Oh how stupid those Fox people are! They are pushing such a blind stupid agenda, they need to wake up and get their heads out of the hole and stop preaching this shit! At least they gave Geoff Keighley some time to speak, even if it was stupidly limited!
Early specs for Assassin’s Creed for the PC have been revealed on the Ubisoft Solution Center.
Question
What are the minimum system requirements for Assassin’s Creed?Answer
In order to play this game properly, your PC MUST meet or exceed these minimum requirements:
Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista (only)
Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
RAM: 2 GB (3 GB recommended)
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0–compliant video card or DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB video card recommended) (see supported list)*
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 12 GB
Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
ATI RADEON X1300-1950 / HD 2000 / 3000 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600-6800 / 7 / 8 / 9 seriesLaptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game.
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.
If this is the final spec of the PC version then…well wow. These spec levels are beefier than those for Crysis, I am not looking forward to trying to play this…well I won’t be able to what with only having a lowly P4!
I am also wary of the last part concerning preventing copying, I just hope they don’t put in some software that kills disc drives!
Jon Hare, the man behind the Sensible Soccer games and the Sensible Software range has recently claimed that the standards of programming have fallen since the Americanization of the gaming industry. The interview posted on CVG reveals his thoughts on what is happening today in the industry.
The next step for the Battlefield series has been revealed to tone it down and make it free. Battlefield Heroes has been announced by EA and is being developed by DICE, the team behind the 10 million plus selling Battlefield games. Press release and more after the break.
Masq, a game by Alteraction is an Interactive Story where you the character decide what happens. There are multiple paths you can take and it is one of the finest indie games I have had the joy to play. Right now I will recommend anyone and everyone to go to the Alteraction site and download this game.
The debut trailer for the upcoming Command and Conquer squad based FPS ‘Tiberium’ has been released and can be seen below.
Thanks GameTrailers!
Now while I shouldn’t really be too critical what with owning cncnation.net and all, but this doesn’t do anything for me. While it may end up being a very solid FPS, since C&C3 was released I have lost my need and desire for C&C games, and to take the franchise to the FPS arena is just a bad move. We shall wait and see, but I am most definately holding back my ‘hype-o-meter’ for this.
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has nominated the excellant Bioshock for a massive 12 awards in its 11th Interactive Achievement Awards. The awards it has been nominated for are:
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Character Performance, Story Development, Original Music Composition, Soundtrack, Sound Design, Game Design, Innovation, Action Game of the Year, Computer Game of the Year, Console game of the year and Overall Game of the Year.
The awards will be made at the D.I.C.E summit in Las Vega on February 7th.
I’ll be honest…Bioshock is well worthy of being nominated in those categories, whether it wins any of them is another story, but I see no problems with it being nominated for them.
While Bioshock may have fallen apart after the big reveal in my mind, it was still an amazing game so 2K Games get my hearty congratulations for these nominations.
Been a busy day of news I think! We have Sega making Theme Parks, Tribes is kinda back and much much more! Though I am tired and need to do some other stuff, so no good commenting from me, just the news.
Sega are planning to create theme parks in the Middle East and America with support from Dubai - link.
Much juicy information regarding the next Tomb Raider game here.
The new Alone in the Dark game is slated for a May release - link.
Similarly Age of Conan has been dated for a March 25th release - link.
Tribes is somewhat returning with a new name and stuff, slightly confusing - link.
Prototype allows you to squash people…with a chopper - more info.
Sundance films to Liven it up - more info.
That is all from your intrepid reporter.
Chris out!
While the Writers Strike may be continuing over in America (god knows when it will end!) the Writers Guild of America has turned to support video game writers with a new category in the WGA Awards.
Titled the Videogame Writing award there is a nice selection of nominees.
VIDEOGAME WRITING NOMINEES
CRASH OF THE TITANS, Written by Christopher Mitchell, Sierra Entertainment
DEAD HEAD FRED, Written by Dave Ellis and Adam Cogan, D3 Publisher
THE SIMPSONS GAME, Lead Writer Matt Selman, Written by Tim Long and Matt Warburton, Dialogue by Jeff Poliquin, Electronic Arts
THE WITCHER, Lead Story Designer Artur Ganszyniec, Dialogue Sebastian Stepien, Additional Dialogue Marcin Blacha, Writers Sande Chen and Anne Toole, Atari
WORLD IN CONFLICT, Story Design Christofer Emgard, Story Consultant Larry Bond, Script Consultant Ed Zuckerman, Sierra Entertainment
Great to see video game writers getting further and greater exposure. While I have not played any of these games (and I wonder where Portal is!) I think there have been some good nominations especially with World in Conflict and The Simpsons Game.
Michael Gallagher, the Chief Executive of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is determined to gain the support of US politicians in an attempt to gain support for the games industry.
The ESA, the association represents the big movers in the games industry; Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA and the new kids on the block Disney. Last year it set up a political action committee (PAC) which Gallagher says in the New York Times will donate between $50,000 to $100,000 this year to national candidates in a move similar to actions already carried out by the film and music industries.