Archive : Games

Ever since DirectX 10 came out with Windows Vista, most gamers have upgraded (changed, rather) their OS to vista to experience games with DX10. Games look better on DX10 no doubt, but it is equally true that switching to DX10 sacrifices a lot of FPS (Frames Per Second). Now this difference may be little while playing on lower settings with highly capable graphic cards but as you increase the details [...]

Hello readers, I just got back home from one long night of waiting in line, in the sweltering desert heat of Las Vegas (yes even in the middle of the night you feel like you’re melting.) But it was all well worth it, as soon as I walked in I cracked open my Collector’s Edition of Starcraft II and I am currently anxiously waiting for it to finish installing. That’s all besides the [...]

  Pretty much all of us have played a Rockstar game or two, you know they’re only the publishers of games like: Red Dead Redemption, and the GTA series. Well now is the perfect time to learn about their roots in the gaming world.  Nearing their ten year anniversary next month, Steidl - a german publishing company is set to release a three hardback book set detailing the ins and outs [...]

Fat, ugly, lacking any form of social skills, living in his mother’s basement. That is the general stereotype of a video game player. But there are some gamers out there, some people who just couldn’t stand this stereotype being forced on them anymore. So they decided to make things right. And they went into killing sprees. Thus, the eternal argument of “Video games are evil and they must be [...]

Introduction: Mario is arguably the most popular and legendary video game character ever. If you owned have PC since many years, you will still smile on the mention of the name “Mario”, the old game which was so simple,graphically and gameplay-wise, yet it had an undeniable charm to it. Owners of all Nintendo consoles would have had an earlier taste of Mario games and would agree that they [...]

Introduction: Pokemon games have broken most video game records in the past decade or so and have made Nintendo’s handheld console sales rocket up and way above the rest. If you glance up the sales charts of Nintendo consoles like Gameboy and Gameboy Advance, you will find most of the top spots occupied by Pokemon games. Even the Nintendo DS series of consoles has got its share of Pokemon games, [...]

Alliance and Horde factions will clash anew as each side vies for control of Twin Peaks, the upcoming 10-man battleground planned for the Cataclysm expansion. World of Warcraft has seen its fair share of skirmishes between the two factions, but tensions are set to reach another boiling point with both factions claiming ownership of Twin Peaks, a strategic stronghold for launching attacks against Deathwing, [...]

When you purchase an Xbox 360, you have sudden access to hundreds of titles with amazing graphics and audio, high-tech controllers, cables, and even free games. Many times the little extras thrown in along with console make for a happy buyer. It goes without saying that you will also need a good television set, even one with high-def, in order to improve the Xbox 360 gaming experience. Remember, though, [...]

Racing games have not been very impressive or promising on the PC platform nowadays. The PC ports of the recent racing games have been heavily criticized for not living up to their console counterparts. Moreover, recent PC racing games are not as fun to play as the older ones like Need For Speed: Most Wanted, because they only bring a highly detailed world and environment, no other factor which they [...]

After many requests made by the players themselves, Aion 1.9 is here and has brought quite a few changes. The most notable ones include all-new class skills, new recipes, daily quests, a new configurable quickbar and more solo zone quests. It’s also worth noticing that the experience points and the instance drop rates have been also increased. For more details about what 1.9 has brought, visit [...]