Rage of Mages II merges the elements of role-playing and real-time strategy. Recruit stalwart allies, gather powerful weapons, and wield awesome magic as you complete important quests and train your character. You must seek out the source of an undead menace that is terrorizing the land and obtain an ancient artifact of immense power to stop the evil onslaught.
RPG that uses an RTS interface. The Russian version is named Allods 2.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a third-person shooter that delivers an intense team-based multiplayer experience. Relive the violent era of the Wild West with adrenaline-fueled action and fast-paced gunfights. Engage in gritty battles in beautifully rendered classic Western settings. Players will test their mettle in genre-specific game modes and levels tailor-made for satisfying team play.
Shane Parfitt and Terry Makedon from ATI (two people actually in my email Roledex ^_^) talk about Open Source 3D from ATI. Leveraging HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2, ATI expects to have Open Source 3D support out by Christmas.
Bioshock 2 is a 2010 release for PC from 2K Games
The Prince will be able to fight multiple enemies in one battle, up to 50 at once. An important part of the combat is "crowd control" and evading enemies, as well as combos. There is no blocking and there are no quick time events in the game.
ATI divides its products into segments based on price, power requirements and performance. The complete breakdown is as follows:
Napoleon: Total War combines turn-based army movement and empire management with real-time battles on land and sea. It features probably the most french accent-ridden dialogs ever recorded for a game.
NVIDIA has released their WHQL-Candidate driver (v. 258.96) for 3D Vision Surround. You can grab all the details at NVIDIA's blog. Along with WHQL candidacy, the drivers also bring performance increases to a number of games and support for the new GTX460. Update: Corrected post to indicate WHQL candidacy, not WHQL certification.
Metro 2033 is a post-apo FPS set in the underground tunnel network of nuked Moscow.
This past weekend marked the American Independence Day. I found it fitting that Independence Day was the first weekend after NVIDIA released their 3D Vision Surround drivers - an act which brings real competition to the multi-monitor scene.
