With this year's gaming harvest already played and beaten and filed away into memory like so many save files, it is time now to look on. Past the bulbous shores of 2007, far off in the distant recesses of release schedules, lies the gone-golden bounty of untapped potential. And while many may slip their surly bonds and give flight to the year 2009, more still will cement their crusted plastic into delighted hands. Here we mark the prophecy of the PC legacy, a concrete, yet tumultuous hour of reckoning for this still-great platform. Shack News - 2008 Upcoming Gaming Preview

Well the industry joke has stayed consistent for 10 straight years; Dr. Photon never attacked the planet. The King never got to snuff up things up and his ego has been down in dumps ever since he went in for psychiatric rehabilitation for using the phrase “When its done too” often. The doomed vaporware game surfaced early this year when George Broussard posted a recruitment advertisement along with an ugly menacing looking “real time” shot of a pig and a small thumbnail of environment in the game. An insider reveals that significant progress has been made on the PC code of the game and development has finally picked up its pace over the year.

The game’s look is supposed to be completely over the edge with tons of stuff returning from the original series (Shrink ray and Nuke button rumored to be confirmed). The gameplay is being pepped up with attitude, killing a mutated pig with a 8 ball stick never felt so good, a console version is also being planned upon simultaneously, and expect further announcements around some big gaming expos next year. http://www.gameguru.in/action/2007/20/rumor-101-duke-nukem-showing-up-in-2008/

Portal completed in 20 minutes. Wow

In an unexpected move, EA has released the  single-player demo Crysis, The 1.8 GB file contains the first level along with a level editor. Mirrors: EA FTP, , FileShack, Fragland, , GH,FileFront, 3D Downloads

A demo for Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights has been released. The 1.6GB download is available from  3D Downloads, ComputerGames.ro, FileShack, PixelRage, and .Gamer's Hell

Official Site - http://www.juiced2hin.com/

Valve has done it again with a release of a game that on average scores above 90% (Game reviews -  http://www.metacritic.com/games/pc/) what's unique this is both the Orange Box and Team fortress 2 scored in the 90's. If you have not already I highly recommend the Orange Box package. 3 games for the price of one is always a welcomed marketing tool.

October 10, 2007 - Valve®, a leading entertainment and technology studio, is pleased to announce the availability of The Orange Box for PC on Steam (www.steamgames.com). 

The Orange Box features three top-rated new games by Valve: Half-Life® 2: Episode Two, the second installment in the Half-Life 2 episodic trilogy; Team Fortress® 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no other.

To bring gamers up to date with the Half-Life 2 universe, The Orange Box also includes Half-Life 2, the best-selling and highest-rated action game series of all time, and the episodic debut Half-Life® 2: Episode One-together, more than 30 hours of award-winning gameplay. Purchasers of the PC version of The Orange Box who already own Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One can conveniently "gift" them to a friend from within Steam.

The Orange Box is now shipping to retailers and will be available for a suggested retail price of $49.95 on the PC and $59.95 on the Xbox® 360 console system. Contact your local stores for details.

For more information about The Orange Box, please visit http://www.whatistheorangebox.com.