MARS WAR LOGS REWRITES THE STORY (IN ENGLISH)!

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Mars War Logs was released in late April and like me,the others who bought Spiders Studio Mars based action RPG title enjoyed the game itself, but were disappointed at the poor french to english translation and its resulting effect on the story and overall narrative of the game.

Luc Heninger, Director of Production at Focus Home Interactive, explains:

“Mars contains a vast amount of dialog, even by RPG standards. The plot has numerous strands and the dialog often has many variants to mirror the hero’s changes in reputation. The tight deadlines between the game release dates meant that the initial English translation lacked depth and contained a number of errors; it was then sent to the recording studio, making the job of the actors extremely difficult. The actual game was thoroughly tested and released with very few bugs on PC, but unfortunately the procedures for the audio and text QA failed and allowed many English localization issues to slip through. We realized the extent of the problem after seeing the first feedback from the press and gamers. The result was so far removed from what we usually produce that we took the decision to halt the submission process for the console version, which was due for release only weeks after the PC title. We have re-written the game text and dialog and, of course, recorded the actors again, replacing the sections that weren’t true to the characters in Mars. All these problems will therefore be fixed in the console version. An update is now available for players with the PC game, and we have also incorporated the new audio in the PC versions on the various download sites.”

Now  Spiders Studio are pleased to share with the gamers a video showing the first 7 minutes of the game, featuring the new localization and the new English voices present in all versions of the game!

Mars War Logs is currently available on PC and will be today’s Daily Deal on Steam, at -33%. The game is scheduled for release on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network in September 2013.

 

Dont be civil, this is war.

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A new Grand-strategy game exactly 150 year on from this epic conflict

Ageod games  is proud to tell the world about the upcoming release of this grand strategy game set during the hardcore battles of the American civil war.

 

The title of this grand game,Civil War II.  After the great success of American Civil War – The Blue and the Gray, Ageod has built on its success with many more features and content in this sequel to the classic game of the genre. The game covers the entire USA, from the Eastern seaboard to the Rockies, from 1861 to 1865. It also stretches to Mexico and the Northern Caribbean. There are 5 main scenarios from the battle of Shiloh all the way up to the Grand Campaign. The map is divided into more than 3,000 regions, which contain a variety of terrain, climates and civil development level. There are over 400 historical leaders with historically characteristic strengths and weaknesses. The model covers features such as Weather, Attrition, Supply, Fog of War and more! “While The Blue and the Gray was already accepted by the community as one of the best games set during the American Civil War, we felt that we could do even more and with the improvements we’ve made in our AGE engine, we are able to provide a smoother and richer version of the game” says Philippe Thibaut, Director of Ageod. “The engine has evolved and so will the game, with more features, better and faster UI and much more. Civil War II is going to be a must-have for anyone interested in the period”.The 150th anniversary of this historical event fits perfectly with the release of this game, a perfect tribute in commemoration of those men who fought for their beliefs.

 

The devs are now recruiting Beta testers for this game! You can sign up here.

Get more information on Civil War II from its official product page.

My thoughts on the new Mac Pro design

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I think they may be onto something here. Based on the fact that Apple are pretty kick ass at making things smaller IE mac mini, and quieter IE mac mini, so they have a lot of expertise in heat management. My main concern is that heat will build up in the body, i.e. between the outer edge, and the electronics, causing damage to the internals, or a fault of the power. There doesn’t seem to be anything to cool down those parts that isn’t connected to the main heatsink and due to its near imposable expansion options, it would be very hard to say run a water loop or extra fans into it’s the mac pro is aimed at content creators who push there system, and need it to be cool, I think the heat issue might be a problem in the first cycle of this new trash can design.   But overall, I think the idea of making mainstream powerful working PC’s much smaller is great, and if it works it will catch on fast in the rest of the PC industry.

Powerful their “ultra quiet” fan must be.

AMD Radeon HD 7990 Review

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MOAR POWA!

AMD, oh AMD, what did all the decent drivers go. Lets get some history down, a few months back the community realized that there AMD cards where stuttering, and not just any kind of stuttering, MICRO stuttering! This was not good, but onwards they pushed. Then AMD announced the Never Settle drives, these drivers were tough, designed to kick start the new high end line of GPU’s they where pushing out, but sadly, the only thing that Never Settled was the stuttering, and it got worse, double that if your running crossfire, or any dual GPU for that matter.Oh yer, the 7990 is a dual GPU card.  Put two and two (GPU that is) together, wow, not a good start for a 2K card eh?

First off, if your running two 7970′s or hell, even two 9750′s, i cant really see any reason for you too upgrade to the 7990, because basically its just two 7970s melted down, shaved 50 MHz and slapped into a triple fan case with sleek black and red edges that will look stunning in any system. It rams your games with a full 6GB of memory, a suit of features which i shall talk about after, and a 12 inch body that will make other cards cry. It looks and feels really high quality. This quality comes from it being first party, and unlike ASUS or PowerColour, AMDs homemade version runs WAY COOLER ( i am way cooler),way quieter and much more power friendly.  Just try and forget the sun like TDP of powercolours 7990 version.

At the time of testing, i did not know of the Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 drivers that are meant to stop stutter, so i was limited to the plain 13.5 set. ( Sad face).  On games like Hitman, Sleeping dogs and Fry Cry 3 the 7990 has a slight advantage over its closest competitor the GTX 690, with the Hitman test bringing  back 89FPS on the 7990; 83 on the 690.  Weirdly, as the resolutions went up, the gap between these two fighting cards closed, until the difference was not huge at all.

The games felt great, with Hitmans huge crowds moving smooth, Battlefield battles looked great and Blood dragons neon’s felt warm. But, with great power comes great stuttering, and sadly, in its current state, i would say steer clean and pick up an Nvidia. the stuttering is just to prevalent to ignore. AMD said its going to be a while, up to 5 months before a fix is out, save yourself the trouble and at this time, pick up the better dual-GPU, the GTX 690.

With Current Drivers-

6.5/10

+Quite

+ POWER!

+The best bundle in the history of hardware…..

-And some of the worst drivers in the history of hardware

-Just get two 7970s/7950s

-Costs Stacks

Side Note: While it may be a while before the card can kick ass, ass soon as you buy it you can pick up 7 FREE games, check the picture below, its a pretty damn sweet deal.

The Haiku

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Welcome to our new weekly series- The Haiku. Each week i pull a random image out my huge folder of random images and write an haiku bout it. Lets start it off with…..

 1369956138405Why you glitchy face

Hide my mountains away from you

Quick hide the children!

XBOX ONE AND THE DEATH OF OWNERSHIP (Jimquisition)

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Well, Microsoft went and did it. It took the step publishers have fantasized over for years, and destroyed the concept of videogame ownership.

Never one to shy away from controversy, the irrepressible Jim Sterling delivers a scathing — yet always informed and insightful — rant about whatever aspect of the gaming industry is annoying him that week. Watch the next episode of Jimquisition a week early, only on The Escapist.

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Unleashed Across UK Retail

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Kalypso Media is pleased to announce that the boxed version of the critically acclaimed space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire

 

: Rebellion, developed by Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment, is now available to purchase across the UK and EMEA* for Windows PC. The retail version of the epic 4X strategy title also contains exclusive in box items including a fully illustrated manual, CD soundtrack, double sided poster and a hotkey card.

To celebrate the launch of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Kalypso has released a launch trailer providing an insight into the galactic power struggle facing the warring factions.

 

 

*Kalypso EMEA distribution for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion includes UK, Nordics, Greece, Portugal, South Africa, Russia, Middle East and Asia. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Spain will be distributed by Koch Media. In box content and release dates may vary between UK and other territories.