The indication from early Fallout 3 reviews bodes well for Bethesda’s much-hyped big-budget title. The sprawling, open-world action RPG has been rated maximum scores on 1Up, Eurogamer, Gamespy and Official Xbox UK and scores in the nineties on Metacritic. Incidentally, PC Gamer rated Fallout 3 at 90%, 4% less than Far Cry 2 in its September issue, which would indicate a lesser game to the undiscerning eye…

Look out for our Fallout 3 review in issue 14 of Total PC Gaming magazine, on sale 27 November.

Ubisoft has released new footage demonstrating the capabilities of Far Cry 2’s ‘Dunia’ engine. There’s no combat, but the three vids show off environmental features including mutilated trees that regrow their branches. Name aside, Far Cry 2 is unrelated to the original CryTek game, and is this time set in Africa rather than a tropical island. It’s being developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio and promises to offer an open-world FPS with some of the most realistic physics and AI yet. Far Cry 2 is currently slated for release sometime before the summer.