I recently went to Paris, to get a look at a third person adventure game called Risen, by German developer Piranha Bytes. Most easily described as a cross between Fable and Oblivion, Risen has you shipwrecked on a medieval fantasy island, needing to arm yourself to survive in the wilds of the island before finding civilisation. The full preview and interview with Kai Rosenkrantz, Audio Director and an overseeing producer at Piranha Bytes will be in Total PC Gaming Issue 21 out ...
Onlive has confirmed that it has no release date for its upcoming cloud gaming service in Europe. Vice President John Spinale told TPCG in an interview for our podcast #6 that Onlive would go into beta testing in the US this summer and would be available in both the US and UK in 2010, but this is not the case: "We don’t have a European launch timeline yet," an Onlive representative told us, "The team is really focused on ...
During their press conference at Computex 2009 AMD/ATI publicly demostrated the first ever DirectX 11 graphics card, which is said to debut before Christmas.
As part of the keynote they detailed how the new ATI GPU will speed up application performance and demonstrated some of the new gaming features the hardware will introduce. Details from the announcement include:
Get ready for a revolution: Games and other applications are about to get a lot better as a result of AMD’s new graphics hardware and DirectX 11. DirectX 11 features such as ...
During a keynote address in Taipei's Computex 2009, Microsoft's OEM Division Corporate Vice President, Steve Guggenheimer, revealed that Windows 7 will be made available to purchase on October 22nd this year.
“As we’ve said many times, quality is our primary goal,” Guggenheimer said. “We announce each milestone once we’re confident of where we are in the development cycle and that it is ready to be shared with customers and partners. We’ve received great feedback from our partners who are looking forward to offering Windows 7 to their customers in time for ...
Ubisoft have confirmed a release date for Assassin's Creed 2 at their E3 briefing in LA, promising you'll be able to slip into the new Assassin's boots on November the 17th. Set in 1486 at the height of the Italian Renaissance , with all new Assassin Enizio plying his trade, Assassin's Creed 2 is easily shaping up to be one of the years most anticipated titles. We'll bring you more soon, but if you're looking for ...
Not content with the continued success of its original zombie-fest, Valve today announced Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is to be released later this year for PC and Xbox 360. The sequel to one of the best-selling and addictive co-op shooters of recent times promises to set a new benchmark for the genre and Valve believe it will become one of 2009's 'marquee titles'.
"A large part of how Left 4 Dead became 2008's top-selling new IP on Xbox 360 ...
Today Alienware launch the all-new M17X Laptop - officially the fastest 17" model on the market today.
With a striking anodised aluminium casing, agressive lines and trademark Alienware lighting the M17X clearly isn't for the conservative gamer, but with pricing starting at £1699 inc. VAT and delivery, its not just for the most affluent either.
“With the introduction of the Alienware M17x and our aggressive expansion into new countries and new languages, everyone will be able to experience the most innovative ...
Crysis 2 will be confirmed for PC at around midnight tonight in an EA E3 announcement according to a leak to Total PC Gaming early today.
Nothing is currently known about the sequel to 2007's stellar shooter other than it will be the first outing for Crytek's all-new CryEngine 3 graphics/game engine.
While we'll have to wait until midnight to find out for sure, we're also expecting to hear that its going to be the first game from the German developer to feature on current generation consoles including the Xbox 360 and ...
The first decent bit of PC-related news to come out of this year's LA-based E3 conference has landed a full 8 hours before the event is due to get underway.
According to the E3 trailer (as spotted by Eurogamer) Dragon Age: Origins will hit store shelves on the 20th October in the US, which will likely translate to a Friday 23rd October street date here in the UK.
Find out why we're so excited from our original reveal of Dragon Age: Origins now resides ...
In a recent interview, lead designer Mike Laidlaw told TPCG that Dragon Age: Origins had "storytelling of the same calibre or better than Mass Effect." We'd find that hard to believe coming from any other developer but Bioware, but with its enormous heritage of ...
Epic have announced another Unreal Tournament 3 Black free weekend, with the developer offering the game as free to download and play over the coming weekend for Steam account holders.
The offer to download has already started and the game will be playable from Thursday the 28th of May until the end of the weekend. Unreal Tournament 3 Black is made up of the original game and the free Titan expansion pack, which brings a whole host of ...
Netdevil's President Scott Brown has confirmed via the official community forum that development of Jumpgate Evolution will continue on beyond its planned June release date to allow for 'further testing and polishing'.
"One of the things we've always promised is that we would not release an unfinished product, nor would we subject players to a sub-par experience," he said. "The worst situation for a developer is that our game does not meet the expectations of our fans."
The decision was taken soon after the game entered the ...
As I patiently await the release of Street Fighter IV on the PC, I'm facing the prospect of having to learn how to play my favourite beat 'em up all over again. Don't get me wrong, I play a mean Ken, and have kicked butt for years with a game pad, but in honour of the imminent (please Capcom!) release of the PC version, I'm learning to play with an arcade stick.
It's looking like an expensive proposition as they cost anything between £60 to £200(!!) but ...
...or TCRs, as they're known in the software industry. These are the requirements that pre-release software must pass before it's compliant to standard. What standard this is in the games industry exactly is open to individual interpretation, apparently.
In a recent press trip to Volition, I found this posted on the inside of the toilet door (see left). Let's hope this reminder does the job as the Red Faction: Guerrilla team, err, goes about its daily business.
