Tag archive: War

With the recent revolutions that swept across the Middle East, Twitter has secured a firm position as a necessary tool for any anti-government group that seeks to communicate with supporters and the media to get its message out to the world. Those anti-government groups have generally been suppressed peoples trying to break free from the strangleholds of dictatorial regimes. Until now: The Taliban has its own Twitter account, reports the… Read More

We have come to love Temple as a brand that brings a little nostalgia and classic rugged style to tech-friendly accessories, and the brand's new slim laptop sleeve is no exception. The Temple 15-inch Laptop Sleeve ($79) has a unique design that was inspired by old love letters from the WWII era. To make things even more nostalgic, each sleeve comes with an authentic 1930s-1940s era stamp in the top right corner. The sleeve opens with a… Read More

For us in the tech community, no story has been bigger this week than the public fight between search giant Google and its competitor, Microsoft's Bing. Sure, Google essential runs the world. But that doesn't mean that the general public cares about some whether or not Google has accused Bing of copying its search results. (Which they have.) But last night, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert launched the catfight into prime time… Read More

Game publisher THQ has announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has shipped for Windows PCs. Based on the popular tabletop boardgame from Games Workshop, Dawn of War II extends THQ's Warhammer real-time strategy (RTS) and combat franchise by combining both a non-linear single-player game with cooperative multiplayer campaigns via MIcrosoft's free Games for Windows Live service. Dawn of War II aims to appeal to both RTS… Read More

Activision has announced another video game in its franchise tying in with the History Channel: History Civil War: Secret Missions promises to let player take part in some of the most crucial covert operations that took place during the U.S. Civil War. Fighting for either the Confederates or the Union, players will be able to fight behind the lines in now-legendary battles. "There is a rich history to the Civil War, especially in… Read More

Hunting those suspected of warm crimes has always been a difficult business, because the suspects want to dig deep to hide. But the War Crimes Watch List (WCWL) is using a mix of the old-fashionedand hi-tech in their search for two men suspected of crimes against humanity in the Sudan, Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, according to a BBC report. The men wereboth indicted by the International Criminal Court last… Read More

At this week's E3 conference in Santa Monica, game publisher THQ previewed new titles it expects to bring to market in the first part of 2008, including its internally developed action-adventure title Darksiders: Wrath of War. Due in 2008, Darksiders: Wrath of War is being developed by THQ's in-house Vigil Games, which counts comic book artist Joe Madureira as a founding member. Wrath of War lets players step into the role of… Read More

If the slew of World War II video games being pumped out over the last few years have finally drained the era of its nostalgic appeal, you might try taking another step back in time – to World War I. That’s what the UK publisher Ghostlight is doing with its latest title, To End All Wars, a WWI-era first-person-shooter, which was officially announced on Thursday. The game will attempt to recreate the trench-warfare of… Read More

Geneology and family history site Ancestry.com has launched the largest online collection of U.S. military records, spanning som 90 million names from the 1600s through the Vietnam era. The collection also includes the only complete collection of World War I draft registration cards, The Stars and Stripes newspaper from World Wars I and II, along with World War II counter-propaganda United Newsreels produced by the Office of War… Read More

New Line Cinema has snapped up the film rights to Epic Games' hit Xbox 360 title Gears of War and attached Australian screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Collateral), who will work with lead game designer Cliff Blezinski to craft a screenplay. Marty Bowen is on baord as a producer with partner Wyck Godfrey. Gears of War sold more than three million copies in its first 10 weeks of availability; it also took over the top spot on… Read More

Sony Computer Entertainment has released God of War II, the follow-up game to its best-selling God of War violent first-person action game. Set in the milieu of Greek mythology, God of War II invites players to once again take on the role of Spartan warrior Kratos as he journeys to far reaches of the known earth, battles mythical terrors like Cerberus, the Gryphon, the Cyclops, Colossus, and many more, in his quest to become the new God of… Read More

Who says the Xbox 360 is all about combat games and shooting at bad guys? Um, well, Midway does: the company has just announced Hour of Victory, a new first=person shooter under development for the Xbox 360 that promises to drop players right into the middle of historic World War II battles—and it's built using the powerful Unreal Engine 3.0, offering complex lighting, physics, and artificial intelligence capabilities, along… Read More

Microsoft and Epic Games today announced that the Xbox 360 title action-shooter Gears of War has gone “triple platinum,” selling more than 3 million copies since the games' introduction 10 weeks ago. “Gears of War is tracking to be one of the best-selling video games of all time and has established itself as the most successful new IP of the next generation,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of Global… Read More

It seems like only a couple weeks ago we were noting the retail availability of Epic Games' Gears of War for the Xbox 360—oh, wait, it was only two weeks ago. Backed by a massive advertising campaign (part of which features oddly juxtaposed game footage—with a giant spider!—with Gary Jules' quiet cover of Tears for Fears' “Mad World” from the Donnie Darko soundtrack) Gears of War is undeniably… Read More

Epic Games' much-anticipated action shooting game Gears of War reaches its first retail outlets today, launching what Microsoft hopes will become the fastest-selling game to-date for its Xbox 360 console game system. Gears of War has been whetting the appetites of gamers for over half a year, and Microsoft and Epic are pumping up the excitement television ad placements, Microsoft's recent “Match Made in Hell”… Read More