Microsoft, still insisting it never violated antitrust laws, will seek appeal. However, through an obscure law, the federal government may be able to jump the case directly to the Supreme Court. Analysts predict, based on previous decisions, that Microsoft will gain a more favorable hearing in the appellate courts than in the Supreme Court.

"MDK2 uses the Omen engine, which is nothing like the original MDK engine. It utilizes openGL which gives some of the best lighting effects I have seen ever in a game. This is partly due to the fact that the Omen engine supports the hardware transformation and lighting, which is now found on all the new generation video cards. Besides the graphics engine, MDK2 boasts some great character animations. The character models are not as realistic as one would hope for however, but because of the overall humorous nature of the game, the "comic book" quality of the characters actually help to enhance gameplay."

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In Diablo II, players return to a dark world plagued by evil forces. After possessing the body of the hero who defeated him, Diablo resumes his nefarious scheme to shackle humanity into unholy slavery by joining forces with the other Prime Evils, Mephisto and Baal. Players face a new series of quests to rid the world of Diablo and his vile brethren forever.

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Diablo II is being developed by the Blizzard North design team and is expected to release on three CD-ROMs by the end of June in Windows.95/98/2000/NT format. A Macintosh version of the game will be available during the third quarter 2000. Though Diablo II's rating is currently pending, Blizzard anticipates that the game will receive a Mature rating from the ESRB. The game will be available at most computer and software retail chains worldwide.

The IDSA announced the lawsuits after they were filed in California today. Participating companies include Activision, Capcom, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Havas/Sierra On Line, Hasbro Interactive, LucasArts, Interplay, Midway, LLC; Nintendo of America, Sony Computer Entertainment, and 3DO.

The complainants allege that, James Cabot of Ohio; C. Graves North Carolina; Tim Knoblich of Florida; Travis Lallman Idaho; Derek Rufo of British Columbia; and Carol Scott of South Carolina, each operated Internet sites through which they advertized and sold hundreads illegally duplicated copies of videogames.

The six lawsuits carry a maximum monetary penalty of $150,000 per copyrighted pirated work. "We believe these actions constitute willful copyright and trademark infringement," said IDSA president Douglas Lowenstein. "We intend to stop these activities and to send a message to operators of similar sites offering illegal copies of entertainment software (sometimes called 'gamez' or 'warez' sites) that this conduct will not be tolerated."

1. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2nd Edition
2. The Sims
3. RollerCoaster Tycoon
4. SimCity 3000 Unlimited
5. Age of Empires II
6. Motocross Madness
7. EverQuest: Ruins of Kunark
8: RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies
9. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
10. Starcraft

Players choose their favorite players, create a team and play a season on Young coaches choose junior versions of top MLB stars, and play on eight regular season playing fields -- Sandy Flats, Dirt Yards, Steele Stadium, Eckman Acres, Cement Gardens, Tin Can Alley, Parks Dept. No. 2 and the Playground Commons.

What sets this game apart from other baseball games is that it offers a variety of Power Ups including super pitches and hitting techniques as well as special items like the aluminum bat (which allows players to hit harder and farther). Other features include 30 major league teams complete with logos, Create a Player mode, and statistics to keep track of favorite players and teams.

"Recently I have begun playing Starcraft again on Battle.net (it?s amazing that the game is over 2 years old and still playable) and the immensity of complete dickheads was shocking. "

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Featuring a 3D-accelerated engine, ID4 will allow up to 20 participants in a match, with an unlimited number of matches running. The action will be first-person and utilize a special arcade-based controlling mechanism that allows users to thrust their ship in all directions.

"Soulbringer is, at its core, your average RPG. It leans towards the style of Diablo, Darkstone and Nox, the kind of RPG that offers pure action yet it's the quest based structure and the overall storyline, along some unique twists on the genre, that moves this title away from being simply a pure hack 'n slash game."

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Some of the new features of Version 1.03 include new lighting effects Special visual effects, squadron aircraft logos, a Mission planner, Roger Wilco integration, a Terrain editor (to be released after the update), and new planes and vehicles from various military groups throughout the world.

The patented intelligent buffer manager of the Ultra ATA-100 core enhances performance through decreasing access times between the host and disc interfaces, Cirrus said. Also, the buffer core supports high-speed SDRAM with increased buffer speeds to ensure full speed host and disc data transfers. Cirrus's patented error correction code is also a part of the CL-SH8670. The programmable error correction technologies allow HDD manufacturers to optimize data integrity for all drive configurations. The patented ECC technologies guarantee detection and correction of 10-error bursts per sector. Cirrus's erasure pointer implementation increases the correction span up to 20-error bursts per sector.

Other features include a 128-bit 2D engine, hardware video and DVD decode assistance, AGP 2.1 bus master interface supporting the full range of AGP speeds with SBA for host-based textures, a 128-bit SGRAM-SDRAM interface with up to 64 MB support, and integrated palette DAC. A video input port allows connection to a wide range of source and capture peripherals, while a digital video output port provides connection to numerous screens and TV encoders.

Machines that feature KYRO will be able to meet the requirements of PC 99A and support DVI compliant Digital Flat Panel. KYRO will ship with optimized driver support for Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and 2000. Direct3D HAL and OpenGL ICD will be supported out of the box. Production silicon is being shipped to OEMs and AIB customers now. Board level products are expected to be available from AIB customers within Q2 2000, with a 32 MB board expected to be available at retail below $200.

There are two promotional events set for June 15th. First is the Great Planetary Artifact Hunt event where gamers combat to gain control of certain planets that have prizes hidden in it. These prizes include the Palm V, DVD player, Sega Dreamcast, Digital Camera, and more. Secondly, AstroNest posters will be distributed on a first come-first serve basis to the first 2500 gamers.

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Produced by Shinji Mikami, who created the Resident Evil series, Dino Crisis features a large cast of characters, a horror-filled story line, 3D environments and a variety of 3D rendered dinosaurs intent on having the main chracter as a light snack. Dino Crisis is scheduled to release in North America this fall. The ESRB has rated this "M" for mature audiences.

New enhancements to the PC version include a mini game called Operation Wipeout, available from the beginning; Regina's previously hidden costumes are now available from the start of the game; a new mini game Operation Wipeout Internet is now available. Using this feature, players can upload their high score to a special web-site and see how well they fair compared to other players throughout the country.