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.
Submitted by jackfuste on 10 February, 2013 - 16:21
Vivisector: Beast Within is a first-person shooter which has players exploring some thirty-odd levels ranging from beaches and jungles to the snow covered heights of an inactive volcano. They'll be forced to face a literal army of various engineered animals, from canines with lightning rods on their backs and metal reinforced fangs to the Rhino-truck, to various half-breed like Gepardmen, which utilize Ninja-like mortal combat techniques, or various types of Wolfmen, which field different types of heavy weaponry.
Submitted by Anonymous on 10 February, 2013 - 00:36
Sonic Racing Transformed as I'm shortening the name too is a Cart Racer featuring characters from SEGA franchises. By default the game has pretty abysmal multi-monitor support, cutscreens render stretched vertical minus, and if the game tries to render anything 2D or 3D then it just fails to do so, if it wasn't for the fact that it runs at a multi-monitor resolutions I would say it had no support at all. Luckily however the guys on the Stream forum have a fix available but unfortunately it doesn't fix the GUI, details of that fix can be found below / in the full blog post.
The video itself is part analysis, part walkthough and part waffle, feel free to like or dislike my video and comment are always welcome too.
While this video can be watched on any screen it has been encoded to look best on a multi-monitor system, so if your running such a system, then select original quality from the drop down box and watch in fullscreen.
Submitted by Anonymous on 7 February, 2013 - 22:25
Developed by the Project Aces team, ACE COMBAT™ ASSAULT HORIZON intensifies the franchise, escalating combat to the next level with aircraft that are literally torn apart, spewing oil and debris across the sky. Players will engage in combat across the globe, dodging skyscrapers, and turning their enemies into fiery supersonic debris in both single player and online multiplayer. Never before has combat been so fast in-your-face.
Dead Space 3 pits player character Isaac Clarke against the Necromorphs, human corpses reanimated by the signal of a Marker. The Resource Integration Gear (RIG) suit also returns, using holographic displays projected from the players' suit and weapons to display health and ammo count, respectively. In vacuum areas a timer will appear on the player's right shoulder, indicating how much oxygen that character has left before they suffocate.
Submitted by Anonymous on 7 February, 2013 - 10:11
Bigger, better, badder. Our new hero James Heller is an afro-american soldier who lost everything to the "Mercer virus". In videogame stereotype terms, that means constant angry gangsta swearing to compliment the gratuitous over-the-top violence. Sweet !
Submitted by skipclarke on 5 February, 2013 - 21:24
Have you visited True PC Gaming? If not, you should. They are a great indie PC gaming site, and are friends of the WSGF. Here are some highlights from last week.
Submitted by skipclarke on 5 February, 2013 - 21:03
Last week was a good week for monitor fans. TFT Central completed their review of the 21:9 Dell U2913WM, and updated their review of the new Dell U2713H.
Submitted by skipclarke on 5 February, 2013 - 02:37
Is AMD's latest bundle any good? It's their second stab at a major bundle in just the last few months. In the latter part of 2012, AMD launched a marketing tie-in that bundled several games with its top end video cards. The one thing that stood out with this promotion is that the games were both (1) good, and (2) not old. To much surprise AMD's "Never Settle" bundle included then-current high profile titles such as Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs and Medal of Honor: Warfighter with its AMD Radeon HD 7800 and 7900 series cards.
The whole reason to buy a new graphics card is to play newer games. The catch-22 is that after the purchase you often have little money left over to purchase said games. In the past, gaming bundles usually included lower end titles, or favorites of yesteryear. While it was great for a marketing campaign, these bundles often proven to have limited value for gamers. A good bundle to be the tipping point to splurging on a new card. And AMD is hoping you see things that way.
Submitted by skipclarke on 4 February, 2013 - 18:55
I'm pleased to announce that we are offering two new options. The first is a set of cable clips to help with cable management. This $10 kit provides four more bar clips, and three more pole clips. The second is a production quality mod to wall-mount a WSGF Edition Stand. The kit includes the pre-drilled pole and three sets of mounting hardware. The kit runs $50. Additionally, we are now offering stand-alone sales of our stand option kits. Previously these kits were only available as part of a stand or upgrade kit purchase. By adding the Option Shipping product to your cart, we can now cover shipping on stand-alone options.
Submitted by skipclarke on 2 February, 2013 - 19:06
Over the past few days we have been working to add the proper data elements to our games database, so that we can log support for 21:9 2560x1080 monitors. We have also added elements for testing the 2560x1080 resolution, as well as fields for the 21:9 support method (native, .ini edit. etc), HUD placement and whether the 21:9 aspect ratio introduces any unique anomalies into the game play.
