BRINK

Release Date: April 12, 2010

A man-made floating city called the Ark, made up of hundreds of separate floating islands, is on the brink of all-out civil war. Originally built as an experimental self-sufficient and 100% "green" habitat, the reported rapid rise of the Earth's oceans has forced the Ark to become a refuge for humanity. With 25 years of social unrest, the inhabitants of the Ark have reached their breaking point. It's up to you to decide the future of the Ark and the human race.

Brink is an immersive shooter that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience, allowing you to develop your character across all modes of play. You decide the role you want to assume in the world of BRINK as you fight to save yourself and mankind's last refuge for humanity. Brink offers a compelling mix of dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options, and an innovative control system.


Genre: First-Person Shooter
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Splash Damage

Need For Speed: Shift 2

Release Date: March 29, 2011

Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed builds on the true driving experience that the NFS franchise is renown for by introducing the driver's battle, an even more authentic and primal feeling of power and speed which elevates the fundamental competitive race into a struggle for supremacy against other drivers and even the track itself. In Shift 2 Unleashed, players' hands sweat and ache as they clutch onto the controller, their pulse races from the break-neck speeds experienced through the first-person cockpit view.

Shift 2 Unleashed features an all-new rendering engine with a massive graphics overhaul that puts the player in the heart of the racing action. With an innovative helmet camera view simulating the physical experience of driving at 200mph, the thrilling experience of night racing and authentic degradation of tracks and cars, this is tomorrow's sim for today’s adrenaline fueled racer. Shift 2 Unleashed also incorporates the next generation of Need for Speed Autolog -- the groundbreaking network that connects friends for epic head-to-head races and compares player stats for the ultimate social racing competition.


Genre: Racing
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios

F.E.A.R 3

Release Date: June 21, 2011

Nine months ago, Point Man and his F.E.A.R. squad were tapped to stop a telepathically gifted cannibal who had begun a murderous rampage. Point Man learned the target was his brother, Paxton Fettel, working alongside their tortured and psychically powerful mother, Alma Wade. Despite this revelation, Point Man followed orders to destroy them and subsequently ravaged the surrounding city and most of his F.E.A.R. team. Now, it is clear that Alma’s psychic influence survived— and worse, she is about to birth something that could destroy the world.

Fettel has returned from death with an unclear agenda, refusing to leave Point Man's side and asking for help to reach Alma. The remaining F.E.A.R. squad is still trying to complete their mission. With his chain of command broken and Point Man calling his own shots, where will his allegiance lie?

F.E.A.R. 3 introduces divergent co-op, giving players distinctly different abilities affecting their own play as well as the experience of their co-op partner. Gamers participate in single player or co-op modes as Point Man, a genetically enhanced super soldier originally introduced in F.E.A.R., or they can play cooperatively as his conniving brother Paxton Fettel, whose incredible telekinetic power has given him life beyond the grave.



Genre: First-Person Shooter
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive
Developer: Day 1 Studios

Bulletstorm

Release Date: February 22, 2011

Bulletstorm brings new furor to first-person shooter action thanks to its signature 'kill with skill' gameplay. The game tells the story of a futuristic confederation protected by an elite band of mercenaries: Dead Echo. When Dead Echo members Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato learn they've been working for the wrong side, they're betrayed by their commander and exiled to the far reaches of the galaxy. In Bulletstorm, Grayson and Ishi find themselves surrounded by hordes of mutants and flesh eating gangs in an abandoned paradise. They have two objectives: get off the planet alive, and exact revenge on the man who sent them there.

Players step into the role of Grayson Hunt complete with an arsenal of over-the-top combat moves and outrageously large guns. Bulletstorm's array of distinct 'skillshots' produces unprecedented levels of frantic gameplay and yell-inducing satisfaction. The skillshot system rewards players for inciting mayhem in the most creative way possible. The more insane the skillshot, the more points players collects to upgrade their character and unlock weapons, which then allows them to execute even more creative moves and exaggerated skillshots.


Genre: Action
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer/Co-Developer: People Can Fly / Epic Games

Batman: Arkhm City

Release Date: Sept 30, 2011

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security home for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.

Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.


Genre: Action

Publisher/Co-Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive / Eidos Interactive

Developer: Rocksteady Studios

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

Release date: March, 2011

The critically acclaimed single-player experience of Assassin's Creed is back and better than ever as Ezio returns in an epic struggle against the powerful Templar Order.

Now a legendary Master Assassin, Ezio must journey into Italy's greatest city, Rome, center of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy. Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side. Only by working together can the Assassins defeat their mortal enemies.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood offers a never-before-seen multiplayer layer. Players can help the Templars by using Abstergo to train in the art of Assassination to eliminate the Assassins once and for all. Players can choose from a wide range of unique characters, each with their own signature weapons and assassination techniques, and match their skills against other players from all over the world in different game modes.

Crysis 2

Release date: March 22, 2011

The world has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and society is on the verge of total breakdown. Now the aliens have returned, with a full invasion force bent on nothing less than the total annihilation of mankind, starting by trying to rip the heart out of Earth's most iconic city.

In New York, terrifying alien invaders stalk the streets and a nightmare plague strikes down the city's myriad inhabitants with brutal epidemic speed. The city's systems are in chaos, its streets and skyline are smashed and in flaming ruin. This is New York City like you've never seen it before.

Neither paramilitary law enforcement nor the might of the US military machine can stand against the invaders, and all who choose not to flee are dead men walking. Just to survive in this maelstrom of death will require technology beyond anything any modern soldier has ever seen.

One man will inherit that means to survive. One supersoldier, wielding the combat enhancement technology of the future with Nanosuit 2, will make the last stand to save humanity from destruction in the urban jungle that is New York City.

Genre: First-Person Shooter
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Crytek Studios

Modern Warfare 3

LA Times is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be hitting shelves this coming November 2011, despite all of the legal issues surrounding the series and Infinity Ward.

Activision has quietly tapped Sledgehammer Games, a Northern California studio, to help out with the making of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to people familiar with the situation. The game has not been officially announced by Activision. But the title is well into production and is expected to come out in November, the same month that the publisher has annually released a new Call of Duty installment, people with knowledge of situation said. Modern Warfare 3 will be the first game Infinity Ward has produced since the departure of of company co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella.

People close to the matter said Infinity Ward is working closely with Sledgehammer, which is led by a team recruited away from Activision's rival Electronic Arts Inc. The two studios are equally sharing duties of producing the single-player portion of the game, the sources said.

Activision has also brought in Wisconsin-based Raven Software, which is working on the online multi-player elements for Modern Warfare 3, sources said.

The Mechinist

Review By : Amiya Ranjan Chakraborty

A MUST WATCH MOVIE

Trevor Reznik is a lathe-operator who suffers from insomnia and hasn't slept in a year. Slowly, he begins to doubt his sanity as increasingly bizarre things start happening at work and at home. Haunted by a deformed co-worker who no one seems to think exists, and an ongoing stream of indecipherable Post-It notes he keeps finding on his fridge, he attempts to investigate what appears to be a mysterious plot against him and, in the process, embroils two women in his madness.

The Machinistis a brilliantly made film . Starring Christian Balein a stunning and powerful performance, The Machinist is a real workout for your brain that will leave you feeling drained by the time the conclusion rolls around.

Trevor Reznik (Bale) is not your every day man. For starters, he is emaciated beyond belief, weighing in at about 120 pounds. There's also the fact that he hasn't slept in a year. Insomnia to the fullest. After a horrible exchange with a co-worker (Michael Ironside), we see him begin to doubt everything from the loyalties of his friends to his own existence.

My Rating: 8.5/10

Autopsy

Review By : Amiya Ranjan Chakraborty

NOT SO IMPRESSIVE

Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the "real" world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. When the ambulance arrives, it whisks them to Mercy Hospital.The staff is conducting inhuman experiments on helpless patients under the instruction of Dr. Benway, a direct descendant of the infamous New Orleans family that committed atrocities in the 19th century.

Well I was not expecting much from this movie, the plot was not so much impressive and is pritty straight-forward and basic. Though the movie has a pritty weak story line the movie still has some tense moments.

There are major plot holes every five minutes For example, Emilgot a hole in the head, managed to escape from the scrub, and we won't told about that ever. she doesn't seem to feel pain when she runs nowhere in the hospital. who cares?

The cop comes to check the hospital, theoretically closed 3 years ago, but it doesn't bother him.

My Rating 5/10.

Unthinkable

Review By : Amiya Ranjan Chakraborty


REALLY UNTHINKABLE

You don't wanna watch this movie if you are too sensitive. This movie is a story of a white American muslim, who claims to have planted three nuclear bombs in large cities of the US, threatening to kill millions. He is interrogated and tortured by an 'agent' who uses every possible mean to crack him into revealing the location of the bombs. It's a hard and brutal 'game', which challenges ever possible definition of right and wrong, as well as lawful versus criminal behaviours: how far would you go, based on a 1% chance the the bombs really exist and may kills millions, to protect those? And when even the most brutal acts of torture don't break your subject, what becomes the next 'unthinkable' boundary of human decency, which marks the difference between the terrorists and the order?

The scenes in the movie are really intense and won't recommend anybody to watch this movie that can't stand gory movies. Some of the scenes are so intense that you,yourself would want to jump into the movie and stop what is happening.The directors really did a commendable job in making this movie so well. The main roles were well defined and couldn't have asked better from these fine actors. Some of the scenes I would totally disagree with and thought the director could have done without them to save this movie to be released only on DVDs .On the other hand I think removing those scenes wouldn't have brought the intended message that the director wanted to give. But really it was one sided message and there could have been different message given in the end, like what if the person revealed the complete information but torturing continues since the person who is torturing thinks there is more to come. Actually I was relieved in the end that some of the scenes in the end that I thought may have happened didn't happen.

My Rating: 9/10

EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW Video Card:

The world’s fastest GPU now meets the world’s best waterblock. EVGA teamed up with Swiftech to deliver a solution that truly goes “For The Win!” The EVGA Hydro Copper waterblock uses a 0.6x0.6mm thin pin matrix, and the base plate is made of chrome plated electrolytic C110 copper which gives it a clean look. The integrated heat pipe connects to the power mosfet heatsink for optimal cooling. This is a very interesting design and it looks like it makes the GeForce GTX 480 graphics card a single slot solution. It also comes factory overclocked as the core clocks are at 750MHz and a standard card comes in at just 700MHz. This is a very nice looking graphics card and could be a must for anyone with water cooling in their system!



EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW Video Card Features:

* Core Clock Speed - 750MHz
* Memory Clock Speed - 3800MHz
* Memory Bandwidth - 182.4GB/sec
* Shader Clock Speed - 1500MHz
* C110 Copper baseplate.
* Integrated 0.6mm thin pin matrix for optimal thermal transfer
* Extra high-flow designed internals and barbs give minimum flow restriction, allowing
lowest temps possible.
* Cools GPU, VREG, and memory
* Includes both high quality 1/2” and 3/8” high flow
* Flexible barb design allows 4 different fitting configurations, giving maximum flexibility for
water cooling placement.
* Reduces temperatures.

AZZA Spartan 101:

AZZA Spartan 101 is a true blend of style and function in one. Designed with the aesthetic appeal of the gamers in mind, this mid-tower case features a bold exterior styling. It is also designed with functionality in mind, featuring a high-efficiency cooling system with one front intake120mm blue LED fan to keep the HDD cool during operation. A second 120mm blue fan is built-in on the side panel to facilitate CPU cooling. And a 90 mm fan is mounted in the back panel vented to the outside. This mid-tower chassis supports ATX and Micro ATX motherboards. It has a total of four 5.25” and eight 3.5” drive bays. The screwless design for the drive bays allows for speedy installation. The side panel also sports a screwless design for effortless assembly and maintenance. Furthermore, the USB and Audio ports are conveniently located on the top of the case, designed for easy access. Converging style, performance and workmanship, the AZZA Spartan 101 is the best value for your money!


Features:

* High-efficiency Cooling System:
- 1 x 120mm side fan (exhaust), providing efficient ventilation for the CPU
- 1 x 120mm front fan in front (intake), providing substantial air flow for the HDD
- 1 x 90mm rear fan (exhaust)
* Easy Assembling: Screw-less design for easy installation of optical drive and HDD;
Screw-less design also for the side panel
* Maximum Capacity: Accommodate up to 8 HDD, with 1 x 120mm fan located in front of
HDD for overheat prevention.

METRO 2033 ( PC Game )

Review By : Amiya Ranjan Chakraborty

Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside. You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.


The good :

* Rich, pervasive atmosphere
* Beautifully detailed environments
* Rewards exploration and observation
* Some clever weapons.


Bottomline:

* Occasional slowdown in frantic moments
* Problematic enemy AI
* Darkness is sometimes overbearing.

My Rating: 7/10

MSI launches its GTX 460 Cyclone cards

MSI has rolled out a total of four graphics based on the GTX 460 GPU. All of the cards feature MSI's Cyclone dual-slot cooler and use military class components. In addition to two reference clocked cards, MSI has also rolled out two identical ones but with a slight factory overclock.

The new MSI GTX 460 Cyclone card will be available in 768MB/192-bit or 1GB/256-bit version and while reference ones are clocked at 675MHz for the GPU, 1350MHz for those 336 CUDA cores, the OC series works at 725MHz and 1450MHz. All four version have a 3600MHz clocked GDDR5 memory.

The Cyclone cooler features two heapipes and a 90mm fan and according to MSI should be up to 15.7 percent quiter than the reference card. The cards should also be a bit cooler but bear in mind that this one keeps the hot air mostly inside the case as it has no plastic shroud, rather than to push it out of the case.

The 'default' GeForce GTX 460 editions have the GPU running at 675 MHz and the memory clock at 3600 MHz.

The Cyclone GTX 460 OC model on the other hand, flexes the GPU muscle all the way up towards a semi at 725MHz, the shaders to 1450 MHz and the GDDR5 to 3600 MHz (effective).