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Discussion of HUDs at True PC Gaming

The fine folks over at True PC Gaming have posted an article about HUDs and immersiveness in modern gameplay. It's a great read, and is something I'd suggest checking out. We deal a lot with HUDs around here, with Eyefinity and Surround. Maybe the key to getting around those issues is simply to minimize the HUD itself...

RPG Your Way to the Gym

Who doesn't love a great RPG? Well thanks to Fitocracy it looks like you can RPG your way to good health. Play fitness? What? That's right, personal stats turned into game stats motivate (and leaderboards) you to turn flab into flat abs!

The site is still not open to the public, but you can request to join (and get lucky). Will you give it a try?

Sonic Generations Is Coming To The PC

On the 11th Sega officially announced that the upcoming release of Sonic Generations will be released on PC as well as the usual suspects, unless I'm mistaken this will make the first proper sonic game to appear on the PC since Sonic Heroes in 2004. There is however some bad news, if the first link is correct the resolution won't go above 1080p, that doesn't necessarily mean it can't be made to go beyond that (ini hack etc) but until the game comes out on the 4th of November we won't know for sure.

AMD Releases Catalyst 11.10 Preview Driver Version 2

AMD Catalyst™ 11.10 Preview Driver Features:

  • Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on single GPU configurations using the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
  • Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on AMD CrossFire™ configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.

AMD Catalyst Rage Performance Driver - updated

AMD just released a driver they call "Rage Performance Driver" for the new Rage game. According to Rage3d.com, this driver is different from the 11.10 preview and doesn't contain the Battlefield 3 fixes.

Here's the release notes:

AMD Catalyst Rage Performance Driver Features:

  • Significant performance gains for single GPU configurations
  • Compatible with AMD Radeon™ 6000 and AMD Radeon 5000 series of graphics products

Update from CatalystCreator 2 hours ago on twitter: