Epic Games has released retail patch for Unreal Tournament 2004, advancing their multiplayer first-person shooter sequel to version 3369. This upgrade implements more gameplay, networking, and engine improvements and fixes, as detailed in the accompanying release notes.
Akella and Wargaming.net to develop strategy game based on ?Inhabited Island? no
Akella Company and Wargaming.net announce the development of strategy game based on novel ?Inhabited Island? by Strugatsky brothers.
Wargaming.net
Wargaming.net
Day of Defeat: Source and Rag Doll Kung Fu Update Available
Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and Rag Doll Kung Fu have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide
Disappointed with your performance in Quake 4? If so, today's Quake 4 Optimization Guide may help. Stathi goes over all of Quake 4's video settings with a range of budget, mainstream, and semi-high-end PCI-E and AGP graphics cards. See the performance impact of each setting, as well as screenshots of what each setting does in this article!
FiringSquad
FiringSquad
Call of Duty 2 Boycott?
GG Mania is reporting that there may be a 24-hour boycott of the online portion of all Call of Duty games if Infinity Ward does not address the following issues:
Massive Assault Network 2 Beta Test
Wargaming.net is now accepting applications for the upcoming Massive Assault Network 2 beta test. In beta-version players will be able to play on 4 beautiful planets (out of 24 in release version). all countries are eligible. Candidates are accepted until November 30th, the beginning of the beta test.
Civilization IV Demo
The playable demo for Civilization IV has been released, allowing you to try out the new history-spanning 3D turn-based strategy sequel by Firaxis. This demo contains a tutorial along with samples of the Greek, Indian, Roman and Incan Empires that are playable for 100 turns.
Quake 4 Demo
id Software and Ravensoft have released a 326 meg demo for Quake 4, featuring a single single-player mission from the game. A multiplayer demo is said to follow in the near future.
Battlefield 2 Update 1.12 Patch Available
The next Battlefield update is now available. ALL Battlefield 2 owners should install it. And yes, we have a list fixes and enhancements for you.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted and SLI
After benchmarking the NFS: Most Wanted demo on moderatly good PC equiped with X850XT videocard, we decied to do some tests on a budget PC that is SLI capable. We benchmarked the game with a single 6600GT videocard and then repeated the same test with two 6600GTs in SLI configuration. We tried both AFR and SRF modes, but there was no gain in performance (the 81.85 drivers don't have application profile for Most Wanted). The results are available here.
Pro gamer cashes in six figures
Wanna know how the other side lives? Making six-figures out of playing videogames may be a dream for many of us, but one lucky 24-year old is living that dream.
Bad Comedown
Bad Comedown
Quake 4 Multiplayer Benchmarks (NetDemo)
It seems that the Multiplayer mode is actually quite heavier than the Singleplayer. The results show that the framerate in multiplayer mode is about the same as in singleplayer mode with 4xAA turned on at the same resolution! Download a cutom netdemo and compare your results.
Half Life 2 Lost Coast HDR Performance: ATI vs Nvidia Updated
We have updated our benchmarks from Valve's HL2 Lost Coast level with HDR. We have gotten CrossFire running correctly, and now scores surpass those of a single card. Can it stand up to SLI with HDR mode now? Read to find out.
AMDZone
AMDZone
3D Performance with Call of Duty 2: Mainstream Cards
Wondering how today's latest mainstream graphics cards perform in Call of Duty 2?
JEFF MORRIS ON UT2007
Epic Games' Jeff Morris tells us why Unreal Tournament 2007 will ROCK SO HARD your teeth will probably fall out.
Computer and Video Games
Computer and Video Games
ToCA Race Driver 3 Benchmarks
We took the ToCA Race Driver 3 demo to test the performance of the game to get an idea on what to expect when the final version comes out in Febuary next year. After getting quite low FPS from testing NFS: Most Wanted, we hoped to see better results from this racing simulation... and they seem somewhat better. The benchmark results in qualification and race modes.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Benchmarks
NFS: Most Wanted should be available in the next few days. While we are still waiting for the final game to be released we did some benchmarks with the demo. We used the Challenge Series mode with Roadblock to measure the framerate (FRAPS helped a lot here). And the results showed NFS: Most Wanted to be a quite heavy game... See the results from a Radeon X850XT videocard
ToCA Race Driver 3 Demo
Codemasters have released a playable demo for ToCA Race Driver 3, offering the first opportunity to try out their multi-disciplined modern racing simulation sequel in development. This modest Honda Civic demo allows you to take the Honda Civic 2006 car for a spin on the Donington GP circuit in qualifications and three-lap races.
EA Downloader
EA downloader is a lightweight PC application (approximately 5MB) that downloads EA games in the background. It keeps you up-to-date with the latest patches, trailers, and new game content without requiring login every time you play. And it?s free! Battlefield 2: Special Forces is available for pre-order and download beginning Nov. 10th. The game will be released for play on Nov. 22 in North America and Nov. 25 in Europe.
TGS: Metal Gear Solid 4 - HD Trailer
Kojima has finally released the Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer that was shown back at the Tokyo Game Show back in September. For those of you that didn't see the movie way back when, the purpose of the trailer is to show off the power of Sony's PlayStation 3 and how Kojima plans to use the system's Cell technology for their next Metal Gear Solid sequel.
FileRush
FileRush