Comment Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score 2, Informative) 1582
The achievements system was launched on April fools day of 2009 in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one. - FAQ
Comment Re:Big change- SPOILERS (Score 1) 159
This series of four comments is extraordinarily detailed and informative. I would blow all my mod points in here if I had any; people should be reading this rundown from someone with obvious hands-on experience and familiarity with the new books instead of many of the one-off snide remarks, if they want to understand what's changed.
Ghostbusters Game Confirmed, On Hold 74
IGN confirms a delicious rumour that's been circulating since this past weekend. Yes, Virginia, there is a next-gen Ghostbusters game currently in the works. Footage from the work in progress, made up by developer Zootfly, has been circulating with much debate over its authenticity. Unfortunately, right now it doesn't look like we'll be seeing this title any time soon. From the article: "We are very glad to see the overwhelming response to the Ghostbusters prototype movies. What you've seen is indeed in-game footage of early prototypes on the Xbox 360, running on ZootFly's proprietary engine. Due to licensing issues, further development of the Ghostbusters game hit a bump on the road. But everybody here at ZootFly is working actively on resolving the challenges with the owners of the Ghostbusters IP."
Submission + - Sun releases new OSS Language to replace Fortran
sproketboy writes: Sun Microsystems has released an alpha version of a new programming language called Fortress to eventually replace Fortran for high performace scientific computing tasks. Designed specifically for multi-core processors. BSD licensed. News.com has the details.
