Author - Jerry Paxton

Star Wars: The Old Republic Reminds Us of Imminent Launch

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

BioWare has sent out a reminder to its fans regarding the imminent launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The message? It is still good to go for a December 20th release (December 13th if you pre-ordered).

“Star Wars: The Old Republic is a go for launch on December 20,” said Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of the BioWare label’s MMO Business Unit. “We are extremely humbled by the surge of players who have joined us on this journey and participated in the Beta Weekend. Their participation has given us the opportunity to stress test the game and allowed us to tune the experience, ensuring that we deliver the smoothest possible MMO launch later this month.”

World of Tanks Takes Simultaneous Players Record

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

Wargaming.net has announced that their highly entertaining World of Tanks has set a new Guinness World Record for Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MMO Server. Their total for the month of November: Over 250,000 players!

“We are more than happy to watch our World of Tanks win over hearts and minds of gamers all around the world,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “The multicluster technology will enable us to move steadily towards new milestones and records.”

World of Tanks is free to play and available now!

Confrontation Teaser Trailer

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

Focus Home Interactive has released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming tactical RPG, Confrontation, which is due out on Windows PC systems come early 2012.

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EVGA Precision Update Released

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

Gaming hardware maker, EVGA, has revealed a new version of its Precision GPU-tuning software. You can checkout the release notes below or download the latest version at EVGA’s website.

EVGA Precision v2.1.1 (12-7-2011)

  • Updated EVGA Voltage Tuner:
    • Added auto detection for GTX 580 cards
    • Updated spelling
  • EVGA On-Screen Display server has been upgraded to version 4.2.4. New version gives you the following improvements:
    • Added power user oriented application profile setting allowing EVGA On-Screen Display Server to detect runtime function offsets dynamically on each 3D application startup. This provides On-Screen Display functionality support in applications using modified Direct3D runtime libraries (e.g. FXAA injection Direct3D runtimes)
    • Updated profiles list

DS Unlocked Goes Live

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

Gaming PC maker, Digital Storm, as unveiled DS Unlocked, their own blog about PC gaming performance and how to squeeze as much as you can out of your rigs. You can check DS Unlocked out at its official website.

“Our goal with DS Unlocked is to help make our customers better gamers by giving them loads of insider information and insight that’s available all in one place,” commented Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Storm’s Director of Product Development. “Digital Storm’s team of engineers are offering years’ worth of industry experience and expertise for free. Whether it’s how to properly benchmark your PC or how to get the most out of the latest games, like Battlefield 3, DS Unlocked will give you all the intel you need to up your game.”

The Amazing Spider-Man Video Game Announced

2011/12/08
Jerry Paxton
News

Activision has announced The Amazing Spider-Man, a video game due out in the Summer of 2012. Set in New York City, The Amazing Spider-Man game is being developed as an epilogue story set after the events of the upcoming SONY film of the same name. Fans can check out the WORLD PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE TRAILER for The Amazing Spider-Man video game during Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, airing live on Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT.

New Auto Club Revolution Content Update Screens

2011/12/07
Jerry Paxton
News

Eutechnyx has released a ton of new screenshots from the Closed Beta Test phase of free-to-play online racing game and car community, Auto Club Revolution. Available today, the update includes 14 new cars to drive, 3 new race tracks and sees the introduction of the performance upgrade shop.

Executive Producer, Doug Wolff said, “The core philosophy of Auto Club Revolution’s design is the ability to allow players to customise their experience, so the release of the performance upgrade shop into the closed beta is particularly exciting for the team.  In addition to the release of this feature, we’ve also unveiled more new cars and tracks which allows us to expand the scale of this phase of the beta test.”

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X3: Albion Prelude to be Released in One Week

2011/12/07
Jerry Paxton
News

Deep Silver and Egosoft have, in a surprise announcement, said that “X3: Albion Prelude”, the bridge between the “old X Universe and new X Universe”, will be released on December 15th, 2011 for Windows PCs. It will also be released on Mac PCs sometime after.

Feature overview

  • A new plot throws you into the power struggle between corporations at a time of war.
  • More than 30 new ships and stations
  • New Stock Exchange feature allows advanced investment strategies
  • Improved graphics quality setting for high end machines
  • Improved UI introducing charts to visualize economic developments
  • Support for head tracking

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