The new NVIDIA GeForce 353.62 WHQL Game Ready drivers for Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 are now available to download from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com. Featuring launch-day support for Windows 10, tweaks and optimizations for games running on other operating systems, and new SLI profiles, our latest Game Ready driver is a recommended update for all GeForce GTX gamers. You can download the release notes in .PDF form here.
With the release of Windows 10 today, AMD has made available a minor update to its Catalyst drivers, version 15.7.1. This driver provides support for Windows 10 as well as full WDDM 2.0 and DirectX 12 support which is available on all AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) products, – AMD Radeon HD 7000 and newer graphics products. The new 15.7.1 Catalyst drivers also include a number of bug fixes. For more information, check out the release notes here.
You can download the AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 drivers 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.
- G.SKILL Conquers 4000MHz Speed Barrier and Releases New Trident Z and Ripjaws V Series DDR4 Memory
- GIGABYTE Unveils GeForce GTX 970 Twin-Turbo Graphics Card
- Mionix Unveils the CASTOR Gaming Mouse
- EK Announces CoolStream CE Series Radiators
- ASRock Unveils Gaming G10 Router – VIDEO
- COUGAR Announces 230M and 250M Gaming Mice
- AOC Reveals U3277PQU and Q3277PQU 32-inch Monitors
- AMD Readies Radeon R7 370X to Counter GeForce GTX 950
- GIGABYTE’S Upcoming Gaming 3 Motherboard With WoT Theme Pictured
- MSI Z170A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition Motherboard Pictured
D-Day from the German Perspective
By John Dudek @ The Wargamer
Of all the British, Canadian and American D-Day invasion beaches along the Normandy coast, none was as fiercely defended nor caused as many lost Allied lives than at Omaha Beach. The reasons for the near disaster at Omaha beach were many, with both Allied and Axis forces directly or indirectly sharing the blame for this near defeat, turned to costly victory.
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Source: Blue’s News
A new trailer from Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces is a “know your units” feature profiling the sniper in the upcoming standalone World War II RTS expansion. They explain these snipers are not just to take out individual soldiers:
“In addition to targeting infantry troops on the battlefield, the sniper has two additional capabilities: the ability to order all 25 pound howitzers in the area to fire on a designated target, and armor piercing rounds that can damage, or even destroy, select vehicles on the battlefield.”
You can view the trailer here.
TaleWorlds Entertainment has today launched a major update to the Viking Conquest DLC, released for Mount & Blade: Warband in December of last year, entitled “Reforged Edition”. In both name and spirit, this represents a revival for the DLC, rewarding fans for their loyalty with a long list of new features. All Viking Conquest owners are receiving this update for free and all new copies of Viking Conquest are sold with the update included.
Among the key features of the DLC is a brand new storyline, “The Last Tuatha De Danann”, taking place in dark, mysterious Ireland. Players are expected to fall in love with the new canine companions that can be befriended and will be faithful to their master, even in battle! New Berserker troops add a new dimension to battling, with their terrifying strength to be feared by friend and foe alike…
The update has received the service of a brand new trailer which demonstrates some of the improvements.
A full list of features is available on the TaleWorlds website.
“Never do any enemy a small injury for they are like a snake which is half beaten and it will strike back the first chance it gets.” – Niccolò Machiavelli
Boots are pounding the ground for days. Dirty and grimy soldiers are marching in the ranks with the sergeants trying (mostly in vain) to keep them disciplined. Too many days have passed since the last plundered town and now food is starting to run out. The men are nervous. Suddenly a cry from the head of the column. Scouting cavalry have spotted enemy heavy pikemen formations supported by artillery.
It is time to spill some blood!
Pike and Shot: Campaigns is a brand new all-in-one package. It includes the Pike and Shot base game and the Tercio to Salvo expansion, plus 21 new skirmish army lists for the rest of Europe during the period of the Italian Wars (1494-1559) covering the armies of England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, German States, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania and Russia!
But the main new feature is the strategic map system, implemented to allow you to lead your armies to victory over an entire theatre of operations, taking into account strategic considerations such as terrain, available manpower, supply, attrition, sieges and economic damage.
Pike and Shot: Campaigns includes 4 campaigns:
- Gustavus Adolphus, set in the “Swedish phase” of the Thirty Years War, allows you to play as Swedes or Imperialists.
- English Civil War allows you to play as Royalists or Parliamentarians.
- Great Turkish War, set in the period of the famous Siege and Battle of Vienna in 1683, allows you to play as Austria and Poland or as the Ottoman Empire.
- Pike and Shot allows you to match any two armies from 1494 to 1648 in a struggle for dominance.
- With Pike and Shot: Campaigns the infamous Iron Century with all of its military innovations is depicted at its best!
If you already own Pike and Shot and Tercio to Salvo, prepare for a great promotion. The game launches on August 13th!
Get more information about the game from the official Product Page.
Activision has announced that the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Multiplayer Beta, which is coming to PlayStation 4 on 19thAugust, will now also be open to Xbox One and PC users from 26th August – 30th August. Beta access will give fans the chance to test and experience Call of Duty: Black Ops III gameplay prior to retail launch.
You can find out more here.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III will arrive Friday 6th November, to take fans on a journey to the dark, twisted and gritty world of Black Ops with a true next generation experience that redefines Call of Duty. Call of Duty: Black Ops III delivers a campaign that can be played as a full single player game or co-op online with up to four players, the deepest, most rewarding multiplayer ever offered in Call of Duty and a mind blowing Call of Duty Zombies experience that, for the first time, features its own XP progression system.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops III campaign deploys players into a future world, where bio-technology coupled with cybernetic enhancements has given rise to a new breed of Black Ops soldier. Through Direct Neural Interface (DNI) technology, players are now connected to the intelligence grid and their fellow operatives during battle. In a world more divided than ever, this elite squad consists of men and women who have enhanced their combat capabilities to fight faster, stronger and smarter.
See you on 6th November, the new Black Friday.
Pre-order now and get access to the Multiplayer Beta coming 19th August on PS4 and 26th August on Xbox One and PC . Learn more here.
Source: Gamer’s Hell
Bethesda Softworks today announced that a disc version of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, the latest action-adventure shooter developed by MachineGames, a Swedish studio established in 2009 by the founders of Starbreeze Studios, has arrived in retail stores throughout North America.
The year is 1946 and the Nazis are on the brink of winning World War II. In an effort to turn the tide in the Allies’ favour, B.J. Blazkowicz must embark on an epic, two-part mission deep within Bavaria. Part one of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood – Rudi Jäger and the Den of Wolves – pits against a maniacal prison warden as he breaks into Castle Wolfenstein in an attempt to steal the coordinates to General Deathshead’s compound. In part two – The Dark Secrets of Helga Von Schabbs – Blazkowicz’s search for the coordinates leads him to the city of Wulfburg where an obsessed Nazi archaeologist is exhuming mysterious artifacts that threaten to unleash a dark and ancient power.
For more information about Wolfenstein: The Old Blood visit: www.wolfenstein.com.
Source: Blue’s News
This video is the first developer diary for Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, the recently announced World War II standalone RTS expansion. The clip features Relic’s Quinn Duffy offering an overview of the British perspective on World War II and how their “unique character and military doctrine influenced the design and development of Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces.”
Also, a new Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces - Know Your Units (Churchill Tank) Trailer has been released. You can view the trailer here.
