Console commands allow graphics tweaks beyond menu options We ran a feature when the Crysis 2 multiplayer demo hit Steam that allowed users to control graphical effects like motion blur and post processing effects that weren’t available in the game’s menus. Now the game’s released with a day-one patch that includes a console, it’s even [...]
We’ve never been that amazed at Kinect, it’s clever and interesting but the roll-out of Xbox 360 games has been less than inspiring. But we’ve just seen something that made us sit up and pay it attention. With plans for Kinect to eventually hit the PC as an official add-on the YouTube video that’s after the jump suddenly makes the whole thing add up.
Call of Duty: Black Ops looks set to be another massive hit for Activision, even allowing for the company’s slightly reduced expectations for sales. Even so, on release the multiplayer performance has been less than stunning.
Many report poor frame rates and keyboard-pummelling lag. We’ve experienced similar frustrations ourselves, so here’s the PC Format quick guide for getting smoother frame rates out of your machine.
Smash zombie skulls with a buddy and a joypad on the same PC
Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 smashes a cricket bat in the face off all the doubters and haters who planned a boycott when it was first announced. Those who feared there wouldn’t be sufficient content to justify a sequel were left to quietly eat their words as they fought off the horde with a chainsaw at a stadium rock show full of explosives. Told.
Maximise your frags with our guide to optimising BC2
Not many games make the PC Format master pooter fall over. But Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has done just that. It doesn’t matter too much in the single player campaign, but if you’re taking on angry 12-year-old Americans online you don’t want to be let down by low frame rates and general bugginess.
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