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Just Announced Hardware for 29 October 2015

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 | October 29, 2015 |

Call of Duty: Black Ops III The Giant Zombies Bonus Map Gameplay Video

Source: Gamer’s Hell

The Giant is a bonus map included with the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Collector’s Editions. Pre-order and secure your copy now

Picking up the Zombies story where Origins left off, The Giant Bonus invites you to re-live the chaos of Treyarch’s classic “Der Riese” Zombies map with Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo and Richthofen. The map is set in a World War II-era research facility, complete with the weapon-upgrading Pack-a-Punch Machine, Teleporters and Hellhounds.

More game info available at the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 official website.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 First-Person Shooters | Donster | October 26, 2015 |

Pike and Shot Update 1.1.2 Released

Pike and Shot: Campaigns, the tactical wargame depicting over two centuries of struggles in Europe from The Renaissance Wars to the Sun King, receives a new patch, bringing the game to version 1.1.2!

This update improves the game in many ways, included corrections for the campaign mode and more balanced units statistics!

You can download the patch from here!

Take a look on the changelog below:

Added details to unit type description in Force Selection screen for Raise New Army in campaigns.
Added current status of individual units present to tooltips in Force display screen at start of campaign battle.
Added number of men and armour description to unit type description in Force Selection screen for skirmishes.
Allowed any non-light foot without missile weapons to charge cavalry.
Added Map Border plugin to Editor. This allows you to set all tiles outside the playable map area to black.
Mousing over enemy armies prior to hitting the Start Battle button when a battle is pending now shows the number of infantry and cavalry including any garrison/militia units that have been added. (Previously showed the uplifted point estimate, but only showed the total number of men in field army units present).
Stopped highly understrength campaign units from getting excessive damage mitigation for small unit size.
Increased musket % on Scot Highlander musketeers to 66%. (This to compensate for unintended double whammy of having their short range shooting reduced because of impact foot status).
Corrected various minor bugs.

If you wish to learn more about the game, be sure to visit the official Pike & Shot: Campaigns website.

Pike and Shot: Campaigns Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | October 26, 2015 |

Flashpoint Campaigns: Germany Reforged New Map Revealed

flashpoint-campaigns-germany-reforged A hypothetical confrontation between the Soviet Union and the West would have seen Europe as the major battlefield. Highly mobile formations supported by new arrays of technological equipment would have revolutionized the entire concept of modern war.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm – one of the best wargames simulating a Cold War conflict ever made – succeeded in recreating this conflict. Now with the Germany Reforged battle pack we are revisiting the battles of the original Flashpoint Germany release while also adding in a new mega-battle to bring you Cold War land combat at its finest!

To show the high level of realism recreated, we want to share to you a stunning and completely new map, four times larger the normal maps of Red Storm!

Take a look at this incredible picture depicting the critical area around the German city of Eiterfeld!

Historically The US 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (“Blackhorse”) was tasked to guard this terrain in the 1980′s. The Fulda and Haune rivers were the two natural obstacles to base their defence on.

Just across the border were the 3rd Border Regiment and the Soviet 8th Guards Army.

Stay tuned for further updates! Get more information about Flashpoint Campaigns: Germany Reforged from its official product page.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Germany Reforged Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | October 26, 2015 |

G.SKILL RipJaws KM780 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

By Jon Martindale @ KitGuru

G. Skill may be better known for their memory and storage products, but they are expanding their portfolio. Today we look at their new keyboard – the Ripjaws KM780 RGB. This keyboard incorporates Cherry MX mechanical switches and clear housings to deliver uniform RGB backlighting. It also packs a metal piped frame, detachable wrist rest, media keys, macro switches and a number of other fancy functions, all into a brushed aluminium frame. This is no budget product, as RGB mechanical keyboards tend to be – but can it justify the price tag?

Read The Review Here

Gaming Keyboards Hardware | Donster | October 26, 2015 |

Just Announced Hardware for 26 October 2015

Hardware | Donster | October 26, 2015 |

Just Cause 3 Has Gone Gold, Gets 360° Wingsuit Ride Video

Source: DSOGaming

Just Cause 3 is a game we’re really looking forward to. Powered by the Avalanche Engine, Just Cause 3 will most probably be as optimized as Mad Max was (with more explosions and more varied environments). And today, the founder of Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, announced that the game has gone gold.

In addition, Avalanche has released a new 4K 360° Wingsuit Ride Video for Just Cause 3.

Just Cause 3 releases on December 1st.

First-Person Shooters Just Cause 3 | Donster | October 23, 2015 |

Call of Duty: Black Ops III Launch Gameplay Trailer

The game deploys players into a future world, where bio-technology coupled with cybernetic enhancements has given rise to a new breed of Black Ops soldier

Source: Gamer’s Hell

Activision Publishing offers fresh gameplay footage from Call of Duty: Black Ops III, which is scheduled to arrive on November 6th, 2015. The game engrosses players in a dark and gritty future, where a new breed of Black Ops soldier has emerged, and the lines between humanity and military technology have been blurred. You must navigate the hot spots of a new Cold War to find your missing brothers. While much has changed, one thing remains the same: everything you know may be wrong…

Multiplayer features a new momentum-based chained movement system, allowing players to fluidly move through the environment with finesse, using controlled thrust jumps, slides and mantling. Black Ops III multiplayer also introduces the new Specialist character system, which allows players to master 9 characters’ battle-hardened weapons and abilities through a challenge-based unlock progression system.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 First-Person Shooters | Donster | October 23, 2015 |

Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations “Northern Inferno” Expansion Released

Gaze into the abyss of World War 3

The year is 1975, the Cold War is omnipresent and beneath the veneer of détente, the tension between the two superpowers irreversibly escalates towards the ultimate confrontation.

As an at-sea “accident” results in the sinking of a Royal Navy frigate and the Warsaw Pact is mobilizing, events rapidly spiral out of control. The world is plunging towards another global conflict – but this time, there will be no post-war recovery, only nuclear disaster.

Today, award-winning Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is getting a first standalone expansion called Northern Inferno. Set in a what-if WW3 context, the game offers a suspenseful campaign, featuring 15 realistic nightmare scenarios written by Paul A. Bridge, active Royal Navy officer and Falklands veteran. Fans of the series can now save the free world and repel the Soviet offensives during massive air, surface and underwater battles. Easing newcomers to the game is a full series of 7 tutorial scenarios plus a whole new series of tutorials videos by the infamous Baloogan.

A special 10% launch discount is available for a limited time period. We are also going to offer a free Steam key to anyone who bought a copy from the Matrix Games or Slitherine store, once the game is available on this digital platform!

Get more information about the game from its official product page.

Command: Northern Inferno Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | October 23, 2015 |

Pillars of Eternity Celebrates 500,000 Copies Sold

Obsidian Entertainment and Paradox Interactive today announced that Pillars of Eternity, the critically acclaimed computer role-playing game (CRPG) made possible by a record-setting crowdfunding campaign, has crossed a new milestone, and has now sold over 500,000 copies worldwide. Including fans who backed Pillars of Eternity on Kickstarter, over half a million players have purchased the game worldwide, making it one of the best-selling games on Steam this year. Pillars of Eternity has gone on to be one of the best reviewed PC games of 2015, and in addition to its two-part expansion The White March, Obsidian has plans to continue to expand upon its rich universe across several forthcoming releases.

“Every one of these milestones, from the completion of our crowdfunding campaign to the game’s release and beyond, is a surreal moment when you consider where this journey began,” said Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian Entertainment. “Pillars of Eternity has been a life-changing experience for me, and for everyone involved in its creation. Knowing that over half a million people have gotten to share in that is both flattering and humbling. I want to deeply thank all of our fans and supporters. We can’t wait to share what we’ve got next for the world of Eora.”

For more information on Pillars of Eternity, visit eternity.obsidian.net.

MMORPGs Pillars of Eternity | Donster | October 23, 2015 |