When Blizzard announced that its northern offices were being relocated to California, they announced that they were working on a new, unannounced project that was believed to be Diablo III.  Well, Blizzard’s PR people have quickly squashed that rumor, stating that the new project is neither a sequel to Starcraft or Diablo.  So now the new speculation is that this project is an expansion to World of Warcraft, but it could be a new franchise all its own.  We don’t have to wait long to find out, though: the new game will be announced at their inaugural BlizzCon in October.

Microsoft Wednesday announced two pricing plans for its next generation video game console. When the Xbox 360 goes on sale this holiday season, buyers will be able to purchase a no-frills version for $299.99 or a bells-and-whistles version for $399.99.

 

The less-expensive core system will feature only the Xbox 360 console with a controller, which has to be plugged into the system to play games. The $400 option will come with a 20 GB hard drive, a wireless controller, a headset (used for talking with other players online) that stylistically matches the Xbox 360 and, for a limited time, a remote control allowing users to more easily access the machine's multimedia functions.

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Microsoft also announced the price points for over a dozen Xbox 360 accessories, including stand-alone wireless controllers ($50), detachable 20 GB hard drives ($100), headsets ($20) and Xbox 360 faceplates ($20), which allow users to customize their machine.

 

Those hoping to take advantage of the Xbox 360's oft-touted high definition graphics will either need to purchase the $400 bundle or buy separate component cables (which will sell for $40) along with the basic system. The lower-end package will ship with standard AV cables.

Source: Morris@CNN via Maarten@Shacknews

* Changes in the "threaded emulation" option.

* Removed problems with HELP, START, SELECT, OPTION and BREAK keys.

* Small other changes in user interface.

* Better installer.

* Zlib library updated to version 1.2.3

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The Linux/Unix versions of MAME and MESS have been released.

x-mame and x-mess are now at version 0.99

Everything from MAME 0.99 (changes-mame.html) and MESS 0.99 (changes-mess.html).

 

The SVGAlib target no longer fails silently under certain conditions. (Hans de Goede)

 

Removed some unnecessary calls to exit() and fixed a few memory leaks in the X11, Xv, and effects code. (Hans de Goede)

 

The SVGAlib driver now handles __svgalib_tty_fd == -1. This allows it to work with newer releases of SVGAlib. (Hans de Goede)

 

Removed "-xv/-xvext" from the manpage. Bugzilla bug 535. (Erik Hovland)

 

Updated the joystick types in the manpage. Bugzilla bug 737.

 

Fixed some typos in the documentation. Bugzilla bug 738. (Erik Hovland)

You can grab them from the MESS site here, or at the official site here

Credits: Official Site