A few hours ago, Microsoft announced that Kinect will be coming to the PC. Great news, right? Well it would be if Microsoft wasn’t trying to milk the golden cow. You see, instead of offering PC gamers the chance to experience Kinect as it is, Microsoft is releasing a brand new device for it that has minimal to no changes with the X360 version. Well, apart from a new motion camera feature called ‘near mode’ that allows the camera to be used as close as 50cm away. Not only that, but Kinect for PC is priced, significantly higher than the X360 one. Continue reading Microsoft in an attempt to milk the golden cow with the Kinect PC→
As promised, here are the best graphical mods/texture packs for Skyrim. These mods will improve the game’s visuals and are pretty much essential for all those seeking to experience Skyrim with the best graphical settings. As always, some of them come with a noticeable performance hit, so be sure to read the following descriptions before downloading and throwing them in your Skyrim directory. Continue reading Skyrim Tribute – Best Graphical Mods/Texture Packs for Bethesda’s RPG→
2012 is almost upon us and it’s about time to take a look at 2011’s PC offers. However, here is something interesting with this Top10. This is not a Top 10 Best PC Games of 2011. Since we’ve been covering the performance of all the latest PC titles, we decided to make a Top 10 with the best and most optimized PC games of 2011. Therefore, this list takes into consideration the ability of a game to take advantage of quad-cores, whether or not is full of bugs, its graphical options and its ability – and whether the specifications are justified – to push the boundaries of each and every DX API. So, take a deep breath and here we go… Continue reading Top 10 PC Optimized Games of 2011→
Man, this simply can’t be a simple coincidence. It’s pretty much clear that most of us want to see Half-Life 3 and it’s true that Valve has been hinting for it, but is that all we got? Apparently not as all hell has broken loose these past days. Forget the HL3 T-Shirt and the fact that Gabe Newell – that’s according to an insider so take it with a grain of salt – has given the green light to Valve’s employees to start hinting about the next Half-Life title. Yeah, those are quite good enough in order to assume that we’ll have some news about HL3 in 2012 but Valve themselves has given us lots of little hints and easter eggs these past days. Continue reading Are we that desperate for Half-Life 3 or is Valve truly hinting towards a 2012 reveal?→
And it’s finally been revealed. AMD’s latest high-end GPU model that is based on the ‘Tahiti’ chip has just been unveiled and it’s the fastest single-GPU card on the market. Which was to be expected but what are the performance gains that PC gamers can expect from it? According to the earlier leaks, Radeon 7970 was expected to be 60% faster than Nvidia’s GTX580. Sadly though, the card is not that much faster. There are cases where the gap between these two cards is almost around 50% and it’s definitely the faster single-GPU, but it’s nowhere as fast as we wished. Oh, and the card can’t touch Nvidia’s dual-chip offer, the GTX590, despite earlier rumors suggesting that it would be almost on-par with it. Continue reading Radeon 7970 Round-Up; AMD is back with a punch→
Cliff Bleszinski and PC gamers are in open war for a couple of years. So imagine our surprise when Cliffy B stepped on VGA’s yesterday and announced Fortnite, Epic’s new IP that is clearly inspired by our beloved Minecraft. And although both Cliff and Epic haven’t announced the game’s platforms, we strongly suggest Epic to avoid releasing it on the PC at all costs. Why? Keep reading to find out. Continue reading Why Epic’s new IP, Fortnite, should NOT come to the PC→
Now this is surprising. THQ and Obsidian announced yesterday – via the videogame magazine GameInformer – that a new South Park RPG is in the makings. Now this is great and we are overly excited about it. There is a lot of potential here and Obsidian could attone for their previous sins with such a game. However, we fear that this new game is doomed to fail. Why? Well keep reading to find out! Continue reading Why the new South-Park RPG is doomed to fail→
Skyrim has just been released and there are already some mods in the works. We took a good look at most of them and here are the five most anticipated ones that could be released in the following days. Before jumping to early conclusions, these mods are quite easy to be implemented and do not require a lot of work. Of course we’d love to see an AI overhaul but let’s face it; a mod like that is really ambitious and will most probably won’t be completed anytime soon. So, instead of listing the mods that are likely to see the light of day, here are five that are essential to every PC gamer. Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Five Mods we are really looking forward to→
A few days ago, we posted an editorial about how all those dreadful scripted events are killing the gaming experience. Seems that we should had also added all those annoying QTEs that were used heavily in God of War. These QTEs are not immersive and have no place in modern-day games as they can be easily replaced by clever, real-time, gameplay ideas. Seriously developers, we are not watching movies. We are playing games and this is definitely not the right way to create dramatic or cinematic scenes. An adventure game like Heavy Rain can get away with this. But the sequel to one of the best tactical FPS games to be filled with QTEs? Seriously now Ubisoft? Oh the horror. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots – Target footage is disappointing to say the least→
Oh boy, here we go again with the scripted events. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard it before that those dreadful scripted events, which are included in most modern-day titles, are killing the whole gaming experience. There is a lot of argue about it, and to be honest, both sides are right. On one hand, scripted events give a cinematic feel, a more intense – albeit ‘fake’ – experience that could not be achieved with any other way. On the other hand, however, these same scripted events are hurting the dynamic nature of the games. Games are transforming into movies, meaning that the players are simply attending instead of actually playing them. Continue reading Editorial – Scripted events are killing the gaming experience→
