GeForce Pro/Am Tournament Tonight

By Published September 29, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Today, September 29th, 2011 there will be an event - but not just any event; nay, for this is an event of great importance for our continued survival in this competitive world where no tournament is safe from trolls and no team is safe from disbanding -- would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance -- just one chance, to come back here and troll MMA? Today, at 6 PM PST, the StarCraft II Pro/Am will be taking place in your home, from your internet streaming device, or maybe you feel like being adventurous and have the chance to go to the BarCraft Event at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco.

Renegade Ops Review

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Published September 29, 2011 at 2:36 pm

“So I have to go and do some 'Renegade Ops' 'Just Cause' you told me to ?!?” - Bwahahahaha!! I crack myself up!

When you hear the title Renegade Ops you don't really know what you're letting yourself in for, you'll probably assume that you're going to be playing some kind of military-based game that focuses on the concept of revenge more than anything else, and you wouldn't be too far off. What you won't be expecting from a title like that is one of the best twin stick shooters on the market today; and that's exactly what Renegade Ops is.

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If you’re trying to update your gaming equipment for Skyrim or Battlefield 3 and you’ve already built our $550 budget gaming rig, it might be time to look into new mice and keyboard options. Enter the Corsair Vengeance series, using the very same naming as their excellent computer memory.

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Corsair will be releasing two new gaming mice (the M60 and M90), two keyboards (the K60 and K90), and three headsets (1100, 1300, and 1500 of the Vengeance line). However, the main focus of this news posting will be on the keyboards and mice.

Thermaltake Chaser MK-I LCS with E-Sports Theme

By Published September 26, 2011 at 12:35 pm

For those of you interested in a cool looking case that has the potential to freeze your components, look no further than the Chaser MK – I LCS by Thermaltake. Targeting the e-sports scene, which has taken off with ferocious capacity lately - especially with MLG Raleigh 2011, Thermaltake has hopes to gain the interest of pro gamers and gaming enthusiasts everywhere.

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Orcs Must Die! Developer Diary Released

By Published September 26, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Robot Entertainment -- founded by many of the former Age of Empires developer team -- is bringing us Orcs Must Die! in the first two weeks of October. We're looking forward to the cartoony-action game, which utilizes traps to obliterate orcs by the hundreds and is centered around the player defending his fortress (almost in tower defense format, except in third-person).

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We've already confirmed several features with the development team, as seen in our interview with them, but they're now releasing even more teasing information: the Robot Entertainment Orcs Must Die! developer diary is now live on YouTube, you can view it below in this article.

New Nvidia Drivers and a Utility for Battlefield 3

By Published September 26, 2011 at 9:36 am
Those who ordered Medal of Honor will be treated to early access to Battlefield 3 beta on September 27. The Battlefield 3 series will feature some of the best graphics currently on the market -- currently an astonishing 84% of gamers do not meet the recommended requirements for Battlefield 3. Because of this, NVIDIA has released the next rev of GeForce drivers in anticipation of the upcoming title; additionally, NVIDIA has introduced a new utility (called the Analyzer) that will test your rig specifications and tell you whether or not you can run the game on your current GPU.

Additionally, the 285.38 beta drivers for the GTX series GPUs will help optimize the performance in id Software's Rage, due to release next month. We've also been told that they should update profiles for SLI when playing Dead Island, Batman: Arkham City, Dragon Age II, and new profiles for Diablo III, Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.

84% Of Gamers Do Not Meet Recommended Spec for BF3

By Published September 25, 2011 at 1:50 pm

If you saw our post last week about the rapidly expanding PC market, then you no doubt understand the large influence that PC gamers have over the future of video gaming. This dominance is empowered by our stellar $550 budget gaming PC build list, which has made it possible to enter into the realm of PC gaming without breaking the bank. One of the biggest questions in the comments for all of our builds lately has been simple: "Will it play Battlefield 3 on max settings?" or "Will my PC play Battlefield 3?"

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From what we've learned through Steam's hardware survey, a stunning 84% of PC gamers currently do not meet the recommended specifications to play Battlefield 3 (DICE suggests that a GTX 460 or ATi 5830 is the lowest recommended card). Don't fret: these aren't absolute requirements, so you can still play it with an NVIDIA or ATi card that is lower than the recommendation; however, if you're focused on getting the best graphics quality, this may be of particular interest to you.

PC Games Revenue To Surpass All Consoles Combined

By Published September 23, 2011 at 2:16 am

A look into how PCs will inevitably take control of the video gaming market, and how they currently rake in 42.5% of all global video game software sales.

Our review of 3D Vision PC gaming technology and our guide on how to build a $550 budget gaming PC have led us to understand that PC gaming's influence in the global video gaming market never waned, and -- in fact -- is growing, especially when the dichotomy between console and PC hardware is considered (believe it or not, GPUs will soon be 1000% more powerful than they currently are).

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We recently examined data presented by DFC Intelligence to NVIDIA about global PC gaming software sales and found that PCs currently bring in an estimated 42.5%of total video game software revenue. That's right: almost half of all video game-related money goes solely toward PC video games, with the remainder getting apportioned between all major consoles (PS3, Xbox360, Wii, and so on). 

Honor in Vengeance II Review

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Published September 22, 2011 at 4:17 pm

It has been a very long time since I played a game that I absolutely regretted touching (Pam Anderson’s V.I.P, I’m still ashamed of this), and while Honor in Vengeance II, developed by Michael Arts, isn't shameful to play (as Faery: Legends of Avalon might be), neither is it something to be considered 'constructive.'

 

 

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NVIDIA's GeForce LAN 6 Event Sells Out

By Published September 20, 2011 at 7:09 pm

We reported on nVidia's GeForce LAN 6 event the other day (which will be hosted on the USS Hornet aircraft carrier), and within only two hours of opening registration, they've already run almost completely dry on open slots; nVidia told sent the following statement to us:

"Just two hours after opening registration, seats for the highly-anticipated bring-your-own computer (BYOC) gaming area sold out, as gamers reserved their spots to play in the highly anticipated 64-person LAN featuring Battlefield 3."

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