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.

• Raijintek Launches their Morpheus II Core Edition VGA Cooler
• BIOSTAR Announces Dual BIOS Feature on Racing Series Motherboards
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces the GT51CA Gaming Desktop
• Colorful Announces Retail Availability of the GTX 980 Ti iGame KUDAN.
• ASUS Announces Support for Upcoming Intel Core i7 X-Series Processors
• AMD Releases Graphics BIOS Update for R9 Nano & Fury X
• ID-COOLING ICEKIMO 120W Pure White Water Cooler Announced
• AMD May Bundle Wraith Cooler with FX-8350 and FX-6350
• Enermax Ostrog ADV Case to be Unveiled at Pax East – VIDEO
• XFX Radeon Pro Duo Pictured, Retail Price Revealed
• Thrustmaster Adds Y-350X 7.1 DOOM Edition Gaming Headset
• Razer Turret Living Room Gaming Mouse and Lapboard Released
• Samsung Presents Two New PLS Monitors
• ASUS Adds VG278HV 27-Inch 144 Hz Full HD Gaming Monitor

The developers from Battlestate Games, a Russian game studio, have released new screenshots (Hosted by Worthplaying) from their action online survival FPS/RPG, Escape from Tarkov:

We’d like to present the new set of screenshots in the vicinity of Customs Office location, featuring places that weren’t shown previously, new weapon mods, improved lighting and weather effects.

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore story-driven MMO which combines the elements of FPS/TPS and RPG. The events take place in the Russian city of Tarkov, which has been sealed of by roadblocks and sunk into the chaos of local warfare between private miltray companies. The extreme conditions combat simulator employs a number of custom system modules to create an incredibly immersive gameplay and make players feel the reality of what is happening in the game. Registration for closed beta testing is open on the official website.

Return of War Thunder Event Series of Famous Battles Until May

Gaijin Entertainment today announced that its award-winning MMO WWII online game, War Thunder, is currently running its WW2 event series. Players can take part in the recreation of more than 70 World War 2 battles which will be updated on a daily basis (at 13:00 GMT every day). The WW2 Chronicles will feature all the main theatres of operations, this year pilots and tankers will be able to receive a very special prize for completing a specific amount of daily tasks.

Players wishing to take part take part in the “WW2 Chronicles” event series can do so until May 9th. This week players can take part in battle events based on real WW2 campaigns such as the North Africa campaign,the battle for Stalingrad and the Siege of Malta. Players have the opportunity to win the following rare vehicles A34 Comet “Iron Duke” IV, a KV-2 mod. 1940, an MBR-2, Richard Bong’s P-38J and other prizes for completed challenges. Daily tasks for tankers and pilots will reward players with unique tanks and planes until the event finishes.

For more information on the WW2 Chronicles event series and for a full list of challenge requirements and prizes please visit the information page here.

For a full list of all the planned events visit click here.

To download War Thunder, please visit the official War Thunder website.

Battlefront.com is excited to share with you the newest addition to the Combat Mission series, Final Blitzkrieg!

Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg is now available for PC and Mac OS X as a Download and Download+Mail Delivery, starting at $55 (plus S&H if applicable).

Centered on the frozen battlefields of the Battle of the Bulge, Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg depicts the desperate struggles between Allied and Axis forces during the latter stages of the Western Front in 1944 and 1945.

For more information on the game and to purchase it, visit the website here.

“We have lost a battle, but I assure you that we will not lose the war! I cannot say more at the present moment, although I know the losses are crowded in your minds.” Field Marshal Walter Model, 1944

Soldiers on the Western Front! We have great news!

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West – one of the most detailed and immersive wargames which simulates World War II in Europe and in the Mediterranean – has just received a huge update, with tons of improvements and changes!

Amongst these, all regiment-sized units can now attach a support unit, the air naval interdiction system has been enhanced along with the air game and the interface (including zooming around the mouse cursor)!

The list of changes is very long so be sure to check out the entire changelog here!

You can download the patch from here.

This is an update for both War in the West and its expansion Operation Torch.

Source: Steam

Play Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege at up to 40% off the regular price!*

If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. If you don’t have Steam, you can download it here.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege invites players to master the art of destruction. Intense close quarters confrontations, high lethality, tactics, team play, and explosive action are at the center of the experience. The gameplay sets a new bar for intense firefights and expert strategy in the rich legacy of past Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six games.

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA released today its latest “Hotfix” GeForce drivers that add optimization for an unannounced game and a minor GeForce Experience-related bug. To begin with, GeForce 364.96 Hotfix driver comes with optimization (read: “support”) for DOOM: Open Beta. Don’t expect SLI support on this game’s OpenGL-based engine, though. The drivers also address a bug with GeForce Experience that caused it to not open correctly without an active Internet connection.

You can download the new GeForce 364.96 Hotfix drivers from this NVIDIA support page.

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.