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Preys-World Podcast - Episode 9 Download Link

Wednesday 3rd of December, 2008 - 21:15:40 GMT

Recorded in the middle of last month just after WoW Lich King's and just before Left 4 Dead's release, Guests WMain00 and the returning Jay joined Mantis and I for Podcast 9. Since Mantis had just had his birthday, we concentrated on his haul of games which formed the bulk of new releases around that time, as well as some retro chat towards the end.

PW Podcast 9 is an allowance-friendly 96Mb to download from The Usual FTP location. As ever, we were plagued by tech problems which we hope we addressed with sound retouching software but of course, carry on letting us know.

There's another one in the can and coming right along later, but we'll let you know when that's done at the time. For the moment, download and enjoy this one.

- Ken

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ELSPA Charts - PC - Charts Catchup

Wednesday 3rd of December, 2008 - 18:35:54 GMT

You can tell it’s a busy time of year for PC Gaming when there’s only one Sims title in the top ten and it’s grimly hanging on at 9 in the charts running up to last Saturday. That’s what happened.

In the chart following our last full PC update, Fallout was lost in the metro station as it was replaced at the top by Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 – again. The top two simply swapped places and with a reduction to £14.99 at Play.com we expect Red Alert 3 to stay high up in the charts at least until Christmas. There was one new entry at 9, Sacred 2 Fallen Angel and WoW Battlechest, helped by anticipation at Wrath of the Lich King, moved up to no.10. However every other game from 3 to 8 failed to move. At the bottom of the chart Bond held on with the Quantum of Solace game, jumping up by one place.

The following week, the chart up to exactly the middle of the month heralded a new broom of new entries with WoW Lich King at one, Football Manager 2009 at 2 and Cash on Delivery: World At War, at 3. The next new entry at 6 was the Lord of the Rings MMO, Mines of Moria. However the non-mover feat from the week before couldn’t be repeated and every other game in the chart lost places and Bond fell out of the Top 20 altogether. Cash on Delivery 4 fell to the top spot as the World War 2 replacement took over up at the top.

There was another round of musical chairs at the top in the 22 November chart but only among existing games: Football Fans sent Football Manager 2009 to the top, pushing the RPG gang down one place to WoW WOT Lich King. Valve and EA entered the chart with the Urban rather than sci-fi Zombie Shooter Left 4 Dead at, ironically, no.4. However the three games that make up the repeat of Christmas 2004 are now out and selling buckets to their respective markets, whether boxed or on Steam.

Embattled and newly Canadian Eidos launched Tomb Raider Underworld and it entered the chart at 8. The final new entries were Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir and NFS Undercover, appearing at 13 and 14 respectively. The reasonable chart position for the stable title helped renew takeover rumours, though nothing has been finalized.

Finally this week, Football Manager 2009 (hereafter known as FM 09) stayed at the top of the table and will probably do so, long after we’ve run out of puns. The place swapping was between CoD 5 and WoW Lich King, with the WWII shooter going up to 2 and the RPG dropping to 3. L4D, Red Alert 3, Fallout 3 and Spore became the non-movers at the end of the month, staying in their places from 3 to 7. Far Cry 2 climbed back into the Top 10 at 8, pushing Tomb Raider Underworld down to mid-table. FIFA has gone from the charts and PES 2009 is a non-mover at 18. Finally, Medieval Total War II’s complete edition re-entered the chart at the bottom.

- Ken

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Black Mesa - Official Trailer Released

Monday 1st of December, 2008 - 18:45:30 GMT

We resume from our break with the new trailer uploaded to the web yesterday for this full source modification of the original Half-Life 1. Now that they've dropped the word "Source" from the title, the mod's due to be released when it's done next year.

View it at Youtube here and read about it at the official site here. We haven't posted an official site link as it's received a hammering recently, so Youtube is the fastest way for you to watch it.

However If the bit-rate's not good enough for you, stream or download the 720p version of the trailer here.

- Ken
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PW Reviews - Fable 2

Saturday 22nd of November, 2008 - 19:10:59 GMT

Another quiet week on the frontlines of gaming news and once again the news team is bailed out by forum users keen to share their opinions on the latest and greatest titles, or at least one forum user keen to share his opinion. Check out this review of Lionhead's recently released Fable 2. Whilst the title didn't stay in the top spot of the charts for very long when it first came out, it is getting closer to Christmas and a purchase might be looking like a good option if you're after a light hearted game for the kids or yourselves to invest plenty of time in.

The article can be found here.

- Dave K

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PW Reviews - Fallout 3

Wednesday 19th of November, 2008 - 14:36:43 GMT

It's time for another review from the denizens of Preys World, this time WMain00 shares his thoughts on Bethesda's Fallout 3. Released almost a month ago after fighting its way to the shelves through vast scepticism of simply being a rehash of Oblivion the game has met with a largely positive reaction from many of those naysayers.

The article can be found here.

- Dave K

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PW Reviews - Saints Row 2

Monday 17th of November, 2008 - 17:27:29 GMT

With little industry activity to talk about right now and a hefty catalogue of games recently released or on the horizon we've got another review in store for you today. Released in mid-October, just before the big names of Fallout and Far Cry hit our shelves you might have picked up Saints Row 2 to tide you over until your most eagerly awaited titles were released or you might have skipped it entirely and spent the weeks twiddling your thumbs until said big names came about. If you're still undecided on whether or not this light hearted free form action game is for you then check this out.

The article can be found here.

- Dave K

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PW Reviews - Mirror's Edge

Saturday 15th of November, 2008 - 18:17:50 GMT

With the current swarm of game releases overwhelming us this fall there are no doubt a few titles which might slip by unnoticed or some that we neglect to pick up so as to not hurt our bank balances too much. Mirror's Edge is one of the more recently released games which shows a lot of originality and promise but also many of you may be dubious over whether or not to actually pick up, especially considering a mix of fairly low scoring reviews. At a time like this it might not be a wise decision basing your decisions off of biased or overly dramatic reviews, instead it might seem that the best option is to trust feedback from real gamers who have already taken a leap of Faith (terrible Mirror's Edge pun). This sterling summary of Mirror's Edge first impressions from forum user WMain00 should lend you a helping hand.

The article can be found here.

- Dave K

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Football Manager 2009 - released today, dev interview

Friday 14th of November, 2008 - 23:33:31 GMT

Not forgetting the other massive release today, it's not WoW Wrath of the Lich King but Football Manager 2009.

Freebie men's newspaper Shortlist interviewed the development heads of Sports Interactive on the eve of the release, and the full-length interview is archived at the site just in case the paper's not distributed in your city. Best of all, it's longer than the print version.

Read it here.

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Left 4 Dead - Preloading begins

Friday 14th of November, 2008 - 00:36:18 GMT

Today's the day pre-loading begins on Left 4 Dead. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes on my capped and managed connection, but it's highly likely that the world and his wife will have started their downloads, and if in Europe, will also leave their computers on all night to get the preload.

Still, it beats queueing up until the silly hours in costume for WoW Wrath of the Lich King overnight yesterday...if you've pre-ordered over Steam, log back into your browser to get your copy.

- Ken

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Left 4 Dead - (Time limited) demo for everyone out today

Tuesday 11th of November, 2008 - 00:19:17 GMT

If you pre-ordered through Steam you've been enjoying the Left 4 Dead demo for the past few days and (confession time), we've all been so busy playing it here at PW, that's why you haven't had an update since last week's charts. That's how crazily addictive the game is, and that's only the truncated level and a half of co-op or NPC-aided play in the main campaign. We can tell you that even as a pre-order the game is displaying the "Harry Potter effect" and is topping the charts in Steam without actually having launched.

To see whether the boxed version of L4D can have the same impressive start, you'll have to wait two weeks for the chart report. This first demo will be switched off on launch day giving the undecided one week to play, so we're hoping Valve will have other playable promotional material beyond its USD 10million of advertising.

- Ken

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