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E3 2011: Ubisoft Press Briefing

E3 2011: Ubisoft Press Briefing

What does Ubisoft have in store at E3? Check out their E3 press briefer here at GamePro.com -- with commentary from GamePro's editors.

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  • The world of PC gaming is constantly evolving. Though much of the video-game focus has shifted towards home video-game consoles over the years, the PC is still an integral part of the gaming industry. Since it has always been and still is the most flexible and technologically advanced platform, in many ways PC games and the community they foster still represent the cutting edge of what gaming has to offer.

     

    The Internet, of course, had a monumental impact on the PC gaming platform, not just in the way it allows player to connect with each other and play games together but also on the types of games being produced and the way in which we consume them. The most graphically stunning games will always look best on a pricey gaming rig loaded with all the right hardware components, but the PC is now also the main venue for much smaller and more esoteric PC games that anyone could enjoy, whether they are playing on an older PC, a Mac, a laptop, or even a netbook.

     

    Online gaming platforms like Valve's Steam and Stardock's Impulse and similar services offered by GamePro's GameDownloads.com, Direct2Drive, GamersGate, and Good Old Games, which allow gamers to download the hottest games or revered classics directly to their hard drives, have not only made PC gaming easier and cheaper, but they also give developers with small budgets and original ideas a chance to compete in the market, connecting them with the PC gamers.

     

    And these services are just the tip of the iceberg. The Internet is full of creative, independent, and student games, Flash and other web browser games, and social media games, most of which are either cheap or free and only available on the PC.

     

    The PC is also home to one of the most popular games of all time, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (WOW). While some massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developers are trying to adapt the genre for the home video-games consoles, gamers who want to enjoy the unique experience of playing games like World of Warcraft can still only find it on the PC.

     

    Another genre of games that still exists mostly on the PC is real-time strategy games (RTS). Like World of Warcraft, the most popular RTS game, StarCraft II, is also developed by Blizzard. Games like Starcraft II, in which gamers command huge armies around a battlefield, tend to fare better on the PC because they are easier to manage with a mouse and keyboard than a gamepad.

     

    The naysayers are wrong. The PC is not dead. It is more alive and vibrant than ever.

     

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