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CyberpowerPC announces GeForce GTX 690 integration

, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [2]

High-end PC company Cyberpower Inc has announced that it will integrate Nvidia's powerful GeForce GTX 690 graphics card into a CyberpowerPC-branded desktop system. This is good news for enthusiasts who want to have the most up-to-date and high-end impressive graphics in their computers. It is mostly aimed toward those who spend a lot of time playing computer games, but media enthusiasts will also be able to appreciate its power. Read The Full Story

SimCity 5 previewed and detailed

, Apr 20th 2012 Discuss [19]

EA and Maxis confirmed last month that they would be bringing SimCity 5 to eager gamers sometime in 2013, bringing with it revamped graphics and new social networking features. The Game Jar had a hands-on preview with the game, and described in detail the mechanics of the refreshed franchise as well as typical gameplay. Read The Full Story

Razer’s Project Fiona concept brings PC gaming to the tablet world

, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

We heard about an ambitious new project from the gaming experts at Razer even before CES started, but a staggered release kept us away from their ostentatious booth until now. The "Project Fiona" concept device is a full x86 Windows 7 computer squeezed into a tablet device. Two things make Fiona unique: one, it's a tablet built wit the PC horsepower for serious modern gaming, and two, its unique control mechanism pairs physical buttons and triggers with a full touchscreen. Read The Full Story

Minecraft 1.0 released, over 240 million logins every month

, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

What's this, a game that gets 240 million logins a month that isn't actually named Farmville or World of Warcraft? And was just barely fully released this weekend? That's, drum roll please, the block-building Minecraft for you. Since the official launch of Minecraft’s 1.0 release candidate this weekend, the game has seen an astounding 4000 logins per second, and over 240 million logins every month. If you do some math, that's 240,000 logins a minute, and roughly 14 million logins an hour. Now that's what I call a popular game. And a very smart developer, Mojang. Read The Full Story

Sony DC Universe Online goes freemium

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

For those of you that have never heard of this game before, it's called DC Universe Online, created and run by Sony, and it functions as a MMORPG or massively multiplayer online role-playing game and it was released in January of this year to throngs of ravenous comic book hero fans. Users create their own superheroes (or villains) and move through the DC world fighting and having awesome adventures with the rest of the people working and playing in the environment. This game initially only had one payment model to play, but as more social games creep up and offer free online games with money made from goods available in-game, Sony's decided to upgrade the system to three ways to pay to play. Read The Full Story

BlizzCon 2011 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!

, May 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

It's that time again all you lovers of the greatest MMORPG creators since the beginning of time, Blizzard Entertainment is having their yearly convention in Anaheim California at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is Blizzcon, a celebration of all sorts of gaming communities around the earth centering around Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo! You know what that means, ladies and gentlemen, they'd better have some Diablo III updates for us or I'm going to pull my own head off! Read The Full Story

PlayStation Network Restoration Q&A

, May 16th 2011 Discuss [2]

The PlayStation Network went back online on Saturday, so PlayStation fans can again play video games online. Sony is also working on getting the password reset problem sorted. But the service is far from being completely restored. The PlayStation Store, for example, is still behind on updates. Full information on the Welcome Back Package, and the ID theft protection Sony is offering is still to come also. Today, Sony published a new Q&A on its official PlayStation blog answering some questions and promising answers to others “soon”.

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PAX to add PAX Dev Pre-Convention for Developers

, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

The PAX Prime gaming convention will add a pre-convention just for programmers, designers, producers and artists. This event, called PAX Dev, will allow these folks to actually get some work done, away from the press, and the craziness of the main convention. It will take place two days before PAX Prime, Wednesday and Thursday, August 24 and 25. Read The Full Story

Pokémon Global Link, New Pokémon Worlds Launches April 13

, Apr 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

Pokémon Company International has announced the launch of Pokémon Global Link on Wednesday, April 13th. Global Link had been delayed indefinitely due to the Japan tsunami and earthquakes. Through the Global Link website, users can access post-game worlds, including Dream World and Global Battle Union. Users can also save their progress online. Read The Full Story

Minecraft Made a Cool $33 Million

, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Minecraft was developed in 2009 by Markus “Notch” Persson, a Swedish programmer. It's a browser based 3D game with graphics on par with 1996, but that didn't stop it from becoming the underground hit throughout last year. It spread throughout the internet, garnering Persson's company around ten bucks a pop for each purchase. That's not much, but just today Minecraft's website reports 1837252 have purchased the game. Read The Full Story

Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 Championship Headset breaks cover

, Mar 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

When it comes to serious gamers that like to play at the competitive level, they don't use speakers. Most of the real hard core gamers wear headphones so they can hear every nuance of sound in an attempt to hear when someone is sneaking up behind them and use audio clues to find their enemy. Cyber Snip has a new gaming headset that many of these ardent gamers will want to check out. Read The Full Story

Unreal Development Kit Demo, “Samaritan”

, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [5]

What do a scene of urban decay, a blowtorch on a piece of chain, a half smoked cigarette, rain falling down a stubble clad cheek and muzzle flashes have in common? They're all images featured in "Samaritan", a technology demo from Epic Games showcasing all of the new features included in the UDK. Epic just released the UDK Beta this month. They dropped this beautiful little piece of eye-candy at GDC last week. Epic's demonstration video is a showcase of the newest of the new in graphics rendering tech. It's also a great little scene that's fun to watch in it's own right, even if you're not a rendering-geek like me. Read The Full Story
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