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PC game sales hit $20 billion last year, no signs of slowing

PC game sales hit $20 billion last year, no signs of slowing
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 7:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • Despite declining desktop shipments as well as an increased interest in mobile and social games, the PC gaming market is still holding strong with a growth of 8% last year according DFC analyst David Cole, who was quoted in a recent PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) report...

Battlefield 4 showcased in 17-minute gameplay trailer

Battlefield 4 showcased in 17-minute gameplay trailer
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Electronic Arts took the stage at the annual Game Developers Conference this week to showcase a live demo of Battlefield 4, the latest version in the popular first-person shooter franchise. Dice, the game’s publisher, said the title will arrive this…

AMD showcases dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 at GDC

AMD showcases dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 at GDC
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • AMD launched the Radeon HD 7790 late last week to cover the mid-range market which left many looking to see when the company was planning to tackle the high end. We now have some solid answers as AMD showcased the…

BioShock Infinite Review: The Perfect Sequel?

BioShock Infinite Review: The Perfect Sequel?
  • Posted March 26, 2013, 2:06 PM by Evan Narcisse | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming With Video
  • BioShock Infinite isn't just a worthy sequel to a much-loved predecessor. It also manages to be about America - touching on its past, present and possibilities — in a way that makes it a must.

    You haven't been to a place like this before. The fictional floating city where Infinite is set is all clockwork platforms and brass gears, its many sections populated with hucksters, strivers, lovers and schoolchildren. One minute, you're walking past a sheer drop, the next a park swings down into the open space.

Borderlands 2: Level boost in April, new class in May, last DLC in June

Borderlands 2: Level boost in April, new class in May, last DLC in June
  • Posted March 26, 2013, 8:00 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Previously teased at SXSW, Borderlands 2's sixth playable character has finally been revealed at PAX East this week. The newcomer is a "Vault Hunter" named "Krieg the Psycho" who adds a psycho bandit-type class to the mix. As you might expect, Krieg likes to be up close and personal...

New GeForce WHQL driver boosts Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider

New GeForce WHQL driver boosts Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Nvidia just published its WHQL-certified 314.22 GeForce drivers. Simply put, if your PC is armed with a GeForce graphics card and you've recently picked up either Tomb Raider or Bioshock: Infinite -- you're going to want this update.

Double Fine Adventure titled "Broken Age," gets a new site

Double Fine Adventure titled "Broken Age," gets a new site
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 1:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, The Web With Video
  • Double Fine Productions' crowdfunded adventure title officially has a title: "Broken Age." Previously called the "Double Fine Adventure" and known internally as codename "Reds," the point-and-click tale should be ready for you to experience sometime in the second quarter of…

The past and present of isometric graphics in games

The past and present of isometric graphics in games
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 8:00 AM by Gergo Vas | Filed in Gaming
  • Games with isometric graphics—a slightly rotated view with a top-down perspective—were a big deal several years ago. Static, isometric maps, mostly used in strategy and role-playing games, allowed the developers to create spectacular, detailed visuals, and most of them have…

Blizzard announces free-to-play strategy card game Hearthstone

Blizzard announces free-to-play strategy card game Hearthstone
  • Posted March 22, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • During a panel at the Penny Arcade Expo, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled a free-to-play collectible card game based on the massively successful Warcraft franchise. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft allows players to select one of nine different characters as they take turns…

Weekend game deals: Dishonored $24, Borderlands 2 $20

Weekend game deals: Dishonored $24, Borderlands 2 $20
  • Posted March 22, 2013, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • Valve is celebrating conventions such as PAX East and the Independent Games Festival with a promotion that offers various discounts across Steam's indie catalog, much of which is reduced by 50% or more. In addition to the indie event, Steam…

Corsair intros Vengeance K70, a revamped all-mechanical K60

Corsair intros Vengeance K70, a revamped all-mechanical K60
  • Posted March 21, 2013, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Corsair has updated last year's Vengeance K60 mechanical keyboard with an improved design that ought to make it more appealing. Although the K60 received relatively positive reviews for being solidly built and fairly feature packed, many buyers were deterred by…

Valve's Early Access program lets you play in-development games

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  • Posted March 21, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Valve has announced an Early Access program that will allow PC and Mac gamers to purchase and start playing new titles while they are still in development. The company said a number of prominent titles have embraced this development model…

New OnLive owner speaks publically for the first time

New OnLive owner speaks publically for the first time
  • Posted March 20, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Seven months have passed since OnLive’s public shake-up last summer. We later learned that the company and all of its assets were sold for $4.8 million just days before layoffs essentially gutted the streaming game company. News from OnLive’s new…

FUD alert: "always connected" Xbox 720 rumors are mostly paranoia

FUD alert: "always connected" Xbox 720 rumors are mostly paranoia
  • Posted March 20, 2013, 10:40 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • Rumors about some sort of anti-used game protection being planned for the next-generation Xbox have surfaced on several occasions over the past year. Although I’ve always been skeptical about an “always on, always connected” requirement for the console, today a…

Team Fortress 2 will be the Oculus Rift's first official game

Team Fortress 2 will be the Oculus Rift
  • Posted March 19, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Team Fortress 2 will be the first official game to support the Oculus Rift according to Valve programmer Joe Ludwig. The company is planning to release an update that will allow gamers to play in VR mode sometime within the…

SimCity Tested, Benchmarked

SimCity Tested, Benchmarked
  • Posted March 19, 2013, 1:11 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
  • Normally when we benchmark a first person shooter, finding a good portion of the game to test with is simply a matter of playing through the game until we find a section that is rather demanding. But with SimCity things were considerably more complex and time consuming.

    A city with few sims will see graphics cards such as the GeForce Titan or GTX 680 render massive frame rates because they are not being capped by the CPU (yet). As with most simulation and strategy games, SimCity is CPU dependent and overclocking should result in a healthy boost if needed. More inside.

EA revs hype machine ahead of Battlefield 4's March 26 reveal

EA revs hype machine ahead of Battlefield 4
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 1:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • Details about Battlefield 4 are slowly beginning to trickle out as EA looks to build hype leading up to the game's March 26 unveiling at an event during the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Although the company will likely remain quiet about anything significant...

Maxis admits SimCity could have had an offline mode

Maxis admits SimCity could have had an offline mode
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Not long after a modder discovered that it was possible to play SimCity offline indefinitely, Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw authored a post on EA’s website that tackles the question head on. Simply put, could they have built an offline…

Capcom, Valve unite to create Resident Evil 6 / Left 4 Dead 2 crossover

Capcom, Valve unite to create Resident Evil 6 / Left 4 Dead 2 crossover
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • What do you get when you take two of the most successful survival horror franchises and put them in a blender? We aren’t entirely sure either but we’ll find out soon enough as Capcom and Valve have decided to create…

Weekend game deals: XCOM: Enemy Unknown $20, 75% off Total War

Weekend game deals: XCOM: Enemy Unknown $20, 75% off Total War
  • Posted March 15, 2013, 3:14 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • Along with running an Ubisoft promotion that includes some decent bundle discounts and special daily deals, Steam has savings on various indie titles including 50% off and free access to Ace of Spades this weekend. Green Man Gaming also has bargains on a slew of indie...

Saints Row 4 trailer loaded with insanity, shipping this August

Saints Row 4 trailer loaded with insanity, shipping this August
  • Posted March 15, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Most probably never expected to see another game in the Saints Row franchise after THQ went belly-up late last year but things started looking up when it was revealed the following month that Koch Media purchased the rights to the…

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Expansion Review

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Expansion Review
  • Posted March 15, 2013, 2:59 AM by Jason Schreier | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming With Video
  • When you're not building and recruiting, you're following arrows and doing what the game tells you to do. There are optional side-quests, yes, but they're almost always marked on your mini-map, and they're way too easy to find and finish.

    But it's still StarCraft. It's still a joy to go through the now-familiar ritual of training and killing, and even the easiest missions are designed with the attention to detail that we've grown to expect from this series. And even the easier moments exercise your mind in the way that only a real-time strategy game can.

GameStop president talks Wii U, Playstation 4 and Xbox 720

GameStop president talks Wii U, Playstation 4 and Xbox 720
  • Posted March 14, 2013, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Sales of Nintendo’s Wii U console have been slower than expected following the holiday shopping season according to GameStop president Tony Bartel. The executive noted, however, that Nintendo is planning to launch some of their biggest IP over the next…

SimCity can be played offline indefinitely

SimCity can be played offline indefinitely
  • Posted March 14, 2013, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • During a recent interview, Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw said it would be impossible to play SimCity offline without a significant amount of engineering by the design team as the game offloads a large amount of calculations to their servers…

Download: Minecraft 1.5 Redstone Update is out now

Download: Minecraft 1.5 Redstone Update is out now
  • Posted March 13, 2013, 12:30 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in Gaming, Software Breaking News With Video
  • If you are one of the millions of people playing Minecraft, you'll be glad to know the Redstone Update has been officially released today. The brick universe created by Notch Persson is ever evolving and now includes various new items…

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