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News Update – March 24 2009

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In the news: Last Remnant PC, Gaming diet, Doom: Fall of Mars, and Gaming pays.
Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

Max Payne 3 to be Released this Winter

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Today, Rockstar Games announced the 2nd sequel in the Max Payne series, Max Payne 3. It is planned to be released in Winter of 2009, on XBOX 360, PlayStation 3, and our beloved PC. It is a direct sequel to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, and will...
Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

News Update – March 23 2009

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Bot Colony to be demoed at GDC, new potential for laptop batteries, mobile games, and What's in the box? Bot Colony has some interesting potential, if it works. Natural voice interraction coul lead to some very intriguing gameplay.
Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

Graphics Stagnation

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Have PC game development cycles become completely dependent on the current generation of consoles? When was the last game that really pushed people to upgrade their rigs?
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 by Ryan Merck in Editorials  Read More...

News Update – March 19 2009

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The latest Catalyst 9.3 Drivers are WDDM 1.0 and 1.1 In light of Windows 7 Beta’s continuing popularity and hopefully immanent release, AMD/ATI’s new Catalyst drivers will support both WDDM 1.0 and WDDM 1.1, automatically installing the correct drivers with every OS from here out. If only nVidia would do...
Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

You Must Protect the Cores

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Defense Grid: The Awakening review. Maybe, based on the title, you thought this was a heatsink review. If so, you are wrong my friend. This mini review will focus on Defense Grid: The Awakening.
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 by Ryan Merck in Reviews  Read More...

News Roundup for March 9, 2009

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Children of the Nile is now free to play online The Egyptian city building game by Tilted Mill is now free to play online. Simply head to the website, register, and you will be playing within minutes. Having played the original version, I would say this free web based...
Posted on Monday, March 9, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

News Around the Net March 5 2009

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nVidia CPU, Asteroid Near miss, consoles are hilarious, and Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment finally gets a few reviews.
Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

News Roundup March 3rd 2009

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BioWare is gearing up for Mass Effect 2, HAWX Demo is now on Steam, Empire Total War is available tomorrow, and new details on the RA3: Uprising Standalone expansion.
Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Ryan Merck in News  Read More...

The Best Mouse Ever!

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The Razer Death Adder is quite simply the BEST mouse I have ever used. The size and shape are what initially caught my attention, and the high DPI and responsiveness kept me coming back for more.
Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Ryan Merck in Reviews  Read More...