Final Fantasy XII Preview
How does it play? How does it look? And most of all, is it really a Final Fantasy game? Read on and check out our new screens and videos to find out.
1 UP
1 UP
Need for Speed Most Wanted Demo
The eagerly anticipated playable demo for Need for Speed: Most Wanted is now online, offering the first opportunity to try out the imminent urban racing simulation by EA Canada. This demo contains three Quick Race tracks (two Sprint and one Speedtrap) drivable in four different cars, as well as three different Challenge tracks (Pursuit Length, Tollbooth and Roadblock Dodge).
Quake 4 in custom resolution
By default you can change the resolution in Quake 4 (from the settings menu) from 640x480 up to 1600x1200, which should be enough for most people... but what to do if you have a widescreen display (on your laptop for instance) or very high resolution monitor (21"+ supporting more than 1600x1200)? Here's how to run the game in non standard resolution.
Call of Duty 2 Tweak Guide Released
After a lot of work, I've managed to finish my guide for this great game. I've compiled this Call of Duty 2 Tweak Guide to help all COD 2 players out.
Call of Duty 2 High-end Graphics Shootout
Wondering which card runs faster for Call of Duty 2? ATI's RADEON X1800 XT 512MB or the GeForce 7800 GTX? Does 512MB of graphics memory make a difference in this game? What about SLI performance?
Tweak Quake 4 To Run Over 60FPS
For the config tweakers out there: don?t like the hard-coded 60fps limit to Quake 4? Reminiscing for the 125fps goodness of Quake 3?
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Update Released
Updates to Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
UT2007 Hardware Requirements?
CrashOverwrite of Extreme-Players reports that the latest issue of PC Games Hardware (German) cites PC hardware requirements from a source at Epic Games. Here are some of the details he provided:
BeyondUnreal
BeyondUnreal
2 new Beta Games available for Signup
This week you have the opportunity to sign up for two Massive multiplaying games: Dungeons and Dragons Online and RF Online.
playREACTION.com
playREACTION.com
Quake 4 CPU Shootout: Intel vs. AMD
Wondering which processor delivers the best bang for the buck in Quake 4? What about the right memory size, 1GB or 2GB? In our Quake 4 CPU Shootout we'll address both of those questions, as well as add a little SLI to the mix. Once again Chris has gathered 20 CPUs for this article. See which platform performs best inside!
FiringSquad
FiringSquad
Star Wars Battlefront II Review
The best part of Star Wars Battlefront II is its massive online battles. You can locate your buddies and track stats as you fight alongside more players than ever, and new multiplayer modes such as Capture the Flag virtually guarantee unlimited replayability.
HL2 Lost Coast HDR Performance: Crossfire vs SLI
We have updated our HL2 Lost Coast high dynamic range lighting benchmarks with the addition of single X850XT PE and 7800GT benchmarks in addition to the Crossfire and SLI 16X tests. We were able to confirm that there is a performance issue with Crossfire as the single X850 outperformed two in all but one test.
AMD Zone
AMD Zone
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Available Now
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is now available for play for all Half-Life 2 owners.
3D Performance with Quake 4: Part 2 Mainstream Cards
After evaluating Quake 4's performance with a handful of high-end cards, today we're here to take a look at the cards in the mainstream price segment. This includes ATI offerings ranging from the RADEON X700 PRO all the way up to the X800 XL (including ATI's X1600 XT) as well as GeForce cards ranging from the GeForce 6600 GT up to the 6800 GT.
New Encahnt Arm Trailer for the Xbox 360
A new trailer for Enchant Arm, an RPG by developer FromSoft with Xbox Live support, high-def visuals, and other features. The game will be released simultaneously with the Xbox 360 Japanese release.
PSP Updates
PSP Updates
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Windows 64 bit Edition Patch
You need the game to be patched with 1.1 patch before applying the 64-bit patch. NOTE: This update is provided as is and is not supported. Codemasters offers no guarantee that this will allow the game to run under Windows 64 bit Edition and can offer no further assistance. More info about the patch
Running Infinite Loop of a Quake 4 Demo
It seems there is no direct way to make a Quake 4 demo file run again and again itself automatically with the timedemo command... and since there are not much "heavy" OpenGL games suitable for stability testing we have to think of some kind of a workaround. We've prepared a simple batch (.bat) file that can turn Quake 4 into a great PC hardware stress test.
