Month: July 2019

Tripwire Interactive is Set for Fun in the Sun with Latest Toy Soldier-themed DLC for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Tripwire Interactive, Antimatter Games, and the Green Army Men Team released Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – Green Army Men Beach Party today, the latest DLC for the award-winning and critically acclaimed first-person shooter. Available now on Steam, players can look forward to taking part in the gritty and strategic 64-player matches Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is famous for with a twist in this brand-new DLC, filled with all the army-green plastic this summer can handle.

Watch the Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – Green Army Men Beach Party Trailer HERE.

To celebrate the release of the new update Tripwire is kicking off a Free Week and sale on Steam that starts later today and runs until 10AM PDT on Tuesday July 16th – Don’t miss this opportunity to play for free and pick up the game at a low price!

After the success of the Christmas Green Army Men seasonal event, Tripwire Interactive, Antimatter Games, and the Green Army Men Mod team agreed to make the Green Army Men mod easily available to all Rising Storm 2: Vietnam players. The result is Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – Green Army Men Beach Party, a DLC add-on, completely complied and easily activated from within the main game.

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam players will beat the heat in this figurine beach bash with vehicles, supporting artillery, mortars, and rockets all turned into toys. The Green Army Men Beach Party DLC also removes fall damage, in order to create a more realistic experience, and includes multiple classes with over 12 weapons. Players can keep it cool on four maps: Beach Party, Backyard, Pool Party, and the returning Green Army Men Christmas map! Fight through sandcastles, building blocks, baseball bats, barbeques and more, all while avoiding getting melted by the enemy team.

All Rising Storm 2: Vietnam players can play Green Army Men Beach Party for free as the Rifleman class. If players want to unlock more classes and support the development team, there is the option to buy the Green Army Men Upgrade, which unlocks all the other classes for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – Green Army Men Beach Party.

As a way to support the modding community and grassroots game development that helped Tripwire Interactive’s founding members get their start in the industry, all revenue from the Green Army Men Upgrade purchases is shared with the Green Army Men mod team to support their valuable efforts and accomplishment, building high-quality content in their spare time.

Available now on PC, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is the sequel to Rising Storm, PC Gamer magazine’s 2013 ‘Multiplayer Game of the Year,’ published by Tripwire Interactive and developed by Antimatter Games. Command your team to victory in massive 64-player battles with authentic weapons, aircraft, and maps that pit conventional military forces against guerrilla forces.

To stay up-to-date on the latest for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, please visit the official website.

On July 7th AMD launched its first AM4 processors based on 7nm Zen2 architecture. Built on power-efficient 7nm-based processors, the new 3rd Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors enable ultimate performance, power efficiency, and core counts across single-thread and multi-thread workloads. There are a number of reviews now available, showcasing the new Ryzen 3000 series of processors. Click on the links below to check out AMD’s latest Intel fighters.

• ANANDTECH
• HOT HARDWARE
• ETEKNIX (VIDEO REVIEW)
• GURU3D
• BIT-TECH
• HEXUS
• KITGURU
• PC PERSPECTIVE
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• TECHPOWERUP!

Many of NVIDIA’S add-in-board (AIB) partners have released their custom GeForce RTX 2070 & 2060 SUPER Graphics Cards. So with that, we have a gathered up a number of reviews on the new cards from ASUS, GIGABYTE and MSI, just to name a few. So click on the links below to find out what these new new custom cards have to offer.

• BIT-TECH
• TECHPOWERUP! (MULTIPLE REVIEWS)
• GURU3D (MULTIPLE REVIEWS)
• HEXUS
• KITGURU
• TWEAKTOWN

AMD has launched the new RDNA-based Navi Radeon RX 5700 series of graphics cards. The Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 are priced at $399 and $349 USD respectively. The new series is based on 7nm architecture, featuring PCIe 4.0 support and GDDR6 memory technology. The reviews we have linked below for you are for the reference models only. AMD’s add-in-board (AIB) partners will have their custom designs available, reportedly by mid-August.

• HARDWARE CANUCKS (VIDEO REVIEW)
• GURU3D
• ETEKNIX (VIDEO REVIEW)
• HOT HARDWARE
• ANANDTECH
• LEGIT REVIEWS
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• THE TECH REPORT
• HEXUS
• BJORN3D

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.

• AMD Unleashes Ultimate PC Gaming Platform with Worldwide Availability of AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics Cards and AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Desktop
• ASRock Launches Radeon RX 5700 Performance Gaming GPU Series
• GIGABYTE Unveils Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics Cards
• PowerColor Announces RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT Graphics Cards
• Sapphire Announces its Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 Reference Graphics Cards
• G.SKILL Announces Trident Z Neo DDR4 Memory Series for AMD Ryzen 3000 & X570 Platform
• Custom Radeon RX 5700-series Only by Mid-August: AMD
• EK Water Block Announces EK-Vector Blocks Engineered for AMD Navi GPUs
• EK Releasing EK-CryoFuel Dye Pack – Create Your Perfect Coolant
• GALAX Announces HOF Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD: Up to 5 GB/s
• ADATA Announces the Ultimate SU650 M.2 2280 SATA SSD
• Cooler Master is Introducing the MasterCase H100

Order of Battle Goes East!

Matrix Games announces its latest expansion for Order of Battle: World War II, Order of Battle: Red Star. This new DLC puts the player in charge of the Soviet army for the first time.

Red Star covers the battles of the Red Army in the years 1938-41.

The game starts with the Battle of Lake Khasan (July 29, 1938 – August 11, 1938), the attempted military incursion by the Japanese from Manchukuo, into territory claimed by the Soviet Union. It continues with the conflict of Khalkhin Gol, the decisive battle of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War. Repel the Japanese and expel them from Mongolia!

Then, get transferred to Europe and participate in the Soviet invasion of Poland (as result of the so-called non-aggression pact with Germany). and win the Finnish forces moving your steps in the gelid Winter War!

The last stage of the DLC from summer 1941 deals with the German invasion of the USSR and ends with the battle of Moscow in Dec. 1941.

This expansion is the first of a planned trilogy covering the full extent of WWII from the Soviet point of view. Much like in the Weltkrieg trilogy you will be able to carry over your forces from one campaign to the next, so expect to be able to continue the fight!

Order of Battle: Red Star is due to release this summer on PC, Mac and Steam. We are currently looking for beta testers willing to provide us with feedback and criticism on the new campaign. If you would like to take part in it, please sign up here!

Source: Blue’s News

The Total War Blog announces that mod support has arrived for Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, the latest installment in Creative Assembly’s strategy series. The Assembly Kit and Steam Workshop support are now available, and they have word on some improvements they’ve made to some of the tools in the kit. Here are the details:

We know that modding is an important part of the Total War community, and so we’re happy to officially announce the release of the Assembly Kit and Steam Workshop support for Total War: THREE KINGDOMS.

I’M NOT A MODDER – WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
This means you can expect to see a wide variety of Total War: THREE KINGDOMS mods including unit reskins, balance tweaks, new battle maps, scripted mods, new UI elements, new events, new characters, and much more.

You’ll be able to find these on the Steam Workshop, much like you would for other titles such as Total War: WARHAMMER II or Total War: ROME II. Simply find the mod you like, subscribe to it, and check it’s loaded in the launcher’s mod manager next time you launch the game.

KNOWN ISSUES
There are currently some unexpected issues when downloading custom battle maps through multiplayer lobbies. On occasion, acquiring a map this way can cause the game to become temporarily unresponsive, and may additionally place players in separate lobbies. There is also a crash that can occur when loading a replay after quitting a game on a map acquired through the lobby.

While we are working on a fix, we recommend you acquire maps from the Steam Workshop before attempting multiplayer battles that use them.

AND FOR THE MODDERS?
First and foremost, the modding process will largely remain the same as in previous titles.

As such, if you want to take a dive into modding THREE KINGDOMS we recommend you take a look at some of the guides out there for ROME II onwards to get you ready for release on Thursday the 4th of July.

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.

• ASRock Officially Launches X570 Series Motherboards
• Bitspower Launches Bitspower Brizo VGA Water Block for AMD Radeon VII
• AOC Offers AG251FZ2 and AG271FZ2 Agon Gaming Monitors with 240Hz Refresh Rate
• X2 Rolls Out the CoolStorm T402B Spider Red CPU Cooler
• Manli Announces its GeForce RTX Super Series
• GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Cards Revealed
• Cooler Master Releases SK Series Limited White Edition Keyboards
• AMD to Slash Radeon RX 5700 “Navi” Series Prices Ahead of Launch: $399 & $349
• Sharkoon Announces the ELITE SHARK CA200 Full Tower Cases
• AMD Explains How Precision Boost Overdrive Works on Zen 2 CPUs (VIDEO)

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.

• NVIDIA Introduces the GeForce RTX SUPER Graphics Cards
• MSI Announces New GeForce RTX 2060/2070/2080 SUPER Series Graphics Cards
• GIGABYTE Unveils GeForce RTX 20 SUPER Series Graphics Cards
• EVGA Reveals its NVIDIA RTX Series Graphics Cards
• ZOTAC Announces its GeForce RTX SUPER Lineup
• INNO3D Introduces New GeForce RTX SUPER Series Graphics Cards
• COLORFUL Goes SUPER with New Line up of GEFORCE RTX SUPER Graphics Cards
• Palit Introduces the Reinvented GeForce RTX SUPER Series Graphics Cards
• ASUS Announces ROG Strix, ASUS Dual EVO, and ASUS Turbo EVO GeForce RTX 20 SUPER Series
• Intel Puts Out More Official-looking Renders of the Xe Graphics Card
• Sabrent Puts up Rocket PCIe 4.0 SSD for Order: 1TB for $230
• Noblechairs Outs EPIC Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Edition Gaming Chair
• Thermaltake Announces H Series Cases with Tempered Glass

NVIDIA announced today it has launched the new GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER graphics card family, claiming that these new cards deliverer best-in-class gaming performance and real time ray tracing for today’s and next-generation games. The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, and GeForce RTX 2060 Super are priced at $699, $499, and $399 respectively. The 2070 Super and 2060 Super will be released on July 9th. The 2080 Super has a release date of July 23rd. A number of GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition reviews are now available. Click on the links below to learn all about these two latest graphics cards from NVIDIA.

• HOT HARDWARE
• ANANDTECH
• GURU3D
• HARDWARE CANUCKS (VIDEO REVIEW)
• HEXUS
• PC PERSPECTIVE
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• KITGURU (VIDEO REVIEW)
• OC3D
• TECHPOWERUP! (RTX 2060 SUPER)
• TECHPOWERUP! (RTX 2070 SUPER)