Hey Portal Players, for anyone who has Portal installed and is looking for more gameplay to it, a new mod has been developed that is free to download. This mod is basically Portal itself, but with newer challenges that are a bit harder, and not to mention, some new voices in the game (rather than the computer). I've heard that it may become a part of the Steam store and on sale for $10 from a friend of mine. That I'm not sure about, I'll update you guys if that does happen but for now, the link to download it is below. It's a 700MB file, so it may take some time to download and install, but it is worth it.

http://www.portalprelude.com/ [Read More]

For those of you who missed the other thread, Crysis Warhead, the new game based on the previous Crysis game has just been released for purchase. The game is set using the Crytek2 Engine (same as the previous game's) and is stated to be more optimized than the old game, which gave many people with less powerful computers and often times laptops a hard time running Crysis at even the max settings. Certainly for a fact, the system requirements are lower this time, so there is definately some assurance for those of you out there with slower computers that you will get a few more frames out of the game.
 
The game's minimum and recommended requirements are below:
 

Along with the new game however, came problems. As of right now, the results on how this game is running on high end systems with the Enthusiast mode is still a bit varied. There are reports all around the internet from GeForce 8800GT cards getting 40fps, or averaging out at 15-20fps or ev... [Read More]

Well, it's that time once again for Gamers and players of the first Crysis game to rejoice again. Crysis: Warhead which again is based on the DirectX 10 platform is coming to the PC! For those of you who have Steam accounts, you can pre-order Crysis Warhead for $30, or you can get the first Crysis game AND Crysis Warhead for $70. The first Crysis game will download via Steam, and Crysis Warhead on the day of the release will download via Steam.

The link to the page is http://store.steampowered.com/app/17330/

By the way, I'd suggest Vista haters to rethink why they hate it. I've been using Vista for quite some time and I love it. Not to mention, it's the only OS that takes advantage of DirectX 10 hardware. [Read More]