Publisher : Capcom
Developer : Capcom
Release Date : 8th July 2008

DMC fans without a PS3, rejoice ! For DMC 4 will be hitting the PC soon. From the producer of the original Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 4 comes the next installment in the hugely successful stylized action series that has so far achieved global sales of nearly seven million units.

Now coming to your PC, this version will benefit from having more modes and more visual customization options to help enhance their demon-slaying action. Turbo mode turn-ups the action to insane speeds, while Legendary Dark Knight Mode harnesses advanced PC processing power and fills the screen with an unbelievable number of enemies for extra difficulty.

Moreover, familiar enemies from the console versions now show-up in new locations in the PC version. The high resolution screen settings allow the cut scenes of the game to run at up to 120 frames per second (up from 30 frames per second in the console version of the game). Slider options are available to manage various visual effects seen throughout the game. Devil May Cry for the PC will have both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 modes, and will also be compliant with the Games For Windows program.

Gamespot have the demo / trial version of DMC 4 for PC. You can go download and try it. I’ve downloaded it already and it is 1.34GB. You will also need a gamespot account before able to download the demo  trial version. The demo / trial lets u choose between 2 game modes.

1. 10 minutes of gameplay
2. A complete boss fight with no time limit. But you cannot continue or re-load if you die during the boss fight, you have to start from the beginning again.

Here is the link to the demo. Enjoy !
Devil May Cry 4 demo / trial for PC

Although this isn’t the latest news, but i thought i ought to post it up just in case some people didn’t heard about it before. As some of you may already know, Final Fantasy VII has been voted as one of the greatest games of all time by gamespot (Woohoo !). Yes!! THE Final Fantasy VII. The one that was released for the PSX in 1997. I’ve played it once and fell in love with it ever since.

Right now I’m having my semester break and I managed to come across FF7 pc version, so i decided to download it and try playing it again. Although the grahics of the game is considered lousy compared to recent games, but i still managed to get over it, because for me, the graphics of the game does not determine the quality and “goodness” of the game =D. In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII is so far, the best in the Final Fantasy Series, no other Final Fantasy was made as perfect as FF7. FF7 has the best story, best character design, best soundtrack and the best gameplay (the materia system) in my point of view.

The game was so good that Square have once considered of remaking the game for the PS3, they even remade the original intro for FF7 rendered in real time on the PS3 hardware. However, Square Enix denied that the game would indeed be remade, reiterating many times since then that the technical demo was just that, a technical demonstration, and did not indicate that a Final Fantasy VII remake project was in the works. However, when pressed, the reps also noted that further plans for content based on FFVII haven’t been set, per se. They affirmed that the resulting reaction from fans over the demo footage and the content related to FFVII shown at the party has been overwhelmingly positive. As a result, provided fan reaction continues to be feverishly positive over the demo, and the very notion of a FFVII remake is certainly something Square Enix would bear in mind when planning future projects. At this point, I believe that it is not a matter of if a FF7 remake will happen, but when.

So far, according to my personal view and many other player reviews, FF7 has the best plot and story. I’ve played the game once, and i still remember the story of the game. I can tell you the whole story here now, but that will turn this post into the “Great Wall of Text”. Rather than telling the whole story, I’ll try and summarize the whole story and post it here. Basically, in Final Fantasy VII you assume the role of Cloud Strife, a spiky blonde-haired renegade who carries two things with him, the enormous and distinguishing Buster Sword and the memories of his dark, sordid past. As a former member of the military group SOLDIER, Cloud turns to fight alongside the “good guys,” a resistance movement called AVALANCHE that seeks to stop SOLDIER and the group behind it, Shin-Ra, from siphoning all the energy from the planet. The energy, which comes from the planet’s Lifestream, is responsible for all life, so as Shin-Ra seeks to use the energy to power their enormous reactors, their actions are in turn destroying the planet. While the core concepts might not be unique, it’s Cloud’s interactions with other characters, especially between him and the game’s antagonist, Sephiroth, which make the story so special. Seeking revenge on the human race, Sephiroth plans to destroy the world by using the Black Materia to summon Meteor. It is up to Cloud and the gang to hunt him down and stop him. The rest is for you to play the game and find out for yourself =D.

Due to the popularity of the game, there are various Final Fantasy 7 spinoffs like the 3rd person shooter Final Fantasy 7: Dirge of Cerberus, the computer animated film Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children that takes place 2 years after the events of Final Fantasy 7 and the latest spinoff Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core. Other than all the games mentioned above, the main protaganist of FF7 known as Cloud Strife also made an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts series (A Disney and Square Enix Collaboration Game).

 
Original Cloud Strife from the 1997 Final Fantasy 7

Cloud Strife from the Kingdom Hearts series

Cloud Strife in the Advent Children movie, and probably the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake for PS3
 

 Here is the intro of Final Fantasy VII remake for the PS3

 
This is the original Final Fantasy VII 1997 intro. Enjoy!

Publisher       : Ubisoft
Developer     : Ubisoft Montreal
Genre            : Modern First-Person Shooter
Release Date : Q3 2008

First there was Far Cry, then came Crysis, now Far Cry 2 !! This time Far Cry 2 will take you deep into the most beautiful but also the mos hostile environments in the world: Africa. Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out “The Jackal,” a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.

Far Cry 2 offers an open world gameplay. The extensive artistic research combined with the next-gen engine will allow you to explore over 50Km2 of seamlessly rendered African landscape. No game has ever provided such freedom of movement!

Far Cry 2 also uses a new game engine known as the DUNIA Engine, which was built specifically for Far Cry® 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montréal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more.

For a FPS game, the most important thing is the weapons of choice offered in the game, and Far Cry 2 don’t intend to dissappoint their players in the aspect. Far Cry 2 allows the player to choose from a wide range of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine-gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kills as a Sniper. If you feel that the atmosphere is not warm enough, light up your flamethrower and let your enemies and everything around them feel the heat.

Here are some screenshots of the weapons of choice offered.

 
(Sniper – Dragunov, Umm .. snipers .. my favourite )

 
(Assault Rifles – AK47, The most default of all rifles for a fps game)

 
(Sub Machine Gun – Mac 10, I know it looks like a pistol in this screenshot, but it’s not)

 
(Machete, In other words, a knife. Every fps game needs a melee weapon. Half-life - crowbar, bioshock – wrench, Far Cry 2 – Machete. Nuff said)

 
(Machine Gun – M249 SAW may be. Looks like M249 SAW to me, but I’m not sure whether it is. Heck who cares ? =D)

 
(Flamethrower. Feel the heat ~)

Here is the official trailer 2 for Far Cry 2. Enjoy!

(P.S. Can’t wait for the release of the game XD)