News tagged with Gaming (14 results)
The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: March 2008
Introduction
Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great - that is, if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget.
If you don't have the time to research the benchmarks, or don't feel confi...
SOE Prez ♥s PC Gaming
SOE Boss: It's 'Ridiculous and Foolish' to Say PC Gaming is in Decline
quotes SOE president John Smedley, who expresses optimism about the state of PC
gaming: I keep reading all this doom and gloom. It's the same guys that
have been telling us for years that mainframes are doomed. If you jus...
Co-op Gaming Bill of Rights
The Co-op Gaming Bill of Rights (thanks
Major Nelson) is an interesting post on the topic inspired by a
Penny Arcade column
discussing co-op gaming. As co-op support is perpetually a hot topic around here, it seemed worthwhile to highlight this.
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More id on PC Gaming
GamesIndustry.biz has more quotes on the state of PC gaming, this time from
Steve Nix, id Software Director of Business Development. Nix feels some of the
hardcore PC gaming audience is shifting to consoles, something id cannot
ignore:"There are plenty of people who are diehard mouse an...
MS on PC Gaming
Microsoft: "Perception," Not Us, is PC Gaming's Big Problem on Kotaku is a
Q&A with Kevin Unangst, senior global director for Windows Gaming at Microsoft
(thanks Mike Martinez). The conversation is about the state of PC gaming in which the
interviewer expresses the opinion that...
More on PC Gaming
The Mark
Rein Interview on Computer and Video Games asks a couple of console
questions about the coming release of the PS3 edition of UT3, mod support on the
360, the state of PC gaming, and a clarification that the Unreal Engine 4 will
not be console-exclusive. The discussion also ends up o...
MS on the State of PC Gaming
Microsoft's Unangst 'PC Will Always Be At The Center Of Innovation' on Gamasutra
is Q&A with Games For Windows senior director Kevin Unangst about how things are
going over in GFW high command. Topics include developer response to the
program, Vista take-up, standards, and the topic high...
Valve on PC Gaming
Doug Lombardi on PC
Gaming on Shacknews talks with the Valve marketing maven about the state of
PC gaming. Doug repeats the assertion that this is a perception problem, as they
have a tough time hearing the cries that PC gaming is dying as they laugh all
the way to the bank:I mean, I think, ...
Valve on PC Gaming
Valve Steps Up, Defends
PC Gaming on IGN is an extensive article based on an interview with Valve
honcho Gabe Newell, focusing on the state of PC gaming. Valve remains
steadfastly positive about he platform, with Newell again pointing out that
digital distribution and MMOG subscription fees ...
Valve: PC Gaming is the Future
Valve:
Why the PC is the future on Eurogamer has more of Valve's Gabe Newell's
thoughts on the state of PC gaming, once again discussing how digital
distribution is rarely accounted for, and that as for MMOGs, he feels that WOW
is "arguably the most valuable entertainment franchise in a...
Microsoft's Anti-PC Gaming Policy
Microsoft Game Studios Europe Q&A Part 2 on GamesIndustry.biz talks with
Peter Zetterberg about the gaming scene. One bit
highlighted here seems a pretty tacit admission that Microsoft's approach to
cross-platform releases is meant to promote the Xbox 360 at the expense of the
PC, off...
Blizzard on PC Gaming
Blizzard's Mike
Morhaime Q&A on Eurogamer has more on the state of PC gaming, as the chief
executive of Blizzard Entertainment expresses his agreement with Valve's Gabe
Newell's comments on the ongoing viability of the PC as a gaming
platform:Yeah, and I agree with a lot of Gabe's commen...
Carmack on PC Gaming
id Software's John
Carmack and Marty Stratton Talk Quake Live, PC Gaming, and More on Shacknews
offers a Q&A with id Software. Topics include the accessibility being built into
Quake Live (or QUAKE LIVE, as the case may unfortunately be), Carmack's
regrets that id "didn't have the ma...
