I am really tempted to pick up a r290 with a non stock cooler, but The Witcher 3, Batman: Arkham Knight and a few others being a Nvidia games (plus DX12 and Nvidia's new driver updates looking to mitigate the advantage of mantle) holds me back. I doubt that many will be dumping 780/780Ti level cards if the rumours of the 880 are accurate TBH. It just doesn't seem to be that big of a leap for most people with those cards to jump. Maybe once Nvidia rolls out the big guns next year. Plus I really would prefer a cooler less power hungry card than those monsters.

From the sound of things yeilds on high performance 20nm wafers will mean Maxwell will be late this year anyway.

Watch Dogs gets chummy with Nvidia in a new tech trailer

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Watch Dogs looks rather easy on the eyes, doesn’t it? In the latest trailer for the open world action hacking game, lead PC engineer Paul Glassi goes over the special graphical features the game’s partnership with Nvidia has provided. 

“During the last years of development, we have worked closely with Nvidia in order to create the most vivid and breathtaking Chicago possible for the PC version of Watch Dogs,” says Glassi.

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Still missing some stuff from the 2012 demo.

Titanfall patch adds private matches for tournament play and casual battles with buddies

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Titanfall’s update today brings with it a slew of balance fixes and tweaks, but the main purpose of the update is to introduce private matches. It’s a beta feature, but available to all players. 

The private match system allows players to pick who they play with instead of jumping into fights with the unwashed masses and random pilots. It’s a necessity for online tournament play, but also convenient if you just want to fight with some chums. 

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Orcs Must Die! Unchained ramps up the aggression, chucks in more players and will be F2P

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Orcs Must Die! and its sequel both follow the same formula, mixing up tower defence mechanics with action RPG shenanigans - the only major difference between the two being the co-op made added in the latter. 

For the third game in the series, Orcs Must Die! Unchained, developer Robot Entertainment is mixing it up quite a bit, throwing in competitive multiplayer, 5v5 matches, bots and a free-to-play model. 

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Wubs are farmed in this Farming World dubstep trailer

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There once was a time when developers could release a farming game, knowing it would appeal to farmers, countryphiles and sim enthusiasts. But that simple era is gone. Now people want a bit of flash and flair with their farming adventures. 

Sim developer Excalibur knows what the kids these days like. They like dubstep. So now you have to sit there and watch a trailer of Farming World, with its grain purchases and seed planting, accompanied by wubs and drops and other words I don’t understand. 

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Diablo 3 hotfixes tweak the reward structure: sometimes you'll get more, sometimes you'll get less

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A series of hotfixes were applied to Diablo III today, adjusting the “ overall reward structures within the game.”

What does this actually mean? Simply put, in some instances you’ll be getting better rewards, and in others, less rewards. Let the conflicting emotions commence!

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Dragon Age: Inquisition – New Screenshot Shows Amazing Lighting

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ArmA 3 – Zeus DLC Available Today

April 10, 2014 Thomas P 0 Comments

Bohemia Interactive today released the free Arma 3 Zeus DLC for Arma 3, that lets people assume the role of Game Master and curate the multiplayer experience of other players. As a Game Master, you can view the battlefield from bird’s-eye perspective, and create, manipulate or expand a multiplayer scenario in real-time. Continue reading →

 

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Alien: Isolation Is Powered By An In-House Engine, Will Support Multiple CPU Cores, Mantle Support Possible

April 10, 2014 John Papadopoulos 6 Comments

Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware have conducted an interview with Creative Assembly, in which the development revealed some new details about its upcoming Alien title. According to Creative Assembly, the team is considering AMD’s new API, Mantle, as it looks very interesting and the game will not support Nvidia’s PhysX. Continue reading →

Am I the only one underwhelmed by those "leaked" 880 specs?

Damn.

This morning, Tecmo Koei—specifically the Koei side of the company—asked fans on its Facebook page how many of them were PC gamers.

One fan replied: “Please don’t tease us,” to which Koei said, “We aren’t teasing. We just want to know how many so we can see what we can do.”

PC releases of certain games aren’t really “new” for Tecmo or Koei. For instance, YAIBA: Ninja Gaiden Z was recently released on PC, while the Nobunaga’s Ambition series of games has seen a number of PC iterations as well.

Most recently, however, Tecmo Koei announced a PC version of Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends in Japan, and when we asked Tecmo Koei if the PC version would be brought to the West, they told us they would “look into the opportunity”.

Read more at http://www.siliconera.com/2014/04/10/koei-gauging-interest-pc-gamers/#ziuALl16Rjvum1eY.99

Looks like Below is coming to Steam

No, you aren't.

But as zarx said, Maxwell will bring a new architecture so that may offset some of the apparently weakness of those specs.

Get none of the above, upgrade to a 1440P/1600P monitor instead. :P

The Witcher 3 won't be out untill 2015, by then we will have a far more accurate gauge on the marketplace and prices will be lower.
I assume you have a very gaming capable card at the moment anyway?

I probably won't be upgrading untill 2016, quad-290's seem to be more than enough for *every* game on my pixel collider at the moment. (Ironically, I *still* play Minecraft more than any other game, go figure.)

My 560 Ti is still hanging in there but it really is starting to get long in the tooth. The plan was to hold off until Maxwell at 20nm, and then scope out the situation. Witcher 3 is still early 2015 and Batman is this year. We will see how things stack up after Maxwell is unvailed oficialy.

EA know eSports isn't stopping - and want to get involved

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Sports! The generalised, foam hand-waving, anything-with-a-ball sense of the term. That’s the world new EA CEO and triathlonite Andrew Wilson came up in, as chief custodian of FIFA, Madden and the NHL games. It’s a world he understands.

But now somebody’s gone and stuck a new vowel to the front of the word, and it’s become an entirely different beast. Companies who aren’t EA are filling LA stadiums with baying video game fans, and Wilson and friends would like a slice of that pie chart to show to their shareholders, please.

To that end, the CEO is eyeing up the publisher’s series’ as potential eSports candidates - and not just the ones about men in shorts.

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"It's not easy being queen": StarCraft 2's Kerrigan trailered for Heroes of the Storm

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Kerrigan is the perfect candidate for the game formerly known as Blizzard All-Stars. A major presence in all four StarCraft releases to date and subject of numerous tie-in novels, she’s as much coated in lore as she is spindly insect bits. 

Consequently her every word is now fan service - a fact Blizzard seem to have begun to recognise. Hence the very silly introductory reference here to that other great Ker - Kermit the Frog.

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The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot tackles player loneliness with pets in new update

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The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is a game with an ingenious high concept - Diablo vs Dungeon Keeper - that we really would have preferred to like. But in practice, it felt a little like returning home to find you’d been burgled. Every day.

What does work in Mighty Quest is the nitty gritty hacky slashy part - so it’s odd to see Ubisoft Montreal fiddling with that side of things, rather than work on rebalancing the business of castle building. Pets will accompany players on their grand home invasions, providing company and picking up gold and life force.

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Hack 'n' Slash Early Access trailer implores you to "check it out", subsequently "delete evil"

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I haven’t had time to catch up on the reels of film from Double Fine’s latest Amnesia Fortnight - but would be terribly surprised if it had produced an idea more compelling than Hack ‘n’ Slash, born during last year’s two-week internal jam.

Hack ‘n’ Slash is Zelda, but with a hacking system. Not a Deus Ex node network; not a BioShock pipes minigame; but an opportunity to make genuine alterations to the game’s code to circumvent your enemies.

Double Fine have put together a dimly-lit trailer in the spirit of the game’s ‘90s red-pill vibe. It is fun.

Blood Dragons and dud-free reboots: Uplay's Spring Sale is quite good

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Occasionally Ubisoft will send out emails about games they didn’t make. That’s not because they’re jealous or forgetful, but because they’ve quietly started selling the works of other publishers on their Uplay store.

It might never be the centrepiece of your gaming life like Steam is, but Uplay is a perfectly sensible place to buy PC games - especially now, while its Spring Sale is going on.

Here’s what’s on offer: Blood Dragon for less than the price of Total Recall on VHS in ‘91, and Tomb Raider for far under the cost of a gap year gone awry.

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Here Is Your First Look At Star Citizen’s Dogfighting Module – PAX East Presentation

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Bound By Flame Gets A Proper Combat Trailer

April 11, 2014 John Papadopoulos 0 Comments

After releasing two teaser trailers, Focus Home Interactive released today a proper full length video for Bound By Flame’s combat system. The video comprises numerous gameplay sequences and a detailed commentary describes the combat system and game mechanics that work in synergy: from the various options available to the player in the skill trees (Warrior, Ranger and Pyromancer) to choosing your companions, the variety in the impressive bestiary, the crafting system that enables you to customize your equipment and the player’s human/demon duality, which will have a strong influence on your combat strategy. Enjoy! Continue reading →

 

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Unreal Engine 4-powered Sci-Fi Horror ‘Caffeine’ Gets A Fourth Trailer

April 11, 2014 John Papadopoulos 0 Comments

Incandescent Imaging has released yet another trailer for its upcoming sci-fi horror title that will be powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 4, Caffeine. As Dylan Browne noted, this trailer has some new snippits of areas but mainly serves as a better trailer to use for Caffeine’s IndieGoGo campaign. Enjoy! Continue reading →

 

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Outcast Reboot HD – First Proper Screenshots Unveiled From Prototype Build

April 11, 2014 John Papadopoulos 0 Comments

Fresh3D has revealed the first proper screenshots from the upcoming HD reboot of Outcast. As the team noted, these screenshots are from the prototype build that is already running at 1080p + 60fps. Obviously, these shots do not reflect the quality of the final product, though it gives us a glimpse at what Fresh3D targets. Now let’s hope that the next set of screenshots will have Anisotropic Filtering enabled (notice the blurry terrain that is caused by the texture filtering used). Enjoy! Continue reading →

Rumor: The Witcher 3 Running At 900p on PS4 & 720p on Xbox One, GTX780Ti Pushes 35-45fps At Max Settings

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Watch_Dogs – New Gameplay Footage From PAX East [Off-Screen]

April 11, 2014 John Papadopoulos 17 Comments

PAX East is under way and Ubisoft is showing off a brand new demo for Watch Dogs. UGRGaming has uploaded some footage from it that can be viewed below. Naturally, it’s really hard to distinquish the details in this off-screen footage, but we’re pretty sure that Watch_Dogs fans will find it interesting. This demo takes place on a rainy day, so hopefully Ubisoft will release a direct video from it. Also, this is most probably PC footage as we can see a PC at the bottom left of the video (running on a single GPU). Until then, enjoy the video after the jump! Continue reading →

 

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Project CARS – New Videos Show Impressive WIP Water, Smoke, Gravel & Grass Effects

April 11, 2014 John Papadopoulos 27 Comments

YouTube’s member ‘lukas mensik’ has shared a number of videos from Project CARS, showing off some WIP effects such as water, gravel, grass and smoke. As noted, this is still WIP effects and do not reflect the quality of those that will be found in the final version of the game. Still, they look quite impressive for early effects so make sure to give them a go! Continue reading →

 

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Sniper Elite 3 – Developer Q&A Part #2

April 12, 2014 John Papadopoulos 1 Comment

Rebellion has released a new video for Sniper Elite 3 in which the development team answers the community’s questions in the second part of its Q&A sessions. In this video, Rebellion answers questions about the games multiplayer, including the online co-op and competitive modes. Also the team talk about how each can customize their weapons, using hundreds of different combinations to fit their play style. Enjoy (we’ve also included a video walkthrough from PAX East, courtesy of VG247)! Continue reading →

 

Hearthstone single-player mode will chuck players into the necropolis of Naxxramas

11 April 2014 • 11 hours 4 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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To say that I’m hooked on Hearthstone would be an understatement of titanic proportions. It has consumed me, and now to feed it I feel compelled to turn more people onto it, like a horrible pusher. 

I’m yet to tire of the simple formula, and so I’ve never pondered what the game would be like were it larger, if it featured dungeons and single-player content. Blizzard has been, though. And this has lead to the Curse of Naxxramas - Hearthstone’s first single-player campaign. 

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Blizzard reveals four new, mostly nuts, Heroes of the Storm characters at PAX East

11 April 2014 • 9 hours 38 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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Before Heroes of the Storm, I honestly can’t say that any MOBA characters interested me all that much until after I’d spent at least a few hours playing them. But Blizzard seems intent on creating heroes that sound absolutely bonkers. Even on paper, some of these characters demand to be played. 

With PAX East underway, Blizzard’s making all sorts of Heroes of the Storm-related announcements and reveals - the most recent of which is the unveiling of four new characters. And none of them are remotely alike. 

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Double Fine Presents Last Life: 4 hours to catch a killer on Mars, what's a dead detective to do?

11 April 2014 • 7 hours 6 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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With Escape Goat 2 being distributed to the masses, Double Fine has added another title to its fledgling indie publishing wing - Double Fine Presents. The game in question is Sam Farmer’s Last Life, a sci-fi noir adventure game that juggles a pulpy detective story, a striking cuboid art style and transhumanism. It's also got a Kickstarter.

Last Life is inspired by the new wave of adventure games; the likes of The Walking Dead and Kentucky Route Zero, where story and atmosphere trumps puzzles. It looks like Last Life has both in spades. 

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Wargame Red Dragon due out next week; last chance to check out the beta

11 April 2014 • 5 hours 17 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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Wargame Red Dragon is a mere week away, launching on April 17th. This is excellent news if you salivate at the thought of giant 20th Century wargames. I do. That’s why I have a bib that I sometimes fold up into a tiny tank. 

If you own Wargame AirLand Battle, you can pick Red Dragon up with a 33 percent discount and jump into the beta right now. You only have a week left. To get the strategy juices flowing (probably a mixture of oil and… blood?) point your binoculars at some lovely screenshots and trailer below. 

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Azeroth Choppers: World of Warcraft does American Choppers, and nothing makes sense any more

11 April 2014 • 4 hours 6 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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It can’t be real, but it is. Azeroth Choppers is a bizarre reality web show that pits two teams, one led by Blizzard wordsmith Chris Metzen, the other led by art director Sam Didier, against each other as they build custom choppers. 

That shouty man from American Choppers will be helping them. What chopper is the best chopper is up to fans, as they’ll vote on which bike ends up in World of Warcraft. 

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