Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category

AirLive, one of the most advanced and worldwide brands for networking and communication equipments, is helping thousands of gamers unleashing the full power of their WiiTM gaming systems by connecting their WiiTM console to the Internet, using AirLive EtherWe-1000U Adapter.

AirLive EtherWe-1000U is the easiest and cheap method for you to connect your WiiTM console to the Internet.

Designed to be compatible with WiiTM, AirLive EtherWe-1000U is 100% plug-and-play. Internet connection is achieved instantly by connecting AirLive EtherWe-1000U to the USB port of the WiiTM, no additional setups are needed. Another advantage AirLive EtherWe-1000U has over WiiTM built-in WiFi Connection is that it does not require a wireless router to work. AirLive EtherWe-1000U can be connected directly to an ADSL Modem or Router making it a much cheaper method to connect the WiiTM to the Internet. With a transfer rate of up to 100Mbps, AirLive EtherWe-1000U is about 2 times faster than WiiTM built-in WiFi connection. When the WiiTM is connected to the Internet, there will be additional Wii Channels for the whole family to enjoy.

Gamers can now play online games such as FIFA 08 or Chess with other gamers half the globe away. The WiiTM is also an Information Center providing news and weather forecast via the News and Forecast Channels respectively. The Wii Shop Channel allows users to download classic Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) games and newly added Wii Channels. Beside WiiTM, AirLive EtherWe-1000U can also be used as a Fast Ethernet Adapter and it support all major operating systems. Suggested price is 27-29EUR.

Website: AirLive

Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game.

The game allows the player to take control of two completely different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield.

Multiplayer game over LAN/Internet is available to up to 4 players. Version 3.1 includes several changes such as in-game chat, main menu background model changed, Server IPs are now stored in a file, and other improvements.

Get it here: Glest

Take your gaming rig into the future of PC gaming with BFG Tech physics accelerator cards powered by the AGEIA™ PhysX™ processor. Experience a new dimension in gaming physics performance. Things don’t just look real; they act real and feel real. Massively destructible buildings and landscapes; explosions that cause collateral damage; lifelike characters with spectacular new weapons; realistic smoke, fog and oozing fluids are all now possible with the AGEIA PhysX processor!*

*Requires compatible game titles. See list of compatible games and system requirements on thisbox and at PhysX Detailed Specs Page.

What is Physics?

Physics is all about how objects in your game move and react. It’s not just how things look, but how they behave. In many of today’s games, objects just don’t seem to act the way you’d want or expect. Most of the action is limited to pre-scripted or canned animations. Even the most powerful weapons leave little more than a charred smudge on the thinnest of walls; and every opponent you take out falls in a strangely familiar way. Serious gamers are left with a fine game, but one with a missing sense of realism to make the experience truly immersive.

Until now, only limited software physics has been integrated in games. That means physics computation has been handled by the general purpose CPU which is already burdened with the ever increasing demands of today’s advanced games including game logic and AI. Meanwhile, the highly specialized graphics processor is fully engaged with handling the rendering requirements of cinematic visuals at interactive framerates. As a result, physics in games has been limited to a few objects in a scene, one-off “effects” or visual trickery that just mimics real physics.

Now for the first time, the AGEIA PhysX Processor delivers the computing horsepower necessary to enable true, advanced physics in games.

What is AGEIA PhysX?

Delivering advanced physics is an extremely compute-intensive undertaking, based on a unique set of physics algorithms, requiring tremendous amounts of mathematical and logical calculations with massive memory bandwidth. Simply put, it requires a highly specialized processor to deliver rich immersive environments with features such as:

* Explosions that cause dust and collateral debris
* Characters with complex, jointed geometries for more life-like motion and interaction
* Spectacular new weapons with unpredictable effects
* Lush foliage that sways naturally when brushed against
* Dense smoke and fog that billow around objects in motion

Together with a PC’s CPU and GPU, the AGEIA PhysX Processing Unit (PPU) makes up the new Gaming Power Triangle, in which the CPU “thinks and orchestrates” to drive playability, AI and overall game-logic, the general purpose GPU “renders and displays” to deliver beautiful 3D imagery, and the new AGEIA PhysX Processor, “moves and interacts” to take gaming to the next level.

Website: BFG PhysX 128MB PCI

AGEIA PhysX Site: AGEIA