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Looks like we will have much to talk about Sunday. We will have some new guys join us as special guests and I am looking forward talking about all the great things of the last week and what is coming up in March!

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Spamming in posts had gotten really bad so I had to up the restrictions quite a bit. Please still comment, your feedback is VERY welcome. Let us know if it works still ok via e-mail or the phone.

The only thing I left out of the video is the basic base build. Other than that you see all moves made. While I wasn’t on the receiving end on this one, a game just 4-5 minutes long is just too short. But see yourself:

Matt wasn’t too fond of the changes in Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight, that much you know if you listened to our podcast. So here is the Tiberian Twilight team explaining the reason behind the changes and what we can expect playing the game. Time will tell I guess.

So I was able to play the SC2 beta for a couple hours today. I question myself why I am so surprised that SC2 is a virtual clone of SC. Yes, it does look pretty! the mechanics, the way you play even most of the units are a direct carry over from the original however. Now… is that a good or bad thing? I am not sure and I am a little on the fence about it.

The Beta is vs only and I didn’t play the original much that way. Most of my games where over within 10 minutes or less and too me that is just a bit too short. I don’t like that most of the units never make an appearance in a match because most people have figured out what units to build the fastest and rush with the quickest. Once you succeed with the rush it’s game over and no way to come back. If you don’t succeed then you done for because you expended so much energy into that rush effort. AT least that is how most of the games go. That part I know I don’t like!

Time will tell, but just as I said in the podcast. I think this will be mainly co-op play with my buddies. The vs. matches I don’t enjoy much (full disclosure dictates that I mention that I was on the receiving end in most game by a big margin)

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One of the hottest topic this week was UBI’s DRM announcement! Needless to say we talk about that one quite a bit. But that wasn’t all. We also touched on Starcraft 2, the ATI driver troubles with Eyefinity and some Bioshock. Here is the list in detail:

• UBI’s DRM
• Bioshock2 FOV and Eyefinity
• ATI and Driver woes
• Nvidia Fermi
• PhysX
• KillerNic
• Blizzard
• WoW Quests for low lvl folks
• StarCraft 2 Beta
• $300 and you too can play the SC2 Beta
• C&C4 no dedicated servers
• Global Agenda
• Allen Wake
• Shattered Horizon
• Digital Distribution
• StarTrek Online
• Stargate Online
• MAIL Call
• SupCom2 after close talk

If you listened to our podcast or even know us personally you know that we are big fans of game development on the PC and we love every quality release on the PC. In one of our previous podcast I mentioned the delay of Assassin’s Creed II while disappointing was OK as long as the game would feel and look better on the PC. It seems most of the extra time went for UBI to implement it’s new DRM scheme and this new system is spelling disaster for UBI’s future PC games. Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter was on my ‘for sure’ buy list, now it dropped below DO NOT TOUCH! To lose my game and/or game progress when my comcast yet again hick-ups or I travel and I am without a Internet connection for an hour or two is a no go PERIOD! See PC Gamers look at the new UBI DRM in action.

Just like the debate over music piracy or if video games cause violence in kids, the piracy on the PC debate (from the publishers point of view) is so out of whack and not even close to reality it is not even funny. I wished the big wigs at UBI would take a minute and take a look at what Cliff Harris said in his open letter to UBI or any of his other posts about piracy and DRM. Right now UBI is creating a problem and making it worse instead of honestly approaching the issue.

If you look at the responses over at PC Gamer you see exactly what Cliff Harris saw in his look at DRM and I already heard from people I know. This scheme will make any future UBI games even more prone to piracy. It will be cracked within hours of release, available for download and people will just go with the easy way of running the game. No DLC promise, no supposed “benefit” for gamers in your new system will change that.

As it looks right now… fair well UBI, with this DRM you might as well save yourself the pain and develop for the PC. This will not fly and neither I or any of the people I know will put up with it and buy this or your future games for the PC.

According to Bluesnews the Starcraft Beta is now underway. This is great news for all Starcraft fans. Not much longer now… muhahaha

If you are wondering if you have been selected for the Beta check your mail account. Best of luck!

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/107513/starcraft-ii-beta-underway

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Episode 8 of the PCPCGAMES.com Podcast. Curlen is back and caught us up on the finish of Mass Effect 2. Don’t worry, no spoilers but a good insight! We missed Tim this episode so we put our Eyefinity questions on hold and focused on Games, Games, Games. March is coming up and you better make up your mind who gets your money… it feels like Christmas release season all over again. 

• Mass Effect 2 finished
• Global Agenda FAIL
• Battlefield Bad Company 2
• AvP
• Tiberium Twilight
• Dawn of War
• Josh has Dogs
• Starcraft 2 Beta soon
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2… yes… again
• Curlen XBOX360 update
• Build in Voip into game… leave it off by deafult PLEASE!
• Game we keep on playing
• A look at Valve
• Team Fortress
• Left for Dead 2
• Are we done with Zombies?
• World War Z
• A closer look at Starcraft 2
• Days of Old and whats coming down the pipe
• PC Modding
• Guild Wars
• MMO shutdowns
• Microsoft aproach to Sales
• Allen Wake
• Match making pain…. Borderlands shame on you!
• Dead Space 2
• A look at PC Hardware (steam survey)
• A little Sniper advice

Our Lan Party is going to take place March 26-28 in Douglasville, GA. If you are interested attending you can mail or call us for more information.

The StarCraft II Website has a new preview of the updated Battle.net, including a video about Blizzard’s online service where Greg Canessa explains what to expect from the upcoming Battle.net upgrade. Watch the Video Interview with Greg… well worth it.

Trine is on sale over at Steam. For $5 you get a VERY fun and imaginative platformer. So what are you waiting for go over and buy it: TRINE ON STEAM

Single Player

Multi Player

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A long but great Podcast. We had the pleasure of talking with Cliff Harris, the man behind Positech Games. Chris was kind enough to share about his programing background, what drives his love for the games he produces and what it is like to publish independently. Other highlights we touched on are:

• Who is Cliff Harris
• What is his programing background
• Why do his games have the names they have
• How long did it take to develop GSB
• What is it like to be your own boss
• Is DLC worth it
• Relationship with Impulse, Steam and other publishers
• 3D or not to 3D
• What does Cliff play
• What about current MMO’s

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EXTRA SPECIAL WIN A COPY OF GSB

Cliff was also kind enough to give us a code for Gratuitous Space Battles. We will give it away randomly if you either write a review on Itunes (still need your contact info) or send us a mail to: mail@pcpcgames.com

Digg the Podcast!