Dark Souls for PC releases this August. Here are five things we can expect from the PC edition of From Software’s brilliant action-RPG.
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Dark Souls PC Edition Adds New Area ‘Artorias Of The Abyss’ And Enhanced PvP
Don’t let the whole Games For Windows Live news get you down: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition for PC is going to be amazing one way or another. GFWL may be the most-hated, most-atrocious DRM out there, but I can’t help but brush all that off. Dark Souls is one of the best games I’ve played […]
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Dark Souls PC Edition On Games For Windows Live Instead Of Steam
Good news is almost always coupled with bad news. This is as true in gaming as in any other part of life. With the official news that Dark Souls is coming to PC, this rule holds true. As Nathan Grayson points out, there’s always a catch. The bad news is that Dark Souls is using for […]
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Praise The Sun! Dark Souls PC Box-Art, Screenshots Revealed
It’s official. No more leaks, no more German-language magazine stories. From Software will be releasing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the PC this coming August, replete with all new content. Here’s the official box art: PC gamers started a petition after Dark Souls came to consoles, urging the developer to release the game […]
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Dark Souls Coming To PC This August According To German Magazine
German magazine PC Action reports that the cult-hit console title, Dark Souls, is coming to PC this August and will include “new bosses.” One expects From Software’s “Prepare to Die Edition” will bring improved graphics to the consoles’ more graphically powerful PC counterparts, and much-needed frame-rate relief to Blighttown – though you’ll still have to […]
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Wasteland 2 Hits $2 Million On Kickstarter
If you kick in $15 or more on the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter crowd-funding drive you’ll get a “Digital Downloable copy of game DRM free for PC or MAC OSX or Linux.” Better yet, “your party will start with a unique and quirky skill.” There’s something about being very fan-oriented in your game development that I […]
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Arma 3 ‘Stratis’ Teaser Looks Amazing
The new teaser shows off some impressive graphics, only available on PC. Arma 3 is an open-world tactical shooter set in the near future (sometime in the 2030s) during a NATO war against invading forces from the east. “Tensions rise as NATO and Iranian forces stand-off in the Aegean: the strategic fault-line between crumbling European […]
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Games Were Social Media Before It Was Cool
Video games are social, whether you’re playing alone, online, or with friends. From the moment a game is conceived to the moment it slides into your PC or console, a game is the result of multitudes. So is its lifespan. A game like World of Warcraft is obviously social, relying on millions of players to […]
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Apple, Steam Pad, and the New Wave of Game Development
~Guest Post By Ethan Gach Valve recently put to rest the rumors surrounding its “Steam Box.” But even before that, Erik listed several reasons why making a gaming PC-console hybrid would be a bit problematic. Chief among them was the staggering price tag (anywhere from $699 to $1,200) which would try to hedge between two different gaming crowds and […]
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Does A ‘Steam Box’ Console From Valve Make Sense?
Setting off a rumor firestorm, The Verge reported that game developer Valve might be developing a ‘Steam Box’ console, bringing its Steam gaming service into the living room. The maker of Half-Life 2 and Portal 2 has traditionally published games for PC though in recent years many of those games were ported to Mac and […]
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