Little Wheel
Little Wheel is an adorable little puzzler set in a city of robots. The whole place has run out of power and the town’s inhabitants have shut down. As the only robot awake it’s your job to restore power to the city and save the day. The simple, silhouetted style and the smooth jazz soundtrack make this a thouroughly relaxing way to spend half an hour.
Ultra Triton SE review
You have to tip your hat to Cyberpower for this one. When PC Gamer asked their engineers to create a gaming PC for less than £500 they pulled a crafty trick I wasn’t expecting. I’ve seen overclocked CPUs sold off the shelf in low cost systems, but hacked CPUs – that’s a whole new one on me.
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trailer
Even if you’ve never heard of Transformers, the prospect of huge robot men fighting an even huger robot dinosaur should be enough to whet your appetite. If you are a fan of the ’80s cartoon, or the recent movie reboots then there’s even more to get excited about, with cameos from the most famous robots from the series. The trailer shows a bit of the third person fighting and offers a few glimpses of the vehicle sections as well.
Need for Speed World Trailer
The best parts of the older Need for Speed games were the cop chases on the open city streets. Need for Speed World takes the whole city online, cops included. This trailer gives us a dose of the lightning fast racing and the overwhelming enthusiasm of the developers involved.. As the slightly terrifying Jude mentions: “It’s about taking your awesomeness, turning it into a hammer, and, like, just beating the crap out of someone else with your awesomeness”. Quite.
Kane and Lynch 2 Trailer
This E3 trailer gives us an early glimpse of what the kind of trouble Kane and Lynch will be getting into for the sequel, Dog Days. Our sweary antiheroes waste no time turning the air blue, and then quickly red as the violence kicks off and all talk is lost beneath a hail of endless gun fire. Lynch mutters something his new love interest, Sue, then throws a bomb at somer local law enforcement, burns a man’s face on a hob and shoots a lot of people. The trailer also gives us a proper look at the unique grainy, deliberately distorted visual effects IO are employing for the the game, which is set for a late August release.
What does super-bandwidth mean for PC gamers?
I’m very satisfied with my home DSL connection’s top speed of six megabits per second (Mbps). I can download games off of Steam in a few hours, stream Netflix in HD, and generally enjoy all the best of what the internet has to offer.
Satisfied, that is, until I see something like this: Engadget has posted evidence that Comcast may begin offering insanely fast 105Mbps connections in the very near future. It’s not cheap—the asking price is $200 per month, and that’s after the $250 installation fee and another expense for the specialized cable modem purchase—but can you imagine what it’ll be like for gamers when that kind of speed comes down to consumer-level pricing?
PC Gamer Top 100
For reference, here’s our list of the 100 games we think rule over all other PC games.
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PC Gamer US August issue
The time to stick with the prod is over. The new Deus Ex is our cover this month, and it’s sleek, shiny, and doesn’t mind breaking a few eggs – a little like PC Gamer, then. We’ve got a huge six-page preview for your conspiracy-hungry eyeballs, packed with gorgeous screens, honest impressions, and enlightening quotes from the daring developers at Eidos Montreal.
But if bionic shades don’t grab you, how about MMOs you can play with your kids? Josh has found nine free worlds you can enter with urchins in tow. We’ve reviewed Alpha Protocol, Split/Second, and The Sims 3: Ambitions, and we’ve played three new missions of the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty singleplayer campaign. We’ve even written about what they were like! We’re thinking of calling it a “pre-viewing” of the game. Tell us what you think.
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This week on TechRadar
Highlights of the tech news coverage over at TechRadar.com.
- Microsoft’s TechEd 2010: The Highlights – a look at some of the features being added in the first Windows 7 Service Pack and other news from the TechEd 2010 event.
- Microsoft: IE9 will prove that hardware matters – can Internet Explorer 9 be any good? Microsoft chat to Tech Radar about how their approach differs to rivals Firefox and Chrome.
- Make Windows leaner, cleaner and faster – for more help dealing with Microsoft here and now, here’s a handy guide to getting Windows to run smoother.
- 5 forgotten technologies we should be thankful for – a round-up of a few technologies that could have changed the PC forever.
- Britain ‘to have best superfast broadband network in Europe’ – music to the ears of online gamers and those who get their games through digital distribution services.
How to run old games on Windows 7
One of the key features of Windows 7 is its ability to run an ‘XP Mode’ for older games like Starcraft that can’t cope with a 64-bit environment. It means booting into a Win XP desktop without leaving Win 7 host, and there are just two problems: to install it you need to a copy of the very expensive Ultimate edition of Win 7, and it can’t use the 3D acceleration of your graphics card.
This week on Maximum PC
Our picks of the best articles by our friends at the hardcore hardware and tech site, MaximumPC.com.
- PC Shipments Rise at a Record Rate – a first quarter sales jump of 23% this year, making a big comeback from 2009′s dip.
- CyberPower Now Shipping Nvidia 3D Vision PCs – Cyberpower’s first 3D capable PCs are already winging their way to early adopters.
- Steam Hardware Survey Shows Windows 7 and Nvidia Dominance – find out how your rig compares with the latest Steam Hardware Survey.
- Parents Find Math Game Too Violent for School – Department of Defense funded game is being used to teach kids algebra in Albuquerque.
- The Personal Computer: This One is Mine – Nathan Edwards’ new column meditates on everything from Metal Gear Jacket to awesome case mods.
Darkfall gets 14 day trial
Darkfall, the full-PvP fantasy MMO, has opened its doors to the general public with a free 14-day trial. Darkfall is all about freedom with consequences – you’re free to try to murder everyone you see because it damages your alignment and sends city guards after you if you do. You’re free to loot the bodies of players and grab their gear because they’re free to do it to you. It’s exactly the sort of intense, full-on PvP experience you should try before you buy, and now you can.
Star Trek Online now has a time-unlimited free trial
Star Trek Online has just started offering a new kind of free trial, where you can play for as long as you like. Instead of limiting your time, they restrict you to the tutorial and first mission of the game. Hmm. No time limit, but a restricted portion of the game? This new way of demonstrating a game needs a name of some kind.
