News Around the Net March 5 2009

Rumor has it that nVidia is trying to develop a CPU and enter the System on a Chip market.
According to bit-tech.net, nVidia is interested in creating it’s own processor. The only question is, how will they acquire licensing form Intel to make it x86 compatible. Some have speculated nVidia could buy Via, however Via’s x86 license would be invalidated in the hands of any other company.

Army of TuTu?
What will be the name of the sequal to Army of Two? We may find out on March 12. Maybe there will be a PC version this time around, so we can get in on the awesome coop maneuvers the game has been praised for.

That was close!
An asteroid passed within 45,000 km of the Earth Monday March 2. It may sound like a long way, but keep in mind the Earth travels around the Sun at near 100,000 km per hour; you could say we missed it by just 30 minutes. Considering it was only spotted last Saturday, that’s a close call. It was estimated that an impact would have had the force of around 1000 “Little Boys” or “Fat Men.”

EuroGamer is reporting the latest FO3 patch gives 360 users better graphics. Unfortunately, they are still lame compared to the PC version on a half-way decent system.

Sins: Entrenchment is finally getting some press.IGN joins 1UP with just the second mainstream review of the Sins of a Solar Empire ‘micro-expansion’: Entrenchment. Why is no one talking about this game? Maybe because it was in an open beta for about two months… Oh well, it is still a fabulous addition to an already amazing game.