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Just Announced Hardware for 9 July 2019

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.

Hardware | Donster | July 9, 2019 |

Order of Battle: Red Star Announced

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!

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS Mod Support

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.

Strategy and Wargaming Total War: Three Kingdoms | Donster | July 5, 2019 |

Just Announced Hardware for 5 July 2019

Hardware | Donster | July 5, 2019 |

Just Announced Hardware for 2 July 2019

Hardware | Donster | July 2, 2019 |

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2060 Super Reviews

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)

Hardware Video Cards | Donster | July 2, 2019 |

World of Warships Goes Post-Apocalyptic With Its First Battle Royale Mode

Four teams of three commanders face off against each other in a savage struggle for resources

Developer and publisher Wargaming just released a new post-apocalyptic Battle Royale mode for their popular naval combat game World of Warships. Rogue Wave, a temporary battle mode set in a dark and toxic sea world is coming as part of the new 0.8.5 Update, which also introduces two new seasons of Ranked Sprint and few mechanical and cosmetic changes.

A brand new trailer for the post-apocalyptic Rogue Wave mode is available here.

In Rogue Wave, World of Warships’ new temporary Battle Royale mode, players will face off in four teams of three over resources in the flooded ruins of a sunken city, adding the ability for more than two teams to battle for the first time to World of Warships. Players will start with no consumable items, and will have to navigate a world on the brink of collapse with nothing but their ship and her armaments to defend themselves from other players. Other players aren’t the only threat, however, as throughout the match a wall of Wild Fire will steadily engulf the battlefield, pushing players closer and closer together, lest they get caught in the Fire and quickly lose HP.

Rogue Wave features three new ship classes specifically designed for the mode. The Octopus gathers ships armed with powerful torpedoes and low detectability, though featuring automated main batteries. The Moray Eel is comprised of highly maneuverable ships, designed for aggressive close quarter brawls, whereas the ships belonging to the Barracuda class are formidable vessels focusing on speed and powerful main battery guns.

Alongside Rogue Wave’s temporary Battle Royale mode, 0.8.5 introduces four Directives featuring ten missions each. Accomplishing these missions will enable players to earn Fuel Tokens and various other in-game items. Fuel Tokens can then be spent in the Armory on exclusive consumable post-apocalyptic camouflage, credits, Premium Account time and even a new Premium ship, the Benham – a Tier IX American destroyer, equipped with 16 torpedoes – a record for this Tier – and featuring unique post-apocalyptic camouflage as well as a new commander.

Additionally, the 0.8.5 update will introduce two new seasons of Ranked Sprints, where players will compete in 6v6 battles, while controlling Tier VII ships. Season 5 battles will be played in Domination mode, whereas Season 6 will feature Epicenter mode.

This update will also include Clan Brawl – a series of battles where clans will fight against one another over a single day for Steel and other valuable items, as well as a host of improvements and modifications, including new mechanics for damage inflicted to ships and shell penetration, a reworked minimap which now displays only the necessary information and much more.

Further details on the update 0.8.5. are available here and can be seen in the dev diary video here.

Head over to the official World of Warships website now to sign up for World of Warships for free!

MMORPGs World of Warships | Donster | June 27, 2019 |

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown DLC Package #2 Fueled and Ready for Deployment

Ace Combat fans, your mission parameters have been updated and you are requested to rendezvous at the PlayStation™ Store, Microsoft® Store or on STEAM® to download a new addition to your aircraft fleet in the form of the ADF-01 FALKEN aircraft (which can utilize TLS, 4AAM and FAEB special weapons), Su-30M2 Sol skin and four new emblems including the Wardog emblem, Aces of Razgriz emblem, Ghosts of Razgriz emblem and the Scarface emblem. The Ace Combat franchise has always presented cutting-edge aircraft and weaponry, and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown continues this tradition with today’s DLC #2 package.

Adjust your heading to this YouTube link to see the contents of DLC #2 in action.

More Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown DLC will be deploying in the near future; we’ll keep you apprised of the latest intel around their arrival.

To find out more about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, head over to the games official website.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Combat Flight Sim | Donster | June 27, 2019 |

Just Announced Hardware for 27 June 2019

Hardware | Donster | June 27, 2019 |

Steel Division 2 Review

By Ian Boudreau @ Wargamer

Up near the Korean DMZ there’s a place called Rodriguez Range. If you make the trek up the hill to the control tower, you can almost see the whole thing. Tank gunnery lanes stretch out for miles before you, curving around rugged mountains and eventually disappearing in the misty distance. Abrams tank crews qualify on this range, firing at targets five kilometers from their position, and seeing it from such a height, but still so close, provides a fleeting glimpse at the sheer geographic scale of war.

Steel Division 2 aims to provide an even larger and better perspective on war, and I’ll be damned if it doesn’t almost pull it off.

Read on…

Steel Division 2 Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | June 25, 2019 |