It seems that Bio Ware fans can rejoice, as they can look forward to even more content for their favourite RPG’s next year. As part of their annual earnings report EA have announced that Dragon: Age Origins will be getting yet another big PC expansion at the beginning of 2011. The game is currently only imaginatively titled “Dragon Age Title TBA” but it’s definitively on the EA PC release schedule for January-March period of 2011. But the ...

If like us you’re looking forward to getting your hands on Bioshock 2 on PC, you might be interested in pre-purchasing it on Steam, as you’ll not only get 10% off the regular price but net yourself a free copy of the original Bioshock as part of the bargain. Should you already own a copy of the game, you can share the love and, using Steam’s Gifting function, send ...

According to veteran developer and head of Gas Powered Games Chris Taylor, the future of gaming lies with PC rather than in consoles, which will eventually become a closed and obsolete avenue for development. “Anytime you have a propriety system it’s like a benevolent dictatorship - there are some short term benefits to it, but they fall down in the long run,” Taylor told Total PC Gaming magazine in a recent interview. “That’s been the way it’s been over ...

While unlike Modern Warfare 2 Battlefield Bad Company 2 will be having dedicated servers on PC, gamers and clans won’t actually be able to build their own but will have to rent servers directly from DICE authorised host. The code needed to build and set up dedicated servers is being withheld and won’t be released with the game. This is a first for the Battlefield series as both Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 both launched with those files ...

Id Software’s forthcoming post apocalyptic shooter Rage has shifted publishers from EA to Bethesda Softworks, and is now being published directly under their ZeniMax stable-mates. When id was acquired by ZeniMax earlier this year Rage’s publishing rights originally stayed in the hands of EA, part of a legacy deal with the publisher. All that has changed with Bethesda taking over all the sales and marketing duties on the game and EA will not be involved in Rage going forward. No details on ...

It’s come to light that Bethesda Softworks, the current holders of the Fallout licence have lost part of their legal battle with the original Fallout franchises holders Interplay. A few months ago Bethesda Softworks attempted to sue Interplay, and get an injunction to prevent them selling the original PC Fallout titles and the Fallout Trilogy compilation. They claimed that the Fallout Trilogy name was confusing customers and that Interplay had broken a licensing agreement by failing to consult them on ...

We quite liked Borderlands, giving Gearbox Software’s excellent Shooter/RPG hybrid a resounding 9 in Issue 26, so we’re glad to hear that the first batch of DLC for the title is finally available on PC, having been out on console for a little while. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is a  collection of zombie battling quests well worth playing, so if you loved the main game you’re in for a treat. What surprised us is the ...

Following their recent showing of the powerful Biotic Adept Class, BioWare has revealed details on the Mass Effect 2’s Engineer Class. As tech specialists Engineers are the only class that can summon combat drones to attack enemies, tactically distracting them and drawing fire away from you. When upgraded your drones can fire a powerful energy blast or be turned into a deadly bomb killing or knocking enemies out of cover. Even better, when facing enemies like the geth or husks Engineers ...

Mass Effect 2 will ship on two discs on both PC and Xbox 360 when it’s released early next year.  According to Mass Effect Community Co-ordinator Chris Priestly Mass Effect 2 requires two full discs, “Because you cannot fit this much awesome on one disc.” While this isn’t such a big practical deal for PC owners, (who merely have to install both, unlike console owners who will have to swap them out )it’s exciting because ...

Bio Ware have continued revealing  the members of what we’ve coined Commander Shepard’s ‘Dirty Dozen in Space’ (there are actually ten character slots in the game just to be clear), with  Asari Justicar Samara ,the latest bad ass to join the Normandy Crew.  The Asari Justicar are wandering warriors who have forsworn having children and given up all worldly possessions bar weapons to fight righting wrongs across the galaxy. Samara is an extremely powerful biotic warrior who, if you play your ...

When Infinity Ward announced they would be dropping dedicated servers in favour of the peer-to-peer IW.net on PC, they said one of the reasons was to make it easier for them to crack down on cheats. IW.net initially didn’t stop hacks and cheats from doing what they do however, and there were quickly videos posted on Youtube showing their nefarious deeds using aim bots and endless ammo cheats just to name a few. All that is coming to an end, at ...

While everyone else who went out and bought boxed copies of Modern Warfare 2 will be playing Infinity Wards much anticipated shooter, anyone who downloaded it via Steam will have to wait until Thursday. PC Gamers with a boxed copy of the game can activate it as of today however, despite the fact that the two share the same DRM. Valve haven’t commented as to just why Steam customers have to put up with the delay, perhaps they wished ...

Infinity Ward have dropped yet another bombshell on the PC Community, revealing that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will support only 18 players on-line, as opposed to the 32 of previous Call of Duty instalments. Speaking in a Best Best Live Chat (via Kotaku) Infinity Ward developer Mackey McCandish said that 18 players would be the focus for ...

Following all the recent furore around Infinity Ward removing dedicated servers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PC in favour of IWNet- a peer to peer based matchmaking service- EA developers DICE have taken the opportunity to reassure PC gamers that their own forth coming multiplayer military shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2, will come with dedicated PC server support. Speaking on The Battlefield Blog, Gordon Van Dyke, Producer on Battlefield Bad Company 2 at DICE ...

Futuremark have just announced a release date for their up coming zero gravity first person shooter Shattered Horizon. The Finnish developer’s multi-player only PC exclusive will be released on the 4th of November to buy over Steam or directly from the Shattered Horizon website for £14.99 .Gamers who pre-order the game will get a 10 percent discount and be invited to help test new level packs before they become available to everyone else. Set in deep space and featuring teams of ...