I am quite excited about this year in terms of gaming . This year we are going to get some big titles , bigger ideas and much more creative games . But we will definately need to spend some big bucks on hardware if we want to enjoy them . Last year mostly games that were released for the PC were basically expansions for the older versions ..so not much creativity last year ..my favourite game of the last year was “COMPANY OF HEROES” , an RTS game set in the WW2 era .If you are a strategy fan , i suggest you give it a try .Anyways coming back to the topic , here i am mentioning some of the games i am looking forward to playing next year .Since i have a PC only and no console , i am not mentioning console games here .

Assassins Creed

This new game from Ubisoft is definately going to keep gamers hooked this year .It features some great AI , a very diffrent gameplay and some great graphics . So watch out , the ASSASSIN is coming. Read the rest of this entry »

F.E.A.R Extraction Point : The expansion to the game that won the multiple “game of the year ” awards is soon to be released and by the looks of the demo it promises to bring more of action , more of blood , more of adrenalin , more ALMA and finally more of FEAR . If you have already played “FEAR” then you dont need any persuasion but if you havent , do download and play this masterpiece .

The expansion starts from where the original ended .There is the recap of the chopper ride and the explosion , the chopper crashes but you survive . Then there is ALMA who is still alive in the spirit form and she controls and she controls all the physic soldiers . Graphics wise there aint much diffrence from the original but in the gameplay point of view it rocks . You get a chance to try out some weapons including Shotgun , pistol , Rifle , rocket launcher,grenades , mines but my favourite is the “mini-gun” . Use this on the enemy in the bullet time mode and you can actually see him being shred to pieces . The game physics are as cool as ever . Throw a grenade near by and you can watch all the objects flying around , even the enemies . Even the fire effects looks damn cool .

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The year 2007 is fast approaching and it promises to be an amazing year for the hardcore gamers . The release of Vista is not far now and along with it comes DirectX 10 , the next big step in gaming . With all its advanced capabilities , it promises to take gaming to a new level but not without burning a hole in our pockes . And we also have some big games lined up for release simaltaneously . Lets take a look at some of the most eagerly awaited games .

CRYSIS

WELL who can forget the “FarCry ” , the game took the market by storm when it was released in 2004 due its stunning visualizations , awesome gameplay , beautiful surroundings , great AI and a wonderful story . Crytek developed a new engine called “Cry Engine” for this game . The game became so popular that a movie is currently being made on it .

But now the German studios Crytek are back with there latest offering called “Crysis” . The game features a much more advanced form of the CryEngine called “CryEngine 2″ and it will be the first to use the Direct 3D 10 capabilities of Windows Vista . Some of its engine features include

• Volumetric Clouds
• Motion Blur
• Dynamic Soft Shadows
• Fully Interactive and Destructible environment
• Full Day Night Cycle with sunrise and sunset effects

The game will also use Shader model 4.0 along with 2 and 3 and its performance will be best in a hyperthreaded machine due to its Multi threaded engine . The Trailers of the game looks amazing with the beautifully rendered environment and i cant wait for its release .

Recently an admin posted the game’s requirement on the Crysis forum . Though it is not official but i dont think there will be much diffrence . Here they are Read the rest of this entry »