Jun
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Archive for June 20th, 2008
Jun
20
2008
Mass Effect Computer activation procedures screw over legitimate copy ownersPosted by admin in Video Games
Jun
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2008
NPD US- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures still best-selling US PC game for weekPosted by admin in Video Games
Those who have been religiously following the charts may have noticed that Stardock Games’ Sins of a Solar Empire has dropped from the list while veterans World of Warcraft and Sims 2 are still holding strong with three games on the list each. Here’s a list of the top ten games:
source pc.qj.net
Jun
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2008
Crytek CEO says Crysis: Warhead to run on high settings with a 400 Euro PCPosted by admin in Video Games
According to him, because of the new optimizations made to the game engine, the game can run at 30 to 35 frames per second with high graphics settings on a 400 (around US 620) personal. He pointed out that they wanted to steer clear of the image that Crysis: Warhead was a game that only gamers with high-end PCs could enjoy. A sentiment, we might add, that a number of gamers had with the original Crysis. Interestingly enough, Yerli also noted that the changes they’ve made to the engine can also be applied to Crysis. A fact that users with less than optimal specs may want to look into if the developers decide to release a patch. It begs the question though: will the graphics of the game suffer because of these optimizations? We’ll just have to wait and see. source pc.qj.net
Jun
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2008
E3 2008: Eidos to bring Tomb Raider Underworld, Just Cause 2, and morePosted by admin in Video Games
Aside from Tomb Raider Underworld, another high-profile game from the company that is expected to make an appearance is Just Cause 2. Here’s the complete list of games, along with the platforms they’ll be appearing on:
Not included in the list is a new Hitman game that’s reportedly in development, at least according to SCi’s 2007 report. As a reminder, this year’s E3 will be taking place from July 14 to 17, at Santa Monica’s Los Angeles Convention Center. That’s the latest news we’ve at the moment – visit again in case we run into any further updates. source pc.qj.net
Prior to his departure, Young headed EA Blueprint which handles the publisher’s smaller-budget projects. In his stay with the company, Young has also headed the Maxis studio and was involved in huge efforts like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Sims 2, and Medal of Honor: Airborne. Details were very vague as to why and how he left. The only thing known for certain at this point is that Gibeau wishes him all the best in behalf of EA. Castle will take over EA Blueprint after his stint with the Los Angeles wing. Castle is the founder of Westwood Studios, which carved its name as one of the patriarchs of the RTS genre. source pc.qj.net
Jun
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2008
Voting now open for the 26th Annual Golden Joystick AwardsPosted by admin in Video Games
The Golden Joystick Awards have already compiled a shortlist of games you can vote for in 15 categories. Here’s the shortlist for those nominated for the Ultimate Game of the Year award:
Voting is now open, gamers! Time to support the game that made your year! Follow the link below to vote! Buy: [Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures] source pc.qj.net
Yup, you read that right: we’re introducing a brand new scoring system that we hope will make it easier for you to get a clear idea of where we stand on the games we review. From now on we’re going to be rating our games according to a five-star scoring system, with a single star representing the lowest a game can score, and five stars representing the absolute zenith of the form. We figured you might have one or two questions, like “why the hell are you doing this anyway?” or “what does this even mean?” So we’ve put together a handy little FAQ for ya. What does each rating mean? 1 Star: This is a poor game, not worth buying, not worth playing… we took one for the team and you definitely owe us. 2 Stars: Not particularly good, but some fun can be had if you’re willing to put up with a bevy of faults. 3 Stars: This is an average game, it’s more good than bad, would probably make a good rental. 4 Stars: A really good game, just about everyone will likely have fun with this, definitely a suggested purchase. 5 Stars: There’s no such thing as a perfect game, but this comes darn close. It’s revolutionary, or at least evolutionary, an extraordinary experience that represents the best gaming has to offer, everyone should experience this. Why a 5 Star review system? We’ve thought long and hard about it and the fact is that a numerical scale or percentile system implies that there’s a mathematical formula that can followed, or a checklist of items that can be ticked off to come up with a game’s score. This simply isn’t true. A game is, for most people, more than the sum of its parts, it’s about a complete experience, and throwing out arbitrary figures just didn’t seem right. The 5-Star system is our attempt to avoid the numerical scale while at the same time providing a strong visual identifier for you to immediately get an idea of just how good or bad the game is. Why not an alphabet based review system? We feel the A-B-C-D grading system is too strongly linked to the percentile grading system, where an “A” often represents a gray area between 90-100 … it seemed just a little too inaccurate so we decided it’d be ideal to avoid that whole mess altogether. No half-stars…why no half-stars? Half-stars give a little too much wiggle room. We want you to be able to get a good idea of how good or bad a game is at a glance; the half-star complicates things and quite frankly would probably allow us the chance to cop out from time to time. It forces us to be harder on ourselves when we evaluate a game because the difference between 3 stars and 4 stars means that much more. Cool, what does an actual score look like?
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With this year’s E3 now less than a month away, 
