The system requirements for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) just came in, so if you're looking to play this one on your beloved PC, be sure to check the list out. It's nowhere near as demanding as say, Crysis, but if your PC has weathered the years, then maybe it's time for a little upgrade. Do you have what it takes? Literally.

Deal ahoy! Avid surfers who've got more than two bookmarks pointing toward Newegg claim that Intel's dual and quad-core processors have experienced some price slashing, and it's evident from their excitement that this is the best deal you're ever going to get midway into 2008. So what will you and 999 others be doing this summer? Shopping begins at the full story.

Were you worried that Dell and AMD might be ending their celebrated partnership? Chill out because the exact opposite seems to be happening. New Dell systems are being built around AMD processors, adopting Athlons, Phenoms, and other hardware models of that ilk. Details follow after the jump.

Epic Games has released the System requirements for the PC port of their up-and-coming FPS, Unreal Tournament III (also on the PlayStation 3). We're happy to say that it doesn't look like it will be asking too much of our PCs, with the game requiring just 512 MB of RAM at the very least.

What may get your goat, however, is the large chunk of space UT3's expected to chomp out of your hard drive. Be prepared to shell out 8 GB of space for UT3, whether you're running this multiplayer frag bonanza within its minimum or recommended settings. Here are your required specs:

• Minimum System Requirements:
• Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
• 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
• 512 MB of System RAM
• NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
• Recommended System Requirements
• 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
• 1 GB of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
  

Keep in mind that UT3 for the PC is due this November, at least if Epic decides to stay the course of the game's original launch date. In the mean time, we've also picked up two more screenshots for UT3. Enjoy your ogling!

 

After their game creation contest with Nvidia, The Game Creators started to move into the next level of game development tools. Their newest developer title, FPS Creator X10, currently fixed on game development on the latest DirectX and Windows platforms, will inspire game developers to touch the next-generation level of games.

The full developer suite is designed to be developed and played on Windows Vista, coupled with Microsoft's latest API, DirectX 10, and Nvidia's 8800 DX10 cards.

Known for their other popular developer's tools Dark Basic, The 3D Gamemaker and the first FPS Creator, The Game Creators next-gen tool will allow developers to design complete, feature-rich, next-gen-rendered games, even without any programming knowledge. It's a drag and drop, click-here-click-there tool that can make an easy-go-lucky newbie developer look like a pro.

FPS Creator X10 includes:

• GPU instancing: enables a game to feature many more characters whose appearance and behavior can be varied using powerful texture array techniques
• Volumetric soft particle system: smoke and fire are modeled more realistically
• New soft shadowing technology: objects in-game look much more realistic
• Bloom effects, Fresnel water, realistic reflections: all new shader features that come hand-in-hand with DirectX 10

The tool also integrates a visual editor, a physics system and modeler, and a map editor. It also comes with 800 3D objects including 62 different enemy models and meshes and 18 weapons, not counting those you can import from your own. And that even includes sounds and music. And FPS Creator X10 isn't even limited to the FPS genre: with add-on model packs, you can expand the tool's genre horizon.

Multiplayer also comes with the package, ranging from LAN to Internet host-client connections. There's support for quad and dual core systems, including single core systems. And games created with the engine and the included content can be released for free or sold 100% royalty-free. All you need is your creativity and FPS Creator X10 will handle the rest (with a decent enough machine).

Click on Full Article to view screenshots of FPS Creator X10's features.