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The new GeForce Game Ready 347.88 WHQL Battlefield Hardline drivers are now available to download from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com. With Game Ready optimizations for Battlefield Hardline, new SLI profiles, and support for TITAN X, the world’s fastest GPU, our latest Game Ready drivers are a recommended update for all GeForce GTX users.

Game Ready For Battlefield Hardline

Battlefield Hardline is the newest release in the venerable Battlefield franchise, placing you in the shoes of cops and robbers in campaign and multiplayer modes. Under the hood, Battlefield 4′s Frostbite engine returns, with all the changes from Battlefield 4′s updates included, ensuring optimum GPU performance.

In today’s Game Ready driver, several Battlefield Hardline performance optimizations are included, in addition to an updated SLI profile, giving you the best possible experience the second Battlefield Hardline is released in your neck of the woods.

TITAN X: The Ultimate TITAN

Our new Game Ready driver also includes support for TITAN X, the world’s fastest single-GPU graphics card. Reigning supreme with record-breaking performance, a 12GB frame buffer, and support for NVIDIA VR Direct and the upcoming DirectX 12 API, TITAN X is the card of choice for enthusiasts demanding the ultimate technology to complement their X99 systems, VR headsets, and 4K G-SYNC monitors.

NVIDIA’s GeForce Game Ready 347.88 WHQL drivers can be downloaded from GeForce.com or through GeForce Experience.

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.

• MSI Announces its GeForce GTX TITAN X Graphics Card
• Palit Announces its GeForce GTX TITAN X
• EVGA Announces its GeForce GTX TITAN X HydroCopper
• ASUS Announces TUF Sabertooth X99 Motherboard at CeBIT
• ASRock Z97 and H97 Motherboards Ready to Support 5th Gen Intel Core CPUs
• Philips 19DP6QJNS Has Two Monitors in One
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Enthusiast SLI Bridge
• LG 29UC97 29-inch Curved Monitor Announced

By John Dudek @ The Wargamer

Bernard Law Montgomery, Field Marshall, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, and so on, is undoubtedly best remembered for commanding the 8th Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and then commands in Europe for D-Day and beyond. However, he did not just spring into those commands out of the blue. He also saw action in Europe at the very start of the war, and here we look at his experiences in France leading up to Dunkirk.

Read on…

Battleships are back on the Pacific Ocean! Matrix Games is very proud to announce that one of the biggest updates of all time is coming today. Indeed, even if War In The Pacific: Admiral’s Edition was already the most detailed wargame focused on the Pacific theater ever, this update is going to push the boundaries of awesomeness still further! Thanks to dozens of changes and enhancements, version 1.01.24 will live in the community’s memory for a very long time. As it’s impossible to list all of the gameplay and technical improvements here, I invite you to click on this link to get access to the huge changelog associated with this patch.

You can download the patch from HERE

Grab the game HERE.

War in the Pacific: Admiral’s Edition is the most realistic and engrossing WWII Pacific theatre game available.

The immense scale is 40 miles per hex with losses covering individual vehicles, aircraft, guns and squads. Since half the planet Earth is covered by the titanic Pacific struggle, the game is massive in scope, covering thousands of ships tens of thousands of aircraft.

Find out more at the official War in the Pacific: Admiral’s Edition webpage.

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Wargaming offers the fourth installment from a series of developer diaries for World of Warships, a free-to-play naval action MMO based on epic sea battles of the 20th century that will complete the “World of” war trilogy. In this video, the team take you on a journey with some of the iconic U.S. 20th century vessels that clashed across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. You can check out the roles warships such as the USS Michigan and Montana played in ocean warfare and discover how our team brought these vessels to life in World of Warships.

More game info available via the official World of Warships website.

New objectives, skills, tier-5 buildings, ancillaries and a new narrative event-chain

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The Celts Culture Pack adds three new playable factions to Total War: Attila: the Picts, the Caledonians and the Ebdanians. All the factions may be used in single or multiplayer campaign modes as well as in custom and multiplayer battles.

The Celts Culture Pack should be available to pre-order from tomorrow with a launch date coming soon.

View the screenshots HERE.

Watch the video HERE.

Take the Fight to the Streets in this New Take on Battlefield Built on Strategy, Speed and Story in a Cops versus Criminals World

Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, today announced that Battlefield Hardline is now available in North America in retail stores and for digital download on Origin for PC, the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Battlefield Hardline delivers the ultimate cops and criminals, blockbuster, action fantasy delivered through a world-class multiplayer experience that fans have come to love from the Battlefield franchise and an all-new episodic single player campaign inspired by modern TV crime dramas. The game is already receiving great critical praise as USA Today says that, “it’s a fascinating direction for the Battlefield series” and IGN says it’s “fast and furious.”

Powered by the award-winning Frostbite 3 game engine, Battlefield Hardline delivers a stylish and fresh new approach to the critically-acclaimed franchise as players experience both sides of the law in a crime-fueled, cops and criminals showdown. Unfolding on the gritty and glamorous streets of Los Angeles and Miami, Battlefield Hardline ushers in an all-new era for Battlefield fans with inspired new game modes, like Hotwire and Heist, new weaponry, vehicles, and gadgets for players to take down the opposition their own way. From police choppers to muscle cars, ziplines to stun guns, Battlefield Hardline lets gamers choose their approach in jaw-dropping and chaotic urban warfare.

Get more information about Battlefield Hardline at the games official website.

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 Launches the GeForce GTX TITAN X
• ZOTAC Announces GeForce GTX TITAN X
• GIGABYTE Announces GeForce GTX TITAN X
• EK Releases NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X Water Blocks
• GIGABYTE Announces Two GeForce® GTX 960 Graphics Cards with 4GB GDDR5 Memory
• MSI Launches 12 New Motherboards Supporting USB 3.1
• Scythe Presents the Compact Kodati Rev. B CPU Cooler with AM1 Support – VIDEO
• COUGAR Releases QBX, the Most Advanced Compact Gaming Case
• EIZO Unveils a 23.8-Inch 4K UHD Monitor
• Toshiba Adds 6 TB Internal and External Hard Drives
• More Radeon R9 390X Specs Leak: Close to 70% Faster than R9 290X
• Acer Announces New H257HU WQHD Monitor
• ASRock USB 3.1 Motherboards Debuting at CeBIT 2015
• ASRock Unveils World’s First Mini-ITX Socket LGA2011v3 Motherboard
• X2 Announces the CUBE MAX Chassis
• Huntkey Announces X-TREME Series of Power Supply
• Aerocool Presents Value Chassis Cyclops, Cyclops Advanced
• SilentiumPC Announces the Spartan PRO-B HE924 CPU Cooler
• Lian Li Giving a Sneak Peak of the Latest Desk and O Series Chassis Prototypes
• Lenovo Refreshes ThinkVision T Series Monitors With Several New And Refined Models

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, the latest installment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise lead by the Ubisoft Sofia studio, is now available for Windows PC.

Developed by Ubisoft Sofia, in collaboration with Ubisoft’s Singapore, Montreal, Quebec, Chengdu, Milan and Bucharest studios, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue takes players to new adventures set in the mid-18th century during the Seven Years War. Starting in 1752, players follow Shay Patrick Cormac, a former member of the Brotherhood who turned into an Assassin Hunter and experience the Assassin’s Creed universe through the eyes of a Templar. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue gives players new locations across North America to explore, including the frozen North Atlantic, the Appalachian River Valley and New York. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue for Windows PC has been adapted by Ubisoft Kiev.

The Assassin’s Creed: Rogue PC development team in Kiev has partnered with Tobii Tech to incorporate eye tracking input as part of the gameplay. With Assassin’s Creed: Rogue being the first game of this scale to incorporate this technology, players will be immersed in the Assassin’s Creed universe thanks in part to the “infinite screen” experience the Tobii Tech will provide.

A Collector’s Bundle is available for Assassin’s Creed: Rogue PC exclusively on Uplay Shop. It includes a collector’s box, an art book, 3 lithographs in an envelope and the original game soundtrack. Players will also get access to two extra single player quests and additional in-game items.

Assassin’s Creed: Rogue for Windows PC is available for purchase from uPlay, Steam, Game, Amazon and selected game retailers.

View the official Assassin’s Creed: Rogue launch trailer HERE.

For more information about Assassin’s Creed please visit the UbiBlog.

Wargaming is excited to announce that preparations are underway for the World of Warships Closed Beta, which will begin on March 12. Applications open for Europe at 11:00 CET, North America at 11:00 PST, and Asia at 17:00 SGT. During the test, players will dive into online naval battles, sharing their feedback with the development team to improve the experience.

Held in December 2014 and January 2015, the two World of Warships Beta Test Weekends attracted over 75,000 users. Boasting 15,000 concurrent players, there were an average of 60 battle sessions played by each tester in only four days.
In the upcoming Closed Beta, players will have access to five original maps, taking them on a journey through arctic oceans to tropical archipelagos. On their voyage, 50 U.S. and Japanese warships are available for players to challenge the seas and enemy ships.

Both nation’s cruisers are great, nimble vessels that have the upper hand against enemy destroyers, and even deal a significant blow to ships of the same class. Japanese battleships are fierce attacking ships, which, thanks to their thick armor, can also offer other vessels on their team excellent cover. Destroyers from both nations are perhaps the most maneuverable of ships, and are perfect for scouting, offering backup, and carrying out deadly torpedo strikes. The fourth and final class are aircraft carriers, initially represented by American warships. These types of ships are unmatched at attacking the enemy and providing reconnaissance—ideal for the more tactical player.

Crews (represented by warships commanders) play an integral role in gameplay. With each level, Commanders gain points that can be spent on a variety of skills divided into several ranks and categories. Players can choose to improve the Commander to best suit their play style from increasing a ship’s resistance to certain damage to decreased reloading times.

In addition to personnel training, Modernizations allow players to develop a ship’s combat capability. There are numerous Modernizations available, such as increasing a weapon’s durability or ship’s resilience to fire and flooding.
For those that enjoy working together as a team to conquer the seas, they can join forces with two other players in Divisions.

In the future, World of Warships will add Japanese aircraft carriers and U.S. battleships. Achievements for many accomplishments in battle as well as customization options will also be introduced to the game.

To learn more about World of Warships and become involved in the Closed Beta, visit:

• http://worldofwarships.com (North America)
• http://worldofwarships.eu (Europe)
• http://worldofwarships.asia (Asia)