Microsoft Windows Vista gets DirectX 11
Platform Update for Windows Vista 971644 is going to bring support for DirectX 11 to Windows Vista users.
Windows 7 already comes with DirectX 11 so this is good news for Vista owners with compatible graphic cards.
This update is likely to be available directly from Windows Update on relevant [...]
Valve: majority of gamers are still on Windows XP
Microsoft might have practically discontinued their Windows XP operating system but it remains the preferred operating system for gamers.
Valve has released the latest Steam user metrics and majority of gamers on this platform are still using Windows XP operating system.
Looking at the stats, 68% of Steam users [...]
Latest edition of Prince of Persia for PC without DRM
TorrentFreak has revealed that the latest edition of Prince of Persia for the PC platform has arrived without any form of DRM to restrict the usage of the game.
Ubisoft community development manager Chris Easton said in a statement on this decision:
You’re right when you say [...]
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King already a best seller!
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King managed to sell 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours of launch.
The developers of the game claims that this is a record of its kind for PC based games.
Blizzard Entertainment claims that [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV coming to PC this November
Rockstar Games has announced that they would be launching the PC version of their hit game Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC platform.
The PC edition of this game would be released in November this year. The game is already a smash hit on the Sony Playstation [...]
Mass Effect System Requirements
Jay Watamaniuk, community manager of Bioware has made a statement on the official system requirement for their Mass Effect gaming title.
Here are the details:
Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System:
Windows XP or Vista
Processor:
2.4+GHZ Intel or 2.0+GHZ AMD
Memory:
1 Gigabyte Ram (XP)
2 Gigabyte Ram (Vista)
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better)
ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 [...]
Award-Winning Epic Will Be Published By EA
Leading video game developer, BioWare™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) company, has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect™ will be released for the PC in May 2008. Published by EA and re-designed for the PC, Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean Online launched by Disney Online
Disney Online has announced the launch of their Pirates of the Caribbean Online game.
This is basically a new massively multiplayer online game supporting both Mac OS X and Windows users.
The first month charges are $4.95. Gamers would be required to pay $9.95 for every month thereafter.
Disney [...]
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock coming to Apple Mac
Aspyr Media has announced that they are working on developing a Mac version of the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
The company is also incidentally working on a PC version of the title. They are aiming to deliver both these versions in the market within a [...]
Quake Wars coming out on October 2
Just a couple of days after Microsoft launches their Halo 3 videogame title, Activision would be launching their new PC-based multiplayer game Quake Wars.
The company has announced that this game based on the Quake II storyline would be launched in the market on October 2.
Activision said in a statement [...]
