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65 articles tagged as 2009

The 10 best horror games of the last 10 years.

Rick runs down the 10 best horror games to scare you this hallowe'en.

October 30, 2020 | 09:13

Spelunky 2 Review

Spelunky 2 delves ever deeper into the difficulty mines, but does this result in a better game?

October 29, 2020 | 10:32

Star Wars: Squadrons Review

The Force is strong with this one.

October 22, 2020 | 11:59

MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2011

We travelled to Istanbul to see the cream of European overclockers in action.

April 19, 2011 | 13:04

UK Game sales fell 18 percent over Christmas

Games retailer The GAME Group has revealed that boxed game sales fell 18 percent over the Christmas period.

January 12, 2010 | 12:07

Richard's Biggest Fails of 2009

January 4, 2010 | 12:33

The Best Gaming Moments of 2009

Pull up a chair in front of the fire because it's storytime here at bit-tech as we look back on our personal favourite moments of 2009. From Mark's discovery of Samorost to Antony's pilgrimage back to Battlefield 2, check out our tales and tell us yours in the forums.

December 31, 2009 | 11:25

The Biggest Failures of 2009

We know what the best bits of 2009 are, so what were the lowest points of the year? We take a look back over the last twelve months and examine what the biggest failures were, from Intel's cancellation of Larrabee to Microsoft's Games for Windows Live relaunch.

December 28, 2009 | 11:12

Merry Christmas from bit-tech and Custom PC!

December 24, 2009 | 12:29

Mod of the Year 2009

With 2009 in its last days, it's time to round up the best mods we've featured and mod of the month winners. 21 mods compete and require your votes to decide the ultimate in modding glory: who will be the Mod of the Year winner, 2009?

December 24, 2009 | 09:29

Top 10 Games of The Year 2009

It's that time of year when we take a look back on 2009 and decide what the best games of were. And by 'we' we actually mean 'you', since the results were entirely user-voted this year. What did bit-tech and Custom PC readers think was the best game this year?

December 23, 2009 | 08:34

Game of the Year competition winners announced

Voting is now closed on the Game of the Year competition, so check to see if you won anything!

December 21, 2009 | 12:11

The Best of Bit-tech 2009

The year is drawing to a close and in the fast moving world of technology and games development it's more than likely some things have passed you by. Not to fear though - we've bought together a list of our best work from the past year, so check it out to see if you missed anything!

December 20, 2009 | 10:05

GAME admits Christmas sales slump

Retail chain GAME has admitted to suffering a notable sales slump in the run up to Christmas this year.

December 8, 2009 | 11:08

Forum Modding Update: December 2009

Check out some of the latest modding content from our community!

December 2, 2009 | 13:38

PC simulation games still have a future

GC 09: Developers insist that PC simulations aren't dying out despite recent worries.

August 21, 2009 | 11:20

Announcing the Custom PC & bit-tech Awards 2009

We're pleased to announce that voting for this year's all-new Custom PC & bit-tech Awards is now open. Read on to win some great prizes!

August 18, 2009 | 13:46

PC sales to take a dive in 2009

Market watcher iSuppli has it that overall PC shipments in 2009 will dip four percent year-on-year - the largest single year drop since 2001, with desktops the biggest losers.

July 15, 2009 | 15:00

Seagate responds: SSDs still on for late 2009

Despite analysts claiming otherwise, word from the horses mouth is that Seagate will get SSDs out the door by late 2009.

July 13, 2009 | 17:54

What Hardware Should I Buy? - July 2009

Another month and another four systems, as we delve into online stores to seek out the bargains to decide which setups, for a range of budgets, are the best your money can buy.

July 8, 2009 | 12:07

CEDIA 2009: Home Automation and more

This week we headed along to the CEDIA Expo 2009 at the Excel centre in London to take a look at the latest innovations in home theatre, AV and home automation technology. Waiting for us were programmable bathtubs, £6,000 Blu-ray players and a 103in Plasma TV - read on to find out more!

June 27, 2009 | 10:13

The 2009 Summer Games Preview

We're almost exactly halfway through the year but even with our crude maths we can tell there's still plenty of time and games to come in 2009. Join us as we preview the games we can look forward to seeing before the year's end.

June 18, 2009 | 10:47

Computex 2009 Review

We were out in Taipei, Taiwan for the 2009 Computex trade show for the past two weeks. Now that we're back in more familiar territory in London, we take a look back at the big trends during the show, from Netbooks, to DX11 and Windows 7.

June 11, 2009 | 11:14