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Heavy Rain Review

Heavy Rain Review [51]
Gaming | 12th Mar 2010

We've been snowed under with a flood of games lately, but we've finally found time for Heavy Rain. Does Quantic Dream's latest adventure game manage to keep its head above water, or is this PS3 exclusive lost at sea? Join us in the hunt for the Origami Killer to find out!

How Games Tell Stories

How Games Tell Stories [19]
PC | 12th Mar 2010

Games tell stories - but do they work as well as films and novels? How should narrative work in a game? And exactly how awful was Phantasmagoria? Valve's Chet Faliszek, Mirror's Edge's Rhianna Pratchett, Braid's Jonathon Blow and others offer their thoughts.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Video

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Video [27]
PC | 11th Mar 2010

Join Harry and Antony as they take great pleasure in talking you through some HD footage of the excellent Battlefield Bad Company 2 - all the while destroying as much of the scenery as possible.

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review [66]
CPUs | 11th Mar 2010

Intel has finally released a CPU worthy of its premium Extreme Edition brand - the first six-core desktop processor. Previously known as Gulftown, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is not only brutally fast out of the box but also a fantastic overclocker thanks to its 32nm transistors.

Hands on with 6-screen ATI Eyefinity

Hands on with 6-screen ATI Eyefinity [62]
Graphics | 10th Mar 2010

We've finally got our hands on an Eyefinity Edition card from ATI, and six screens to use it with. We take the kit for a test drive to see how good it is for 6-screen gaming and whether the future is multi-monitor.

PC Hardware Buyer's Guide - March 2010

PC Hardware Buyer's Guide - March 2010 [58]
Buyers Guide | 9th Mar 2010

For our March 2010 PC Hardware Buyers Guide we've seen a few subtle changes in among our recommendations, but most notably we've had to accommodate price fluctuations in places. How has this changed our five PCs? Check in to find out.

StarCraft 2 Beta First Impressions

StarCraft 2 Beta First Impressions [113]
PC | 9th Mar 2010

We take a look at the beta of Blizzard's long awaited StarCraft 2 to see how the game has changed. Do fans actually want anything new with StarCraft 2, or is a high-res remake more than enough for the hardcore?

ASRock H55M Pro LGA1156 Motherboard Review

ASRock H55M Pro LGA1156 Motherboard Review [3]
Motherboards | 8th Mar 2010

This ASRock micro-ATX LGA1156 motherboard is one of the cheapest we've seen, and it has some odd but novel features: a Good Night LED? With a loaded BIOS loaded and some interesting overclocking results, we show you what the H55M Pro can do.

CeBIT 2010 - SSDs, motherboards and more

CeBIT 2010 - SSDs, motherboards and more [10]
Events | 8th Mar 2010

We continue our coverage of CeBIT 2010 by taking a look at the new batch of high end motherboards, digital streamers, gold PSUs, new Sandforce SSDs, and the latest top end chassis from Cooler Master.

Necrovision: The Lost Company Review

Necrovision: The Lost Company Review [6]
PC | 7th Mar 2010

With plenty of zombies, a World War I setting and solid FPS action, nobody can accuse The Lost Company of being out of sync with the latest trends. We take a look at the standalone expansion to Necrovision to see if that's a good thing or not, or whether we'd rather be caught dead than playing this.

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