Shut up you Star Wars nerds . It's time for the news.

NVIDIA GEFORCE 361.75 WHQL DRIVER RELEASED, “GAME-READY” FOR RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER & THE DIVISION

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-361-75-whql-driver-released-game-ready-for-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-the-division/

NVIDIA has just released the “Game-Ready” driver for Rise of the Tomb Raider and Tom Clancy’s The Division. According to its release notes, this driver packs SLI profiles for both Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Division.

>>Download them from here.

WARHAMMER 40,000: ETERNAL CRUSADE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM EARLY ACCESS, GETS NEW IN-ENGINE TRAILER

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40000-eternal-crusade-is-now-available-on-steam-early-access-gets-new-in-engine-trailer/

Bandai Namco and Behaviour Interactive announced the release of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade on Steam Early Access. According to the developers, Eternal Crusade’s Early Access Program will last for a number of months, during which the MMO components such as character progression, the strategic layer and territorial conquest will be introduced.

>>Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqCg9RK6LM

STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT – JANUARY UPDATE DETAILED, FUTURE PLANS REVEALED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-january-update-detailed-future-plans-revealed/

Electronic Arts and DICE detailed tomorrow’s content update for Star Wars: Battlefront. Alongside various bug fixes, tomorrow’s patch will give players the ability to create Private Matches, and will introduce Daily Challenges. In addition, EA and DICE have revealed their future plans for this online shooter.

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT HIT BY NERF BLASTER

http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-hit-by-nerf-blaster/

I'm beginning to understand why Han shot Greedo over a cantina table—any further away and the blast wouldn't have warmed his ears. The latest Star Wars Battlefront patch is a sweeping series of nerfs, not least to Solo's firepower. His damage now ranges between 70 (down from 75) to 30 (from 35) over a distance of between 10 metres (previously 20) and 20 metres (previously 40).

BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC: ARMADA GETS NEW TRAILER

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/battlefleet-gothic-armada-gets-new-trailer/

Focus Home Interactive has released a new trailer for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. This trailer is composed from some of the game’s cinematics, and introduces the ambitious solo campaign which will plunge players into the heart of the spectacular void battles of the 12th Black Crusade of Abaddon. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is planned for a March release on Steam.

>>Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl4hAD_xhn0

HARD RESET REDUX ANNOUNCED, WILL FEATURE UPGRADED VISUAL ENGINE & REBALANCED GAMEPLAY

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/hard-reset-redux-announced-will-feature-upgraded-visual-engine-rebalanced-gameplay/

Gambitious Digital Entertainment has just announced the Redux version of Flying Wild Hog’s Hard Reset. According to the publisher, this Redux version will get reenergized for modern audiences with an upgraded visual engine and rebalanced gameplay, along with new enemies and weaponry.

>>There's also an announcement trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t13GKrC0Nc8

HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION "RESISTANCE MODE" TRAILER RELEASED

http://www.pcgamer.com/homefront-the-revolution-resistance-mode-trailer-released/

Deep Silver has revealed a new four-player co-op mode for the upcoming shooter Homefront: The Revolution called Resistance Mode. We actually have a good hands-on look at it right here and I would encourage you to pop over and give it a read, because it sounds like a ton of fun. But before you go, why not watch the trailer?

>>And this is that trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp1AE9ISysY

EA ENTERS EVENTS SPACE WITH EA PLAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-enters-events-space-with-ea-play/

Do I have buzzwords for you. EA has announced "an all-new experience" on account of its players being "the driving force behind everything we do". In other words it's holding a convention, on June 12 in London and June 12-14 in LA and over the internet.

>>More at poklane's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=212955

TORMENT: TIDES OF NUMENERA IS NOW IN EARLY ACCESS

http://www.pcgamer.com/torment-tides-of-numenera-is-now-in-early-access/

InXile's party-based RPG Torment: Tides of Numenera went into beta last week—provided, that is, that you'd backed the game on Kickstarter at a level that offered beta access as a reward. For everyone else, it was tough noogies until today. But now the game is live on Early Access, and if you just can't wait until it's finished to play it, you can leap into the action right now.

>>Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9sS00tIho

HEROES OF THE STORM PATCH BRINGS LI-MING INTO THE FIGHT

http://www.pcgamer.com/heroes-of-the-storm-patch-brings-li-ming-into-the-fight/

Li-Ming, the “rebellious wizard” and one of two Diablo-themed Heroes of the Storm characters announced last week, is now available for play on the Public Test Realm. She arrives as part of the next major patch, which also includes new portraits for Cho'gall, Artanis, Tassadar, and Zeratul, a new open source replay protocol, and a “mysterious creature” that may turn up at the beginning of PTR games.

JOHN ROMERO IS STILL WORKING ON A NEW SHOOTER

http://www.pcgamer.com/john-romero-is-still-working-on-a-new-shooter/

John Romero, he of Doom and Quake fame, is working on a new shooter. We've known that since 2014, but he hasn't spoken about it since. In fact, he's barely spoken about it now, but at a Zurich games convention this week he let on that he thinks it has a unique concept we haven't seen before.

DYING LIGHT: THE FOLLOWING 'NIGHTMARE MODE' DETAILED

http://www.pcgamer.com/dying-light-the-following-nightmare-mode-detailed/

Dying Light: The Following launches early next month, and in addition to a whole new playable area, buggies and a bunch of silly (read: more brutal) weaponry, there's going to be a new difficulty mode. Predictably enough, the new difficulty mode will be very hard, so Techland have called it 'nightmare' mode.

>>Watch the video detailing what this mode brings here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xovkbcre3M

GUILD WARS 2 UPDATE BRINGS GLIDING TO CENTRAL TYRIA

http://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2-update-brings-gliding-to-central-tyria/

The Guild Wars 2 Winter Update 2016 is live and it's a big one, bringing the sort of change WoW reserved for its Cataclysm expansion. Gliding, introduced to the Maguuma Jungle in Heart of Thorns, is now available throughout the world, meaning you can now hurl yourself from the spires of Divinity's Reach or splatter artistically across the cobbles in Lion's Arch.

>>And it comes with its own video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE-OWMqak-8

LIFE IS STRANGE SPARKS $10K PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

http://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-strange-sparks-10k-photography-competition/

Square Enix seems determined to make Life is Strange a social endeavour, in the charitable rather than Facebook connectivity sense, which is logical, I suppose, given that many of its events affect us all at some point or another. Apart from the time travelling. First there was an anti-bullying hashtag campaign, #EverydayHeroes, and now Dontnod has launched a photography competition by the same name. There's a $10,000 photography scholarship to be won.

When I send you to do the job:

Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries, expansion for Galactic Civilizatons III, announced.

Plymouth, MI. – January 27, 2016 – Today, Stardock announced that the first expansion to its popular 4X space strategy game Galactic Civilizations III is in development and will launch next month. Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries will add an all-new campaign, Galactic Bazaars, new races, and the ability to recruit elite units with special abilities and more.

Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries release on February 18, 2016 and will cost $19.99.

Features:

• New Campaign
Hire mercenaries and lead the Torians to freedom from their Drengin oppressors.

• Visit the Galactic Bazaar and hire mercenaries to do your bidding.

• New Factions
Play as the Arceans, an ancient race of warriors, or as and long-time enemy of the Drengin Empire, or as the Torians, an aquatic species who are trying to escape Drengin enslavement.

• 1.6 update (free to owners of the game)
Includes more detailed match results and the new Stardock game launcher.

• Mercenaries graphics engine with newly supported effects (requires DX11).

• More than 70 new ships and dozens of new ships parts for customization.

• New abilities, new tech trees, new music, and more!

They announce an expansion that launches next month? They aren't wasting time, are they?

They've been giving hints about it for a while. Also it's been known it would release in February for months, though not what it would contain. It should also enter beta soon, although it will probably be limited to Elite Founders.

For the most part it seems to be going well, I hope it stays that way ebcause that's all we really want.

So it's one of those secrets that everybody knows about. Ok.

So what's up with the recent woodwork folk in saying "PC gaming is dead"?.

I mean I know we get the few of those folk around the new but on here I didn't expect people like that to pop up in number.



Is this the part where we should make a thread talking of such a topic?. Personally I dunno because I know it leads down a dark path but I also know it's agitating to see people rallying against a platform they clearly dislike and claiming it's dead when it's not.

Fans of Point & Click adventures (like myself) are in for a great treat.

http://revolution.co.uk/news/revolution-the-25th-anniversary-collection-box-set/

Revolution: the 25th Anniversary Collection Box Set

To celebrate over a quarter of a century of creating adventure games, we’re proud to announce the forthcoming release of the Revolution: the 25th Anniversary Collection box set on 11th March 2016, exclusively for PC.

As well as featuring each of Revolution’s full roster of games, the box set will also contain comic books, posters, high quality audio tracks, a Broken Sword USB, a digital timeline with extensive behind- the-scenes materials, and two hours of video telling the Revolution story. The video footage features interviews with key team members and our creative partners such as Dave Gibbons, Rolf Saxon and Barrington Pheloung.

We hope you enjoy the box set as much as we enjoyed putting it together – here’s to another 25 years!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVGBbJH_Slc

This is a pic of what the box looks like

The price will be 39.99 € and it will include

• Broken Sword 1 - Shadow of the Templars
• Broken Sword 1: Director's Cut
• Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror
• Broken Sword 2: Remastered
• Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon
• Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death
• Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
• In Cold Blood
• Beneath a Steel Sky
• Lure of the Temptress