Black Friday (Ads) Cometh
Throughout history, many unusual events have occured on Black Friday:
In contrast to all the horrors that have plagued the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving Day, contemporary Black Fridays symbolize the point in the year that retailers start making net profits. Because profits are denoted in accounting by Black, and deficits by Red, it follows that this day be called Black Friday. With all this having been said, expect to see many different sales ads, like Best Buy, CompUSA, Sears, Target, JCPenney, Walmart, etc., for Black Friday 2007.
PC Crysis Demo Download!
Finally, after a long, patient wait, EA has officially released a PC demo for their new epic-FPS Crysis. The demo is single-player only, weighs in at a bloated 1.77GB, and requires NVIDIA driver updates to play, but it’s a small price to pay to kick some virtual alien ass!
Get DotA v6.49b Now!
With a lot of new tweaks in place, including fixing a major bug with the Ogre Magi and limiting the number of power treads you can carry, DotA Allstars 6.49 (not AI) and DotA 6.49b (not AI) are available for download. You can download the beta version here. DotA 6.43b with AI version 1.4 is also now available for download here. The changelogs are as follows:
6.49b Changelog
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* Fixed a major bug related to Ogre Magi from last version
* Few other minor fixes
* Can only carry one Power Treads now
* Fixed the recoded Fissure to work properly with Aftershock
6.49 Changelog
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* Added a new recipe item (Armlet of Mordiggian)
* Added a new recipe item (Orchid Malevolence)
* Added a new recipe item (Shiva’s Guard)
* Added a new base item (Javelin,139527)
* Remade Power Treads
* Changed Monkey King Bar recipe
* Remade Vladmir’s Offering
* Reduced Ultimate Orb price by 50 gold
* Mystic Staff price from 2900 to 2700 gold
* Reduced movement speed bonus from Boots of Travel by 5
* Reduced Linken’s Sphere recipe by 100 gold
* Changed the second secret shop model (to Goblin Shop) and the shop’s carried items
* Bottle and Ring of Basilius no longer shift positions in your inventory when used
* Reduced Black King Bar cooldown from 100 to 85 seconds
* Increased Kelen’s Dagger of Escape cooldown from 25 to 30 seconds
* Improved Bloodstone’s charge regeneration rates
* Reduced mana cost on Hand of Midas
* Lowered mana cost on Helm of the Dominator
* Purchasing Bottle fills it to 2/3 instead of to maximum.
* Lowered Eaglehorn price from 3400 to 3300 gold
* Dagon’s mana costs and cooldown now decreases per level
* Reduced mana cost on Nathrezim Buckler
* Euls and Guinsoo now share cooldown
* Lowered Gloves of Haste price from 610 to 550 gold
* Recoded Aghanim’s Scepter. It can now be dropped, sold and disassembled. It also properly updates itself in deathmatch.
* Decreased Linken’s Sphere cooldown from 60 to 40 seconds
* Reduced Hyperstone price from 2300 to 2100 gold
* Remade N’aix
* Changed Crystal Maiden’s Brilliance Aura to a global effect
* Increased Acid Spray duration by 4 seconds
* Undid previous Jugg armor buff and increased starting strength by 3 and movement speed from 290 to 295
* Removed the invulnerability period while Priestess of the Moon is leaping
* Lowered Puck’s initial Intelligence and Intelligence Growth
* Lion’s Mana Drain is now faster (same mana drain over 4 seconds instead of 5)
* Changed Dark Rift from channeling to cast delay and reduced mana cost
* Increased cooldown on Call of the Wild
* Increased Lich attack range from 500 to 550
* Increased Pit Lord’s movement speed and starting Intelligence
* Improved cast and attack animation time on Broodmother
* Decreased cooldown on Death Coil from 15 to 11 seconds
* Rewrote Fissure to avoid Entangle and Impale based spell conflicts
* Improved Chen’s movement speed by 5
* Reduced Bristleback’s strength growth from 2.7 to 2.2
* Reduced Poof’s cooldown and mana cost
* New loading screen art (kunkka.deviantart.com)
* Added player index flags to replays
* Fixed a typo with Reaper’s Scythe
* Fixed some rare exploits with the Freeze Leaver system
* Improved Harbinger’s story (Terrorblaze)
* New Spectre background story (-Jenova-)
* New Visage background story (Grujah)
* New Storm Spirit background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Ogre Magi background story (Digital Anomaly)
* New Alchemist background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Lion background story (vertigo12)
* New Centaur background story (-Jenova-)
* New Slardar background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Tinker background story (Grujah)
* New Rigwarl background story (Volcove)
* New Zeus background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Pudge background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Traxex background story (Volcove)
* New Vengeful Spirit background story (-Jenova-)
* New Mortred background story (Inferno[DK])
* Fixed various item tooltips
Toys-R-Us Video-Game Sale!
This week is a good week for gamers, because Toys-R-Us has a fantastic “buy 2, get 1 free” deal (no coupon required) on all of their video-games. Because common sense isn’t always common, they specify that the free game will be the one whose price is the lowest. Even better, this sale is available in-stores and online, and runs from today till next Saturday, October 20. Quantities are limited, so it’s probably better to buy sooner than later!
New Starcraft II Screenshots
Some of the recently released Starcraft 2 images are bizarre, featuring a wide-range of concept art for the Dark Templar Terran Viking, Marine and more. I can’t wait for Blizzard to release an official Starcraft II demo! Check out the latest Starcraft II concept art and screens:
