For those of you not in the know, a speedrun is the act of a player attempting to complete a videogame (or a portion of a game) as quickly as possible. Players doing speedruns will usually use tricks or exploit parts of the games mechanics (without using cheats) to achieve seemingly impossible fast times.
With that [...]

Today Ultima Online the longest continuously running MMORPG in history, announced it’s 9th Anniversary Collection. In addition to making available more than 50 items marking the different ages of Ultima Online, they have created 2 new housing designs and numerous servants to wait on you hand and foot. It will be available on November 2nd [...]

Remedy showed off their upcoming psychological thriller, Alan Wake, recently at the Intel developer forum.
The game was running on quad-core processors, using the “multiple cores to stream in data seamlessly in the background” - however it works, the results are stunning!

Ubisoft’s next Splinter Cell title after Double Agent (working title: Splinter Cell: Conviction) is reported to be console-exclusive to the Xbox 360.
By “console-exclusive” its seems fair to assume it will still be making an appearance on the PC.
Microsoft say that’s “a testament to the ability of Xbox 360 to deliver a complete experience [...]

Released last week, THQ’s Company of Heroes and LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are the first two titles to feature the new “Games For Windows” packaging. An initive from Microsoft to “more closely align Xbox 360 and PC gaming”. A Microsoft spokesperson explained to Next-Gen:
“With the retail branding for console games, [...]

Electronic Arts are saying Will Wright’s Spore will be PC only for the time being. EA issued a statement on the matter following speculation that a Wii version was in the works.
“Right now we’re 100 percent focused on finishing SPORE on the PC and PC only,” EA said. “Though we’re investigating the [...]

A report published in a German newspaper today suggests that Electronic Arts (EA) could be looking to aquire Crytek, developers of the upcoming Crysis first-person-shooter, into its ever expanding empire.
EA has already secured the publishing rights to Crysis, and according to Die Welt, EA’s Gerhard Florin described Crytek as a “very, very interesting candidate” [...]

Not the name of the next C&C game, but possibly the best news I’ve heard in the last few months, courtesy of GameCentral. EA have bought back Joe Kucan to reprise his role as Kane in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. This is good as it may indicate EA appreciate what made [...]

Speaking to Eurogamer at Leipzig’s Game Convention, Valve’s Doug Lombardi revealed that Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s release date has been put back to February 2007, In a case of "classic Valve being overly aggressive on our dates."
The latest installment in the Half-Life series had been originally scheduled for release at the end of [...]

Logitech recently unveiled the ChillStream controller for the PC, a controller that circulates up to 3.41 cubic feet of air across your palms every minute to keep them sweat free.
Logitech licenced the technology from a company called Nyko, also known for building an Xbox 360 Intercooler.
The controller also features "Logitech’s patented floating D-pad, [...]