I accidentally stumbled across some more news of 3D Realms' fate. Apparently they're not gone, but the Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) development team was let go on May 6th. It's not great news, but it's a little better :).

Also, here's some leaked DNF media for ya:

• Gameplay and animations video in a GameTrailers.com user video.

Thief 4 has been officially announced :D.

Update: 3D Realms isn't gone! Read more in this post.

3D Realms, 1987-2009????

While I would have loved playing Duke Nukem Forever and all of the future titles 3D Realms would have brought us, I'm much more saddened by the loss of the company itself, and the history that surrounded it. We'll miss you 3D Realms!

Here is their goodbye post with a picture of themselves.

Note: The 3D Realms logo does not belong to me, I copied it from their site here, and host it myself in case their site is taken down.

NVIDIA ForceWare v185.85 for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.

Notes for this version:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
• Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.

NVIDIA ForceWare v185.81 beta for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.

Notes for this version:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
• Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.

Yep, today is my 21st birthday :).

NVIDIA ForceWare v185.68 beta for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.

Notes for this version:

• Optimized performance for the PC game The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
• Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
• Includes PhysX System Software v9.09.0203.
• Release notes: Windows XP, Windows Vista.

NVIDIA ForceWare v185.66 beta for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.

Notes for this version:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
• Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  

NVIDIA ForceWare v182.50 for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.

Notes for this version:

• Optimized single GPU and SLI support for upcoming PC games.
• Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
• Includes PhysX System Software v9.09.0203.
• Release notes: Windows XP, Windows Vista.

Koroush Ghazi has updated both the XP and Vista versions of his TweakGuides Tweaking Companion.

• XP v4.3
• Vista v2.3