If you’re not familiar with the classic PC series or haven’t been keeping up with its first foray onto consoles, check out IGN PC editor Steve Butts’ in-depth hands-on preview for a full overview.
In a nutshell, Civ Rev has been built from the ground up to be a completely console focused turn-based strategy game. Its beloved PC predecessors are famously complex affairs that have been responsible for countless hours of lost productivity worldwide.
If you’d like to try before you buy, rent a copy of this game from Gamefly
Revelation today was for US only, says rep.
Bethesda Softworks has today revealed the Fallout 3 Survival Edition for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it’s currently just for America. Aw Shucks.. The lunchbox is a must have.
Who knew that combining little plastic blocks with blockbuster movie trilogies could prove so charming? LucasArts and Traveller’s Tales captured lighting in a bottle with the Lego Star Wars series of games, with the lighthearted take on some of the most icon characters and stories in science fiction history capturing the hearts of fans both young and old alike. So charmed were both gamers and the gaming press that they almost - almost forgave Lucas for Jar Jar.
Now the two companies have teamed up again to give the classic Indiana Jones trilogy the tiny toy treatment in the hopes of recapturing the magic and wonder of the first two outings. Have they unearthed yet another treasure, or are they up to their waist in a pit full of snakes? Throw me the whip, and I’ll throw you the review roundup.
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Our compatriots over at Big Download stumbled on some unsettling performance issues while preparing a GRID comparison piece that pits the PC version against its console counterparts. It seems that the game suffers from pausing and freezing during races and replays. Pauses are reported to be up to one second in length, which would be unacceptable in most games, but is especially so in a racing game. The issue is currently setting the Codemasters forums on fire. Solutions being offered include removing and reattaching the hard drive, playing with a memory unit and no hard drive, and clearing the cache, although it appears that no solution is effective in all cases.
Codemasters is working on a solution that will be included in a forthcoming patch, which is should be available “within the next few weeks or sooner.”
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