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Resident Evil 5 PC Release Date Announced, Benchmark Tool Released

Nabeel Burney 1 Comment

Capcom have finally announced the release date for the PC version of Resident Evil 5: September 14 in North America and September 18 in Europe. Additional features in the port of the console game include compatibility with NVIDIA’s 3D Vision technology, new costumes, and an improved mercenaries mode with “three times as many enemies”.

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As expected, Capcom have also provided a benchmarking tool that allows gamers to witness the game’s performance on their PC systems. The unplayable demo clocks in at almost 600MB and includes the 3D stereoscopic render mode for people with the required hardware. Note that if you don’t have any 3D Vision-compatible hardware the demo runs just as fine normally. Two benchmark modes are available, Variable and Fixed. Fixed mode plays a short sequence in a single outdoor scene, panning the camera around the environment for a while before giving a performance analysis. Variable mode is more representative of the experience, with an actual demonstration of gameplay through a number of areas in the game.

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Street Fighter IV PC Benchmark Tool Released

Nabeel Burney 2 Comments

As per the new Capcom tradition, there is a benchmark tool available for the PC version of Street Fighter IV. The 400MB program is an unplayable demo that showcases the game’s performance on your PC. Capcom has released this kind of demo for other recent games like Devil May Cry 4, and it has proved a valuable tool for people wanting to see how the games run on their PC systems before buying.SFIV Beatdown

Not that any of the recent batch of Capcom games have needed hefty rigs, by any means. DMC4 ran extremely smoothly for all the graphical splendour it dealt, and SFIV similarly is running well on modest systems according to reports. Its low system requirements means that it will perform well on any decent rig. Typically Capcom has released a playable demo to follow a benchmark demo, so it’s possible that one for SFIV is on the way before its early July launch date 1)http://www.capcom-unity.com/street_fighter/blog/2009/05/08/the_street_fighter_iv_pc__the_options.

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1. ↑ http://www.capcom-unity.com/street_fighter/blog/2009/05/08/the_street_fighter_iv_pc__the_options

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Downfall Demo Review

Martyn Zachary 1 Comment

At this point, most of you have probably had the chance to familiarize yourselves with Remigiusz Michalski’s odd-one-out horror adventure Downfall, so instead of simply laying down our impressions in anticipation of a full review, I’m jotting down my two cents on both the new and the old Downfall demo.

I’d also like to attempt to propose the answer to two questions: First, do either manage to capture your interest? Second, do the demos succeed in their utilization of demonstrative methodology? Difficult questions that I hope to address in my post. Read on, and check out some more comparative screenshots after the jump!

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Wallace & Gromit Demo

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Telltale Games is letting us know the Wallace & Gromit Grand Adventures demo is now (exclusively, at the time of writing) available at Yahoo and FilePlanet. After an admittedly brief play-through, as the short demo is only really designed to acquaint new players with the generic mechanics of the adventure game genre, I still found myself surprised enough!

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