December's just a few days away, but the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC beta won't be happening next month after all. Instead, it'll kick off "very early next year." DICE has good reasons for the delay, however.

Great news, PC gamers. BioWare and Electronic Arts are doing a Dragon Age: Origins for the PC version of Mass Effect 2. That means a less restrictive DRM scheme. More details, as well as the game's PC system requirements, are available past the jump.

ATI's updated list of DirectX 11-capable games has confirmed that the PC version of DICE's upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be rocking support for the API. GSC Game World'sS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is also counted among the list along with Lord of the Rings Online. Hit the jump for the full list of games.

Finally, we have the PC requirements for Colin McRae: DiRT 2. It's been a while since the PS3 and Xbox 360 counterparts were released, so it's about time they veer their attention to the good ol' PC platform.

Cryptic Studios and Atari has released the official recommended system requirements for their upcoming MMO game, Star Trek Online. Based on the specs posted on the official site, the game will require at least 1GB of RAM, 1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor with 8GB disk space.

The Dolphin Team has released a new update for the Gamecube, Nintendo Wi and Triforce emulator for Windows. The latest unofficial SVN build of Dolphin features lots of code cleanups, additional new features, minor speedups and various other improvements.


Download: Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 4525

BioWare and Electronic Arts has announced that Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) has officially gone gold and is now currently in manufacturing ready for the November 3 launch date across North America.

A lot of people were surprised when Microsoft announced a couple of weeks back that they have decided to "indefinitely" shelf the PC version for Alan Wake. If you thought avid fans are just going to take this sitting down, you're wrong. They have now gone online, armed with their pitchforks signatures to petition Microsoft to reconsider their decision.

With the arrival of DirectX 11 expected to happen this second half of 2009, Codemasters is jumping on this opportunity to make the most out of this new technology and its performance enhancing features for the PC version of its racing title, DiRT 2. In other words, the game will be delayed.

Heads up, PC gamers. id Software's Peter Sokal has lifted the veil off of the PC requirements for Raven Software's Wolfenstein revamp. The good news is even those with older rigs can run the game. Specs after the jump.