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Battlefield Blog post about everything you need to know about the PC beta.

Highlights:

The PC Beta begins this Thursday, January 28th at approximately 6pm CET, 12pm EST, and 9am PST time!

The Client will be downloadable from server partner websites and Steam starting at the above listed time at a file size of 1.5GB.

This truly is a Beta, so remember that all feedback is appreciated and wanted!

What you need:
The client, an EA account (one can be made ahead of time HERE) and a beta key. The only way to ensure you get a beta key is to pre-order the game from a shop thats on THIS list. There will be free keys handed out as well but it might be hard to get one free.

We have proudly released our First playable preview slice from Interstellar Marines, introducing some of the weapon shooting mechanics from Interstellar Marines.

Bullseye uses the Unity game engine and it runs in your browser. This time a browser game doesn’t mean bad graphics though – it looks great!

We are building Interstellar Marines on Unity, which allows us to execute our game with 16x Anisotropic filtering, Fullscreen Anti-aliasing, per pixel lighting, normal maps, lit translucency, dynamic shadows as well as most other AAA features you would expect from game engines such as Unreal or CryEngine .. but in a browser on both Windows and OS X. We guarantee you it’s the best graphics, sound and fun you’ve had in a browser-based game!

To play “Interstellar Marines: Bullseye” you only need to install the Unity3D web plug-in (automatic requested) when starting the game.

We recommend Mozilla Firefox for the optimal gaming experience as it enables flawless full screen support.

You really should try it out – and if you are really interested read more about the game and the development on their website www.interstellarmarines.com.

IGN for the news post.

Minimum Specs

OS:
Windows Vista/XP

Processor:
Intel 2.4GHz or AMD 2.0 GHz

Video Card:
GeForce 7900 or Radeon HD 3850 series DirectX 9 Games For Windows

Memory:
1GB RAM
10 GB free hard drive space

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Minimum:

• OS: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
• Memory: 2GB
• Graphics: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
• DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 11GB
• Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound

Recommended:

• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
• Memory: 3GB
• Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better

Other Requirements & DRM:

• Initial installation requires one-time internet connection; Ability to save game, earn achievements, receive title updates and online play requires log-in to Games for Windows LIVE; software installations required including Microsoft Visual C++2008 Runtime Libraries, Games for Windows LIVE client, Games for Windows LIVE Client Patch, Sony DADC SecuROM, Microsoft DirectX.

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Slowly transforming into a Battlefield blog Along with AvP – pretty much the only game keeping my interest for now.

Sega announced the system requirements for their upcoming first person shooter Aliens vs. Predator. Still haven’t been able to make up my mind on will this be good game or a pile of crap. It was hyped up to be a great game but the last few in-game videos have shown some less than perfect game mechanics.

Minimum Requirements:

Windows 7/ XP/Vista 1 GB System RAM (XP)/ 2 GB System RAM (Vista) 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4/Athlon 64 3000+ or equivalent processor DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better, ATI X1600 or better)

Recommended Requirements:

Windows 7/ XP/Vista Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or equivalent processor 2 GB System RAM DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI HD2900 PRO or better)

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