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.

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Launch Imminent
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Core Configuration Revealed
• EA Developer Teases Next-gen AMD Radeon GPU
• Razer Introduces the Firefly Gaming Mousepad with Customizable Lighting FX
• MSI First Motherboard Brand to be Windows 10 Certified
• EK Releases New Supremacy EVO X99 LGA2011v3 Water Block
• NVIDIA Back to Dirty Tricks with GTX 900M Series Overclocking
• FSP Launches 80 Plus Gold Power Supply with Optimized Cooling: Hydro G
• CRYORIG Announces New Line of CUSTOMOD Covers and CRYO-Paste
• Scythe Releases Slip Stream 120 DB Fan Series
• Anidees AI6 v2 Chassis In Stores
• Raidmax Intros XT-Series Entry-level PSUs
• OCZ Introduces Z-Drive 6000 Enterprise PCIe SSD Series with NVMe Support
• NVIDIA Gives Away “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” to GeForce GTX TITAN-X Owners
• It’s Now Been Over 160 Days Since a Catalyst WHQL Release
• Arctic Starts Selling Thermal Pads You Cut to Shape
• Noctua Presents Two Asymmetrical 140mm CPU Coolers

Source: Blue’s News

EA’s Battlelog announces plans for a Spring Patch for Battlefield 4 that will add include new weapons, a re-balancing of existing weapons, a return of the Gun Master mode, netcode updates, and more changes for the military shooter sequel.

DICE continues to constantly improve Battlefield 4 to make the best gaming experience possible. In the Spring Patch (releasing late May for all platforms), we’ve listened to your feedback and gave you what you wanted – more guns!

Click here to visit the Battlefield 4 Battlelog for complete list of changes.

Source: Legit Reviews

NVIDIA GeForce 352.86 WHQL video card drivers are out now and are the game ready drivers for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This drivers has all the optimizations for GTA V and all the other game titles plus optimizations for the PC release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt along with an updated SLI profile. GeForce 352.86 WHQL The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt drivers can be downloaded through the GeForce Experience or directly from GeForce.com.

The Game Ready driver for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt fully supports NVIDIA technologies like 4K, Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), GameStream, GeForce Experience one-click Optimal Playable Settings, G-SYNC, HairWorks, HBAO+, PhysX, and SLI.

Source: NVIDIA

It’s a not-so-hidden secret. Game developers will let you know a game isn’t fully polished by calling it an “alpha” or “beta.” But once a game launches, there shouldn’t be anything “beta” about it. Gamers expect it to work.

We feel the same way about our graphics. We don’t want gamers beta testing our work when they play their games for the first time. So we created GeForce Game Ready drivers.

We release Game Ready drivers at or before each major game launch. And one of best ways to ensure they possess the highest level of quality is to secure certification from Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Qualification Lab (WHQL).

As the launch of Windows 10 and DirectX 12 nears, our GeForce drivers have taken a major step forward: WHQL certification has arrived.

It’s no small task. Next to the operating system, the graphics driver is one of the most complex pieces of code on a PC.

We worked closely with Microsoft to develop the new DX12 standard. And that effort has paid off with day-one WHQL certification.

Download the drivers here.

By John Dudek @ The Wargamer

USS Nevada, one of two Nevada class battleships was launched early in 1914 during the final pre-WWI leap in battleship building technology, was nearly sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, she survived and went on to make a major contribution in a number of theatres during World War 2. Here John Dudek gives us an overview of this famous ship’s long and illustrious career.

Read on…

This Patch brings many changes, improvements and bug fixes. The most important are two new maps added to play in coop (vAI) and “Scenario restart” now correctly resets campaign events!

Be sure to check the changelog here.

Set in Pacific theater of WW2, Order of Battle: Pacific features playable campaigns for both the US-led Allies and the Japanese Empire. Starting from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the dynamic campaign system allows players to alter the course of history and even win the war as Japan in the fictional “what-if” conquest of Australia, or lead the Allied forces from the struggle at the beginning of the war to ultimate victory with the invasion of Japan.

Get more information about the game here.

Source: Blue’s News

Firefly Studios now offers The Emperor & The Hermit on Steam as new DLC for Stronghold Crusader 2, their siege warfare simulation. This carries a 33% launch discount, offering seven new player missions, AI opponents, castle designs, achievements, and coat of arms designs. Here’s a trailer, and here’s more:

Following on from the ‘Invasions’ update, which added Sandbox sieges and an easy AI mode for the modern laid-back gamer, The Emperor & The Hermit introduces spiritual successors to The Emperor and The Abbot from the original Stronghold Crusader. Playable in skirmish mode and multiplayer The Emperor and The Hermit are leaders driven by religious fervour and an insatiable desire to ‘cleanse’ their enemies. Backed by zealots who follow their cause without question, said cleansing typically ends in virtual bloodshed.

The Sherman tanks from “Fury” plus many other iconic vehicles roll in to Bovington

Wargaming is proud to announce they will be sponsoring Tankfest, one of the world’s best displays of historic armored vehicles, for the fifth consecutive time. Held every June 27–28 at The Tank Museum at Bovington, Tankfest will see over 15,000 people from across the country and the globe flock to the Museum. With guest vehicles and old favorites returning to the arena, this Tankfest is set to be the best yet.

Museum Director, Richard Smith, said: “Wargaming has always been very supportive of The Tank Museum, contributing to restoration projects, building our Education Centre and assisting with new exhibitions. Their support of Tankfest is the latest example of their ongoing commitment to champion our collection and our efforts to engage as many people as possible in the subject of armored warfare.”

At this year’s event, there will be three Sherman tanks from the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Fury’ film. These iconic vehicles will be reunited with The Tank Museum’s fearsome Tiger 131, the only running Tiger 1 in the world, for the Grand Finale Battle. The Battle will be a tribute to the last days of World War II and include a salute to the Veterans. Vehicles like the 38T, Comet, Panzer III, Rolls Royce Armored car and some of the latest equipment from the British Army will also take to the arena at Tankfest.

Wargaming’s MGT-20, a specialized mobile gaming truck, will be rolling into The Tank Museum. Attendees will be able to play a few rounds of World of Tanks in the truck, or check out the Wargaming sponsored Education Centre inside the Museum to learn about the history of some iconic vehicles.

There will also be an extensive Living History encampment on-site, where visitors can step back in time and immerse themselves in the era. One of the day’s many highlights will include an original World War II Spitfire and Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft taking to the skies at Tankfest.

“Wargaming has always been an enthusiastic fan of Tankfest,” said Rinaldo Andreolli, General Manager Europe. “We are excited to take our support to the next level. After participating in Tankfest for the last four years, we are now sponsoring this unique event so even more vehicles and entertainment are available to visitors. For everyone at Wargaming, it’s great to be able to give something back to the community and educate people about the past.”

Click Here for more information about World of Tanks.

Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, the latest in the best-selling Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise, will be available worldwide on October 13th 2015 on PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege is inspired by real world counter-terrorist organisations, and puts players in the middle of lethal close-quarters confrontations. For the first time in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game, players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy’s position.

The following editions will be available in the EMEA territories (Europe, Middle-East and Asia) with NCSA (North, Central and South America) details to be revealed at a later date:

• The Art of Siege Edition, available for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, includes the full game, a collector’s box, a Gold Skins Pack for all in-game weapons and an exclusive 120 page Tactical Guide. This high quality guide includes every single key element of the game – detailing each Counter Terrorist Unit, Operators, weapons, and maps with the highest level of detail and statistics. All this content has been created with the development team and core gamers’ advice, giving you the most effective results in the field.
• The Gold Edition which includes the Standard Edition and the Season Pass*.
• The Tactical Elite Edition, a very limited edition available exclusively on the Uplay Shop that will include both Art of Siege Edition and Season Pass.

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, visit: rainbow6.ubi.com.

By: Hilbert Hagedoorn @ GURU3D

In this review we check out the ASUS X99 TUF SaberTooth motherboard, armed with the X99 chipset this motherboard is amongst the more high-end X99 motherboards available on the globe. It has luxurious cooling features and tweaking written all over it. The X99 TUF SaberTooth Edition is an ATX form factor motherboard for the powerful Haswell-E series of processors.

Read The Review Here