Thursday, January 21, 2010

Steam Weekend Deal: 75% Off Company of Heroes


That's right ladies and gents, you can own one of the best RTS's to date for the mere price of $13! Don't pass up this opportunity. Purchase here.

  • Company of Heroes  - $4.99
  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - $4.99
  • Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - $7.49
  • Company of Heroes: Complete Pack - $12.49

Friday, January 15, 2010

Steam Weekend Deal: DiRT 2 - 50% OFF


DiRT2 is 50% off on steam this weekend only which allows it to be had for the low price of $19.99.  Don't delay, operators are standing by!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

King's Bounty - 75% off till Thursday!


'Til Thursday, the three -rather good- King's Bounty games are on offer on Steam, with 75% knocked off the regular price. 

Purchase here.

Friday, January 08, 2010

Battlefield Bad Company 2 - PC Beta Info


Details have been made available regarding the PC demo of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The also answer to the question of mod tools. Read on!

Beta Begins/Ends: Jan 28th/Feb 25th
Map Name: Port Valdez
Players: 32
Game Mode: Rush
Environment: Snow
Theme: Vehicle and Infantry

Back Story: The battle for Port Valdez is fought alongside the waterline towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains. Using basically everything they've got the Russian forces are launching an airborne assault to knock out the oil industries in the area. In their arsenal there are Main Battle Tanks as well as fast-moving Quad Bikes and mobile armored AA. It's a vehicle focused battle, but with plenty of infantry combat.

How to Download: Check back to the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta Page closer to beta launch date for download instructions.

How To Get Access: Reserve Battlefield Bad Company 2 is the most sure fire way and right now we are still finalizing which Retailers & e-Tailers will participate (it's up to them). If you're eager to ensure you get in confirmed distributors to Pre-Order consumers are the EA Store and at GameStop.com. We'll have another Blog to update new retailers & e-Tailers that have teamed up with us as well as alternate channels to obtain a Closed Beta Key.

Steam Beta: Yes there was a leaked image of a Package file we propped on Steam. People with illegal accounts can see games in this environment, but this is not a Beta in the term of Public Test Beta, but a real development Beta installer client for the Steam version of the full game. We are however working with Steam to have the Public PC Beta available on Steam, but can't confirm this quite yet so cross your fingers Steam users. :-)

Anti Cheat: We're going with PunkBuster supporting the same options BF2 and BF2142 had to run unranked without PunkBuster.

Mod Tools: There will not be mod tools for BFBC2. However a majority of the the games logic is controlled by the server and there will be Serverside control options for the dedicated servers.

Public Server Files: We will not distribute these publicly. There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

AMD and Samsung Demonstrate Seamless Multi-Display Experience with ATI Eyefinity Technology


AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Samsung today showcased new thin-bezel displays that enable the most seamless multi- display experience yet with ATI Eyefinity technology on select ATI Radeon™ HD graphics cards, by minimizing display edges to enable a super high resolution panoramic computing experience.1 Additionally, AMD announced the creation of a new ATI Eyefinity Validation program, designed to help consumers easily identify displays, adapters, software and other components, that have demonstrated their ability to enable an outstanding experience with ATI Eyefinity technology.
Samsung thin-bezel displays: improving on the already jaw dropping “ATI Eyefinity” experience:
  • Samsung’s new MD230 displays feature bezels that are 50% to 70% thinner than traditional displays, making for a more seamless ATI Eyefinity experience.
  • The new displays are expected to be available in early 2010 from Samsung reseller and distribution channels starting at an MSRP of USD$3,099 for a six-screen configuration and USD$1,899 for a three-screen configuration.
  • Attendees of this year’s CES can see the thin-bezel display demonstration at AMD’s exhibit located in the Grand Lobby (GL-8 and GL-10) of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The MD230 will also be on display at the Samsung booth in the Central Hall #11026. ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology allows PC users to connect up to six displays to a single ATI Radeon™ HD graphics card for the ultimate in immersive game play, improved productivity, and HD multimedia, at up to 12 x full HD resolution.2