Bulletstorm missing PC features
A lack of customization options has been frustrating many players booting up Bulletstorm after its release in America earlier this week. A slim range of tweakable options is making it difficult for players to set up their game. Mouse smoothing is locked on, the maximum framerate is locked to 62fps and there are no field of view options. Fortunately, there are workarounds, but using them means hacking into the encrypted .ini files.
And in other PC gaming news…
Skyrim! Yeah! You know what I’m saying right? We’re pretty damn excited about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Why? Turn up the volume, click here, and watch. Tom’s shot-by-shot analysis is here. He’s into Elder Scrolls. Like properly into it.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution! Yeah! Square Enix have finally let us talk about the first three hours. It’s a very different story to the first preview we published (restricted to the first 30 minutes of play). Get the scoop here.
But enough about those stories. That’s old news right? Click more for today’s quick link selection.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in-game trailer revealed
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim trailer is out now, giving us the first in-game footage of Skyrim. So far all we’ve had to go on were some screenshots and the enigmatic teaser trailer. But now we finally get a good look at what the game’s going to be like, and it’s pretty damn exciting.
The game’s due out on November 11. For more Skyrim information, check out our Skyrim news feed, or pick up our huge preview in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, out now in stores and online.
Exactly how excited has this trailer got you? Let us know in the comments.
Ken Levine says first-person games are “the most direct way to engage”
Creative lead of Irrational games and creator of Bioshock Ken Levine has been talking about the advantages of first-person games. He argues that the viewpoint is more immersive, saying it provides “one less barrier to the experience.”
Shift 2 Unleashed trailer shows helmet cam and flaming exhausts
A new developer diary for Shift 2: Unleashed concentrates on the high levels of realism the team are aiming for. It features real-life footage spliced between dev chats and more of the helmet cam. That’s a view designed to simulate a head, inside a helmet, inside a car, in race. It ain’t easy.
Gemini Rue released, demo now available
Neo-noir adventure game Gemini Rue is out now. The game tells the story of two playable characters, retired assassin Azriel and Delta Six, a man trying to recover his identity after his memory has been wiped. You can soak up the atmosphere in the new demo, which lets you play through the game’s opening.
Crysis 2 trailer tells Prophet’s story
The latest Crysis 2 trailer tells the story of Prophet, the squad leader for your missions in the first game. He’s back, and he’s angrier than ever. He’s cursed to remain trapped in his nanosuit until the end of time. Stuck in a suit that gives you super strength, super speed and invisibility? As curses go, it’s not a bad one. There’s a Crysis 2 multiplayer demo coming next week, ahead of the game’s full release on March 22 in the US, and March 25 in Europe.
DC Universe Online interview – Part 3: Characters and Heroes
Today, we talk with DC Universe Online’s Game Director Chris Cao about character creation, future Power Sets being added to the game and how the development team had to choose between quality and quantity in development. If you’re playing DCUO as much as we are, be sure to read the earlier parts of the interview, where Chris talks with us about animation glitching and developer priorities and the planned monthly content updates (hint: Penguin’s coming!), and tune in each day this week for more insight into our current favorite MMO.
And in other PC gaming news…
I think we can all agree that there’s nothing quite as exciting as a giant countdown, especially when our first glimpse of Skyrim is waiting at the other end. The trouble is, like with painfully slow downloads and loading bars, it’s hard to tear your eyes away from the progress bar as it slowly inches closer.
Never fear, we’ve got plenty to distract you from those ticking seconds. How about the new Battlefield 3 trailer? It’s got guns, and army men carrying them. So far it’s checking all the right boxes, but we can’t wait for a more in depth look at that enormous city map. It’s looking spectacular.
In other news, Ubisoft have rowed back on their always-on DRM for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Test Drive Unlimited 2 got patched, and Rich is obsessed with StarCraft 2. Okay, that last bit we knew already, but his quest to reach Gold League is a bit like a superhero origin story, where all the superpowers have been replaced with mad clicking skills, and the Batcave has been replaced by a dark, dark bedroom.
But so much more has been happening in the world of PC gaming. More than even our augmented titanium typing fingers can cover. Read on for everything you need to know.
First in-game footage of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will go live tomorrow
A clock has appeared on Bethesda’s site, counting down ominously to the launch of the official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim site in 22 hours and counting. The countdown page promises that tomorrow’s launch will give us the first in-game footage of Skyrim.
There’s a desktop wallpaper available to download too, if you like the idea of a menacing man glaring at you from the peak of a dark mountain every time you turn your PC on. You’ll find plenty more on Skyrim in our preview feature in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK.
Epic increase UDK royalty cap tenfold
Epic have announced a ten-times increase on the royalty cap for games created with the Unreal Development Kit. The free software kit is powerful enough to let anyone create a game using Unreal Engine 3. Before now, games earning profits of more than $5,000 would have to make royalty payments to Epic. The royalty cap now stands at $50,000, making it easier for new developers to get started.
Battlefield 3 trailer shows first in-game footage. Also: legs
The new Battlefield 3 trailer gives us the first few glimpses of what the game will be like to play. The modern city environments look massive, and you can see your own legs. They look suitably army-like. Check out our Battlefield 3 news feed for everything we know about the sequel. The game’s due out Autumn this year.
Valve working on making Source SDK less “painful” to use
Gabe Newell has been talking about the projects Valve are working on. He says that one of the major aims of the company is to improve the usability of the Source Software Development Kit and the Hammer level editor. Newell says that the current tools are “very painful” to use, saying that “we probably are spending more time on tools development now than anything else.”
Nail’d demo released
Nail’d is a breakneck racer that has you hopping your quadbike over ludicrous jumps and racing down sheer cliff faces, trying to pull off the most dangerous stunts possible to make it to the finish line. A demo has just been released. The 1.19GB download contains two tracks from the full game. You can grab it here. Check out the Nail’d website for more on the game’s extreme take on offroad racing.
Getting to gold league in Starcraft 2
There are some things I’m just no good at. Maths. Skateboarding. Washing my clothes and folding them up in a cupboard before I need them. Before StarCraft II was released, I had assumed its multiplayer segment would be added to this painful list.
My prior experience came secondhand; stories of Korean men fighting other Korean men at the speed of light. I watched a few videos. “Their poor wrists” was all I could think. People said words like ‘APM’ as if they were real things, made jokes about needing more pylons. Haha! What’s a pylon?
StarCraft II makes you play at least five practice matches before you’re allowed onto Battle.net’s permanently ranked ladder system. I tried one. I knew I’d lose.
I won. I won again. And again. I lost my fourth and fifth games, but we don’t talk about those. I was – as my placement in the silver league now confirmed – Not Bad At StarCraft II. For my spare time, that was bad news.
