VIA Grease Monkey Automated Gaming Update Service Goes Live!

No_Style · Feb 3, 2005, 03:16 AM

Taipei, Taiwan, 2 February 2005 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, together with software partner GameShadow today announced the launch of VIA Grease Monkey, an easy-to-use desktop application that ensures up-to-the-minute updates for all of the most popular PC games, eliminating time-consuming online searching and waiting for important updates to download.

By simply clicking on the desktop icon, VIA Grease Monkey carries out a comprehensive scan of a user’s library of PC games, automatically generating a list of the latest patches, maps, drivers and other key gaming information necessary for the ideal gaming environment. VIA Grease Monkey then provides direct downloads of all the selected updates through a high speed connection, simply and efficiently.
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No_Style · Feb 3, 2005, 03:17 AM

A service for the extremely lazy and/or inept.

pr0digal jenius · Feb 3, 2005, 04:17 AM

gamespot...for $15 a year???

MitchRapp · Feb 3, 2005, 04:22 AM

it's kinda stupid that one of the games they advertise on their site is Half-Life 2 .... which already auto-updates itself anyways ..............
anyone try this yet and checked for spyware? I don't feel like getting bad news ...

Feb 3, 2005, 03:16 AM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	VIA Grease Monkey Automated Gaming Update Service Goes Live! Taipei, Taiwan, 2 February 2005 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, together with software partner GameShadow today announced the launch of VIA Grease Monkey, an easy-to-use desktop application that ensures up-to-the-minute updates for all of the most popular PC games, eliminating time-consuming online searching and waiting for important updates to download. By simply clicking on the desktop icon, VIA Grease Monkey carries out a comprehensive scan of a user’s library of PC games, automatically generating a list of the latest patches, maps, drivers and other key gaming information necessary for the ideal gaming environment. VIA Grease Monkey then provides direct downloads of all the selected updates through a high speed connection, simply and efficiently. _______________ Read More/Source: VIA Arena Additional Source: VIA Grease Monkey __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 3, 2005, 03:17 AM	Thread Starter #2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	A service for the extremely lazy and/or inept. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 3, 2005, 04:17 AM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	gamespot...for $15 a year???

Feb 3, 2005, 04:22 AM	#4
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	it's kinda stupid that one of the games they advertise on their site is Half-Life 2 .... which already auto-updates itself anyways .............. anyone try this yet and checked for spyware? I don't feel like getting bad news ...