I Am Alive System requirements

Release Date: September 6, 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure
Developer: Darkworks, Ubisoft Shanghai
Publisher: Ubisoft
Engine: LEAD

In I Am Alive, players will be challenged by both their environment and their enemies. Stamina and resource management are key when being exposed to deadly atmospheres and scaling enormous buildings in search of supplies. The unique combat system requires players to utilize intimidation: cowards are easily swayed with an empty gun, while other enemies will put players to the test.

Features:

• The player controls the main character from a third person during navigation, the camera switches to first-person when aiming and shooting
• The game has an emphasis on climbing and exploration. The player will scale wrecked buildings and navigate hazardous areas.

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 or Windows 7
• CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ / Intel Pentium 4 630
• RAM: 1 GB, 2GB for Windows Vista/7
• HDD: 2 GB free disk space
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
• Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9

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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

Release Date: August 24,2012
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: From Software
Publisher: From Software, Namco Bandai Games
Engine: PhyreEngine

A spiritual successor to Demons Souls, the action RPG Dark Souls is set in a rich, dark fantasy universe. Intense action within the dungeons, encounters with terrifying enemies and innovative online features combine for a unique gaming experience. Dark Souls' world breaks down barriers with a fluid design encourages exploration and promotes an adaptation experience. At a time when the players come face to face with terrifying enemies and find new areas, the infallible system and reward challenge takes possession of everything to offer a sense of achievement without equal.

Enhanced with additional content for its PC debut, the Prepare to Die Edition of Dark Souls includes an enhanced PVP mode allowing players to more closely assemble battles against one another online in an all-out fight to the death that fans have demanded! In addition, the development team at FromSoftware has revealed an untold chapter in the world of Lordran created specifically to help further expand upon the lore of the game. 'Artorias of the Abyss' will include all-new areas to explore, enemies to encounter, and bosses to take down one by one as players are treated to an unseen side of Lordan where players must stop the spread of darkness at all costs by facing and defeating the Dark Knight Artorias. Players can also experience an online match-making feature that creates one vs.one, two vs. two and four-player battle royale scenarios, allowing gamers to showcase their skills against other Dark Souls players around the world.







Features:

• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: New Bosses - Including Artorias of Abyss, Chimera of Tomb, and more.
• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: PVP Online Matchmaking System - Quick matching for co-op or PVP.
• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: New Areas – Including Oolacile Tomb, Old Ruins and more.
• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: New Enemies – Including Abyss Guard, Chained Prisoner and more.
• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough and more.
• PREPARE TO DIE EDITION: New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs.
• Extremely Deep, Dark & Difficult – Unforgiving in its punishment, yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely and conquer seemingly impossible challenges. You will organically design your own gameplay style by developing your character and continuously trying different strategies to finally achieve successful progression.
• Fully Seamless World – Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons are seamlessly intertwined, with great height.
• Mastery Earns Progression – Contains 60 hours of gameplay, with nearly 100 uniquely despair-inducing monsters & an incredibly nuanced weaponry & magic spells system, the effectiveness of which is determined by combat situation, fighting style and character attributes. Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how and when to use the magic spells, choice of armor, the number of weapons, the types of weapons, and the moves attached to the weapons.
• Network Play – Players may cross paths with one another, interacting with each other throughout the game even as each player plays their own game. Networked play allows users to cross paths with one another to enhance the single-player gameplay experience without destroying it.
• Flexible Character Development & Role Play – As the player progresses, they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style. Players can choose to play as a sword master and a wizard, for example.
• Community – See other real players and empathize with their journey, learn from seeing how others died, find and leave messages for your fellow players; helping them or leading them into death.
• Symbolic of Life & Hope – The Beacon Fire is an important feature of Dark Souls for many reasons. Though in gameplay it serves as a recovery and re-spawn point for players whose health gets low, it is also where players can emotionally share experiences with other players, and is the one place in the dark world where players can find a fleeting moment of warmth and calm.

Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, or newer
Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual-Core
Memory: 1 GB (XP), 2GB (Vista/7)
Hard Disk Space: 4 GB
Video Card: 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 4850 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher
DirectX: 9.0c
Sound: Direct Sound Compatible
Additional: Multiplayer requires microphone headset support

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Darksider II

Release Date: Aug. 14, 2012
Genre: Action Adventure
Developer: Vigil Games
Publisher: THQ
PLATFORMS: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Darksiders II follows the exploits of Death, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This epic journey propels Death through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother War, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders.

Featuring a dramatically larger world, full weapon and armor upgrade systems as well as bigger and more challenging dungeons and vast array of new enemies and bosses, Darksiders II strives to improve on every aspect of the original hit.

Darksiders II starts at nearly the same time as the start of the first Darksiders. After War is convicted and sent back to Earth by the Charred Council, they inform the other three Horseman of his fate. The Horseman Death, knowing that his brother War is the most honorable and incorruptible of the four, and would never have started the Apocalypse early, flies into a rage. Believing his brother is victim of a conspiracy, Death defies the Council's orders and sets out on a personal mission to find proof of his brother's innocence. Death travels to the Nether Realms, a place between Heaven and Hell, to call in favors from powerful beings that rule the realm.

Features:

• Play Death: Become the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, able
to destroy entire worlds and battle forces beyond Heaven and Hell.

• Epic Universe: Unlike anything the player has seen before, delivered in
the unique style of Joe Mad.

• Player Choice & Customization: Customize your experience with varied
armor sets, weapons, and Skill Trees allowing players to create their
own Death.

• Replay-ability: Explore a vast open world, complete dozens of side
quests and customize your Death with a full leveling system, Skill
Trees and endless equipment combinations.

• Traversal: Death is a nimble and agile character capable of incredible
acrobatic feats allowing the player to explore the world like never
before.

System Requirements:

Minimum requirements:

• Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
• Processor: 2.0 Ghz Intel Core2Duo processor or AMD equivalent
• RAM: 2 GB
• Hard drive: 20 GB space free (10 GB free after install)
• Video card: Nvidia 9800 GT 512 MB video card or AMD equivalent
• Online Steam account

Recommended requirements :

• Operating system: Windows 7
• Processor: Any quad-core AMD or Intel processor
• RAM: 2 GB
• Hard drive: 20 GB space free (10 GB free after install)
• Video card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 512MB video card or AMD equivalent
• Online Steam account

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Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5)

Release Date: November 15, 2012

Genre: Action, Open World

Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
PLATFORMS: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Grand Theft Auto V is an upcoming video game in the Grand Theft Auto series, developed by British games developer Rockstar North and the sequel to Grand Theft Auto IV. The game features a return to the fictional state of San Andreas, or at least the city of Los Santos, which was shown in the trailer.

System requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Operating System: Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 SP1
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 Ghz or equivalent
• Memory/RAM: 2 GB Ram
• Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 7900 or 512MB ATI X1900
• Hard Disk Space: 30 – 40 GB

Recommended system requirements:

• Operating System: Vista SP 2 or Window 7 SP 1
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 3.66GHz or equivalent AMD
• RAM: 4 GB
• Video Card (GPU): 1GB NVIDIA 8600 or 1 GB ATI
• Hard Disk Space: 40 GB free HDD

NOTE: This are our estimated PC requirements. The official specs will be published soon, so check this once in a while.

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Sleeping Dogs

Release Date: August 14, 2012
Genre: Action, Open World
Developer: Square Enix London Studios, United Front Games
Publisher: Square Enix
Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Inspired by classic Hollywood and Asian cinema style action thrillers, Sleeping Dogs is a gritty open-world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbor dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fueled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat.







Features:

• Sleeping Dogs going to be the third installment (True Crime: Hong Kong) and a reboot of the True Crime series.
• The game blends open world elements such as action, street racing and role-playing games elements.
• Sleeping Dogs is played as an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective action-adventure game with RPG elements.
• On foot, the player character has the additional ability to walk, run, jump, climb over obstacles and swim, as well as use weapons and Wei Shen's martial arts skills in combat.
• Players are also capable of driving a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats and motorcycles
• The driving segments have been inspired by the Need for Speed series
• When not attempting a storyline mission, players can free-roam, giving them the ability to participate in activities such as stealing cars, join a fight club, karaoke, gambling dens and bet on cockfights.
• There are also several potential girlfriends for Wei Shen to date in the game.

System Requirements
Note: These are the predicted system requirements.
Official will be updated soon.

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
• CPU: Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz
• RAM: 1 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista,7)
• HDD: 8 GB free disk space
• Graphics: 256 MB Graphics Memory with Shader 3.0
• Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
• CPU: Any dual core
• RAM: 2 GB
• HDD: 8 GB free disk space
• Graphics: 512 MB Graphics Memory
• Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9

Supported Graphics Cards:

• Minimum – nVidya 7800 or similar
• Recommended – -nVidya 8800 or similar

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Shank 2 System requirements

Released: February 7, 2012
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX
Genre: Action
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Klei Entertainment
Esrb rating: Mature (17+)
Official site: Shankgame.com

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to protect those close to him. The original game set a new standard for its visual style and Shank 2 raises the bar. Shank 2 expands on the original game’s amazing combat system to redefine the 2D side-scrolling brawler.

KEY FEATURES

• Multi-Weapon Combat System — With a brand new redesigned weapon system, take on smarter and greater variety of goons and bigger, badder bosses with new weapon combos and new counter moves that let you use enemies’ weapons against them!
• It Takes More than One to Survive—Team up with a friend to put a thrashing on hordes of goons in this all-new and incredibly fun arcade-style co-op survival mode. Teamwork is essential to surviving waves of increasing tenacious enemies!
• Rich Environments—Look for opportunities to bring down ceilings, explode barrels, hurl crates, and explore surroundings to find new in-game unlockables!
• Stunning Visuals—Shank 2 draws you into the action with a stunning visual style that sets a new benchmark in 2D brawlers.

Minimum system requirements

• OS: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
• CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) running at 1.7 GHz or greater
• RAM: 1 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7)
• VGA: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB
• cards, Shader Model 3.0 required
• DX: DirectX June 2010
• HDD: 2.5 gigabytes of free space
• Sound: 100% DirectX compatible sound card and drivers

Recommended system requirements

• CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz
• RAM: 2 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7)
• VGA: Nvidia 9800GT or ATI Radeon HD 3800 series
• OS: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
• Sound: 100% DirectX compatible sound card and drivers

Shank 2 Gameplay

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