A month ago, in Gamemenia No. 5/22, we talked about the new line of video cards NVIDIA. At that time, there was only one fee in the assortment of the company – GTX 680, which still costs from 17,500 rubles. Preparing this number, we tuned in the appearance of the younger brothers of the flagship. However, NVIDIA unexpectedly released the GTX 690, equipped with two GK104 (GTX 680) chips on the fresh Kepler architecture.

Surprise

The fact that Nvidia will have no problems with creating a two -processor model, we did not doubt. Crystal GK104 consumes funny for the top 190 watts. Compared to the SLI binding, GTX 690 lost quite a bit: the base frequency has fallen from 1006 to 915 MHz. In this case, the GPU Boost can bring processors to 1019 MHz. The rest of the characteristics correspond to the double GTX 680. The number of streams of nuclei is 3072 pieces, textures – 256 TMU, rasterization blocks – 64 ROP. In memory, now not 2, but 4 GB GDDR5 operating at 6008 MHz.

The switching of the board is standard for dual -core models. In fact, on one piece of textolite there is a pair of independent cards connected by the SLI bridge (PLX). The only thing in common has the installed GPU is a ten -phase power system. GTX 690 requires 300 watts provided by two PCIe 8-Pin forks.

Luxury

Usually we do not discuss the appearance of video cards, but for the GTX 690 we will have to make an exception. This is a real work of art. The insides are protected by a powerful aluminum body with many bevels. The central part is painted black, the side ones are covered with dull chrome and equipped. Closer to the input/output panel stamped "GTX 690". On the left edge there is a glowing green inscription "GeForce GTX".

The cooling system compared to GTX 680 intensified. No simple coolers on heat pipes – in return are the usual evaporative chambers supplemented by nickelled aluminum radiators. The active element is one-a 90-mm turntable in the center with a impeller of an unusual shape, lowering the noise level. The set of video outputs is strange. There are three DVI and only one mini displayport – there was no place for HDMI.

Arrived

To test the novelty, we collected a test stand on the motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R , Stuck a processor into it Intel Core i7-920 and covered him with cooler Cooler Master V6. RAM we had three planks Kingston Hyperx DDR3-1666 MHz 2 GB each. Operating system Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and the package of programs was installed on a solid -state drive Kingston SSDNOW volume of 64 GB.

They took the whole company flagships as competitors: GTX 680 , 580 , 590 And Radeon HD 7970 C HD 6970. We compared video cards in synthetic 3dmark11 And Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.5 , And also in three games: Aliens vs. Predator , Dirt 2 , Total War: Shogun 2. They were not shy with the settings: all to the maximum, permission from 1680×1050, anti -aliasing – from 4x msaa.

The fact that the GTX 690 would be noticeably faster than the opponents, we understood, but the fact that in the first benchmark is Unitine Heaven Benchmark 2.5, he will bring 69%to his classmate brother – to put it mildly, it was unexpected. While the GTX 680 showed 43.7 FPS, the GTX 690 issued stunning 74.2 FPS. The next shock was the results of Aliens vs. Predator – 105.5 versus 57.7 frames per second. Significantly added Nvidia in Total War: Shogun 2. In the most severe mode, the speed increased from 23.2 to 53.9 fps!

Unfortunately, Dirt 2 did not see two GPUs and worked with the card as with the usual GTX 680, but with reduced frequencies. The same situation has developed with GTX 590. No matter how sad, but this is a feature of the game – in combination with certain equipment, it refuses to load the second GPU normally.

If with the GeForce GTX 680 we still doubted whether to call NVIDIA the new video cards king, then with the release of GTX 690 we can firmly say: the company releases the fastest boards in the world. They, of course, cost from 35,999 rubles apiece, but if you do not want to constrain yourself in the settings and permits, then this is the only choice.

Good company

Kepler architecture is very similar to its predecessor Fermi. The crystal is divided into four healthy clusters (Graphics Processing Cluster), each of which carries one rasterizer and two SMX. The latter contain 192 stream processors, 16 textures and 32 sets of special operations. As a result, the GK104 is charged 1536 CUDA Yadra, 128 TMU, 8 Polymorph Engine, responsible for Tesselia, and 32 ROP. Four chips with a total capacity of 64 bits are associated with the memory of the crystal.

With Kepler come in the Arsenal Nvidia, many interesting technologies have appeared. The most noticeable is GPU Boost, automatically dispersing the stone, if there is a reserve on TDP. Of the others, it is worth noting the support of 3D Vision Surround on one video card, new anti -aliasing methods, adaptive vertical synchronization and the presence of a discrete coding chip video Nvenc. You can read more about all this in the last issue of Gamery No. 5/2012 (see. "Responsive blow").

Zombies are attacking

The launch of the GeForce GTX 690 is one of the most memorable in our practice. Officially announced on April 29, as part of the GeForce Lan/Nvidia Game Festival 2012 festival, which was held in Shanghai. However, the press for this event began to be prepared in advance. About a week in about a week, a courier with a parcel from Nvidia came to our office. In the corporate bag there was … a nail with an engraved inscription: “For us in case of zombies or …” (“Use in the event of a zombie or …”) and the company logo. Shrugging our shoulders, we put down the tool to the side and began to wait. The situation cleared up three days later, when NVIDIA representatives called us and invited us to pick up another parcel. There we were handed a wooden box with a lid clogged with nails and the inscription "Caution! Weapons Grade Gaming Power "(" Attention! Game power as a weapon "). Inside, as you probably guessed, lay GeForce GTX 690.

Table 1.

Technical characteristics

The core

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

Kepler

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

Kepler

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Thaiti

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Cayman

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

GF110

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x GF110

The number of transistors

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

2x 3.54 billion

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

3.54 billion

AMD Radeon HD 7970

4.31 billion

AMD Radeon HD 6970

1.95 billion

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

3 billion

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x 3 billion

Process process

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

28 Nm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

28 Nm

AMD Radeon HD 7970

28 Nm

AMD Radeon HD 6970

40 Nm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

40 Nm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

40 Nm

The number of stream processors

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

2x 1536 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

1536 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

2048 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 6970

1536 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

512 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x 512 pcs.

The frequency of the graphic nucleus

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

915 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

1006 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 7970

925 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 6970

880 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

772 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

607 MHz

Frequency of stream processors

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

915 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

1006 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 7970

925 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 6970

880 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

1544 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

1214 MHz

Type, memory volume

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

GDRR5, 4 GB

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

GDDR5, 2 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7970

GDDR5, 3 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6970

GDDR5, 2 GB

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

GDDR5, 1.5 GB

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

GDDR5, 3 GB

Memory frequency

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

6008 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

6008 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 7970

5500 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 6970

5500 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

4008 MHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

3414 MHz

Data tire

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

2x 256 bits

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

256 bits

AMD Radeon HD 7970

384 bits

AMD Radeon HD 6970

256 bits

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

384 bits

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x 384 bits

The number of texture blocks

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

2x 128 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

128 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

128 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 6970

96 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

64 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x 64 pcs.

The number of rasterization blocks

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

2x 32 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

32 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

32 pcs.

AMD Radeon HD 6970

32 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

46 pcs.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

2x 46 pcs.

Energy consumption

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

300 watts

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

195 t

AMD Radeon HD 7970

250 watts

AMD Radeon HD 6970

250 watts

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

244 watts

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

365 watts

The length of the board

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

280 mm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

250 mm

AMD Radeon HD 7970

270 mm

AMD Radeon HD 6970

270 mm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

267 mm

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

280 mm

Interface

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

PCIE 3.0 x16

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

PCIE 3.0 x16

AMD Radeon HD 7970

PCIE 3.0 x16

AMD Radeon HD 6970

PCIE 2.0 x16

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

PCIE 2.0 x16

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

PCIE 2.0 x16

Price for January 2012

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

35 999 rubles

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

17 500 rubles

AMD Radeon HD 7970

16,000 rubles

AMD Radeon HD 6970

10,000 rubles

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580

12 500 rubles

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

23,500 rubles

Table 2

Synthetic tests

3dmark11

Graphics

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

16 588

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

9659

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

7326

VTX Radeon HD 6970

5506

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

6182

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

9729

Physics

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

5308

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

5286

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

5210

VTX Radeon HD 6970

5200

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

4653

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

5287

Score

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

10 635

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

7930

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

6603

VTX Radeon HD 6970

5367

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

5746

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

7922

%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

74%

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

62%

VTX Radeon HD 6970

50%

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

54%

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

74%

Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.5

Fps

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

74.2

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

43.7

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

32.6

VTX Radeon HD 6970

24.1

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

29.6

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

46.9

Score

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

1868

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

1102

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

822

VTX Radeon HD 6970

606

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

747

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

1181

%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

59%

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

74%

VTX Radeon HD 6970

55%

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

68%

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

107%

Table 3.

Game tests (personnel per second)

Aliens vs. Predator (DX11)

Veryhigh, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 2X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

146.3

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

69.5

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

76.6

VTX Radeon HD 6970

61.1

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

63

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

94.3

Veryhigh, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

118.9

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

64

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

65.9

VTX Radeon HD 6970

57.7

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

53.3

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

81.3

Veryhigh, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 2X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

128.7

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

71.8

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

68.9

VTX Radeon HD 6970

55.1

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

56.7

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

85.4

Veryhigh, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

105.5

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

57.7

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

59.2

VTX Radeon HD 6970

51.1

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! SpinLand sister sites Edition (772/4008 MHz)

48

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

73.5

%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

53%

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

54%

VTX Radeon HD 6970

45%

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

44%

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

67%

Dirt 2 (DX11)

Ultra, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

116.4

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

124.1

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

98

VTX Radeon HD 6970

78.5

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

125.2

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

117.8

Ultra, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 8x

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

101.5

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

119.9

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

89.1

VTX Radeon HD 6970

75.5

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

116.3

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

122.9

Ultra, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

104.2

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

121.5

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

89

VTX Radeon HD 6970

76

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

117.5

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

119.2

Ultra, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 8x

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

102.9

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

121

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

83.5

VTX Radeon HD 6970

73.7

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

109.9

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

121

%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

114%

XFX R7970 DOUBLE DISSIPATION (925/5500 MHz)

85%

VTX Radeon HD 6970

71%

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

110%

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

113%

Total War: Shogun 2 (DX11)

Ultra, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

53.5

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

42.8

ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP (925/5500 MHz)

42.1

VTX Radeon HD 6970

39.7

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

39

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

59.6

Ultra, 1680×1050, AF 16X, AA 8x

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

52.6

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

27.8

ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP (925/5500 MHz)

28.6

VTX Radeon HD 6970

29.9

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

30

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

57.2

Ultra, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 4X

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

54

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

36.9

ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP (925/5500 MHz)

34.3

VTX Radeon HD 6970

34.9

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

34.4

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

53.6

Ultra, 1920×1080, AF 16X, AA 8x

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

53.9

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

23.2

ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP (925/5500 MHz)

24.9

VTX Radeon HD 6970

26

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

29.3

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

41.3

%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680

61%

ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP (925/5500 MHz)

61%

VTX Radeon HD 6970

61%

Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP! Edition (772/4008 MHz)

62%

Point of View GeForce GTX 590

99%

What? Command shooter with a detailed setting and unusual appearance.

Where? London, England.

The settings of most FPS with a slope into the online team defmatch do not differ in variety: if this is not an orbital station, then some kind of futuristic arena of death, and if not an arena of death, then something historical. In the first free online shooter of the London company Splash Damage Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Everything happened in the scenery of the Second World War, in the second – commercial fps Enemy Territory: Quake Wars -on a rather banal background of the land attacked by stricts. The action of their new shooter Brink , published in 2010 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, unfolds on the territory of a giant ark of hundreds of artificial islands, pontoons, rafts, bacons and floating wave -cutting, dangling in the middle of a flooded planet.

The idea is not the most original (the Water World was released in 1995), but in online shooters we have not seen anything like that. In addition, unlike the previous Splash Damage games, Brink will have a full -fledged single -user campaign – and not even one ..

Forbidden ocean

“No one knows why the global flood happened,” the producer and chief screenwriter of the game Edward Stern tells us. – Ice polar hats melted, the oceans came out of the shores, hundreds of millions of people died … By 2038, tens of thousands of refugees settled on the ark lost in the ocean. From a scientific laboratory and a resort for the elected ark turned into a city with a population of fifty thousand people ".

An ark is a fairly interesting and unusual invention so that a socio-psychological level of level can be arranged on it BIOSHOCK or role -playing game Fallout 3. Here you have social inequality (in the center – modern urban architecture and skyscrapers of the islands, along the edges are slums from rusty containers and ship fragments), and various interesting designer finds (home -made wind generators, agriculture based on algae and hydropower). Instead, such a diverse and detailed setting is put to the FPS service about two warring teams of four classes in each.

In the multiplayer, in general, we do not care whether an endless ocean or space lies around-there is no time to look around. But, as the creative director Richard Ham explained to us, the single -user campaign will be “the soul and heart of the game” – Brink will be equally interesting to play both online and in splendid loneliness. Ham previously worked as a senior designer Fable , Fable 2 , the first two parts Syphon Filter , And now he puts all his design experience in the Brink single.

“There will be two plot campaigns – one for the security service of the ark, the other – for resistance. The most interesting thing is that after passing the first campaign, all skills, weapons, upgrades and bonuses are preserved and they can be used when passing the second campaign ”. We choose who to play for, during the first mission a civil war flashes – and in order to get a complete picture of what is happening on the ark, the game must be passed for both sides.

The ocean is practically not visible in the screenshots – only smoky holds and slums from containers, in which people in special forces shoot people with tattoos naked to the waist. Ham says that at the early stage of development it was decided not to make water procedures in the game: “The reason is one – in the water everything happens very slowly. And we decided to make the most dynamic, swift shooter ". Therefore, all the battles in Brink go to the islands, bridges and in the corridors. You can only look at the ocean, you can't swim in it.

This magic smart sheet

Splash Damage developers do not want Brink's heroes in the midst of shootings to cling to tables or could not overcome a miserable two -meter wall. A well -prepared fighter must quickly and smoothly move, jump over some obstacles, ride under others, climb into third ..

In the control circuit Brink, a smart button is responsible for the fast and smooth delivery of the hero from point A to point B-this is simultaneously running, and jumping, and tackle. By holding this button, you can calmly pursue a runaway opponent and not worry about trifles such as timely jumping and squatting. The hero will do everything himself ..

Smart Knocks have another important function: if you squeeze it and run to the enemy, then you will cut it beautifully and put it to the ground. A very useful tactical maneuver for disbandment of a gaping opponent! But keep in mind – the enemy knocked down is able to shoot off, so try to finish it off as soon as possible.

The path of the robot

The technique in Brink is not used – the developers wanted the players to “shoot each other point blank (well, or at least from the middle distance), and not hid in tanks and helicopters”. Due to the active use of smart covers (see. Our insert), introducing the elements of Parkuru into the game, to run on your two in Brink is much more interesting than in Quake Wars.

The game will have four classes of characters – combat, medical, construction and spy (here they are called a soldier, physician, engineer and operative). The selected class at any time can be changed to another depending on the circumstances of the mission. “Suppose you play a doctor and guard the escorted prisoner. Suddenly, resistance fighters explode the bulkhead and attack your team from the flank. You can switch to an engineer, quickly build a barricade and change the tactical picture of the battle in your favor. ".

And if the barricade is already being built, you can switch to the operative, stun the enemy, and then interrogate him – in case of successful interrogation, your team will know the whereabouts of all fighters of the enemy team. Then you will not bypass you from the flank with all your desire, and the engineer will be able to calmly complete the work on the barricade. And if you were sitting the whole battle in the skin of a medic, there would be a little sense of you and your group, most likely, would be destroyed.

As a typical example of a mission, Brink Ham recalls a showdown in a container. We play for the security service, received information that the resistance is developing new biological weapons in the secret laboratory … Your team accompanies the repair robot through the slums of the container-City, the resistance arranges an ambush and builds barricades. The fortifications must be exposed so that the robot can move on. Then it turns out the bridge between the pontoons is blown up, the engineer in your team should fix the nearest crane and with its help drag the robot to the other side.

This is only the first fragment of the mission – and, of course, when playing for resistance, you will have to build barricades, hunt for a robot with a grenade launcher and generally do everything so that the security service does not penetrate the laboratory. By the way, whether biological weapons are really produced in it? Or still something else? In briefings for different directions, you deliberately give conflicting information.

Hyperrealism

At first glance it is difficult to understand what is wrong with Brink pictures. The engine ID Tech 4, the standard, in principle, graphics with claims to photorealism … And only having taken a closer look, you understand that all the heroes of Brink are several, mm, are stretched vertically.

The art director Olivier Leonardi calls Brink's visual style “exaggerated reality” in the style of hyperrealists of the seventies of the last century. In terms of quality and number of details, this is practically photorealism, but with some significant amendments. The proportions of the body of the characters are hypertrophied, separate details of clothing (lightning, buckles, rivets, seams and pockets) are protruded, the contours are simplified … Moreover, Richard Ham assures that only an insignificant part of the “very characteristic custom characters with interesting body proportions” is visible in the screenshots ”.

The color is also very important: for playing on the engine ID Tech in Brink, very little gray and brown. Red, blue, green and gold-color scheme in the style of Edward Hopper, David Hokni and other representatives of the pop art of the sixties.

Big and small

The most important option of customization of the character is associated with the presence of smart covers-its total size. The selected armor, glasses and tattoos on the hero’s behavior do not really affect, but his height and weight … The largest fighters can carry heavy weapons – and they are very difficult to kill. Heroes of the middle weight category are faster than thugs-tanks, and possess a majority of available types of weapons. The most skinny hero is the fastest, but at the same time dies instantly. The smaller your character, the higher he can climb when using a smart key. Small light ninja can climb a five-meter wall-the heavyweight barely flows through the low railing. The developers took into account these features in the design of cards: Brink will have caches and shorts, which only selected players can get to which only selected players can get to.

The unique appearance of the game (“We wanted our game to recognize by any screenshot or random frame from the video”) is due not only to the general graphic stylization (see. our other insert), but also using Virtual Texture technology.

“I myself am a designer and in technology I understand even less yours,” says Ham, “but here is the general principle of work … Imagine a picture: a helicopter hangs over the evacuation point. In normal mode, everything is loaded in memory – even what you do not see (the insides of the helicopter, dash panels, and so on). Only visible textures are loaded in our memory, and all the invisible is cut off. The player does not notice anything, but a lot of memory is released. In a regular game on the screen there are about 32 megabytes of visible textures – we have these textures for 500 megabytes!"

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Professional developers of multi-user maps and mods from Splash Damage have long covered in single-mode (Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was originally conceived as a single-user commercial game). Hence the interesting setting, a bilateral plot, and the lack of embarrassing bots of technology, and Parroku elements, pleasantly reviving claustrophobic levels.

The developers are well aware that many players will https://sister-site.org/hopa/ never launch Brink online, and try to arrange a series of command duels with bots in a coherent and exciting plot, in which there are no aliens and obvious villains, but there are only ordinary people who do not want to be dropped into the ocean. It seems that Brink can be the first online shooter in the world with a playable singlePleer – attention to the details, including plot, the game is quite enough.

Percentage of readiness: 75%

Glue the posters from “Gambling” instead of wallpapers, your bookcase will chop off from gift gaming publications, and a homemade nanocostum hangs in the wardrobe? Great! In the August issue, we learned to correctly buy goods on the network, and now it’s time to explore the range of overseas gaming stores – after all, souvenir replicas issued by limited circulation of records or, for example, branded road signs from Postal are so rarely imported into Russia.

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Show your dark side

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Corporate store Capcom In addition to games for all current platforms, offers customers an extensive choice https://sister-site.org/spintime-casino/ of non -trivial merchandise. For example, here you can buy an umbrella of the infamous company Umbrella from Resident Evil , Motokurtka from Dead Rising 2 or the shirt “show your dark side” – it looks quite ordinary, but if you stretch it on your head, then turn into a real zombie! The shock is secured by an unprepared viewer, especially if you train to perform this focus with lightning speed. There are also figures of game characters, exclusive controllers, sharpened for certain games, books and disks with soundtracks. The hit of the season is a compact with music from Mega Man 9. Nine hundred rubles – and 35 eight -bit songs of your!

Shops with one line

Play-Sasia.Com

In the "Toys" section, you can find figures of characters from MGS and Halo.

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Plush toys, figures and pens with famous console heroes.

Game.Co.UK

In the "Toys and Gadgets" section there are many figures and plush toys, there is even a sakbo from Littlebigplanet.

Youbuynow.COM/genre/video_games

Figures, T -shirts, key chains based on video games.

You yourself, you know

EU.Blizzard.COM/Store

Compared to other shops, shop Blizzard very conservative: only three series of games, but how many souvenirs! I wonder if it occurred to anyone to count on what Blizzard earns more-on the sale of boxed versions of the long-awaited Starcraft 2 or on the sale of all these books, calendars, posters, collectible figures and plush toys?

Fans World of Warcraft , In addition to the usual souvenir, they offer mice, keyboards and even stereo wardening with the emblems of the alliance and horde. In addition, here you can find Battle keychain.Net authenticator, which allows you to protect the game account as much as possible (True, given the existence of cheap software analogues for iPhone and Android, there is practically no point in ordering a gadget today).

18+ is the law

CAFEPRESS.COM/Postalstore

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The developers of the scandalous series Postal There are several online stores at once. The goods in them are different. In addition to traditional badges, notebooks, rugs for mouse and T -shirts, here you can buy a corporate road sign with the RWS logo, its alternative version with holes from shots (as they were made is easy to guess) and even a small meek doll. Fans of the series are simply obliged to order for themselves corporate linen with the Postal logo, which will instantly turn them into Postal Babe.

MGS-Stail

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Surprisingly, a small store in which most of the goods are devoted Metal Gear Solid. Just a few T -shirts, a “snake” cover for PSP, soundtracks to Mgs 3: Snake Eater , MGS4 And Mgs Peace Walker. You can also purchase a card game yu-gi-oh here! and a few discs with graphic novels for PSP.

Another story of Gaybrash

TELLTALEGAMES.COM/Store

In this store, in addition to digital copies of games, several books and comics are sold by the authorship of developers from Telltale Games. Of course, you will find here shirts depicting game characters, soundtracks, and signed posters. For lovers of beer there is a huge mug with a logo Monkey Island , worthy of a real pirate, and a smaller glass with the image of Max – for everyone else.

Merry company

Jinx.Com

J!NX – amazing find for those who are looking for an unusual T -shirt. Here you can find many really beautiful and original drawings, not without reason to artists j!NX ordered exclusive collections for games such as Starcraft , Diablo , Aion , Eve Online And Dungeons & Dragons. Fans of these episodes, no doubt, will find a lot of interesting things here, and even on the street fans World of Warcraft There will be a real holiday: T -shirts with views and heroes of Azerot here are about three hundred!

DUFF – perhaps the best beer in the world

Superherostuff.Com

The main assortment of this store is mugs, caps and t -shirts with images of famous superheroes and characters from films. But there are unusual things: a buckle for a belt in the form of a DUFF beer cover from Simpsons here is adjacent to the Batman keychain for keys, a leather jacket of Wolverine – with a shield of Captain America. And if you look at the “T-shirts based on video games” section, you can find a good selection of T-shirts on the game theme-in addition to the habitual stuffing from World of Warcraft and Pac-Man, there are illustrations from Dante’s Inferno , Assassin’s Creed , God of War , GEARS of WAR.

Billionaire warehouses

Shop.ECOMPANYSTORE.COM/MSCOMPANYSTORE/Shop.ASPX

Shop Microsoft Perhaps the widest range of gaming products has – from keychains and pens to bags and clothes. For real fans of the entire computer, a special Geek series has been created, which includes futuristic handles, disposable paper cups, bottles, thermos, metal yo-yo, corporate geek-calculator and even a football ball-all with a notorious logo.

For the players, the company has prepared a bunch of T -shirts and a pitch with the Xbox 360 emblem and several radio -controlled models from Halo. We have long dreamed of a small Warthog or Mongoose? For 750 rubles, they are ready to arrange a race on the floor of your apartment.

Genius shop

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Edmund McMillan is the author of several gaming projects, including the owner of the Grand Prix Independent Games Festival 2005 Gish And notorious Super Meat Boy.

The main character Gish, strictly speaking, is a ball of tar with eyes and mouth. But Edmund decided that the players would more like the plush version of Gisha – this is exactly what is sold on the site. For 750 rubles you will receive a plush neighbor, whom God himself ordered to use as a pillow, autograph of the author and an original message. If you don't need an autograph, then on the site Bigshottoystore.Com you can buy the same Gisha 300 rubles cheaper.

Well, fans of Super Meat Boy can now purchase thematic T -shirts and comics.

With a mustache themselves

If a T -shirt with the image of a beloved character has not been able to find, then there is always a spare option – to make it yourself. All you need is a quality picture. Armed with the right file, go, for example, to Prostoprint.Com or Zazzle.Com And place the image on a T -shirt, mug, cap, keychain … on zazzle.com even a dog suit can do – a client’s desire for them is a law.

Similar services are often offered in the photo salon of the hometown, but the print quality is far from always pleasing: after several washes, the pattern on the T -shirt will turn into rags, and to put on such a thing will simply be unpleasant.

On both sites, by the way, there is an interesting program. If the design you created will like another buyer and he will acquires “your” thing for yourself, then you, as the author, will transfer a small percentage from sale. However, do not flatter yourself: on virtual windows already thirty -three million different designs.

The path is nowhere

Store.Tale-OF-Tales.Com

Authors The Path offer a limited edition of the game released on flash drives with a volume of 1 GB. This option looks much more interesting than the disk, and the distribution, if tired, can simply be removed. There is also a disc with soundtrack, postcards stylized for Poraloid photos, and posters with The Path heroines, including signed. For other projects, Tale of Tales for some reason has nothing-we found only postcards dedicated The Endless Forest.

Indie here and indie here

Store.Introversion.Co.UK

Famous indie developers, authors Uplink , DefCon , Darwinia And Multiwinia , They offer players a collection publication with the anthology of their projects. For 1000 rubles, all four games allow you to download, and for 1,500 they send them by mail in a spectacular box with a Darwinian on the cover. Also on sale are the source codes of games, soundtracks for Defcon and Darwinia and a double -sided chostster DefCon. The choice is not very impressive, but, driving a credit card number, you can amuse yourself with the thought that you support an international indie movement.

Megamoll

Mega64.COM/Store

The authors of hilarious videos, which we periodically post in the entertainment channel "Video", also own a small store on the network. In the assortment of DVD with their work, posters, branded T -shirts and sweatshirts. Of the last receipts, a T -shirt with the inscription "hat" can be noted. The original idea is a pity that all four colors quickly bought. In general, the goods here are not linked for a long time, so follow the updates! As a gift to customers – mysterious prizes, all the same DVD and autographs of the Mega 64 team.

For an ordinary person, August is an ideal time for vacation in warm countries. But not for professional e -sportsmen who have a good mouth in August. For a year now, for the last month of summer, it has been just a brutal lot of championships, which cannot be missed in any way.

► QuakeCon 2013. Russian Sergey Orekhov (Evil) took second place here and won five thousand dollars.

First of all, it is The International 3 By Dota 2, WCS By Heart of the Swarm, QuakeCon 2013 and several large leagues World of Tanks. In addition, the Russian national final was held in our area World Cyber ​​Games , Large in fighting winging tournament MFA 2013 And, of course, the cyber festival TechLabs Kiev. We hasten to tell about everything that we reached!

Olympics of the month – WCG 2013

Russian national final

From August 31 to September 1 in Moscow Youth Multifunctional Center Russian qualifications passed on World Cyber ​​Games – annual e -sports Olympiad from Samsung. The final stage of national qualifying was supported Computer Sports Federation of Russia , as well as companies Intel And Oldi Computers.

► Official banner of the Russian National Final.

The winners of the online qualifying in five disciplines participated in the final: World of Tanks , League of Legends, Crossfire, FIFA 13 And Heart of the Swarm. Each plays trips to the WCG grand final ( Global Finals ), which, like last year, will be held in Chinese Kunshan.

The most interesting were Starcraft 2 and FIFA competitions, but in other disciplines everything was predictable. Take at least League of Legends – domestic fans wanted to see at the tournament Gambit Gaming , https://sister-site.org/gamblii/ but the strongest Russian team missed the tournament due to participation in LCS. Recall, all league teams Riot Games banned from participating in other championships, including World Cyber ​​Games.

► spectators gathered a little, but the atmosphere of the championship was not affected by this.

In view of the absence Diamond and companies for the only ticket to China fought teams Mjaso And White horse. Although the latter included a famous Russian player and commentator Yuri Shilenkov ( Flashinthenight ), defeated precisely the "meat", which will go to China at the end of the year.

A tank team will also go to the Celestial Empire Red Rush Unity , defeating compatriots from the final M1nd. Honestly, initially almost no one believed that these groups would break into the national final, because more titled with them in the qualifying Virtus.Pro And Natus Vincere.

But both of our leaders suddenly stumbled at the preliminary stage, which surprised the entire tank community, and themselves. Match Unity And M1nd It turned out boring – both teams were in no hurry to attack and acted very passively.

► In Heart of the Swarm Brat_ok recently and has not shown close the level that he showed in Wings of Liberty.

After the tankers slightly disappointed us, the situation was a little corrected by oldcraft. There were two whole vouchers played out, and they fought for them not for life, but for death, because on world finals There will be only a few Koreans, which means there are good chances for a medal.

Favorites were listed Artem Garavtsov ( Slivko ) from Virtus.Pro and Artem Avramenko ( Verdi ) from Anexis , But both of the cherished quota did not get. To the surprise of most experts, the first place was taken by an experienced player for terrane Pavel Kuznetsov ( Brat_ok ), which has not shown outstanding results for a long time. In an insignificant finale, he won the second holder of the quota Andrei Guldyashova ( Livezerg ) representing Rox.KIS.

► tense match in FIFA 13. Sorry, we can't recognize who plays.

Well, finally, a few words about FIFA 13 And Crossfire. These games of our community were interested in less. Today, virtual football and Crossfire in Russia are almost not held in large tournaments, the influx of new players in both games is small, and popularity leaves much to be desired.

Four players also made their way to the National FIFA final, but they played only one quota, and got it Roman Eliseev ( Elinho ). Player Extremis Unitis I beat in turn XAXOTUN (2: 1), Ufenok77 (2: 0) and Aruhito73 (2: 1). It is a pity that he could not overcome the crucibles Sergey Nikiforov ( KEFIR ), the most titled Russian player and captain of the national team. He would probably give a fight to all the finalists.

Since there is no WCG 2013 Global Offensive , Neither Point Blank , The only game in the FPS genre was Crossfire. The leading teams of the country played a ticket to China in a full -time confrontation The Red And Jeremiah. Although the favorites were "edit", the mighty Chinese and Koreans will still have young animals from the Koreans Jeremiah (2: 0). Congratulations to all the winners and wish you good luck on Global Finals!

Russian team on World Cyber ​​Games 2013: Grand Finals

World of Tanks ( Red Rush Unity )

Crossfire ( Jeremiah )

League of Legends ( Mjaso )

Alexander Ivanov ( Shanish )

Sergey Borodin

Anton Fomkin ( Runemagick )

Alexey Morozov ( Nuclear2 )

Maxim Shishak

Kirill Fireman ( Dimode )

Ivan Fokin ( PUPPEY_UNITY )

Maxim Smirnov

Dmitry Korovushkin ( Dimonko )

Anatoly Barakov ( Anatolich )

Anton Gusev

Valentin Legas ( Combic )

Denis Antipov ( Luckyrusher )

Alexander Velikanov

Valentin Zimakov ( Niksar )

Artem Dergunov ( psionic )

Alexey Zhiltsov ( Bullkin )

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

FIFA 13

Pavel Kuznetsov ( Brat_ok )

Roman Eliseev ( Elinho )

Andrey Guldyashov ( Livezerg )

Fighting of the month – MFA

Moscow Fighting Arena 2013

• Competitions by Tekken , Soulcalibur V , Injustice , Mortal Kombat and other genre games
• About 250 registered participants from Russia , Belarus And Kazakhstan and s Ukraine
• Koreans Tsoi chin y ( Saint ) And Kim Hyunzhin ( JDCR ) as invited stars
• Certificate on PlayStation 4 and other prizes from Sony , WD , TT Esports And Madcatz
• Hundreds of spectators , High -quality online Broadcast And, as always, Friendly atmosphere

► Official trailer for the Moscow Championship Moscow Fighting Arena 2013

Month team – dota 2

The Alliance on The International 3

In one of our special materials on The International 3 , We introduced you to all European teams, including the formidable five of The Alliance. Then we prophesied the Swedes with a slight hit in the four and the further struggle for the championship, simultaneously calling it almost the main hope of the entire Western world.

► There is no reason for sadness, since you are the champion The International 3.

Jonathan Berg ( Loda ) and his team completely justified the advances given to them and took first place, beating in a difficult finale Natus Vincere. The latter have a lot of fans in the CIS, but most of them took the results Grand finals calmly, after all The Alliance performed on The International 3 objectively stronger.

Many may object that, they say, Na’vi They should have won the fifth game and they themselves unmarked championship, despite the huge advantage, but let's not forget about other full -time fights. The Swedes on their heads outplayed the "born to win" in the final of the upper grid, and in the superfinal they won the first and fourth matches.

► Record of the fifth final game between The Alliance and Natus Vincere

Besides Alliance showed a phenomenal game in the group stage – fourteen victories in a row in matches against Tongfu , Invictus Gaming , Orange , Team Liquid And LGD.International. Moreover, a little later their victorious series increased to sixteen games, because in the first round of the playoffs, the Swedes beat bronze medalists The International 2 LGD.China. Phenomenal achievement, given competition in professional Dota 2.

What is entertaining, the Swedes won a large championship with a single strategy and a small number of heroes. This is what it means to squeeze the maximum from the chosen tactics and use the full potential of the selected characters!

► The International 3 Final and the emotions of both teams

For your victory The Alliance received almost one and a half million dollars, champion shield Aegis of the immortal and world recognition of the entire community. It seems that their victory pleased all the Swedes without exception, because many in this country adore computer sport and monitor all the most important events, and in addition, there are still guys that they work in the tax ..

Video of the month – CS: GO

Fragstorm 2

• Spectacular Video about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive length in more than four minutes
• Author video – famous Russian cs: s- Muvimaker Ivan Kuzkin
• Appropriate flights cameras , qualitative Musical series And good Color correction
• Beautiful moments performed by players Na’vi , NIP , Verygames and other teams
• More One hundred thousand views V YouTube in total for four to five channels

► We are convinced that today it is better than the video about cs: go cannot be found

Tanks of the month – World of Tanks

Auto Rounder, Proleague, Tournament in Volgograd

Last month, virtual tankers and the company were noted last month Wargaming. From 24 to 25 August within the framework Games COM-2013 Lan finals of the second season passed Wot Proleague. Five of the strongest groups of the European server, following the results of the online part, fought in Cologne for the championship and prize fund in one hundred thousand euros.

► Five strongest euro server teams. Not enough only dignitas.

Why five, not six, as indicated in the regulations? We answer – the existing champions of the first season Russians could not fly in Germany in a full composition Dignitas. One captain got to the place Artem Rosenko ( Stalker_ua) , The rest were faced with visa problems and stayed at home.

According to the players Dignitas , The negligence of the organizers who sent invitations for a very long time to arrive in Germany on time. Because of this delay, one of the players did not have time to submit documents for the Schengen visa, and some were refused in it.

► Record of the final confrontation of virtus.Pro and Evil Panda Squad

Without Dignitas The finals of the second season ended with a predicted victory Virtus.Pro. Silver winners of the first season began their way to the championship with a semifinal game against the average in the strength of the Latvian team Denova.Wot (The composition there, however, Russians and Ukrainians) and was almost sensational not lost.

[[Bullet]] virtus.Pro – champions of the second season WOT PROLEAGUE!

After four matches, the assets of both teams had two won cards, and the fate of the finalist decided on the location "Rudniki". The round turned out to be simply lightning fast – the heavy cars of both teams rushed to the mountain, where the decisive battle ensued. Thanks to more competent positions, the shootout won Virtus.Pro.

In the final Dmitry Salomatin (K23emelka) and the company was opposed by the strongest team of Poland Evil Panda Squad. Virtus.Pro confidently outplayed Polish tankers, giving them only one card with four won. The third finish line crossed the caterpillars of tanks of the Serbian team Kazna Kru. Congratulations to all the winners!

The final location of the teams on Wot Proleague Season 2 Finals:

1. Virtus.Pro (Russia) – 50,000 euros
2. Evil Panda Squad (Poland) – 21,000 euros
3. Kazna Kru (Serbia) – 15,000 euros
4. Denova.Wot (Latvia) – 8000 euros
5. mousesports (Poland) – 3000 euros

Bye Virtus.Pro And the Poles found out in Cologne, who was stronger, in Volgograd, a local tournament was held with a large scope " Tanks-2 time ". About two thousand spectators visited it, and fifty teams participated in the qualifying stage. True, only four made it to the final: 3ko , Funfun-Gaming , Black shark And CTENA.

It was the latter who later later took the first place, but it is not as interesting as what we later learned from the organizers. According to them, in Volgograd (former Stalingrad , if anyone has forgotten) now 141 339 players in World of Tanks – About fourteen percent of the total population. Here you have a hero city!

► Ceremony of awarding prize-winners of "Tanks-2 Time".

In addition to " Time of tanks-2 "In the west of Russia, another interesting event took place in August, or rather, a car. He was dedicated Kursk battle And passed along the route: Kursk – Yakovlevo – Prokhorovka – Belgorod. After the rally, all participants could chat with the developers of the World of Tanks in a specially equipped tent camp. In general, everything is as it should and without excesses!

Event of the month – Dota 2

The International 3

• Seattle Collected sixteen strongest teams of the planet in the game in Dota 2
• The whole championship from a to me was organized directly company Valve
• All put up for sale Tickets In Benaraiy-Hall were redeemed in a couple of minutes
• The prize fund of the tournament – 2 874 407 $
• Champions Swedes became The Alliance , Natus Vincere – The second , u Orange bronze

► The unofficial MUVIK THE International 3. Watch for nostalgia.

Apdet of the month – CS: GO

Muffler and multi -colored weapon

Global Offensive recently celebrated his first birthday, and this year for the creators of the game turned out to be very difficult. The last few months Valve They rackled how to make the game more popular and profitable, but in the end they decided not to invent a bicycle, but to enter into the game what was supposed to be there originally.

► People's craftsmen have already begun to release national modifications, they soon promise to make Russian and Ukrainian versions.

This, of course, is about the muffler, which has long been reproduced by everything CS- community. 359 days after the official release, he still appeared, however, not at all as we expected. Not wanting to admit their own mistakes, the creators of the "global offensive" abandoned the idea of ​​a muffler from CS1.6 / CS: S and added another rifle – American M4A1 with a removable muffler and twenty rounds in a clip.

The old good M4A4 with ammunition of thirty rounds, but the muffler will not work on it. You will not be able to even buy two different “Emki” on one map – it remains to choose weapons of the dead comrades. The gun was introduced into the game USP , Well, at least here the muffler is available.

► The new card de_TRain_ve is made to replace the existing de_TRain

In addition to gameplay innovations in August CS: GO received several cosmetic improvements. Now players randomly fall out multi -colored weapons and even whole boxes with different rifles. You can open them with paid keys, and the so -called “Esports Case” often fall out, the money from which will go to the prize funds of future championships. It is not known, however, which ones. Really awaits us The International By CS: GO?

And finally – about the new map de_train_ve from Salvatore Harozzo ( Volcano ). Ex-player Team 3D significantly redrawn the unbalanced card from Valve and brought it as much as possible to the one that we know by CS 1.6. He finally made high wagons (now you can crawl under them) and moved the place of laying the bomb deep. From now on, you will have to install explosives under the "fifth line". It is a pity that the card has not yet been added to the matchmaking match.

Girl of the month – dota 2

Na’vi Ladies.Perfectvoid

• Anastasia Dmitrenko ( Perfectvoid ) – captain women's composition Natus Vincere According to Dota 2
• Before joining Na’vi Played V team Ownedby.Pro , True, she did not last long
• Still Nastya " Captain " V Darer – strongest in the past Women's team of the CIS
• In the game behaves Reasonable , But it remains impulsive In the little things
• They say that once she I turned my head Captain Na’vi Ivan Antonov ( Artstyle )

► If you were told that she is perfectly played Dota 2, you would believe?

Month festival – TechLabs Cup

Tournament in the capital of Ukraine

The next stop of the Belarusian cyber -country TechLabs Cup on a grand scale I went through the Ukrainian capital on the last day of summer. The venue chose the shopping and entertainment center Dreamtown , The dimensions of which allowed everyone to accept everyone. The scene and slender rows of chairs for the audience were equipped right on the site of the rink.

► Home Chief of Kyiv TechLabs Cup? Wide screen!

The official disciplines of steel Dota 2 , League of Legends , World of Tanks , Shadow Company, CS: GO And Starcraft 2. We pay special attention to the last two, because it was they who were betting the organizers who invited the Swedes to Kyiv Fnatic and quite famous South Korean strategist Myi.Stardut.

To confront foreign guests should have been newly formed (on the bones Na’vi And Virtus.Pro ) Ukrainian-Russian-Kazakh team Astana Dragons and a trio of strategists: Dmitry Kostin ( Happy ), Evgeny Oparyshev ( Strelok ) And Mikhail Gaida ( KAS ). They played not for the idea, but for good money for show-matches: strategists for a thousand dollars each, and teams in Counter-Strike-for sponsorship prizes worth three thousand evergreen.

► tense faces of Astana Dragons players.

Unfortunately, fights for Starcraft 2 We could not see, but behind a historical debut Astana Dragons We watched LAN very carefully. I am pleased that the “All-Stars” of the entire CIS confidently won the Swedes according to the results of three cards, which probably cheered up their mood the day before Dreamhack Buchart.

It is a pity that only the guest from South Korea could only defeat Empire.KAS , And here Strelok And Happy Similarly lost to the Asian to the Zaid. In other disciplines, they won TERRIBLE TERRIBLE DAMAGE (Dota 2), Helpers (Shadow Company), Rays of Deads (League of legends) and M1nd (WOT). The latter, by the way, took revenge from Unity for the defeat of a week ago in the Russian final WCG.

When writing an article, photo materials of Virtus portals were used.Pro, goodgame.ru and gameinside.UA

With the exit Command & Conquer: Generals The situation in the genre of strategies has changed significantly. Phenetesic RTS, which hitherto appeared almost every day (exaggerating, of course, but …), sharply lost popularity, and they almost stopped producing them. New representatives of the genre began to be like the brainchild Westwood: pseudoralism, a banal topical plot, telling about the next tricks of terrorists, a dynamic, but completely thoughtless action – in a word, there is no trace of creating a realistic game from the former attempts. Everyone considered it his duty to create something secondary and to the brain of the bone arcade.
Guys from Eugen Systems Let’s go even further. They created a 100 % clone Generals, who in fact turned out to be not just playable – he almost surpassed his, so to speak, predecessor. Following the principle of “Kui Iron, while hotly”, the developers began to create a sequel named Act of War: High Treason (Act of War: State treason). Let’s see if it is worthy of attention.

The storyline does not present any surprises. Again, a wealthy Russian citizen is by no means noble blood interrupts world peace of mind, teaching the chain of incidents. The car in which the US President was traveling from the explosion of Mina rushed into the air, like a traffic jam from champagne, and a little later many other politicians were captured by people. In addition to everything, people heading the FBI began to suspect about the treason of treason. Chaos, what can I say!
It is unclear, however, why do our own with you, sorry, “fellow countryman” – he seems to have no plans to destroy the planet. It will not work to understand its motivation – the script is full of logical holes, which no one is in a hurry to plug.
Since the previous part, the game process has not changed. We hastily rebuild the base, stamping the infantry, capture strategically important points, simultaneously earning money, and then we produce equipment and rush to attack. There is nothing new and original – the concept has not changed at all. But, as expected, any normal addition, there are small innovations.
The most important of them is the opportunity to invite mercenaries. If your army is close to defeat, you can urgently replenish the ranks. “Contract” fighters, as you might guess, are called up almost instantly – so if necessary, you can assemble the army very, very quickly. But the costs in this case are large – the mercenaries will not risk the lives of the enthusiasm, they require financial injections every three seconds. To go broke – easier. Therefore, “free birds” is necessary only in the most extreme cases.
Artificial intelligence did not change dramatically, but a little wiser. If enemy fighters sent for intelligence will meet the enemy’s obviously superior forces, they will immediately try to retire, and do not trample forward to die, as it was in the original Act of War. In addition, from now on, Silicon Reason does not sit in a deaf defense half of the battle, and at least sometimes takes out the sorties to your base. It clearly revives the game.

The emergence of the Navy has changed almost nothing. On the one hand, the presence of cruisers is vital – artillery preparation from the water significantly spoils the life of the enemy and increases your chances of winning. On the other hand, it is enough to build several warships, poke a cursor to the point at which they should sail-and you can forget about the courts for some time and pay attention exclusively to the ground forces. There is no feeling that you are a real admiral. Alas.
A single campaign is unlikely to surprise something. The tasks, as already mentioned, are non -original, although they are tailored with proper care;I will not say that they are bad, just … too ordinary. Built the base – ordered a portion of tanks – repulsed the attack – ordered another portion of tanks – smashed the enemy’s strengthening to hell. This scheme wanders from the mission to the mission, causing us only yawning and desire to lie down on the pillow. However, there are exceptions. To get into the rear to the enemy BetOnRed Casino revisione, not caught the eye of the guards, – the task is still reminds of Splinter Cell, But with a view of the top. At least entertaining. In general, you can state a fact: Act of War: High Treason obviously secondary, but playing, no matter what, is interesting. This is at the brainchild Eugen Systems Do not take away.

The graphic component does not cause stormy applause, but you can’t call it “middle”. The animations of the troops are very smooth, special effects, in particular the train from missiles launched from cruisers, deserves all sorts of praise, and the trees are so beautiful that screenshots taken during the game and printed on good paper will completely serve as a replacement for the usual picture. Only plow in the frame – and at least hang on the wall. It is a pity that the videos are made on the game engine – they are very boring and do not look very attractive. Well, not all Cat Shrovetide.
In general, we can say that the game – despite all its shortcomings – was a success. Of course, to the ideal Act of War: High Treason very far – there are not enough innovations, originality, fascination and, of course, a sane plot, because a banal story about the next conspiracy, except irritation, does not cause. If you are a fan of strategies, then getting to know the game for you. Well, if you only plan to join the arcade RTS genre, first of all, get acquainted with Command & Conquer: Generals. The good old “generals” are still better ..

Life together seems to be a logical continuation of the care period and romantic meetings. But not for everyone. That if, instead of a joyful anticipation, the proposal to live together is caused by fright? What is behind this fear?

We have been meeting for two years. He recently invited me to move to him. I like him, we are well together. But now I am so afraid that one desire is – to yell at him, quarrel and part. I need to collect things for moving, and I come up with excuses (either I got sick, then there is a lot of work). Maybe in fact I don’t love him?

Alla, 27 years old, Irkutsk

Ekaterina Mikhailova, psychotherapist

So, Alla, instead of the joy of a proposal to crucify you. You perceive your fear as a basis for doubts about feelings. They are even ready to provoke a gap (this is completely in vain – not because your friend is so beautiful, it’s just not the most healthy way to solve problems). You are not a young girl, you are thirty, life is somehow established. And you understand that moving and a common house is something radically different, adult. Relations will inevitably change. You both learn about each other a lot. And most importantly-you will learn something about yourself, and this is happening https://notariat-hempel.de/oficialnyj-sajt-7k-ajfon-i-android/ now.

For example, it became clear that you are scared by a meeting with reality when you are visible to each other from close range, at different times of the day and in different moods. Когда возникает сто маленьких выборов по ста вопросам: чьи привычки главные, кто и когда просыпается, что кого задевает. If people are “good together”, all this is easier, but in any case, relationships enter the new phase, which is always not easy.

It is difficult to think in a state of panic, but it’s worth considering what you were so frightened by-proximity, dependence, some truth about yourself, the prose of life or something else? While you are more likely to hide from this knowledge. But any relationship, changes and experience are given to us in order to learn something about the world and about ourselves.

Following the prevailing tradition, EA every October pleases humanity by another fun from a series of sports simulators. Although the window and the 2005th year from the Nativity of Christ, the project of interest to us is called 2006, because it is dedicated to the season, which is just supposed to take place.
In general, the procedure for creating the “next game from the series” is quite simple and standard: if there is a good product, it needs to add several internal and cosmetic improvements to it, without ado.

Plastic surgery

But the developers still decided to please the gamer with several pleasant innovations.
The first global change, the gameplay affected is, of course, the addition of some players of special ability. Famous basketball players have turned from the faceless warehouses of landfills in personality: now they have their own style of playing the game. Universal "Superstarov" no longer exists, since everyone prefers his manner of behavior on the site. For example, someone has a powerful physique, while others, on the contrary, are more dexterous and fast, therefore they can slip between the protection. NBA stars often turn out to be lucky with more than one ability, but, nevertheless, everyone has their own pros and cons of.
The second pleasant feature that distinguishes NBA06 from predecessors is a modified dynasty regime. Coach Assistant, Trainer and Scout came to the aid of the player (as a manager and the club coach). CA is probably a “golden” team, since all players spend their free time in his company. Over time, the composition of your team will be increasingly approaching the ideal. Every week, the assistant writes detailed reports on the results of his work and sends them to you by e -mail. You can read the letters with the help of PDA, which has not changed from the previous part and remained as convenient and affordable. Trainer is injured by players and also keeps you informed regarding the state of the victims (this word is completely appropriate – basketball “hits” all the records for trauma, because in this regard it overtook even boxing). And, finally, Scout: the purpose of this “character” from the coaching team is to search for young talents with further recruiting the options you like in the club. Each of the three assistants has its own rating, which https://brikitt.com/pgs/royal-lama-casino-why-players-are-flocking-to-this-new-platform.html is indicated by grades – from D to A+. According to the principles of business, for an employee with higher education, you will have to pay a tidy sum, while a beginner who has served as a serious business, no one will agree to pay a solid salary. Although up to 5 employees can be taken to the club, you will most often have to choose between the quantity and quality – for the conclusion of contracts with the above people, a certain budget is allocated to the owner. Often this “bourgeois” imposes a veto on your choice – you, you see, need a normal scout, although it is practically not used and most often just sits idle. Therefore, my advice is first of all take a good CA for yourself, and then – as you have to.
A little more about the dynasty. In the last part of the basketball series, we could earn special points that we were awarded for successfully completed tasks. For such a “currency” we had the opportunity to purchase interesting “buns”, as well as train the composition of our club. It’s a shame, but in this sequel, they removed a similar opportunity, leaving only a few ten sneakers for purchase, which, of course, are nothing important.
Everyone was waiting for more from EA, but they decided for us that this is enough, so do not wait for more serious changes in the gameplay. There are the same modes, like a season, a friendly match, 1 on 1, All-Star Weekend, on which, by the way, I will dwell in more detail.

All-Star (Appendix)

Starting with NBA 2005, we have a unique opportunity to visit the weekend of “all stars” that are held by NBA. Last year, this event took place in Denver, and this time in Houston. Four grandiose annual contractions that will show, who is the best. So, drum fraction ..
The match between the teams of the West and the East is the number one battles. The most talented players of the planet will converge in the battle, which will show which of the two coasts is still better. After the match, the most effective player is awarded with an honorary diploma and a cup.
The second competition is a competition of young stars NBA, and in any way-ROOKies Challenge. Also a game, but not between seasoned veterans as it was in the first case, but only in the stars in the basketball Olympus.
A sniper will participate in the third competition, with a well -aimed and sharp falcon eye and considerable talent. It takes place in several stages, the main purpose of which is to throw as much as possible from 25 goals located on stands behind a three-point line. In the end, only two people remain in the final, one of them gets the honorary title of “best sniper” of the weekend.
On the snack, I decided to save the most tidbit of our patient-this is the competition of Slam Danks, that is, a very, very beautiful clogging of the ball into the basket from above. In this competition, virtual players make such outbreaks and turns, as well as unusual acrobatic stunts, which is breathtaking. Of course, it is unlikely that you will see such beauty in real life somewhere, so it is not recommended to watch skeptics.. Dangs are divided into different levels of difficulty in execution, so do not hope that for a simple trick you will be given the maximum amount of points.. In order to become a champion, you need to, at least, do something with an alley-stop (throwing the ball into the air with subsequent charm to the basket). Alas, most of these extractors can only be performed on gamepads, while the keyboard was entrusted with the lightest and most standard tricks that can easily be crank up directly in the match. But do not despair – some buttons that are programmed only on the game remote control can be reconfigured and obtained on the keyboard, editing the necessary files. It is not clear why the guys from EA did not do it at once and humanly, but, nevertheless, you have to rejoice at what to eat.

Writing a list of improvements, which almost do not affect the gameplay, turned out to be a problem. The fact is that the gameplay really remained almost the same: the behavior of the ball became more realistic, the players learned a couple of new movements … and the rest was copied from NBA 2005.

Shader dolls

It’s a shame, but it is worth admitting that since 2005 parts the visual component of the game has not changed much. All the same predecessor engine, which is already clearly outdated. The developers did not consider it necessary to draw the characters again, but even improve the old. There are a huge number of shortcomings left, which are noticed during the game, but the most pressing of them are the models of basketball players. You will be surprised and ask me: “What is wrong? Like, in NBA basketball players are drawn perfectly “. Yes, but, there are a lot of oversights and even shader lighting will not hide them. The very first thing that catches the eye is the absolute unemotionalism of the players: a kind of wooden blocks who do not even know how to open their mouths. The second, no less fat minus is hands. If you look closer, it can be seen that the fingers of the basketball players are spread and can not even bend in the phalanxes, that is, specially adjusted to the size of the ball. It’s a shame that developers who have been releasing the game for several years make the same and rather unpleasant mistakes in it.
The sound was a very contradictory impression. On the one hand, fans chant various slogans, such as “protection”, or welcome their favorite players with screams (“Shak! Shak!»Etc.). This is commendable. On the other hand, just disgusting and annoying commentators who begin to bother with repeating phrases after the 10th minute of the game.
Musical accompaniment leaves much to be desired: in NBA 2005 There were much more good works. Here – an order of magnitude less, but, nevertheless, everyone will find music for himself.
An interesting trend is observed in the behavior of AI. With the transition to the next level of complexity (there are only four of them), although, although the skill of opponents is improving (playing the pass, building barriers), but the very difficulty increases due to the fact that most of the balls simply do not fall into the basket, and the opponent takes awayAll selection.

What about? Yes, yes, yes. This is the same NBA 2005, a little processed by a file, but clearly abandoned over time. It is possible that fans of this series will be disappointed. Although still, NBA 2006 It remains today the best basketball simulator on PC. For the lack of competitors.

Perhaps you noticed that with age the internal supply of energy is becoming smaller, and it is more difficult to replenish it. It is believed that this is quite natural. But is it? Maybe there is a universal remedy that will help to feel full of strength again?

Playing sports, contrasting shower, changing the power system – most likely, you have already tried different ways to regain your tone, but they do not always give the desired effect, and the time and discipline is not always enough to observe the special regime.

There is a simple and pleasant way to test a surge of strength.

The power of memories

Everyone has memories of bright and pleasant moments of life. Some appeared during early childhood, with others we replenished our collection recently. They have something in common-the special condition that we experience when we remember something good.

To better understand this, try to extract a bright moment of life from memory. Feel how the body begins to relax and there is a feeling.

What is the reason that the memories are able to give such a recharge, and how to get maximum energy from them?

The source of internal forces

Consciousness is a complex system that stores access to internal resources and experience. In this tricky organized “pantry” “hidden” not only talents and skills are “hidden”, but also the keys to the restoration of lost energy.

We feed pleasant memories so that they do not lose strength and brightness, but this takes part of the energy resources. It turns out that in every pleasant memory the energy is hidden, which https://nursinghomesuit.com/the-benefits-of-non-slip-socks-for-seniors-safety-and-comfort/ we have the right to use right now.

It is how to distribute stocks throughout the house – just imagine how many internal forces you return to yourself, gathering all the reserves together again!

Resume contact with memory

Find a place where no one will disturb you. You can get a job in a chair or even lie down. Listen to your body, relax, release the stress.

Stop the choice on one of the brightest and most pleasant memories. Imagine how you plunge at that happy moment, focus on the details: what do you feel, what you hear, what smells around, what colors surround you?

Feeling the whole gamut of emotions associated with memory, take a deep breath. Feel how the amount of energy that the moment was filled with is returned with it. All power, all pleasant emotions and sensations leave the memory and fill you from the tips of the fingers to the tips of the hair. Completely absorbing the resources of the moment, open your eyes.