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11/26/09
League of Legends is a DotA spin off. Casual DotA players will probably enjoy it but more serious players will prefer Heroes of Newerth which is pretty much DotA 2.0. If you enjoy DotA and aren't 100% opposed to some things changing (ie losing some of the hero base, new heroes, some item changes but largely the items are exact ports, some changes in the skills of heroes ported over) then you'll enjoy HoN. It might be tough to get a beta invite but if you can track one down it'll be worth it. If not it's probably not that far from release now, they just added two more heroes making the total 59 heroes and it's predicted the game will launch with 60 heroes.
So about another month for the last hero then probably 2-3 more months of beta for balancing and tweaks.
11/26/09
All the games i've downloaded off steam recently have run on full spec wonderfully.
I'm becoming a PC gamer I think, and a lot of people are coming over to that side just because of the myths that you have to upgrade every day for £1000000 are dispelling.
I have my PC for RTS, FPS and puzzle games, then my ps3 for others.
If I want to play a wii titles I can just visit my girlfriend and play at hers as mines still broken at the moment.
All together, I think I've got it pretty sweet this gen.
11/27/09
11/27/09
When I say download though, I mostly mean buying in the shops, but them coming through steam.
Orange box £5, L4D1 £15, L4D2 £29.99
so about £50, but to be honest, theyre worth so much more, I fear I might be becoming a huge Valve fanboy haha.
11/25/09
Left 4 Dead 2 ($49.99)
Trackmania: United Forever (On Steam $39.99)
Borderlands ($49.99)
Trine (On Steam $19.99)
Sins of A Solar Empire ($19.99)
All these games will run on a mid-range computer, especially Trine, Sins, and Trackmania. With the most PC taxing being Borderlands.
I think they make great gifts.
11/25/09
11/25/09
THQ Complete Pack, $49.99 until Monday.
Games included:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Red Faction
Red Faction Guerrilla
Red Faction II
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Saints Row 2
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II
That's less than $3 per game. PC gamers always win in the end, kids.
11/27/09
To those of you reading this: BUY IT NOW.
11/25/09
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11/25/09
360s, dying since... launch.
11/25/09
Anyway, time to go look at all the DD sales going on.
#speakup
11/27/09
* tear *
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Oh, and headless kamikazes with round bombs on their hands, yet still able to scream at you ^_^.
I heartily recommend the game based on the original First Encounter.
11/26/09
11/27/09
"Double the gun, double the fun." * chuk-chuk *
11/25/09
[store.steampowered.com]
New games each day for sale.
Dragon Age is cheaper, Batman and Far Cry 2 are half price, and Osmos could be a nice cheap title.
If you want PC games for gift, well now is the time to pick them up.
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11/25/09
Also, I played Zuma for the first time last night and uh... good god that was one fun puzzle game.
There's a decent number of games missing from the list and well... some games that shouldn't be on the list like Wolfenstein.
11/25/09
11/25/09
What? Seriously. What?
Windows 7 sold more than Vista did, to a lot of fanfare and general goodwill. I know a lot of digs are made at PC gaming on kotaku, and that's your prerogative, but come on!
11/25/09
I think he probably means that Windows 7 hasn't generated much attention for PC gaming... which I guess is maybe true?
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(Prices taken from GameStop, D2D and Steam)
The Orange Box - $29.99
Guild Wars - $19.99 to $49.99
Tomb Raider Anniversary - $19.99
KOTOR - $9.95
Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, San Andreas $9.95 to $19.95
Bioshock - $19.95
11/25/09
No Diablo Battlechest? Or Warcraft Battlechest?
11/25/09
I haven't tried out Torchlight yet. =P But I completely forgot about WCIII and Diablo II. Those are great games. =P
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11/25/09
You guys recommended the no dedicated servers, more console oriented war sim Opflash over ArmA 2. There are no MMOs, arguably the biggest moneymakers on the PC atm. The list totally lacks adventure games, despite the PCs recent resurgence of the genre.
Maybe you should have just listed the strength of the pc versions some of these non-exclusive games instead of posting multiple DLC entries.
Was this list, by chance, limited by games on the PC that you guys actually reviewed?
11/25/09
We're talking about a system which can play PC games past and present, which gets more and more console ports, sometimes even Better than the original versions, AND emulate most other consoles to a T.
A system which always has and always will surpass the other consoles in prowess and gameplay and controls. Find a way to beat keyboard&mouse in precision, then talk.
A system where, if you have no scruples, you don't have to pay for anything except hardware.
Seriously, is Sony and Nintendo paying you to trash PC gaming?
11/25/09
Wow, touchy much? You're overreacting for no reason, and coming off like that makes you sound like you have a severe superiority complex and are a complete jackass.
11/25/09
#calendar
11/25/09
Didn't you know that?
11/25/09
There is a genuine and obvious anti-PC slant in kotaku's articles.
The first line is "Poor PC gaming" and a list of DLC, with commentors having to fill out the article themselves. Luke called the MW2 petition a 'hollow and pointless Tantrum'. They had to be nagged into reviewing Torchlight.
And this on top of PC being one of the more popular platforms on Kotaku;
"3. Which of these platforms do you own and/or play games on?
PC: 9,250 total responses
Xbox 360: 8,277
PlayStation 3: 7,634"
As our mum's used to say "If you've got nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all"
11/25/09
I don't personally have a side, since I've invested in everything, so I guess I don't truly know what PC exclusive gamers feel like, but to the contrary, beause I own more platforms than a PC, doesn't make me any less of a PC gamer.
11/25/09
However if you're only source of gaming news was Kotaku you'd be wondering how folks like Valve are still in business.
And the thing with the fanboys yelling 'no games' n RROD, you're not meant to have the editors doing that too. Which they don't(except down under). But when it comes to PC they can't seem to help themselves.
(I too own more than a PC, I'd wager many 'PC gamers' do. We just identify ourselves as PC gamers as its our primary platform)