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Wait a month for Arkham Asylum PC, get PhysX up in here photo

Simultaneous videogame releases on consoles and PC aren't happening lately, are they? And delays? Don't even get me started. The PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum falls into both categories, but at least it's not slipping into 2010. Phew!

While the console versions are slated for August 25 with a demo out very soon, the Games for Windows LIVE version isn't debuting until September 15 in North America and the 18th in Europe and Australia. Why? NVIDIA PhysX support, that's why!

Now, here's the question I'm obligated by law to ask: are any of you waiting for the PC version? I need my Batman and I need him now, so you can count me out.








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Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 15:07
Eschatos
No one's ever gave a shit about PhysX in the past. It's just an excuse for them to sell their unnecessary physics card thingys
mourning orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 15:12
mourning orange
@Eschatos

You don't need an external PhysX card anymore...Nvidia includes support for it in their GPU's these days.
metroid fetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 15:14
metroid fetus
OK, Why the fuck am I able to recognize that last part of the picture from the punisher NES game. I feel sad for myself now.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 15:38
PhazonYoshi
@brain, some of the more recent cards could render the games you're seeing 3, 4 times over and maintain 60fps, so you may as well use them for some nice physics :D
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 16:39
StingingVelvet
@Brain

In some game it adds extra effects, like Sacred 2 and Mirror's Edge... in ME it added the glass and paper on the ground flying around, as well as tarps you run through and various other things. It was actually a really cool effect in some places... running from a helicopter shooting at you is more intense whe glass, paper and plastic are all being shot through with real physics flying around you.

I will be waiting, since I am a PC gamer and have little choice anyway. Glad to be getting the best version out of it though.
gabapenteado's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 17:11
gabapenteado
this makes me mad, my desktop pic of the month is one of arkham asylum, and it's gonna be the first month ever that the game on my desktop don't come on that month
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 17:16
EdgyDude
@Lemon: Actually i believe that's Bionic Commando's last boss, right after you kill him
mrsatan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 18:14
mrsatan
Physx has the strongest and most realistic API set out there. I am happy to see it included in big titles like this one. More games should use it, since it is really great.
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 18:26
matrixdude171
Frankly, phyx is worthless stuff. In Mirror's Edge I could run the whole thing with the highest specs and the moment phyx was turned on it lagged to death. All it does is hog processing power, and for people that don't exactly invest thousands in a good pc rig it's just another feature to be turned off. To top it all off, I couldn't tell the difference...
l2gp's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 19:51
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l2gp's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 19:53
l2gp
Site: http://www.l2gp.com


Lineage Versão Gracia Final!

L2GP-PvP ( High Rate )
Rates:
xp: 150x
sp: 200x
adena: 400X
Drop: 10X
Spoil: 15x

Enchant seguro: 10
Enchant maximo: 35
Enchant maximo elemental: 36
Chance de enchant :66%
Auto aprender skills normais.
Skills divine com o livro
Buffs 2 horas de duração
Full Buffs: 60 Buffs
Mais de 20 eventos diferentes

NPC'S:
*Facilitador (Zonas especiais de upagem)
*Zona de PvP
*NPC Buffer: Opção Pacote! Voce mesmo pode programar até 5 pacotes personalizados. Aqui voce não perde tempo se bufando. Programa 1 vez e depois só um clique. (5 Pacotes por char)
*NPC de colorir o nome
*GMSHOP
*Zona de PvP
*Berbella (Tem pra vender TODOS os itens de doação). É possivel fabricar os coins sem doar.
*Teleporter Global
*Custom weapons, armors, skills, itens quests e acessórios.
* É possível ficar full sem doar, pois se pode fabricar coin donator fazendo quests!
*Coin system: Troque seu tempo de jogo por coins! Tenha tudo do melhor por trocar seu tempo de jogo por coins no site!!

É um servidor fantástico: Se você procurava por diversão ja encontrou o servidor! Veja as imagens na seção "Como é o L2GP" e entenda por que tantas pessoas falam do l2gp e não trocam por nada esse servidor!

L2GP-LowRate

Rates:
xp: 7x
sp: 8x
adena: 14X
Drop: 7X
Spoil: 12x

Enchant seguro: 4
Enchant maximo: 25
Chance de enchant :65%
Aprender skills
Mais de 20 eventos diferentes
Buffs 1 hora de duração
Max 20+4 Buffs (igual o oficial)
Teleporter Global
NPC Acessorios
NPC de colorir o nome

Servidor totalmente sem custom. Limpo!
Se quer jogar no servidor oficial sem pagar é aqui.
* Neste servidor só tem doação para adena e level do char. Nada mais.

Outras informações de ambos os servidores:

* + de 10 GM's online (visiveis e invisível tanto no site como no jogo)
* Multibox (você pode abrir quantos lineages teu pc aguentar)
* TvT e outros
* Fame system
* Certificação subclasse
* Fortress siege (funcionando Todos os fortes)
* Skills Lvl 81,82,83 e 84.
* Champion Mobs
* Augmentations
* Elementais stones
* Capas
* Talismãs
* Clan Hall
* Seven signs
* Pescaria (Fish system)
* Quests, inclusive hellbounds e Gracia Final
* Mobs diurnos e noturnos
* Nobresa
* Áreas Gracia final
* Airships
* Olimpíadas
* Heros
* Instances
* Pets
* Divine transformações
* Títulos Coloridos!
* Cloud Masion
* Vesper Armadura, Armas, Jóias e Acessórios!
* Últimos updates do oficial americano.
* Geodata (Sem bug de parede)
* E muito mais. Confira!

Não Perca tempo e faça seu cadastro hoje mesmo!

by Baggio
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 20:19
Chronic Logic
Are physx cards worth it? I thought they make your game LESS efficient.
Th3 0_y 1 I k0w's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 21:03
Th3 0_y 1 I k0w
Physx as a card (and company) don't exist anymore. The company was bought by Nvidia and since the 8000 series of graphics cards (and maybe the 7000, I'm not quite sure) the technolidgy has become part of the overall design of Nvidia GPU's. In short if you have a 8000 series or later graphics card you have the Physx instruction set (or "card") already. It's just a matter of the game being coded to take advantage of it.
Cyber Altair's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2009 07:29
Cyber Altair
OK, who the fuck cares about PhysX?

I just want to break bones.
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