We’ve already established that the Lumia 720 is Nokia’s best effort as far as Windows Phone 8 handsets go. This could soon change once the Lumia 925 hits markets, but as it stands now, the Lumia 720 offers the best blend of features and performance, wrapped in a beautiful package that’s quite affordable.
With the recent dearth of full-blown AAA games, we figured it'd be a great idea to take advantage of the free time and play some indie games. One of the games that immediately caught our attention was Monaco: What's Yours is Mine.
Small time mobile phone manufacturers are bringing super cheap Chinese handsets into the market by the week and bigger brands are looking to beat them at their own game.
With the Xbox One officially unveiled, the most striking thing about the Microsoft event was that the company didn't introduce it as a gaming console. Rather, Microsoft seems to be intent on taking over the living room with the Xbox One's set-top box capabilities.
Ever since its announcement at the Spike VGA awards, fans have been clamoring for any information regarding Bethesda’s upcoming action RPG. While the company has remained rather tight-lipped regarding the whole deal, they’ve spilled the beans in the latest issue of American video game magazine, Game Informer. For starters, the game will employ a brand new engine that’ll obviously lead to improved visuals. And yes, this also means no more fugly looking faces. Combat has received a solid revamp as well and just like BioShock 2, players will now be able to dual wield melee weapons and magic at the same time. Neato!
Other than these major upgrades there are a bunch of other features listed out at the NeoGaf forums you can scope out for yourself.
Silent Hill: Downpour is Official
Not your ideal vacation spot
Its existence has been known for a while now but in the latest issue of Game Informer, Silent Hill has officially been dubbed Downpour. With a name like that, water will apparently play a major role so expect a lot of swimming and uhh... a downpour? Another interesting bit of information is that this time around, the game will take place on the outskirts of Silent Hill which by the way is so large, players will have the option of quick travelling via the game’s metro system (a la Dead Space?). Players who aren’t too hot on fighting all sorts of nasties will have the option of running away from a fight, however boss fights will be unavoidable.
Once again, scoot onto the NeoGaf forums for more information.
Killzone 3’s new campaign trailer will give you goosebumps
You, me, and even your grandmum knows Killzone 3’s visuals are off the charts but the latest single player video released by Guerilla Games at CES 2011 drove that point home – multiple times.
Will Kinect eventually come to the PC?
Is PC support the next step for Kinect?
I really hope not but it seems Microsoft head honcho, Steve Ballmer has other plans. At the ongoing CES 2011 he enforces the fact that Kinect plans on moving beyond gaming to "include the world of socialization, of movies, of TV, of music." In doing so they want to tap into not only gamers, but their entire families as well. When quizzed about Kinect’s compatibility with PC platforms by BBC, he said that support could be possible at "the right time". PC support for Kinect would really be a no-brainer as the device that allows you to become a controller has been selling really well in the West. While I have no problem with Microsoft pimping casual gaming, I do find their attitude towards actual gaming a bit annoying. Have you seen their rather abysmal first party line up this year?
Dragon Age 2 System Requirements Unveiled
If you plan on picking up EA’s upcoming (consolified) action RPG, Dragon Age 2 for the PC, here’s the hardware you’ll need to be packing:
Recommended:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Processor or equivalent
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 Triple core 2.8 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 2GB (4 GB Vista and Windows 7)
Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
Video: NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
DirectX 11: ATI 5850 or greater
DirectX 11: NVIDIA 460 or greater
Minimum:
OS: Windows XP with SP3
OS: Windows Vista with SP2
OS: Windows 7
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
RAM: 1 GB (1.5 GB Vista and Windows 7)
Video: Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards
Disc Drive: DVD ROM drive required
Hard Drive: 7 GB Sound: Direct X 9.0c Compatible Sound Card Windows Experience Index: 4.5
Not too bad eh?
And in case you’ve not been catching up on what’s been going down in the gaming world this week, we got you covered. Here are some of the interesting stories you may have missed out on.
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