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Weekend Open Forum: What's the last PC game you preordered?

Weekend Open Forum: What
  • Posted April 5, 2013, 6:51 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, WOF
  • Between the current console generation pulling overtime and the growing pains of digital monetization, I've been less confident about preordering PC games in recent years. Sometimes it's easy to spot the lousy ports with questionable ethics, other times you don't…

Weekend game deals: Borderlands 2 $30, 80% off Crysis, Dragon Age

Weekend game deals: Borderlands 2 $30, 80% off Crysis, Dragon Age
  • Posted February 8, 2013, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • If you've missed the few other chances to grab Borderlands 2 at half off since September, Steam offers another opportunity this weekend, pricing the game at $29.99 for one license or $89.99 for four ($22.49 each). You'll also find Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $7.49...

Weekend game deals: 50-75% off CoD, BF3, Total War, Dragon Age

Weekend game deals: 50-75% off CoD, BF3, Total War, Dragon Age
  • Posted September 28, 2012, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • With Black Ops 2 due in early November, you can expect digital dealers to discount Call of Duty titles repeatedly over the coming weeks -- including this one. Steam has knocked half off Modern Warfare 3 along with a free multiplayer weekend, while GameFly has slashed Black Ops...

Dragon Age III: Inquisition confirmed, won't repeat DA II's mistakes

Dragon Age III: Inquisition confirmed, won
  • Posted September 17, 2012, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • It's no secret that BioWare is working on a new Dragon Age game, but the developer has just made its first official announcement about the title, providing a few vague details about its features. Mark Darrah, executive producer of the Dragon Age franchise, revealed today that...

Weekend game deals: QuakeCon promos, 2K summer sale

Weekend game deals: QuakeCon promos, 2K summer sale
  • Posted August 3, 2012, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • Celebrating QuakeCon 2012 (August 2-5), distributors have discounted Bethesda and id titles, with Steam hosting a new daily deal through Sunday. Valve also serves up a $99.99 QuakeCon Pack that includes content across franchises such as Doom, Fallout, Hexen, Quake, and TES...

Weekend game deals: 75% off Warhammer, Dragon Age games

Weekend game deals: 75% off Warhammer, Dragon Age games
  • Posted June 29, 2012, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • If you've been meaning to catch up on any of the Warhammer games, Steam has cut 75% off the entire franchise, including last September's Space Marine as well as a bundle with Dawn of War II and its expansions. You'll also find 75% off both Dragon Age titles, Super Street Fighter IV...

Electronic Arts preparing to lay off at least 500 employees?

Electronic Arts preparing to lay off at least 500 employees?
  • Posted April 16, 2012, 3:46 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Electronic Arts is planning to lay off anywhere from 500 to 1,000 employees, or between five to 11 percent of their total workforce. The move could happen as soon as this week according to multiple sources within the company as…

Weekend Open Forum: 2011's game failures, triumphs and beyond

Weekend Open Forum: 2011
  • Posted May 20, 2011, 9:20 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF, Gaming With Video
  • As some of you may recall, we kicked the year off with a compendium of widely anticipated PC games expected to launch in 2011. For better or worse, many of those titles have come to fruition over the last five…

Dragon Age II GPU & CPU Performance Test

Dragon Age II GPU & CPU Performance Test
  • Posted March 16, 2011, 4:01 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in Gaming, TechSpot
  • Updated We've updated all benchmark scores for Nvidia graphics cards using the Forceware 267.59 drivers that fix performance issues when using the DirectX 11 rendering mode. Solely focusing on DX11 performance, we've tested Dragon Age II using over a dozen graphics cards capable of rendering the game on all its visual glory.

Weekend tech reading: EA sneaks SecuROM in Dragon Age II

Weekend tech reading: EA sneaks SecuROM in Dragon Age II
  • Posted March 13, 2011, 2:58 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Those of you who know me, know that I love Dragon Age: Origins and the Dragon Age universe. You also know that I loathe DRM, especially SecuRom. You can imagine how dismayed I was when I read a Reclaim Your Game report today revealing that despite not disclosing the fact...

Dragon Age II gets high-res texture patch for PC

Dragon Age II gets high-res texture patch for PC
  • Posted March 8, 2011, 4:39 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Dragon Age 2 is officially launched in North America today and BioWare has decided to celebrate its arrival with a little treat for PC gamers. Folks playing the sequel on a well-specced machine can download a high-resolution texture patch that…

GeForce 267.24 beta brings Dragon Age II, Homefront updates

GeForce 267.24 beta brings Dragon Age II, Homefront updates
  • Posted March 2, 2011, 2:54 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software
  • Nvidia has published a beta driver in the 265 family with a handful of updates for desktop cards ranging from GeForce 6 through 500 series as well as most modern notebook chips. The latest release doesn't bring any substantial changes,…

BioWare releases Dragon Age II demo

BioWare releases Dragon Age II demo
  • Posted February 23, 2011, 2:58 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • With Dragon Age II slated for a March 8 debut in North America, BioWare has decided to rev the hype engine a little by releasing a new playable demo. The sample is available on PC, Xbox 360 as well as…

Weekend game deals: Dragon Age, BC2, tons more slashed

  • Posted September 3, 2010, 1:06 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • The stars have aligned and the gods have spoken: Let there be discounts! Stardock is running an awesome charity special through September 10 that will see a portion of sales donated to Child's Play. That's a tough act to follow,…

Dragon Age II coming March 8, new trailer released

  • Posted August 17, 2010, 9:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • BioWare has provided a solid release date for its upcoming sequel to 2009's gritty fantasy RPG, Dragon Age: Origins. PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Dragon Age II will land in US stores on March 8, 2011. Europeans…

Weekend tech reading: Dragon Age II focusing on consoles (not?)

  • Posted August 8, 2010, 12:50 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Dragon Age II: No overhead view on PC, no toolset, audience is on consoles As many feared Dragon Age II is changing from a PC franchise to a console one, and with it are coming some big changes that are…

Weekend game deals: 50% off Fallout 3, 33% off Dragon Age

  • Posted August 6, 2010, 2:33 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Tech Deals
  • Valve salutes most weekends with heavily discounted Steam games, and what better way to kick off the end of your workweek? More deals, of course! Instead of highlighting just one or two bargains, we've gathered PC game sales from a…

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