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Lord of the Rings Online goes free Sep 10
Aug 18th
Lord of the Rings Online was a Game you paid your hard earned money for each month to play but come September 10th – put that money away as it will go in full “Free to play” mode. Of course like most other Free to play games, to get the extra stuff, you need to spend money. You’ll be able to download the game client, create an account, and battle the forces of EVIL~! without paying one red cent.
Runes of Magic – Free to Play MMORPG
Aug 16th
You can find out more at the homepage – from what I understand, it a Free to play 3D MMORPG that plays a lot like World of Warcraft and has been going for some time. The client is 6.7Gigs to download and can take some time.
Alien Swarm – Free Game on Steam
Jul 24th
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes.
Grab it Here or search for it on Steam.
Should PC and Console Gamers play on same servers?
Jul 24th
Controller vs. mouse and keyboard? Not a fair match.
With gaming technologies so similar these days, as games use the same engine technologies, it would seem like a logical step for different platforms to be able to play with each other online. After all, Macs and PCs have been harmoniously getting along with each other online. So what about consoles?
Microsoft controls what goes on its Xbox 360 platform, so through its Games for Windows initiative, one would assume that Microsoft at one point must have contemplated getting its console gamers online with PC gamers. According to VoodooPC founder and HP CTO Rahul Sood, Microsoft tested it and then canned it.
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: The CGI Trailer
Jun 19th
Assassin’s Creed II was one of the best games of last year (or this year, if you’re a PC gamer). It fixed nearly all the faults of the first game, and now Ubisoft is hoping to take it a step further with Assassin’s Creed 2.5.
Pariah Game Review
May 29th
Pariah
Pariah is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Digital Extremes, co-developers of the Unreal franchise. It was released on May 3, 2005 for Windows and Xbox. It uses a modified version of the Unreal engine and the Havok physics engine
Gaming on your PC? Alive and Well?
May 1st
Remember the days when you walked into a Gaming store and more then half was dedicated to PC Games? Recall also a time when this was the only point of reference you had of how much a game cost and also the fact that there was a lot of people buying games this way back then? Have you now noticed how few stores there is (I have a grand total of two) that sell games as well as how small the PC Gaming section is? Do we blame the internet as it is easy to compare prices and get better deals? Do we blame the pirates for making people stop developing PC Games? Finally do we blame the fact there is many consoles out now that are talking up the floor space.
Monster 6 PC Eve Farming Rig
Apr 12th
Kotaku points the way to an MMORPG gamer who is really, really serious about EVE Online. Unlike most subscribers however, he doesn’t spend hours upon hours performing the same mundane tasks to farm gold and minerals. Instead, Zhek Kromtor has created a six-rig setup that allows him to access six separate characters and get the goods faster than the standard method.
Kromtor was originally kicked off EVE Online for software multiboxing: the act of sending a keyboard or mouse click to multiple computers or clients at the same time using software such as Synergy, Keyclone, and more. CCP banned him from the MMORPG for three days, citing “macro use.”
TorchLight – RPG Game
Apr 8th
You Can get this game from http://www.torchlightgame.com as a demo and if you hurry, you can buy this game for $5 – Bargain.
