10°

Civilization 5 Tech Interview - What Direct X 11 is good for

PC Games Hardware had a chat with the developers of Civilization 5 and talkes about Direct X 11 techie stuff. This is probably the first game where a DX11 card is highly recommended.

Read Full Story >>
pcgameshardware.com
spdarksky5388d ago

Graphically i don't care much about how much better it will look. The one i'm impressed the most will be the Direct Compute architecture. This is one of the most important aspect in rendering that's not possible before DX11.

No longer will we see pauses or late render of textures nor polygons (ahem GTA4..ahem ahem..Unreal Engine 3). When the more and more developers creates standard DX11 games for PCs then we will see the refreshed (i won't use revival because is never was dead and never will be) of PC gaming.

70°

It's Official; Someone Has Sunk Over 20,000 Hours into Civilization V

Civilization V continues to be one of the most popular grand-strategy games you can play on Steam, for about three years.

Read Full Story >>
twinfinite.net
mandf894d ago

I know the shame. Not this game but I have about 5 different games with humiliating time in them.

sadraiden894d ago (Edited 894d ago )

It's about 4-5 hours a day, every day since launch.

Edits: bad math initially.

30°

15 Best Strategy Games for Low-End PCs

Love strategy but your processor and graphics card doesn't love you? The best strategy games for low-end PCs have you covered.

Read Full Story >>
culturedvultures.com
60°

How ideas of civilisation have shaped gaming

Philip Boyes:
When I was a kid, I played a lot of Civilization 2. I played a lot of strategy games in general, but having a deep love of both history and sci-fi, the epic sweep of Civ 2 from prehistory to the stars held a particular appeal. I loved taking my little people from their huts and ziggurats to the world of science and advanced space-flight.

Read Full Story >>
eurogamer.net