With the passing of Michael Jackson last year there was talk of Popcap having to remove the mini zombie MJ look-alike from their incredibly popular game.They didnt.But it seems that this is still an ongoing point of contention and well..."The Estate of Michael Jackson objected to our use of the 'dancing zombie' in Plants vs. Zombies based on its view that the zombie too closely resembled Michael Jackson. After receiving this objection, PopCap made a business decision to retire the original 'dancing zombie' and replace it with a different 'dancing zombie' character for future builds of Plants vs.Zombies on all platforms. The phase-out and replacement process is underway."
Star Ruler Minimum System Requirements (lowest tested):Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, 7CPU: 1 Core, 2.0 GHz, SSE2 Support (Pentium 4 and higher)System Memory: 512 MBGraphics Memory: 256 MBGraphics Driver: OpenGL 2.1 or betterScreen Resolution: 1024x768 or HigherFree Hard Drive Space: 500 MB
Star Ruler Recommended System Requirements:CPU: 2 Cores, 2.5 GHzSystem Memory: 1024 MBGraphics Memory: 256 MB
Star Ruler Maximum System Requirements (for a flawless experience):CPU: 4 Cores, 2.5 GHzSystem Memory: 1024 MBGraphics Memory: 512 MB
At the brilliant Comic Con it was announced by the SW TOR Developers, Bioware, that space travel, ships and combat will be included within the monster MMO.
We can not provide much data or images on this at present because the chaps over at PC Gamer have an exclusive for their next magazine. There you go guys, a free plug.
The forum community manager, Sean Dahlberg confirmed the announcment with the following
"...You've heard the announcement that we will indeed have Space Combat as part of the TOR experience!" Dahlberg posted. "But what does that mean? Space combat is an alternative gameplay experience to the primary game of storytelling, questing, and ground-based combat. In space combat, you fly your personal ship to various 'hot spots' on your galaxy map. From there, you will blast your way through asteroid fields, enemy fighters, frigates, destroyers, and a variety of other obstacles that will evoke memories of some of the great Star Wars space battles."
Well I can tell you there is a fair amount of excitement buzzing around this, here in GD Towers.
With all this backing and the hallmark of the Star Wars franchise this is shaping up to be, dare I say it, the first real MMO contender for the mighty WoW. It will be interesting to see how things go when Cataclysm shakes the WoW universe. If people are too disturbed by it then they will likely flood to something new like SW TOR.
Vindictus Minimum Requirements
CPU: Single Core 2.4 GHZRAM: 512 MBGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 5xxx series or equivalentOperating System: Windows XPHard Drive: 5 GigabytesNetwork: Broadband Recommended
Vindictus Recommended Requirements
CPU: Duo Core or higherRAM: 1 GBGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 7xxx series or equivalentOperating System: Windows XP or higherHard Drive: 6 Gigabytes or moreNetwork: Broadband Recommended
Alien Swarm Minimum System Requirements: o OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP o Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz o Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista o Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better o Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space o Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Alien Swarm Recommended System Requirements: o OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP o Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz o Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista o Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better o Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space o Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light Minimum System Requirements
o OS: Windows 7 / Vista / XP o Processor: 3+ GHz Intel or 2.5+ GHZ AMD o Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP) / 2 GB RAM (Vista) o Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series (6800GT or better) / ATI 1300XT or better o Hard Drive: 7GB o Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
Face off against a myriad of undead warriors brought to life by the evil Xolotl, including a number of boss battles that are not to be missed in this first ever co-op multiplayer action/adventure game featuring Lara Croft. Fully cooperative online and offline story mode.
The Patrician 4 minimum system requirements
* Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / 7 * Processor: 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 64 * Memory: 1 GB RAM * HDD: 5 GB free harddisk space * Graphics: Shader Model 2.0 PCIe (Geforce 6 Series, Radeon X1000-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c
These are pretty low requirements for The Patrician IV
Fifa Online Minimum RequirementsInternet Explorer Portal IE7/IE8, Firefox 3 and 3.5 are supported.
OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: 1.7 GHz or aboveRAM: 500MB or above
Graphic card:ATI 9800 or aboveNvidia 5900 or aboveIntel 915 or aboveVRAM 64MB or aboveShader mode 2 or above
Hardware acceleration setting is requiredColor system setting 32 / 24 bits.
Game-Debate have just been informed that Mafia 2 will have a playable demo.
The Mafia II Demo will be of the "Buzzsaw" level, where Vito and his buddies, Joe and Henry, are sent to take out a mobster known as "The Fat Man". While the epic game spans two decades, the Buzzsaw demo takes place during the summer of the ‘50s - a time considered the "Birth of Cool", and with it, rock ‘n' roll, hot rods, and rebellious attitudes. The demo showcases the type of vibrant edge-of-your-seat action, as well as a slice of the expansive city of Empire Bay in the colorful era.
Get out the knuckle dusters because you will be able to get your hands on the the Mafia 2 demo on August 10th!
Shank is brutally violent and beautifully pretty at the same time. The chaps at Klei Entertainment know their business when it comes to pixelated cartoon violence.
Today Klei have announced a couple of things. Firstly that they have worked in a coop campaign and secondly, the release date projections.
Here's what they had to say about the release dates and costs etc.
"At long last our release date has been announced:
Playstation Network: August 24, 2010
Xbox LIVE Arcade: August 25, 2010
PC: Fall 2010
Price point: 1200 Microsoft Points / $14.99
I've literally been asked everyday about the release date, and it's been killer waiting for the announcement, and now I get to play the other waiting game for August 24... Hope you all enjoy it when it comes out! I know it was by far the most fun project I've ever worked on.
In regards to the PC version: we're currently working hard to make the PC version work on as many systems as possible, and having a fun ol' time with hardware matrices. Oh yes."So there we have it, should be with us PC gamers fairly shortly. For now we have added the predicted recommended system requirements into the site and these will be updated when the full requirements are sent to us.
One other thing, as the coop campaign has been announced for console (coop is on a single shared console, not over internet) it is not gauranteed that it will find its way on to the PC version. Maybe PC Gamers will have to play from the same keboard and machine also? We will let you know what they say about this shortly.
We recently announced the Final Fantasy XIV Minimum System Requirements - These modest game specs are laid out at the bottom of this article.Square Enix have now unleashed their Final Fantasy XIV Recommended System Requirements and they are absolute brutes. So much so that we can only presume they have accidentally travelled into the future and brought back a copy of their xmas wish list and posted that up instead.
Because of this we are going to keep our comparable figures (in our system checker tool, just above this article on the game details page) marked as predicted and lower them from these recommended system requirements to a more sensible set of componenets while still likely to be able to play this online game with reasonable settings turned on.
Final Fantasy XIV Recomended System Requirements
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Final Fantasy XIV minimum system requirements for beta
Final Fantasy Online Beta will begin early July 2010
Operating SystemWindows® XP SP3Windows® Vista 32-bit / 64-bit SP2Windows® 7 32-bit / 64-bit
CPU
Intel® CoreTM2 Duo (2.0GHz)AMD AthlonTM X2 (2.0GHz)
RAMWindows® XP: 1.5GB or higherWindows® Vista / Windows® 7: 2GB or higher
HDD/SSD SpaceInstallation: 15GB or moreDownload: Space on the hard drive where 'My Documents' is located should be 6GB or more
Graphics Card512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 series or higher512MB ATI RadeonTM HD 2900 series or higher
Sound CardDirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet ConnectionBroadband Internet connection or higher
Screen Resolution1280 x 720 or higher; 32-bit or higher
DirectX®DirectX® 9.0c
OthersMouse, Keyboard, Gamepad
Final Fantasy XIV subscription costs
In a press release, Square Enix revealed the pricing and subscription plans. The PC's regular edition is set for a $49.99 while the collectors edition for $74.99. The most important bit though, is the subscription fees, which is a lovely $12.99 per month.
Final Fantasy Online Collector edition will allow access to the game from 22nd September whereas regular edition allows access from 30th September
Let us know what you think and any experiences you have with the beta or when the full game is realesed?
No official release date has been given yet for this fully licensed superhero MMO. But the attention it is getting at the moment is certainly hotting up.
The DC Universe Online Beta has been announced and registration can now be made over at DCUO headquarters.
DCUO Pre-Orders can also now be placed here.
The DC Universe Minimum system requirements were spotted over on the download medium Direct2Drive very recently by one of our own hawkeyed superheroes. We would have added a link but D2D have removed it already. We dont know how accurate this information is but figured we would put it up for you to decide.
* Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit * Processor: 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core * RAM: 2 GB * Video Card: NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ * Hard Disc Space: 30 GB
Using this as a basis we have added projected recommended system requirements to our site but these will be amended as more information becomes available.
Finally the new DCUO cinematic trailer is awesome. Check it out on our game detail page here. At the end of the trailer they mention that on Friday night on 23rd july at 12:30 there will be an exclusive trailer released.
Cant wait!
This recently spotted artwork might suggest that Hitman 5 is on its way but unfortunately Tom Stratton, Public Relations Manager at IO Interactive confirm that it is nothing more than just that, artwork.
I cant say that I believe him entirely and the franchise is too popular to be shelved permenantly. With rumours still floating around and new artwork with dates on it clearly visible Hitman 5 or at least another movie is surely on its way. So we will keep looking for release/development confirmation and update you when we hear anything.
2K have included collectible Playboy magazines in game. As the game has been classified as an adult 18 rating the guys at 2K have completely uncensored the Playboy magazines that you can find and then open to goggle at the nakedness inside.
It was announced back in March that 2K had signed a deal with Playboy to offer vintage issues of the magazine as an in-game collectible. What know one knew was that the completely nude centrefold will spring forth on screen whenever you pick one up.
It seems that games are readily adding nakedness and sex scenes, because as we all know, sex sells, especially amongst the teen gaming community.
Our thoughts on this?
Gaming is in the entertainment industry just like movies and they have had nakedness for some time. As the amount of money pouring in to the gaming industry out performs its Hollywood brethren it is no wonder that publishers have moved into this area as well. Parents should just be made well aware of the age ratings that are used on games in the same way that they are used on films. But how many of us sneaked in to 18 only films when we were 16?
Lost Horizon Minimum System Requirements
* Windows® XP/VistaTM/Windows 7TM * Pentium IV 2 GHz Single Core or 100 % compatible CPU * 512 MB RAM * DirectX® 9-compatible AGP or PCI Express 64 MB video card or better * DirectX® 9-compatible 16-bit sound card (optional) * DVD-ROM drive * approx. 4.5 GB of free hard disk space * Mouse
