GeForce 9600GT? Damn, I had no idea that it's already in the works! And I was planning to switch to a 8800GTS very soon!

hmmm emulator? don't think so, i think can play absolutely perfect on XP...summore i use hi-res texture pack on it...oh yeah nice babey! but after a few minutes into the game, already spinning head

9800GTS better wey although nvidia din announce about next gen card but i can sense they r working on that dy

OT: Speaking about preorders, anyone of you guys preordering NFS Pro Street? I mean like, after that piece of turd Carbon left a bad taste in just about everyone's mouth, I'm sure some of us would be more cautious.

I think the NFS series already started going down since Underground 2 therefore i've lost my interest towards the series which i'm not surprised since EA has been churning out mediocre titles lately.

BTW, for Bioshock, Online activation required. 

I'm grinning on the look of numerous disappointed cheapskate gamers.

rFactor needs online activation, but I can run it without activation...
Nothing can beat a cheapskate gamer when he sets his mind to it

Great great trailer. But seriously, I encourage everyone to buy the original game. Show some support to one of the most consistent game developers ever. If I have to buy only one game this year, BioShock will be it. (But I desperately need a new rig too LOL)

You can download the playable demo from Xbox Marketplace right now (it might take a while - everyone's downloading it) and the game is due to launch for 360 and PC on August 24. So far it's scoring incredibly well; OXM, PC Zone and PC Gamer each gave it a huge score.

But according to senior designer Joe McDonagh many publishers turned their noses up at the title when it was initially being pitched around.

Speaking to CVG about his role in its conception and development, McDonagh said, "Bioshock was a long time in the making. Ever since System Shock II the team had talked about everything they wished they'd done differently.

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"Ken (Levine) spent years pitching the game to publishers but no one was interested, incredible as that seems now. I joined Irrational in December 2004 and my first job was to get a publishing deal for the game (I worked as the Business Development Director for the first six months). I remember pitching the game to one publisher who later told a friend of mine that it was 'just another f***ing PC FPS that's going to sell 250,000 units.'

"This sort of attitude really pissed me off. System Shock II, for all its critical success, didn't sell very well which turned buyers off. Something I realised very quickly was that as much as your boss won't ever know that you turned down a future game of the year, he will know that you signed up a turkey. You don't get fired for not taking risks. That kind of mentality is driving the industry into a creative cul de sac."

Look out for our awesome Creative Minds interview with McDonagh later this week.