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Open-World Zombie: My first few hours with Dying Light

I wasn't sure what to expect from Dying Light, a new open-world zombie game from a studio known for making the regrettable open-world zombie series Dead Island. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I discovered some cool ideas during my first five hours with the game. Dying Light improves aspects of Dead Island's zombie-centric gameplay by adding parkour-style movement into the mix along with other promising features.

Wish List: What TechSpot writers want in Windows 10

In a shortlist of new features we would all like to see in Windows 10, there are a few at the top that we now know Microsoft is working on: the return of the Start menu, less Modern UI, and other desktop productivity enhancements like virtual desktops. We asked TechSpot's staff what they thought of the Windows 10 announcement and what changes they would like to see on Microsoft's next major update to the OS.

AMD Beema & Mullins Preview: Low Power, High Performance Mobile APUs

Intel's Bay Trail platform and low-power Haswell offerings may be the go-to choice when it comes to mainstream Windows tablets and laptops, but AMD believes that their next generation chips will be the best. A refinement of their work on APUs in the past few years, the new chips, 'Beema' and 'Mullins', are set to be strong contenders in this segment. Both products make use of AMD's new Puma+ CPU cores and a GCN GPU with 128 compute cores at varying frequencies.