Christmas is already very close and everyone is probably thinking about the gifts, so I decided to also make some of you buy giving out 2 full copies of the game Batman: Arkham Asylum for Christmas (digital download to be easily sent). As you probably know this is one truly great game that supports both PhysX and 3D Vision, so that you can enjoy it as if you were really in the Arkham Asylum when you play it in Stereoscopic 3D mode…
The only thing you need to do, in order to be able to win a copy of the game, is to post a link to this page so that other people will learn about this contest and might also participate and win. You can post a link on your Twitter, Facebook profile, MySpace page, a forum you write in, your blog or homepage etc. (no spamming is allowed!) and then post a link to the page you’ve written about the contest in the comments below, along with your name and email (emails are not publicly shown), so that I can contact you if you win.
The contest is not limited to certain countries, so you can participate no matter where in the world you live. You can immediately start your participation – only one link per user, so that everyone can have the same chance to win. The contest ends at 11:59 GMT (am, not pm) on 24th of December when the two winners will be announced here and their prizes will be sent immediately after that. The two winners will be chosen on a random principle so that everyone will have the same chance and the two persons with the best luck will be the winners… ;)
Today’s hot topic is definitely the demo of the game Batman: Arkham Asylum, it supports PhysX and is 3D Vision-ready… and the game itself is quite good, at least from what I saw in the demo playing it. And before going to 3D Vision in more detail, lets say something about the PhysX support… or better yet just watch the video above. Having an Nvidia-based video card that supports PhysX technology gives quite a few additional visual features when you play the game (these do work out nice even in Stereo 3D), but you need a high-end VGA to really enjoy all the additional effects. But still… how often do you find yourself looking at the floor for flying pieces of paper while you wall over a dark corridor and expect every moment some enemy to jump on you? Or you just start of breaking stone pillars or tiles on the floor just because you can…? Nevertheless the waving cloth (that you can actually tear?!) the volumetric fog (steam) and flying sparks do look kind of good and really improve the atmosphere of the game while you actually can normally see and enjoy them, without having to look specifically for them (like the tiles and paper). I was a bit disappointed by the PhysX in the demo before seeing this video, because I could not see many differences with PhysX effects on and off. But after watching the video above… and learned what exactly I should be looking at my opinion changed a bit, but just a bit, because I actually had to look for information on what and where to expect from PhysX to get lets say impressed by it, otherwise I kind of missed half of the PhysX advantages. So should this be happening in such a good game with official PhysX support… I don’t think so, but what Do You Think?
