Next issue of PC Gamer Uk has got a Call of Duty 2 preview and something really big.

[Scotsman]

While the big story could infact be Call of Duty 2, it could be something else. Though I am clueless as to what it is.

[Kouler]

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[nutcrackr]

Diablo 3, GTA:6 FOR PC EXCLUSIVE, ids next game!

[Maxi]

DNF? PC gamer US had something big, some people on the these forums speculated that it might be DNF.

[T.H.C.138]

Quake 4?

[Seppo]

Team Fortress 2 :O

[venturon]

The Call of Duty 2 preview in PCPP was nothing special.

[ship]

Starcraft 2?
/me prays

[Reginald]

Well...let's speculate. It's something so big they can't tell us. There is a possibility it is a game that is as yet unannounced. Otherwise all they would say is: More news on so-and-so. It is obviously a sequel. No brand new game would have this much hype. It is a game that is likely to be completely revealed at E3. It is also exclusive to PCG.

I don't think we will ever guess the announcement. Unless of course it is something in the scale of Half Life 3.

[Combine Elite]

F.e.a.r.

[StardogChampion]

The big scoop is Monkey World. It's like Morrowind, but with monkeys, and a mystical woman named Zoorooroo.

Although it's probably Stalker/Fear/DNF.

[Dinkleberry]

Half Life 3

[Nephtis]

PC Powerplay that came out 1 month ago had the Call of Duty 2 preview with all the screenshots. Nice Shorts :-)

[Lemonking]

Tetris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope with dynamic physics

[jimbo118]

Far Cry 2

[Reginald]

Far Cry 2

Most likely. Or maybe Unreal 3.

It won't be STALKER or FEAR. Both of those have had huge articles in the last few months.

[ray_MAN]

Or maybe, DIABLO III! I want Diablo III so badly. :(

[Axyon]

Exact text is:

"Next month's PC GAMER on sale April 14

COUNTDOWN TO REVELATION...
An exclusive so explosive it must remain secret

Tick, tick... less than a month until the story of the year!

<Insert picture of a timed bomb, using sticks of dynamite, batteries and a ringing alarm clock>"

Someone's already mentioned it somewhere, but Duke Nukem Forever immediately springs to mind... what with the comedy bomb and all.

[B.Calhoun]

Im reading my copy of Computer Gaming World and it has the CoD 2 preview, which i must say looks friggin awsome.

[Gorgon]

FarCry 2.............Possibly

[Murray_H]

What about UT 2006? Wasn't there a recent mag with an article in it?

[Pi Mu Rho]

Far Cry wasn't a big enough or critically acclaimed enough game to warrant an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article for it's sequel.

[Crushenator 500]

<Insert picture of a timed bomb, using sticks of dynamite, batteries and a ringing alarm clock>"

Someone's already mentioned it somewhere, but Duke Nukem Forever immediately springs to mind... what with the comedy bomb and all.
I take it the bomb didn't look like the serious sam bomb..?

And I thought this big exclusive was ut2k6? :O

[Solaris]

What about a steam related update, HL3 perhaps?

[DEATH eVADER]

DNF? PC gamer US had something big, some people on the these forums speculated that it might be DNF.

One person was me when I reported it some days ago about PC GAMER UK. Started a thread about it using all possible signs

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77095

[Razor]

Far Cry wasn't a big enough or critically acclaimed enough game to warrant an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article for it's sequel.


Duke Nukem 3d wasn't a big enough or critically acclaimed enough to warrant an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" sequel announcement in PC Gamer. The thing that would make it exclusive, is that it is the biggest piece of vapourware since...Bitboys desktop graphics card.

[Samon]

It won't be far cry 2 because they are focusing on the expansion right now.

[chu]

Diakatana 2

[Reginald]

It won't be far cry 2 because they are focusing on the expansion right now.

I think they are also working on another game using the same/updated engine.

[mortiz]

Tetris VR edition.

[Prince of China]

I'm hoping for either: Quake IV, Prince of Persia 3, Doom IV.

[Iced_Eagle]

Diablo III
Starcraft 2
Barbie goes Hollywood - The Search for Ken
Splinter Cell 4
Far Cry 2
Pokemon Rainbow
Half-Life 3
Serious Sam 2 (http://www.seriouszone.com/cms/news.php?action=view&newsid=1430)
Doom 4 - More Imps, More blood, more shadows
Flight Simulator 50000000
Unreal 2006 codename "Envy"
Spaceballs the video game


Yeah IDK it could be anything.... I don't care :P

Oh, and the original Diablo guys are making Hellgate: London so if there will be a Diablo III, it won't be made by the same guys..

[Cole]

PC gamer US had something big, some people on the these forums speculated that it might be DNF.
Hasn't that already been announced?
Pc:G US has a World Exclusive Announcment for a Pc Game that has one of the biggest franchsies behind it.
Therefor it can't really be DNF for the Pc Gamer US article.

[jimbo118]

Diablo III
Starcraft 2
Barbie goes Hollywood - The Search for Ken
Splinter Cell 4
Far Cry 2
Pokemon Rainbow
Half-Life 3
Serious Sam 2 (http://www.seriouszone.com/cms/news.php?action=view&newsid=1430)
Doom 4 - More Imps, More blood, more shadows
Flight Simulator 50000000
Unreal 2006 codename "Envy"
Spaceballs the video game


Yeah IDK it could be anything.... I don't care :P

Oh, and the original Diablo guys are making Hellgate: London so if there will be a Diablo III, it won't be made by the same guys..
pokemon rainbow lol

[Alig]

Far Cry wasn't a big enough or critically acclaimed enough game to warrant an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article for it's sequel.

On here maybe not. Go on a FarCry fan forum and ask if they all think HL3 would deserve a big "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article.

I found FarCry alot more enjoyable than HL2, speaking in SP here i found HL2 to be pretty boring and the same old same old. At least FarCry tried to be different and go a bit non-linear. Anyway, my point is, to me FarCry2 would be an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" ;)

[Pi Mu Rho]

I'm talking in terms of sales and press coverage, not reaction on a HL2 forum.

HL2 was always going to be a far bigger press event than Far Cry. Anything that id does will be of more press interest than FC2. As will anything Epic does, anything 3D Realms does, anything Blizzard does etc etc...

[BHC]

I dont see why it wouldent be Serious Sam 2.

[Samon]

On here maybe not. Go on a FarCry fan forum and ask if they all think HL3 would deserve a big "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article.

I found FarCry alot more enjoyable than HL2, speaking in SP here i found HL2 to be pretty boring and the same old same old. At least FarCry tried to be different and go a bit non-linear. Anyway, my point is, to me FarCry2 would be an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" ;)

Actually, I'm sure they would say yes :P

Its not a matter of personal opinion.

[donald]

Beyond Good And Evil 2. See that would be lovely!!!!

[Samon]

Beyond Good And Evil 2. See that would be lovely!!!!

Already announced either way :P

[Seppo]

I really hope it's DNF

[Lt. Drebin]

I'm hoping for either: Quake IV, Prince of Persia 3, Doom IV.

Doom 4 CLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.oliwen.se/show.asp?id=78&show=0

[Iced_Eagle]

Doom 4 CLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.oliwen.se/show.asp?id=78&show=0

Teh monst3rs!!! Teh sh4d0ws!!!111

:)

[Ennui]

Doom 4 CLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.oliwen.se/show.asp?id=78&show=0
hehe, like those "Half-Life 3" screenshots that were pictures... some people actually believed them too

[A True Canadian]

I dont see why it wouldent be Serious Sam 2.

Same here. The game kinda disappeared after last E3. Now would be great time for an update.

DNF sounds too unlikely. :P

[Seppo]

So was Half-Life 2 expansion the big surprise PC Gamer were talking about?

[el Chi]

Indeed it was.

[Murray_H]

So was Half-Life 2 expansion the big surprise PC Gamer were talking about?

No it was MS Paint 2.0 :dork:

[Samon]

No it was MS Paint 2.0 :dork:

:monkee:

[Feath]

Ha this is really funny. Back before Half-Life 2 came out, everyone would've assumed that it was something to do with Half-Life 2. They then would've been pissed off when it wasn't.

And now it's actually to do with Half-Life 2, everyone assumed that it would be everything but Half-Life 2.

[Fishlore]

On here maybe not. Go on a FarCry fan forum and ask if they all think HL3 would deserve a big "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" article.

I found FarCry alot more enjoyable than HL2, speaking in SP here i found HL2 to be pretty boring and the same old same old. At least FarCry tried to be different and go a bit non-linear. Anyway, my point is, to me FarCry2 would be an "OMG!!! EXCLUSIVE!!!" ;)

I agree with you completely.

[Pi Mu Rho]

There's nothing non-linear about Far Cry.

Analogy time. Your game is a road. You are at point A - the start of the road. Your mission objective is at point B - the end of the road. Your path from A to B is, on average, a straight line.

The difference between HL2 and Far Cry is that Far Cry's "road" is wider, allowing you to swerve around a bit more on your averaged straight line from A to B.

[Fishlore]

I didn't say it was non-linear. Every SP FPS is going to be linear to a degree. Far Cry just happens to be a hell of a lot less linear than HL2. Not to mention harder, longer and more enjoyable to play in my opinion.

There was obviously a beginning point and an ending point to every Far Cry level. More often than not though there were multiple paths that coud be taken to get from A to B. More than the "wider road" you give FarCry credit for.

I'm not saying FarCry is the nexus of gaming. I'm not saying it was pulled off flawlessly. I'm just saying it was infinitely more enjoyable than HL2.

[KoreBolteR]

bf3 :upstare:

[KoreBolteR]

There's nothing non-linear about Far Cry.

Analogy time. Your game is a road. You are at point A - the start of the road. Your mission objective is at point B - the end of the road. Your path from A to B is, on average, a straight line.

The difference between HL2 and Far Cry is that Far Cry's "road" is wider, allowing you to swerve around a bit more on your averaged straight line from A to B.

i believe in the future, no games will be linear..
there will just be one big gameworld, with loads of AI!!!! :E

[Jangle]

will there be a lot about the hl2 expansion? cos if there is i might go and buy pc gamer

[Iced_Eagle]

i believe in the future, no games will be linear..
there will just be one big gameworld, with loads of AI!!!! :E

Have you even read anything about Call of Duty 2?

[Pi Mu Rho]

I'm just saying it was infinitely more enjoyable than HL2.

In your opinion.

[Cole]

I'm just saying it was infinitely more enjoyable than HL2.
lol, I couldn't even finish Farcry. It just became soo boring! I mean hell I got bored of it after an hour and only played it when I was extremely bored. Couldn't finish it I just decided to play Hitman 2 over and over again(Which didn't get boring even doing the first level a 100 times).
Farcry simply became boring and I uinstalled it cuz it was a waste of space.

So as Pi Mu Rho said, IYO.

[torso boy]

Its DNF or... I can't believe that i'm saying this...prey. Check 3drealms main page and you will see at the bottom of their newest news post

"P.S. Keep your eyes open for the unveiling of our next game very soon. ;)"

CNN and many other places have reported prey may be shown at e3, and there is alot of non-insider info that supports this.

George Broussard said they would start hype up for DNF around 6 months from release. And a bit more than 6 months from e3, its 2006, and the 10th anniversary of duke3d

[tokin]

WHAT ABOUT TEAM FORTRESS 2 PEOPLE!?!?!

Did you crazy people forget that this could be the big news too?! Valve said they would mention more after HL2 was released. Why not right before e3 2005? Just like they did with HL2 before e3 2003. MADE MY POINT.

[Feath]

Its DNF or... I can't believe that i'm saying this...prey. Check 3drealms main page and you will see at the bottom of their newest news post

"P.S. Keep your eyes open for the unveiling of our next game very soon. ;)"

CNN and many other places have reported prey may be shown at e3, and there is alot of non-insider info that supports this.

George Broussard said they would start hype up for DNF around 6 months from release. And a bit more than 6 months from e3, its 2006, and the 10th anniversary of duke3d

That's a very nice suggestion but people have got the magazine already. It was the Half-Life 2 Expansion.

[torso boy]

oops....:p didn't notice.

[Seppo]

Half-Life 2 expansion the story of the year? They really made it sound bigger than what the actual news was

[Gunner]

Half-Life 2 expansion the story of the year? They really made it sound bigger than what the actual news was

How else could they sell magazines?

[Fishlore]

In your opinion.

So you mean to tell me that all this time I've only been speaking for myself? I thought I was speaking for the whole of humanity all this time. Even though I already wrote "in my opinion" once in that incredibly short post, I'm glad that someone could redundantly quantify my statement for people like Mineral to understand.

lol, I couldn't even finish Farcry.

You should stick to easy games like HL2 then. As for bordom, I don't know how you can say one mediocre FPS is more boring or more fun than another mediocre FPS. Did you have a hard time finding guys to shoot? I guess if there were no bad guys it would be boring. Is shooting a guy more fun in one game than the other? Shooting guys in HL2 was awesome, but it was soo boring in FC. LOL.

Having said that, there is probably nothing in this world that matters less to me than your opinion of a video game. I couldn't care less what game you enjoyed and what game you didn't, or how long each game resided on your hard drive.



IN MY OPINION FacCry was infinitely more enjoyable than HL2.

[jimbo118]

So you mean to tell me that all this time I've only been speaking for myself? I thought I was speaking for the whole of humanity all this time. Even though I already wrote "in my opinion" once in that incredibly short post, I'm glad that someone could redundantly quantify my statement for people like Mineral to understand.



You should stick to easy games like HL2 then. As for bordom, I don't know how you can say one mediocre FPS is more boring or more fun than another mediocre FPS. Did you have a hard time finding guys to shoot? I guess if there were no bad guys it would be boring. Is shooting a guy more fun in one game than the other? Shooting guys in HL2 was awesome, but it was soo boring in FC. LOL.

Having said that, there is probably nothing in this world that matters less to me than your opinion of a video game. I couldn't care less what game you enjoyed and what game you didn't, or how long each game resided on your hard drive.



IN MY OPINION FacCry was infinitely more enjoyable than HL2.
yeah i really enjoyed fc too,except those bloody trigens,some of the levels were funkin huge and had loadsa different routes through it,you could bypass some islands altogether if you liked

lvls like boat and rebellion

[Samon]

Half-Life 2 expansion the story of the year? They really made it sound bigger than what the actual news was

Media. They are like Politicians.

[Alig]

There's nothing non-linear about Far Cry.

Analogy time. Your game is a road. You are at point A - the start of the road. Your mission objective is at point B - the end of the road. Your path from A to B is, on average, a straight line.

The difference between HL2 and Far Cry is that Far Cry's "road" is wider, allowing you to swerve around a bit more on your averaged straight line from A to B.

That arguement works for all games, including Deus-Ex and games such as WoW because eventually you all end up at the same spot even if you've taken a different route to see a different ending/quest. FarCry on a whole is not even close to as linear as HL2 is, i can only think of one bit in HL2 where it has a small ammount of what FarCry has on every outdoor level and that's the part where you're on the beach with the Antlions.

I'm not saying HL2 is a bad game because it isn't but it does'nt add much to the table in terms of FPS (strictly SP here). Anyway my opinion is HL1 and FarCry make better SP games than HL2....HL1 for its shere good-ness that it is and FC for it's effort at changing the tune FPS games make along with pretty decent gameplay (stories mean jack to me, they suck in all FPS games including HL1 and 2).

[$kelet0r]

Don't know if people have checked yet but the 2 big stories are Stargate SG 1 the Alliance and Call of Duty 2

[T.H.C.138]

far cry was boring..Minerel didn't say it was too hard..just too boring...it was boring when my friend let me borrow it before doom3 was out and guess what? its still boring..just my opinion..

[Fishlore]

it was boring when my friend let me borrow it before doom3 was out and guess what? its still boring..just my opinion..

That's fabulous. And what a great opinion it is. Lucky for me, the degree to which you enjoy FarCry has absolutely no bearing in my life.

[Gunner]

That's fabulous. And what a great opinion it is. Lucky for me, the degree to which you enjoy FarCry has absolutely no bearing in my life.

Why do you feel compelled to act like an ass? This is a forum and people share thoughts and their opinions, you think X > Y that's great, good for you, no need to be a troll.