Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Announces Scholarship in Tribute to Mark Beaumont

You may or may not know that Capcom COO Mark Beaumont passed away suddenly on February 23, 2010. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has chosen to to honor his memory through a new scholarship that awards $2,500 per year to four students in pursuit of careers in interactive entertainment. Beaumont had been at Capcom since 2005, serving as both senior vice president and executive vice president before being promoted in April 2008 to the role of COO. He also served on Capcom’s Board of Directors. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president of publishing at Midway Games, worked as Time Warner Interactive’s executive vice president of publishing for 2 years, and spent five years as a general manager at Activision. His first jobs included working for Data East, Mindscape, Psygnosis, and Atari. On why they chose to establish a scholarship in his name, Joseph Olin, the

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Shadow Complex

Developers: Chair Entertainment/Epic Games Release Date: August 19, 2009 Rating: T for Teen Genre: 3-D Action Side-Scroller Cost: 1200 MS Points Where: Xbox Live Arcade Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade continues with the release of one of the year’s most anticipated Arcade titles. Shadow Complex (based on the universe of Orson Scott Card’s novel “Empire”) is here and with the power of Unreal Engine 3, it is a single player experience you do not want to miss out on. What begins as a lovely day for Jason and Claire takes a horrible turn when they stumble upon an underground sanctuary filled with some not so nice gentlemen. They have captured Claire, believing that she is a spy, and now Jason must put to use the spy training he received and the life he chose not to live in order to save her. Shadow Complex follows the basic rules of a

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“Jacinto’s Remnant” to continue the Gears of War story

Karen Traviss, author of the first Gears of War novel Aspho Fields, will be continuing the story after the end of Gears of War 2 with her new novel Jacinto’s Remnant. Her novel picks up after the surviving humans evacuate and destroy their last city, Jacinto, and flee into the unknown to fight against the remaining Locust. It’s up to Marcus, Dom and the rest of the gears to help humanity survive the new land that they now find themselves in with not only the Locust, but other desperate humans to contend with. “Karen Traviss has outdone herself once again,” said Rod Fergusson, executive producer, Epic Games. “Jacinto’s Remnant not only answers the question of what happens after the events of Gears 2, it also provides greater insight into the Gears of War universe and a deeper understanding of its characters. We hope players of the games and discerning readers

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Unreal Tournament 3 Black free weekend

Epic Games is offering a long weekend where anyone can log onto Steam (www.steamgames.com) and download Unreal Tournament 3 Black and play through the weekend free of charge. Preload for the weekend starts today, that way you aren’t loading during the free playing time. Players who purchased Unreal Tournament 3 can enter their retail key by using “Activate a product on Steam” and it will automatically update to Unreal Tournament 3 Black for free. Black includes new Patch 2.1 with fixes, upgrades to award progress, and mod support enhancements.

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