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But is the D irector ’s Cut the deepest? AGE OF CONAN INTERVIEW We wrestle with FIRST SCREENS! PLUS ALL THESE GAMES & MORE the brutal MMO! THE SIMS 3 One thing’s for sure... Two Worlds: It’s character building! Race Driver: GRID Bionic Commando The Incredible Hulk Temptation

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WIN! This month’s highlights... LINEAGE II Don’t miss! COLLECTOR EDITIONS PCGZine AGE OF CONAN INTERVIEW You wait ages for one Ubisoft game to turn Drunken fighting and angry Yetis in our up and then two arrive at once, one kicking Assassin’s Creed exclusive chat with Conan’s producer down your door and blinding you with a Does the PC version boast flashbang, the other leaping off a horse and enough new content to sticking a dagger in your back. Assassin’s Creed make it worth playing? and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 are here at last and for the most part are well worth the wait. Find out The Sims 3 QUICK FINDER Lonely punks & klepto grannies! what the PC versions of these massive console Every game’s just a click away! hits have in store for you in our massive reviews. In less deadly news, The Sims 3 has been The Incredible Hulk The Sims 3 Rainbow Six showing off its awesome new custom wares Red Alert 3 Bionic Commando this month and in this full sequel it’s all about Two Worlds: Temptation Race Driver: GRID Vegas 2 Bionic Commando customising character traits as much as Devil May Cry 4 Age of Conan The boys are back in town Armed and very dangerous PAGE 13 appearance, with practically Far Cry 2 Assassin’s Creed READER infinite options promised. Bad Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. C&C: Kane’s Wrath FEEDBACK! behaviour is assured! Mass Effect Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Click here to MotoGP 08 Sam & Max Episode 5 tell us what Steve Brown, Editor Red Alert 3 C&C: Spore Youda Camper Race Driver: GRID New screens Kane’s Wrath you think of [email protected] and info! Reviewed! the magazine! Dead Space The Yore It’s all about the crashes MEET THE TEAM MORE FREE MAGAZINES! LATEST ISSUES! Probably the best games writers on the planet To experience games at their best PCGZine uses the Area 51-ALX f rom Alienware. Packed to the gills with cutting-edge p ower and technology, if Ian Morris Steve Hill Neil Mohr a game can’t perform on Scoured the earth for the games We gave him the Kane, but he Answered your tech questions in this it has to b e a dud. you might have missed. kind of liked it... binary. We translated for you. CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |03 Previews You’d be angry if FIRST your pants got LOOK that tight. The Incredible Publisher: SEGA Developer: Edge of Reality Heritage: Console games: Hulk Over the Hedge, Shark’s Tale, Pitfall, The Sims Actually, you will really like him when he’s angry! Link: http:// incrediblehulkthegame. What’s the story? marvel.com The game partner to June’s upcoming Marvel Studios film, this is yet ETA: June another open world game set in New York, the jolly angry green giant unleashing his fury like a diminutive King Kong through the streets and up “Battle enemies such the towering skyscrapers, battling fearsome enemies such as Bi-Beast and PREVIEW the Abomination. FEEDBACK! as Bi-Beast and the Click here to tell Abomination” What do we know? us what you The game will follow and recreate certain elements of the new film, but its think of The It could be like an story will go beyond that to include features from the classic comics too. Incredible Hulk update of Rampage, New York will present a dynamic open world as you step into the green skin the old arcade game. of the Incredible Hulk and engage in the main plot, sub-quests and mini- games as you choose. Unlimited destruction is also promised, Hulk able to smash anything he sees, from chunks of buildings to passing cars and street lamps. We’re told whole buildings can be Get better abs now demolished, but we’re not sure if this by lifting chunks of means entire skyscrapers! But you will be skyscraper in reps. able to scale the towering skyline, the game exploiting Manhattan vertically as well as horizontally. When do we get more? We’re hoping for some hands-on next issue before the review. Anything else to declare? The Hulk will learn more and more destructive moves as he builds Rage. Rage will in turn be accumulated by causing ever-greater destruction to the city.

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CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |05 Previews The Soviets are LATEST forced back to the NEWS gates of Moscow. C&C Publisher: EA Developer: EALA Heritage: The Command & Conquer series Red Alert 3 Link: www. The new Conqueror Commands attention! commandandconquer.com ETA: Winter 2008 What’s the story? Driven right back to Moscow by the Allies, the Soviet forces hatch a last-ditch scheme to travel back in time PREVIEW and wipe Albert Einstein off the face of history so that the FEEDBACK! Allies never benefit from the tech results of his genius Click here to tell and scientific progress. However, they only succeed in us what you generating a powerful new enemy in the Empire of the think of C&C Air units will be Rising Sun - the new Japanese superpower. Red Alert 3! essential to attack new naval forces. What do we know? As well as the first game in the long-running strategy series to introduce a fully-fledged third faction, Red Alert 3 will also add naval combat to the exciting tactical mix. Focusing on amphibious units, it will be easy to transfer units from sea to land, rather than getting stuck at beachhead bottlenecks. This flexibility is balanced by reduced firepower for amphibians. There will even be oceanic resources to harvest and a floating mobile This is bad news construction yard. The Japanese will also for whales. have a Sea Wing flying sub! Where’s the Greenpeace unit? When do we get more? We’ll have a report next issue from the Beta test that is provided with Kane’s Wrath. Anything else to declare? “Red Alert 3 will also The story missions will all be available for co-op play with a human or AI co-commander, which will either do its add naval combat to own thing, or respond to attack/defend/stop/help orders. the tactical mix”

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CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |08 Previews Mass Effect Publisher: EA | ETA: June Spore BioWare’s hit RPG for Xbox 360 is getting Publisher: EA | ETA: September 7th closer and closer to PC release, our version The long-awaited evolutionary sim from Will promising graphical enhancements, Wright, creator of The Sims, has at last been More golden nuggets of optimised mouse controls, hot-keys for given the rather specific release date of biotic powers, a new decryption mini-game September 7th 2008. The game starts at a gaming glory to come and the feature we like best of all - the ability cellular level and it’s up to you to feed, UP to send squad members in independent protect and evolve your protozoan into a 7 directions, so you can now take up three more complex creature, meeting friends, Dead Space tactical positions (including your own). mating, joining tribes and on through Publisher: EA | ETA: 31st October (Halloween) evolutionary stages, right up to the ultimate Sci-fi horror seems to be making goal of intergalactic exploration! something of a comeback, and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Dead Space certainly drips with Publisher: Ubisoft | ETA: Autumn horror - engineer Isaac Clarke Tthis near-future flier will feature optional fighting for survival on a deep four-player co-op through the main story space mining ship whose crew missions as well as versus modes and be have been infested by aliens. Okay, fitted with an Enhanced Reality System so hardly original, but it still looks which is basically an arcade control switch to utterly terrifying, like watching Red make handling and evasion far easier Dwarf on mushrooms. for those who don’t want a full-on flight sim. MotoGP 08 2009 & Publisher: Capcom | ETA: Late 2008 BEYOND Far Cry 2 Capcom secured the rights to develop Bioshock 2 Publisher: Ubisoft | ETA: Autumn MotoGP games for Sony last year, but now it Late 2009 has completed a five-year deal to develop WINTER Unfortunately it’s now an even farther cry, 2008 the licence on all platforms, including PC. Alan Wake having slipped to the end of the year, but there’s a The first game for our format will feature this Ghostbusters 2009 lot to look forward to. Set this time in Africa, year’s season data. This will include our own Late 2008 you’re task will be to take down ‘The AUTUMN homegrown Superbike World Champion, Starcraft II Jackal’, who has been stirring hatred Devil May Cry 4 James Toseland. 2008 Late 2008 between two rival warlords. The Publisher: Capcom | ETA: May Fallout 3 The Sims 3 Autumn 2009 sequel promises to be an The dark action sequel has been even greater open SUMMER Red Alert 3 selling millions on console, but 2008 Late 2008 world experience we’re still waiting to see how well it Dead Space and you’ll Mass Effect October 31st will translate onto PC. If the controls June have to play Red are right, there’s a lot on offer as Prototype Mirror’s Edge Faction: the two warring Nero the hero tries out an all-new June Guerilla factions against each ON Far Cry 2 Late 2008 combat system of deadly combos 2009 other. THE Race Driver: Autumn with his demonic arm. RADAR GRID Summer CONTROL ANARCHY REIGNS SUPREME THE WORLD NEEDS A LEADER AT LAST, YOUR TIME HAS COME �������������������������������������

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HANDS ON “If The Sims 2 was Terry and June, The Sims 3 is Desperate Publisher: EA Developer: The Sims House(persons)” Studio Heritage: The Sims, The Klepto-grannies, genius blondes and lonely punks are on their way… Does anyone else Sims 2, billions of add-ons secretly wish they Far too wholesome. Link: http://thesims3. were in an AC-130 We prefer the lady ea.com gunship? No? Sorry. ETA: 2009 in red exiting left.

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t’s already been in development for step forwards – “It is this type of open- nearly three years and that time has ended gameplay that inspires endless Ibeen well spent working on a creative possibilities. In addition the completely new engine and feature set new goals and rewards systems will that will position this true sequel way give players of all kinds from core beyond the countless updates and gamers to storytellers the ability to A large pan of add-ons that have kept The Sims 2 enjoy long-term gameplay.” spaghetti hoops, or a going since 2004. The living, breathing, So what exactly does an open healthy salad? neighbourhood simulator will be totally neighbourhood mean? In the Sims 3 it seamless this time, with a completely means a whole new level of freedom. new friends, curtain-twitching your starting point in The Sims is to create open world beyond your doorstep, a Freedom to leave your house and neighbours and even, horror of horrors, your unique Sims, the bodies you’ll be new Create-A-Sim system, realistic cruise the ‘hood, visiting friends (and bumping into your boss at living with through the game. In The personalities and boundless enemies), meeting new individuals and inopportune moments. If The Sims 2 Sims 3 there’s a whole new approach customisation options. Head of The their families, using City Hall, or the was Terry and June, The Sims 3 will be to Create-A-Sim that explodes the Sims Studio, Rod Humble, doesn’t live local park and making new stories for Desperate House(persons). levels of detail and customisation. Body up to his name in promising a massive your virtual life while lunching with Of course, the most important shape now enjoys a full range from

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |11 Previews The new TV dad bought wasn’t the HD LCD they wanted.

Apparently, peeing on your compost works wonders.

Sims 3 continued “Body shape now enjoys a ‘Noel Fielding’ to ‘Vanessa Feltz’, range from ‘Noel Fielding’ although in the game these will more to ‘Vanessa Feltz’...” likely be labelled ‘thin’ and ‘full-figured’, with everything in between and some emulated, because after choosing the frightening extremes. But famous body, you now get to fine-tune every Satan’s unholy personalities can now be closely facial detail, hairstyle, skin type and wholesalers – it’s tone, eye shape and colour, plus loads virtual IKEA! more. After that you’ll be let loose in the wardrobe department to kit your Put him back – he’s Sim out from a massive range of clearly stuck in the clothes and accessories. It’s what EA is eighties, girlfriend! really good at, as you’ll know if you’ve played a recent Tiger Woods title for make sure that each Sim feels like a “nosy, inappropriate, kleptomaniac instance, but here it has much more unique character. Every Sim will be grandmother who loves to meddle”, an meaning to the player, especially when given five different traits, affecting how “insensitive, drop-dead gorgeous combined with the next innovation… they behave towards other Sims and socialite who neglects her romantic The Realistic Personality System is a their environment. Examples of the far side and whose deepest secret is that new feature to the franchise and will more complex personalities include a she is actually a certified genius”, and

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |12 Previews New day and Jog around the night cycles are neighbourhood. If looking great. you’re mental.

Spying on the neighbours can go too far.

Sims 3 continued “Unleash every

a “commitment-phobic, hot-headed half-arsed idea You could even punk whose rude nature and childish from Property re-enact Back to disposition keep him from scoring”. Ladder...” the Future! Such is the range of options here, that there are an estimated 700 million match to your heart’s content, feel of the game the most, it will possible combinations of personality unleashing every half-arsed idea you’ve undoubtedly be the limitless Realistic traits, all affecting each individual Sims’ ever picked up from Property Ladder, Personality feature, which promises behaviour and focus on short-term Extreme Makeover (Home Edition) and endless invention and awesome comic opportunities and long-term goals. Grand Designs to create bespoke potential. Now we just have to wait a Your Sims are no longer lizard-brains, environments that will either wow the year before unleashing our paranoid responding to basic needs, but truly neighbours, or bring down house introvert, passive-aggressive, bed- unique and complicated people. prices like the transatlantic effects of a wetter party clown on the The third major step forward off the US credit crunch. neighbourhood kids’ parties. porch is unlimited customisation of So the announcement details reveal your personal and domestic bold, if not exactly brave new plans for environment, choosing colours, The Sims 3, an extrapolation of the PCGZine HOW COMPLETE? FIRST IMPRESSIONS? patterns and styles for everything from existing and certainly very popular 50% 75% floors, wallpaper and furniture, to mechanics that we know and love. If flowers, shirts and curtains. Mix and there’s one aspect that will change the A sequel with style and real personality

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Publisher: Capcom Developer: GRIN Heritage: Ghost Recon Whip BioReign infantry into Advanced Warfighter series the air in Half-Life 2-style. Link: www. Definitely not classified as mostly ‘armless… bioniccommando.com t sounds like Gears of War meets massive force with nefarious goals. So ETA: TBA He’s like Spider-man, and in that would seem the plot’s not the most imaginative, or “Can he hang Inspector Gadget Ito be a very good thing. The sequel innovative, but it’s solid enough to with dreadlocks PREVIEW to the 1988 Nintendo classic, but set form a good basis for the extreme upside-down while and a gun. FEEDBACK! only ten tears later in the plot, Nathan action allowed by Spencer’s bionic arm. kissing too?” Click here to tell ‘Rad’ Spencer and his bionic arm swing Spencer is known as ‘Rad’ for us what you back into action around a world where ‘Research and Development’, because a think of Bionic the vertical action is every bit as manic grenade took his arm off during active Commando as the horizontal. duty and he became the first test Just like Marcus Fenix in Gears of subject for the army’s military War, Nathan Spencer is a war hero intelligence bionics division. The bionic subsequently turned upon and imprisoned by the government he Watch out for served, but then brought back into sentry guns action when they realise he’s needed in the Park. to counter a new threat. It’s not aliens, however, but terrorists, who detonate a terrible experimental bomb in Ascension City before deploying a

Much of the organic arm allows him to swing between 50- tech reminds us of storey skyscrapers, hook onto distant Half-Life 2. anchors, pull environments apart, zip up on girders, throw huge objects, pound enemies and whip them into Aww… does da the air. Can he hang upside-down liddle wobot wanna while kissing too? We can only hope so. grittier in its ruined urban cuddle? But who cares if he’s basically Spider- environments of Ascension City and man without the lycra? Developed by much more dangerous in the jungle- GRIN, who made Ghost Recon like Park. Plus, Rad Spencer packs some Advanced Warfighter for PC, we can hefty guns along with his bionics, expect Bionic Commando to be far something Spider-man was never all

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |14 Previews There’s a mysterious “Great ravines female involved. between islands of Sigourney – is that you? vegetation”

The Hiker is a fearsome weapon, firing Like BioShock’s nine anti-armour Big Daddies, rounds at once. BioReign Mechs come in different flavours.

Bionic Commando cont. troop dropships to deploy fresh forces. Dropships The most recently revealed re-supply with BioReign infantry that comfortable with. environments have come out of The and Mechs. Only two weapons have been Park, a jungle-like district in complete confirmed so far – the Tungsten contrast to the mangled destruction of machine pistol and the Hiker anti- Acsension City’s burst ‘scrapers and armour weapon. As you’d expect, the twisted monorails. It’s actually a military action title along with Tungsten is designed to take down memorial park enclosing miles of forest others like The Incredible lightly armoured infantry personnel at and hills, including a zoo, a vast Hulk, Mirror’s Edge, close quarters, while the Hiker is perfect greenhouse and towering statues of Damnation and Prototype, for penetrating ground and air attack military heroes. The Witherer has and it’s unique blend of vehicles and bionic foes. Your terrorist wreaked havoc, tearing up great ravines acrobatics and gunplay will enemies are of a private militia known between islands of vegetation. hopefully set it apart. as BioReign and are formed of former BioReign has also set up bases here, Imperial soldiers and rogue bionics like but it’s not clear yet why The Park is so yourself. After detonation of the important to them. Perhaps they just PCGZine HOW COMPLETE? FIRST IMPRESSIONS? ‘Witherer’ bomb in Ascension City, like organic veg in their ration kits. 60% 70% infantry either wear radiation suits, or Bionic Commando is shaping into a Open-world horizontal and vertical bionic action! stomp around in Mechs. Also expect very attractive open world, city-centric

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |15 Previews Drift racing through the Yokohama HANDS ON docklands.

Publisher: Codemasters Developer: Codemasters Heritage: TOCA and Colin McRae series Traditional motorsp ort gets on the highway to the dangerzone! Races in Japan will Link: www.grid-game.com exist right on the ETA: June Detroit will be one edge of legality. of the US muscle locations. PREVIEW FEEDBACK! Click here to tell us what you think of Race Driver: GRID

behind this concept is EGO, the enhanced ver sion of the NEO N engine us ed in Co lin M cRae D iRT last year - enhanced to exaggerate and a dd thr ills to the p hysics, particular l y in co llisions. Milan and other acing games can either be rather day that will hopefully inject fun Aiming for a H o ll ywood b lockb uster “A Hollywood cities feature dry affairs with great appeal to straight into the powerful engine. level of crash’t astic spect acle, expect realistic landmarks. Rpetrolheads who love nothing Ralph Fulton, Chief Game Designer, level of high-impact flips, spins and smashes better than adjusting downforce tells us that, “GRID focuses on crash’tastic incrementally, or tweaking suspension everything that happens between the spectacle” by a micro-notch, or they can be start grid and the chequered flag: the misguided nods to the cruise drama, the rivalries, the aggression and generation, late jumpers on the Fast the crashes. This is not a game about and Furious pimped bandwagon, collecting cars or spending all of your corporate takes on the fading time in the front-end, tuning modding-scene. With GRID, suspension settings or designing Codemasters hope to undertake both liveries. We want to make racing these sub-genres with a take on race exciting again”. The powerhouse

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |16 Previews As you gain The replay mode sponsors they’ll features an cover your car in extensive camera their logos. and control set.

European races will largely follow the Le Race Driver: GRID cont Mans circuit. with awesome damage modelling, plus engine fires, tyre blowouts and debris in the fast lane. Add special effects such as slow-motion in crashes, There will be four “Better start aggressive rival AI and an excellent exterior views, plus stocking up replay feature and you’ve got a full-on a head-cam like racing experience that should appeal DiRT had. on Red Bull” to a far wider audience than is usual. GRID is also a diverse racer, with over shouldering their way through the city prefer, although eventually you’ll need The Crowd Cam is 90 circuit configurations through streets of San Francisco, Washington to master every style of racing around nice, but not very Europe, the US and Japan, each DC and Detroit. Here the emphasis will the game world if you want to make it useful to race by! location offering very different cars, be more on aggressive pack racing to the top. Race Driver: GRID hopes to tracks and styles. In Europe we’ll be than high-performance endurance. In be a master of all trades, with the jack treated to the supercar experience, Japan the style switches yet again to locked firmly in the boot under the racing high-tech beasts such as the grudge-based, semi-legal, back-street spare tyre, and with its accessible but Ferrari F430 GT, Lamborghini events – night-time drift racing through high-adrenaline approach and the Murcielago GTR, Aston Martin DBR9, Yokohama’s industrial districts, Tokyo’s option to turn off all the friendly driving Koenigsegg CCXR and Porsche 911 neon centres and sweeping mountain aids for the hardcore, we think it’s off to GT3-RSR over the world-famous tracks canyon roads. a running start. of the Le Mans circuit. The latest The game is structured so that the exciting news is that the Le Mans 24 player is able to choose his own path, Hours race will form an optional part of beginning as an unknown and earning PCGZine HOW COMPLETE? FIRST IMPRESSIONS? the game. Better start stocking up on sponsorship and respect as he climbs 90% 85% Red Bull then. In the US it’s into the the world rankings. You can develop muscle cars, meaty V8 monsters your career in whichever region you Diverse, collision-focused, race day thrills

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Publisher: Eidos Developer: FunCom Players: MMO Certificate: 18 Features: PvP emphasis, Crush Your Enemies! brutal, bloody swordplay, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures prepares to unleash the most brutal and barbaric MMO ever... gritty fantasy t’s a long time since the last ETA: May Quick, throw it Conan film – why do you think some peanuts! Iit’s still a strong licence? It’s a bit of a daft answer, but I’ll say it anyway: because it rocks. There is just so much depth to it, and the mature edge is incredibly satisfying. The mix of real-world history and the imagination of Robert E. Howard makes the world unique, and the “magical realism” Erling Ellingsen is approach is very exciting. And let’s face Age of Conan Product it: Conan is one of the greatest fantasy Manager at FunCom. He heroes of all time, and I think a lot of Vast lands as well as likes Yetis. A lot. people identify with him simply deep dungeons await. because he’s not a do-good elf that tries to save the world, but instead he is a real man “He’s not a do- with all the flaws (and good elf that tries greatness!) that involves. The Conan to save the world“ comics are still going very strong, and that definitely adds a lot. player, part multiplayer experience. This friends and go on more traditional With a new film coming part of the game all takes place on and MMO quests. up next year, we’re around Tortage Island where you looking at a Conan revival! basically switch between the two There’s a massive range of PvP modes by switching between day and activity in Age of Conan – can you How does the single- night. During night everything is explain the options? Especially player story tie in with single-player and this allows us to do Drunken Brawling! the MMO? some fantastic things like burning Age of Conan is definitely a game that The level of What we’re doing is down cities and making volcanos PvP gamers are going to love (though detail is horribly making level one to erupt! During day it’s all multiplayer, you can go through the entire game realistic. twenty a part single- and you can team up with your and live quite happily without ever

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Interview Arena combat will be a lot of fun too. “A towering troll- like thing armed with an entire tree“

Erling’s favourite – the awesome Yeti… Interview continued getting involved). At the most basic Of course, it’s difficult to avoid fighting keep himself on his feet, leaning level you have this wonderful thing in any massively multiplayer online against the tree, but ultimately falling called drunken brawling, lovingly game, but you’ll have plenty of pastime to the ground. crafted from the deranged minds of hobbies I’m sure. Why not become an Funcom’s designers. You go into a bar, architect for your guild and be a key What has the delayed release date buy some alcohol, and you start pissing player in building your guild’s city? Or allowed you to do? people off by picking a fight. It’s sort of pick up any other trade, become great Polish the game! Every week means like a rock, paper scissors thing where at what you do - even if that’s dress more polish, and polishing makes the what you drink counts towards your It’s not one for the making or knife crafting - or dedicate game better and better. It has also chances of winning, because your level kids though! your life to getting drunk at the pub allowed us to thoroughly review the and equipment doesn’t matter at all! I and beating people silly. things beta testers wanted changed, can tell you that the motion capturing teleported into the game, and they’re Kingdom of Heaven, without Mel and for instance, it has definitely for that was an interesting adventure. great for some quick action once in a Gibson and Orlando Bloom, but with What is your favourite beast? allowed us to make the combat system Then you have the PvP mini-games like while. At the top, however, you find the just about the same amount of The Yeti! Imagine a huge, towering better. Making a game is about capture the flag (well, we’re actually PvP siege warfare. Entire guilds clash decapitations and screams from a troll-like thing armed with one weapon: balancing what you want to do, what calling it something else) and team together on the battlefield, defending hundred people meeting their end on an entire tree. He keeps swinging it you can do, and what time you have to annihilation that resembles World of or attacking entire battlekeeps, the battlefield! from side to side, trying to crush you do it. More time means a better game, Warcraft’s battlegrounds system. You bringing down walls with catapults and with it. When he dies he has this and we’re taking advantage of the basically just sign up for these and get trebuchets! It’s like Braveheart meets What roles exist beyond warrior? beautiful animation where he tries to extra time that we’ve got!

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |20 Letters Descent. Whatever happened to that franchise and is it ever likely to be resurrected? There’s a real lack of spaceship shooters these days.! > Andrew

> PCGZ says… Watch this space, if you’ll pardon the pun. Interplay is resurrected and sequels to Descent, >Inbox MDK and Dark Alliance are coming! Let your opinion be heard. Mail the zine Who’s the daddy? at [email protected] Find out in 2009’s DO YOUR DUTY, NOW! Bioshock 2! When will we get the Call of Duty 4 map pack? There’s no doubt that Call of Duty 4 hit the multiplayer NOT MY PROTOTYPE sweet spot - Infinity Ward got just about every aspect READER I’M A MASSIVE FAN of co-op gaming, so > PCGZ says… Sorry to break it to believe there won’t be a sequel, but right, especially the Perk system and totally addictive FEEDBACK! I was over the moon to read your you Justin, but unfortunately when can we expect to see something ranking-up process. The maps are mixed, but the best Click here to Aliens: Colonial Marines piece last issue, Prototype just ditched its planned of it and are there any details yet? are brilliant. However, we’re so familiar with them that tell us what and I’m really looking forward to multiplayer modes. The developer > Ant Wilson it’s time for some new official maps - which is just what you think of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. I think Prototype says that it wouldn’t have had the Xbox 360 owners got this month. But there’s still no PC games or could also have a lot to offer and with same polish and quality as the main > PCGZ says… There will confirmation of the four new official maps for PC! PCGZine! its New York setting and open world story, which we think means that certainly be a Bioshock 2 - that’s What’s going on and when will we get them? action it’s making me less upset that they ran out of time and resources been made official by publisher 2K > Jeremy Marsden GTA IV isn’t coming out on PC. Is there and had to focus on the main game. Games now. It’s even been mooted any more Prototype coverage coming? It’s a shame, but you can still look for a late 2009 release, with the > PCGZ says… The official line is “We are > Justin K forward to co-op action in more intention to release a Bioshock working to bring PC users the same content in the titles like Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., game every two years from now on. future, however logistics are being worked out on Mercenaries 2, Rogue Warrior, It will be developed by new studio how to make that happen”. We hope that doesn’t Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway, 2K Marin and as Bioshock braniac mean “We’re working out how to charge you”. Don’t Ghostbusters, Aliens and more. Ken Levine remains at 2K Boston on other projects, it’s thought he will Bring us the BIOSHOCK AND AWE have involvement in some capacity miss Issue 18 new maps for I THINK THAT BIOSHOCK was the best but not as project lead this time. FREE please! game of last year by miles (or should The rest is all rumour, with Out May 22nd that be nautical miles). The only trouble suggestions that Bioshock 2 will be is that I’ve replayed it twice and a prequel to the first game, although you do see new details each detailing the fall of Rapture. Sign up now! time, can play with different Plasmid combos and can try to save or kill all GOING DOWN? the Little Sisters for alternate endings, I I WAS CLEARING OUT boxes in my attic do know the story so well that I’m the other day and I found a load of my pretty much done with it now. I can’t old PC discs including shareware of

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CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |22 Reviews REVIEW Hoodies – even a FEEDBACK! problem during the Click here to tell Crusades. us what you think of Assassin’s Assassin’s Creed Creed. It’s time to get medieval on your ass(assin)… whether you’ve already played through the console version and if you have, you probably won’t find enough bonus Publisher: Ubisoft material here to make it worth a replay, Developer: Ubisoft but if you haven’t, you’d be mad to Montreal miss this utterly thrilling and addictive Heritage: Prince of Persia PC adventure. Assassin’s Creed is an CUT TO THE CHASE series open world game set in the medieval The D irector’s Cut additionsadditions... Link: www.assassinscreed. time of 1191 AD, within a Holy Land com ravaged by the Third Crusade. As a ETA: OUT NOW! member of the secretive cult of New rooftop races also Assassins, you aren’t directly aligned System Requirements: pass through the with either the Christians or the Dual core processor 2.6 rafters of markets. Muslims, but initially charged with GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 t’s been five months now since the enhanced PC version – now “You’d be mad to miss this 3800+ Assassin’s Creed launched itself off labelled ‘Director’s Cut’ - still worth 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM the console rooftops and it’s only hunting down? utterly thrilling and (Vista) I now landed in the PC haywain. That’s a The answer really depends on addictive adventure” 256MB DX10, or Shader long time up in the air, so should we Model 3.0 compliant DX9 have given up the search, gone back to Video Card browsing the busy market stalls for Kill Aid 8GB Hard Drive space something else to catch our eye, or is

You can really stir up a Smash Run hornets’ nest but still kill them all. ArcherInformerMerchantRooftop Assassination… Race Escort… Stand Challenge The very highest TheAnotherThis firstadds PC-exclusivenew spice optional to the activityalready activity nowfun is a activitychallengeon offer of is using toto stealth-killhelp city transport roofs the as anabowmen thieves’ informer ascents will have guardsacrosshighway,Destruction… the who by district populate setting without a thefinishing city blowing rooftops. flag cover. and a clock. Release your inner Hulk with this fun addition that charges you with giving you weak at the the local vendors a really bad day. knees with vertigo.

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |23 Reviews Body blocks and blows are also available in combat.

Standing on these points you can scan “Redeeming yourself by the city to update Assassin’s Creed continued assassinating nine your map. historical figures” removing key figures on either side. Your targets for assassination all reside Busted back to private (the Uninitiated You can perform within the cities of Acre, Jerusalem and rank) by your master and leader Al deadly finishing Damascus, but you’ll also return Mualim, you’re then tasked with moves on your foes. between missions to the Assassin redeeming yourself by assassinating stronghold of Masayaf for new nine historical figures and stabilising Desmond Miles, who has been your time will be spent in awesome instructions, and ride on horseback the region. We won’t spoil any more captured by a corporation of modern- third-person action, building up to the through the interlocking outlands of plot, but suffice to say that it’s not that day Templars and is having his genetic kill by completing sub-missions set by ‘The Kingdom’ (which can now be simple and the politics become as memories stripped by a machine called each city’s Assassin’s Bureau contact skipped in the PC version once you’ve twisted as the back-streets and the Animus in an attempt to track and climbing towers to reveal new sub- been to each city). rooftops you’ll be stalking through. Just down the missing pieces of a mystical mission locations on your map. Then You begin the game as disgraced to give things a further twist, it turns treasure know as the ‘Piece of Eden’. via eavesdropping, pick-pocketing and assassin Altair, having failed to kill out that your medieval missions are But if this all sounds like too much of violent ‘persuasion’ you’ll accumulate Templar Grand Master Robert de Sable actually forays into the memories of a lesson in political history for enough knowledge to satisfy the and recover your order’s treasure. Altair’s contemporary descendant conspiracy nuts, don’t worry. Most of Bureau that you’re ready to take down one of the big nine. Each time you succeed and return to Masayaf, a new KILLER area will unlock and you’ll be rewarded MOMENTS with a returned weapon or skill. Defining times in the The real thrill of Assassin’s Creed is Altair’s increasing acrobatic skill that career of a medieval allows you to leap between building assassin… HORSE PLAY MONKEY BUSINESS THIEF IN THE TEMPLAR LEAP OF FAITH KILL, KILL, KILL! roofs, climb daunting walls by gripping Mount a steed to travel Get past a guard post by Kill tougher Templar Fling yourself from the All the preparatory info- faster across The Kingdom blending in with a group of Knights you encounter for game’s highest points to gathering and exploration small protrusions and when forced into and slay guards from it. friendly monks. extra kudos and challenge. land safely in haystacks. leads to the nine big kills. street or rooftop combat, use simple controls to pull off incredibly satisfying

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE z |24 Reviews Archers will shoot PULSOMETER Signs of life you off walls if you’re spotted. Stunning PC Awesome rooftop Fun PC-only graphics acrobatics activities

Slick combat, Missions are if a bit easy very repetitive “We’re not talking Splinter Cell here - it’s more action You’ll get more You can also scale nimble as your skills game than sneaker” and scout in The are returned Kingdom outlands. gradually. Assassin’s Creed continued Roll over screen for annotations sword, throwing knife and body moves (with blocks, throws and attacks) against multiple opponents. Leaping off the tallest viewpoints into fall- breaking haystacks is also an incredible sensation that really defines the sense of your superhuman abilities. The second aspect that really sets this game above average is the excellent AI recreation of living, breathing cities, with bustling, chattering crowds engaged in everyday life as you slip among them, or barge through them to escape pursuers. While stealth can be very important, guards will lower after you kill enough is the scale of each city, the awesome particularly when pick-pocketing, or in the vicinity, or escape eyesight for freedom to use the rooftops as a publicly assassinating sub-targets for long enough to hide in a rooftop thieves’ highway, the excellent crowd PCGZine The definitive version for informant info, we’re not talking canopy or street-side haystack. and guard AI and the slick (if simple) first-time assassins Splinter Cell here and this is much more The only real criticism of Assassin’s combat, that repetition is rarely a chore. an action game than a sneaker, even Creed remains that missions are There isn’t enough new content to with sharper crowd and guard repetitive and, even with the new PC make this Director’s Cut an essential Stunning graphics % reactions in the PC version. Combat is activities, you’ll be performing the purchase if you’ve played the original Improved AI still on the easy side, so fight can be same rough sequence of info- console game (a new assassination just as effective and satisfying as flight gathering and hits in each of your nine mission would have made it so), but it Somewhat shallow new content in most cases. The alarm state of city major assassinations. But so impressive is the definitive edition. Steve Brown 85

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |25 Reviews REVIEW FEEDBACK! Click here to tell us what you Command think of C&C 3: Kane’s Wrath

Garrisonable & Conquer 3: structures again Expansion Pack: play a big part. This one’s a giant REQUIRES C&C 3 Victory is rewarded football. Publisher: EA with a massive Developer: EA explosion. Heritage: Command & Kane’s Wrath Conquer 3 Don’t make him angry… Link: www. commandandconquer.com rue story: we once incurred HAM & EGGS ETA: OUT NOW! Kane’s Wrath. Back in the day, on And the Oscar goes to… a press trip to Westwood’s old System Requirements: T HQ in Vegas, we were being shown 2.0GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, around the building by the slaphead 256MB Graphics card who plays Kane (amazingly, he’s not actually an actor). He’d been The mystical particularly pleased with himself all day, tiberium is at the and the final stop was the blue screen root of all conflict. “Kane tried to fight back room where the risible live action with a weak gag about footage was recorded. After Kane had puffed himself up some more, he finally asked if there were any questions. With blues musicians” It’s all kicking impeccable timing, yours truly piped back in business, with megalomaniac off here. up, “Why is it called a blue screen?” to Kane hamming it up once more as he guffaws from the assembled gaggle of fever ishl y rallies you, the p layer, to do geeks. Kane tried to fight back with a his bidding across a c ampaign that Joe Carl Natasha weak gag about blues musicians, but spans two dec a des, from the Lazarus- he was crushed, and inwardly livid. like comeback of the Brother hood of EA may have long since bought N od fo llowing the S econd Tiber ium Westwood, but Kane’s Wrath has War, and encompassing the events of JoeCarlNatasha Kucan Lumbly Henstridge (possibly) been simmering ever since, the Third Tiber ium War and beyond. TheAsBest the main known treacherous man for Kane the BrotherSpecies himself, Marcion,film, he gives here leader shean understated plays of the the Black glamorous performance, Hand gang, Alexa he Kovacs, finally erupting in the form of this What this of cour s e means is that capturinginitiallyraised as rails a the feral against nuances mute Kane but of the now before megalomaniacal an beingaccomplished forced leaderto cybernetics see theof the light. sinisterexpert. comprehensive expansion to the you are pres ented with a s er ies of Brotherhood of Nod. excellent C&C 3. The blue screen is familiar missions - p laying s o lel y as

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |26 Never cross the Reviews streams. We should all know that by now.

He may have the Guinness record for longest running actor Roll over screen for annotations Heroically hide in a in a video game series, building and shoot but he’s still a helmet. the harvester. Kane’s Wrath continued “An expansion pack with the Brotherhood of Nod - all more content than a lot of interspersed with some of the campest full games...” acting this side of Christmas. It’s classic the addition of a decent skirmish mode C&C fare, with the addition of new as well as a slew of online options. units and structures, as well as six However, Kane’s Wrath also effectively unique sub-factions, each with their features an entirely separate game in own particular strengths. the form of the all-new Global So far, so predictable, although the Conquest mode. Essentially a cross single player campaign is given legs by between Risk and, well, Command & Conquer, it comes replete with a warning that only hardcore players should attempt it. A different approach to the Third Tiberium War, it’s a three- way territorial scrap between GDI, Nod and Scrin involving building bases and Conquer without a bit of the old strike forces across the globe, with amateur dramatics, although some of PCGZine He’s bald and he’s back… battles fought either in real time using those involved surprisingly list acting as the traditional interface or swiftly auto- their main profession. Kane is not resolved by the AI. amongst them, although his wrath has There’s still a lot here for fans of the resulted in an expansion pack with Classic gameplay % The familiar Nod series, and especially for fans of bald more content than a lot of full games, Loads of content structures coming middle-aged men attempting to act. and that’s nothing to get angry about. under some Nod campaign only pressure. The core action is as gripping as ever, And why do they call it a blue screen? I and it just wouldn’t be Command & never got a good answer. Steve Hill 80

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |27 Reviews You’ll come up against people- smuggling gangs. Tom Clancy’s PCGZine REVIEW FEEDBACK! Click here to tell us what you Publisher: Ubisoft Rainbow Six Vegas 2 If your name’s not on the list, just blow the nightclub door off! think of Developer: Ubisoft Rainbow Six Montreal he last Rainbow Six game in 2006 heavily casino-focused, Vegas 2 is light Vegas 2. Heritage: Rainbow Six, ended in betrayal, bloodshed on the slots acreage and only really There’s a greater Ghost Recon and Splinter and unfinished business on the uses one casino interior as a full level. mix of indoor and T outdoor now. Cell series Hoover dam above Las Vegas. Rainbow You’ll be abseiling from helicopters into Link: http:// member Gabriel turned out to be a junkyards, suburban backyards, rainbowsixgame.us.ubi.com terrorist stooge, escaping from a penthouse suites, island villas, ETA: OUT NOW! crashed chopper at the end of the gymnasiums, oil refineries and even a game with a ‘To be continued…’ LAN gaming event at the Las Vegas System Requirements: promise. So it’s back to Vegas for the Convention Centre this time round. So 3GHz P4, AMD Athlon sequel, although this time you’ll follow locations are as diverse as a 3000 or equivalent a parallel squad, playing as new team contemporary urban combat game 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM leader Bishop, not Logan, and revealing could hope to offer, providing tactical (Vista)128MB Graphics some of the back story to Gabriel’s playgrounds for some of the most Card (DirectX compatible dark-side defection. with Shader 3.0) But while the first Vegas game was “There’s even a LAN gaming event at the Las Vegas Convention Centre” HIT THE JACKPOT Five winning moments of the Sin City experience… BREACH CUSTOMISE MAP IT GIRLS ALLOWED SHIELDED Kill abseiling Abseil down a rope, even Create a unique look by Use a new, occasional-use For the first time you can Learn to deal with enemies for upside-down, and breach unlocking new armour, satellite scan to pinpoint also choose female terrorists using riot shields, extra XP. through a window. weapons and clothing. terrorist locations. characters to play as. with grenades and sniping.

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE |28 Reviews Rainbow Six Vegas 2 cont. “The new sprint really intense and gripping fire-fights you’ll ever have played. helps to maintain the These fire-fights are heightened in pace of the game” excitement by the sequel’s welcome introduction of slightly tweaked controls and equipment. To Rainbow’s great advantage are the new abilities to sprint between cover and penetrate soft cover with bullets, both features that Call of Duty 4 proved so successfully. The sprint really helps to maintain the pace of the game and it’s Cover is still rare now to get bogged down for too long behind one piece of cover, with all-important, The multiplayer maps so use it well. fluid movement between ‘safe’ zones are all brilliantly and less likelihood of getting gunned designed. down in a slow shuffle towards the next pillar. It’s also great to be able to MULTIPLAYER MAYHEM fire through thin signs, partition walls heavily armoured riot shield. So don’t Vegas 2 is even better to share… and the like when you know there’s a always expect the same advantages of tango behind. However, these the first Vegas game from smoke additions are neatly balanced by the grenades and dark areas, and learn to terrorists’ equipment upgrades, which deal with riot shield advances by provide some of them with thermal flanking, throwing grenades behind the and night vision devices, and the shields, or sniping at exposed craniums

You’ll see a lot of the backstreet Vegas this time.

and vulnerable ankles. The cling-to-cover system remains unchanged and it’s such a perfect set Total Demolition Team Leader that this is no surprise. It’s the most Conquest natural and intuitive FPS command and control experience of any shooter and we only wish more games (Call of Duty HaveBombermanEscort you service… got 3D… satellite? included) would adopt something InThis this teamis basicallyversus game mode a charges VIP you escort have you mode withto locate takingwhere and youthe seize bombhave control to to get a setof your multiple point team and satelliteleader setting similar. Simply hold a key to stick to dishesitfrom off, Aor spreadto defending B without around and the the defusing. opposition map. killing him. practically any vertical surface in the game and then use your movement

CONTROL PCGZine NAVIGATE z |29 Reviews You can also PULSOMETER Signs of life unlock the riot shield to use. Perfect controls Superb co-op play Solid multiplayer

Graphics good, but Still set in just a small advance Las Vegas

The Oil Refinery Casinos form just a is a tough and small part of this complex level. Vegas sequel. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 cont. “Happy as a terrorist with controls to pop in and out, into stand night vision in a Vegas or crouch, zoom or blind fire, with guns lapdance club” and grenades. As soon as you take fire, release movement control while is the A.C.E.S. reward system and keeping hold of the cover key to drop increased character customisation straight back behind protection. options. The last Vegas was far from Commands are equally streamlined and rewarding, with extreme demands on easy to master and you’ll often find skill and time for the most meagre kit multiple entrances to new areas via and upgrades, with rank promotion a doors, skylights, windows and tortuous path even for the elite. It’s still balconies so that you can stack your tough to advance in Vegas 2, but the two team members at one entry while bar has been lowered to the right level, you slide a camera under the door at making it addictive without being too another, tag a primary and secondary daunting. A.C.E.S. is an XP reward human target, then tell them to flash, system split between Marksman, Close smoke, frag, or breach and clear Quarter Battle and Assault and these the urban combat experience and with (depending on whether you’ve set have 20 levels, each one rewarding you awesome multiplayer (versus and co- PCGZine The ultimate tactical team them to return-fire infiltrate, or with a relevant weapon, explosive, or op modes) on top of a single-player shooter wins big again! aggressive weapons-free mode). You massive chunks of XP. This not only campaign that can be tactically very can even command them to climb and rewards your combat style, but also different every replay, it’s a game that descend ropes and ladders, hang racks up the XP needed for promotions, keeps on giving. We hope to see a Faster pace % upside-down and breach through each of these ranks unlocking more major departure in setting with the Great co-op windows for awesome surprise attacks, clothing, armour and camouflage. next Rainbow Six, but until then we’re synchronised with your own entry. While Vegas 2 isn’t a revolution in happy as a terrorist with night vision in Improved rewards Another superb addition to Vegas 2 the series, it tweaks to near perfection a Vegas lapdance club. James Baker 91

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Stone Loops Sam & Max Youda N The Yore Publisher: Metanet PCGZine Publisher: www.crobasoft.com/game/theyore of Jurassica Episode 5: Camper Developer: Metanet Developer: Crobasoft Publisher: www.stoneloops.com Publisher: www.youdagames.com Price: Free Price: Free Developer: Codeminion What’s New, Developer: Youda Games Price: ~£10 Price: £7.88 ou may know N. You may not. s a flash-style isometric horror Beelzebub? YChances are if you do know it, Apuzzler, set in a haunted f you look at the screen, then Publisher: Telltale Games ouda Camper is, as you may you’ll have broken more than a few mansion, The Yore is a rather unique Iglance away quicky, you may well Developer: Telltale Games Yhave guessed from the name, a keyboards in its name, but for those game. With visuals like Habbo hotel, think you’ve seen Luxor 2, as that’s Price: ~£4.50 campsite management sim, that lets who are “uninitiated”, it’s time to the game at first may not appear to exactly what this stone-crushing you live that most illustrious of learn the ways of the Ninja. An be very scary, but there’s a certain game is, with a few more dinosaurs s we type, we’re wiping the dreams, by owning, and running overlooked freeware classic, N is a intangible atmosphere to the dotted around for good measure. Atears from our eyes, as we’re your own campsite. But what platformer with a really, really nasty proceedings that makes everything Setting you the task of clearing the sorry to say this is the final episode doesn’t sound particularly thrilling in edge. With simple controls (just one seem that much more... unnerving. chain of boulders by matching in this series. Following on from the concept is actually quite well button – jump), it’s up to you to Imagine there had been a game of groups of three of the same colour, last episode (SPOILER ALERT), realised in execution. Setting prices guide your ninja bloke past all sorts The Shining back in 1980 and you’ll the chances are you’ll have played Episode 5 picks up as the dynamic for the various sites to maximise of deadly objects, enemies, and have some idea of what you’re in for. games like this before, but this is duo escape from the spaceship with profit, all whilst maintaining the rocket launchers simply to reach the As you explore the house, you’ll be certainly one of the better ones. Bosco’s body, and begin the hunt for cleanliness of your campsite, as well end of the level, in increasingly met with a series of increasingly Well presented, with some colourful his soul. What follows is a typically as keeping everyone happy is more ridiculous – and infuriatingly complex puzzles to twist your mind graphics, and solid gameplay, this is hilarious adventure as the two challenging and enjoyable than it challenging manners. Addictive, further, which unfortunately tend to a great way to waste your lunch freelance police come head to head sounds. Maybe worth a punt at frustrating, but brilliantly playable, N rely on trial and error and pure break. Although we play games at with the biggest baddie they’ve £7.88, which is less than a night’s is a classic. And best of all it’s free. persistence rather than any amount work and do spreadsheets at lunch. faced yet – Satan himself. stay on one of my plots. Get it now. of skill. But it is free.

Polished Funny Addictive Addictive Good graphics Well presented Logical Puzzles Fickle campers Great gameplay Nice atmosphere Unoriginal Pulls everything together nicely No varied goals A bit too mean Poor puzzles Dinotastic! % A classic, but too long % Happy campers? % Learn the way of the % Spooky, but can get a % 80 until the next one! 90 Hopefully 70 Ninja right now! 90 little tedious 60 CONTROL NAV IGAT E |31 Subscribe to GamerZines FREE! EVERY MONTH! The world’s best games magazines... DON’T MISS OUT AGAIN SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE! Over 40,000 pe o p le have alre ady chosen to subscri b e to o ne o r mo re of o u r G amerZi ne s an d now re ceive noti fica ti o n of e ach new issue a s so o n a s i t’s publ ishe d. Why not j o i n them an d ensu re yo u never m iss another issue a g ai n?

www.gamerzines.com CO N T RO L PCGZine NAV I G AT E |32 QA encountered a problem blah blah blah”. “Yo u’r e n o t th e on ly p er s on I’m running Windows XP, Athlon XP 3200+ and a Radeon 9600. t o b e h a v in g p erf or m an c e

> We’ve seen a whole heap of people issu es w ith F r ontlin es...” with this type of problem. But to start with Tech Support your case, that Radeon 9600 is below the minimum system requirements: the Panic set in as the We’ve received so many emails asking for advice, we lowest-end graphics cards recommended ne w s spr ead... thought we’d better open up a dedicated help desk. are the ATI x850/800 and the NVIDIA 7300. Andr e w Llo yd Webber All of that aside we’re hearing regular was in t o wn. Send your questions to [email protected] issues with people running ATI X800 and X850 cards, the news from KAOS - the FFFFRONTLINES we’ve had people with good and bad game’s developer - is that a new driver or I need some help with Frontlines: Fuel things to say about the v169.44 drivers. Try hotfix from AMD is the only way to fix the of War. During the Kaos start-up screen reverting back to the last WHQL released problem. Though we have heard people the video and audio stutter and when v169.21 ones. On a more practical level try having success either rolling back the it makes it to the menu screen I get turning off Shadows and Foliage as these driver to the Windows default or installing something like 1 FPS. I’m running an seem to be the main cause of the ‘hacked’ Omega drivers from www. Neil Mohr has been AMD Athlon 4200+, NVIDIA 8600GTS performance problems. omegadrivers.net. playing with and with v169.44 drivers. I want to play this Similarly we’ve also seen people cure playing on PCs for game badly! How sensitive is it to over PHYSICAL PROBLEMS the problem by updating the OpenAL over a decade clocking? I just bought Frontlines: Fuel of War a few days ago and installed it, the 1.0.1 > You’re not the only person to be patch and the hotfix but when I go to having performance issues, however you start the game it says the Ageia PhysX need to stop overclocking – it’s pointless is not working or is not installed, when Dave oft en br oke on graphics cards and just makes it is! What’s the fix? out int o YMCA at the troubleshooting more complex. Secondly most inopportune > Thankfully this is a known and times. stupid problem. Frontlines isn’t compatible with the Ageia processor and requires it to be disabled manually. To do that open the Control Panel > System > Choose the Hardware tab > click Device Manager and look for the Ageia entry. Click the small plus next to this, right click the entry you find and choose Disable.

DEFEATED AT THE FRONTLINES When I try and play Frontlines as soon Just get a Sk y as the splash screen appears it crashes dish - it’s far easier mat e. with the usual “Frontlines has

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sound files, head to www.openal.org/ BACK IN BLACK downloads.html and grab the Windows Whenever I try playing older games like OpenAL 1.1 Windows installer, though this Starcraft, the actual game screen is very is less likely to be the solution, it has small and the rest of my monitor is worked for some. Another area that filled in with a black border. causes problems are third-party virus- checkers and firewalls such as Norton, try > You problem here is either the disabling these before playing. monitor or your graphics card driver is set not to scale the screen to its full size and FOR THE EPISODIC LIFE keep it at a 1:1 pixel for pixel display. Scan I’ve run Half Life 2 on Vista Home through the monitor’s menus for a scaling Premium with no problems but I’ve Steam and tried again. Steam installs up all the room head to www.jam- option to “Fill” the screen or else check tried to install Episode One but with no and it tells me that HL2 Ep1 install will software.com/freeware and try the your graphics card driver for a similar success. I uninstalled HL2 but left continue. An hour later I return to find... program Treesize. option to use GPU scaling to the full Check your driver Steam installed. Episode One still tells nothing! display panel size. and monitor me that there isn’t enough space BAD EXPERIENCE settings for scaling to run Steam. So I > We’d like to point I was running Windows Vista with 2GB options. We’d recommend uninstalled several things out here, of memory that scored a Windows two of these fellas. first Episode One is Experience Index of 5.2. I’ve recently compatible with added another 2GB and this score has Windows Vista. dropped to 5, shouldn’t it have gone Secondly it up? sounds like the problem is that Steam has run out of hard > Technically four DIMMs could drive space and thirdly if you uninstalled provide a speed increase over two, due to HL2 and Episode One it’d take a while for running two dual-channel memory the 1.4GB+ to download again. buses. However if you use mismatched This brings us on to what we’d suspect memory this will likely reduce any the problem is, lack of drive space. It’s advantage. Intel chipsets currently don’t GOT A PROBLEM? likely Steam has installed onto your C take as great an advantage of lower drive. Check there is enough space left on latency memory set-ups as AMD, so this Send us your technical questions and this drive. If not either reinstall Steam to could also add to the situation. However we’ll try and help you out another drive or free up some space by having said all of that the WEI only test emptying the Recycle bin or removing raw throughput and frankly Vista will unneeded files or programs. If you’re always run better with more memory. So Click here now! having problems finding what’s taking don’t feel your upgrade has been wasted.

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