December 19, 2011
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Review
Ah yes, good old Counter-Strike. No other shooter series has been as popular and competative for as long as Counter-Strike has. Well, as many of you know by now, Valve announced a new, long overdue, addition to the Counter-Strike series, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive. Immediately so many rumors came out about the game and how true to Counter-Strike it would end up being and so on. All anyone had were a few short videos showing some limited gameplay to stare at and formulate opinions on. There were some details given out such as the fact that the game is being made for XBox and PS3 as well as PC, and that they want to make it console friendly to draw in a new crowd. I think this definitely scared a lot of the old school CS players as so often when aRead more…
December 7, 2011
Time Lapse Video: Skyrim on Ultra High settings for the PC
If there’s anyone left on this site who hasn’t made the pilgramage to Skyrim or hasn’t been able to make up your mind as to weather to buy it for the PC or a console check out this time lapsed video of the world of Skyrim and it will make the decision for you! On the PC this world looks amzing and I totally regret buying it for my Xbox now that I’ve seen the full graphic potenial that this game has! This was a fan made video (If you can believe it) done by Tom Harris and it is totaly worth a watch! check it out:
November 27, 2011
Understanding The Numbers: PC vs Console Sales Figures
Recently I have seen a great deal of confusion when it comes to understanding sales numbers between Consoles and PC. Compared to 10 years ago there have been some major changes in the PC gaming industry, changes I consider for the better personally. The biggest change in the PC gaming industry is the shift towards digital distribution. Digital distribution began to pick up around 8 years ago in 2003 with the release of Valve Software’s digital distribution client steam. This was really the first time you could get major PC releases online and be able to access, download and purchase them entirely digitally. While it was slow to start the DD industry has taken off. According to Techcrunch as of 2010 it was estimated that over 57 percent of PC gaming sales are done digitally and that numberRead more…
November 13, 2011
Skyrim DX11 Patch?
I’ve now been delving into the wonderful world of Skyrim and have recently began to wonder why DX11 was not fully utilized on this game. Skyrim has DX11 support but does not take advantage of any of it’s visual benefits such as tessalation and for those of us with decent gaming rigs we are left wondering where is our DX11 content. When ask if Skyrim would utilize DX11 Bethasda said this “When it comes to DirectX 11 there are things they get us for free, like performance gains. You’re going to get performance gains out of it versus an older version. But the specifics DX11 does, like tessellation and all that kinda stuff, we aren’t taking advantage of that right now. That doesn’t mean we won’t in the future. We aren’t right now because we want to author it so itRead more…
October 24, 2011
Battlefield 3 Release Date Pushed Up
According to the realase date checker on Origin, Battlefield 3 will now be unlocked at 10 PM Mountain standard time. This is fantastic news for those who were wanting to play the game before they had to go to work the next morning. I’ve already predownloaded BF3 and am waiting anxiously for the unlock. Stay tuned to TGB for the review! Battlefield 3 was originally set to unlock at on October 25th at 1 AM on EA’s Origin. The game will now unlock at October 24 at 10PM. See you all on the Battlefield!
October 10, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review
It’s finally here, eleven years later, Deus Ex: Human Revolution has come and ye shall not be disappointed. In an age where reboots of reboots of reboots are common I must say that I was skeptical and with the recent failure which was Duke Nukem I was more than a little concerned with this game being a complete flop. I’m very happy to say that this was not the case. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a great game but it does have a couple of things that hold it back from being perfect one. There aren’t many things that Deus Ex: HR does wrong but if I were to pick the biggest one I would say it would have to be the fact that it feels like it forces you to play the game in a certain way. For example,Read more…
October 4, 2011
Battlefield 3 Beta: Console vs PC
With the recent release of Battlefield 3 Beta I’ve noticed there has been a significant amount of commotion amongst the community, especially the console players about why the graphics don’t look as good as they did in the video. I’ve also heard numerous complaints about the PC version having multiple maps for the beta and being able to host more players. Let me start off by saying that Battlefield 3 was developed with PC gamers in mind. The game was developed for the PC first and consoles second and it shows within the game. It’s designed to push the limits of graphics technology and even my video card is starting to show signs of stress with everything maxed to the top. I suspect the retail release will be even more punishing then the beta. I took the time yesterday toRead more…
September 30, 2011
Video Awesomeness: Battlefield Edition
To kick off the open Beta for the highly anticipated release (BY ME!) of Battlefield 3, I thought it would be cool to visit the Lineage that the Battlefield series has brought to the gaming community from PC to console this is a strategic thinking man’s shooter! So instead of me rambling on about the past here’s Adam Sessler (one of the only good things G4 TV has to offer). He basically sums up the series through Battlefield 1943 in three minutes: PC Games — E3 2012 — Battlefield 3 When Battlefield: Bad Company came along I totally got into the series (sorry PC guys Dice mussed up not putting this one out for you!) The story was a modern day version of Kelly’s Heroes, one of my favorite World War II movies from back in the day, which addedRead more…
September 29, 2011
Battlefield 3 Beta Starts Today and Costs How Much?
By now everyone knows that the beta for the upcoming release Battlefiled 3 is now available for everyone to play on PC, Xbox and PS3. I decided to first download it on my Xbox and went to the dashboard to download it when I run into the picture above. I was mildly shocked when I was told it was going to cost me 429,496,795 Xbox 360 points. That comes to a grand total, at $19.99 for 1600 points of $5,360,025.58 dollars. I don’t know, that seems a bit pricey, especially for a beta. But you know, we are in a recession, gotta do what it takes to make ends meet. We all know EA is hurting for money these days. In all seriousness it will not cost anything to play the beta but you will have to pay for the full game. The beta release will feature feature 2 mapsRead more…
September 23, 2011
Dawn of War II Retribution Review
I’ve been on a roll of playing Warhammer games lately and Retribution hasn’t made it easier to stop doing so and if anything it’s made it harder. I recently purchased the THQ pack which contained all of the Warhammer titles *Space Marine excluded*. I must admit I love the Warhammer universe. I had never touched it before I picked up the THQ pack nor had I played any of the tabletop games or even heard of it for that matter. I find myself getting more and more immersed as time goes on and now I’m even purchasing the books and reading them non-stop. One might expect that after so many releases that the content might get dry or the universe boring. I’m proud to say that this is not the case with Retribution and in addition to bringing a good story to theRead more…
