Source: Blue’s News

Activision and Treyarch announce Operation Apocalypse Z will commence tomorrow in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for PS4, bringing an onslaught of zombies to the shooter sequel. This will presumably come to PC and Xbox One in a month, and in the meantime, a new trailer accompanies the news, as do these details:

“Operation Apocalypse Z unleashes the hordes of undead in all game modes. Fans will find exciting new ways to play, including Multiplayer maps and modes that channel the Zombies legacy, a new Zombies experience, eerie changes throughout the Blackout map, and more new weapons for players to unlock and master.”

For more, there’s a roadmap of what to expect on the Treyarch Website.

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

It’s time to review some next-level M.2. NVMe shizzle, yes we review the Corsair MP600 PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD. Of course it is an SSD you can seat into any PCIe 3.0 compatible PC, however, if you place it into a Ryzen 3000 / X570 based PC, some magic happens as you are running 4000 MB/s numbers and higher, thanks to the new PCIe 4.0 interface and a little TLC from Phison, well Toshiba strictly speaking. The past few weeks has seen a lot of PCIe Gen 4.0 related announcements. Of course, the dazzling numbers from SSDs at that speed do impress. Corsair released the MP600 at roughly 25 Cents per GB and you can purchase it in a 1TB and 2TB model, the MP600 units will be available at €249,- and €449,- respectively.

Read The Review 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.

• Patriot Expands its Viper 4 Series with AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen-Optimized Models
• EK Water Blocks Introduces the EK-Torque Fittings for the Modern Enthusiast
• FSP Announces New High End Cases For All Major Form Factors
• Intel 10th Gen Core “Comet Lake” Processor Lineup Allegedly Revealed – Prices and Specs
• EK Water Blocks Covers the MSI MEG Z390 ACE With a Momentum Monoblock
• Creative Celebrates 30 Years of Sound Blaster with New AE-9 AND AE-7 Sound Cards
• MSI Drops Functions from BIOS of AMD’s 300 and 400 Series Motherboards to Support Ryzen 3000
• BIOSTAR Launches the Newest AMD Radeon RX5700XT and RX5700 Graphics Cards
• MSI X570 Motherboards Astonish the Market with Ryzen 3000 Series Processors
• AMD X570 Chipset and Motherboards Draw a Crap Load of Power (VIDEO)

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the new GeForce 431.36 WHQL software, which adds support for the new GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super graphics cards that went on sale from 9th July. The drivers also improve optimization for “Tom Clancy’s The Division 2,” “Strange Brigade,” and “Metro Exodus.” The drivers add SLI support for “F1 2019.” The drivers address the issue of performance counts appearing over the Windows 10 1903 Start menu (since the Start menu is now its own 3D-accelerated process). A “Code 43″ error that appears on Windows 1903 machines with Intel “Sandy Bridge” processors has also been fixed. Another critical bug where Windows 1903 doesn’t write a crash-dump on BSOD has been fixed.

Among the game-specific fixes are screen flickering noticed in “Grand Theft Auto V” with MSAA enabled; a game-crash experienced in “Forza 4″ when driving through tunnels; “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” may experience a TDR crash on GeForce “Pascal” GPU; and staying with this title, its internal benchmark may quit when ray-tracing is enabled.

You can download the GeForce 431.36 WHQL driver through GeForce Experience or via GeForce.com.

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!