S o Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to announce the latest update to DirectX 10. All well and good, updates are a fine and laudable thing. Unfortunately this new one, DX10.1, is doing things that renders the current round of DX10 hardware...
Thursday August 30, 2007
8800GTX obsolete already?
S o Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to announce the latest update to DirectX 10. All well and good, updates are a fine and laudable thing. Unfortunately this new one, DX10.1, is doing things that renders the current round of DX10 hardware...
Tuesday August 28, 2007
Colin McRae DiRT or utter filth?
So yes, the time has come once again to have your opinions about our reviews shouted out for the whole world to read. And get them in our venerable mag. This month we're taking a look at our review of the latest mud-sliding racer from Codemasters: Colin McRae...
Friday August 24, 2007
New S.T.A.L.K.E.R patch - it works and everything...
There's a new patch that's just been released for radioactive shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R, patching it up to version 1.0004 (why the need for all the zeros?). The update does wonders for performance, reputedly giving a 10-15% extra jump in framerates - a godsend for...
Wednesday August 22, 2007
How to make gold in WoW: Part 2
Daily quests aren't the only way of getting cash - until the introduction of dailies the main way of actually propping up your bank balance was performing an altogether different kind of grind – mote farming. It's the old classic of supply and demand, and the...
Monday August 20, 2007
How to make gold in WoW: Part 1
Like a lot of people in WoW, I want an epic flying mount. I've been trying to sort one out for a while now, but other things have managed to get in the way. It's not something I'd say is essential, but it's pretty much the only thing left that I can actually...
Thursday August 16, 2007
Bounty Bay Online: Open Beta
Fancy donning an eye patch, slapping a stuffed pigeon on your shoulder and hobbling round on the stump of an old broom? Well don't embarrass yourself, simply head to the virtual world of Bounty Bay Online , and be a 15th Century pirate in the privacy of your...
Monday August 13, 2007
Loki's Large Load
A single player demo of the Diablo-esque hack-em-up, Loki, has been released for those with a hankering for busty wenches, evil critters and screen-filling bosses. It is however a little on the large side. If you've got a capped quote on your interweb pipes,...
Thursday August 09, 2007
Virginal Vista
I've finally cracked, given into the pressure, and installed Vista onto my test rig. No, not as a dual-boot, as the sole OS. Actually, to be honest there's no pressure to install Vista from my learned colleagues - we're all of the opinion that Microsoft's...
Thursday July 26, 2007
Steam for Windows Live!?
From July Steam is launching the biggest update
to the platform since its creation in March 2004. Valve is creating a
much more community focused system with users creating their own
profiles, being able to create and join groups, track who they've
played...
Friday July 13, 2007
Tomb Raider: Anniversary or Annus Horribilis?
Well, getting the chance to once more slip into
those horribly be-weaponed battle-shorts and leap around ruined cities,
massacring herds of seriously endangered species, has been getting us
all excited in the office again.
BUT what did you...
Thursday July 12, 2007
PSP 1.5 arrives
Sony's sexy games handheld/PMP/web browser has evolved into a slimmer and lighter 1.5 version. It seems the company hasn't given up on this PC friendly device even in the face of strong competition from Nintendo ...
Monday July 02, 2007
Why I love Oblivion
Having started playing Oblivion again, because I never really finished it, I was reminded why it's a cut above the vast majority of games, even a year after its original release. Here be some minor spoilers ...
Wednesday June 20, 2007
Ads the way we dislike it
Excuse the pun, multi-layered in its terribleness, but we're too busy groaning over the fact that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is going to have in game advertising to think of anything more witty. ...
Thursday June 14, 2007
Carmack is back
Footage of John Carmack's new game engine has arrived, presented not at a PC event, or even E3, but at Steve Jobs' keynote at the Worldwide Developers' Conference. That's id, you know, the guys behind Doom, playing nice with Apple. Whatever next? Safari on...
Wednesday June 13, 2007
Halo 2. Master Chief or deuced thief?
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, how very nice then...
It's that time of the month where we ask you to critique what we get up to in your lovely magazine. This month we'll be sticking our review of Halo 2 under the critical microscope of our...
Win an Asus graphics card
Just a quickie: we've extended the deadline for entry to the Asus graphics card competition by a week, as some readers have been experiencing problems entering. Good luck!
Friday June 08, 2007
Computex - Episode Three: The Final Conflict
When you've eaten a lump of chicken's blood confusingly called 'pig's blood cake' (okay, so the name should have still warned me off) then you really know that you're in Taiwan. Wash it down with some 'bubble tea', a strange blend of cold, sweet tea and little...
Thursday June 07, 2007
Computex - Episode Two: The Reckoning
Having been up til 4am the previous morning (working, I might add, not simply supping from the corporate PR teet), I was a little late rolling into the press office at the World Trade Centre in Taipei this morning. Jet lag and the Taipei/Computex traffic...
Wednesday June 06, 2007
Computex - Episode One
Greetings, dear viewer, and welcome to Computex. The seriously hot and monsoon-stricken technology fare out in the wilds of down-town Taipei. This first day was my chilling day, checking out the show and the various stands dotted about the city's hotels and...
Friday June 01, 2007
Money talks
The BBC is showing a programme tonight about the success of MMOs and the consequences of virtual items being sold for real world money. We've got the drinks, you bring the popcorn ...
