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Well, its Saturday now and I’m getting sorted for a fun night of playing Halo.

This week has been quite eventful, it started with a trip up to my parents last Saturday to say hello and pick up my suit, and in between now and then I have gotten two games I have been waiting for, a new flashy G15 keyboard and a placement interview!

On Monday I was in a bit of a spending mood, and started noticing that my keyboard was on its last legs, after doing a bit of online comparison I decided to get the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, which I am enjoying thoroughly so far. It has a small LCD screen which can be used for displaying PC statistics, download meters or game statistics (among many other things). The keys are alot nicer to use then my old keyboard, and the whole thing has a much nicer feel to it. It also has ‘G’ keys, which are basically very powerful macro keys. 

This brings me quite nicely onto my next topic, Darkfall. This week Aventurine have been opening up a certain number of orders per-day and myself and quite a few Sturmgrenadiers were lucky enough to get in. So far I have been contributing to the building efforts and playing a role in our defence efforts. Its really living up to my expectations and I highly recommend giving it a go, so very enjoyable. 

Using my new G15 and Darkfall together has been quite interesting. The Profile Manager which comes with the keyboard allows you to setup an infinite amount of key-presses, mouse clicks and delays in order to chain together interesting macros. For Example; very quickly you can put together a macro that will swap actionbars, equip a staff, cast a heal spell, then go back to the other weapon. Having this power really opens up a lot more opportunities. 

This week has also seen the release of ‘Empire: Total War’ the next game in the long line of Creative Assembly’s Total War series. The main game is set in the 1700’s with an additional scripted campaign set as America battles for its Independence. If you have not seen this or other Total War games before then there is a demo out on Steam, you should also check out the video review below:

So far I am working my way through the Road to Independence campaign and am loving it so far. Its very strategic, detailed and in-depth. Despite some initial problems we had, myself and a few friends have had quite a few online games against each other and some AI. Unfortunately so far we can only have 1v1 sieges, however new maps may unlock later.  Definitely pick up the demo for this!

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Hey guys, another Darkfall related update here.

The pre-order for beta testers is live, however the URL was leaked meaning the servers have been hammered all day making it impossible to browse the site normally. 

Luckely however I and quite a few members of SG were able to grab copy’s after hours of refreshing.

Good luck to all trying to get past the connection issues, as far as im aware the pre-order link will be made public soon.

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Hello Everyone. In keeping with my recent endeavour to keep this site more updated I have quite a nice announcement to make. 

Darkfall Online’s Admin staff have decided to remove the Non Disclosure Agreement, which means I am now free to announce that I am currently IN the beta and an active member within Sturmgrenadier (SG), whom I joined not to long ago. I got into the beta less than one month ago and have been trying to get in as much Darkfall time as possible.

This post will not be an in-depth review of the game as I  feal I have not played it enough to give a proper opinion, on what is a game still in beta testing stages. Read more…

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Well Christmas is almost upon us once again, and its time to be merry and jolly and the such like. 

I just got back from our family’s Christmas party, all dressed up with food and drinks. Well, all dressed up until a waiter spilt gravy all down my arm and I had to go and find a clean shirt, but hey, its Christmas !

Whats happening in the world of me? Well, still cracking on with assignments, although they are slowly getting their. Spending time with family as-well, so its all been good.

In the meantime the Internet has given us a new ZeroPunctuation and Darfall Beta Preview, part 6.

Happy Holidays!

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Ive just been reading some very interesting articles written by the creator of ‘The Noob Comic’, who has gained access to the Darkfall beta, and has had her NDA slightly lifted.

Two things to say really:

1:-  The game looks brilliant, the thick black outlines of some characters features look very cool

2:-  Must….play….

Anyhow, go and check out her 5-part preview of the game here, very fun read!

Also, Beta signup page is over here, forgot to link it in the last post.

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Just read over at the DarkFall Forums that release date has been annouced as the 22nd of January!

Been waiting for this game for yonks now, release date is in sight, and there is still the chance of getting into the beta!

Now I just have to look into where about I can buy my copy . . .

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