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Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45

Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 is an independently developed Western Front modification for Tripwire Interactive's acclaimed first-person shooter, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45.

Darkest Hour focuses on the Allied invasion from the Normandy campaign in 1944, through the failed Operation Market Garden in Holland and beyond the Battle of the Bulge. It covers not only the intense infantry battles the campaign is so well known for, but also includes the epic large scale tank battles that took place in the later stages of the war.

Xotic

Xotic is an arcade-style first-person shooter where you rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, you must cleanse the evil presence and re-plant the seeds of life on a planet ravaged by the minions of the Orb.

Diablo III (Triple Monitors / Eyefinity / Surround) [~4K]

Diablo III is a dungeon crawler game that has been in development for over a decade, so its a shame it doesn't have proper multi-monitor support. That said the support that is in there is good enough, you have to use fullscreen windows mode but after that everything is correctly scaled, HUD is appropriately positioned and the game is horizontal plus. But being forced to use windows mode does mean that both Crossfire and SLI don't work, there is a hack available to force the game into fullscreen mode, they can be found here along with details of work arounds: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/diablo-iii/en

I'm sticking with the commentary for this game, still work in progress, but feel free to like or dislike my video and comment.

While this video can be watched on any screen it has been encoded to look best on a multi-monitor system, so if your running such a system, then select original quality from the drop down box and watch in fullscreen.

Some screenshots and part 2 can be found here.

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Toshiba Announces 21:9 Ultrawide Ultrabook

At CES (the last two, actually), Vizio announced and showed off their 21:9 ultra-widescreen TVs sporting a native resolution of 2560x1080. Earlier this year they released the 58", with smaller sizes coming later this year. Toshiba has just announced a 14.4" ultrawide ultrabook, with a 1792x768 resolution screen. Unfortunately, what should have been the forte of the design may be a bit lackluster, due to usage of a TN panel. However, it's cool to see another ultrawide unit coming to market.

My FOV: DiRT Showdown

("My FOV" is the name of a new series of reviews aimed at giving you my opinion of new releases in a familiar review format, but with a unique look at widescreen and multi-monitor related goodness you won't find anywhere else. If you would like a "My FOV" of your game, email dom[at]wsgf.org)

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Nexuiz

Nexuiz is a fast pasted FPS based in a futuristic, Victorian influenced setting. The game is based off the free game of the same name (also referred to as Nexuiz Classic).

It's in the Twitch Shooter Genre similar to Quake and Unreal Tournament. The game is being constantly updated.

Opinion: Has Gaming Stagnated?

The newest issue of Game Informer includes a lengthy look at the new Unreal Engine 4, with Epic disclosing their expectations for its lifespan being a decade long. Is this a good thing? Or is it an indication of the sorry state of recycled AAA titles and the diminishing ambition to innovate left in our biggest publishers?

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Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

Sonic and Sega All-Stars race for victory in a high speed high skill racetrack showdown! Take to the track by car, monster truck, bike and even aeroplane.

Explore stunning new circuits including Sonic Seaside Hill, Curien Mansion and Blizzard Castle as you zip around medieval castle ramparts, hurtle under lush rain forest canopies and tear through bustling city scapes in a frantic race to the finish line. Jostle against a selection of 20 challengers including Super Monkey Ball’s Ai Ai, Amigo from Samba and the evil Dr. Eggman in your unique character vehicle.

Dirt Showdown (Triple Monitors / Eyefinity / Surround) [~4K]

DiRT Showdown is an arcade style destruction derby racing game. The multi-monitor support is good, resolution options are listed in game however the FoV appears to be an odd mix of horizontal plus and vertical minus, this appear to differer from system to system, for example mine is almost right however I've seen screenshots that are nearly completely vertical minus. The UI is centred but the HUD, at least on my system, is not. As for the video itself, I've tried to do another commentary while playing the game, I'm still not very good at it so please bare with me.

While this video can be watched on any screen it has been encoded to look best on a multi-monitor system, so if your running such a system, then select original quality from the drop down box and watch in fullscreen.

Some screenshots can be found here.

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Donation Drive Milestone Reached

I'd like to thank everyone for their great response in our donation drive. In eleven days we hit our first goal of $2000. This help from the community will allow us to cover our monthly costs. Like all that Kickstarter madness, we are going to put some stretch goals to help us cover other major costs we've had this year. The first stretch goal will be to cover the 2011 Awards. I'm raising the goal to $3000, but I took this screen grab of the goal being reached.

For info on donation drive, and why we kicked it off in the first place, hit up the source link to read that post. And remember, folks who donate get special badges for their profile for 2012.

If you donate $25 or more, I'll add the "I Donated" badge to your profile. If you donate $100 or more, I'll also add the "Like a Boss" badge to your profile. Please note - Prior to this donation drive, the *ONLY* people on the site to have the "Like a Boss" badge are the four-man Admin Team (skipclarke, AussieTimmeh, CrackerJackMack and Delphium).

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