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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game Review

Jakob delves into Paradox Interactive's Darkest Hour, the latest strategy game to make use of Hearts of Iron 2's Europe Engine.

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Total War: Shogun 2 Specs Announced

Sega has announced the minimum and recommended specs for Total War: Shogun 2. Can your PC handle it?

Minimum Specs (Required for playing Total War: Shogun 2):
- 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor , or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
- 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
- 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 3)
- 1024x768 minimum screen resolution
- 20GB free hard disk space

Recommended Specs (Recommended for optimum game play of Total War: Shogun 2):
- 2nd Generation Intel® Core™i5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent
- 2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
- AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
- 1280x1024 minimum screen resolution
- 20GB free hard disk space

Total War Going Back to Basics?

A new Total War game will be announced at E3 and rumours suggest the series could be going back to basics.

According to VE3D:

Though in possession of full details, our lives wouldn't be worth living if we divulged what we know, but let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics.

I'm not surprised. Total War has become too big for Creative Assembly to control. Each more complex release has shown major failings in the AI. Many fans of the series have had enough - so perhaps CA is starting all over again with the hope of getting the AI right.