With a career spanning over two decades, Robin Hobb has risen to the top of the fantasy genre globally. Her name, adorning bookshelves everywhere, has become synonymous with compelling, epic fantasy fiction. 

In the early chapter of her career, she established herself as an author under the name ‘Megan Lindholm’. In 1992, she decided to embark on fictional narratives of greater epic scope. To mirror that shift in direction, she chose a new name, ‘Robin Hobb’, under which she has written a stream of bestselling fantasy trilogies, including The Rain Wild Chronicles, Soldier Son Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy, Liveship Traders Trilogy and The Farseer Trilogy. 

In The Inheritance, the short stories of both Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm are brought together in one superb collection. 

‘I feel the two pseudonyms have very different styles and choose different types of stories to tell. Whenever I get a story idea, I know immediately if it will be a Lindholm or a Hobb,’ said Robin. ‘When I am writing as Hobb, I tend to be more detailed and emotional.’ 

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In this short story collection, Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders with vampires, alien musicians, tramps and feral cats. In one story, Lady Carillion Carrock and a number of nobles are sailing to the Cursed Shores — stripped of wealth and in exile. She believes they are bound for wondrous cities, but when she is marooned by the ship’s unscrupulous captain she will soon discover the grim reality of what survival in the Rain Wilds entails. In another, a would-be writer is eking out a dull existence by working in a Sears store. Then one

Sydney, Australia – 15th March, 2011 – Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today announced the Australian availability of new Lexar® Professional Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) memory cards. The new high-capacity Lexar Professional 133x SDXC cards enable the capture, storage, and transfer of extended lengths of 1080p high-definition (HD) video and continuous, rapid-fire image capture in a single, high-performance solution. The Lexar Professional 133x SDXC card is the first available in a 128GB capacity, and is also offered in a 64GB capacity. Both cards are speed rated at 133x, providing a minimum guaranteed transfer speed of 20MB per second, and feature a Class 10 speed designation.

“Professional photographers increasingly need memory solutions that are reliable and versatile enough to store both videos and photos securely. This need is due to the increasing convergence of digital photo and video-capture methods,” said Richard Clarke, national sales manager ANZ, Lexar Media. “The 64GB and 128GB Lexar Professional 133x SDXC cards offer solutions to professionals shooting large volumes of HD video and high-resolution images through combining large capacities and high-speed performance.”

The Lexar Professional 133x SDXC memory cards are compatible with all SDXC-enabled devices. The cards include the latest version of award-winning Image Rescue software to help recover lost or deleted photo and video files. Professional photographers can now capture, store, and manage more of the photo and video content critical to their livelihoods.

Lexar Professional 133x SDXC cards provide consumers with the quality and reliability they have come to expect from Lexar Media. All Lexar product designs are tested in the Lexar Quality Labs, a group of facilities where all Lexar product designs undergo extensive testing to ensure performance, quality, compatibility, and reliability with more than 800 intended digital devices.

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Haarlem, The Netherlands – 14 March 2011 – The quest for King Solomon’s treasure is about to kick off now that Adam’s Venture 2: Solomon’s Secret (PC) has reached Gold status today. Videogames publisher Iceberg Interactive and independent development studio Vertigo Games have also revealed the official pack shot for the retail release of the action adventure game.

2D and 3D images of the official pack shot of Adam’s Venture 2: Solomon’s Secret accompany this press release and can be downloaded at www.iceberg-interactive.com.

Adam Venture is an action explorer hero; adventurous but using his wits rather than resorting to violence. Brought to life from a third person perspective with the Unreal 3™ engine, adventure gamers are in for a real visual treat in combination with family values storytelling. In this second installment of the episodic series, Adam Venture and his crew end up in 1920’s Jerusalem having escaped alive from the Caverns of Eden. In their continuous search for the Lost Garden of Eden, they become entangled in a thickening plot featuring a ruthless dig for the ancient King Solomon’s treasure – but is that really all there is to it? What is the real goal of the infamous Clairvaux Corporation?

Adam’s Venture 2: Solomon’s Secret is scheduled for release on 8 April 2011. Pre-orders are available in the Iceberg Webshop (http://www.iceberg-shop.com/adams-venture-2-solomons-secret.html) with free shipping up until the release.

About Vertigo Games
Vertigo Games is an independent game development company located in the Netherlands. Founded by passionate and highly specialized people, Vertigo Games has quickly established itself as a respectable and original game developer. We feel it’s important to create high-quality products; our games should be fun to play, but also uphold family values. Therefore we stand for responsible entertainment.

Hamburg, March 14, 2011 – Two new language versions of gamigo’s air combat MMOG Heroes in the Sky are now available. British and French pilots can take to the skies and take part in epic aerial battles set during World War II.
 
The German version of the game got off to a flying start, with more than 200,000 pilots competing against each other in adrenaline-filled dogfights in historic planes. These fights can have as many as 16 players on each side fighting at the same time. A complex improvement system means that planes can be upgraded for battle individually and in a variety of ways. Pilots can also learn useful skills from the elaborate skill tree.
 
More information about the start of the English and French versions of Heroes in the Sky can be found on the game’s official website.

Sydney, Australia – March 15, 2011 – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that Prey® 2, the sequel to the popular 2006 game, is scheduled for release in 2012 and will be available for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows. Further details on the game will be revealed in the May issues of PSM3, Xbox World and Official PlayStation Magazine.

Prey 2 is being developed by Human Head Studios, the studio that created Prey, the original, award-winning game. Prey 2 is being built on the cutting edge id tech engine from id Software.

“We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on Prey 2,” said Chris Rhinehart, project lead. Prey 2 will provide gamers the opportunity to explore a new facet of the Prey universe, one that offers fast-paced action in an open, alien world. We’re excited to show gamers the title we have been working on and hope they will be as excited by this title as we are.”

Continue to check http://facebook.com/prey2 for additional information on Prey 2 in the coming days.

Further details on the game will be revealed in the May issue of PSM3 Magazine.

About Bethesda Softworks

Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of premier interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda Softworks label include such blockbuster franchises as DOOM®, QUAKE®, The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, Wolfenstein® and RAGE®. Among the world’s top development studios creating titles for ZeniMax are Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, Arkane Studios, MachineGames Studios, Tango Gameworks and ZeniMax Online Studios. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

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Vendors Extend Five-Year Partnership

Sydney, 15 March 2011 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, and Acronis, a leading provider of easy-to-use backup, recovery and security solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced that Acronis’ flagship virtualisation product has been certified on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

With their expanded partnership, Acronis, a Red Hat ISV Partner since 2006, has certified its Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. This certification enables organisations to simplify their physical-to-virtual server consolidation efforts to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. In addition, the solution, which is based on Acronis’ advanced disk imaging technology, allows users to back up an unlimited number of virtual machines on one server host and supports unlimited and seamless migrations (P2V, V2V, and V2P) that can be performed instantly or on a scheduled basis.

“Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is a sophisticated software tool that solves many of the problems associated with the backup of virtualised servers. This joint certification is indicative of two players who are bearing increasing weight in the virtualisation arena. The P2V, V2V, and V2P migration capabilities and ability to back up unlimited virtual machines on one host server is a clear benefit for customers,” said Tim Stammers, Senior Analyst at Ovum.

Karl Sice, General Manager – Pacific at Acronis, said, “We have worked closely with Red Hat as an ISV partner since joining Red Hat’s partner program in 2006 and have seen great demand and adoption for our solutions on Red Hat platforms. Certifying Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization gives our joint customers even further choice and flexibility for their virtual environments.”

“Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization’s robust ecosystem continues to expand to provide our customers with the flexibility they need for their virtualized systems,” said Navin Thadani, senior director, Virtualization Business at Red Hat. “By certifying Acronis’ virtualization solutions on our Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform, we are expanding the value of our joint solutions to enterprises around the globe.”

For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, visit www.redhat.com/rhev.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions and an S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for seven consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with virtualization, applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com. For more news, more often, visit www.press.redhat.com

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use backup, recovery and security solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to protect their digital assets. With Acronis’ disaster recovery, deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is sold in more than 90 countries and available in 14 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.com. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.

The latest in our series of in-depth gameplay videos for L.A. noire, “Investigation and Interrogation” focuses on two of the crucial skills of any good detective. Comprised entirely of in-game footage, this video reveals how players will search crime scenes, interact with possible clues and question witnesses and suspects in order to solve cases.

Developed by Team Bondi in conjunction with Rockstar Games, L.A. Noire arrives on shelves May 20th in Australia and New Zealand.

EA have released some amazing new screens for the upcoming game, Shadows of the Damned. The title revolves around Garcia Hotspur, hunter of demons, and his wrath will bring hell to its knees. The game is from the creative genius of Suda 51 (No More Heroes) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) in an all-new psychologically twisted vision of hell unlike anything seen before.

Shadows of the Damned combines visceral action with dark, grotesque horror to create a mind-shattering adventure that has to been seen to be believed. Brace yourself for one hell of a trip to the city of the damned.

Shadows of the Damned launches this June in Australia and New Zealand. Please let us know if you would like to review the game.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that the highly anticipated videogame Batman: Arkham City™ will step out of the shadows and onto store shelves in Australia on October 19 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Games for Windows PC and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City is the follow-up to the award-winning hit video game Batman: Arkham Asylum™ and delivers an authentic and gritty Batman experience.

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City – five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum – and the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new, all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.

Batman: Arkham City is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamcity.com to sign up to receive updates regarding the game and join the discussion on the recently launched community site at http://community.batmanarkhamcity.com  to participate in forums, read upcoming developer diaries and stay abreast of all the latest Batman: Arkham City news.