News Roundup: No Time for Precursors

• When Creative publicly called ASUS out a few weeks ago over their fake EAX support, Techgage investigated whether or not you'd even hear the difference.  Techgage's conclusion is published in their "Creative EAX vs. ASUS DS3D GX 2.0" article.
• In the subscriber-based MMO world, the #4 spot is held by Lineage 2.  WarCry talks to Producer Tim Tan.
• Jim Moreno of WarCry looks at how to keep the roleplaying alive in MMO instances -- "RoleCraft:  Instanced Roleplaying."
• Legit Reviews is taxing hardware limits in their review of NVIDIA 3-Way SLI with GeForce 9800 GTX graphics cards.
• You can expect "OK performance, dull layout, and Ultra Durability!" from the Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Motherboard.

• VIDEOS -- Don King Presents: Prize Fighter Trailer (WMV); Rock Band Wii Trailer (QT); Persona 3 FES Webisode #10: "The Truth"; #11: "Atonement"; and #12: "The Sacrifice"; Theatre of War Units and Battlefields Trailer (WMV); Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Retail Trailer (WMV); Age of Pirates: Captain Blood Gameplay Trailer (HD); Memento Mori English Trailer; and Precursors Trailer #2 (MPEG).

• SCREENS -- Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS); Samba de Amigo (Wii); Heavy Duty (PC); Europa Universalis: Rome (PC) [shipped]; Jack Keane (PC); Emergency Mayhem (Wii) [now shipping]; Hail to the Chimp (X360); Battlezone (XBLA); de Blob (Wii); and No Time for Dragons (PC).

• AtomicGamer mirrored the updated trial for RedLynx Trials 2 Second Edition v1.06.
• v1.01 patch is out for Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
• The new airport sim, Airport Mania: First Flight, has demos on both PC and Mac.
• MMORPG Myth War Online has upgraded to its v1.0.48.38 Client.