Dawnspire: Prelude

Published by Silent Grove Studios
Developed by Silent Grove Studios
Released 2006
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

Dawnspire: Prelude is a team-based online action-rpg in a fantasy setting, focusing on teamplay, tactics and player skill. The players create characters from a growing number of classes, then go on to battle online in the game mode Relic Conquest. Two teams each consisting of up to eight players fight for three magical relics with different effects, each team trying to bring them to their own base. A round lasts 20 minutes, or until one team has captured all three relics.

Among the classes are the agile deep elf Reaver who can mold her very skeleton into deadly weapons, the fearsome Aramasi Shadowblade who can move instantly between shadows, striking swiftly with a poisoned blade, the Templar melds her very soul to her near-sentient enchanted sword, and the orcish Witch can summon the forces of nature and channel the very energies of life and death.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
Media Type Download
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Online Players 16
3D Accelerator

Note:

Requires graphics card with PixelShader 2.0 and VertexShader 2.0 support and at least 128MB memory. 256MB memory required for ATI cards.

Trivia :

• Dawnspire: Prelude won 1st place for PC Games in the Swedish Game Awards 2006.

Auto Assault

Published by NCSoft Europe Ltd.
Developed by NetDevil
Released 2006
Genre Action, Racing, RPG

Description :

Auto Assault is an MMORPG with fast-paced combat in a post-apocalyptic setting. As a player, you choose to play one of three different factions; human, biomek, or mutant, and will spend most of your time inside your vehicle, fighting the surviving enemy groups and mutated creatures. Characters level up (with a max level of 80) and become stronger, gaining new skills and abilities and have access to a wide assortment of items due to the game's random loot generator. Vehicles can be customized in many ways, including paint colors, styles, and by adding new items and accessories.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM Speed 1X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Online Players 32 (Only Online)
Monthly Subscription
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Auto Assault was a commercial flop at release: There were way to few players for an online game to be profitable, especially in Europe. After cutting the retail price of both standard and Collector's boxes by half (at least in Germany) without much impact on player numbers, NCSoft / NetDevil merged European and US servers to only one server (called "Nexus")

Company of Heroes

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Relic Entertainment
Released 2006
Genre Strategy

Description :

A a real-time strategy game that drops you into the fray of World War II Europe. From the bloody beaches of Omaha to the deadly firefights of the Bocage, you attempt to lead your troops to victory one battle at a time.

What really sets Company of Heroes apart from other real-time strategy games, much like Relic Entertainment's previous entry is that you no longer train and control individual troops. Instead you deploy squads of soldiers. Players must train a balanced assortment of units in order to obtain victory over their adversaries.

In addition, resource gathering has gone in a different direction from that of other RTS games. Now players must attempt to capture and control strategic points which bring in the much needed resources of manpower, munitions and fuel to build and train new units.

Company of Heroes' Essence Engine brings a new level of depth to RTS games with deformable terrain and completely destructible environments. Units will take cover in burnt out craters and tanks can decimate buildings suspected of containing snipers.

The game comes with three modes of play -- single-player campaign, single-player skirmish and online multiplayer.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV 3.0 GHz
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
3D Accelerator

Note :

1 GB RAM for multiplayer
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better for multiplayer
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent
6.5 GB of uncompressed free hard drive space + 1 GB after installation
1 set of discs per computer for multiplayer

Supported Video Cards :

ATI RAdeon 9500 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon X300 series
ATI Radeon X550 series
ATI Radeon X600 series
ATI Radeon X700 series
ATI Radeon X800 series
ATI Radeon X1300 series
ATI Radeon X1600 series
ATI Radeon X1800 series
ATI Radeon X1900 series
NVIDIA GeForce3/Ti series
NVIDIA GeForce4/Ti (excluding the GeForce4MX series)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 serie;
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 series

Trivia :

• Company of Heroes was named #1 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007)
• As of September 2006, Company of Heroes is fairly unusual for a retail game of its kind. Unlike hundreds of other games on the store shelves, Company of Heroes does not require the DVD-Rom to be present in the drive when you play.
• Company of Heroes was named #2 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007)
  

Cheats :

Start the game with the -dev command line parameter. Then, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following console codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + ~ again to close the console window for code activation.

Effect	Code
Toggle fog of war	FOW_Toggle
Set game speed; default is 8	setsimrate
Hide taskbar	taskbar_hide
Show taskbar	taskbar_show
Toggle big head mode	ee_bigheadmode(<0>)
Enable statgraph_channel codes	statgraph()
Display frame rate	statgraph_channel("fps")
Quit game	abortgame
Restart game	restart

DEFCON: Everybody Dies

Published by Valve Corporation
Developed by Introversion Software
Released 2006
Genre Simualtion, Strategy

Description :

The world is on the brink of Armageddon. A full-scale global thermonuclear war has broken out, and as a general in a bunker somewhere, you must direct your offensive and defensive systems to nuke your opponents. Nobody wins, but maybe you can lose the least. Everybody dies.

DEFCON is an online multiplayer strategy game, but it can also be played in a singleplayer mode. Players place units, such as missile silos, airbases and radar dishes, on their territorial maps, and the game counts down from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, during which time the players are to make strategic choices to eliminate their opponents without losing too much themselves.

The gameplay is shown on a large world map and the action is represented by icons and lines reminiscent of the drawing style of their two previous games: Darwinia and Uplink.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 128 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0
CDROM Speed 16X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet
Offline Players 1-6
Online Players 6
3D Accelerator

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