Crytek say “PC is easily a generation ahead”, being held back by consoles
Crysis developers Crytek spoke out today saying that while PC’s are a generation ahead of the Xbox 360 and the PS3, but that future PC games will be limited by having to cater to less powerful consoles.
Crytek announce new game: Warface
Crytek have announced their next game. It’s a free-to-play multiplayer military shooter called Warface focused on the South Korean market. Read on for more details, and the first two screens of the game.
Witcher 2 footage shows non-linear dungeons and giant flaming golems
Nearly 20 minutes of footage from The Witcher 2 has been shown at the CD Projekt conference. The first video shows Geralt breaking out of prison using two different approaches, a sneaky non lethal method and a more exciting, stab-happy approach. The second video showcases the huge new locations generated by The Witcher 2′s revamped engine. The flaming battlefield full of warring golems is particularly impressive. You’ll find both videos embedded below.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit patch to fix performance issues
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit came out last week, but since release many players have been reporting performance problems during races. A patch is due to hit next week, with fixes aimed at making the game run faster, particularly on multi-core processors. Read on for the full list of patch notes.
First Back to the Future screens unveiled
The first screens of Telltale’s Back to the Future adventure games have appeared, showing us what Marty and Doc will look like when part one of the adventure series is released in December. You’ll find the new images embedded below.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s 21 augs analysed
The new Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer shows an augmentations screen, where you can see all 21 of the cybernetic enhancements you can get in the game. Some we know the details of for sure, many are obvious from their icons, and others require a bit of imagination. Here’s our analysis of what we think all 21 of them will do.
Steam launches winter sales, Valve gifting gamers their wishlists
The Steam Thanksgiving holiday sale has kicked off. A new selection of games will be on offer every day until November 30th. On top of that, 30 users each day will recieve the top 5 games in their wishlist.
The Minecraft Experiment, day 4: The Cove
When I first started playing Minecraft a few months ago, I played with a rule: if I die, I have to delete the entire world. This is the fourth entry in the diary I kept of that experiment – the first is here.
Tim Schafer explains why Double Fine don’t do PC
Tim Schafer is the co-creator of Monkey Island and the man behind great games like Grim Fandango and Psychonauts. In spite of his great history on the platform, his development company, Double Fine, have stopped bringing their games to the PC. Now, he’s explained why.
Eve Online plans to add vanity microtransactions
Eve Online developers CCP are planning to introduce the sale of vanity items such as additional clothing and furniture to their space-warfare sim, with plans to sell further features further down the line.
Exclusive LoL champion reveal: Trundle, the Cursed Troll
We’re excited to reveal, for the first time ever, full details on the next champion to step onto the battlefield in League of Legends–a crazy, diseased troll with a ridiculously large club and a knack for biting his foes. Trundle looks like he’ll fill a debuffer/tank role with some jungling/solo-laning potential, not to mention a pretty gnarly hairstyle. Read on for a full abilities list, screenshots and all the backstory you can handle.
Rift’s dynamic invasions [beta key giveaway]
In Rift: Planes of Telara, your world is under invasion by dimensional invaders who are systematically ripping holes in the space-time fabric around your planet. Not good, but it gets worse. If you and the other players don’t push in and close the rift (via a slick and co-op-able party quest), the interlopers will establish a foothold in the region, erect structures, terraform the land to resemble their plane, and send war parties at nearby towns that battle with local guards. If left to their own devices, the invaders will bring in a huge monster boss that marches toward the town, crushing everything in its wake (but offering incredible rewards for players that band together to defeat it).
Contest: Fifty beta keys are up for grabs; details at the end of the post.
PC Gamer US Podcast 249 – Ask the turkey edition
The PC Gamer Thanksgiving dinner table is full this year as Logan, Evan, Dan, Josh, Mike, and Andy crowd around our small, imaginary spread of delicious Thanksgiving morsels to talk about video games.
Since it’s obvious what we’re thankful for this year (good games), we decide to spend the hour giving you something to be thankful for: answers to life’s greatest questions. Or at least answers to the questions that we get asked most frequently by readers!
PC Gamer UK Christmas Issue – Diablo 3
The Christmas issue of PC Gamer UK comes straight from hell, but it looks heavenly, with not just one Diablo 3 cover but five. You can see four of them below, each depicting a different character class from Blizzard’s hack-and-slasher.
Activision will “never, ever charge” for Call of Duty multiplayer
A few months back, when asked what his one wish would be for his company, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said “I would have Call of Duty be an online subscription service tomorrow,” which understandably had gamers worried that Call of Duty’s multiplayer modes might come with an added monthly fee in future. Activision have spoken out today to firmly put an end to those rumours.
