Medal of Honor Pacific Assault

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3DVelocity took a look at EA's Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. Fix bayonets and take a strole over.

Quote: " Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, or MOH:PA, takes place in the pacific at the start of World War II. Pearl Harbor is being bombed by kamikaze Japanese enemies and you as marine private Tommy Collins are in the middle of it.

Need for Speed Underground 2: Your Car Online ?

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Because we had so much fun playing Need for Speed Underground 2 ourselves, we decided we are going to make a gallery with tuned cars from our readers! If we get enough response we'll make a complete new gallery for all of your tuned cars... For more info on how to get a picture of your car online, please visit GameConnect.

Half-Life 2 Bullet Time Mod v1

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This small Half-Life 2 script makes the game go "bullet-time" when pressing "b" button and while in bullet-time the physics and ragdolls fly a lot further than in normal mode. Due to no physics on bullets except crossbow, grenades, rpg and bugbait, the other weapons' bullets won't slow down.

Half Life 2 Tweak Guide

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TweakGuides have thrown up their Half Life 2 Tweak Guide! Here's a snip.

I've just completed my Half Life 2 Tweak Guide, and it's now available for you to read. In true TweakGuides tradition it contains full descriptions of all the in-game settings ? something Valve neglected to provide ? as well as clear descriptions of the most useful command variables for the game, and how to use them correctly so you can undertake some serious tweaking. All this is rounded out with Steam configuration and troubleshooting advice, a link to the No-CD for HL2 Retail owners, and a bunch of general tips to ensure you get the most out of "the greatest PC game ever".

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Screenshots & Videos

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Why save the world when you can rule it? GoldenEye: Rogue Agent goes where no previous James Bond game has dared to tread, giving you the chance to cross over to the dark side of the Bond universe to experience life as a ruthless and unpredictable villain. View the screenshots and videos at GameConnect.

Half-Life 2 Update

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The changes in this release are directed at reducing the problem some users are experiencing with sound stuttering. The sound stuttering is not indicative of a sound problem, sound stuttering is only a symptom of texture thrashing on your video card or AGP memory. For information on how to reduce texture thrashing visit this link on our support site:

Steam Client Update Released

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A platform update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The change includes:

No longer require "remember password" to be checked to play offline

GarageGames: RTS Starter Kit

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The RTS Starter Kit opens up the power of the Torque Game Engine to strategy fans and developers. A customized version of Torque, the RTS Starter Kit provides the functionality needed by developers to create a strategy game.

Stargate SG-1 - The Alliance

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Today publisher JoWooD has launched the homepage for its upcoming Stargate SG-1? game, named "The Alliance", Fans and game enthusiasts can now get a first look at the spectacular interactive game experience, Stargate SG-1: The Alliance?. The teaser site will premiere new elements of the game on a consistent basis. The full site will be launched in early 2005 to support the Stargate SG-1: The Alliance game release in Late 2005 for all major platforms.

Half-Life 2 Stuttering Problem - Fix Coming Soon

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A solution for the stuttering problem has been found and a fix is coming. I've been talking with Gary McTaggart about this today and it turns out that my texture management theory was correct. A patch will be coming for this issue that will load all of the required textures into video memory on level load, rather than doing it during game play. There is currently no ETA for this patch, but I will post an update as soon as I get more information.

Update: The patch should come out no later than tomorrow.

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Half Life 2 GPU Roundup

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AnandTech have thrown up part 1 and 2 of their Half Life 2 GPU Roundup!

With Half Life 2 out we spent the past two days play testing and benchmarking the game on the latest DX9 hardware. Part 1

Imperial Glory trailer and screenshots

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Imperial Glory promises to be the most extensive strategy game ever, offering an in-depth management model along with graphically stunning real-time land and naval battles in full 3D. Choose which of the five great 19th century Empires to lead: Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia or Austro-Hungary, each with their own unique attributes. View the trailer and screenshots here

HL2 Retail users CD / DVD Check Solution

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This bit of Info was posted over at Steam's Forum by Mayhem_ntl.

I did this for my retail install of Condition Zero (which also required the CD to run) and when I have some spare time I'll do it for HL2 and CS:Source.

Half-Life 2 CPU Shootout: AMD versus Intel @ FiringSquad

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Wondering which processor is best for Half-Life 2? Or perhaps you're curious to see how older Athlon XP processors perform with this game in comparison to Pentium 4 and Athlon 64 processors? In this article we've rounded up 17 different processors ranging from the Athlon XP 2100+ all the way up to the Athlon 64 FX-55 and Pentium 4 3.46GHz Extreme Edition. See how the CPUs compare to one another inside!

Doom 3 Expansion Details

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HomeLAN Fed reports the new December 2004 dated issue of Computer Gaming World magazine is now out in stores and has some of the first details and screenshots about Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, the upcoming expansion pack to id Software's first person shooter remake. Developed by Nerve Software, the new expansion is set to have 11 levels, four new monsters, three new weapons.

Steam Client Update Released

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A small number of Half-Life 2 customers have been experiencing problems while playing the game, and we have traced these issues to corrupt Steam cache files. We've released a Steam update to help resolve these issues. If you have been experiencing problems such as crashing during gameplay or startup of Half-Life 2, please restart Steam and then click on one of the links below. Steam will then automatically verify your cache files. The verification process will take roughly five minutes to complete.

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 Demo

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Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is the latest soccer sports sequel by Konami Tokyo. The demo comes in two variants, with and without full voice-over commentary, and allows you to play 5 minute exhibition matches between any two countries of England, Sweden, Spain and Italy in a choice of two stadiums.

Half-Life 2 is making me sick .... literally

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Hi guys, I thought this piece of information would make interesting news, as it appears to be affecting a lot of gamers (myself included). Half-Life 2 is making me sick .... literally - it's giving me motion sickness.