Audiosurf Updated…. With Stuff

Another update for the famous indie title; Audiosurf.
Audiosurf

• Players can now easily experiment with custom game modes by
  combining special tags in song names. More info is available on the
  forums
  • [as-4lane] Play with 4 lanes
  • [as-monoonly] Mono characters required
  • [as-everybodymono] All characters have only 2 block colors
  • [as-lessgrey] Mono characters have less grey blocks
  • [as-allgrey] Mono characters have all grey blocks
  • [as-nogrey] Mono characters have no grey blocks
  • [as-monoptX] Base points for Mono characters (default 3)
  • [as-nostlth] Remove Stealth and cumulative hit bonuses
  • [as-swind] Sidewinder camera mode
  • [as-bankcam] Banking camera mode
  • [as-first] First-person camera mode
  • [as-caterp] Block caterpillars
  • [as-mszX] Minimimum match size (number for X)
  • [as-wbX] Percentage of white/black blocks
  • [as-mtX] Match collection ticks (default 10-25)
  • [as-prowsX] Puzzle row count (0-8)
  • [as-hidepuz] Play with an invisible puzzle grid
• Fixed bug finding CD tracks in drives beyond the first

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Hardware based encryption chip to cure Piracy?

All the lousy pirates can now get ready to walk the plank as hardware based encryption will soon make PC games piracy impossible. Speaking at Wedbush Morgan Securities annual Management Access Conference; Nolan Bushwell, founder of Atari, revealed details about the hardware based anti-piracy measure:

There is a stealth encryption chip called a TPM that is going on the motherboards of most of the computers that are coming out now,” he pointed out

“What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world - which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords - which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem.

Har har!

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed till 2009/2010? [Updated]

According to the Xbox World 360 magazine, Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming stealth-action title has supposedly gone “back to the drawing board”.

The reason behind it is Ubisoft’s own Assassin’s Creed title; since the company feels the design & gameplay of Assassin’s Creed outdate Splinter Cell: Conviction’s design. Read more

Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for PC Now Available

Jade Raymond’s Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut has been officially released to retail stores. This, after getting leaked to the internet a month before.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for PC is now available at retailers nationwide at the MSRP of $49.99. It is rated “M? for Mature by the ESRB. Read more

Ubisoft Launches More Than 40 titles on Steam

Ubisoft has teamed with Valve’s Steam to distribute more than 40 of their titles. The library includes Tom Clancy games as well as FarCry and the upcoming PC port of Assassin’s Creed.

Ubisoft is delivering a slate of more than 40 action-packed games to Steam, including Assassin’s Creed and the Tom Clancy series. Two fan favorites are now available to customers in Canada and the United States: the acclaimed action shooter, Far Cry, and the debut game in the groundbreaking stealth action series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. Save 10% on either game when you buy before Tuesday, April 8th.

Starting today, the PC version of Assassin’s Creed is available for pre-purchase. Be one of the first to play the highly-awaited PC adaptation of the console hit—complete with four bonus missions unique to the PC release—when it releases on April 9th.

Over the coming weeks, Ubisoft will bring many of its award-winning brands to Steam, including games from the Tom Clancy series, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, the IL-2 Sturmovik collection, and many more. The Ubisoft line-up on Steam will be the largest library of titles available from any single publisher or developer.