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<title><![CDATA[The Winter 2009 Guide to Gaming PC Specs]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/articles/26436_the_winter_2009_guide_to_gaming_pc_specs/</link>
<description><![CDATA[With Windows 7 now available, new DX11 hardware on the market and Holidays fast approaching, it is time to look at the PC hardware market - if you are seeking to buy a whole new system to replace your aging gaming PC, what is the smart buy today?



We also look at the question of what you'll need to run PC games in the foreseeable future - the wrath of Windows XP and DX9 is still strong and the consoles play their part as well due to the multiplatform nature of game development these days.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 09 12:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Preview: Shattered Horizon Beta Impressions]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/previews/26247_shattered_horizon_beta_impressions/</link>
<description><![CDATA[After a "slight" industrial accident on the Moon, Earth now has a nice ring of asteroids and this provides a backdrop for a desperate fight to the death between ISA and MMC. Boasting DX10 only visuals and full six-degrees-of-freedom movement, Shattered Horizon promises to bring something different to multiplayer shooters. YouGamers takes a look at what to expect based on the beta test.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 09 09:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/25945_batman_arkham_asylum/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Batman is back - The Joker is loose and has taken over Arkham Asylum with a plot to destroy Batman and overrun Gotham City with mutated creatures. It is up to the greatest detective ever to escape Joker's trap, figure out Joker's plan and round up all the villains. In other words, just another day for Batman. So... Batman: Arkham Asylum - Yet Another Crappy Licensed Game or something special?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 09 11:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Trine]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/25862_trine/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Back in the days when 3D was primitive and polygons were something no gaming system could really shift around, 2D platformers were all the rage. These days you see them usually as remakes of old arcade classics or as re-releases on the Wii Virtual Console. Not any more. Trine takes the old concept, tosses in some PhysX-based physics, illustrates everything with brilliant art and shows how good a mere "2D-platformer" can be.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 09 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Champions Online]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/25533_champions_online/</link>
<description><![CDATA[New MMOs keep rolling out of the production lines and even those developers with a MMO or two under their belt can easily fail on their attempts to crack the market as both Funcom and Mythic demonstrated with Age of Conan and Warhammer Online. A good MMO is a complex mix of features and content that takes massive development resources to polish to perfection. Cryptic Studios enters with their second generation superhero MMO, Champions Online. Super or Super Bad? Read on for the gory details...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 09 12:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Street Fighter IV]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/25119_street_fighter_iv/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Born in the arcades, Japanese-style 2D fighting games have been seen mostly on the consoles. Capcom continues to embrace the fully multiplatform strategy with a PC version of Street Fighter IV. With the arcade machine being nothing but a moderately specced PC, Street Fighter IV is the ultimate "arcade port", going way beyond the arcade original while adding in all the extra features of the console versions along the way. Excellent!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 09 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Tales of Monkey Island]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/24984_tales_of_monkey_island/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lucasarts surprised pretty much everyone at the E3 this year with the announcement of two Monkey Island games, one of them being brand new adventure developed by Telltale Games. Can they capture the magic of the legendary series? Have no fear - Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate&#153; is back in... Tales of Monkey Island!]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 09 14:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/24780_ghostbusters_the_video_game/</link>
<description><![CDATA[After languishing in development hell for a better part of the year after becoming a victim of the Activision-Blizzard merger, Ghostbusters: The Video Game has finally reached the stores. True fans have already grabbed their copy but what if you never really cared much for the movies - is there a real game or is it just another licensed hack job?]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 09 14:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: The Sims 3]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/24567_the_sims_3/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Sims - love it or hate it, it is one of the most popular PC game franchises ever. Every franchise can live on expansion packs only for so long as the PC hardware evolves. It is time for The Sims to get a full makeover. It is time for The Sims 3.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 09 15:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[E3 2009 - Commentary]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/articles/24385_e3_2009_-_commentary/</link>
<description><![CDATA[E3 2009 is almost over. It is time for some commentary on what was shown (and not shown) and to declare the winner of the annual Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo press conference grudge match. Grab some popcorn!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 09 14:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[E3 2009 - Electronic Entertainment Expo]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/articles/24354_e3_2009_-_electronic_entertainment_expo/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 is held June 2-4 2009 in L.A.Convention Center and this year the event has returned to the large format with flashy booths and silly publicity stunts. The whole week will be filled with news, screenshots, trailers, gameplay videos and other tidbits about upcoming computer and video games. The big titles of Fall 2009 are paraded out for all to see while many upcoming games of 2010 are officially named for the first time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 09 13:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coming Soon - PC Games of 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/articles/24060_coming_soon_-_pc_games_of_2009/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Summer is almost here and the flood of new releases is drying up. On the other hand, E3 2009 is held June 2-4 in Los Angeles and we are about to get a wave of announcements, screenshots, videos and other bits of the PR hype machine. Before all that happens, YouGamers takes a look at the crystal ball - what to expect on the PC in 2009?]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 09 15:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/24115_x-men_origins_wolverine_-_uncaged_edition/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most licensed games based on the Marvel Universe have been aimed at kids. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is finally something that is aimed at those who were kids back in the 80s and 90s, during the golden age of X-Men comics. Sure, the story is partially based on the movie but more importantly the game goes beyond the PG-13 rated movie and finally sets Wolverine free - without any unnecessary compromises when it comes to the level of violence. Cue flying limbs, misplaced heads, liberal amounts of blood and many brutal tricks with those adamantium claws!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 09 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Demigod]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/23770_demigod/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Demigod plunders the popular Warcraft III scenario Defense of the Ancients for ideas and runs with the concept to offer a new twist on the RTS genre. Individual demigods battle it out on massive arenas, gathering up experience and equipment as they go. Rank and file troops are just distractions to be squished and the action is non-stop. Just one small problem - whoever developed and tested the matchmaking code of this multiplayer-oriented game needs a coat of tar and feathers...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 09 09:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Empire: Total War]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/23128_empire_total_war/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Total War series moves to the 18th century, the age of sail and musket. Improved visuals and proper real time sea battles are the main selling points, but... whatever happened to the quality assurance? Empire: Total War offers an ambitious look at warfare on a global scale in the colonial era, but you'll end up fighting with some bugs as well.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 09 12:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: EVE Online: Apocrypha]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/23360_eve_online_apocrypha/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike World of Warcraft and its kind, EVE tosses players into a massive galaxy filled with all kinds of high tech toys, leaving it up to the players to figure out what they want to do with it all. Predictably the EVE universe has turned into a massive battlefield where huge alliances fight it out for control of thousands of star systems. Fancy ruling a galaxy, taxing the spacelanes while going "yarr!", playing the markets for fun and profit or just setting up a honest business? EVE has it all and Apocrypha adds in another 2500 unexplored systems to play in.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 09 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/23129_warhammer_40000_dawn_of_war_ii/</link>
<description><![CDATA[After the excellent Company of Heroes, Relic fans have been waiting for the return of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Well, Dawn of War II is here and it's time for some wholesale carnage between Space Marines, Orks, Tyranids and the Eldar. But what is this? Boss fights? Loot drops? Experience points? In a RTS game? Ah, but Dawn of War II is not your average RTS.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 09 17:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/22925_burnout_paradise_the_ultimate_box/</link>
<description><![CDATA[High speed racing, gut-wrenching car crashes and miles and miles of open road to roam - this is Paradise City. The Burnout series finally makes an appearance on the PC with Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box. How ultimate is it? Yet Another Crappy Console Port or the real deal?]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 09 15:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The 2009 Guide to Gaming PC Specs]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/articles/22763_the_2009_guide_to_gaming_pc_specs/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Happy with your PC's gaming performance or cursing how it just doesn't cut it with the latest games?  Are you looking to upgrade or buy a whole new PC? YouGamers takes a stab at the current PC hardware market and looks at the question "what's really going to be needed for games in 2009?".]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 09 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Mirror's Edge]]></title>
<link>http://www.yougamers.com/reviews/22596_mirrors_edge/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mirror's Edge on the consoles got spanked a lot for issues with controls and combat and for the simple fact that it was extremely short. The PC version missed the holidays while being tuned up with some additional shiny PhysX effects. Obviously the story is just as short as on the consoles, but as for the control-related problems - when you dump the gamepad for a mouse, increase the resolution and bump up the framerate to a silky-smooth 60 fps, strange things can happen...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 09 15:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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