First Concept Design DX3 Lab from Deus Ex 3

Fans of the Deus Ex franchise were delighted yesterday when lead designer Thierry Doizon posted the first concept screen from the forthcoming game on his DeviantArt site. The initial screen looks to be a sophisticated laboratory with workstations for a number of researchers and scientists.

Thierry Doizon also commented “This is one of the first Artwork of Deus Ex III being revealed (sorry in French). I can’t say a lot about it (or I’ll die) except that the level artists have done an incredible job so far and it looks better than the painting. The game is on the right track and it’ll be a great experience… can’t even wait to play it.”

We can’t wait to play it either.  While I (HeavyHitter) didn’t enjoy the last installment that much - I’m positive its shortcomings will be resolved in this new installment.  Can’t wait!

The much anticipated summer comedy Tropic Thunder will be released next week to theaters across the US. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr star in a comedy film written by Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux (best known for his role as the Evil DJ in Zoolander).  Tropic Thunder looks to be a hit comedy with an allstar cast, even if you think Ben Stiller is questionable.

Plot: Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.

Enjoy the viral trailer

In case you haven’t seen the commercials or possibly thought the new movie was a game - a new Star Wars movie is being released to theaters this week.  The twist with this new film, is that its a fully animated movie much like Dreamwork’s or Pixar’s past animated works.  With the release of this new Star Wars movie comes another marketing sweep right off the heals of George Lucas and Lucasfilm’s last works, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Hopefully this movie has had a lot of time and work put into it otherwise it could damage the already litely-tarnished Star Wars brand.  Are fans ready to buy in one more time? Only the box office will tell.

The highly anticipated PC release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 4 was finally announced.  The US release date is set for November 18th and the European release date is set for 21st.  The console version received critical acclaim by all the media outlets. PC fans and modders alike will rejoice when this game touches down.

According to AllVoices.com the U.S. Military seeks to increase its robotic force by 30%  by the year 2020. Of course how safe will these robots be in the field you might ask? Bill Smart, a researcher in the program was quoted as saying “It’s a chain of command thing. You don’t want to give autonomy to a weapons delivery system. You don’t want the robot to make the wrong decision.”

Lets just hope that the U.S. Military fares better than hollywoods failures with ED 209. If you would like to read more about our future super soldiers - check out the AllVoices breaking article.

You may have heard news or rumors of Kaminsky’s DNS Vulnerability over the last few weeks.  Apparently the threat was much more serious than people first thought.

Patching has begun across the globe to fix the exploit - thanks to DoxPara Research - IT nerds across the world can watch a very detailed animation of the patching process occurring in realtime.

If you would like more details about the DNS vulnerability and the process that took place to fix it you can refer to the original DoxPara DNS Animation article or other sources of news.

The massively popular online role playing game World of Warcraft has launched a new obtainable mount that is earned by inviting friends to the WoW game world. In order to obtain the Zhevra mount you must  invite a friend to WoW, they must then purchase the original World of Warcraft and subscribe for 2 months.  Once the requirements are met you’ll be riding a shiny new Zhevra like the one shown below.

World of Warcraft's Zhevra Mount

In case you’ve missed it - there has been a big stink in celebrity political circles after 2008 Republican presidential nominee Joh McCain created a campaign video comparing his competitor Democrat candidate Barack Obama to pop celebrities Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton. The campaign video which recieved many views and much controversy can be found here at YouTube.

This week Paris Hilton fired back with a video of her own - parodying many of John McCains talking points and firing back for celebritys worldwide.  While we don’t always agree with Paris Hilton - sometimes shes right and she gets the energy issue right in her response.  What a surprise!

Aurora Concept Browser

Mozilla has revealed a next generation browser they are developing in conjunction with Adaptive Path named Aurora.  Aurora explores new ways for people to intereact with data and with other users of the internet through computers and mobile devices.  Mozilla and Adaptvie Path have released a number of videos covering the concept ideas being included in Aurora on the Mozilla Labs Blog.  You can check out Mozilla’s blog post and the videos here.