I have great news! The now infamous book on the first 15 years of US home videogames and computers - what I believe will be the most comprehensive work of its kind ever created - has finally found a new publisher. Matt and I are very excited to be working with Andrew Rollings and Hiive Books, well known for The Commodore 64 Book - 1982 to 199x and The ZX Spectrum Book - 1982 to 199x. We're confident Andrew and Hiive will give the material the layout/design and distribution that this deserves. We'll begin work on the book again in late August of this year, after we finish off the previously mentioned book for Focal/Elsevier. As always, we'll keep you posted on the status of this and other exciting projects. By the way, thanks to AA member Harmik for the heads-up on reaching out to Hiive!

Germany, is well known for being one of the largest strong-holds for PC-gaming over here in Europe. Well things have changed...

Microsoft has decided to make some of the XNA games available for download to non-developers. This is a FREE preview to ALL Xbox LIVE members.

In an article about the influences of console games on the development of DX10 PC based video games PC News interviews Mark Rein - CEO of Epic Games and he had some interesting things to say - read more!

When it comes to the old "computers vs. consoles" debate, I've always come down on the computer side. Even though nowadays the PC has lost much of its edge when it comes to graphics and what-not, you can't beat it in terms of versatility and software diversity.

I'm pressed for time, so I'll be brief.

One man is auctioning off his exhaustive console & game collection (including Mr. Do) on eBay, currently for the bargain price of $ 610.-- (Reserve Not Met).