Freeverse has announced Kill Monty, a fast-paced arcade shooter in the tradition of classic arcade game such as Smash TV. The game's premise is pretty simple: shoot anything that moves. A free demo version is available for download. The full version, once registered for $12.95, unlocks more levels and weapons such as the flame thrower.

Here's more from the press release:

In the tradition of such extinction-level events as Asteroid Impacts, Super-Novas, and Ashlee Simpson Christmas Albums, Freeverse proudly announces Kill Monty, the game that spanks your adrenal gland and makes you call it "Papi".

With multiple levels of non-stop shooting and bucket after bucket of red food-coloring, (we have our family-friendly image to maintain after all), Kill Monty is the perfect quick gaming fix. It's also quite a bargain, priced at only $12.95

The Story features exactly two words, so it won't over-tax your higher brain function, or be an impediment to our literacy-challenged customers. (SimStapler High Scorers take note)

After you've tried the demo and purchase the game, you'll get access to the Flamethrower which throws flames and the Railgun which guns rails... or something. Anyway, its supercool and its only for the Mac!

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IMG has posted a review of the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition. Here's a clip from the review:

Microsoft has made another hit with the Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition, and only those with outrageous personal experiences would have any reason to dislike this sleek set. Barring a few installation woes, this desktop combo performed without a hitch, and it is my favorite keyboard and mouse combo I've used to date.

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Aspyr Media has announced that it has begun shipping True Crime: Streets of LA to retailers. The game is expect to be on the shelves by March 19. True Crime: Streets of L.A. was developed by Activision, and the Macintosh conversion was completed by Trihedron.

Here's more from the press release:

You are Nick Kang, an ex-cop with a brutal reputation and lethal skills. Rejected by the police force and feared by criminals, you have been given a nearly impossible task – head an undercover task force to stop the Chinese and Russian gangs from turning the city of Los Angeles into hell on earth.

Drive, fight and shoot your way through a massive array of unpredictable missions. With stealth techniques, vicious martial arts moves and impressive new weapons, as Nick Kang you experience the gritty, seedy underbelly of a vicious Los Angeles crime wave. Cruise the city taking down or harassing the scum of the streets. Bust drug dealers and prostitutes, shakedown informants and confront gang members to get the job done.

True Crime: Streets of L.A. has a branching storyline that allows you to determine your next move while maneuvering through 240 square miles of L.A. Players can also go into "Dogg Patrol" mode and unlock Snoop Dogg to fight against crime, rolling through the streets in a customized convertible. The title’s soundtrack enhances the action with more than 25 hard rock, metal and alternative tracks.

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Blizzard Entertainment has announced a partnership with Taiwanese company Soft-World International Corporation to bring their popular MMORPG World of Warcraft to gamers in Taiwan.

Soft-World is not only one of the most experienced companies in Taiwan's game business, but it is also the number-one online operator in the region. Soft-World will help Blizzard localize World of Warcraft by providing feedback to the development team. They will also provide players in Taiwan with friendly customer support in Chinese.

Blizzard had this to say about bringing their popular game to Taiwanese gamers:

"Bringing World of Warcraft to Taiwan has been one of our longstanding goals, and we feel fortunate to partner with one of the leaders in Taiwan's game industry to achieve this goal," stated Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder. "Soft-World has over 10 years of experience in game operation and marketing, and we're excited that they will be leveraging that experience to deliver a level of support and service to World of Warcraft players in Taiwan that matches Blizzard's own quality standards."

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The Idiot Mapmaking Collective, a group dedicated to developing maps and mods for the Myth game series, has posted a request for beta testers to playmyth.net.

The product to be tested is Myth III WW2:Recon, a World War II-based mod for Myth III.

As you may or may not know, The Idiot Mapmaking Collective is getting ready to release their WWII Recon Port for Myth III: The Wolf Age. However we want to make sure all the bugs are out of it. Therefore we are asking for a few (perhaps 20-30) people to volunteer getting the plugin early and testing it out for us.

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GamersInfo.net has posted a preview of the Xbox version of Aspyr Media's Stubbs the Zombie. Stubbs is being developed by Wideload for release on the PC, Macintosh, and Xbox later this year.

Stubbs is being designed around the Halo engine, so players will know what to expect from a graphical and control standpoint.

The preview goes through the back-story of the game, and talks extensively about what to expect from the gameplay. The article talks about how Stubbs' lack of ability to wield weapons doesn't necessarily hamper him in any way:

Stubbs also has a secret inside of him, though. He is able to use his own decaying innards as an explosive weapon! By taking a little piece of his heart, or whatever organ he happens to reach in and grab, Stubbs can launch a “gut grenade” which will explode in a toxic green cloud and scatter anything and everything within the blast radius. There’s another explosive, toxic surprise that Stubbs has inside of him: unholy flatulence. I don’t know if you ever been near a zombie when it passes gas, but judging from the stunned victims it leaves behind, get far away when a zombie breaks wind!

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Hot on the heels of the shipping of Doom 3, Bare Feats has posted a performace tweaking guide for players looking for performance gains. Much talk has been circulating in the Mac gaming community surrounding the system requirements and publicized benchmarks surrounding the anticipated FPS, and the guide seeks to show how best to tweak Doom 3 without sacrificing too much in visual quality.

One of the suggested tweaks deals with ATI cards specifically:

We used ATIccelerator II to overclock the Radeon X800 XT (core clock set 5% faster to 500MHz and memory clock set 10% faster to 1100MHz) in an attempt to get it up to the performance level of the Radeon X850 XT we used on the Dual Xeon. (This was done on a closed course by professionals. Don't try this at home.)

A fairly busy thread on Doom 3 performance is also available in IMG's forums. Information from various notable sources such as Peter Cohen and Glenda Adams can be found there.

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Doom 3 on Dual 2Ghz/9800, run well enough to preorder

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