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CNS List-o-tron-o-matic – Our Best Of 2008

Andrew Bryant — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:37:52 +0000

Because we’re having a slow news time, what with there being a typical post-christmas lull, a global recession and nothing but a load of announcements & promises in the form of press releases (coupled with the fact we forgot to do it in 2008), here’s the CNS Best of 2008

On the contrary, Barry (the site overlord) and myself (the lowly news goat) will have differing tastes and opinions, meaning one central mega-list would be unfeasibly messy (and, of course, since I’m writing the article, his opinions would just be wrong!).

As a result, what follows can only be described … Read More...

Far Cry 2 has narrow view of the world

Andrew Bryant — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:42:32 +0000

A little over a year ago, in a major startling development for the industry, a game was released… A relatively minor spectacle, it crept in from somewhere left-field relatively unnoticed and radically under-hyped, landing on a few different platforms. It was called BioShock and it didn’t like Widescreen monitors/TV.

Much hilarity ensued and after much accusation of widescreen-ism, 2K relented and patched a toggle into the game enabling everyone to see an extra 10^o of visualitude either side, allowing a glimpse of Jacks dislocated wrench shoulder where the weapon designer cut corners. Anyway, after that minor debacle (satiated by … Read More...

Far Cry 2 Performance Review

Andrew Bryant — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:32:14 +0000

As I type this, a large number of you (myself included) will either have a small parcel winging its way to them (via your preferred postal service) or a large number of itty-bitty bytes filling your computers hard disk

Contained within said package will, apparently, be a prime candidate for game of the year… a promised tour-de-force 40-hour African safari with blood, guts, violence, and many, many zebras. Yes, Far Cry 2 has shipped for a large deal of people.

In anticipation of it hitting doormats/hard drives, Guru3D have taken sixteen of the worlds favourite graphics cards (~~ATI~~ AMD … Read More...