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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Update

May 1, 2011 | | PC Features

IL-2 Sturmovik is an award winning ten-year old flight simulator series that, unlike other sims, focused mainly on aerial engagements on the Eastern Front during WWII. Released in 2001 with 31 craft available from both the Allies and the Axis, along with 40 non-flyable enemy craft, IL-2 has blossomed with several sequels, culminating with over 340 aircraft in the game, including both active-duty planes as well as experimental prototypes. Breaking from the more or less Eastern battles and Soviet-bloc focus, a new sequel is set to be released, titled Cliffs of Dover, which takes place during the 1940 battle over Britain, with British(obviously), German and Italian planes taking part.

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Console Exclusives We Want on PC: inFamous

Apr 30, 2011 | | PC Features

Each year more and more games are being released in a multi-platform format. While console exclusives sell game systems, more multi-platform releases mean that you don’t have to go out and buy a new console just for that one killer app. Unfortunately, it’s becoming too frequent for publishers to overlook a PC version when they release multi-platform games and this can lead to PC gamers missing out on some awesome games.

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Character Affinity: GLaDOS

Apr 28, 2011 | | PC Features

GLaDOS
is without a doubt, one of the most unique and popular villains in
gaming. No other final boss in recent games has spawned memes anywhere
near as popular as “The Cake is a Lie.” If you haven’t yet played Portal and the recently released sequel Portal 2,
it’s best that you stop what you’re doing and go purchase and play
those now as this Character Affinity is sure to feature some spoilers.
At this point you have no excuse to have not played the original.

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Developers We Want Back On PC: Bungie

Apr 28, 2011 | | PC Features

This has been irritating PC Gamers for over a decade, but that damned XBox stole one of our favorite developers! Long before Reach fell, Bungie was making shooters, strategy and action games that could only be enjoyed on a PC, and we want them back. Halo may have been console gamers’ first viable shooter franchise, but its developer was making some of the best games for PC all through the 90’s.

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Hydrophobia Prophecy Preview

Apr 26, 2011 | | PC Features

I’m a dedicated Malthusian, so I’m happy to see any game address the principles of population control, which were at the core of the story in the XBox Arcade game Hydrophobia. Sadly, I had to lower myself to playing this game on a console, instead of my PC, and the same was true of Hydrophobia: Pure, the extensive patch for the game that came out a few months after its initial release. Now I can enjoy myself with the latest update, Hydrophobia Prophesy, which is coming out on the PC next month. I presume that Playstation 3 owners who read the works of Thomas Malthus will feel the same way, because this former XBox exclusive is also coming out for PS3.

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Ace of Spades – Bad Company 2, Eat Your Heart Out

Apr 25, 2011 | | PC Features

At its core, Ace of Spades is an extremely simplistic game.
The brainchild of Ben Aksoy, AoS takes Ken Silverman’s popular Voxlap-based
Minecraft and remakes it as a 32 player first-person shooter, utilizing the
blocky graphics system to build fortifications, tunnels, bridges and anything
else you can think of; the only ultimate objective is to secure a briefcase
from the opposing team’s base and return it to your own. If you want to build a
bridge across the skies to their base, go for it. If you want to tunnel beneath
and emerge in the lion’s den, have fun. From these basic beginnings, entire kingdoms
can be built and defended.

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Tech Preview: The Razer Switchblade

Apr 25, 2011 | | PC Features

There
has always been a strong divide between PC and console gamers. Console
gamers seem to like the simplicity and ease of use that their consoles
provide while PC gamers love the freedom and control they have over
their gaming. A common reason why many PC gamers stick with the platform
despite the many alarmist claims that the PC gaming market is dying is
the strength of the mouse and keyboard control scheme. No
joystick will ever come near the precision and control that a mouse can
and with a keyboard it’s almost impossible for a game to be limited by
the number of buttons on your controller. That’s where the Razer
Switchblade comes in. Razer has tried to fuse the best components of the
PC gaming, console gaming and handheld gaming experiences with their
experimental concept gaming device, the Switchblade.

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Like Gels in Portal 2? Play Tag

Apr 25, 2011 | | PC Features

By now, most of you have probably played Portal 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Valve puzzle game. There are still portals, but there are also plenty of new puzzle elements to keep things fresh. Two of those puzzle elements in Portal 2 are the Repulsion Gel and Propulsion Gel, but this is not the first time gels have been used in a puzzle game.

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Alice: Madness Returns – Preview

Apr 25, 2011 | | PC Features

There’s one thing that hardcore action gamers agree on: We need more games where the main character is a little girl in a frilly dress. It’s been over ten years since shooter fans last got to run around as Alice in the original American McGee’s Alice, and it’s high time that pinafores and petticoats were brought back to the third-person shooter genre. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait much longer for the chance to kill things at a tea party, because Alice: Madness Returns comes out in a few weeks.

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Valve Hammer Editor Overview

Apr 24, 2011 | | PC Features

With the release of Portal 2, many people, especially PC users, have decided to revisit the freely available editor (to anyone who has purchased a Source-based game) that allows players to construct maps used in the Valve library. Whereas previous versions supported GoldSrc, Quake and Quake II, the current version of the Valve Hammer Editor can only be used in conjunction with Source titles. It remains one of the most accessible and easy to use editors on the market, with large icons, help files and tooltips to get a beginner started without much trouble. Exemplifying the concept of ‘simple to learn but hard to master’ the Source engine is being constantly improved upon with new tools and additions that accommodate technological breakthroughs in the industry.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Update

Console Exclusives We Want on PC: inFamous

Character Affinity: GLaDOS

Developers We Want Back On PC: Bungie

Hydrophobia Prophecy Preview

Ace of Spades – Bad Company 2, Eat Your Heart Out

Tech Preview: The Razer Switchblade

Like Gels in Portal 2? Play Tag

Alice: Madness Returns – Preview

Valve Hammer Editor Overview

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