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Many games of NCSoft currently do not work on Windows 7, in particular the MMO Lineage 2.
I think they updated the GameGuard for Aion and possibly for Guild Wars, but not for L2 or Rappelz.

Lineage 2 by NCSoft

Rappelz is not a NCSoft game by the way, it’s more like a free copy of Lineage 2.

Here’s the solution:

1. Download the updated GameGuard from Aion here. GameGuard Windows 7 fix

2. Duplicate the l2.bin (inside the system folder) and rename it to l2.exe.

3. Next, replace the GameGuard files that are officially signed by NCSoft.

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As previously reported, Windows 7 will have a feature called WARP 10 (Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform) that will allow you to boot your PC without a graphic card.

Developer Stardock (Galactic Civilizations II, WindowBlinds 6) is obviously very pleased with Windows 7.
Stardock only managed to sell so many “games” because they’re all running on almost every PC. WARP10 means that Stardock can make games that look a lot better without having to worry that it won’t run on every PC.  That’s why CEO Brad Wardell urged everyone to install Windows 7. Obviously, they will also sell a lot more games if their games look better. As of right now, they can’t require DirectX9/10 support, because many people still run XP.

Stardock has recently (4/14/2009) released their game “Demigod”. It’s a tactical strategy game that includes rpg elements:

Demigod, one of the games developed by Stardock

You can download DemiGod and all other products of Stardock through their own digital publishing platform, which you can download for free here:

Stardock's digital publishing platform ImpulseDriven

Stardock’s CEO hasn’t made any statement regarding WindowsBlinds yet. Windows 7 has a completely new GUI, so Windows Blinds does not support Windows 7.

I stumbled on a post at Gizmodo.com today. A month ago they released some pretty interesting benchmarks. They used NVidia’s beta drivers 181.xx.

Funny trivia – they named the image “todaysucks”. Unsurprisingly Windows 7 is doing a lot better than Vista, except in one test. There is such a great difference in that one 3D benchmark, because NVidia had released new drivers for Vista, but not for Windows 7 back then. By now, there are new drivers!

The latest Windows 7 Nvidia drivers are:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_x86_185.85_whql.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_x64_185.85_whql.html

They are working like a charm on my PC and should be able to boost the benchmark results a little bit.  So your overall gaming performance should be a little bit better.

Here’s a free theme for all Windows 7 Gamers. Hope you like it :)

Download Theme

If you want to grab a PS3+GTAIV, then check this out (found it via Twitter) You can get it almost free, I suppose you just have to complete some trials. Enter your mail on the next page and try it out (US only):

Grab a PS3 + GTAIV !

List of Gaming Themes

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Theme
• Star Wars Theme
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 Theme
• Command & Conquer 4 Theme
• Dragon Age Origins Theme
• World of Warcraft Theme
• Halo Theme
• Guild Wars Theme
• Final Fantasy Theme

All of the themes above can be download from this page:

Download Windows 7 Themes

Old Wallpaper-only Gaming Themes

As promised here is a package for all Windows 7 Gamers.
It includes themes of various games. Some of those wallpapers are really old-school, I’ve used them back in 2001.

They are freely available in our “Premium Area“. There are already 60+ free Windows 7 themes available by now. If you don’t feel like doing a short 1min survey, then retweet it and I will send you a password.

Enjoy :)