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Dead Space 3 Devs Want 60FPS, Cutting Edge Graphics in Next-Gen Consoles

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Speaking to 360 Magazine, Visceral Games' Steve Papoutsis shared his team's thoughts on what they wanted out of a next-generation console. The team is currently working on Dead Space 3, which has yet to be officially unveiled. He first explained that he wanted game installations to be a lot more hassle-free than they are at the present. "I'd love the convenience of installing your games like you do now but making that process automatic, as I want to avoid having to change discs," he said. "Microsoft has made a lot of nice improvements to the dashboard over the years so I'm expecting an even more refined and streamlined user interface for people to interact with when checking out stuff on the marketplace." He further elucidated upon his team's technical wants and wishes for the next-gen. While the onus is on the developers for delivering a fluid framerate, the developer nonetheless expressed that the hardware would have to be of the cutting edge t

Top 10 Best Action Games For PC

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The PC has been feeling some neglect in the action genre ever since consoles took the forefront in the eyes of the gaming public. But that's not to say that the platform is dead--far from it! Here are ten of the top action games on the PC. Doom 3  What can be said about the Doom series that hasn't already been said? These games are immensely satisfying, and it's hard to pick just one. However, there's so much disparity between each game, particularly between 3 and the first two, that they really have to be looked at as separate entities in this case. Doom 3 does uphold the tradition of having Earth threatened by the minions of Hell, but this time, teleportation experiments conducted by a military-fortified corporation on Mars have accidentally opened a gateway, releasing demons who are intent on heading towards Earth.   Even though the thought of demons and the walking dead taking over a military base on Mars and piloting stolen spacecraft to earth sounds moderately hil

Naval War: Arctic Circle

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Dominate Your Enemies Above, Upon and Beneath the Open Seas Strategic and tactical battle for world domination on, under and above the open seas. Take on the enemy as commander of the awesome contemporary navy of either NATO, the Nordic Alliance, Russia or the United States. Description Naval War: Arctic Circle is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game where the player battles enemy naval and aerial forces for power and ultimate world domination. The game play takes place along the Norwegian and British coast, through Iceland and Greenland all the way to the North Americas and the North West Passage. Naval War: Arctic Circle has an extensive campaign along with skirmish, LAN and on-line modes. In Arctic Circle, the factions includes the United States, the Russian federation, the Nordic countries and NATO. Ultimately, Naval War: Arctic Circle tells a story about a power struggle for control of the world’s resources and supply lines in the Polar Regions. Features Two campaign modes, telling a

Battlefield 3 server rental $25 per month

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Console and PC gamers eager to secure their own piece of DICE's  Battlefield 3  can now do so, with the launch of dedicated server rental for the modern-day shooter. Gamers can rent their own little piece of Battlefield 3 for $1.50 per day. As detailed on  Battlefield's website , Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC gamers can secure a server for 120 Microsoft points ($1.50) per day, 560 Microsoft points ($7) per week, 2,000 Microsoft points ($25) per 30 days, or 4,800 Microsoft points ($60) for 90 days. Server renters can tailor the shooter experience in a number of ways to their liking. Renters can determine which maps and game modes will be included in rotation, kick and ban players at will, and designate VIPs: players who can skip to the top of queues. The rentable servers arrived as part of a larger Battlefield 3 patch that found its way to the PC and PlayStation 3 versions of the game last week. This update brought a long list of fixes and tweaks to the shooter, which can be p