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Deus Ex 3 “to get Bioshock Atmosphere”! *facepalm*

Deus Ex 3 “to get Bioshock Atmosphere”! *facepalm*

Fans really are as every bit as irritating as developers. And so are journalists that write such misleading titles. The subject of my ire here is basically one of total miscommunication and hear-say. Eurogamer yesterday created an article titled “Deus Ex 3 to get Bioshock Atmosphere“. Their source? A dodgy translation of a Czech article on Deus Ex 3 (here’s a link to the article run through Google Translator) Instead of focusing on Eurogamer’s little blunder, I’m going to focus…

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Unreal Tournament 3 – Now with Steam Functionality!

Unreal Tournament 3 – Now with Steam Functionality!

After yesterday’s farce (whether by accident or design) over the Gears of War .exe expiry, this comes as a very welcome change. You can now add your Unreal Tournament 3 keys to Steam, in preparation for a major update. I may take every opportunity I can to demonstrate just how shallow the Epic business model is, but I cannot deny that this was a good move, especially in the wake of yesterday’s controversy, so I guess apologies are in order…

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Fallout 3 – Operation:Anchorage Review

Fallout 3 – Operation:Anchorage Review

As promised, here’s my review of the new Fallout 3 DLC – Operation: Anchorage. Since getting hold of it is a less than simple process, I’ve also written extensively on how to buy it/get it running here. Anyway. As you who were here at The Reticule’s founding will know, I really liked Fallout 3. As those of you who read my post the other day, I really hate GFWL. The latter is truer than ever. And in all honesty, Operation…

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Fallout 3 Operation : Anchorage – So you still want to buy it?

Fallout 3 Operation : Anchorage – So you still want to buy it?

My review of Operation : Anchorage is not a positive one. Read it here. If you still think you want to buy it, I’ve put together a guide on how to do so – because this in itself is not simple, and a few things that may come in useful if you do. —Buying The Darn Thing— You need some Microsoft points first off – as in, the same points (no, not Gamerscore as I’ve seen some people asking in…

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Various Games for Windows Live Thoughts

Various Games for Windows Live Thoughts

This could well be considered a rant of Angry Internet Proportions. Frankly I don’t care. Bill has a vision for the future of gaming, and I don’t like it. It’s a bleak picture of confusing interfaces, irritatingly specific internet connection requirements and unwieldy, restrictive, deceptive financial transactions. I don’t think any of my points here are going to be new, but given my recent Dawn of War II connection anguish, and the upcoming Fallout 3 DLC Operation: Anchorage, I felt…

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FEAR 2 Demo and Impressions

FEAR 2 Demo and Impressions

The demo for the seemingly long-delayed FEAR 2 was released on Steam today. It’s a hefty 1.8gb, so it might be an overnight job for some of you. I’ve played it a couple of times now, so here are some thoughts: It does seem on the whole, to be same-old-same-old. I think it’s a case of if you loved FEAR, and want more, you’ll probably love it. It really is the old game transferred onto (an admittedly sexy) new engine….

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The Line of Gaming Succession

The Line of Gaming Succession

In a world where the novos gamo developer is becoming ever more present in the minds of the PC gamer, in no small part to the new emphasis blogs such as ourselves place on the indie scene,  there seems to be a rising divide between the “old” and “new”. While the hoi-polloi steadily build themselves a niche in the market, the gaming oligarchs have been out there doing their thing for decades now. Over these years, the veritable aristocracy of…

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Interview Madness!

Interview Madness!

There’s plenty of interesting interviews out on that there intertube today, so rather than individually examine them all, I thought I’d collate them for your viewing pleasure. First up, there’s a highly interesting interview with Paul Wedgewood of Splash Damage fame (Enemy Territory) over on GamesIndustry.biz . I found his points about review scores particularly interesting. I really don’t feel personally that scores are truly reflective of games these days. You simply cannot put into quantified terms whether World of…

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Peeling the patches off your eyes – game updates explained

Peeling the patches off your eyes – game updates explained

Sponge pointed me earlier towards a highly illuminating post over on the Call of Duty: World at War forums discussing the process of patching things. While I’m admittedly not too knowledgable on CoD:WaW, the post is pretty applicable across the board, especially regarding more conventional methods of patching (i.e. not Steam where they can track things and update far more quickly)

Beware the Smoker – Valve Updates L4D

Beware the Smoker – Valve Updates L4D

Left 4 Dead has recieved an epic update over night, featuring a whole host of updates, ranging from exploit fixes, to some much needed Versus balancing. Most noticable; and certainly most welcome, considering all the calls I’ve heard by irritated infected to have him removed; are the balancing modifications to the Smoker, who now looks ever bit as fun to play as his Bio would have us believe.  He should be alot more scary throughout the whole game, besides that…

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