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.

• GIGABYTE Announces World’s First Intel Thunderbolt 3 Certified X99 Motherboard
• ASUS Announces MG248Q, MG28UQ and MG24UQ Gaming Monitors
• BenQ Announces the ZOWIE FK1+ Gaming Mouse
• Phanteks Unveils Power Combo Dual-PSU Accessory
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Spatha MMO Gaming Mouse
• ASRock Z170M OC Formula the Only Motherboard to Support G.Skill DDR4-4333 Memory
• Thermaltake Reveals the TT Premium Core WP200 and W200 Super-Tower Chassis
• Razer Introduces the ManO’War Wireless Gaming Headset
• Intel Unveils SSD 5 Series Mainstream Solid State Drives
• Plextor Unveils the M6S Plus Series SSD
• NVIDIA Readies Three Pascal GP104 GPUs
• AMD Radeon R9 480 and Radeon R9 470 Series Detailed

By Christian Vaz @ GameWatcher

If you had told Sniper Elite developers, Rebellion, back in 2005 that their franchise would go on to sell over ten million copies by 2016, they’d have probably laughed in your face. Today, the Sniper Elite franchise has become the go-to sniper game for casual and hardcore audiences alike.

We were given the opportunity to chat with Tim Jones, Head of Creative at Rebellion, about its upcoming game, Sniper Elite 4. He sheds some light on the new addition to the Sniper Elite series and gives us an insight on the series as a whole.

Read on…

Update 0.15 Adding Tier 10 Vehicles, New Maps and Much More

Developer Obsidian Entertainment and global publisher My.com are delighted to announce Update 0.15 will be bringing the first Tier 10 vehicles for Armored Warfare. Command the Challenger 2B Main Battle Tank, or outrun and outsmart your enemies in the SPHINX Armored Fighting vehicle. All of these six vehicles are cutting edge prototypes and concepts that might appear in service in the upcoming decade[S1] , but will be coming to Armored Warfare very soon.

Check out the Tier 10 tanks preview here.

Features introduced with Update 0.15:

• oT-14 Armata (Main Battle Tank)
• oPL-01 (Light Tank)
• oLeopard 2A7-140 (Main Battle Tank)
• oSPHINX (Armored Fighting Vehicle)
• oXM1A3 (Main Battle Tank)
• Challenger 2B (Main Battle Tank)
• Operations, Prometheus, and Meltdown will bring new challenges for players teaming up in Armored Warfare’s co-operative gameplay mode.
• A revised User Interface based upon player feedback will enable players to efficiently filter which vehicles are shown among other enhancements.

Read the full preview on more upcoming features here.

You can download the game for free and get more information at the official Armored Warfare website.

Source: Blue’s News

The Zetsubou No Shima trailer shows off the zombie chapter of the new Eclipse DLC that’s launching next week for Call of Duty: Black Ops III for PS4 and next month on other platforms. Here’s word:

“Following the events of Der Eisendrache, the Origins heroes find themselves stranded on a remote Pacific island, home to a secret biological research lab experimenting with Element 115. Players will face new terrifying enemies, devastating traps, and classic Zombies side quests to enhance the Origins narrative.”

Battlestate games, developers of Escape from Tarkov, have revealed new details about the game’s in-game skill system, skill upgrades and skills’ influence on gameplay, which are detailed below.

Escape from Tarkov features five skill categories, and each skill upgrade is repetition-based: the more a character performs a certain action – the better he becomes at it. In short, a player’s actions directly influence their character by upgrading the most essential and frequently used skills.

The skill system in Escape from Tarkov is designed to be a bit different from everything what you may have seen so far in the majority of RPG projects, and moreover, it is designed so that it does not interfere with the core gameplay.

In the skills interface, each skill icon features a small colored letter – and all of them have their own meaning.

The digits at the bottom of a skill icon reflect skill level and progress.

So how does a skill upgrade occur? It’s fairly simple – skill upgrades are repetition-based, and, by performing any action, you are gradually upgrading the respective skill or skills, thus making consecutive performance better, quicker and more accurate.

As a result, your character will only improve in the skills that you use during gameplay.

Additionally, on every experience level gained, you will be granted an opportunity to level up one skill at your own discretion.

Click here for more in-game skill system details.

More info on Escape from Tarkov can be found at the game’s official website.

Source: UbiBlog

Incursions, the first of two free updates for The Division, is now available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. This new 1.1 update adds several new features to the game – the most notable being the Falcon Lost incursion. This new area within the game pits Division Agents against wave after wave of LMB soldiers who guard an important water treatment facility. Also arriving with the Incursions update are Dark Zone supply drops (that contain uncontaminated gear) and assignments, which give players rewards for completing a series of designated tasks that change periodically. In addition to these activities, players will have access to player trading and new gear sets with all-new perks and bonuses. Watch the Tom Clancy’s The Division Update 1.1 trailer here.

Today also marks the arrival of Operation ISAC. Every Tuesday, players will get in-game missions from Simon – a technician in charge of the only ISAC system node in New York City. Completing these missions will give rewards. Watch the Operation ISAC trailer here.

For a full rundown on what’s included in the Incursions update you can check out this story here.

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa is coming to Steam very soon. This award-winning wargame, considered as one of the best games around by both players and press, can appear very intimidating to newcomers. It’s not really something you would consider as an introductory game for novices.

We have asked YouTuber and avid tactical wargamer Idjester to try and explain the game from the point of view of someone who never got to face a complex operational wargame.

“What I am trying to accomplish with this video series is to give players an idea of the game concepts and understand to core mechanics behind the gameplay, once you understand these important parts you will be able to dive into Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa very easily”

In the first video you will see the start of the German campaign and the initial key strategic decisions that set the tone of the overall gameplay features. Becoming a master is only a few hexes away.

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa is a wargame simulating the German Invasion of the Soviet Russia. Alongside more “traditional” elements (like the map divided in hexes, turn based system, etc.), the innovative “Human” Factor feature adds a new layer of depth to the strategic decisions, making you feel the importance to deal with superiors and subordinates for the achievement of the war objectives!

Coming to Steam on April, 28th

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

We review the Z170A Gaming PRO CARBON from the MSI Gaming PRO Series motherboards. Armed with a competitive and affordable price at €150/$170,- this motherboard has refined looks, an RGB LED lighting system and next to that, this is Z170 meaning it is fast, feature rich and tweakable as well. A motherboard that offers features plentiful to provide your Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Skylake processor the full infrastructure is needs for a delicious gaming PC. Dressed in black and with added benefits like USB 3.1, M.2. slot and DDR4 support the product will offer a lot of value for your money.

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.

• Corsair Releases the Carbide SPEC-ALPHA Mid-Tower ATX Case
• G.SKILL Announces DDR4-3600MHz CL15-15-15 16GB(8GBx2) Low-Latency Memory Kit
• Corsair Extends Select PSU Warranties From 7 Years To 10 To Compete With EVGA
• Spire Announces the Pearl Series Power Supplies
• BitFenix Announces the Alchemy 2.0 Sleeving Components & Modular Cables
• SteelSeries Apex M500, the Mechanical Keyboard For eSports Now Available
• Lian Li Announces the PC-J60 Case with Cable Management Compartment
• DEEPCOOL Launches Upgraded CPU Liquid Cooler CAPTAIN EX Series
• Major BIOS Updates Allow ASRock X99 Motherboards to Support Intel Broadwell-E
• Thrustmaster TMX Force Feedback-racewheel for Xbox One and Windows
• Samsung Curved Monitor Sales Pass 1 Million Units
• NVIDIA Pascal Graphics Card to Launch at Computex 2016
• Team Group Announces Zinc Alloy Body USB 3.0 Flash Drives
• Kingston Ships Management Ready, Hardware-Encrypted USB Flash Drives

Join in on Amazing Events And Earn Free Tanks

Developer Obsidian Entertainment and global publisher My.com invite players to join the festivities in Armored Warfare. Running from April 6 – 30 Panzerfest will introduce events and gifts for current and aspiring tank Commanders alike. Panzerfest is the festival name for three separately named activities running during April:

• Brand-new tank commanders, who enlist during this period, will receive a free Leopard 1 tank and premium time upon entering the game.
• Existing and new players can earn 1 million credits, premium time, and the Leopard 2AV ICE edition for successfully playing the game.
• Join your favorite German faction and earn rewards by helping your selected faction to victory!

Watch the the Panzerfest video here.

Visit the Panzerfest event page for more information.

You can download the game for free and get more information at the official Armored Warfare website.