wide·screen gam·ing fo·rum (wsgf):
[-noun] Web community dedicated to ensuring PC games run properly on your tablet, netbook, personal computer, HDTV and multi-monitor gaming rig.
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion is the expansion pack to the 1999 real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The Conquerors is the fourth installment in the Age of Empires series. It features five new civilizations (the Aztecs, Mayans, Spanish, Koreans, and Huns), four new campaigns, eleven new units, twenty-six new technologies, new gameplay modes and different minor tweaks to the gameplay.
Additional maps, some based on real life geographic locations, and new winter and tropical terrain textures were included.
Sanctum is a 2011 video game that combines the game styles of tower defence and first person shooter. The game runs on the Unreal 3 engine. Coffee Stain Studios was one of the main contestants in the 'Make Something Unreal Contest' by Epic Games in 2009 with the title Sanctum, at that time unreleased.They were among the top runners in the categories of: "Best FPS-game mod", "Best game mod" and the educational category.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a third-person role-playing computer game. The game contains many different paths and storylines, along with multiple endings. As in the first game, the player takes control of Geralt of Rivia, one of the few remaining witchers. Witchers are humans that have been genetically enhanced and trained to fight monsters from a young age.
This game is a tactical shooter videogame, the same as its predecessor. The player has the choice of playing the campaign co-operatively. However, the game will not feature competitive multiplayer. The game will not feature a mission editor or SDK for any platform. The player will be able to choose between four classes of Marines to play as, rifleman, grenadier, scout and automatic rifleman, each with their own weapons and abilities. The player will gain experience during gameplay, which can be used to unlock guns, attachments and perks.
Submitted by Anonymous on 17 January, 2011 - 02:49
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by Rockstar North in Scotland. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall. The game is set in the fictional state of San Andreas, which is based on Nevada, California, and Arizona, comprising three metropolitan cities: Los Santos, based on Los Angeles, San Fierro, based on San Francisco and Las Venturas, based on Las Vegas, with deserts, rivers, forests and a mountain separating the cities.
Submitted by Anonymous on 4 November, 2010 - 02:55
Another 3D "russian revival" of a 2D cult classic, Majesty 2 is a fast-paced RTS featuring indirect control over units: you place gold-ladden flags for heroes to pick up and attack/defend a target or explore/avoid an area. Core gameplay is simple and fast, but plan your building wisely, because enemies are everywhere and your tax collectors are frail creatures. Balance is not the game's forte and difficulty is a bit punishing at times, but resource files are pretty easy to cheat-mod...
Submitted by Jacqyl Frost on 7 September, 2010 - 02:56
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a 2010 slow-burn survival/horror game with puzzle elements, developed and published by Frictional Games on their custom HPL Engine 2 (Penumbra used HPL1, Amnesia uses 2, Soma uses 3, and Amnesia Rebirth 3.5)
Studio Mektek has released a free version of Mechwarrior 4. http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/ This was done fully in conjunction with Microsoft and Smith & Tinker.
I stalk him. He never suspects. My steps quicken, a futile attempt to catch the pace of my pounding heart. Like a fat child chasing its fleeing deadbeat parent. I smell the dirt, the flavors, the stink of humans. It violates my nose and teases my focus. Of no concern. I cradle the bracer with my free hand. Soon. Soon, it will be. He stops, unawares. Ripe. Exposed. I gather my nerve and prepare to...Connection to server lost. Trying to reconnect and reload last checkpoint.
Submitted by skipclarke on 27 January, 2010 - 16:26
Sequel to Mass Effect. Carries on the adventures of Commander Shepard and his crew. One interesting aspect is that you can import save games from the original game, where decisions will impact the people and story in the sequel.