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Portal 2 Australian Pre-order available
February 15, 2011
Portal 2 is now available for worldwide pre-order on the PC platform via Steam, and via retailers for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Buying the PS3 version gives you the ability of Steam play which means Steam keys for both the PC and Mac versions as well.
Portal 2 offers cross platform [...]
Free Game of the month: Broken Sword 2.5
June 29, 2010
This months free Game (FGOTM) highlights the rather excellent Broken Sword 2.5. A German made fan created tribute to the Broken Sword Series of adventure games. The Devs are known as mindFactory, a group of talented Broken Sword fans which peaked at 15 active members toward the later stages of the games development. The quality [...]
Build the ultimate custom pc with Origin Australia
April 21, 2010
The extreme custom built PC specialists known as Origin PC have been available for Australian buyers for a few months now, offering simply the definitive and ultimate custom pc’s you could ever envisage, or so they say.
Due to issues I have been having with Origin PC in recent weeks, this post has been removed to [...]
Byteside FPS perspective
February 19, 2010
Australia’s premiere Technology and Gaming show, Byteside have a healthy discussion in regards to the FPS genre and its impact on gaming culture and the perception of FPS gamers as a whole. The console shift in regards to this genre from my perspective, has had the negative impact of actually dumbing down FPS games in [...]
The Apple ipad Sourced
January 28, 2010
To be honest I am not sure what to make of the Apple Ipad. In Steve Jobs speech at today’s Latest creation event, he declared the Ipad “WAY better than a laptop” and regarded the device to be a better experience than a Netbook.
At a basic level, the Ipad is an upsized Ipod, running a [...]
Public Consultation for a R18+ Classification for Gaming.
December 14, 2009
Time to get our submissions in for a potential R18+ ratings system on a media format now more popular than Movies. Submissions to the Aussie Government are invited by close of business 28 February 2010. Submissions received after the due date may not be considered.
In Order to make a submission, you need to answer this [...]
COD Modern Warfare 2 PC Dev Console Unlocker
November 19, 2009
I was never a fan on how Call Of Duty Modern Warefare 2 developer Infinity Ward has treated the PC community by dumbing down and consoletarding the PC release. This sentiment is reflected throughout the PC multiplayer gaming community so it comes as no surprise that a modder has developed a patch for the game.
Allowing [...]
Dragon Age Origins PS3, PC and 360
October 12, 2009
Bioware are certainly on a massive roll, continuing to create some of the finest single player Western RPG’s ever created. With a incredibly impressive library including Mass Effect, Star Wars KTOR, Neverwinter Knights, Balders Gate and Jade Empire, you know what sort of quality to expect from every Bioware release. Dragon Age looks to be [...]
AMD unveils ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology
September 11, 2009
Eyefinity is a somewhat unique AMD innovation that gives PCs the ability to seamlessly connect up to six ultra high definition displays to one graphics card in a variety of modes, giving viewers a stunning new perspective on their PC experience. Have four GPU’s? Why not power 24 Monitors for the ultimate gaming experience – [...]



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