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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Fear and Anticipation Trailer
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 16:10:26 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
What drives you? Fear or anticipation?
Codemasters has released a new trailer for Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising, showcasing the sequel in the works at Codemasters Studios.
WATCH TRAILER (Hosted by GameSpot - 01:54)
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Screenshots
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 15:56:44 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
Take a Trip to the Farm
Codemasters have released eight new screenshots from Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising, illustrating the sequel in the works at Codemasters Studios and due to hit the store shelves in Fall 2009, for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising will give players the freedom to handle military crisis situations on their initiative. Unscripted missions will task players with real objectives, such as laying down suppressing fire, covering a friendly unit’s retreat or conducting short-range recon patrol. Players will fight as infantry soldiers in battle, drive tanks in armoured assaults, pilot helicopters in air strikes and infiltrate the enemy in covert special operations utilizing a wide variety of realistic military weapons from knives and rifles to machine guns, grenade launchers and laser designators for air strikes. Whatever the situation, players will need to balance brute force with intelligent use of tactics in their engagement against the full force of the PLA.
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Review: Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 15:38:59 in category: System Cooling [ Print ]
Author: Chad Sebring @ TweakTown
Zalman’s new tower design is the CNPS10X Extreme with a unique and innovative fan controller built right into the cooler itself. I know a bunch of coolers have inline fan controls with a “peg” type dial adapted in and usually offer very rough control of the fans speed. Zalman takes all this a large step forward and builds it into an all black nickel plated cooler. The fins, the heatpipes, the base, everything gets plating. This with a striking blue LED in the 120mm accompanying fan puts on quite a show for the eyes. Let’s discuss the specs and get to the images and the testing, as I’m sure you are as eager as I to see what the Zalman CNPS10X Extreme is capable of.
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Review: Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H (AMD 790GX)
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 15:16:34 in category: Motherboards [ Print ]
By Vincent Chang @ HardwareZone
AMD's Phenom II has quickly established itself as a platform for more budget conscious consumers. What better than to pair it with an AM2+ 790GX motherboard that uses more affordable DDR2 memory? We give you the lowdown on the Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H.
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Mozilla Rushing to Fix Firefox 3.5 Bugs
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 15:00:33 in category: Software News [ Print ]
By: Nicholas Kolakowski @ eWeek
Mozilla will rush out a patch to its Firefox 3.5 browser to correct a number of bugs that users have cited as causing them issues. The patch, if it proceeds on schedule, will be released later in July.
The patched version will be named Firefox 3.5.1 and include a fix to the browser’s JavaScript engine, TraceMonkey, and another to how the browser runs in Windows XP. Mozilla has scheduled a Firefox BugDay for its community to tackle "major 3.5 bugs" on July 7.
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Review: GMC G-50 Case
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 14:41:11 in category: General System Component News [ Print ]
By Grace @ DriverHeaven
GMC are a Korean manufacturer who focus almost entirely on the design and production of HTPC cases. We have reviewed many HTPC and tower cases from them in the past, most of which we found to be high quality and competitive products. Today we will take a look at one of their more basic models, the G-50. The G-50 is a standard ATX midi tower case, designed to offer a classy appearance at the best possible price.
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Just Announced Hardware for July 3, 2009
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-03 14:28:17 in category: Hardware News [ Print ]
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 independent news source.
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ArmA II Review
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 18:39:48 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
Proving that a game can be both brilliant and awful all at the same time.
By Steve Butts, IGN
There's something about ArmA II and games of its sort that is at once exhilarating and exasperating. On the one hand, you have the undeniable thrill of rummaging through the toybox of the world's military forces, playing with everything from 9mm pistols to VTOL jets on a massive, dynamic battlefield with plenty of players on either side of the conflict. On the other hand, the sheer number of systems and behaviors that must be modeled to make it all work are at best frustratingly complicated and at worst totally unreliable. ArmA II excels in both areas, delivering a battlefield experience that's as thorough and comprehensive as we've ever seen, while crushing the player's enthusiasm with a cumbersome interface and inconsistent scripting system.
With that in mind, it's honestly hard for me to render a solid recommendation for or against this title. Do the profound positives and maddening negatives merely cancel each other out, leaving us with a game that's merely average? A lot depends on what you expect from the game and what types of dynamic encounters you're looking for.
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America's Army 3 Review
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 18:36:14 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
You're in the Army now, and loving it.
By Jason Ocampo, IGN
It was on July 4, 2002, that the US Army released the original version of America's Army, its free, multiplayer first-person shooter designed to be both a recruiting and public relations tool. While you can't fault the Army for wanting to launch the game on the nation's birthday, in retrospect it might not have been the wisest thing to do. With most of the gamers in America having the day off, demand on the Army's servers was crippling, and there were the inevitable teething issues as well. It took days, if not weeks, for the Army to finally sort things out, but America's Army eventually proved to be a major success.
It's funny how we're back here again, seven years later. The Army has issued a major new revision called America's Army 3, but this time it launched it on June 17. However, again, strong demand and technical issues managed to overwhelm the servers, and it wasn't until a couple of weeks and some patches later that the game is finally in a reliable, playable state. And while there are still certainly lingering bugs that need to be squashed, this new America's Army is a remarkably compelling and authentic team-based game.
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BioShock 2 Promotional Record Hints at Plot
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 18:29:09 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
A message from Rapture is hidden within the grooves of a vinyl record.
By Samuel Claiborn, IGN
Yesterday we received copies of a 7" vinyl record from "Rapture Records." The labels and sleeve featured the familiar art deco typeface of "BioShock" but contain no information beyond that. Thankfully, certain members of our staff live firmly in the past and we've now listened to and transcribed the contents of the wax disc. As may be expected, clues to the upcoming game are hidden within the grooves.
Side A features a corny, Wagnerian propaganda tune, praising Rapture, the fictional undersea setting of the "BioShock" series. Side B starts out with the same tune, but after the first verse it slows to a halt and a young girl's voice (a Little Sister?) says, "Daddy, where are you daddy? Are you going to come and find me?" After this, the song resumes.
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Judge approves Midway sale to Warner Bros.
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 18:25:22 in category: Game News [ Print ]
Mortal Kombat maker cleared to emerge from bankruptcy thanks to $33 million acquisition offer.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Midway Games is just about ready to turn the final page on its Chapter 11 saga: a Delaware bankruptcy court judge yesterday approved the company's proposed $33 million sale to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The sale should close in short order, as the judge waived a standard 10-day waiting provision in such cases, saying "time is of the essence."
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Empire: Total War & More Steam Patches
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 18:04:08 in category: Strategy and Wargaming News [ Print ]
Source: Blue's News
Three new automatic updates are available when you start Steam. There's a new Steam client update that adds D3D9Ex support for the in-game overlay for "ArmA II" and addresses some bugs. There's also a new "Source SDK Update" that fixes three bugs with the "Hammer" editor. Finally a new "Empire: Total War Update" fixes two bugs in The Creative Assembly's RTS sequel, one that could crash Land Battles when grouping/ungrouping, and one that could make for invisible deployable defenses in the Grand Campaign.
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Left 4 Dead DLC Announcement Soon
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 17:40:12 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
Source: Computer and Video Games
Valve's Doug Lombardi has told CVG that we should expect a Left 4 Dead DLC announcement before the end of the summer for both PC and 360.
At a recent press event that took place in London earlier today, Lombardi told us, "We plan to keep supporting Left 4 Dead 1. There will be some announcements coming before summer's out about what's coming there, and then we haven't shown everything that's in Left 4 Dead 2 yet."
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Ironclads: High Sea Gameplay Video
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 17:31:41 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games today has posted on its website the first gameplay video from Ironclads: High Sea, a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. You can view the thirty-six second "Flash" video HERE.
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Ubisoft Announces Heroes over Europe
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 17:16:30 in category: Flight Action [ Print ]
Today Ubisoft announced it will be publishing Heroes Over Europe, a flight action combat game designed for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows-based PC. The sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, the World War II flight combat game, Heroes Over Europe builds on the game's impressive legacy with intense dogfights, a highly detailed realistic visual presentation and even more online options.
"We are pleased to be bringing Heroes Over Europe to retailers worldwide,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Ubisoft. "The action-packed gameplay and realistic imagery in Heroes Over Europe will help bring some of history's most exciting air battles to life for an experience that gamers will enjoy.”
Click here for press release and screenshots. (Hosted by GamingNexus)
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ARMA II Australian Release Date Announced
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 17:02:15 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
505 Games, in conjunction with All Interactive Entertainment, are proud to announce the that the highly anticipated military simulation exclusive to PC, ARMA II, will be released into the Australian market on Thursday 16 July 2009.
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Two Battlestations: Pacific DLC Packs - One Available Today
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 16:56:05 in category: Action/Action Strategy News [ Print ]
Thanks Blue's News
Eidos Interactive announces the release a new pack for Battlestations: Pacific via Windows LIVE and Xbox LIVE today, with another pack planned for release on 23.
Today's new pack is called the "Mustang Pack", which adds six new units, including the P-51 Mustang (the Cadillac of the skies!) and the theoretical Super Yamato Class battleship, as well as 18 pieces of nose art. The new pack will set you back 160 points on the Windows LIVE or Xbox LIVE marketplaces. The other pack is called "The Carrier Battles Map Pack", which is planned for release on July 23 for 800 points. Here is how that's described:
"The Carrier Battles Map Pack gives gamers four new maps, playable across all five multiplayer modes. Take part in a clash of carriers at Midway, do battle at dawn in the mist of the Philippine Islands, experience the fury of Kamikaze attacks in the rocky islands of the Leyte Gulf and take control of your forces amongst the mountain peaks and glacial waters of the icy Aleutian Islands." More information and screenshots from the "Mustang Pack" is available via the official Battlestations: Pacific News Page.
Finally, the release of the promised "Volcano" map pack looks like it is now available.
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ARMA II: Basic Controls Developer Diary
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 16:27:16 in category: First-Person Shooter News [ Print ]
Bohemia Interactive releases an introduction to basic controls for ARMA II PC
Bohemia Interactive, creators of award winning military simulator games "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis" and "ArmA: Combat Operations" and IDEA Games announced today the release of the first of a series of video diaries for ARMA II: this one focused on the game's basic controls.
As part of a continuous commitment to ARMA II's dedicated fan community, Bohemia Interactive has created a series of developer diaries to be published online, starting July 1st. Jan Prazak Bohemia's PR manager explains the basic controls of ARMA II, shown using comprehensive video footage captured in-game.
"Our games can be mistakenly understood as difficult to play in terms of game mechanics and control if the player isn't properly introduced to these functions up front," said Jan Prazak. "Our intention is to explain the default settings and introduce the more casual player to the game mechanics of ARMA II. The main goal of these videos is to reveal the depth of the game and describe in an easy-to-understand way how fun it really is to play ARMA II and enjoy one of the most sophisticated military simulator on market."
Watch the video at the official ARMA II WEBSITE (09:11)
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Waledac Worm Targeting July 4 Spam Offensive
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 15:45:19 in category: Virus/Spam/Security News [ Print ]
By Elinor Mills @ CNET News
The Waledac worm is gearing up for a spam campaign related to the July 4 holiday, a security researcher warned on Thursday.
Researchers analyzing the code of the worm, which has been deploying updates to previously compromised PCs, have discovered that at least 18 domain names have been registered related to fireworks and Independence Day that will be used to trick people into visiting a malicious Web site, said Pierre-Marc Bureau, a senior researcher at antivirus vendor ESET.
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Just Announced Hardware for July 2, 2009
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 15:34:29 in category: Hardware News [ Print ]
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 independent news source.
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