| Warship Combat: Navies At War PC Game Review Review by Jim Cobb @ The Wargamer <br /> <br />If you enjoy naval wargaming, Navies At War is awesome, but prepared to be schooled by an AI that probably knows more tricks than you do. <br /> <br />Read The Review Here |
| King Arthur Shows Off Its Strongholds - Screens The majestic Strongholds of King Arthur – The Role-playing Wargame are the magic castles of the legends, now reborn in Britannia; the cities of wonders that wizards used to summon out of thin air during one night. <br /> <br />There are only a handful of locations where it is possible to build a Stronghold. They used to be the palaces of gods and kings in the ancient times, but they had been destroyed. But now, as the tides of wonder sweep over Britannia again, the time is right to restore these colossal keeps… because in a Stronghold everything is possible. <br /> <br />In King Arthur, Strongholds are the centers for development and research – and also huge, beautiful battlegrounds. These mythical medieval cities offer almost unrestricted construction possibilities and a diversified tech tree. The first of the Strongholds will be the legendary Camelot. <br /> <br />PRESS RELEASE/VIEW SCREENS (Hosted by Worthplaying) |
| Shattered Horizon Silent Running Trailer Futuremark Games Studio has released a new trailer for Shattered Horizon, showcasing this first-person shooter game where players fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident that throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space. <br /> <br />The new Silent Running trailer is all about utilizing the stealth mechanics in the game by powering down the suit and losing the ability to track players on radar or hear what’s happening around you. The upside to powering down the suit is that players no longer show up on radar, as well, and it’s easy to get in close and deliver a killing blow to unsuspecting opponents. <br /> <br />WATCH TRAILER (Hosted by GameTrailers - 01:58) |
| Modern Warfare 2 Digital Distribution Backlash Source: Blue's News <br /> <br />Direct2Drive has word they will not carry Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to its use of the competing Steam service. There's a statement about this on Gamasutra where Direct2Drive says: "We don’t believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse," referring to Steam. Voodoo Extreme also notes that online retailers GamersGate and Impulse are following suit, with Impulse saying: "The most obvious issue is the forced inclusion of a competitor's store that blocks us from carrying the game." |
| Developer Pirates Its Own Game RedLynx: We put Trials PC game on torrent sites <br /> <br />Trials developer RedLynx has admitted that in order to market its PC title it leaked it to torrent sites for pirates on the same day it was released to paying consumers. <br /> <br />The pirated version of the game does not include support for leaderboards, said company CEO Tero Virtala, a crucial feature that is the "soul" of the game. Without it, he hoped users of the hacked version would want to upgrade to the legitimate copy once they began enjoying the game. <br /> <br />"Piracy is here, so how can we take advantage of that? What we did actually, on day one, we put that game immediately on all the torrent networks ourselves," revealed Virtala, during a panel discussion at Develop Liverpool yesterday. <br /> <br />"That game relies really heavily on the server side – the leaderboards are the soul of the game. I don't know if it's helped, I'd assume so because even though the version that we put on the torrent networks wasn't the full version, it's the version of the game without the actual soul, without the leaderboards to play against other players." <br /> <br />Read more... |
| Cut Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Removes Gore, Adds Performance Source: Blue's News <br /> <br />PC Games Hardware has benchmarked the recently released demo for Left 4 Dead 2 compared with the version of the demo released in Germany that has some of the gore removed, and found the cut version runs about 40%(!) faster than the uncut version. Word is: <br /> <br />The direct comparison between cut an uncut version reveals huge differences in performance. It doesn't matter if we use a dual-core E6600 or quad-core Q6600 processor, the less violent version of the demo runs about 40 percent faster that the uncut version. Furthermore the difference between the two uncut results (dual-core vs. quad-core) is bigger, too, what indicates a higher CPU workload. <br /> <br />Since it is currently possible to play on "uncut" servers with a cut version of Left 4 Dead 2, the question arises if this could be an unfair advantage for some players. A scene that lags in the uncut version might be running smoothly in the cut version - especially in Versus Mode this could make the difference between death and survival. It is of course possible to lower the amount of violence in the uncut version via the command console though. |
| Warhammer Online Introduces "Endless Free Trial" Warhammer Online Further Enhances Accessibility with New Streaming Free Trial Client and Introduction of New User Journey Features <br /> <br />Mythic Entertainment™, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, today announced that the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR), has replaced its 10-day time-limited free trial with a new, endless free* trial program which is now available for download. The new streaming client for the endless free trial enhances the game’s accessibility and greatly decreases the download time, making it easier than ever for new players to experience the never-ending battles of WAR for themselves. <br /> <br />New users and returning players can download the Warhammer Online endless free trial by visiting http://www.warhammeronline.com/trial. <br /> <br />PRESS RELEASE |
| EA: "Singleplayer is no longer the future" Author: Joe Martin @ Bit-Tech <br /> <br />Speaking at an EA Winter Games Showcase earlier this week and EA spokesperson said that the company strongly believed that multiplayer games were the most exciting place to be developing and that singleplayer experiences may well be on the way out. <br /> <br />"Singleplayer games are no longer the future," said a spokesperson who introduced the event which had playable segments from Left 4 Dead 2, Mass Effect 2 and C&C 4 on show. <br /> <br />"Multiplayer games are becoming increasingly exciting...Online functionality is a key way of extending the player experience." <br /> <br />Read more... |
| Review: Nesteq ASM XZero 500W PSU Review by Grace @ DriverHeaven <br /> <br />Today we are going to have a look at a product from Nesteq a German computer products designer, the ASM Xzero 500W power supply. What makes the Xzero unique is that although it has a cooling fan it only uses it when the internal temperature rises above a certain temperature, making it what we would call a semi-passive running unit. It also ships with a variety of distinct features which we will analyse thoroughly in our review today. <br /> <br />Read The Review Here |
| Firefox 3.5 Gets Another Fix Firefox 3.5.5 Update Fixes Critical Security Bug <br /> <br />Source: LifeHacker <br /> <br />There's nothing terribly exciting to speak of in today's Firefox 3.5.5 update; from the looks of the tiny changelog, it looks like one critical security fix and a few other minor bug fixes will make their way to your browser. Mozilla should officially announce the update to Firefox 3.5.5 sometime later today — they're currently hard at work pushing the Firefox 3.5.5 update to their servers. Once they've got their ducks in a row, you can download the update directly from Mozilla here (7.70 MB). If you're in no rush to update manually, Firefox should prompt you for an update in the next day or two. |