Apr
18
After almost a year of straight declines, video game hardware and software sales are finally on the way up according to market research group NPD. Total game sales climbed by 6 percent from the same month a year earlier to $1.52 billion helped in large part by big console releases such as God of War [...]
Apr
18
Activision Claims “Fair Treatment” Means “Well Paid”
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When Infinity Ward’s Jason West and Vince Zampella left Activision / Infinity Ward, many of us wondered, just how bad could things possibly be? Well if you believe Activision’s side of the story “We treat our developers extremely well” said COO Thomas Tippl.
“If their games are successful, they are compensated better here than anywhere else. [...]
Jan
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – January 2010
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
January 3rd 2010
Microsoft Research Patent Makes Air Guitar a Reality
January 3rd 2010
Quake Ported to the Palm Pre
January 3rd 2010
Core i3 Laptops Leak in Advance of CES at Surprisingly Low Prices
January 4th 2010
Blu-ray Disc Capacity Set to Jump From 25GB to 33GB Per Layer
January 9th 2010
Mad Catz Sets the Bar (and the Price) [...]
Mar
28
PC Gaming Alliance Releases Optimistic State of the Industry Report
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By Justin Kerr
The PC Gaming Alliance has taken some heat over the years, both from the public, and the media as to what exactly they offer. Since their inception, PC Gaming hasn’t seen any demonstrable improvements in hardware standards, DRM, or really anything [...]
Jun
28
By Justin Kerr
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Blizzard has officially announced its long anticipated sequel in the Diablo franchise to great fanfare at the Worldwide Invitational Event in Paris. This finally puts to rest the flurry of rumors that Diablo would be the next Blizzard property to enter the [...]
Jun
2
By Justin Kerr
Sins Of A Solar Empire publisher Stardock has released an article on why it doesn’t use or support DRM (Digital Rights Management) to protect it’s software.
Before you read my take on this you should read the release, it is available online here, or
Download PDF Here.
Is Copy Protection Necessary?
As a consumer of software [...]
May
1
Windows 7 / Vista 64 Bit – Program Compatibility List
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***April 2010***
What Is Windows 7 / Vista 64 Bit And Can I Run It?
The transition from 32 to 64 bit hardware happened pretty quickly and mostly nobody noticed. AMD was first out of the gate with 64 bit processors and today its very difficult to buy a new piece of hardware that isn’t 64 [...]
Apr
30
Microsoft’s Games For Windows Program – Great For 64 Bit Gaming
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When Games for Windows relaunched to much fanfare in 2006 PC Gamer’s rejoiced, finally Microsoft was going to shift some focus from the Xbox and revisit it’s roots. As the months and years have dragged on Games For Windows seems to have done little to promote the industry and has been universally declared a flop. [...]
Apr
21
Get Your Fill Of Portal’s Glados
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Help Yourself To Some Portal Wallpaper
Portal is one of those games that only comes along once in a blue moon. It can take credit for reinventing the wheel of puzzle gaming and introduces this genre to a new generation of gamers. The full implications of this new and highly addictive style of game play [...]
Apr
21
The 1-up show recently played the new maps and viewed the medic upgrades first hand at the valve event in San Francisco last week.
Click on the video link below and fast forward to 9:35 to skip to the Team Fortress content.
You can download the video first to make it easier to skip forward without having [...]