Amazon.com and
Gamestop.com now have listings for
Spore: Galactic Adventures, a
Windows and MacOS product with a $29.99 price tag and a March, 2009 release
date. There are no other details, but from the available information it seems
likely this is the second expansion planned for Spore, EA's life simulation, as
there have already been indications that a coming add-on would concentrate more
on space exploration. Thanks
Big Download.
The Steam Holiday Sale
is on, with everything in Valve's online marketplace marked down anywhere
between 10% and 75%. Titles being offered for less than $10.00 include RACE 07,
Team Fortress 2, and BioShock, and some products are under a dollar, such as
Bejeweled, Ultimate DOOM and the expansions for the original Half-Life.
A
post about the
upcoming Windows edition of Saints Row 2 on the official Saint's Row 2 forums
touches on system requirements and digital rights management plans for Volition's
open world action sequel (thanks
Big Download). Word on DRM is the game will only be using
Steam for copy
protection in an attempt to learn from others' missteps in this regard: "We're
trying to use a very low impact DRM here, since we've seen some of the headaches
faced by other major game releases in recent months. I hope that explains it a
bit more clearly." Here are
those
system requirements, with the note about the internet connection referring
to Steam's one-time authentication:
First and foremost, an internet
connection is required to play.
Minimum Requirements:
- Windows XP / Vista
- 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
- 1 GB Available System Memory
- 15 GB Available Hard Drive Space
- 128 MB 3D Video Card w/Shader Model 3.0 Support (Nvidia GeForce 7600 / ATI
Radeon X1300)
- DirectX Compatible Display Capable of 640x480 16-bit Color Resolution
- DirectX 9.0c Compatible 16-bit Sound Card
- Broadband Connection for Internet Multiplayer
Recommended Requirements:
- Windows XP / Vista
- 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
- 2 GB Available System Memory
- 256 MB 3D Video Card with Shader Model 3.0 Support (Nvidia GeForce 8800 / ATI
Radeon HD3850)
- DirectX Compatible Display Capable of 1024x768 in 32-bit Color
- DirectX 9.0c Compatible 16-bit Sound Card
- Recommended System Requirements Required for 2-12 Player Multiplayer or Co-Op
Remember to update your drivers now to avoid hassle later on.
Here's hoping everyone who did the whole holiday thing this week had a good time
and got home safely. One of our family gatherings was postponed until after the
new year for weather, but the other was a fine old time, and the Smurfs loved
their Rock Band; we even played together a bit, though of course youngsters that
they are, I'm sure by the next time I see them they will be playing circles
around me.
R.I.P.:
Singer, actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81.
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