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Modern Warfare 2, the biggest videogame release of 2009, is set for November 10. But, as always, it is the best kept secrets that are most widely under assault and the title has apparently already arrived in the hands of some eager players, mainly from torrent sites but also from a few retail stores that have broken ... |
9 November 2009
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A new study created by TNS/Today's Gamers and Gameindustry.com is showing that more and more gamers on all platforms are interested in digital distribution but that full-game distribution through the Internet is still in its infancy at the moment, with a majority of gamers still preferring to get their Modern Wa... |
28 October 2009
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Archon is one of those games lost in the web of times past. It inspired plenty of other developers and helped give birth to brand-new releases, but even though bits and pieces of it can still be found in current titles, its name is lost in the endless history and few remember it. However, the concept behind the title... |
9 October 2009
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If any comic book hero could be the starting point for a successful video game, then that could only be Batman. Or maybe Spawn, Spawn could definitely pull it off. He tried in the past and failed, but maybe he just didn't get his hands on a proper developer. But the man of the hour is Batman, and he did manage t... |
7 October 2009
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OnLive, the service that promises gamers they will be able to play all the titles they like on their PCs or television sets, has announced that it is entering an open beta period designed to showcase the possibilities of the service while also eliminating potential problems when dealing with a wide audience and getti... |
3 September 2009
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Video games are largely reserved for recreational purposes as many people find them a great way to unwind after a hard day spent at the office or doing other things that weren't that fun. But lately there has been an “invasion” of sorts of fun and addictive video games from which we cannot escape not... |
21 August 2009
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People dream of doing a lot of things but rarely actually make even the smallest effort to achieve those goals. Some of us dreamed of becoming professional athletes, soldiers or even army commanders but let's just say that they are still dreams. That is why video games are extremely popular as they give players... |
19 August 2009
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Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest series of video games in the world. It has gained critical acclaim thanks to the fourth installment, subtitled Modern Warfare, and with the most recent one, World at War, it solidified its presence in the first person shooter genre. The video game enjoye... |
17 August 2009
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The PC as a gaming platform has been in a cone of shadow lately, with only the release of The Sims 3 managing to draw some attention to it. Other developers and publishers seem quite satisfied with not bringing their new titles to it or if they do decide to grace it with a game, it is usually delayed in order for con... |
7 August 2009
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id Software is one of the biggest and most respected development studios in the world, being responsible for cult classics like Wolfenstein, Quake or Doom. That is because it has made a name for itself by pushing the envelope in terms of performance on the platforms for which it developed, particularly for the PC. B... |
31 July 2009
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Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies involved in gaming, and it manages to ship a lot of new and interesting games on almost every platform conceivable. That is why, when its Visceral Games studio announced that it would be creating Dante's Inferno, a new property, based on the Dead Space engine, ever... |
31 July 2009
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Capcom's Resident Evil franchise is one of the most popular and best-selling series of titles for the Japanese company. With the arrival of the first game many years ago, fans were enticed by the survival horror genre that the franchise had created and loyally bought anything related to it. Even though it didn&... |
28 July 2009
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Online services are becoming incremental in our normal way of life these days, mainly because we rely on them to stay in touch with friends and to find new ways of entertainment, either by streaming or downloading videos, or by downloading games and playing them on our favorite platform. Sony's PlayStation Netw... |
24 July 2009
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The summer season isn't one filled with high-quality blockbuster releases, as many companies tend to delay or scheduled their titles before the winter holiday season, when people are much more likely to drop big money on their favorite hobbies, including gaming. But one of the few interesting releases of the su... |
20 July 2009
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Bill Gates is one of the most well-known men on the planet, largely because he is the one responsible for Microsoft, which is one of the biggest corporations in the world, and which develops the Windows operating system. PC gamers also have a special relationship with Gates as they spent a lot of time “wishing... |
16 July 2009
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Recently, word has been circling around that Alan Wake, the long-in-development title at Remedy, will not get a PC version when it comes out in 2010. Until now, Remedy has not clearly stated its position, but it has done so now, and the news is rather bad for PC players. Brightfalls, one of the biggest fan s... |
16 July 2009
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It seems that Alan Wake might not make it to the PC after all. Initial rumors appeared last week when the development team posted on the official forums about how efforts were being concentrated in the Xbox 360 version. Now prospects for PC gamers became even grimmer as one of the main people behind the game confirme... |
13 July 2009
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How many times a day do you end up using a PC although you also own and use a Mac? This happens to me quite often when I have to wake one of my friends’ PCs from the dead or even the one that I keep at home mainly for testing Windows applications and playing games that are not yet available on the Mac platform.... |
10 July 2009
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This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was filled with big announcements, but one that managed to drop by under the radar was Sony Online Entertainment's recent game, The Agency. While the spy-theme and the fact that it will give players access to a huge number of customization tools might not have ... |
8 July 2009
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Brutal Legend is one of the most expected original titles to appear at the end of this year. Promising to put players into the boots of Eddie Riggs, a character voiced by famous actor and musician Jack Black, it will take them into a heavy metal-themed fantasy land, filled with interesting characters and creatures. ... |
3 July 2009
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There are certainly a lot of high-quality titles lining up to be released in the second half of this year, especially in the fall season, right before the winter holidays, when, as we know, a lot of purchases are made, even though the economy isn't in the best shape. One of the most anticipated such games, and ... |
2 July 2009
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Croteam, the developer of the franchise, and publisher Majesco have announced that Serious Sam, one of the biggest heroes of old school shooters, is coming back. The two companies, with help from Devolver Digital, will be releasing a remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Micr... |
29 June 2009
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The PC industry has been suffering from an on-going decrease in market demand, a trend that has affected all market segments. It now appears that, after more than twelve months of gloomy forecasts, the PC market is expected to see better results at the end of this year, according to a recent report by market research... |
26 June 2009
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Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett Packard has just announced a series of updates for its line of desktop computer systems designed to provide an alternative to users that will be shopping in the back-to-school period.With the announcement, HP adds a series of configuration options for its customer base, providing t... |
25 June 2009
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Ubisoft is a very big game developer and publisher, currently possessing a lot of high quality franchises like Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed. But one of the most respected is the Splinter Cell series, which has taken the stealth genre to a whole new level.After releasing a lot of titles in quick successio... |
24 June 2009
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Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the most critically acclaimed series of shooters. Even though it failed to impress a lot of people with its first titles, when CoD 4: Modern Warfare arrived, the success was mind blowing.Then, CoD: World at War became hugely popular even though it went back to World ... |
24 June 2009
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The PC platform has been doomed by many critics and analysts largely because it has been the prime target for piracy and that many gamers just can't keep up with the upgrades necessary to their configurations in order to run all of the most recent games.But things are still going along quite nicely, and games ar... |
23 June 2009
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China is getting ready to launch a new crackdown on those videogames that are deemed to be “undesirable.” The official reasoning is that, as the number of players grows, especially those interested in MMOs, the possibility of addiction is also growing and the state must make sure that gamers are protected... |
22 June 2009
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Valve is one of the most loved companies in the gaming industry, thanks to its very good titles and to the fact that it struggles to offer the best experience to all of the platforms on which it brings its games. Fresh from declaring that it has a very good relationship with Microsoft, which is responsible for both ... |
17 June 2009
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Valve isn't any ordinary video game developer, as it tends to follow its own strategy when creating new titles and deciding on which platforms it will bring them. With the most recent one, Left 4 Dead, the company didn't bother to bring it on the PlayStation 3, instead focusing on two platforms dominated by... |
16 June 2009
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Gears of War was a great game for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. As such, it was ported to the PC and released a year later with some brand new content that made console users quite angry, but they still played it. Last year, Gears of War 2 appeared for the same console from Microsoft and its creator, Cliff Bles... |
15 June 2009
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Activision is one of the biggest firms in the gaming industry today. It has made a huge amount of money thanks to franchises like Guitar Hero or Call of Duty, for which it creates new iterations on a yearly or even more often basis.But the company is also focused on new projects and properties, with the most interest... |
4 June 2009
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Online games are among the most profitable genres of videogames on the market as they can squeeze profit from their loyal fans by using a big number of ways, from subscription fees to unique content or items.That is why when Square Enix revealed a few years ago Final Fantasy XI Online, the first MMO take on a Final F... |
3 June 2009
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the biggest online first person shooters out there, largely because the team at Valve has put together a very solid and varied experience that caters to the tastes of any gamer.With the latest Spy and Sniper update, the development team took a great risk and dropped the old unlocking system ... |
1 June 2009
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Video games appear everyday, with very interesting titles flooding the average gamer and keeping him up to date with all the recent technology implemented in them. But caught in the middle of this rush of new titles, gamers often find themselves reminiscing of older titles that brought them hours upon hours of enjoym... |
27 May 2009
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The Resident Evil franchise is one of the most popular horror survival series of video games out there, with the company responsible for it, Capcom, reaping some huge benefits off of its popularity and its loyal fan base who will buy almost any release with the brand, even though it isn't as good as the previous... |
27 May 2009
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Capcom is a company with some very big franchises that have sold quite a lot all over the world and have a big number of fans. But the company, while very successful when it comes to consoles and arcades, hasn't been having the best of luck on the PC. That is, up until now, as the company has entered the PC Gam... |
26 May 2009
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A lot of games boast the fact that they have destroyable environments, but this feature is usually limited to a few doors and/or wooden boxes, with many other things like buildings and barricades capable of withstanding even a rocket launched straight into them. But the Red Faction series of titles has managed to ma... |
25 May 2009
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Shuttle, a leading designer and manufacturer of small form computer systems, has announced today the introduction of its first VIA Nano-based line of PCs, featuring two new models, the XS29 and the XS29F. The company's new Embedded Slim series will take advantage of the performance and power consumption features... |
25 May 2009
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Jonathan Blow is currently one of the most famous independent game developers out there, being responsible for the hit game Braid, which explored time manipulation, had a deep and intricate story intertwined with philosophical elements and, of course, was great to play. Now, after he became world known and Braid hit... |
25 May 2009
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Hollywood has made a habit of coupling with every major blockbuster a video game tie-in in order to squeeze even more money from the average consumer. As the thought of an easy profit is quite interesting, especially in this day and age, video game developers are more than eager to partner up with big movie-making st... |
21 May 2009
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Street Fighter is one of the most popular fighting franchises, having a large number of fans all over the world thanks to its great characters and interesting gameplay mechanics. With the most recent iteration, Street Fighter IV, the series has gained critical acclaim and has once more one of the most played fighting... |
19 May 2009
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The PC platform has been doomed time and time again by a lot of analysts and/or developers over the past few years. From the fact that it would be consumed by piracy to users eventually realizing the advantages of consoles, the PC was seemingly destined to be forgotten by gamers. But that's not true, as a lot o... |
18 May 2009
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Although it took Microsoft some time to respond to Apple's Get a Mac video ads, the Redmond company is now producing and serving consumers a steady flow of advertisements aimed at turning them away from buying Mac computers. The software giant's main weapon? A price measuring contest of Windows PCs vs. Macs... |
15 May 2009
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Apple has started airing three new commercials in its ongoing successful Get a Mac campaign. The three ads can be immediately viewed over at Apple's website, under the Mac section, along with older Get a Mac ads going way back to 2006. The latest three spots, PC Choice Chat, Elimination, and Customer Care, feat... |
14 May 2009
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The PC platform has, for a long time, been doomed and sentenced to a slow and painful death by a lot of analysts, who predicted that consoles would become the most important platforms in the world for video games. But this is not true, at least according to big video game corporation Electronic Arts, which has... |
14 May 2009
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Comic books have offered a lot of material for other branches of the entertainment industry, spanning from movies to TV series. But the gaming industry hasn't been oblivious to them and has turned to them in order to get stories and heroes for different video games. The most recent company to take on a comic bo... |
4 May 2009
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We reported a few months ago that Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom had joined the PC Gaming Alliance, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the PC platform back to the center stage of gaming. This meant that the company would bring a lot of its console-exclusive titles to the PC, ... |
4 May 2009
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PC gaming hasn't been going through the best times in recent years, and, at least according to some analysts, it will be dying out in a matter of months or possibly years, succumbing to the popularity of consoles, which are more user friendly to gamers and, in some cases, piracy free. But the platform is still ... |
21 April 2009
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Fighting games have been around for quite some time, dominating the early days of arcades, times when titles such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken gained the huge number of fans they have today. But no other fighting franchise can boast the worldwide appeal that Capcom's Street Fighter series has won.Not only has it r... |
21 April 2009
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