Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark
Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark is an ultra realistic helicopter simulation game for the PC
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EA Gives Away Three C&C Titles
EA has the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun (plus Firestorm) available as Freeware download. The original C&C and RA were reported as 16:10 anamorphic, while Tiberian Sun is pixel-based. Would be nice to get Detailed Reports for these. Also interested to see about Surround/Eyefinity support in Tiberian Sun.
WSGF Joins the Hard OCP Boycott - Don't Buy Global Agenda
The WSGF in joining in with Kyle Bennet and [H]ard OCP in their Boycott of Global Agenda. In a thread on the developer's forum (which is filled with WSGF members), the developer responded to a request for Eyefinity support with, "No, since it would give an unfair advantage." The game is Vert- without proper WS or Surround/Eyefinity support.
Ergotech Triple Desk Stand Review
Like most things around the WSGF, this review took a while. Downside to that is missed internal deadlines and things dragging on. Upside is that I've been able to spend a good deal of time with the Triple Desk Stand from Ergotech. The fine folks at Ergotech got in touch with me in early December. I spent a fair amount of time talking with them about my setup, needs, and what I thought gamers wanted out of a multi-monitor stand. In the end, we came to the conclusion that the Heavy Duty Triple Desk Stand (Model 100-D16-B03) would be the best fit for my setup and environment.
BioShock 2 - BioShock FOV Problems Redux
Csokis provided some comparison shots of BioShock 2 being Vert-. Considering that we went through this exact same thing on the original BioShock (and the WSGF event made X-Play! on G4TV), the FOV issues are surprising. This thread on the 2K Forums picked up our original posting and users there go on to say that other issues fixed in patches to the original BioShock are missing as well.
Update on BioShock 2 FOV - Patch Underway (Revised)
"2K Elizabeth", (Community Manager for 2K Games) forwarded me this Formal Announcement of a Hor+ Patch. To quote the page, "We always meant to have our FOV expand horizontally, but a last minute bug fix for a related issue changed this back to a vertical FOV just before ship. We feel rather silly about this, and agree that horizontal expansion is much more awesome, and that you'll have it very soon."
Global Agenda
Global Agenda is an online team-based game by Hi-Rez Studios developed using Unreal Engine 3. The game was re-released as a free-to-play game, introducing Elite and Free Agents in addition to an in-game cash shop featuring Agenda Points. It mixes a science-fiction setting with a secret agent backdrop, leading the developers to refer to the game genre as spy-fi.
ATI Enables Proper Eyefinity "Intermediate Resolutions" in Catalyst 10.1
While beta testing some drivers for ATI I found that 5040x1050 was now selectable (rather than the previous and unusable 3840x1024) on my 3x24" Eyefnity setup (with a native res of 5760x1200). Upon asking ATI when this would be released, they informed me it had been released with Catalyst 10.1. Somehow this flew under the radar of both ATI's PR folks, and the Eyefinity users here on the WSGF.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Avatar: The Game is a third-person shooter set a couple years before the movie on the same lush planet. As an RDA soldier, you'll first assist the colonial army but may eventually switch sides and "become" a tall tree-hugging Na'vi warrior. Mission objectives and "scanned" creatures will earn you experience points, and levelling up will upgrade the arsenal of weapons and techno/magical superpowers at your disposal.
Avatar supports both DX9 & DX10 and is compatible with a host of stereoscopic 3D display modes.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield Bad Company™ 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC, featuring best-in-class vehicular combat set across a wide range of huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus. New vehicles like the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and the UH-60 transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone. Extensive fine-tuning ensures that this will be the most realistic vehicle combat experience to date. Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE Frostbite engine.
