GTA IV Malaysian Mag Cover

That has arrived via a forumite on halflife2.net and is the latest piece of the puzzle regarding a GTA IV PC release. That is a cover of what seems to be the latest copy of the Malaysian version of PC Gamer and claims that GTA IV is “soon on PC.”

European retailer City Disc is still listing a PC version of GTA IV for a 30th October release.

As of right now neither Take Two nor Rockstar have responded to enquiries about the magazine cover, and it is unclear whether the magazine has just compiled rumours of a PC release of GTA IV or has confirmed information on it.

That is just one of the great endings to Aisle (by way of Rock, Paper, Shotgun) an amazing piece of Interactive Fiction. Using commands such as ‘Laugh’ and ‘Cry’ (there are over 100 different actions all told) you will get a different ending to the story.

What is most interesting about Aisle is the way that you can learn more and more about the backstory using different commands and getting different endings. You will gradually find a myriad of different story lines that have been worked into Aisle, they really are great.

You can get it from here if you have a .z5 interpretor otherwise you can play the in-browser version here.

I know Mike Patton from his time as the lead singer of Faith No More. I loved his stuff and thought he had a great voice. Thus it was to my surprise when I read this interview with The A.V. Club where he reveals his secret work with video games as a voice actor. He has done work on Bionic Commando and Portal and will be featuring in Left 4 Dead as well.

AVC: You also had a brief appearance in Portal, the Valve game, and there’s talk about you perhaps appearing in their game Left 4 Dead.

MP: I think what they did is they took some material that I’d already recorded for Portal—maybe it was vice versa. Basically that came out of the same session of work.

If you are a fan of Patton’s work then check out the interview here.

According to this recent 1up report Games for Windows Live Gold is now totally and utterly free. That means that for all those games that have utilised the Games for Windows Live in the past (The Club, Shadowgrounds anyone?) and future Games for Windows Live games (Dawn of War II) will incorporate the full Games for Windows Live Gold service for free.

So multiplayer achievements, matchmaking, Games for Windows voice chat and even cross-platform gaming are now all free! There are also plans for a Games for Windows Marketplace which will match the Xbox version with demos and downloadable content amongst the other crap available.

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Quake Live, wow, that looks fun. That looks like the kind of shooter we have been missing for quite a while now, pure blooded Death Match. I know the latest Unreal may be the newest Death Match game on the block, but anything that harks back to the qualities of Quake III doesn’t really have a chance.

Though really it is Battlefield Heroes which is the rival of Quake Live. Those two are the upcoming big hitters in the world of free to play online shooters available for the masses. It will certainly be interesting to see which comes out on top.

Left 4 Dead Box Art

Undoubtedly that is some great box art for Left 4 Dead. This is a game which seems finally to be nearing release with Valve confirming that people can start placing pre-orders at retail. Valve also reveal that more media will be coming later this week ahead of the November release.

Hell yeah.

Word reaches me from Kotaku that a NeoGAF forumite has gleaned the first information of the new Wolfenstein game from the newest issue of Game Informer.

As should be expected you take control of BJ Blaskowitz who has some new fangled super-natural powers while fighting the Nazi’s in World War Two. The game will be based in a city which opens up as you complete various missions and there will be an AI resistance force that will help you as you fight. Finally the Nazi’s have created ‘The Shroud’ which is an alternate dimension they are drawing power from.

Expect more on Wolfenstein at E3 and in next months PC Gamer.

Watch and wait, I think we can expect to see more of this game during E3! I love how the TV is still working, just seems so right for a Fallout trailer.

This new Pre-E3 trailer for Dawn of War 2 does something great, and something just average. The great thing is the combat it shows off, vicious and brutal this game is looking damn good. The average thing? The revelation of the new race to go alongside the Space Marines and Orks (or Orcs…I’m not sure which!) is distinctly average. We want Tyranids damn it!

Being a student of politics I take an interest in any game that claims to be a ‘Geo-political Simulator’. What do you know, Command in Chief is a game which does just that! Commander in Chief tasks you with taking control of a nation, you can take charge of around 170 real-world nations. You will have to manage your nation and its relationship with other nations around the world while dealing with natural disasters and various international organisations. Spiffing!