When I saw this advertised on Steam it made me really chuckle! Dinosaurs bio-engineered and brought back to life by the Nazis and used to fight the Allies during World War 2. Epic!
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Call of Duty: Black Ops – First Strike DLC
Treyarch have finally announced the arrival of the infamous Black Ops DLC for the PC platform that we have been waiting for ever since they released it for the Xbox 360 back on February 1st, and the long awaited 1.07 update which will hopefully fix the many performance issues that they didn’t correct before release.
Unfortunately along with the news that the DLC is finally coming, we have been told that the DLC will not be free and we will need to pay £11.49 if bought after release or with the 10% off pre-release special, £10.34. Which ever way you look at it, you will be paying a third of the price you paid for the original game.
All this DLC will have is 5 new maps for the multiplayer side of the game, is it really worth what they are asking? Although reluctant, I will be buying as I don’t like to have games with parts missing. If I own something, I might as well own it all even if it is blind robbery!
Crysis 2 PC Gameplay Demo
I managed to finally create an account on MyCrysis.com and play the game. My system doesn’t exactly match up to the game developers requirements ( I will list them below ), but it plays like a dream. The specifications are much higher than Crysis 1 and that doesn’t play too well on my PC so I wasn’t hoping for much with Crysis 2.
My system specifications
- OS : Windows XP
- Processor : AMD Athlon 5600+ x2 @ 2.8ghz
- Memory : 3.25GB
- Video Card : Asus Nvidia 8800GT 256mb
- Hard Disk : I have plenty, not to worry there!
- Sound : Onboard
- DirectX : 9.0c
Crysis 2 System Requirements
- OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, with the latest Service Pack
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2Ghz, or AMD Athlon 64 x2 2Ghz (SUBJECT TO CHANGE), or better
- Memory: 2GB
- Hard Disk Space: 9Gb (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
- Video Card: NVidia 8800GT with 512Mb RAM or better, ATI 3850HD (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) with 512Mb RAM or better
- Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- DirectX®: 9.0c
When game developers give out system requirements to the public, they don’t tend to state whether they are minimum or recommended. As this is not stated with Crysis 2′s requirements, I will assume they mean minimum requirements. If this is the case, then my system doesnt make the cut what so ever! As you can see, I have an old system, but I would call it an average system, but is rapidly becoming unable to play the latest games.
As I stated above, even though I don’t exactly make the cut, the game plays beautifully. I average around 50 – 60 frames per second, which is pretty damn good for a game thats not even released yet!
Crysis 2 demo is now available
Finally some good news related to gaming. Crysis 2 is now available for download.
You will need to make an account at MyCrysis.com before you will be able to play the game. At the moment there seems to be a problem registering. This is most likely due to the demo just being released and everyone scrambling to register to play! I have been trying for the past 20 minutes with no luck!
Unfortunately it stays on this no matter how many times I try and register
Keep trying to register though, it will eventually let you. Then you can come and play with me!
You can download the demo from GamersHell or Strategy Informer.
Steams New Feature!
Valve announced on the 1st Febuary that they have released a new feature for steam. Although in beta, it’s sure to become popular quite quick.
Once you have signed up for the Stean beta, all you have to do is press f12 in any game to take the screenshot. Once taken it will be uploaded to your Steam community page with an option to add a caption.
This should be a welcomed new feature to Steam, as the only way to take screenshots and upload them on the fly is using an application such as Xfire. With Steam intruducing this feature, now eliminates the need for Xfire for such things.
The next logical step after completing this stage would be to introduce video recording in partnership with Youtube. Record the video with Steam, compress it ( with various options for HD and lower resolutions ) and then upload to the users Youtube account.
This is how it looks on the Steam overlay when screenshots have been taken!
There are however a few bugs that need to be fixed in the upcoming releases of this new feature. Some of which are listed below.
- Upload any image ( with modification to steam files )
- Uploaded screenshots do not get deleted from users hard dirve when deleted from Steam Community
- Unable to upload images when the Steam Cloud is disabled
I look forward to seeing how this turns out as it has great potential for integration into the steam store, allowing a games users to essentially advertise the game they are playing! Mean while, you can check out the screenshots that I have taken.
Crysis 2 Demo Coming to PC!
Amazing news! Its been less than 2 days since Crytek / EA released the news that the Crysis 2 demo is going to be on the Xbox 360 platform only! 13 Hours ago, Crytek announces that the multiplayer demo is now coming to the PC platform and most interestingly of all, pre-launch.
This a good move by Crytek as they are now also going to get feedback from the PC community, which should help them produce a much better product. This will also allow PC gamers to get a feel for how the game should play on their computers and allow them to decide if they want to spend the money or not on a product with out any risk!
Unfortunately, they still have failed the Playstation 3 gaming community with no demo coming to their platform, for now any way! At least they can buy it, and then take it back if they don’t like it!
EA / Crytek Encourages Piracy?
All along I have been saying to everyone that the gaming industry is full of shit and that they are the ones to blame for the majority of the piracy that goes on.
Today EA have released a new video of their upcoming game Crysis 2. The video is to demonstrate the multiplayer aspect of their game and to advertise that there is a multiplayer demo being released for the Xbox 360 platform only!
If you read my other post regarding the gaming industries claim of losing money to piracy, you will see that this could all be avoided very simply. All they have to do is release that demo on the PC and the Playstation 3 and what ever other platform that the game is going to be released on.
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