Another century to play and greater customization in new expansion

The Father of Europe leads the youngest expansion to Paradox Development Studio’s best-selling grand strategy game, Crusader Kings II. Charlemagne, the newest expansion to Crusader Kings II, is available now worldwide for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs. This major expansion adds new story events, another hundred years of gameplay and long requested game features to the widely popular grand strategy game of dynastic politics and family rivalry.

Charlemagne can be purchased from digital distributors everywhere for $14.99. New downloadable content (DLC) for Crusader Kings II is also available today, including the Dynasty Shields: Charlemagne collection, new portrait packs, and an e-book version of the medieval epic “Song of Roland.” Full details and purchase location can be found now at http://www.paradoxplaza.com/crusader-kings-ii-charlemagne.

See the Dark Ages end and the medieval world arise in Charlemagne through a new trailer.

As usual, the expansion will be accompanied by a host of free changes to the core Crusader Kings II experience, available in a major update that can be downloaded today. This free content includes a major overhaul to the nomadic tribes of Europe – now they are even more distinct from their neighbors hiding behind castle walls.

“Charlemagne” will introduce Crusader Kings II players to the man who became the “Father of Europe,” uniting much of the continent for the first time since the since the fall of Rome and founding the Holy Roman Empire. Including the ability to start a dynasty as far back as 769 AD, the expansion will include a series of story events surrounding the rise of Charlemagne. The expansion also features game options to allow players to chart their own places in history – such as a new in-game “Chronicle” that highlights a dynasty’s conquests, marriages, and labors for the faith.

Crusader Kings II is currently at 75% off on most digital outlets.

To learn more about Crusader Kings II, visit www.crusaderkings.com.

Two GPUs In One Slot

By Don Woligroski @ Tom’s Hardware

VisionTek recently introduced its CryoVenom R9 295X2, a dual-GPU graphics card that squeezes into a single PCIe expansion slot thanks to a thin and effective water block with impressive thermal performance. But is the board worth its price premium?

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Written By: Nathan Kirsch @ Legit Reviews

If you consider yourself an enthusiast and have been building computers for years you’ve like certainly heard of heard of Corsair. Corsair started out building enthusiast memory kits and have become known as one of, if not the very best, markers of all things DRAM. When Intel released the X99 Platform it also introduced of DDR4 memory and Corsair was right there on launch day with dozens of different kits of DDR4 memory. Corsair currently has 16 different DDR4 memory kits available in the mainstream Vengeance overclocking line and also the high-end Dominator Platinum series. Today we’ll be taking a closer look at what Corsair has to offer in the Dominator Platinum series. This series features hand-screened DDR4 IC’s, DHX (Dual-path Heat Exchange) heat spreaders, Dominator Airflow Platinum LED fans and the Corsair Link interface that allows you to monitor IC temperatures, voltages along with the fan speeds and colors if you are running the fans.

Read The Review 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.

• GELID Launches Tranquillo Rev. 3 CPU Cooler
• Colorful Launches GeForce GTX 980 iGame Graphics Card
• Raidmax Announces Vampire PSU Series, and Vampire Winterfall Case
• Philips 272G5DYEB 27-Inch G-SYNC Monitor Arriving This Month
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Launches the GR8 Gaming PC
• Shuttle XPC Barebone SH81R4 Mini-PC For LGA1150 Processors Announced
• Tesoro Releases Ancile Z1 Hard Gaming Mouse Pad in North America
• Lepa Readies MaxPlatinum Line of High-Wattage PSUs
• DeepCool Intros Pangu SW-RD Mid-Tower Case
• Turtle Beach Recon 320 PC Gaming Surround Sound Headset Now Available
• ASRock Unveils the X99 Extreme11 Motherboard
• Fractal Design Launches Edison M Line of PSUs
• Full-Cover Water Block for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Launched by Koolance
• ENERMAX Announces Thormax GT Full Tower Chassis
• Spire Intros WristPad, a Mousepad with Wrist Support
• ADATA Launches HC500 External Hard Drive for TV & PC
• ASRock X99 OC Formula and Z97 OC Formula Breaks a Bunch of New Records

Source: CharlieIntel.com

Sledgehammer Games have uploaded the Advanced Warfare multiplayer reveal trailer with new developer commentary from Studio Head Michael Condrey and Designer Greg Reisdorf.

Sledgehammer Games Studio Head Michael Condrey and Lead Multiplayer Designer Greg Reisdorf provide their insight on the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Multiplayer Trailer. Check out this insider perspective on the new gameplay mechanics that are elevating Call of Duty Multiplayer to new heights.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Multiplayer Trailer Developers Commentary

Carve your way through a full-scale open-world Paris, thanks to the power of the new Anvil engine

Source: Gamer’s Hell

Ubisoft offers a pair of new videos for Assassin’s Creed: Unity, the next installment of the 76 million unit-selling Assassin’s Creed franchise due to arrive in the US on November 11th, and in EMEA territories on November 13th. Assassin’s Creed: Unity invites you to experience Paris during the French Revolution, from the storming of the Bastille to the execution of King Louis XVI. You will play as Arno, an entirely new breed of Assassin far more lethal than his ancestors, and you will help the people of France carve an entirely new destiny.

The game is developed by Ubisoft Montreal with support from nine Ubisoft studios around the world: Ubisoft Montreal (lead), Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Québec, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Chengdu Ubisoft Singapore.

• Assassin’s Creed Unity Story Trailer
• Assassin’s Creed Unity – Inside the Brotherhood

Commemorative Trailer Dedicated to Heroes of the Russian Front during WW2.

Gaijin Entertainment has released a brand new commemorative live action trailer for its WWII MMO mega-hit War Thunder. Titled “Victory is Ours” the trailer commemorates the heroism of all the participants of the Great Patriotic War and got its worldwide debut at the Russian Comic Con event on Oct 4th.

The video emphasizes how important the combined actions of each individual were for overall victory, whether dogfighting with the enemy in the skies as a pilot, or engaging in heated ground based combat as a tanker to support ground troops. In October 1941, the German Army Group Centre advanced on Moscow. Only after six months of intense fighting was the enemy able to be repelled from the capital. In the war torn fields near Moscow the first major defeat of the German army in World War II occurred against the might of its armed forces, and on 9th of May 1945, after the Battle of Berlin, Germany surrendered.

View the commemorative trailer here.

About War Thunder

Over seven million players already know the enjoyment of laying opponents to waste, leaving only burned out hulls in their wake in War Thunder. This cross-platform MMO game is currently in Open Beta for PC and Mac OS, available for PlayStation®4 and OnLive®, and in development for Oculus Rift and other mobile device platforms. Players have access to over 450 historically accurate WWII planes and armored vehicles.

For more information, please visit the official War Thunder website.

Get ready to own more and be more with the Battlefield 4 Premium Edition. Packed with content, the Battlefield 4 Premium Edition includes an intense single-player campaign as well as the award-winning multiplayer experience found in Battlefield 4 that lets players experience the rush of all-out-warfare on land, air and sea. The Battlefield 4 Premium Edition also delivers fans a Battlefield 4 Premium membership which provides access to five themed digital expansion packs with tons of multiplayer content including 20 maps, game modes, a variety of weapons and vehicles and more.

The Battlefield 4 Premium Edition will be available on Origin for PC starting October 21 priced at £39.99. From October 24, it will be available in the UK via Digital Download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One (both priced at £54.99) and PlayStation 3 (priced at £39.99).

The Battlefield 4 Premium Edition includes all of the following:

• Engage in all-out warfare with award-winning multiplayer, and intense single-player missions delivered in Battlefield 4
• 5 expansion packs featuring multiplayer maps and in-game content:
• Battlefield 4 Second Assault
• Battlefield 4 China Rising
• Battlefield 4 Naval Strike
• Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth
• Battlefield 4 Final Stand coming Fall 2014
• Exclusive personalization options including camos, paints, emblems, dog tags and more
• Priority position in server queues
• 12 bonus Battlefield 4 Gold Battlepacks

For more information please visit the Battlefield 4 Premium Edition official website.

The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics are pleased to announce that Su-27 for DCS World is now available as a pre-purchase from the DCS e-shop at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/. The pre-purchase provides both a 20% discount off the retail price and access to the Open Beta coming later on November 15th, 2014.

The Su-27, NATO codename Flanker, is one of the pillars of modern-day Russian combat aviation. Built to counter the American F-15 Eagle, the Flanker is a twin-engine, supersonic, highly manoeuvrable air superiority fighter. The Flanker is equally capable of engaging targets well beyond visual range as it is in a dogfight given its amazing slow speed and high angle attack manoeuvrability. Using its radar and stealthy infrared search and track system, the Flanker can employ a wide array of radar and infrared guided missiles. The Flanker also includes a helmet-mounted sight that allows you to simply look at a target to lock it up! In addition to its powerful air-to-air capabilities, the Flanker can also be armed with bombs and unguided rockets to fulfil a secondary ground attack role.

Su-27 for DCS World focuses on ease of use without complicated cockpit interaction, significantly reducing the learning curve. As such, Su-27 for DCS World features keyboard and joystick cockpit commands with a focus on the most mission critical of cockpit systems.

Su-27 for DCS World will sell for $9.99 at November 15th. Pre Purchase now for $7.99 and save 20%!

Note: This will be a free update to owners of Flaming Cliffs 3!

New content and Hexagonal Hexing Hexstasy Coming to Fantasy Wargame

Warlock 2: The Exiled, the fantastical turn-based strategy wargame from Ino-Co Plus and Paradox Interactive will soon release its first expansion: “Wrath of the Nagas.” Featuring a new game mode centered around the new-game creatures, a pair of new mages to lead that new race, and a new game campaign centered around that new race and their new mages, Wrath of the Nagas will add more magical mayhem to Warlock 2 than is probably safe. The new expansion will be available later this year on Windows PC from digital retailers worldwide, but only on this particular shard of Earth.

Wrath of the Nagas introduce the ancient Naga race to the worlds of Warlock 2 – a sinister people who have lurked outside the realm of Ardania since time immemorial, waiting for their chance to break back through the barriers and unmake reality. By purchasing the Wrath of the Nagas expansion, you have given them that chance. Way to go.

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