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Gamers adapt better to battlefield conditions
 The
U.S. Department of Defence (Defense if you are an American) has posted
a story about the Office of Naval Research’s work with videogame
training. It appears that exposure to video games improves perceptual
and cognitive ability in soldiers, according to Program Officer Ray
Perez.
Perez, who works for the Office of Naval Research’s Warfighter Performance  department,
has noticed that those who have undergone videogame training are more
adaptable in the field, a trait that he refers to as ‘fluid
intelligence’. This is in addition to other benefits that have been
noted, in Perez’s words, “… video games can increase perceptual
abilities and short-term memory. They allow the player to focus longer
and expand the player’s field of vision compared to people who don’t
play video games”.
There appears to be a marked difference in results using old training
methods and videogame training, almost conclusively ruling out the
factor that soldiers who are naturally more perceptive and adaptable
are draw to the training program.
You can view the original DoD story here.
Discuss this here
Brett Venter
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AMD 890GX embargo ends
 As mentioned yesterday, the details for AMD’s latest chipset have been
under embargo. That embargo ended this morning at 7am. Details of the
enthusiast 890FX chipset are still not available but here are the
details of the mainstream 890GX chipset.
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Just Cause 2 features NVidia/CUDA tech, demo tomorrow
 Square
Enix and Eidos announced yesterday that the PC version of Just Cause 2
will feature advanced NVidia GPU support, with “…next-generation
lighting and water routines and full support for 3D Vision…”,
apparently making the already advanced title look even better.
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Crysis 2 in 3D?
 Crytek, developers of the CryENGINE (Far Cry, Crysis and Crysis:
Warhead), has announced that its upcoming CryENGINE3 game engine will
feature full 3D support.
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Online game launched, aims for real-world results
 Urgent Evoke, an online game that launches today, is targeting
real-world results with their gameplay. Coming across as being closer
to a reality game show than a game, Urgent Evoke is a series of
challenges revolving around social entrepreneurship and is being backed
by the World Bank Institute
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[Rumor] Phenom II X6 release on April 26
OCWorkbench has reported that the new AMD Phenom II X6 will be revealed
at CeBit this week and released to the market on April 26. The expected
reveal will coincide with the release of information to the public
regarding AMD’s 890-series chipset (expect this information to be
posted once the NDA has passed.)
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Activision may have fired Infinity Ward heads
 Activision may have canned Infinity Ward president Jason West and
studio head Vince Zampella. This is nothing but rumour at this point
but it is being reported that security arrived at Infinity Ward’s
offices following a meeting between Activision and the two studio heads
and that staff at IW have not seen either West or Zampella since
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Non-slim PS3 units malfunctioning [Update]
 Reports are coming in of an error in old PS3 units which is wrecking
several sorts of functionality. Some players are unable to connect to
the Playstation Network, the Trophy system has been compromised and
other titles are unable to load at all.
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