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DICE, EA Reveal Battlefield 3 Pre-Order, Beta Stats
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 18, 2011 5:43 AM | CommentIn one week, DICE and Electronic Arts will unleash Battlefield 3 on the gaming world, and according to stats from the publisher, the game will quickly hit blockbuster status. More than 8 million people played the BF3 beta, EA has revealed, and the game has racked up more than 2 million pre-orders. Read More »
Mojang Wins "Scrolls" Legal Dispute with Bethesda
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 18, 2011 5:13 AM | CommentMojang's in-development hybrid collectible card game and board game can still be called Scrolls, no matter how Bethesda's legal team feels about it. Markus "Notch" Persson, the head of the studio that created Minecraft, announced today that Mojang has been awarded an interim injunction in its trademark dispute with the studio behind The Elder Scrolls franchise. Read More »
PC Tech 101: The Gamer's Guide to PC Tech
By Bennett Ring | PC Articles | Oct 17, 2011 7:44 PM | CommentGaming on the PC can be a daunting experience – it's a platform laden with more technobabble than an average episode of Star Trek. It shouldn't be though; with less than ten major components inside each PC it's actually easier to build a gaming rig than an Ikea coffee table. In part one of our Gamer's Guide to the PC we explained what the CPU, motherboard and memory do, while part two focused on the PC's graphics card. It's time to complete our beginner's guide with a look at the other bits and pieces that go into a gaming rig – the sound card, power supply, storage and case. Read More »
Raptr Launches BF3 vs MW3 Showdown
By Bennett Ring | PC News | Oct 17, 2011 6:15 PM | CommentThe exceedingly boring battle of Modern Warfare 3 versus Battlefield 3 found a fresh new combat zone today with the announcement that Raptr is launching a "Battlefield vs Call of Duty Showdown". The social networking system for gamers will determine the victor based on community voting, total hours played and achievements. While we're feeling a bit meh about the whole BF3 vs MW3 thing (personally, we're going to buy and enjoy both), there's at least one positive thing about this latest rage inducer; one lucky Raptr user will score themselves a ninja rig worth five grand at the end of the promotion. Read More »
Mari0 is the Best Thing Ever
By Mike Nelson | PC News | Oct 17, 2011 1:58 PM | CommentEarlier this year, Dorkly put together a video in which Mario was wielding a Portal gun. It made most of us think, "Wow! That's awesome. I wish it was real." Well, the joke has now now become a reality thanks to developer Stabyourself who have gone ahead and created Mari0. Read More »
Monday Mod: Portal 2 - The Core
By GameSpy Staff | PC News | Oct 17, 2011 1:07 PM | CommentIf you've breezed through Valve's Peer Review DLC for Portal 2 and still crave more test lab adventures, our Monday Mod is for you. Made by one of the original developers of Dead Before Dawn, an amazing custom campaign for Left 4 Dead, The Core has you return to Aperture Science one more time. The mod focuses on puzzle solving with the assistance of inanimate objects such as companion cubes, spheres and more. The puzzles themselves are well thought out and balanced, offering just enough of a challenge to provide that sense of accomplishment when you figure out what to do. There is even custom voice-acting for GLaDOS. So if you're looking for a few more rounds with the Portal gun, click on through to download The Core. Read More »
Preview: The Nine Battlegrounds of Battlefield 3
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 17, 2011 12:13 PM | CommentMaps. They can define a game's multiplayer experience, and according to DICE, the best of them are crafted with equal parts art and game design. Fitting, then, that the studio has released art and game design details on all nine maps that will be available at launch for Battlefield 3. Grab your compass and explore BF3's maps within. Read More »
Thailand Flood Affecting Western Digital's Operations
By Mike Nelson | PC News | Oct 17, 2011 11:59 AM | CommentThe tragic monsoon that swept through Thailand last week that left hundreds dead will have long-lasting impacts on technology components, especially those from Western Digital. Read More »
Playing as a Necromancer in Skyrim
By Mike Nelson | PC Previews | Oct 17, 2011 7:00 AM | CommentI was a bad, bad man. Or should I say, Argonian? At a recent hands-on session with Skyrim I elected to play as "that lizard race" ... and I wanted to be as evil as possible. Although the race is designed primarily for thieves and stealth-based characters, I was interested to see how it would fare as a Mage. More specifically, a Necromancer. Turns out it's a pretty good combination. Read More »
Stronghold 3 Developer Q&A
By Eric Neigher | PC Previews | Oct 16, 2011 8:27 PM | CommentIt's been more than six years since last we had a Stronghold game, so it wouldn't surprise anyone if most of you out there in internet land weren't familiar with the series. Effectively, Stronghold is a combination of two game types: a Settlers-esque economic simulation and a Castles 2 (yeah, going old-school with the reference – look it up) style fortress-building engine. The game also throws in plenty of warfare and a plot filled with intrigue to draw you into a realistic medieval world – or at least that's the hope. We caught up with developer Firefly Studios' head honcho Simon Bradbury for a series of questions that all the fans want to know. Read More »
The Health Of The PC Gaming Industry Part 2: Digital
By Andrew McMillen | PC Articles | Oct 16, 2011 6:33 PM | CommentIn part one of this feature, we examined the boxed-retail past that many gamers have abandoned. Now we take a microscope to the digital-driven future of PC game distribution, which many gamers have already embraced. Like downloading music, downloading games for your PC makes a shitload of sense: it's fast, convenient, better for the environment, and you can do it in your underwear and no-one will ever know. Sneaky and classy.
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Valve Talks Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta, Source Engine
By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 16, 2011 7:38 AM | CommentValve lead writer Chet Faliszek has provided some more details about the upcoming update to everyone's favorite hardcore shooter, Counter-Strike. Speaking to GamingLives, Faliszek discussed the incoming beta for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and also gave his thoughts on when, if ever, "Source 2" will be developed. Read More »
New Gameplay Video of BF3's Operation Firestorm
By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 16, 2011 7:04 AM | CommentDICE's John Andersson recently fronted a rowdy crowd at Nvidia's Geforce LAN event to further promote Battlefield 3. As an added bonus, he brought with him some previously unseen gameplay footage of the gigantic Operation Firestorm multiplayer map. Watch mid-air chopper battles after the jump! Read More »
BioWare on Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes
By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 16, 2011 6:32 AM | CommentDid you know that EA is releasing a free-to-play arena combat game set in the Warhammer universe? Well, if you didn't manage to catch our impressions of the Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes closed beta, then you probably didn't know... because both EA and developer BioWare Mythic have been pretty silent about the upcoming release. That silence ends now. Read More »
Project Zomboid Code Lost After Laptop Theft
By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 16, 2011 5:50 AM | CommentThe Indie Stone, developer of the upcoming zombie survival game Project Zomboid, has suffered what its calling "a major set-back". In a cruel example of very bad luck, the team has had two of its computers stolen during an apartment burglary. The computers contained the most up-to-date code of Project Zomboid. Read More »
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