This Friday we will be seeing the release of Brothers in Arms Hells Highway for the PC at long last! Hopefully this will be a moment worth waiting for and not another disappointment unlike some of the game which has so far come out this year.
While I sit here waiting for my copy of the game (which shipped yesterday from HMV.com) you can all be busily awaiting the release of Far Cry 2 which is shipping out in two weeks this coming Friday. This looks like a contender for game of the year and certainly looks like it could show us a thing or two about free form shooters and war! So far the development team have started to release every Friday up to launch some character bios. Check these out here!
AJ
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Friday, 26 September 2008
“Gentlemen, today we will not be going to war”
Well it seems that Operation Market Garden will not be starting today, nor tomorrow for us PC Gamers because it invariably seems that they have put back the release date of Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway for the PC until 03/10/2008 according to HMV.co.uk.
Ok I understand that games do have their release dates moved but this close to release? Seems a bit strange why the 360 and PS3 owners still get to go to war today while we seemingly are stuck at the Air Base waiting because our aircraft is still being fixed. Well who said the war wouldn’t wait? Seems like this time it will have to!
Well even worse news is that according to Game.co.uk they have the release date as the 10/10/08. Two weeks today. Wow what exactly are they doing to the PC product that means it needs more time before it is released.
Well only time will tell as to what will be happening with the release date of this game. Shame because I was hoping to play it tonight and get a fair few hours in alongside Crysis and Warhead but alas looks like it will come out too close to Far Cry 2 for me to truly enjoy it.
AJ
Ok I understand that games do have their release dates moved but this close to release? Seems a bit strange why the 360 and PS3 owners still get to go to war today while we seemingly are stuck at the Air Base waiting because our aircraft is still being fixed. Well who said the war wouldn’t wait? Seems like this time it will have to!
Well even worse news is that according to Game.co.uk they have the release date as the 10/10/08. Two weeks today. Wow what exactly are they doing to the PC product that means it needs more time before it is released.
Well only time will tell as to what will be happening with the release date of this game. Shame because I was hoping to play it tonight and get a fair few hours in alongside Crysis and Warhead but alas looks like it will come out too close to Far Cry 2 for me to truly enjoy it.
AJ
Sunday, 14 September 2008
A bargain... on Steam!
Well you can now get quite a few bargains on Steam now. EA seemingly are introducing some of their games starting with Crysis and Crysis Warhead both in a package for $79.98 which works out about the same price as buying the disk in the shops. They are also releasing The Witcher: Enhanced Edition this month for an unknown price at the time of writing this article.
Amongst all that there are still the multitude of older games getting released slowly via steam and this month we have also seen the release of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for $59.99 which again is about the same price in the shops if not a little higher due to the exchange rate being worse than before.
There is a really good bargain available though. This happens to be the upcoming Multiwinia which you can get for a mere $19.99 and you also get Darwinia for free! Talk about a deal.
This leads onto the exchange rate situation. We have thus far seen the exchange rate for US Dollars to British Pounds slip and if this continues it makes me wonder if it will affect the sales on Steam for the British and indeed the rest of Europe. After all people buy from there now due to it working out so cheap yet if the exchange rate were to get gradually worse then it would be cheaper to buy from stores or online.
It makes you wonder if Valve will reduce the price of games on Steam for European users thus making the same amount of sales or whether they will keep it at the same prices. In this situation, only time will tell.
Well that is all for now and until next time!
AJ
Amongst all that there are still the multitude of older games getting released slowly via steam and this month we have also seen the release of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for $59.99 which again is about the same price in the shops if not a little higher due to the exchange rate being worse than before.
There is a really good bargain available though. This happens to be the upcoming Multiwinia which you can get for a mere $19.99 and you also get Darwinia for free! Talk about a deal.
This leads onto the exchange rate situation. We have thus far seen the exchange rate for US Dollars to British Pounds slip and if this continues it makes me wonder if it will affect the sales on Steam for the British and indeed the rest of Europe. After all people buy from there now due to it working out so cheap yet if the exchange rate were to get gradually worse then it would be cheaper to buy from stores or online.
It makes you wonder if Valve will reduce the price of games on Steam for European users thus making the same amount of sales or whether they will keep it at the same prices. In this situation, only time will tell.
Well that is all for now and until next time!
AJ
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
My 'Heavy' Heart...
Valve have announced yet another major update coming to Team Fortress 2. This time round they shall be updating the 'Heavy' Class in what they are claiming to be the biggest update yet (yes even bigger than the pyro one!).
This new update will feature three new unlockable weapons for the Heavy, 35 Achievements, a new game mode, a new Payload map and finally another community made map. Phew, what a long list!
This could be an amazingly good update for Team Fortress 2 and more information can be found at the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog or by visiting this 'day by day unlock' Heavy website where every day up until next Tuesday (the release of the Heavy update) you will be able to see the new updates features being unfolded!
As for the reason behind my 'Heavy' heart this is due to the fact that from Thursday evening I shall be going away on holiday to France until the 24th (My Birthday!!). So I think we can officially blame the French for making me miss this amazing update ;)
Hopefully I should be able to post another blog before I go but if not I shall write when I get back from France!
AJ
This new update will feature three new unlockable weapons for the Heavy, 35 Achievements, a new game mode, a new Payload map and finally another community made map. Phew, what a long list!
This could be an amazingly good update for Team Fortress 2 and more information can be found at the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog or by visiting this 'day by day unlock' Heavy website where every day up until next Tuesday (the release of the Heavy update) you will be able to see the new updates features being unfolded!
As for the reason behind my 'Heavy' heart this is due to the fact that from Thursday evening I shall be going away on holiday to France until the 24th (My Birthday!!). So I think we can officially blame the French for making me miss this amazing update ;)
Hopefully I should be able to post another blog before I go but if not I shall write when I get back from France!
AJ
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Is Lincoln Starting to Attract the Wealthy?
I just saw a Ford Mustang this morning on my way into work from the car park. What a sight to see. Amazing car but then it struck me. What the hell is it doing in Lincoln? Not very often you see a Jaguar let alone a Mustang.
Then I remembered that I saw an Aston Martin DB9 last Friday. That itself is another nice car but the costs of buying these cars is immense so what is happening? Is Lincoln finally starting to attract some more Wealthy people. I mean in times like these would you own a Ford Mustang with the petrol costs etc?
So I have decided to do some research as to how much these cars cost to buy and came up with the following. Just to compare prices I have also added in the cost of buying the Jaguar X-Type S (the most basic version of the X-Type):
· Ford Mustang - $20,000 works out at around £10,000.
· Jaguar X-type – £21,500.
· Aston Martin DB9 V12 Coupe - £110,850
Ok so we can see here that the Mustang doesn’t cost as much as we think but the fuel that it uses must cost a lot. The DB9 however costs 10 times the Ford Mustang, so really, what is a DB9 doing in Lincoln?
AJ
Then I remembered that I saw an Aston Martin DB9 last Friday. That itself is another nice car but the costs of buying these cars is immense so what is happening? Is Lincoln finally starting to attract some more Wealthy people. I mean in times like these would you own a Ford Mustang with the petrol costs etc?
So I have decided to do some research as to how much these cars cost to buy and came up with the following. Just to compare prices I have also added in the cost of buying the Jaguar X-Type S (the most basic version of the X-Type):
· Ford Mustang - $20,000 works out at around £10,000.
· Jaguar X-type – £21,500.
· Aston Martin DB9 V12 Coupe - £110,850
Ok so we can see here that the Mustang doesn’t cost as much as we think but the fuel that it uses must cost a lot. The DB9 however costs 10 times the Ford Mustang, so really, what is a DB9 doing in Lincoln?
AJ
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