Jun 1 2008

Call of Duty 4 Variety maps finally arriving on PC

The Call of Duty 4 Variety pack maps are finally arriving on PC. The pack is sponsored by Nvidia and will be available worldwide from 5th June 2008.
PC gamers have had to watch Xbox and PS3 owners get this pack months before them however PC games will be happy about one thing, the update is [...]

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Apr 30 2008

PC Gamer Showdown announced for September

Future, the UK’s leading games media company, today announced its latest live games event, PC Gamer Showdown – a brand-new LAN tournament, bringing together the UK’s best PC gamers to compete for big cash prizes!

The event will be held in StoneLeigh Park in Conventry and will see around 500 gamers battle it out in games [...]

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Feb 6 2008

Lazy Analogies are like Kicking Puppies

Seriously, you guys, cut this out. Games are not like crack and selling virtual gold is not like prostitution. From Eurogamer’s interview with Runescape’s Imre Jele:
The biggest concern about illegal real-world trading is - sorry for this example as I know it’s not politically correct - it’s a bit like prostitution. It’s not necessarily the [...]

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Jan 28 2008

Indie Games of 2007

Gamers should expect a dearth of games during the post-Christmas drought. It’s a perfect time to check out some of the year’s best games that you’ve never heard of.
Why play indie games?
1. they are often quirky
2. they aren’t developed by a marketing team
3. they are labors of love
4. they offer a fresh perspective
5. [...]

Jan 18 2008

i33: LAN party of the year

Imagine, 1,500 sweaty nerds crammed into a racecourse, each armed with computers worth more than your house and cases lit up like Christmas trees. Fueled by testosterone, Doritos and Red Bull, these cyber-athletes compete for 80 hours, spending the night in tents. It will surely be the greatest concentration of l33t the UK has ever [...]

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