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March 3rd, 2010 — PC Games
NPD: Online Gaming ‘Not Affected By the Recession’
A new NPD Group gaming study reveals gamers are spending slightly more time with their Xbox 360s than their PCs or PS3s each week.
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February 28th, 2010 — PC Games
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February 16th, 2010 — PC Games
AMD demos the latest PC games on the AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processor and AMD 780 Chipset vs, Intel's G35.
February 8th, 2010 — PC Games
How This Console Generation Has Revolutionised Gaming
The revolution is being televised. We tell you why the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 are so important.
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February 7th, 2010 — PC Games
This is a video showing various PC games running on the new 27 inch imac
February 2nd, 2010 — PC Games
Six Best Sources for Gaming News
I grew up on Nintendo, cut my teeth on Sega’s sports games, and bought every Playstation system ever built. After four years of college (and many a late night on…
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January 23rd, 2010 — PC Fighting Games
The PC may be the definite online gaming platform, but most people don’t use it to its full potential. It’s all very well facing the thrill of the unknown by dropping into a random server, but that way really doesn’t lead to the best gaming experience.
You might be fighting against, or worse, with, total mooks, either too dumb to wield and M4 or so incredibly selfish that you or any other player is simply a sack of meat standing in their way, no matter whose side they’re on.
The key to both enjoying and becoming better at online play is joining a contingent of like minded individuals – in other words, a clan. Many people are put off by the idea of forming or joining a geek clique, but the important thing to remember is that it’s no more than a well coordinated group of friends, having a good time.
Online prestige or infamy may come with time, but what’s more important is that you’re playing tactically with people you know and trust, rather than being at the whim of whatever drifters are hanging around a public server.
Clan Mechanics
In an ideal world, you’ll set up both a website and a forum for your clan. They’re a key element for both promoting the name of your clan amongst the community and improving your game. Organize your forum so certain areas are off limits to non-clan members and recruits whose performance you’re assessing. The public area is good for chatting about clan activities as this will generate interest from potential recruits and rivals, but you’ll need somewhere to plot the downfall of your enemies. Make sure you’ve got a calendar there too, so everyone can see when upcoming matches will take place.
Run your clan like a business. Don’t dictate roles to members or slag people off in front of the team – manage them thoughtfully. Talk with them about what their strengths and weaknesses are – what classes, weapons and positions they’re best suited to – so hopefully you can come up with mutually agreed roles, or work together to improve someone’s abilities.
As the top clans have management teams, so why not yours? Select players to look after the design and maintenance of your clan website and forum, get others to look after recruitment or managing existing players, allowing you as clan leader to arrange matches and promote the clan.
Put the Hours in
Above all, practice, and get organized. A vague IM conversation about maybe doing something next week Thursday, so long as the dog’s already had his walkies, really doesn’t cut it. You need a strict routine, getting together to play specific maps on repeat at set times every week. If someone in your clan habitually doesn’t turn up for practice, you’ll have to consider replacing them with someone more committed. The key to success is playing together as a team, not just being good with the sniper rifle.
To begin with, your clan will get away with turning up on a public server and trying to play on the same team. Autobalance will make getting all your pals on the same side a headache, though, and you’ll be at the mercy of the server settings. Soon, you’ll need to rent a private clan server from somewhere.
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January 23rd, 2010 — PC Fighting Games
It seems almost like a Christmas ritual: there’s a Next Big Thing in the video game world almost every holiday season. Last year featured a particularly interesting competition between the new gaming hardware put on the market by Nintendo and their prime competitor, Sony with its PlayStation series.
The Sony PS3 is the high-end, bells-and-whistles choice between the two. It includes high-definition graphics, a hard disk, and a Blu-ray Disc drive that delivers great image quality. The top tier 60GB hard drive version also includes a hefty $600 retail price. Nintendo’s Wii (pronounced “we”) costs $250 and builds in Wi-Fi (but not ethernet). Like the PS3, it has an SD Card slot and can display photos, but its standard-def DVD drive can’t yet play movies (Nintendo and Sonic Solutions are working on that).
What Nintendo does have that keeps it in the game is a unique gaming remote device (the Wiimote) and an enormous library of games. The PS3 enters the market with significantly more horsepower and better graphics, but their game options are, at this point, fairly limited. Wii came on the market with 62 games available; the PS3 opened with an inventory of 20 games.
PC World’s review provides a clean portrayal of the difference between the two systems. The graphics on the PS3 are state of the art 1080p high-definition and present a new level of quality for gamers. The Wii’s graphic capability is limited to standard definition, which is equivalent to the PS2, Sony’s last (and highly successful) video game console. However the Wii has a remote gaming control that utilizes motion-sensing technology, so that the gamers’ motions with the remote are mimicked in the game. If you’re playing football, a pass requires a passing motion with the remote. A sword fight will require a little air-fencing as part of the game participation.
The intuitive nature of the Wii remote is its strength, along with the relatively inexpensive cost compared to the PS3. Wii also has an additional controller called the Nunchuk which is a joystick-type device that works in conjunction with the motion-sensing remote.
The graphics and multiple uses (the PS3 includes a Blu-ray HD DVD player) are what make the Sony product attractive. When they both came on the market, the fact that each relied on separate characteristics to define their value has made for an interesting market contest.
The PS3 is the high-horsepower (and high priced) option on the market. It can handle HD DVDs, play back your digital photographs, and connect to the internet with a built in browser. Its graphics are unparalleled, and it comes with a decent game inventory that will at least get you started. It too has a new controller, one that utilizes a tilt feature that is a token effort at motion sensitivity.
With the Wii, Nintendo decided to forego the digital video wars and focus on a simple box with unique controls that is designed for fun. The Wii can play GameCube games (Nintendo’s last offering) and has been introduced with a new addition to the chart-busting Zelda game series. While the Wii hasn’t done much to upgrade the visual quality of the gaming experience, it has added substantial new dimension to the gaming process itself. It too can be utilized for web access.
Nintendo’s decision to target so-called “casual gamers” seems to have paid off in the short run. It’s too early to pick the long term winner; both companies limited their Christmas product issue in order to ensure sellouts and high product demand. The PS3 definitely has a price-break issue that will offset some gamers’ lust for the best graphics out there. On the other hand, it’s a system with a great future. Wii’s future is now, for the most part, and the product issues an intriguing invitation for a substantially new gaming experience, even if it occurs using last year’s graphics.
January 23rd, 2010 — PC Games
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January 22nd, 2010 — PC Fighting Games
No matter which game you might be participating in, there are regularly folk who blame the apparatus they are using instead of blaming themselves. This is the same when you are Gaming, gamers will often blame the hardware they’re using when they keep losing. They might accuse the bad connections or that they need a new motherboard, but what is often overlooked by gamers is the keyboard and mouse combo they are using.
The companies who make these pieces of equipment are looking at this gap in the market and are plugging it with gaming peripherals that should help better the players skill.
A proportion of the gamers who never use a gaming mouse see the added cost that is often affiliated with these mice and think, “what benefit does it give?” But as any real game player knows, a great mouse is the best tool in your arsenal when playing fast paced games like Doom.
When you compare the specification of a ordinary Microsoft mouse and a Gaming mouse such as the Logitech G5 you can see a massive variation in features that make gaming mice suitable for playing games. If you are buying a gaming mouse it is a great idea to check out the sensitivity of the mouse.
If you have ever been in one of them close quarter gun fights in Quake where the enemy move their weapon so fast that you don’t stand a chance. They will be using a mouse with a greater sensitivity, so that tiny twitches with the mouse translate to bigger movements on the screen.
The resolution is one of the main factor in what ups this sensitivity within the Gaming Mouse, referred to as DPI (Dots Per Inch) in the niche. Dots Per Inch really corresponds to the amount of pixels the cursor travels on the monitor for every inch the mouse travels on the desk. Although this isn’t 100% true, because software on your computer has the potential to change the sensitivity of the mouse.
Sensitivity perks aren’t the only innovations in the Gaming Mouse though, you also find that there are also ergonomic benefits included. Take a look at the config of the gaming mouse you will there are big alterations to a normal mouse. Gaming mice are created to accommodate your palm comfortably and huge amounts of effort are spent to produce gaming mice as comfortable to hold as expected. A gaming mouse should be held like an expansion of the fingers, like a sword.
So in conclusion should you have fun while gaming and wish to better your score a gaming mouse is surely the most important enhancements you should buy. If you are still using a ordinary mouse, you want a clip round the ear and a web address of a site that sells peripherals
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