Game Downloads

Alpha-bet-soup
Beta testing is for noobs. The real prize is in the Alpha testing. IGG happens to be looking for 1000 Alpha testers to get cracking on their sea fairing MMO Voyage Century. The free-forever MMO offers plenty of swashbuckling fun and adventure. Discover new lands across the sea! Discover bugs and squash them! Best of all, Discover strange Korean to English translation errors that you can share with your friends!

Safetii
Well it looks like we won’t get to see quite as much household carnage resulting from wayward Wii controllers. It appears Nintendo has already stepped up to the plate to fix the Wii-mote strap problem. What was once a thin cottony waif of a strap is now a strappingly strong strap (I know somebody stop me).

Doping
The Cyberathlete Professional League has issued a press release to clarify their stance on illegal drugs. While the CPL will not be moving to a random drug test policy, they have altered their rules to include the ability to drug test specific individuals should cause arise. The CPL is concerned that drugs like methamphetamines or Ritalin may be giving some gamers an unfair advantage over the competition. Losers at CPL events are advised to change their cries of “H3s a h@xxzor!?to “H3s a d0pezor!?

Steamy Goodness
Steam announced today that they will be celebrating a WWII week of sorts. In addition to discounts on various titles, they will be offering a free weekend trial of Tripwire's Red Orchestra. Oddly enough, their weekend starts Thursday at 1:00 PST and continues on until 1:00 PST on Sunday. WOOT for the 3 day weekends! Now how do I convince the boss that I’m WWIIish.

Face Off
Last year the only tools we had for comparing the 360 to the PS3 were a bunch to hardware sheets and tech specs. Now that the two can be hooked up side by side we can get to the real comparison. Since Microsoft and Sony seem to have forgotten to send me consoles to do my own comparisons (hint) we will look to outside sources. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you be the judge.

• Dutch Get Fighting Over Last Wii
• Nintendo Retracts 1 Million Wii Statements
• Sony ignored among 2006 Spike TV major awards winners
• "Playstation Game Boy:" When genericized trademarks collide
• Nvidia & ATI Accused of Price Fixing
• eBay Wii Auction Promises Wii Bundle, Fame
• Microsoft Sells 8 Million, On Track for 10
• Japan: DS Pulverizes PSP
• Counter-Strike Prices Hot As A Pistol