News Roundup: Runaway Military Madness

by: Randy - posted: 4/25/2009 1:35:00 AM

In GamingNexus news:

• No fun in 101-in-1.
• Wonder Boy and Lode Runner in this week's Retro Round Up.
• GamingNexus-Thrustmaster Wii Accessory Giveaway Day #5.
• Runaway: A Twist of Fate points and clicks new screens.
• New version of Softimage now available.
• The new face of DIRT 2.
• A Steely McBeam follower and a bird on the cover of Madden 10.
  
• Gaming Gibs for 4/24/2009.
• EA works the Wii MotionPlus in Grand Slam Tennis.
• The Conduit in stores June 23.  Website goes live.
• Guild Wars turns four, sells over 6 mil.
• First footage of Military Madness.
• EVE Online blog: First level 5 skill training completed.
• Orange Box is $10 bucks.
• Champions Online dated for July 14.
• First Pro Cycling Manager 2009 shots.
• Virtual On release date announced.
• New Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 modes.
• Strong Bad's collector's edition DVD.
• Saints Row 2 DLC now live.
• F1 2009 on Wii, PSP -- F1 2010 on 360, PS3, PC.
• LOTRO cheapens entry fees into Middle-Earth.
• Question of the Week: Discomforting Content.

In other news:

• The best and worst retro releases of the week at Defunct Games.
• OCZ Blade DDR3 6GB 2000MHz CL7 Memory review.
• iXBT review of Intel Graphics Performance Analyzer 2.0.
• Looking forward and back at Lord of the Rings Online.
• Asheron's Call -- what's new in '09.
• Review of the XtracPads Hybrid Mousemat.

Thanks to Defunct Games, Legit Reviews, iXBT, MMORPG.com, and BurnOutPC for today's news roundup.