Need For Speed : Most Wanted 2012

Need for Speed: Most Wanted   developed by British games developer Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. Announced on 4 June 2012, during EA's E3 press conference, Most Wanted is the nineteenth title in the long-running Need for Speed series and second game in the Most Wanted series. The game will be released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, beginning in North America on 30 October 2012

Here are the System requirements

Minimum	Recommended
Microsoft Windows
Operating system	Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit (Windows XP is not supported)	Windows 7 64-bit (Windows XP 64-Bit is not supported)
CPU	2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)	Quad-Core CPU
Memory	2 GB	4 GB
Hard drive space	20 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics hardware	DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON HD 3870 or higher performance / NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT or higher performance)	DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 / ATI RADEON HD 6950)
Sound hardware	DirectX compatible
Network	Internet connection required for activation and multiplayer
Input device(s)	keyboard, optional controller	Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

Xbox live and iPad

The latest update to Microsoft's My Xbox Live app adds a bit of handy functionality for iPads — or rather, brings iPads up to date with the rest of the devices supported by the app. You can now launch games, view achievements, and send messages using your iPad.

The options are well-known to the iPhone and Windows Phone users of the app, and it's nice to be able to select from your video and game library on the iPad's big, clear screen. Unfortunately, you still can't do the sort of things best done by a tablet: browse and purchase games, enter account info, leave and read reviews and so on.

And some things were never really meant for tablets in the first place: the enormous d-pad and controls for playback control, for instance. You also are unable to play games on the tablet, which is no surprise, but still may be a little disappointing to a few hopeful gamers.

At the moment, it's not essential, but it's still a helpful replacement for navigating your Xbox menus and content if, say, your controller is low on battery or someone is using the big screen while you queue up a movie. And being able to control playback, while it's not the most practical of exercises, is still nice. You can download the app for free here.