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Shattered Horizon Review

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:34:39 +0000

From rumour to fruition, Futuremark Game Studio's debut release is here. Shattered Horizon is a team-based multi-player FPS. All combat takes place above the Earth's atmosphere in zero-gravity conditions, an environment that takes a little getting used to.

Digital distributors boycott MW2

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:49 +0000

Digital distributors Direct2Drive, Impulse and GamersGate have announced they are boycotting MW2.

Eee Keyboard delayed

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:09:58 +0000

Asus has announced that the Eee Keyboard will now not ship until early next year - although it's using the delay to upgrade the 5" resistive touchscreen to a capacitive model.

Activision defends MW2 on PC

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:51 +0000

Activision president Mike Griffith has spoken out in defence of the PC version of Modern Warfare 2.

EA: "Singleplayer is no longer the future"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:42 +0000

Speaking at an EA Showcase earlier this week an EA Spokesperson said that singleplayer games are no longer the future.

Carmack: Rage may drop dedicated servers too

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:07:52 +0000

id Software's John Carmack has said that Rage may not support dedicated servers either.

Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:48 +0000

Graphics specialist Nvidia has launched a satirical cartoon site, which is currently concentrating on lampooning Intel's allegedly anti-competitive actions in the processor market.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB Review

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:26 +0000

Rounding out ATI's new line of DirectX 11 graphics cards comes the Sapphire Radeon HD 5750. With 1GB of GDDR5 and running on a cut down Juniper GPU, does this more affordable offering provide an attractive stepping stone to DX11? We find out.

Hardware 8 - Many CPUs, Dream PCs and mobile gaming

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17:49 +0000

We're back with another Hardware Podcast - so good it's spelled in capitals. Rich, Harry and Clive get together to talk about all the hot (and just power-efficient) hardware of the last fortnight. Tune in to hear what we think of Intel's Atom (clue - it's not very good, is it?) VIA's new Nano processor and news on what Intel's up to.

No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:01:04 +0000

Pop group No Doubt has decided to sue Activision over how it is represented in Band Hero.

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:45:15 +0000

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust suit against chip maker Intel, claiming that it bribed and threatened OEMS to maintain a monopoly.

"Prince of Persia film is a hit with gamers"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:19:20 +0000

Jerry Bruckheimer claims that the Prince of Persia film is going down a storm with test audiences.

Borderlands PC Review

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:56 +0000

We take a look at Borderlands - the latest game from Gearbox Studios, it boasts gameplay that's a blend of Diablo and Halo. Does it reach that lofty aim or is it left outside our hearts, lacking the appropriate entry visa? Find out by reading our full review of the PC version.

Free Games I Like: Small Worlds

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:13 +0000

This blog post will be, like the game it’s about, small. I don’t really have a huge amount to say about Small Worlds, which was developed for a recent Casual Games Competition with the theme 'Explore', other than that it’s a remarkably elegant and effective piece of pixel-art brilliance.

A game which only ever alludes to having a deeper plot, Small Worlds opens with a single line before jumping to the gameplay – “There is too much noise”.

The gameplay itself is simple. At the start of each of the five levels the viewpoint is zoomed in on you – a small red line with a pale face and zero animation. The aim of each level is then to find the exit, which returns you to a hub level before you move on to the next world. There’s no fighting, no skill trees and no enemies. It’s just a gentle and rather lovely paced matter of exploration.

Modern Warfare 2 PC player limit slashed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:18:44 +0000

Infinity Ward has announced that the maximum players in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has been heavily reduced.

Apple Atom support lives again

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:09:15 +0000

Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525.

Mod of the Month - October 2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:05:24 +0000

It's that time again. We've got six new mods to show you plucked straight from our thriving modding forums. Read, drool then vote on the one you'd like to win October's Mod of the Month

Google fined £29 million for tax dodge

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:34 +0000

Google has found itself on the receiving end of a whopping £28.75M tax bill after the Turkish government investigated its operations within the country.

VIA announces new Nano chip

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:30 +0000

VIA has announced a new Nano range - the Nano 3000 series - which it hopes will challenge Intel's dominance of the netbook market, offering improved performance over the Atom.

Football Manager 2010 Review

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:39:33 +0000

Sega has unveiled this year's addition to the the Football Manager franchise, focusing on polish rather than cramming in new features. We hit the training ground to find out if it's first team material or heading for the transfer list.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE C3 Review

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:13:16 +0000

AMD updates its Deneb core on its fastest Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, and claims the C3 can overclock more, yield faster DDR3 memory and has even fixed the performance bug with its sleep states. Does it make a difference? We put the claims to the test.

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:25 +0000

A Dutch cracker is running a scam in which he targets jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password and demands €5 for instructions on securing the device.

Gigabyte TweaKING OC Event: European Final

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:36 +0000

Gigabyte TweaKING OC Event

European Final

Manufacturer: Gigabyte

Gigabyte are well known for its overclocking events: the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship (GO OC) ran earlier this year and encouraged competitors to overclock their Core i7 CPUs using any means possible, and ran Super Pi 8M and 3DMark 06 for the best scores.

18 Teams competed from all around Europe. Click to enlarge

The TweaKING event in Paris is the European leg of this new style of OC tournament. Less emphasis is placed on the quality of CPU and more is placed on the ability of the teams to tweak the memory and motherboard. How? The CPU frequency is capped at 4GHz, meaning the teams had to crank the memory and baseclock on their Lynnfield i5-750 CPUs up as high as possible to achieve the best result.

Much time was spent in the BIOS tweaking settings. Click to enlarge

This still puts an emphasis on CPU quality to some degree, but its also brings the motherboard back into play more, which is an angle Gigabyte obviously wants to push. There was no limitation on the OS tweaks allowed too; so WinXP hacks a plenty were rolled out: services were neutered, registry was copiously tweaked and anything deemed excess was cut off.

However, every team had a standard set of hardware to use: nothing extra was allowed, not even an additional fan. Even screwdrivers were provided!

C&C Red Alert released for iPhone

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:14:04 +0000

EA has released an updated version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert for the iPhone.

Rumour: GT5 has track editor

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:07:02 +0000

Rumours are flying that Gran Turismo 5 will feature a track editor when it is eventually released.