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Killing Floor Update Released
Submitted By Steven on Jul 4 2009 at 7:20 AM
Tripewire Interactive has released the latest patch for their cooperative zombie shooter - Killing Floor. This latest update includes a number of bug and exploit fixes, perk balances, and weapon improvements. These changes include a new "power strike" mode for melee weapons, new Scrake and FleshPound behavior, and better AI for a number of specimens.
In addition to this latest patch, Tripwire would like to remind the community that the first wave of the $20,000 Killing Floor Grindhouse community mapping contest will be ending on July 31st, with the second wave ending September 18th. With so many prizes up for grabs, we eagerly await the communities response!
Mozilla Advances the Web with Firefox 3.5
Submitted By Steven on Jun 30 2009 at 2:42 PM
Mozilla, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today released Firefox® 3.5, a major update to its popular, free and open source Web browser. Coming one year after the launch of the critically acclaimed Firefox 3, Firefox 3.5 introduces cutting-edge features, as well as new support for a wide variety of Web standards.
New NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Plug-Ins Dramatically Boost Performance For Adobe Creative Suite 4 Users
Submitted By Steven on Jun 30 2009 at 11:16 AM
Professional videographers face continuous pressure to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines. To ease that burden and enable greater levels of creativity, NVIDIA today announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA® Quadro® graphics solutions.
NVIDIA is offering exclusive discounts of up to 50 percent on plug-ins from Elemental Technologies, Boris FX, Red Giant Software and proDAD when purchased at NVIDIA.com.
Auzentech Prepares X-Fi HomeTheater HD Sound Card For Shipment
Submitted By Steven on Jun 29 2009 at 7:26 PM
Auzentech, Inc. has announced shipment dates for the highly-anticipated X-Fi™ HomeTheater HD sound card.
Reviewer shipments of the X-Fi™ HomeTheater HD will begin the second week of July. According to Auzentech the sound card will also go into full production at that time, enabling customer shipments to begin at the end of July.
Custom Map Support Added to VALVe's Left 4 Dead
Submitted By Greg on Jun 25 2009 at 4:41 PM
Today, VALVe released a much awaited update for their co-op, First Person Shooter Left 4 Dead. In addition to correcting a few exploits and errors, this patch adds official support for community-made maps and campaigns. This will hopefully simplify the process of sharing and loading fan-made levels and will also likely lay the groundwork for future official content patches.
