Gaming

Well, Skyrim has been out for a bit over 2 weeks now and I've logged over 110 Hours on it. I think it's time for a GND Review.
Skyrim is the newest game in The Elder Scrolls series developed and published by Bethesda. It's the latest and greatest RPG by Bethesda and follows Bethesda's previous style of giving you a huge world to do what ever you like instead of following a tight story.
So lets get this review started...



Let's start with Gameplay. Gameplay is typical of all modern Bethesda games, so if you've played Oblivion, it will feel very similar or even if you've played Fallout 3 or New Vegas, you'll recognize the style.
While gameplay is similar, it's been much improved. With new features such as Finishing Moves!


Other improvements ...

Greetings, my dear readers! Today GND has something special for you all - a Battlefield 3 review. We look exclusively at the PC version. GND does game reviews like no other site; we are extremely detailed and the review will be full of depth, and we're also quite critical. How will the most hyped game 2011 score? It's time to find out!



For this review, I will be looking at the Limited Edition (disk model). The PC used for the review includes the following hardware.

• Windows 7 Professional 64-bit w/ SP1
• EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard
• Intel Core i5 760 @ 4.2 GHz
• G.SKILL ECO Series 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 @ 7-8-7-24 2T
• EVGA GTX 480 @ 800/1600/1000
• OCZ Vertex 3 60GB (OS boot drive)
• Western Digital Caviar 320GB (storage, BF3 is installed here as well as Origin)
• Dell ST2310 Monitor (HDMI mode, 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz)
• Cooler Master Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones

Battlefield 3 will be set to Ultra settings at 1920 x 1080 for the entire review, including all images. Drivers used are 285.62 WHQL for most images.

Battlefield 3 Limited Edition comes shipped in a normal game case, and there is no real complete manual. Inside you'll find two disks and the papers needed to get the game started plus CD key activiation. In order to play Battlefield 3, you must install EA's Origin and the Battlelog web plugin. PunkBuster is used for anti-cheat, unfortunately.

First you pop in disk one, and after the installation reads 50%-60% in Origin, you have to pop in disk 2. However, for some odd reason, the installation period is somewhere around 40 minutes to 1 hour after reading comments on various forums. For me, it was one hour. This is absurd really, and I don't know why this occurs.

After it finally installs, you'll see that your BF3 folder is 11.1GB which is quite large for an FPS game. Origin is really plain and has almost no features. It's a bare program that EA forces you to run. Feature wise, you can add friends and it should ...

Patrick Bach, executive producer for DICE told PC Gamer that PC help make games on console look the way they do today. According Bach “It has forced us to push the limited technology of consoles compared to the PC to a new level, because we set the bar with what we wanted to create on PC and said, ‘How the heck ...

A MMO from Gamania powered by Unreal Engine 3 is going to land soon. Over at PC Gamer did a exclusive interview with the chief operating officer, Jacky Chu

Read the interview here: PC Gamer

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With the launch only hours away, Here at GND we like to do start things off with a little bang!

Once the game becomes unlocked we will have a 64 Slot BF3 server waiting for you!

The server will be located in New York, This will be a Conquest server!

Here are a couple links to help you get started!

Links:
Teamspeak Server Imformation ...

Blizzard is working on the next expansion for the ever popular World Of Warcraft. Featuring new race and a new class, raised the level limit to 90. For the first time ever. There will be a single race that will be both playable to Alliance and Horde!

Source: Battle.net ...

Few hours away from the Battlefield 3 launch, Over at the Infinity Ward, They have released a Q&A for there upcoming gaming. Modern Warfare 3 looks promising. Can't wait to see how it will turn out!



Special thanks to IW for doing this Q&A. You can see the full thread here ...