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CrimeCraft Free MMO

By HoboGamer • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Just found this over at GamesRadar.com, free 3rd-person MMO title coming out March 2009.



Quake3 on iPod Touch

By HoboGamer • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Games

Holy crap, check this video out, the iPod Touch runs Quake3 perfect (i guess it’s pretty low resolution..), and there’s multiplayer, who needs a PC when you have a portable little iPod that you can play games with… nah, i’ll be truly impressed the day an iPod (or any small multimedia device that size) can […]



HoboGamer MIA in Rapture

By HoboGamer • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

For you guys that check this site for updates (Yep, i see all 2 of you putting your hands up), i’ve been MIA for the last week, i got around to installing a bunch of games i’ve either bought or been given (my brother gave me ET:Quake Wars Collectors Edition for XMAS, :D), including Bioshock, so i’ve been a bit of a hermit and just playing a lot of games.



Assassin’s Creed available for pre-purchase on Steam

By HoboGamer • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Games

Steam have announced that Assassin’s Creed and a slew of other Ubisoft titles, are being released on Steam.



Nvidia 9600GT is the best! I love you 9600GT, give me babies!

By HoboGamer • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Found this “review” at TechArp.com , maybe this review title should be called “A Love Poem to my Dear 9600GT”, me thinks the author could have a 9600GT fetish.

It really gets under my skin when reviewers skew a product in a better light by omitting small details here and there.



AMD camp gets a feasible upgrade path

By HoboGamer • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: News

As you all know, AMD recently released a new B3 stepping of their Phenom series. The original Phenom’s were plagued with issues that lead to them not being the optimum upgrade path for gamers/enthusiasts at the time.
The new Phenom’s have addressed these issues and they look to provide a good upgrade alternative to the Quad […]



Prey only $4.95 on Steam

By HoboGamer • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Wow, Prey is on special for $4.95 USD on Steam for this weekend only. Pick it up if you wanted to buy it in the past but the cheap bastard in you said no. I <3 Steam.



Call of Duty 4 PC left out of new map love

By HoboGamer • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Call of Duty 4 is getting nine new maps, but only on Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. The creek map looks nice, they better release these for PC soon, where’s the love?



Intels unreleased budget Atom processor may get even cheaper?

By HoboGamer • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: News

Earlier this month, we heard of Intel’s plans to release a new contender for the entry-level desktop crown.
Now Overclock3D.Net have some new info that suggest the Atom 230 part will be even cheaper than the original $29 first predicted.



Consoles trumping PC in gaming

By HoboGamer • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Videolamer discusses the interview with the Epic Games crew about the declining popularity of PC gaming, for some reason Mark Rein’s speech inspires some hope in me, that the new PC-Gaming-Alliance can change things around.