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Rise of Flight: Iron Cross Edition is the upcoming PC game that is developed by Neoqb and published by CompuExpert. The game is built exclusively on the PC platform. In this game, you will get to experience the classic Red Baron air battles in the World World I.

Rise of Flight: Iron Cross Edition features advanced flight control panel. It also include many advanced flight and damage models. The high quality 3D graphic display is able to shows all the details of the aircraft clearly. Rise of Flight let you have a hyper realistic flying experience.

Rise of Flight: Iron Cross Edition is filled with a lot of features and content. It offers many new game modes. There are many new aircraft included in the game such as Fokker D. VII, Albatros D. Va, and Pfalz D. IIIa.

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Sony has finally released PlayStation 3 system update 3.40 that brings along PlayStation Plus, a new paid subscription service for PS3 owners. A bunch of other features also arrive for PS3 owners with this update. PlayStation Portable gaming console owners also get firmware 6.30 update that brings an option to organize games into a group of folders.

New PlayStation Plus is a paid subscription service for PlayStation Network owners that offers options for accessing exclusive gaming content, take part in beta testing of games, full game trails, automatic downloads, and free PSP Mini games every month.

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My PC My Way is a new feature of Windows 8. It makes heavy use of sensor technologies to improve the user’s interaction with the operating system. Microsoft’s leaked documents, which we are not showing for obvious reasons, details several scenarios how My PC My Way makes working with Windows 8 more comfortable.

The first scenario describes a gaming session that gets interrupted by a visitor. Windows 8 will automatically pause the game if the player moves the head or moves away from the PC. Games can make use of location awareness and accelerometer based gaming.

The same scenario describes the adaptive brightness technology that automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen depending on the lighting conditions. The second scenario mentions a user who is reading an online magazine on the PC. Key features in this scenario are touch support (Microsoft says great touch support), location awareness, e-reading and wireless connectivity.

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Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has today launched its first batch of 3D games in an attempt to cash in on the growing 3D craze. Owners of the rival Xbox 360 console can already purchase and play a small number of games via the Xbox Live store, so long as they have a 3D TV and glasses.

A SCE media release said Kiwi PS3 gamers with 3D TV’s could now get hold of WipEout, SuperStardust, PAIN, and a single level demo of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift in 3D. The games were priced at $59.90 and could be downloaded from the PlayStation Store, SCE said.

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Bring back the big PC-only franchises... This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo should hopefully reveal a few surprises for PC gamers. Please, no more Sims expansion packs.

Give us the news we really want... the return of a BIG PC license. In anticipation, we're putting three of our most wanted PC sequels up for scrutiny, in the vein hope that we'll hear more about at least one of them in Los Angeles this June...

System Shock 3 Will we ever see a third instalment in this eerie, sci-fi shooter/RPG hybrid? The rumour mill is always muttering about a System Shock 3.

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Valve's superb Steam service finally launched for the Apple Mac this week, with the sublime Portal being the first title available for Mac gamers to try out for free.

Most importantly, Valve also plans to introduce its Steamworks suite of publishing and development tools to games developers, free of charge. The developer is also now set to release its forthcoming games simultaneously on PC and Mac, (with Portal 2 being the next major release on the schedule).

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Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb tweeted that the first post-release game pack, which includes Super Breakout and Pitfall! will be released on Wednesday. The list of games for this pack are Super Breakout, Pitfall!, Megamania, Night Stalker, Rack 'Em Up, Realsports Volleyball, and Basketball. Each game will cost you 240 Microsoft Points / $3 for use on one platform (either Xbox 360 or PC) or 400 MS Points / $5 for use on both. It is unknown if this will kick off the promised weekly updates, but new content is a good sign.

This month's NPD figures have been released and they certainly make for some interesting reading. Many people have been curious for a while now about how Final Fantasy XIII will sell, as Square Enix's primary reason for releasing it on the Xbox 360 was its larger install base.

However, despite this, the PS3 version of the game managed to sell 828,000 copies throughout March. The Xbox 360 version only managed to sell 493,000 - which to be fair is still quite a significant number. Square Enix can be justified for their decision though, as Final Fantasy XIII saw the franchises biggest ever launch in North America, with sales apparently beating Final Fantasy XII's first-month figures by 48%.

Downloadable content will be available from day one for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. A code packaged with new copies of the game will enable users to download exclusive maps for the shooter.

Using the code will also pave the way for more free content in the future, according to MTV Multiplayer. Similar to Mass Effect 2, the offer will act as a deterrent to second-hand purchases but will be available online for a fee. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released March 5 for PS3, 360 and PC.

Some time ago, Ubisoft announced they would be dropping the annoying Starforce copy protection system. Everyone was happy to hear that, but the joy didn't last for long. Instead, Ubi will be using a new scheme that requires a permanent internet connection and doesn't even allow to resell your games afterwards.

So not only do they deny anyone who doesn't have a permanent internet connection to even play a game someone bought (effectively decreasing their potential userbase), the company also makes it impossible to sell (or give for that matter) it to someone else after having completed the game.

In order to justify this move, Ubisoft stated that now you can play your game on any computer as your savegames are put on a Ubi server. But how many people will benefit from that? How many people actually DO play the same game on multiple computers?

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