesday updated its desktop client, transforming the hitherto bland tray menu into something much more pleasant and useful.

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Petroglyph Chases "Victory" Through Kickstarter Campaign

Posted 03/11/2013 at 3:30pm | by Paul Lilly

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Strategy veterans announce Kickstarter campaign for a new team-based, action-strategy game.

Developer Petroglyph is hoping to raise $700,000 through Kickstarter to fund Victory, a World War II team-based, action-strategy game set where the gamer collects companies of units and does battle in quick online matches. Petroglyph's team is mostly comprised of former Command & Conquer developers. They have nine titles under the collective belt and two more in development, including Victory.

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Software Worth Paying For

Posted 03/11/2013 at 1:40pm | by David Murphy

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It hurts us to say it, but freeware can’t cover every situation. We've rounded up a Selection of software and web services that deserve your dollars

We’re huge fans of freeware at Maximum PC. Why pay for expensive software when a perfectly reasonable and fully functioning piece of freeware exists as a compelling alternative?

Note: This article appeared in the Holiday 2012 issue of the magazine.

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