Ditte, Game Designer on Far Cry 3 gives us exclusive insights on the co-op mode.
Rusher, Deadeye or Warrior what class will you pick to succeed as a team?
And here it is:
What do you think of the game? Is it one you are looking forward to? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
TP-LINK 500Mbps Gigabit Powerline Adapter TL-PA511 turns your existing powerline into a high speed network with no need for new wires or drilling. The twin pack design of TL-PA511KIT helps establish a powerline network initially. No configuration is required, simply plug your adapters into your power sockets and you can establish networking infrastructure in a flash. With a speed of up to 500Mbps, TL-PA511 transmits multiple HD streams and even 3D movies to every room, making it a great choice for an easy to build multimedia entertainment network.
With advanced HomePlug AV technology, TL-PA511 provides users with stable, high-speed data transfer rates of up to 500Mbps on a line length of up to 300 meters. Together with its built-in Qos and powerful AES encryption, the TL-PA511 is a great choice for a whole home solution to connect all network compatible devices–from computers and game consoles to set-top boxes for IPTV to printers and NAS hard drives.
Who are TP-LINK?
From their website:
TP-LINK is a global provider of SOHO&SMB networking products and the World’s No.1 provider of WLAN and Broadband CPE devices, with products available in over 120 countries to tens of millions customers. Committed to intensive R&D, efficient production and strict quality management, TP-LINK continues to provide award-winning networking products in Wireless, ADSL, Routers, Switches, IP Cameras, Powerline Adapters, Print Servers, Media Converters and Network Adapters for Global end-users.
Based on the confidence of tens of millions of customers, TP-LINK is now growing to become one of the most competitive providers of networking products with aspirations to become one of the top 3 networking brands in the world and striving for a larger global market share, while further advancing in the world of networking to better serve our most valued customers with products that make their lives easier.
Features
HomePlug AV standard compliant, high-speed data transfer rate of up to 500Mbps, ideal for HD video or 3D video streaming and online gaming
Mains Filter for better powerline communication performance
No new wires, use existing electrical wiring
Up to 300 meter range over a home’s electrical circuit for better performance through walls or across floors
Plug and Play, no new wires or configuration required
Patented Power-Saving Mode automatically reduces power consumption by up to 85%
128-bit AES encryption ensures that the network is safe simply by pressing a button on paired devices
Built-in QoS assures the quality of bandwidth sensitive applications such as voice, video and online games
Supports IGMP managed multicast IP transmission, optimizes IPTV streaming
This year is rather important to London and the UK – we had the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and we also have the 2012 Olympics. To celebrate that there are a number of items available to show the Pride of London including a stunning board game of the history of London.
Stunning board graphics feature a time track with 2000 years of London’s history (from the Romans to the Olympics!) as well as a hand-painted map with all of London’s most famous buildings.
The game is a collaboration with The Museum of London, home to the finest collection of London’s historical artefacts. The cards have pictures of all of the city’s most famous characters as well as its events and buildings.
The object of the game is to be the first player to reach the last step, which is The 2012 Olympic Games.
There are 60 cards in the game box, each with a different meaning and each containing historical facts, so it’s also a learning experience.
This is a family game for 2-6 players and is very simple to learn. It costs £24.99 and is a fun game to play, whether you know anything about London or not.
This year is rather important to London and the UK – we had the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and we also have the 2012 Olympics. To celebrate that there are a number of items available to show the Pride of London including some very cool pop cards showcasing various London architectural landmarks including Big Ben, Tower Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral and other iconic landmarks.
Paper Tango is a London-based company specialising in origami-inspired gifts and 3-dimensional greeting cards.
Choose your favourite spot from the range of 12 London Landmarks. Each design is intricately laser cut and hand folded to create a 3D pop-up miniature. Each card is packaged with a location map showing the nearest tube and above ground rail stations. Explore London and take away a unique souvenir of a memorable London spot!
The cards a £5.99 each, which isn’t much more than you can pay for a normal cards these days.
These cards certainly are unique and anyone receiving one will be very happy with it. In fact, they are the sort of cards that you buy two of, one to send and one to keep for yourself, that are that cool.
A little while ago I was invited to a special event with Microsoft to talk about something known as Greymail. What’s that you may ask, and why is it important? Well read on to find out.
What is Greymail?
Greymail is the ever-growing amount of newsletters, deals and updates that fill your inbox. Sometimes you love it, sometimes you hate it. Here’s how greymail happens.
Defeating Greymail
Hotmail and now the new Outlook.com have built-in features to help you defeat Greymail, including sweeping, one-click filters, aliasing and much more.
I was a little dubious at first but then I gave it a try and it works very well.
For example, I receive a lot of emails on a daily basis and often I don’t get a chance to go through them for a while, sometimes for weeks. Now if you think that some of those emails are “daily” and are time relevant, for example daily newsletters, when I got back and work through my inbox an email from six weeks ago about some offer on that day is no longer important or useful to me. So I can use some of the features, such as sweep, to just “sweep” all those particular emails that I define (with a simple click or two) into my trash, leaving me only the latest and relevant versions.
There is even a fun game you can play on either your iPhone, Android, or Windows phone called Greymail inBoxer. This new augmented reality gaming experience from Hotmail. Virtual emails are falling from the sky in the physical space all around you.
Catch and sort as many emails as you can to play this unique and immersive game. It’s quite fun – why not give it a go?
In my case, my inbox is a happy mess and I’m a Piler (check out the graphic at the start of this article). Which are you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
So do you suffer from Greymail? If you so, like most of us, then you need to do something about it.
It’s time for another game review, and this time its The Amazing Spider-Man from Activision.
This is how the game is described:
Harness Spider-Man’s powers with Manhattan as your playground! Set shortly after the events of Columbia Pictures’ new film, The Amazing Spider-Man throws New York City’s brand new hero back into free-roaming*, web-slinging action, as he protects the Big Apple from a deluge of unimaginable threats.
SPIDER-MAN’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NEW YORK
Everybody’s favourite web-head is back in Manhattan with the return of the fan-favourite, free-roaming, web-slinging game play.
WEB RUSH: PLAYER CHOICE EVOLVED
Players use real-time navigational and combat choices to fight crime and pull off Spidey’s signature acrobatic moves like never before.
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Uncover the rest of Peter Parker’s untold story in the all-new epilogue story crafted by acclaimed Hollywood writer Seamus Kevin Fahey (Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica).
PUSH SPIDER-MAN’S ABILITIES TO THE LIMIT
Face-off against re-imaginings of classic Marvel Super Villains as well as original, larger than life enemies – some of the biggest ever seen in a Spider-Man video game – while racing to save Manhattan.
*Free-Roam only supported in XBox 360 and Playstation 3 versions.
So the premise of the game is simple, you are Spider-Man and it’s your job to protect Manhattan from bad guys and all things not good!
There are three different levels you can play the game, so make sure that you pick the right one for you. Obviously you can go back and choose a harder level later (and you probably will want to).
The game starts off with quite a lengthy introduction – you pretty much do nothing but look around for a few minutes until “the incident” happens, then it’s time to don the old Spidey suit and get to work.
Depending on the level you are playing at, you get told exactly what to do, which to begin with is fine, but after a few minutes it kind of takes the fun out of it – so you will want to make sure those hints are not displayed!
It’s been a while since I played a Spider-Man game on the Xbox – in fact I would prefer not to think about how bad that game was!
Fortunately this game is a lot better. The graphics and sounds are good (although it’s a shame they didn’t get the actors from the film to voice their characters), and the free roaming element really makes this game worth playing. The biggest problem with games today that don’t have a free roaming element is that they are pretty much “walk over there, do something, carry on that way” and so on. It really takes the fun out, but not so here.
To be fair, the free roaming element really comes into it’s own once you are outside. When you are inside there really isn’t too many places to free roam!
One thing to note, the free roaming element to the game is only available on the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game.
A lot of people have compared The Amazing Spider-Man to Batman Arkham City, and I can certainly see why that is. The free roaming and combat element certainly reminded me of Arkham, but there was something that wasn’t quite there for me.
Now don’t get me wrong, The Amazing Spider-Man is a fun game, and I enjoyed playing it, but I was hoping for something more. I think I was hoping for something along the lines of Arkham, but even better, and unfortunately that wasn’t to be. For example, the fighting in Spider-Man just isn’t quite as smooth.
There is an element to the game called Web Rush. What this does is slow the game down and allow Spidey to see where is can go to, and then go there. For example, there is one part where you need to quickly get up on a balcony and you use Web Rush to get you there. Trust me, it makes more sense when you play the game, but it’s fun.
During the course of the game you can collect comic book pages that you can then read. There are 700, yes 700 pages to collect, so that alone should keep you going for a while.
It’s not the hardest game to finish, and some of the missions become a little repetitive, but like I have said, it is a fun game, and you can always try at a harder level and even just play for the comic book pages.
One word of warning – this game is an epilogue to the film, so if you haven’t seen the film, and you want to see it, don’t play the game just yet otherwise you find out quite a bit!
Here is a short video of the game in action:
So overall, the game is fun and enjoyable, but it’s not the most in-depth game, and if you were hoping for the next Batman game, you may be a little disappointed. But don’t let that put you off, this is one to play and enjoy.
The Amazing Spider-Man is available now for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.
Today saw an update to Drive Bender for Windows Home Server 2011 released, taking it to version v1.3.5.0, also known as the Tomcat release.
Release v1.3.5.0 release (2012-08-03)
– Bug fix: User security can have issues with some extended characters.
– Bug fix: Removing a user from the user security list could fail.
– Bug fix: The “file in use” detection could fail in some circumstances (resulting in a number of internal file conflict issues).
– Update: Health monitor scanning time has been improved.
– Update: Better handling of files moving between duplicated and non-duplicated folders.
– Bug fix: Under some conditions, creating a folder can fail.
– Bug fix: Fixed a number of reparse point issues.
– Added: Added additional reparse support. This is disabled by default, for more information, see http://support.drivebender.com/entries/21522563-folder-link-support.
– Update: Performance improvement when reading / writing large numbers of small files.
– Bug fix: The client duplication window can crash on occasions.
– Update: Much improved duplication feedback and the addition of duplication tools to improve management.
– Update: When a license expires, the pool no longer shuts down, it now switches to read-only mode after an hour.
– Update: Improved IO error handling and logging.
– Update: Duplication processing speed has been vastly improved on large folder.
– Bug fix: The release license request option now checks for the trial key before proceeding.
– Bug fix: Some special characters can per vent files being renamed.
– Update: All dashboards now support mouse scrolling.
– Update: The client interface is now faster loading and more responsive on low end systems.
– Added: Option to disable Windows AutoPlay for drive letter mount points.
Earlier this week we told you about Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12, and now there is a free app for Android that turns your device into a remote microphone for use with NaturallySpeaking 12.
Dragon Remote Microphone App for Android lets you turn your Android device into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 12 over a WiFi network. Dragon Speech recognition for your PC will change how you work, communicate, create and live. Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been designed to turn your talk into text faster and more accurately than ever before. Just speak your mind to capture ideas, create content, cruise through email, search the Web, or control your PC.
The Android Remote Microphone will work on devices using OS 2.2 and higher (excluding Jellybean).
mophie today announces two new additions to its juice pack universal line, the powerstation duo and powerstation mini. The external portable batteries are designed to handle the charging needs of any USB-enabled device, as well as iDevices, including the iPad, all in a compact and low-profile design, fit for those on-the-go.
The first generation of the powerstation duo and powerstation mini offers consumers efficient and convenient recharging solutions, particularly for those consumers with multiple types of portable devices.
Each of the new juice pack universal chargers feature a black soft-touch exterior finish with stainless steel outer band, integrated LED charge status indicators, and improved conversion efficiency for maximum power transfer from battery to device.
powerstation duo
The powerstation duo, boasts a 6000mAh capacity battery, and features dual USB outputs, allowing for simultaneous charging of two devices.
· Retails for £89.95
· 6000mAh capacity battery
· Capable of switching between 500mAh, 1A and 2.1A charge
· Dual USB outputs allows for simultaneous charging of a tablet and mobile device
powerstation mini
The powerstation mini packs a 2500mAh battery, providing more than 150 percent extra battery life, and features a special 1.0 amp high-output battery for ultra-fast charging.
· Retails for £49.95
· 2500mAh capacity battery
· Special 1.0 amp high-output battery allows for ultra-fast charging
· Slim profile
Brian has just released version 1.85 of My Movies for Android.
My Movies for Android is the fastest, easiest and most impressive way you have ever kept track of your movie collection. Using our high quality movie database of more than 350,000 titles on DVD and Blu-ray, you quickly get access to a large quantity of details of the titles in your movie collection, including movie trailers, high resolution covers and much, much more.
What’s in this version:
– Fixes a few incoming crash logs.
– Resolves an issue with scanning barcodes when set to “All countries”.
You can find My Movies for Android in Android Market in two editions, My Movies for Android Free and My Movies for Android Pro – the applications are identical with the exception that the free version is limited to maximum 50 titles, and only 10 items in trailers and title release lists.
The Pro version is available for DKK28 (~$5) + VAT in Europe. The free version allows you to fully evaluate the software before buying the pro version – if your collection already contains more than 50 titles, the free version simply only lets you synchronize the first 50.
If you are a fan of DOOM, and who isn’t, you might be interested to see the new DOOM 3 BFG edition trailer that Bethesda released last night at QuakeCon 2012.
Return to Mars and face off against the forces of Hell. Suit up as the only surviving member of the Union Aerospace Corporation’s Bravo Team and discover the horrifying truth behind the unimaginable evil that has been unleashed across the planet. You are the last hope in a race to stop a full scale invasion from Hell.
DOOM 3 BFG Edition is the ultimate collection of ground-breaking games that defined the first person shooter. It includes DOOM, DOOM II, DOOM 3, and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, as well as eight all-new terrifying levels entitled “The Lost Mission”. All DOOM 3 content has been re-mastered for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in stunning 3D for an even more terrifying FPS experience.
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