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INTEL'S FIRST MICROPROCESSOR, THE 4004, IS 44 YEARS OLD

http://www.pcgamer.com/intels-first-microprocessor-the-4004-is-44-years-old/

Sunday, November 15 marked the 44th anniversary of the Intel 4004, which was the company's first commercially available microprocessor. The 4-bit microprocessor was used in the likes of calculators and taxi meters (however its usage in Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to leave our solar system, is sadly a myth).

>>Emm... Happy Birthday, I guess? And lol, Intel was the ARM of the time

 

EVERQUEST'S 22ND EXPANSION GOES LIVE TOMORROW

http://www.pcgamer.com/everquests-22nd-expansion-goes-live-tomorrow/

World of Warcraft gets a lot of attention for being the king of the MMO hill, and for good reason: It's been around for more than a decade, and it continues to pull in multiple hojillions of dollars every month. But Daybreak Games announced the release of the 22nd expansion to Everquest today (and the 12th for Everquest 2) and any game that can stick around long enough to notch up that many add-ons deserves some attention too.

 

GUILD WARS 2'S SPIRIT VALE RAID IS LIVE

http://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2s-spirit-vale-raid-is-live/

The "initial wing" of the first Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns raid is up and running. It's a ten-player adventure called Spirit Vale that has you chasing a missing Pact squad in the north of the new jungle area of Maguuma. There will be "dark secrets" and "strange magic" and, if I had to guess, an enormous tree monster boss or two (the concept art above does offer a clue).

 

JADE RAYMOND IS MAKING AN "ASSASSIN'S CREED-STYLE" GAME FOR EA

http://www.pcgamer.com/jade-raymond-is-making-an-assassins-creed-style-game-for-ea/

Electronic Arts, in the form of EA Studios Vice President Patrick Soderlund, said in October that it wanted to start making "gigantic action games" along the lines of Assassin's Creed, Batman, or Grand Theft Auto. It struck me as kind of an odd position to take—the definition of 'action' may be subject to interpretation but EA is hardly a stranger to "triple-A, big productions"—but it did dovetail nicely with the news from this summer that Assassin's Creed co-creator Jade Raymond is now flying the EA flag.

>>Will they also launch a new one every f*cking year?

 

OVERWATCH BETA TEST TO INVITE "A LOT MORE PLAYERS" IN FOR THE WEEKEND

http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-beta-test-to-invite-a-lot-more-players-in-for-the-weekend/

A post on Battle.net announces a weekend stress test for Overwatch. That means Blizzard plans to invote "a lot more players from our Americas and Europe gameplay regions" in for the three-day aduratijon. Anyone who's opted in for beta testing could be called up.