Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

SOL: Exodus space shooter

To be released tomorrow! SOL: Exodus – A space shooter from Seamless Entertainment.

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Rocksmith – play guitar hero with a real guitar

Learn how to play a guitar by gaming. Plug in an electric guitar. Rocksmith | Ubisoft | Home.

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MechWarrior Online

Coming next year, it will be PC only and free to play. MechWarrior Online | Game.

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Universe Sandbox

Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs. Unlike most astronomy software that just shows you what the sky looks like or where the planets are, Universe Sandbox is a powerful gravity simulator. You can add another star to our solar system and watch it rip the planets from their orbits. The [...]

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From Dust PC is a disaster

  For staters, gamers discovered that the PC version of title (avaiable on Steam and Gamersgate) actually requires players to stay connected to the internet at all times to play, despite being informed by Ubisoft in writing that From Dust’s DRM would only require players to be online at time of activation.  That didn’t prove [...]

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Ultimate Stunts – A free racing game

Ultimate Stunts: Not just another racing gameUltimate Stunts is a remake of the famous DOS-game stunts. Racing in Ultimate Stunts involves some really spectacular stunts, like loopings, corkscrews, bridges to jump over, etc., but the best thing is that you can design your own tracks! The game Ultimate Stunts is not yet finished, but it [...]

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SpaceSimCentral | space and scifi gaming community

The space sim genre is not dead! New stuff does come out, and some of it looks very good indeed. SpaceSimCentral | Your space and scifi gaming community.

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Nintendo DS hacking

This is done with an R4 chip: buy one: http://www.ts-shops.eu/nintendo-dsi-xl/flash-cards There’s a difference between the r4 and r4i You then put a kernel on the chip: http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/downloade.asp Instructions for formatting your r4 card http://www.r4dscards.com/R4i-DS-Card/ Download games to put on: http://www.dgemu.com/

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Skydive: Proximity Flight - game

Wear a wingsuit and jump off cliffs. Awesome! Skydive: Proximity Flight — official website.

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Fable III for windows launch 17 may

In “Fable III,” you will be called upon to rally and fight alongside your people, ascend to the seat of power, and experience the true meaning of love and loss while defending your throne. In your quest to seize power and defend your kingdom, the choices you make will change the world around you, for [...]

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Sword of the Stars 2 – Paradox Interactive

Not out  yet, but this is an alternative to space based RTS Sins of a Solar Empire. Part one, is of course out for you to play. Sword of the Stars 2 – Paradox Interactive.

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Expansion

This space based RTS has just gotten a whole load bigger. Sins of a Solar Empire.

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ENBSeries – spruce up your old games

This guy has taken a whole list of old games, such as GTA and added some effects, making them look a whole lot newer and more re-playable. ENBSeries.

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Handy Tips On Being A Better PC Gamer

This guy starts at how you sit behind the PC, stretching, how you hold your mouse and position your hand over the keyboard and goes on from there. Some Handy, If Obvious Tips On Being A Better PC Gamer.

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Mindflex Duel Game – jedi knight training

Based on Mindflex, the original mental acuity game, Mindflex Duel lets two players engage in battles of intense “mind-eye” concentration. This amazing game comes with two lightweight headsets, which allow players to levitate the foam ball and move it across the game platform–all with their minds. Alternate between states of concentration and relaxation to control [...]

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UNITY Games engine

This is a game editor that allows you to create games for all kinds of platforms (web / mobile / PC / Mac / console). UNITY.

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Gamers Build Working Computers out of Virtual Blocks

Some games are very complex – Minecraft, Little Big Planet and Dwarf Fortress, for example. These games allow you to build a working computer inside them – if you have the time for it! Geeky Gamers Build Working Computers out of Virtual Blocks.

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Game Booster v2 Beta

Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by updating hardware drivers, downloading essential gaming tools, tweaking system settings for gaming, defragmenting game directories, [...]

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Mechwarrior 4 Free Release!

Finally, the long awaited moment has arrived! Studio MekTek, in association with Smith and Tinker, INC., Virtual World Entertainment, LLC, Catalyst Game Labs, and Microsoft Games, is happy to announce the release of Mechwarrior4 Free. Getting started is easy. Just download and install MTX, MekTek’s free content delivery and updating system. Once installed, simply click [...]

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Behavioral Game Design / How you get addicted to games

This article is a general primer on how to get players to continuously play your game, which in the world of the MMPORG is a very important element, using a behavioural model. Gamasutra – Features – Behavioral Game Design. This article is a bit more cynical and compares the above techniques to addiction creation and [...]

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MechWarrior: Living Legends

This is a huge Crysis mod which allows you to run vehicles, infantry and of course mechs in the war between the Inner Sphere and the Clans. It’s free and now in open beta. You can configure the mechs any way you like, upgrade them, repair them and you can shoot off parts of them. [...]

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WoW datacenter details

Blizzard Online Network Services run in 10 data centers around the world, including facilities in Washington, California, Texas, Massachusetts, France, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, China, and Taiwan. Blizzard uses 20,000 systems and 1.3 petabytes of storage to power its gaming operations. WoW’s infrastructure includes 3,250 server blades, 75,000 CPU cores, and 112.5 terabytes of blade RAM. The Blizzard [...]

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Unreal Development Kit

Epic Games has released the Unreal engine for free! You can develop your own game using the Unreal engine and do with it whatever you like. This should cut down massively on game development costs and because it’s such a huge platform, should give you loads of possibilities. UDK – Unreal Development Kit – Epic [...]

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Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is a rebuild of the excellent classic Carrier Command, which allows you  to command from the deck of a futuristic aircraft carrier. Your job is to colonise islands as manufacturing, defence or mining and build up a logistics base for your carrier. You can launch ground vechiles (Walrusses) and UAVs (MANTA’s) [...]

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Kill strangers: good

Kill friends: bad. Evolution sure is logical When gamers kill friends, their testostorone levels plummet – they need to keep their friends around them to survive. When they kill strangers, the levels rise. Slashdot Games Story | Gamers Are More Aggressive To Strangers.

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