Armored Warfare Treats Players to First Look at Upcoming Expansion; Also Announces Title Availability on Steam Marketplace Beginning Nov. 10

My.com, developer and global publisher of Armored Warfare revealed today a first look at its next great expansion – Art of War which release later this year. Featuring a brand-new map set in the rural parts of South China, the update introduces new Chinese vehicles, improved graphics and community requested enhancements. In addition of the update, My.com is proud to announce that the popular tank combat MMO will roll out onto the Steam marketplace on Nov. 10; allowing the Steam community the opportunity to download and experience its intense brand of tank action firsthand!

Art of War will also include exciting new enhancements designed to challenge even the most seasoned commander. The new update will include an overhaul to the Commander System, replacing the simple commander progression with a complex, sophisticated system, allowing the players to customize their commanders to best suit their gameplay style. Art of War further includes a new Global Operations version of the Waterway map for players ready for a second tour of Panama! Commanders will have the opportunity to conquer the modern battlefield when the expansion launches on the servers of Armored Warfare later this year.

Highlighted features introduced with Armored Warfare – Art of War:

• New Vehicles
• Chinese-themed Maps – PvP and PvE
• Commander System Overhaul
• New Global Operations for Waterway Map
• Improved Vehicle Graphic

New Vehicles

The Art of War expansion introduces a large portion of new vehicles – both progression and premium. The majority of the vehicles are Chinese – such as the Zhang Feng Main Battle Tank (with two new MBTs), the Tier 9 Type 99A1 and the Tier 10 Type 99A2. The new expansion will also introduce two new low-tier Czechoslovak AFVs for the Czechoslovak and Polish branch.

Chinese-themed Maps – PvP and PvE

The brand new Seven Steps map will take players to South China. The rural area of the Baise region became a battlefield between mercenaries hired to protect civilians and ruthless corporate forces. Local triads have hidden a cache of valuable intelligence along with their ill-gotten fortune somewhere in a local village. Although they were soundly defeated, their secret remains buried in the general area. Commander, take the area and destroy your opponents to begin the search for what might set your forces up for life!

To watch the Armored Warfare – Update 0.22 “Art of War” announcement trailer, and for in-depth information on the further features of Art of War, please click here.

The conflict that sees Saudi Arabia facing Iran explodes once again. One of the Iran’s marine ships returns fire after it has been attacked by a Saudi force.

While both sides refuse to take responsibility for what happened and the truth will never be known, the situation goes out of control when the Iran decides to retaliate against the Saudi Arabia for its behaviour.

Both nations’ weaponry, military and navy forces have advanced considerably during the last few years, and both sides’ objectives are clear: to strike at the enemy’s economic heart, the oil infrastructures.

The rest of the world can only stand by and watch as the war arises.

Command LIVE: Black Gold Blitz is the latest expansion of the Command series that will bring you in the Middle East, for one of the bloodiest battles of modern times.

This November, the 7th you will have to choose one side and lead it to victory!

• Playable as Saudi Arabia or Iran.
• Asymmetric warfare, matching a large fleet of advanced aircraft against an enemy weaker in that field but strong in ballistic missiles and unconventional operations.
• Both offense and defense must be considered. Knowing how to balance defending your own oil infrastructure while destroying that of your enemies is essential for victory.
• Special operations that are both risky and possibly lucrative.
• A large target set consisting of everything from derricks and pipeline segments to valuable refineries.
• A wide range of playable units that range from cutting-edge aircraft such as the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-15SA to Cold War classics like the Tornado, F-4 Phantom, and F-14 Tomcat.
• Coordinate units based on the length of two gigantic countries.

Get more information about Command LIVE: Black Gold Blitz from its official product page!

By Chris Ramseyer @ Tom’s Hardware

The time is finally here. You’ve seen 3D Xpoint for the enterprise in our Intel DC P4800X review, and you’ve seen it as a fast cache for the desktop in our Optane Memory Review. But this is the form you’ve really been waiting for: A bootable 3D Xpoint SSD for the desktop. The Intel Optane 900p. Purportedly the fastest consumer SSD known to mankind. It has arrived, and it’s time for us to review what promises to be a massive generational shift in consumer storage.

Read The Review Here

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

We review the NZXT H700i Mid Tower PC chassis. A nice design chassis with tempered glass and RGB LED lighting + CAM control unit and refined features with the ability to hide your components inside the chassis. NZXT has been around for years, building an ongoing reputation with mostly their controversial chassis designs. It all really started with the Guardian chassis years ago and have ever since put numerous chassis designs out on the market. Rising from the ashes of their crafted series is the Phantom 630 full tower chassis, absolutely impressive in many ways as the design is simply great, the features are grand and then the extras still need to kick in. What about a digital fan controller connected to a plethora of pre-equipped fans?

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.

• Akasa Intros Venom R10 and Venom R20 AIO Liquid CPU Coolers
• MSI Unveils Infinite X Gaming Desktop PC
• KFA2 Intros GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White Graphics Card
• Cooler Master Reveals Their Vibrant RGB Hard Gaming Mousepad
• SteelSeries Offers Tenkeyless Version of its APEX M750 Mechanical Keyboard
• NETGEAR Launches Two Gorgeous Ethernet Switches for Your Home or Office
• Two New BenQ Zowie Mice: EC1-B And EC2-B
• ASUS Presents ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Assassin’s Creed Origins Edition
• EK Water Blocks Launching Fitting Multipacks in Various Colors
• DOCSIS 3.1 Makes 10 Gbps Downstream & 1 Gbps Upstream Speeds a Reality
• I-O Data LCD-MQ241XDB 23.8-Inch WQHD Monitor Launched
• MSI Intros TXE 3.0 Security Update for Intel 100, 200, and 300-series Chipset

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD released the latest version of its Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition drivers. Version 17.10.3 fixes two major issues that are affecting RX Vega graphics card owners in particular. The problem with The Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus game client crashing or hanging upon launch has been fixed. So does the other issue involving the Destiny 2 client’s instability when the user is playing the sixth mission on the single player campaign.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.3 drivers here.

With Call of Duty: WWII set for release on November 3rd, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software have announced updated specifications on PC, and numerous key updates after the open beta period. And remember that the Call of Duty: WWII Pre-Download has already started on Steam.

Here are a few of the key updates:

• Anti-Cheating &Hacking: As previously posted, for the Beta, we did not publish our full suite of anti-cheat and anti-hack measures. We’ve strengthened these systems for launch and are now ready to deploy with the release of the game. Please also be aware that we will actively ban starting on Day 1. It’s of the utmost importance to us that everyone has a level playing field to enjoy the fun. If you spot anything that looks malicious or suspicious, please let us know.
• Performance: Since the Beta, we’ve continued to improve settings to better match various video cards. In addition, we’ve implemented a warning detection if users appear to exceed their video memory. We’ve made great improvements to the video options in the last month, and are excited for players to see for themselves at launch.

Call of Duty: WWII PC Recommended Spec:

• OS: Windows 10
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X, or equivalent
• RAM: 12 GB RAM
• HDD: 90 GB HD space
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11.0 compatible video card, or equivalent
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Call of Duty: WWII PC Minimum Spec:

• OS: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
• CPU: Intel Core i3 3225, AMD Ryzen R5 1400, or equivalent
• RAM: 8 GB RAM
• HDD: 90 GB HD space
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB or GeForce GTX 1050, or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11.0 compatible video card, or equivalent
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Click here for the complete list of changes.

Carentan, one of the most beloved Call of Duty Multiplayer maps, makes its return in Call of Duty: WWII. Fight through destroyed buildings and fortified streets of this war-torn French town in an all-out battle for a strategic German stronghold. Available Day 1 for Season Pass and Digital Deluxe Edition owners.

You can view the trailer HERE.

Call of Duty: WWII is available on 3rd November. Pre-order Call of Duty: WWII on disc or digital download today at the games official website.

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released GeForce 388.13 WHQL software. These drivers are game-ready for the week’s hottest AAA game releases, “Call of Duty: WWII,” “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus,” and “Need for Speed: Payback.” This includes performance optimization, and GeForce Experience optimal settings. The drivers also add official support for the new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti graphics card, which makes its market debut on the 2nd of November.

The drivers also address a few bugs, including a rare issue with secondary displays blanking out on some systems, “Yellow bang appearing by the graphics entry in Device Manager,” and momentary display corruption on notebooks with hybrid GPUs, in which the display is switching between the CPU-integrated and NVIDIA discrete GPUs.

You can download the new GeForce 388.13 WHQL Game Ready Graphics Drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced that Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by the award-winning team at MachineGames, is available now for the Xbox One, PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and PC. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus rockets the action and chaos of the Wolfenstein franchise to new heights. As BJ “Terror-Billy” Blazkowicz, players must unite a rag-tag group of resistance fighters all striving toward one common goal: kicking Nazis out of America. The Windows version is now available on Steam.

“The Wolfenstein franchise is all about over-the-top action, combat and storytelling,” said Jens Matthies, Creative Director at MachineGames. “With The New Colossus, we pushed our creative boundaries even further, and we can’t wait for players to finally experience the next chapter of this wild ride.”

Wolfenstein II sends players to Nazi-controlled America on a mission to recruit the boldest resistance leaders left. Players will fight the Nazis in iconic locations such as small-town Roswell, New Mexico, quarantined New Orleans, and a post-nuclear Manhattan. Armed with an impressive arsenal of fully upgradeable retro sci-fi weaponry, including the all-new Dieselkraftwerk, players can unleash new abilities to blast through legions of advanced Nazi soldiers and über soldiers in this definitive first-person shooter.

Also available today via the The Bethesda Store is the Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Collector’s Edition, which includes a 1/6 scale 12-inch action figure of the game’s Nazi-killin’ hero William Joseph “BJ” Blazkowicz, packaged in a premium, 1960s-style box. BJ comes fully equipped to rally the Resistance and free America, with an arsenal of accessories including four high-powered guns, a hatchet, and his bomber jacket. This limited Collector’s Edition also includes the eagerly awaited game inside an exclusive metal case, and a 9″x14″ Blitzmensch poster.