3d Design Game Software

Unity Technologies has announced the release of Unity 3D 2.0.1, an updated version of their 3D game design engine for Mac OS X. The free update for registered 2.0 users is ready for download.

New to the 2.0.1 release is support for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard," along with some necessary documentation updates that “enhance the documentation for both pre-existing and new features introduced with the initial Unity 2.0 release," according to the developers.

Road to US recovery likely long: Economists

The animated Stu MacKay of MacKay & Co. was more pessimistic, suggesting a "base core" demand of only 200,000 U.S. sales this year.

"The market will be based on not much more than replacement demand," he said.

All the panelists acknowledged that an array of "wildcards" -- the price of oil and the scale of another pre-buy in advance of the 2010 emission regulations, for example -- could quickly change those projections.

Looking beyond this decade, Regalia warned of the possibility of more volatility even if the economy starts to recover in the short-term. He noted that about $3 trillion in tax cuts expire between 2012 and 2014, and if something's not done to preserve them, then "that's $3 trillion in tax increases."

That kind of added cost on taxpayers -- plus inflation and the burden to fix U.S.

A game of contrasts

I'm hungry,yo," Sterling says. "I'm hungry for this game, yo."

"Yo, for real," says Tariq, tugging on one of his sideburns, a habit of his when he's bored, tense or both.

"I'm ready to play this game right now, yo," Sterling says. "Right now."

Kickoff is five days away.