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- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat benchmark appears
Finally, a DirectX 11 benchmark based on an actual game. Shacknews writes that GSC Game World has released a freely downloadable benchmarking tool based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat, its upcoming post-apocalyptic survival shooter. The benchmark takes you on several flights through a reconstruction of Prypiat, the abandoned Ukrainian city...
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Last by SPOOFE at 1:38 PM on 11/20/09 - Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising demo hits the web
With the surge of new and exciting games coming out this season, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Thankfully, demos aren't an extinct species just yet. As Shacknews reports, Codemasters has just released a demo of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, its tactical military first-person shooter that came out last month.
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Last by MadManOriginal at 9:31 PM on 11/18/09 - Borderlands zombie expansion shown on video
Completed Gearbox Entertainment's Borderlands? Sick of the multiplayer mode? Don't uninstall the game just yet. Shacknews reported last week that an expansion pack entitled The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned was on its way for consoles on November 24, with a PC version to follow some time later. Well,...
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Last by Grahambo at 1:59 AM on 11/19/09 - Deal of the week: Crysis bonanza
Crytek's Crysis and Crysis Warhead are infamous for pushing hardware to its limits even today, but they're also pretty swanky games once you get to play them. And despite their age, both have graphics that are still up there with (if not better than) some of the prettiest cross-platform...
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Last by Jigar at 11:01 AM on 11/16/09 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC to include DirectX 11 support
As you may or may not know, while DICE's original Battlefield: Bad Company game was a console exclusive, the sequel—creatively entitled Battlefield: Bad Company 2—will hit PCs on March 2, 2010, the same day as the console launch. Not content with simple cross-platform development, DICE has gone ahead and implemented DirectX...
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Last by jasonalwaysready at 10:46 AM on 11/16/09 - Modern Warfare 2 saw biggest entertainment launch ever
Step aside, Grand Theft Auto IV. As the AP reports, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has taken the crown of biggest entertainment launch ever, racking up 4.7 million sales within its first 24 hours of availability in the United States and United Kingdom alone. Rockstar North's GTA...
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Last by willyolio at 1:53 AM on 11/16/09 - Zune HD gets free 3D games
Have a Zune HD? Well, you should now be able to put the 3D capabilities of the player's Tegra system-on-a-chip to the test. As Engadget reports, Microsoft has added a handful of free 3D games to the Zune Marketplace today. In the words of the Microsoft press release, titles include:
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Last by eitje at 3:23 PM on 11/12/09 - Poll: What will be the best PC game of the season?
It's that time of year again. Days are shorter, the weather is colder, folks are putting up decorations and prepping for the holiday shopping rush, and a new batch of games is coming out. Well, unless you live in the southern hemisphere, in which case you're probably enjoying long, warm...
Poll Question: • What will be the best PC game of the season?
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Last by zima at 9:38 AM on 11/16/09 - Shooting my way through Borderlands
"Okay, just one more mission..." That phrase usually preceded me going to bed far too late through most of last week. Yes, I was bitten by the Borderlands bug. For a total of around 20 hours across a few evenings, I shot, electrocuted, set on fire, disintegrated, and drove through...
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Last by lilbuddhaman at 7:41 PM on 11/16/09 - Epic lets devs make standalone Unreal Engine 3 titles for free
id Software often gets credit for opening the source code of old game engines a few years after their release. Epic Games has now pulled a comparable feat, except with two major differences: the new Unreal Development Kit doesn't include game-engine source code, but it does give developers all of...
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Last by OneArmedScissor at 1:01 PM on 11/06/09 - Left 4 Dead 2 demo now available to all PC users
After a brief bout of pre-order exclusivity last week, Valve has now made its Left 4 Dead 2 demo available to the general public. As Shacknews reports, the PC demo is a free download on Steam, and console users with Xbox Live Gold subscriptions can grab the 360...
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Last by PainIs4ThaWeak at 9:25 AM on 11/06/09 - American McGee's Alice set for an encore
If you were into PC games nine years ago, chances are you remember American McGee's Alice. The action platformer dragged players through a darkened version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland universe, with twisted renditions of familiar characters and settings, not to mention a haunting industrial soundtrack by former Nine...
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Last by pakotlar at 10:57 PM on 11/03/09 - Etc.
I finished Borderlands over the weekend, and it was one of my favorite PC games in years. As I mentioned during my raves about the game on our most recent podcast, I had an advance press copy of the game and was knee-deep into it before anyone else. Now...
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Last by lex-ington at 4:38 PM on 11/03/09 - Left 4 Dead 2 demo hits Steam—for pre-orders only
Want to sample Left 4 Dead 2 before you buy? Then you'll want to wait until November 3, which is when Valve will release a demo version of the co-operative zombie shooter to the general public. However, Shacknews reminds folks who pre-ordered the PC version of the game that...
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Last by clhensle at 2:17 PM on 10/30/09 - Codemasters shows off Dirt 2 DirectX 11 effects
DirectX 11 games aren't exactly flooding stores right now, but they're definitely on their way. Among them is the PC version of Dirt 2, and as Shacknews reports, Codemasters has released a couple of trailers showcasing the racing game's DirectX 11 visuals. One trailer, available as an HD...
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Last by sigher at 8:51 PM on 10/24/09 - World of Goo developer outs pay-what-you-like sale stats
Last week, 2D Boy celebrated World of Goo's first birthday by letting folks buy the casual puzzle game for however much they wanted. How is that working out for them? Shacknews has the scoop. According to data released by the game studio, the average price paid was $2.03—almost exactly...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 10:24 AM on 10/23/09 - Mass Effect 2 reaching PCs, 360s on January 26
The sequel to BioWare's popular action role-playing game will be with us on January 26, as Shacknews reports. The site says BioWare has settled on that date for Mass Effect 2's North American release on the PC and Xbox 360. (Europeans will get the game three days later, on...
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Last by swaaye at 3:05 PM on 10/22/09 - Left 4 Dead 2 demo going public on November 3
Last month, we told you the Left 4 Dead 2 demo would come out on October 27 exclusively for folks who'd pre-ordered the game. But that's not the whole story. Shacknews now writes that the demo will become available to all PC users (regardless of pre-orders) on November...
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Last by Kougar at 10:40 PM on 10/20/09
- Upcoming microATX MSI H57 motherboard pictured[10]
- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration[13]
- Deal of the week: A $550 ultraportable and a $225 home server[13]
- Name Your PC Day Shortbread[22]
- Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent[19]
- Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week[13]
