FPS Rantings

January 18th, 2008

Play Crysis in the PS3 even if it’s not yet ported

So there are rumors of Crysis coming to the current-gen consoles. So what? You don’t have to wait for that to happen because at this point, you can already run Crysis in your PS3. You just need Ubuntu 7.04 in a disk, a Windows XP/Vista PC, a PS3, and an average IQ.
Don’t believe me? You […]

By Mike -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

Gears of War annoyance #2: WTF? Extra installs!

Can you believe this? After taking forever to install, Gears of War for the PC is telling me to install more software updates on my PC. This time, the game wants me to get AMD Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16.

After downloading the update here, […]

By Mike -- 6 comments

October 31st, 2007

Crap-Detector: Crysis is prettier in DirectX 10

Remember that bit about Crysis needing DirectX 10 (and Windows Vista) so that you can view all the eye candy in their gorgeous glory? Well, forget I ever mentioned it.

Some geniuses at the Crysis-Online forums have just discovered that by simply copying and pasting a line in Crysis’ configuration file, you can now enable […]

By Mike -- 9 comments

June 12th, 2007

Software makes Halo 2 and Shadowrun playable on XP

Are you nuts about Halo 2 and Shadowrun, but hate Windows Vista with a vengeance? As a windfall from the PC gaming gods (Falling Leaf Systems, in particular), you can finally play both games using Windows XP.

Yes, that’s right. You don’t have to “upgrade” to Vista to run these shooters. All you need to […]

By Mike -- 1 comment