By Alice Bell @ VideoGamer

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is so far looking like a game of two parts: the fast, loud, fighting bit, all gunmetal grey and muzzle flash, and semi-regular spurts of claret; and the slow, quiet and well-observed one, where war veteran turned long arm of the resistance William ‘B.J.’ Blazkowicz takes in what’s happening to the world he once knew. In the E3 preview it was seeing the terrible, personal, raw sadism of the returning antagonist Frau Engel. In this more recent one, it’s seeing how Nazism is shaping America.

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Matrix Games announce that Pole Positions, the sixth installment in the Command LIVE series, has been released. This new episode explores a scenario in which the United States have to conduct a dangerous operation against Russian infrastructure without being detected!

The militarization of the Arctic is in today’s lead stories, as the region is playing an important but underrated role in the fragile post Cold-War balance between Washington and Moscow. The access to areas previously hard to reach has convinced most coastal states to increase their claims in the region.

The United States, in particular, are worried by news of the great progress made by the Russians in the deployment of the SHELF’ underwater Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS), and experts say that we might expect a reaction to this threat.

Can this reaction trigger an open conflict?

You can purchase Command LIVE: Pole Positions via its official product page!

AMD today released two models of its mainstream-priced, high-efficiency AMD Ryzen 3 desktop processor, the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPUs. Starting today, there are two 4-core, 4-thread Ryzen 3 desktop CPUs available for purchase, both of which support the new AM4 infrastructure found throughout the entire mainstream Ryzen processor lineup. We have collected a number of reviews on AMD’s new Ryzen 3 CPU’s and you can read them via the links provided below.

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AMD today released the latest update to their Radeon GPU drivers, the Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2. We took a detailed look at it which you can read here, and it is a fairly big update bringing a lot of added features- some of which were user requested such as additional settings and per-display color controls, and others aiming to improve user experience such as Enhanced Sync to lower game animation stutter and also input latency. There have also been improvements to ReLive streaming, as well as an addition of a new GPU Profiler tool for developers.

Note that AMD is no longer supporting Windows 8/8.1 with newer RX 400 and 500 series (and also upcoming RX Vega). When asked about this, AMD provided the following statement: “With the declining use of Windows 8.1 we have focused our efforts on providing the best experience on the operating systems that the vast majority of our users are now using. Although we no longer officially support Windows 8.1, users can try the Windows 7 driver on an “as-is” basis.”

You can download the Radeon Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2 drivers here.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• EVGA Announces the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N
• Razer Announces the Tiamat 7.1 V2 Flagship Surround-Sound Headset
• Colorful Announces iGame KUDAN, A Hybrid Cooled GTX 1080 Ti
• EagleTree Capital Buys CORSAIR Majority Share in $525 Million Transaction
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper X399 Motherboards From Gigabyte, ASRock And MSI Exposed
• Ryzen Threadripper to be Released with Asetek LCS Mounting Kit
• AMD Announces the Ryzen 3 Series Desktop Processors
• Roccat Khan Pro Hi-Res Audio Headset Announced
• Toshiba Announces TR200 Retail SATA SSDs With 3D NAND
• Silicon Power Intros Diamond D30 Portable Drive and Mobile C50 Triple-Interface Flash Drive
• ASRock Shows X399 Taichi and Fatal1ty Professional Gaming

Matrix Games are pleased to announce that one of the most acclaimed wargames on the Western Front of World War II, Gary Grigsby’s War in the West, is going to be released on Steam on August the 3rd!

Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasion of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

Thousands of feet above the battles on the ground, War in the West also covers the Allied air war campaign. Drop bombs on enemy headquarters or help your terrain troops with supplies and achieve victory in your own way.

On August the 3rd you will also be able to purchase the expansion “Operation Torch“, that introduces 10 new challenging scenarios, including both historical and what-if operations like the “Battle for Tunisia”, the “Operation Dragoon” and the “Breach of the Gothic Line”.

Will you be able to outclass the Allies generals, or will you choose to fight for the Fatherland and defend every inch of your nation from the invaders?

Need more information? Check it out on Steam now!

By Brent Justice @ HardOCP

MSI is taking it the max with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z video card, sporting the most robust cooling, the highest factory overclock, and even an unlocked Power Limit switchable BIOS mode, this video card has the potential for the highest overclocking possible out of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU on air.

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Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• GIGABYTE to Merge its Motherboard and Graphics Card Divisions
• Thermaltake Announces New Smart RGB Power Supply Series
• Riotoro Ghostwriter Classic Gaming Keyboard Launches For $50
• Corsair RMx PSU Line Now Available in White
• Turtle Beach Announces Availability of New ‘Elite Pro – PC Edition’ Headset
• Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 Goes RGB
• DeepCool Releases its Visckase Mid-Tower
• Phanteks Reveals EVOLV SHIFT and EVOLV SHIFT X Cases
• Enermax Offers RGB Reservoir and Pump Combo
• Lamptron Intros CL420 Fan + RGB LED Controller
• Creative Adds New Tech to Support Kratos S3 and S5
• NZXT: All recent Kraken Watercoolers Support Intel LGA2066
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper Retail Packaging Pictured?
• PNY Launches CS1311b Budget SSDs
• SilverStone Introduces Raven RVZ03 SFF Case, Now With RGB

Command LIVE News Network is always on the run! We are receiving rumours of an increased military activity in the North Pole. The United States is boosting their readiness in the Arctic after getting confirmation of the deployment in the region of the “Belgorod”, a Russian Oscar II submarine converted for “special operations” among the Northern Fleet. This is just the latest of a long list of actions aimed to militarise the Arctic, due to the presence of high-valuable resources beneath its surface.

We have sent a special team to investigate and gather all the information about this mounting crisis!

Watch the Command LIVE news report here!

Get more information about Command LIVE: Pole Positions from its official product page!

Propaganda-inspired artwork designed by renowned artist Robert Simon

The legendary World War II Real-Time-Strategy series Sudden Strike returns to Windows PC, and premiers for the first time on consoles with a PlayStation 4 release, in just a few weeks! Today, Kalypso Media is excited to show you the awesome bonuses that the physical “Day One Edition” of Sudden Strike 4 will feature at retail! For an exclusive preview of the alternative covers, check out the teaser trailer on YouTube here.

Acclaimed for his work on Emmy award winning TV show Game of Thrones as well as video games such as Killzone: Shadow Fall and Ryse: Son of Rome, the extremely talented artist, Robert Simon, has collaborated with Kalypso to define Sudden Strike 4’s distinctive art style.

The “Day One Edition” of Sudden Strike 4 on Windows PC and PlayStation 4 will feature three of Mr. Simon’s World War II propaganda poster inspired oil paintings in-box as reversible bonus covers, themed after each of the three factions featured in Sudden Strike 4 — Western Allies, German and Soviet.

The Sudden Strike 4 Day One Edition for Windows PC includes the ‘Battle of Kursk’ Skirmish map, a digital artbook and a digital soundtrack. These bonuses are also available digitally via Steam for Windows PC, Linux and Mac. Additionally, there is currently a 15% pre-order discount available on Steam that includes immediate access to both the beta test version of Sudden Strike 4 and the original Sudden Strike Trilogy. Steam customers can also download the free Sudden Strike Quiz app on iOS and Android devices to unlock further stackable pre-order discounts for a potential total of up to 25% off.

About Sudden Strike 4
Developed as a fully-fledged series entry and not a remake or reboot, Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War II. Commanding the British and American, German or Soviet armies, you will lead over 100 different units into battle, including the German Heinkel He111 bomber, the Russian T-34 tank, the British Hawker Typhoon fighter plane and even the notorious German Panzerkampfwagen VI “Tiger”.

Sudden Strike 4 is scheduled for a worldwide release on Steam on 11th August 2017, as well as via retail and the PlayStation Store in UK and European export territories. The North American retail and PlayStation Store release will then follow on Tuesday, 15th August.

To find out more about Sudden Strike 4, and to pre-purchase, please visit the official game page on Steam.