Project Blackout gives players the opportunity to do some damage in the fight between paramilitary and militia forces in the bullet-riddled country of Korogese. Players can blast their way through a wide variety of maps and five unique gameplay modes, earning experience to gain Rank, completing Mission Cards and using those exp gains and in-game rewards to customize their gameplay through the Advanced Combat Training system. All of these options can be used to improve their own, personal play style and shooting skills.

Of course, there’s no use in jumping into a firefight without the right equipment, so players also need to pick their gear carefully if they want to survive. From assault rifles with laser sights, scopes and quick-change magazines, dual wielded SMGs to bulletproof helmets and flashbangs; it’s up to each user to decide whether they’d like to be a walking tank or a speedy sharpshooter. With the official Project Blackout launch, players who really want to gear up to the max can visit the in game Item Mall to snag these top-of-the-line items. Although, everyone would do well to keep the unofficial Korogesian motto in mind as they enter the fray: “When all else fails, let the bullet decide.”

"We're trying to move beyond gaming to include the world of socialization, movies, TV, music, and we're trying to make the whole experience accessible to everybody in the family not just the traditional gamer." When the BBC asked Ballmer "Will you plug-in the Kinect to the PC, will you go for that in the near future?" he replied with "We'll support that in a formal way in the right time and when we've got an announcement to make we'll make it."

What do you think, does the PC need motion control?

• Made various improvements to Recommendations:
  
  • Made some general improvements to the algorithm to make "Similar Items" a little more similar
    
  • Changed primary source for generated recommendations to be recent playtime rather than recent purchases, prioritizing "new to you" games (ie, games where your recent playtime makes up the bulk of your total playtime for that game)
    
  • Fixed DLC recommendations showing for games you haven't really played yet
    
  • Games you've recommended will now be shown on your community profile page
    
  • Fixed friend recommendations for free games you haven't yet played to show on your recommended page just like friend recommendations for games you don't own.
    
  • Added links to the new "Friend Activity" page to the store homepage and community home panel.
    
• Added Turkish translation to the Steam client
  
• [Windows] Chinese, Japanese, and Korean typing support in the in-game overlay, for some games
  
• Fixed a case where a hyperlink in chat could take you to a player’s profile instead
  
• Fixed community opening to your profile instead of the blotter when community is your favorite window (thanks Sir_Brizz!)
  
• Improved Matchmaking function performance
  
• Fixed starting game executables with very long command line parameters (>255 characters)
  
• Fixed keyboard navigation in menus
  
• [Mac OSX] Overlay improved (works with Farming Simulator) and fixed an OpenGL state bug
  
• [Mac OSX] Implemented Minimize Cmd-M menu command.
  
• [Mac OSX] Improved Cmd-W to be more reliable
  
• Fix games not launching after resolving a Cloud conflict
  
• [Mac OSX] Fix layout on file open dialog when adding a non-Steam game
  
• Fix layout on server browser dialog
  
• Removed code for the now-ended Civilization V charity promotion
  
• [Mac OS X] Fixed cursor not showing up in game overlay on some games
  
• [Mac OS X] Dock Icon will not persistently bounce once it has a badge with a count of pending IMs.
  
• Fixed Steam not remembering Cloud settings in certain situations.

In October 2010 PC Gamer Senior Editor Evan "Frodo" Lahti flew out to visit Tripwire Interactive's offices in Georgia, and later wrote up his impressions of multiplayer after an intense play session with the developers. Here's a little taste:

More subtly, I love the delay RO2 introduces between death notifications. It sounds absolutely simple: if you kill someone, a pop-up won’t appear until five or six seconds after they’ve expired. That gap in immediate feedback stirs drama—even when you’re sure you’ve tagged a German between the lungs, there’s a bit of breath-holding after every kill. You forget how much organic tension you’ve been missing out on when a bright “+10” isn’t stamped on the screen to pat you on the back every time you shoot someone.

That raw, scrappy-feeling gunplay strikes a compromise I’ve been waiting for for years: a nuanced multiplayer shooter that doesn’t place success at the top of its learning curve like an out-of-reach peanut butter jar. Every tint of realism feels purposefully ancillary—in the dozen-plus rounds I played, gunfights never hinged on how well I utilized cover—I could survive without it by crouching, leaning, crawling on my stomach or yelling at my squad leader to toss a smoke grenade to cover a flanking move.

Here is the list of servers, for those of you who need to know.

• Death & Glory - PVP
• Public Enemies - PVP
• Zero Hour - PVE
• Virtue and Vice - PVE
• Brave New World - PVE
• Darkness Falls - PVE
• New Frontiers - PVE

Gray Matter is the first adventure game by renowned author Jane Jensen since the release of Gabriel Knight 3: the story mixes eerie goings-on with supernatural events in best Jensen-style. Neurobiologist Dr. David Styles is one of the game's central characters: since losing his wife in a horrible accident some several years ago, he has become a recluse, seldom leaving Dread Hill House, his English country estate.

When student and part-time street performer Samantha Everett shows up at his doorstep, she unexpectedly becomes his assistant. Hailing from America, she has been traveling through most of Europe the last couple years. Her first task: finding six test subjects at Oxford University for one of Styles experiments. The experiment starts off innocently enough, but then inexplicable incidents start mounting.

Players control both Dr. David Styles and Samantha Everett in their bid to uncover the secrets and find out the truth. Gray Matter tackles questions concerning the nature of reality and the power of the human mind in constructing the world we take for granted.

Here's a video developer diary that better explains and actually shows you how the game works.

He left his position at Apple to form a company dedicated to making the best game titles on the iOS and Mac desktop platforms. Clandestiny is available now at an introductory price of $9.99 through the new Mac App Store launched this month by Apple.