exosyphen studios has announced the release of a demo for the Mac version of Hacker Evolution: Untold. The puzzle based game puts players in the role of Brian Spencer, a computer programmer who must use his hacker skills to both prove he is innocent of murder, and defeat a computer conspiracy to take over the world.

When the number of computers in existence and their processing capacity exceeds that of all mankind, a point of technological singularity is encountered.
A massive economic and systematic crisis hits the entire world. Nobody knows the exact cause, and all solutions to fix it, are failing. We are about to lose our position as a dominant specie on the planet, in favor of something we have created... computers.
You play the role of Brian Spencer, a young computer programmer working for a company he started with a couple of friends, which has developed the technology from where it all started.
When you are being framed for crime, it's up to you to prevent computers from becoming the next dominant species, and clear your name, using your hacker skills.
The concept behind Hacker Evolution: Untold is to create a game that challenges the gamers intelligence, attention and focus, creating a captivating mind game. Solve puzzles, examine code and bits of information, to help you achieve your objectives.

Features:
• Modding capability to allow the creation of custom levels
• The included mod editor, allows you to create new game levels easily
• Complex levels and game play to guarantee the best experience
• Complex command console with over 20 commands and tool

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Hacker Evolution: Untold

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PlayFirst today announced the release of Chocolatier: Decadence by Design, the third installment in the award-winning Chocolatier series, developed in partnership with Big Splash Games. Decadence gives players the new option of creating and naming chocolate confections of their own design.

“We’re thrilled about this game because, for the first time in Chocolatier, you can craft, design and name your own chocolates,” says Kenny Shea Dinkin, vice president and creative director of PlayFirst, Inc. “The better recipes you create, the more you can sell them for—your imagination guides your financial success.”

Like its addictive predecessors, Chocolatier: Decadence by Design weaves a tantalizing period romance into a stimulating economic simulation game. Unlike any game before it, Chocolatier: Decadence by Design sends players on a global hunt for exotic ingredients they can combine to create original candy recipes. Players custom craft the look and description of their individual chocolate creations before naming their new masterpieces and selling them to markets worldwide. In addition to letting players get their hands directly into the sweet, sticky pleasure of chocolate crafting, the game includes two fast-paced mini-games and quests to make and market gourmet coffee and coffee blends.

The full version of Chocolatier: Decadence by Design is available from Playfirst for $9.95, a special price available through February 14. Click over to the site below for more information about the game.

Chocolatier: Decadence By Design

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Blizzard Entertainment's Kevin Yu (Karune) recently revealed that the Vespene Laughs! comic contest will feature StarCraft II beta keys as prizes. Participants in the monthly humor contest compete for the title of funniest and wittiest StarCraft fan. This contest is one of several upcoming competitions which will give StarCraft devotees the chance to win beta keys for the anticipated game.

StarCraft II Beta Keys are up for grabs to the funniest, wittiest, able to cause a fun chuckle in your fellow StarCraft fans!

As a FYI, we will be adding (2) StarCraft II Beta Keys to the Vespene Laughs 1st place winner's prize package each month for the StarCraft II Comic Contest. The rules will be updated accordingly for the February round of entries. Additionally, we will also reward previous 1st place winners of the contest as well with the beta keys as well.

This contest will be the first of various contests that will begin offering a chance to get into the StarCraft II Beta. If you know there isn't a funny bone anywhere in ya, don't worry, there will be plenty of other opportunities, just keep checking back with us.

Vespene Laughs Contests Add Beta Keys

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StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty

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Blizzard Entertainment has released a new update for StarCraft and its expansion Broodwar. In addition to bug fixes Version 1.16.1 introduces an Enable CPU Throttling option for limiting CPU cycles, as well as a fix for the recently added "/reply" command.

Changes in 1.16.1:

Feature Changes:
- In-game Speed Options menu now has a “Enable CPU Throttling” checkbox. Enabling this option will allow StarCraft to consume fewer CPU cycles. By default this option is off.

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with the reply feature where any character followed by a “r “was being treated as a reply.
- Removed an unnecessary delay when processing palette cycling updates.
- Lessened the imposed delay in the CPU Throttling feature.

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