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	Can a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. be misunderstood? According to Oleg Yavorsky, GSC GameWorld's PR director, that's exactly the case. Yavorsky said in a recent interview with Eurogamer that while they try to appeal to a broad audience, their games (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) appeal to Europeans more than players in North America and Asia. Yavorksy noted that aside from basic cultural mindset differences, little things like the colors used to create the game world makes a difference. It would seem Americans tend to like flashy, bright games whereas European developers make dark ones.
	TF2 Pyro update this week, free play this weekend As previously reported, Team Fortress 2's Pyro class will receive its fiery updates this Thursday, 6/19. Upgrades include achievements and the Axtinguisher, a weapon that inflicts extra damage to opponents doused in flames, but only inflicts half its normal damage otherwise.
	Shipping this week: Supreme Political Creators This week in new releases we grab a handful of PC-exclusives. The long-awaited release of the Spore Creator Creator comes to an end on June 18, strategy fans get their fix with Supreme Ruler 2020 set to his on June 17 (June 20 in Europe) and this week also marks the scheduled release of the free-to-play MMO, Requiem: Bloodymare on June 19.
	Nvidia launches new Geforce GTX 200 GPU family The newest launch of the top end performance graphics chips is the introduction today of the new Geforce GTX 200 series from Nvidia. The high end is represented by the Geforce GTX 280 which is set to launch tomorrow with graphics cards by a number of different companies. Cards with this version of the chip are expected to set you back $649.
	Rumor: Play console games on the PC? If you want to play console games on a PC you could turn a console into a PC (such as in the above picture from Regal Hardware) Now, a once secret online marketing survey from a company called Intellisponse has been uncovered by the forum folks over at NeoGAF. Among the products supposedly revealed in this survey is something called "Trioxide". What is it? Well according to the leak it's a product that will allow PCs to play PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii game disks.

This week in new releases we grab a handful of PC-exclusives. The long-awaited release of the Spore Creator Creator comes to an end on June 18, strategy fans get their fix with Supreme Ruler 2020 set to his on June 17 (June 20 in Europe) and this week also marks the scheduled release of the free-to-play MMO, Requiem: Bloodymare on June 19.

Also hitting this week is The Political Machine 2008. From developer Stardock, the team that brought such PC-exclusive hits as Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II, The Political Machine 2008 is a humorous look at the American political system and features caricatures of your favorite real-life Democrat and Republican figures. See kids, voting can be fun!

The full list of releases for the week ending June 21 after the jump.

Gravity Interactive has been beta testing their upcoming "M" rated horror-themed MMO Requiem: Bloodymare but now they are preparing for the game's official launch on June 19. The company has just announced a pre-order offer that will run unti June 12 that will give players an early head start on playing on the game's servers.

If you purchase either a Basic package at $7.99 a month or the Premium package at $14.99 a month, players will be able to play the game three days earlier on June 16. Players will also get special experience bonuses for those three extra days on top of the bonuses they get when they sign-up to the Basic or Premium versions, Again this offer is only for players who purchase these packages before June 12.

In much the same vein as the Megami Tensei RPG series, Requiem: Bloodymare is meant to be a horror-fueled post-apocalyptic look at demons and technology. With its massive amounts of gore and giblet physics, Bloodymare definitely sets itself apart, at least graphically, from the horde of World of Warcraft lookalikes.

For those antsy to dip their hands into the gallons of blood present in Bloodymare, good news for you. The game has entered open beta, allowing anyone to sign up and play the full game for free. While the game will be free later on, it won't have all content available to those playing it for free once it hits the release version. So give it a whirl now! You can sign up for and download the beta at the official site.