Gaming News

27th August, 2008, 19:14

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The Nvidia PhysX pack for all GeForce 8 series and newer cards was released yesterday. You can download the pack at http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_8.08.18_whql.html. I'll post an update once I've installed it and tried some PhysX-enabled games (GRAW, GRAW2 and UT3).

3rd August, 2008, 08:25

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Following their purchase of Ageia, Nvidia are to release a software and driver pack that will enable PhysX on graphics cards up to 18 months old. GeForce 8 and 9 series cards will benefit, so all those who upgraded for the last two LANs should be sorted :)

Custom PC have a good article on the subject.

The pack should appear in the "Other downloads and support" section of the main Nvidia driver page. PhysX is already there, but only for 9800GTX and newer cards. The forthcoming pack will extend support to the older card ranges.

30th June, 2008, 22:36

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Hot on the heels of v1.6 comes v1.7 - it fixes some bugs and exploits introduced in v1.6. The update is a patch, so you'll need to download install v1.6 first.

Downloads for both v1.6 (290MB) and v1.7 (39MB) are linked from our Call of Duty 4 page.

20th June, 2008, 07:38

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Firefox 3 has finally launched.

Download Firefox 3 to see this site at its best :)

11th June, 2008, 06:44

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A full update to Call of Duty 4 was released last week. Version 1.6 brings 4 new multiplayer maps (Creek, Chinatown, Broadcast, and Killhouse), alongside a new server browser filter, bug fixes and a DOS attack fix.

Download the patch from our Call of Duty 4 page.

4th June, 2008, 14:57

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Congratulations to Wij - the latest DFC member to bear offspring \o/ It seems Kylie had a point :)

2nd June, 2008, 22:58

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Battlefield 2142 has been updated to version 1.50.

This patch adds two new community maps, no vehicles mode, and more.

The download is nearly 540MB, and you can find a link on our BF2142 page.

20th April, 2008, 19:20

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For you clan members with an Xfire account, you can now add your Xfire username to your DFC account. Your mini-profile will then be shown on your member details page.

If enough of you provide your Xfire details, I'll knock up a page that lists all our whereabouts if currently in-game. Simply visit Xfire Download and follow the 3 steps to having a working account.

17th April, 2008, 11:13

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I've added a few more RSS feed links around the site. You can see a couple on the right column News and Forum panels. Also, there are new links for ATI and Nvidia driver updates on the Games and RSS Feeds pages.

On the topic of RSS, Newsgator have released their latest reader software free of charge. It used to cost around £20 for a licence for the Outlook plugin.

24th March, 2008, 13:26

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This has to go down as one of the best LANs yet. The number of people attending was constantly high, making for some great team games. Also, the Wednesday setup meant that mincing was kept to a minimum on the Thursday (although Bob's router packing up on the Saturday was unfortunate).

By far the most played team game was Call of Duty 4. We tried all the multiplayer modes, and it proved popular as the antidote to last time's CounterStrike fest. There were some great games of Sabotage where the advantage ebbed and flowed many times.

Also very popular was PGR4 on the Xbox360. We had the full 8 player system link going for some good Cat and Mouse action.

CounterStrike did see an appearance, for a GunGame session. It was great when several players were all on grenade, trying to get that elusive kill.

Food was once again a major part, with Asda curry on Wednesday, Pizza on Thursday, Rinky on Friday and a cracking curry from Kamran on Saturday. Bob came up with the goods every morning with the full English breakfast \o/

All in all, an excellent weekend. On behalf of all the attendees, thanks Bob - top job once again.