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Just Announced Hardware for 30 April 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 | April 30, 2015 |

Historical Article: Running the Dardanelles Forts

Gallipoli, March 1915

By John Dudek @ The Wargamer

Last Saturday, 25 April, was ANZAC Day when Australia and New Zealand take time to remember those who died for their countries in various conflicts. However, it is the fighting at Gallipoli in World War 1that is most usually associated with ANZAC Day and is seen as a defining moment in the history of the two nations and a major factor in their progress to independent statehood. Whilst the tragedy and heroism of the fighting at Gallipoli is remembered the naval actions that were a prelude have a lower profile. Today we take a look at the failed naval operations of March 1915.

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Military History | Donster | April 27, 2015 |

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Patch; Steam Transfers

Source: Blue’s News

An IL-2 Sturmovik forum post announces the release of a new patch for IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, updating the World War II combat flight simulator to version 1.011. The new version includes a new aircraft and a new map, and also adds the ability to transfer the license for the game to Steam. They have set up a FAQ on how to get your Battle of Stalingrad Steam key.

Activision Officially Announces Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Black Ops III Redefines How Call of Duty is Played Delivering Innovations Across Every Mode — Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies — in the Deepest Call of Duty Ever

Mark your calendars for the return of the most played series in Call of Duty history, because Black Ops is back! Call of Duty: Black Ops III will arrive Friday, November 6, 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. Published by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, and developed by award-winning developer Treyarch, 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. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is in development for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft; PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system; and PC.

Check out the reveal trailer and get more game information at the official Call of Duty: Black Ops III website.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 First-Person Shooters | Donster | April 27, 2015 |

Andyson Platinum R1200 Power Supply Review

By E. Fylladitakis @ AnandTech

When it comes to high performance >1 kW computer power supplies, almost every reputable OEM has released at least one design to serve as their flagship. This is not necessarily because the companies expect high revenue because they are well aware that this segment of the market is very small and overly saturated. They do this because the flagship serves as a symbol of the company’s capabilities and competence, enhancing their profile on all fronts in order to produce that halo product, hoping the performance of the high end results in trickle-down sales. In this extremely competitive and saturated market, we have a new contender – Andyson.

Read The Review Here

Hardware Power Supplies | Donster | April 27, 2015 |

HyperX Savage 240GB SSD Review

By Kenny @ PureOC

Kingston Technology, one of the leaders in the industry has been rather well known for its previous HyperX 3K Series Drives. But as most already know, Kingston started to branch out its HyperX line up to its own brand as of the recent years and the HyperX brand has grown substantially. With this in mind, we are going to be looking at one of these new SSD Drives part of the Savage Series from HyperX.

Read The Review Here

Hardware Storage | Donster | April 27, 2015 |

Just Announced Hardware for 27 April 2015

Hardware | Donster | April 27, 2015 |

Historical Article: The Battle of Savo Island

9 August 1942 – AKA “The Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks”

By John Dudek @ The Wargamer

Large scale strategy games set in the Pacific Theatre of WW2, such as Matrix Games’ War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition or their upcoming Order of Battle: Pacific, are extremely popular. However, by their very nature these large scale strategy games cannot show the nitty gritty of what actually happened in individual battles and encounters. Fortunately, the Second World War is one of the best documented conflicts of all time and there is an abundance of material available to fill this gap. Here at Wargamer.com we regularly carry historical articles for the Pacific Theatre of Operations penned by regular contributor John Dudek. Here we delve back to August 1942. We hope this adds context to your games.

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Military History | Donster | April 22, 2015 |

Total War: Warhammer Officially Announced – Trailer

SEGA and Creative Assembly have officially announced Total War: Warhammer for PC, Mac and SteamOS.

Now in its 15th year, the award-winning Total War continues to offer a unique combination of huge-scale real-time battles and an addictive turn-based campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building.

Total War: Warhammer will take the series to a realm of grand high fantasy for the very first time in its history. Our rules have changed, and with change comes war on a scale as yet unimagined.

The limitlessly deep and rich universe of Warhammer heralds a new era for Total War. Gigantic monsters, flying creatures, legendary heroes and storms of magical power take their place on the battlefield, alongside thousands of warriors clashing in real-time tactical battles.

In the turn-based campaign game, players will find the Old World an unforgiving and treacherous place, filled with endless war and cunning alliances alike. Whichever race you choose to play as and however you seek conquest, you will be faced with a conflict that threatens to tear the very fabric of reality asunder.

The first in an epic trilogy of titles, Total War: Warhammer will deliver hundreds of hours of absorbing gameplay. It will combine with two further standalone instalments and additional content packs to create the single largest Total War experience ever.

“We’ve always loved the Warhammer universe, and couldn’t wait to approach it with the same colossal scale and authenticity that has characterised our titles for the last 15 years,” said Total War: Warhammer Project Lead, Ian Roxburgh. “We’re bringing it to life in a way that nobody’s attempted before.”

Watch the announcement trailer, voiced by celebrated actor Steven Berkoff, for just a taste of this forthcoming match made in gaming heaven.

For the latest news about this title and the other Total War games in development, visit www.totalwar.com.

Strategy and Wargaming Total War: Warhammer | Donster | April 22, 2015 |

Fractal Design Define S Review

$fractal-design-define-s-chassis$ By Darksaber @ techPowerUp!

The Fractal Design Define S sports the same build quality and look as the Define family of enclosures, which we have come to love, but bears one very big difference: It is geared toward those building a custom liquid-cooling loop. With dedicated mounting possibilities for radiators, pump, and reservoir, the Define S shines where most other mid-tower cases fail by offering more than just a mounting possibility for pre-assembled liquid-cooling solutions.

Read The Review Here

Cases Hardware | Donster | April 22, 2015 |