Friends of FITES, CipherPrime, now have their debut game Auditorium available on Steam for only $6.99!


Some of you may remember from FITES 2010 CipherPrime debuting a little game they were working on called Fractal, which has since been released and won many great awards and praise from the industry.

Finally, Auditorium 2:Duet is in the works. CipherPrime currently has a KickStarter page up to help get its development funded. If you'd like to be a part of the next indie hit from Philly, head over to KickStarter and donate.

Congratulations guys, you've worked hard to get here and I know only more success will come in your future.

Microsoft has released the Consumer Preview edition of Windows 8 today, available for download by anyone who wants it.



You can grab the bits from Microsoft at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download or if you want to skip the "helpful" setup exe and go straight for an ISO, head to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso for your language/architecture combination of choice (go ahead, get the x64 edition of Chinese (Simplified). I dare you ).

With this release comes coverage out the wazoo of what's new since the Developer Preview released at the \\BUILD conference in September. Here are a select few links for your reading enjoyment:

• WinSuperSite (several postings here)
• AllThingsD (Live Blog of the release event)
• Windows Experience Blog (from the Windows Experience Team)

And of course several other places. I've just finished burning my ISO to disc and will be installing shortly. If anyone is playing with this also, post your thoughts and impressions here.

The LANFest FITES 200 Man LAN was a huge success thanks to all the wonderful attendees that came out for the event! The FITES staff works hard each year to throw this party and the positive response from the participants is what keeps us going.

We're already in talks with the hotel to lock down the same weekend next year and are exploring the options for increasing the number of gamers.

While positive feedback makes us feel good, we need the negative feedback to improve our event. Was there something you didn't like? Something you wanted to see but didn't? Please us THIS THREAD to let your thoughts be known.

Don't forget that FITES isn't just an annual LAN. We have smaller events throughout the year as well as weekly gaming nights on Teamspeak. All are encouraged to join!