"We'll have Frostbite-powered games in 2013 that will _require_ a 64-bit OS," announced Johan Andersson - Rendering Architect at DICE who is worked on Frostbite and Battlefield 3 and is working on future DICE/EA games

DICE is no stranger to pushing the limits with the game engine – for the PC version Battlefield 3 dropped support for Windows XP requiring either Vista or Windows 7. Many Battlefield 3 players upgraded their systems so they could be ready to play the game. This move to supp... [read more]

Gearbox developers answer some questions about the upcoming RPG/FPS hybrid Borderlands 2, sequel to the multi-platform smash hit Borderlands. This will be their first major game release after the flop that was Duke Nukem: Forever.



Reposted from http://zoknowsgaming.com

The folks at Gearbox have been so happy with the response that they have gotten from their recent Borderlands 2 announcements that they decided to answer some of the fans most burning questions. The developer is on a r... [read more]

PC Zombie Darling Causes Sale Explosion, ArmA Devs Happy to Help
-- Article reposted from Kotaku

Diablo III may have all the marketing and hype as far as the PC market is concerned, but I'll be damned if anything, Blizzard-developed or not, is going to keep me from playing more DayZ this week.

The zombie survival mod for Bohemia Interactive's military sim ArmA II has come out of nowhere to be one of the most interesting things to happen to PC gaming in 2012. What's most interesting, to ... [read more]

From official Blizzard Forums

Diablo Players:
We’d like to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who joined the global Diablo III launch celebrations this week, as well as to everyone who was ready to jump into Sanctuary the moment the game went live.

To that end, we’d also like to say that we’ve been humbled by your enthusiasm -- and we sincerely regret that your crusade to bring down the Lord of Terror was thwarted not by mobs of demons, but by mortal infrastructure. As many... [read more]

The newly released game Sniper Elite v2, includes both single player and for the PC - dedicated Team Death Match servers.

Sniper Elite V2 Review
Rupturing organs in X-Ray slow motion is a killer way to snipe.
Reposted from IGN

Perched atop the bombed out husk of a building, I scan the razor wire fence line and nearby rubble far below for movement through the scope of my M1903 Springfield. Taking aim at a pair of Nazis chatting amidst the din of distant gunfire, I hold my breath, line-up... [read more]

Yesterday, Valve released the BETA 14 update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Below is the changelog:

Gameplay
• Tweaks to the recoil model based on player feedback.
• Decreased the throw velocity for Incendiary and Molotov grenades. They can no longer be thrown far enough to block terrorists from leaving spawn in Inferno.
• Removed the ability to exploit the radar data.
• The aiming precision now changes back to the standing accuracy state immediately after the crouch bu... [read more]

The highly anticipated noir action game by Rockstar Studios Worldwide is coming soon to PS3, Xbox 360, and a couple of weeks later, PC. The PS3 and 360 versions will be available on May 15th, and the PC version is slated to drop on the 29th of May.



It's also been announced that Rockstar isn't planning on having Max Payne 3 use GFWL (Games for Windows Live), the controversial service that has irked many PC gamers in the past. This is relief to many in the gaming community that want a fair... [read more]

Article reposted from Battlefieldo:

We've got some exclusive news and some new dates for you all. It looks like EA/DICE is rolling out a premium content service, and are also planning to drop 5th expansion after their previously announced End Game DLC. In addition, there will be a DOUBLE XP WEEKEND this weekend, May 12th - 14th!

Battlefield Premium : June 4th
Battlefield™ Premium will land you a number of content drops with unique in-game items not available anywhere else. First out i... [read more]

As reported on PC Gamer

Valve has announced that the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative puzzle maker has seen more than 35,000 levels published to the Steam Workshop since its release on Tuesday – and they’ve been downloaded over 1.3 million times.

In order to celebrate these really very large numbers, Valve have decided to make some other numbers much smaller: namely, the prices of Portal 2, Skyrim and TF2 Workshop Items on Steam. The ‘Weekend Workshop Sale’ will run until Mond... [read more]

Over 40 million gamers are playing one of the releases of Call of Duty. Discussed during the recent Activision earnings call, the breakdown of monthly active users in December by title for the five most recent releases are:

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 20 million
- Call of Duty: Black Ops - 10 million
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 5 million
- Call of Duty: World at War - 1 million
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 1.5 million

To underscore that Call of Duty is a "main stream... [read more]