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Today EA Games announced that they are going to be publishing Burnout Paradise for the PC. This is the first incarnation of the franchise to arrive on the PC. According to EA, the game is being “rebuilt specifically for the PC” including an expanded multiplayer and new “community driven content.”

I always thought that the Burnout games would be better on PC. You can get better frame rates and customized controls, two things I thought the Burnout games needed. Hopefully it will be released on steam so I don’t have to go to the store to pick it up.

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Like most gamers, the first thing I tried out when I got my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV was the multiplayer. Unsure of how to do pretty much anything, I scoured the manual for some clues. Unfortunately there in no mention of muliplayer.

Today Rockstar Games released a guide containing all the info necessary to get started on GTA IV’s multiplayer.

If you still feel like a noob every time you log on, hit the jump for the full guide. Continued…

Rockstar Games has confirmed that they have released a patch for the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Specifically, the patch addresses the issues dealing with online play.

“Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.”

Read: Rockstar Patches GTA IV’s PS3 Online Play.

Last week, Blizzard Entertainment launched a new site with some pretty radical changes, namely the introduction of a digital download store. For the first time, gamers can purchase digital copies of Warcraft III, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and StarCraft Anthology. More games (Diablo) are promised to be added later on.

This is just what I needed. As someone who has lost or destroyed three copies of StarCraft, I can’t justify buying physical copies anymore. Now I don’t have to deal with awkward store clerks and waste gas when I need to get my Craft on.

Read: Blizzard Gets Its Digital Download On.