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    The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.

    July is one of the best months for PC gaming in the last decade.

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    Edited By metal_mills

    So far we've had:

    Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1 released.
    Secrets of Monkey Island remake release(and for only $10!).
    MechWarrior 5 announced.
    Command & Conquer 4 announced.
    Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall released for free.
    MechWarrior 4 and Black Knight expansion released for free.
    Street Fighter 4 released.
    Trine released(5 star review from Brad).
    This is also coming just off a week of ArmA 2, Anno 1404, new Fallout 3 DLC and Battlefield: Heroes.

    Ok, so no Half-Life's or Starcraft's were released but look at that list. 2 free classic games, 3 amazing games released, 2 new PC favorite series getting new games announced(Last full MW game was released 9 years ago)  and an aftermath of amazing new games from the week coming into July. Also consider MW and MI series were both thought to be dead and buried years ago.

    Also the beta(and final release very soon) of the new Dawn of War 2 patch which is almost like a mini-expansion pack.

    Now I know quite a few of the things I listed will be on 360 too, but MW, MI and C&C are all PC first games, started off on PC only and have the most fans on PC so it's still big news.

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    #1  Edited By metal_mills

    So far we've had:

    Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1 released.
    Secrets of Monkey Island remake release(and for only $10!).
    MechWarrior 5 announced.
    Command & Conquer 4 announced.
    Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall released for free.
    MechWarrior 4 and Black Knight expansion released for free.
    Street Fighter 4 released.
    Trine released(5 star review from Brad).
    This is also coming just off a week of ArmA 2, Anno 1404, new Fallout 3 DLC and Battlefield: Heroes.

    Ok, so no Half-Life's or Starcraft's were released but look at that list. 2 free classic games, 3 amazing games released, 2 new PC favorite series getting new games announced(Last full MW game was released 9 years ago)  and an aftermath of amazing new games from the week coming into July. Also consider MW and MI series were both thought to be dead and buried years ago.

    Also the beta(and final release very soon) of the new Dawn of War 2 patch which is almost like a mini-expansion pack.

    Now I know quite a few of the things I listed will be on 360 too, but MW, MI and C&C are all PC first games, started off on PC only and have the most fans on PC so it's still big news.

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    #2  Edited By Seedofpower

    The Gaming God is smiling down on our computers.

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    #3  Edited By thecleric

    As a PC gamer, I don't necessarily think C & C 4 is a good thing...

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    #4  Edited By lemon360

    and we can't forget to mention how awesome it is that matrix online is shutting down. that was garbage, and hour of garbage. at least its amusing hearing vinny and ryan try to wrap their minds around that trash.

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    #5  Edited By Pazy

    Sweet Mechwarrrior 4 for free, I was going to buy that since off Amazon next week. People still seem to be playing the Multiplayer and it looked like a lot of fun.

    Go PC gaming :)

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    #6  Edited By metal_mills
    @thecleric said:
    " As a PC gamer, I don't necessarily think C & C 4 is a good thing... "
    Why? It's the best of the C&C series and it's going to be a finale of a 15 year long story. I'm bloody excited,
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    #7  Edited By Jimbo

    That's crazy talk.  It might be the best month this year, but only if you pretend Anno 1404 and Arma 2 didn't come out in June.

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    #8  Edited By metal_mills
    @Jimbo said:
    " That's crazy talk.  It might be the best month this year, but only if you pretend Anno 1404 and Arma 2 didn't come out in June. "
    Like I said, coming off a week(the last week of June) of those games. And what other single month can you think of with so many big things happening? You don't even see this much PC news at E3.
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    #9  Edited By Diamond

    Last decade?  Not even close.  Half Life 2's release alone was bigger, although Street Fighter 4 makes any month pretty big anywhere.

    For me this month is probably the biggest PC gaming month in 5 years, as any hour now my new PC should be delivered.

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    #10  Edited By Jimbo

    Well, for me, June.  The release of 2 solid PC exclusives of Arma and Anno's calibre is a rare treat and far better than any number of ports, announcements and re-hashes of old games.

    I'm sure there were better months in the last ten years, but I'll take October '07:  The Orange Box, The Witcher, Mask of the Betrayer.

    Sorry, I don't mean to rag on your post, I just find it depressing that a month of announcements about franchises well past their prime, re-releases and free-releases is enough to get us excited nowadays.


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    #11  Edited By mikemcn

    This, truly, is the age of PCs
    But i wouldnt say the decade, thats a stretch

    Whens Dragon age origins coming out anyways?

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    #12  Edited By metal_mills
    @Jimbo said:
    " Well, for me, June.  The release of 2 solid PC exclusives of Arma and Anno's calibre is a rare treat and far better than any number of ports, announcements and re-hashes of old games.I'm sure there were better months in the last ten years, but I'll take October '07:  The Orange Box, The Witcher, Mask of the Betrayer.Sorry, I don't mean to rag on your post, I just find it depressing that a month of announcements about franchises well past their prime, re-releases and free-releases is enough to get us excited nowadays. "
    Hmm, Oct 07 probably is better with those 3 release. However, I don't find it depressing that announcements and releases of new stuff from classic series can get people excited. Just because something is getting on doesn't mean it's still not a great series. Hell, GTA, Halo, CoD, are all old series but pumping a lot more games out at a much daster rate. We haven't seen a new MW or MI in years and years and their gameplay is just as good as it always was, so there hardly past their prime. C&C4 is a finale to a 15 year long story too. Also, free classic games are no good? It's great and better than paying 800 or 1200 points on XBLA for it.
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    #13  Edited By FlipperDesert

    I'm super-bored of RTS games, but I've always wanted to get into Mechwarrior, we used to have Mechwarrior 2 somewhere. Good news!

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    #14  Edited By Snail

    I think none of these titles are remarkable or legendary in any way. They might be good titles, but that is all.

    Except Elder Scrolls II of course.

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    #15  Edited By zombie2011

    PC gaming is truly dead.

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    #16  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    It's a great month, all right.  I'd also add in the fact that LucasArts has FINALLY seen the light and has reached a publishing deal with Steam.

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    #17  Edited By TwoOneFive

    whatever. 

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    #18  Edited By metal_mills
    @Snail said:
    " I think none of these titles are remarkable or legendary in any way. They might be good titles, but that is all.Except Elder Scrolls II of course. "
    Well in my opinion MW, MI and C&C are three of the best series around. I'd pick them over a new Halo or CoD any day. I also loved MW4 and getting it, expansions and all for free is great. So it's one of the greatest months for me at least. I know HL2: Ep3 or Starcraft 2 will be a bigger, more important game but the sheer number of quality releases/announcments in this month is great. It's sure a hell of a lot more than PC got at E3.
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    #19  Edited By Absurd

    I'm just happy that we got a new monkey Island game, that alone makes this month so awesome.

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    #20  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Uh... only one of those games appeals to me, I don't know about you guys, but the only one I bought was Trine... everything else, meh.

    ES2 for free is kinda cool though.

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    #21  Edited By Ineedaname

    Those games hardly result in a good month for gaming, to me that's sort of a poor slow month.

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    #22  Edited By Absurd
    @Ineedaname said:
    " Those games hardly result in a good month for gaming, to me that's sort of a poor slow month. "
    Monkey Island isn't good enough to you?

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    #23  Edited By xplodedd

    IDK I don't play BF:Heroes the beta got old pretty quick bro, not like team fortress 2.
    but none of the less its a good month.

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    #24  Edited By atejas

    Aside from Anno, ArmA and Trine, I don't really consider any of those noteworthy.

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