The newly launched Bing search engine wasted no time in entering into the user-generated content (UGC) contest foray for user attention and retention. Bing is the latest incarnation of Microsoft that in the past has produced the search engines MSN and Windows Live. One purely aesthetic yet defining aspect of the Bing user interface is the constantly changing background image; it will be this image that is at the heart of the contest. (more…)

Bethesda Softworks, creator of recently released nuclear war game Fallout 3 has announced plans to let users access both the editor and downloadable content for the game.

Fallout 3’s official editor, G.E.C.K. (Garden of Eden Creation Kit) will be available for free download in December and will allow Games for Windows users to create, modify and edit data for the game from building landscapes and towns to writing dialogue and creating characters. (more…)