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UK PC Charts: The Sims 3 take its throne back

It was to be expected. Duke Nukem Forever has been dethroned by the acclaimed and most successful PC social-game series, the Sims 3. We should note that this UK chart is based only on retail sales. As we can see, Duke Nukem Forever fall to the fourth place and lost its throne from The Sims 3: Generations. You can view the entire UK PC Top 10 list after the jump. Continue reading UK PC Charts: The Sims 3 take its throne back

Alice: Madness Returns appeared on Steam

We all remember the fuzz about Crysis 2’s disappearance from Steam. Although we thought that EA would try to take full advantage of their latest distribution service, Origin, it appears that they don’t want to miss out the extra revenue that can be generated by Steam. As a result of that, Alice: Madness Returns is now also available on Valve’s distribution service. Continue reading Alice: Madness Returns appeared on Steam

UFC Personal Trainer Packshots Revealed

THQ revealed today the packshots of their latest UFC game, UFC Personal Trainer. The game is rated ‘3’ and supports all motion-sensing controllers. UFC Personal Trainer is scheduled for a Summer release on PS3, X360 and Wii and promises to deliver a challenging and motivating UFC fitness experience that includes the best and most effective exercises utilized by today’s renowned UFC fighters. Continue reading UFC Personal Trainer Packshots Revealed

Dungeon Siege III SLI Workaround

As we’ve informed you at our Performance Analysis of Dungeon Siege III, Obsidian’s game had various SLI issues. To be more precise, there were a lot of places where the game didn’t scale well and offered pretty low performance. The solution to avoid those framerate drops, was to run the game under Single GPU mode. However, here is a new SLI compatibility bit that offers great scaling without any slowdowns. Continue reading Dungeon Siege III SLI Workaround

F.E.A.R. 3 PC Preview Build Leaked

Although F.E.A.R. 3 is scheduled for release next week, a PC preview build was leaked today to various torrent sites. Given the fact tha there won’t be any demo, PC gamers will have the – illegal – option to test it before getting it. As you may have guessed, we won’t be sharing those torrent sites and we strongly advice you to avoid downloading this preview build. Continue reading F.E.A.R. 3 PC Preview Build Leaked

Red Faction: Battlegrounds – 24 New Screenshots

THQ released today 24 new screenshots of Red Faction: Battlegrounds. Battlegrounds is a fast-paced multiplayer-focused vehicular combat game that has been released for both PS3 and X360 and is priced at $9.99 or 800 Microsoft Points. As you’d expect from a Red Faction title, you can destroy and demolish anything that stands in their way. Enjoy these new screenshots after the jump. Continue reading Red Faction: Battlegrounds – 24 New Screenshots

Alice: Madness Returns – 30FPS Cap Removal

If there’s one thing we hate, it is witnessing a game capped at 30fps. Some companies removed that cap via a patch, like Codies did for Overlord, while others simple didn’t give a damn about PC gamers’ opinions and suggestions. Thankfully, the community has managed most of the times to find workarounds, as some modders have managed to remove the cap from both Transformers: War For Cybetron and The Force Unleashed 1 & 2. Continue reading Alice: Madness Returns – 30FPS Cap Removal

Dungeon Siege III PC Patch Incoming

Obsidian announced the details of their upcoming patch for the PC version of Dungeon Siege III. The team is currently working to fix some of the issues that people have brought up for the retail release of the game. Although we don’t have any ETA, we do know that the first patch will slightly change the control functionality and will fix a startup crash and some graphical issues that AMD owners were experiencing when forcing AA on via the Catalyst Control Center. Continue reading Dungeon Siege III PC Patch Incoming

WRC 2 Release Date Announced

WRC – also known as WRC2010 – was one of the best blends between arcade and sim rally racing. Although it wasn’t as polished as Codies’ racers and featured really short and repetitive stages, it had a lot of potential. And we are thankful that Milestone decided to develop its sequel. So rally fans, get ready for it as WRC 2 is coming to current generation consoles and PC this October and will be published by Ubisoft. Continue reading WRC 2 Release Date Announced