Supreme Commander

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Gas Powered Games
Released 2007
Genre Strategy

Description :

Three opposing sides - the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation - have been fighting in the Infinite War all across the galaxy, spreading chaos and unrest. You are a Supreme Commander and you have to take one of the sides and put an end to this war.

As in most strategy games, you have to build up a base, gather resources and build armies to fight off your enemies. But being created by Chris Taylor of Total Annihilation fame, the RTS also has many unique features, such as a huge unit cap of 500 units per side, different resource management, queue up commands and waypoints, diverse unit types and even dual screen support.

Players can play through the Campaign and carry on the story as one of the sides, or fight off computer enemies in Skirmish and human opponents in Multiplayer.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
Video Memory 128 MB
Hard Drive Space 8GB
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "game.prefs" file in the "c:\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\gas powered games\supremecommander\" folder. Add the following lines to start of the file:

debug = {
enable_debug_facilities = true,
cheatenable = 1
}

Then, press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Some codes have alternate shortcut key combinations which can be used during game play, without the console window opened, to activate the same cheat function.

Effect	Code	Alternate
Teleport selected units to pointer location	Teleport	[Alt] + T
Increase your storage capacity for all raw materials by 10,000 and fills camps completely	BlingBling	[Ctrl] + [Alt] + B
Toggle full map	SallyShears	[Ctrl] + [Alt] + Z
Toggle all units cause no more damage	Nodamage	[Alt] + N
All units and building on killed with death animations	KillAll
All units and building on killed without death animations	DestroyAll
Kill unit or building with death animation	Kill	[Ctrl] + [Delete]
Kill unit or building without death animation	Destroy
Show/hides extra information at the left edge of screen	Show act	[F7]
Unit creation menu	PopupCreatUnitMenu	[Alt] + [F2]
Take over other player; -1 is spectators.	SetFocusArmyPlayer <-1 to 7>
Change gravity; 4,9 is default.	Sim_gravity
Change the player color	SetArmyColor
Damage indicated unit; use negative value to heal it.	DamageUnit
Units and buildings are immediately build, research immediately completed	ai_freebuild
Units, buildings, and research do not cost anything	ai_instabuild
Give name to selected unit	RenameUnit
Assign console command to key(s)	IN_BindKey
Shows all key bindings	IN_DumpKeyNames
Change game speed	WLD_gamespeed <-10 to 10>
Set game speed to default	WLD_resetsimrate
Increase game speed by 1	WLD_increasesimrate	[Plus]
Decrease game speed by 1	WLD_decreasesimrate	[Minus]
Toggle opponent AI		[Alt] + A
Return to main menu	Quit
Exit to Windows	Exit

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Published by Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Developed by Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Released 2007
Genre Action, RPG
Misc Add-on

Description :

The Burning Crusade, the first expansion pack for World of Warcraft, takes the story to a whole new level. After years rebuilding after the Burning Legion's defeat, the Horde and Alliance open the Dark Portal and enter Outland. This new land is filled with danger and adventure for those brave enough to enter the Portal. The Portal is only open to characters level 58 and higher.

Two new races enter the world of Azeroth in this expansion - the Blood Elves and the Draenei. The Draenei are from Outland and having heard of the defeat of the Burning Legion by the forces on Azeroth, they have taken their ship, the Exodar, to Azeroth in search of help defeating the Legion in Outland. However, the Blood Elves sabotaged their ship and they crashed onto Azeroth and must pick up the pieces and go out in search of more allies. The Blood Elves, on the other hand, have come to do anything they can to stop the the Draenei and have little trust for either the Horde or Alliance. They are rebuilding the elven capital in Quel'Thalas and have a thirst for both magic and power. Both of the new races come with new mounts to ride and even new level 1 pets.

The expansion extends the level cap to 70 and the majority of the content is for characters level 60 to 70 with the exception of the two starting areas for the new races that offer enough quests to get characters up to level 20 before heading out into the rest of Azeroth. There is also a new neutral city for both Horde and Alliance to visit.

Additional new content includes:

6 new dungeons
3 controllable flying mounts to be used in Outland after reaching level 70
Arena PVP for those not interesting in Battlegrounds
A new Battleground in Outland
A new Looking For Group interface
An improved Character Sheet
Many more monsters and creatures to fight
11 new Factions

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator
Requires World of Warcraft to play.

Trivia :

• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade was released at participating Electronics Boutique/EBGames stores across the USA and Australia, which opened their doors at midnight for fans to pick up their expansion packs within the first few minutes of the game's scheduled release date.
  

Cheats :

Hint: Blizzard employee reference:
In The Outlands, there is a Netherdrake-mounted Orc named Ja'y Nosliw, If you turn Nosliw backwards, it spells "Wilson" making his name Jay Wilson, who was the executive producer for the movie Dogtown And The Z-Boys (2002) and the editor for the movie Champion's Forever (1989).

Glitch: Moonwalk:
Press [Jump] then while in the air press E. While you are on your way down press Q + A.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by GSC Game World
Released 2007
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Shadow of Chernobyl is based on the famous science fiction novel Picnic on the Roadside (Piknik na obochine, 1977) by Russian writers Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. In the book aliens have visited the Earth and left behind mysterious Zones which are extremely hazardous but also extremely profitable because the physical changes inside the Zones have altered the items left inside the Zone. These potential profits draw all sorts of people to the Zones and the people who go scavenging are called stalkers. There is also a famous movie adaptation of the novel by Andrei Tarkovski, but the game actually is much closer in concept to the book although instead of having numerous Zones around the world, the game s focused around the Ukranian town of Chernobyl, the site of the most severe nuclear accident in history. The story goes that in 2006 another incident of some sort happened and by 2012 the whole area is hazardous with mutated animals, bandits, soldiers who don't ask questions before shooting, and first and foremost, mysterious anomalies. These anomalies differ in their effects but they all have one thing in common - they are quite deadly. There are areas where the gravity is much stronger, others where the air is crackling with electricity etc. And there is also the radiation to worry about.

The player is one of the stalkers who has lost his memory in an accident. All he knows is he has a note in his PDA telling him to kill someone. And so the player is thrown to a village located on the outskirts of the Zone trying to figure out who he is and what the secret of the Zone is.

The game plays as a FPS but with a 30 square kilometer playing area where the player is free to roam (assuming he can survive). There are also lots of NPC characters he can communicate with and in this sense the game playes more like an RPG, although there are no attributes or skills to improve. Along with the main quest the player can do sidequests and the way the player acts has an effect on other NPCs. Some of these quests have time limits, some don't. The player can also modify his weapons and armour and has to carefully manage his inventory because not only is there a carrying capacity his equipment degrades as they are used. The player can also use the items, called artifacts, altered by the anomalies to his benefit. They offer different kinds of bonuses, but also have side-effects. For instance, an artifact could improve your bullet resistance but also increase your radiation level.

The game features ragdoll physics, destructible surroundings, HDR lightning, dynamic weather, day/night cycles and multiplayer for up to 32 players.


Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 32
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
List console commands	help
Toggle permanent running	g_always_run <0>

Bonus content:
Enter the game's folder in the Limited Edition of the game and run the "setup-bp.exe" file. Select a language, then enter pseudodog as a code to unlock the Pool multi-player map and the U.K. and U.S. military multi-player skins. Enter snork as a code to unlock the Dark Valley multi-player map and the French and German military multi-player skins.

Hint: Exoskeleton:
When you find you way into the sarcophagus, you will find a doorway that leads through a wire barrier and a hole in the wall with about ten people through the hole. Instead of going through that doorway, continue towards the light on the wall and turn right. There will be about two enemies there. Kill them and go through the door to their right. Just through that door to the left will be a ladder going to a door. Search the room at the bottom and you will find a chest with an Exoskeleton inside. It adds on radiation; bring some artifacts that counter radiation. It weighs 15, but gives you the ability to carry an extra 20. It has good protection from bullets but not much from anomalies.