First light It always feels like Christmas Eve when a new operating system glimmers over the horizon. When the day finally dawns and we can all give the shiny new Windows a test drive round the park,we know the big day has finally arrived. It […]
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Beneath a Steel Sky- A Classic Point and Click adventure, set in a dystopian future. Cult classic, ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’, widely considered to be one of the best adventure games ever written. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl7ZbTxkx-A&list=PLB3889D93D3C9C7B4&feature=share[/youtube] Overview: Robert Foster is an innocent outsider stranded in a vast
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All steamed up Sometimes known as digital content delivery platforms, game clients have evolved since Steam pioneered the concept in 2003. When the much anticipated Half Life 2 was launched in 2004, most gamers bought the game on DVD, rushed home to install it and
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Bosun X – Quantam jumping at critical velocity Quantum jump from Planck to Planck as you hit critical velocity in Boson X, a new rotational runner from Mu & Heyo. Build up speed inside a massive particle accelerator and generate high-energy collisions to discover strange
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No Man’s Sky wows E3! A small seven person indie developer, Hello Games, working out of a shed in Guildford, just south of London, wowed the audience at E3 with a trailer of their space adventure game, No Man’s Sky. According to the devs, the
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Valve to show Half Life 3 to the world at E3? Will the Freeman finally come forward and release us from these shackles of torment once and for all? For how much longer will we have to crawl and scrape to feed off the crumbs
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E3 in Los Angeles opened its doors to the trade on Tuesday morning and already some stunning new games have been announced. Far Cry 4 The original Far Cry from Crytek was a ground breaking game back in 2004, due to its lush graphics and
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War Thunder – Next generation MMO combat game dedicated to WWII military action War Thunder offers a highly detailed and personalized aviation experience, giving players access to hundreds models of planes with detailed cockpits, dozens of upgradeable weapons, and flying skills that can be honed
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Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Developer: MachineGames Review platform: PC Expectations were high for Wolfenstein: The New Order, very high. After all, following in the footsteps of Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) and Wolfenstein II (2008) was always going to be a challenge
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Red Eclipse, a Free Casual Arena Shooter If you like shooters and enjoy multiplayer, it doesn’t get much better than this and it’s totally free of charge. I’ve seen multiplayer shooters only half as good as Red Eclipse and you have to pay for them
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In previous articles on gaming we’ve referred to the huge improvements in graphic fidelity in modern games, where an almost photo realistic scenario has been achieved, making the games incredibly immersive, not just to play but even just to gawp at. Similarly, many older games
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Pioneer – Space Adventure/Simulator Pioneer is a space adventure game set in our galaxy at the turn of the 31st century. The game is open-ended, and you are free to eke out whatever kind of space-faring existence you can think of. Look for fame or
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Chips Challenge – tile based, highly addictive puzzle game. Chips was originally released as part of a Microsoft Best of Entertainment Pack in 1995 and became wildly popular and addictive. It’s a tile based, top-down puzzle game, where you as Chips have to navigate your
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Emulation and Virtualisation For many people, getting older programs to run in newer systems is more about the means than the end. After all, once you finally get the program or game running half way decently, it will need to have the life tweaked
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