22 MAXIMUMPC OCTOBER 2007

11 GAMES

THAT WILL

YOUR PC

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ever has there been a better

time to be a PC gamer. This

year’s crop of games delivers

all the pulse-pounding action we’ve come

to crave beneath a candy shell of glorious

graphics—the likes of which we’ve never

seen before. Leading the graphics charge

is a bevy of DirectX 10 titles that will stress

a system to its limits, and the promises

long made by proponents of the Games

for Windows initiative are fi nally starting to

show fruit.

What’s more, even DirectX 9–level

titles are taking advantage of the prodi-

gious power available in today’s high-end

graphics cards to deliver experiences

that look better than we ever thought

DirectX 9 capable of.

So, to all console ever-lovin’ folk

who are claiming for the nth time that

PC gaming is dead, we say, “Shut your

pie holes!” We can’t wait to kick back in

our offi ce chair, embrace our mouse and

keyboard, and get our game on!

DirectX 10 games are finally here, and they’re all

that we’ve been waiting for. But even the upcoming

games using older tech look gorgeous. Here’s the

scoop on this year’s latest and greatest titles

BY WILL SMITH