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I figured this would be the best place to post this.

So someone donated their computer to me because I needed onez for college and it seems like a pretty good computer. But I have a few questions about it.

1. How good of a machine is it? Specs are below:

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
8GB of ram
Graphics card is an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800

2. It has Vista (ewww!) on it and I was wondering if anyone knows of a place where I can find a really cheap upgrade for preferable Windows 8.

3. I have the computer hooked up to my 23" Asus 1080p capable monitor via a DivX adapter that has a female HDMI on the other side and I have my HDMI cord hooked up from that to the monitor. Now my problem is I can't put it on 1080p resolution because if I do the screen looks like its shaking. It works fine on 1680 x 1050 resolution though so I'm not sure how to fix this. Nevermind, got it fixed.

Thanks!

The CPU is a bit long in the tooth but is probably still ok for most games, if you want to overclock it a bit all the better. The GPU isn't really that great for games TBH, it's an old low end Quadro card so driver support for games will be nonexistant plus it's just not that powerful. You would be able to buy something a lot better for not that much money.

As for you OS as a student you should be able to get a student discount through your college which will knock a fair ammount off the price.

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Runescape players raise $90,000 for charity

Runescape 3 players raised over $90,000 to various charities using the free-to-play MMO’s Well of Goodwill during the month of November. Jagex said “many tens of thousands” of players chipped in in-game wealth and Bonds to secure $90,838 in donations for the Willow Foundation, SpecialEffect, Action For Kids, Games Aid, Internet Watch Foundation, HART and the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal. The Well of Appeal will remain in game but is currently closed as Jagex plots its next charitable drive.

Saints Row 4 gets Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’ DLC pack

Saints Row 4′s latest DLC pack includes the three stars of web show Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?

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Battlefield 4 received a patch on PC this week that was said to eliminate a notorious one-hit kill bug that has been affecting players since the game launched. Did the update fix the issue? DICE has said, “Yes and no.”

Battlefield 4: China Rising has – without any fanfare – raised the multiplayer level cap from 100 to 110, which is a first for the series. Once you hit level 101, something lovely happens.

Final Fantasy 8 was added to the Steam registry once upon a time, but was then promptly pulled. Now, the entry has been updated by Square, suggesting something is happening.

Are heavyweights like IGN and Gamespot in danger of becoming irrelevant? That’s the topic discussed by Curse’s VP of sales Nathan Lindberg, who feels that gamers aren’t listening to game reviews and typical journalistic sites, but their friends, community personalities and other forms of new media.

Just Cause 3 looks to be in the research phase over at Avalanche Studios, as the team has recently taken a trip to Costa Rica to, “research complex environments for future games.”

Hawken developer Adhesive Games has published a new trailer showcasing the shooter’s new map Wreckage, along with details surrounding its festive update and gameplay quirks.

Call of Duty: Ghosts didn’t fare too well at review, but Activison feels that its biggest and most trusted critics are the fans themselves who, according to Eric Hirshberg, are getting along with the new shooter just fine.

Epic has released a new video in its Inside Unreal series, and its part two of the firm’s VFX in the Infiltrator Demo for Unreal Engine 4.

The second campaign episode for Arma 3, Adapt, has been announced and will pick up where the first episode left off in January.

Guild Wars 2′s Wintersday event is returning to Tyria, as is the toy making inventor Tixx. The festival starts December 10 and lasts for six-weeks. A balance update will also be included in the content patch. A video announcement and more information is below.

Valve has joined the nonprofit Linux Foundation which is dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux.

Football Manager of the Dead Lexicon Pack is now available for free for Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL players. This means that all the words and phrases have been replaced by commentary lines from the Football Manager series. Anyone who owns Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL will automatically receive the Football Manager of the Dead Lexicon Pack on a Bosman free of charge. More lexicon packs are to come over the next few months. Screenshots are below.

Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games has been delayed into early 2014, the developer has announced. In development for PC, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, the game originally slated for a release in September, before being delayed into winter 2013. Thanks, Siliconera.

Teslagrad will be released next week on Linux, Mac, and PC

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DICE's Johan Andersson Talks BF4, Frostbite, Mantle, The Future

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Wargaming and War Child join forces to assist children affected by war

04 December 2013 • 5 hours 9 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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While Wargaming.net is best known as a purveyor of addictive, skill-based tank, plane and ship combat games, it recently showed its softer side when it joined War Child UK in securing the safety of children in regions threatened by conflict through the Real War is Not a Game campaign. War Child is an international charity with teams in Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda and other nations affected by war where they provide aid to child soldiers, homeless children, kids that have been locked up in prison and girls at risk of rape.

Back in September, Wargaming sold three charity packs to their customers, promising a quarter of the sales to War Child UK. This has amounted to €100,000, which Wargaming recently presented to the charity. This sum won't just protect children from the immediate effects of war - it will also be put towards education, helping families and giving young adults the opportunity to learn skills that will allow them to earn a sustainable income.

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Housebound: The Novelist is a voyeuristic experiment in player choice from a BioShock 2 veteran

04 December 2013 • 10 hours 38 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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The critical and creative bludgeoning of what eventually became The Bureau, and the eventual demise of Irrational spin-off studio 2K Marin, is one of the most depressing tales to be told of recent AAA development. But it’s already yielded enough silver linings to build an entire web of indie promise. In Gone Home and Eldritch, ex-Marin staffers have already built on BioShock’s baseline better than Infinite did - and now a third game, The Novelist, promises to react to your choices in all the ways Infinite didn’t.

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Inferno Legend is an "anti-Diablo" MMO, but probably can't match Blizzard's level

04 December 2013 • 11 hours 59 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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You might admire the brazenness of Inferno Legend, and its wilful, repeated self-comparison to both Diablo and World of Warcraft. But that’s because you haven’t yet seen its trailer, which plays like something out of whichever Dynasty Warriors entry I was playing in 1996.

You had my attention, Inferno Legend. Now you have my complete and utter bewilderment.

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Full Steam ahead: Valve kit out their client with new download options

04 December 2013 • 12 hours 56 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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If you’ve approached Steam in the last 12 hours you’ll have been asked to humour it for a couple of minutes while it turns itself inside out with a new client patch. Nothing new about that - but in doing so, you’ve ensured that it won’t update itself in quite the same way again.

Last night’s download, y’see, was all about downloads. And it’s introduced a couple of changes that ought to make life on Steam an awful lot more palatable.

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Casting divination: The future of Dungeons & Dragons Online

03 December 2013 • 22 hours 46 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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Turbine's going to have a busy year come 2014, with the DDO developer planning four significant updates for the aging fantasy MMO. I confess that I sometimes forget about the existence of DDO, despite thoroughly enjoying myself whenever I remember it's a thing and I pop back in to poke beholders in the eye.

In a letter to the community, the plans for the future are laid out, as well as an honest look back at the failures and successes of the last year. Major bugs and exploits are apologised for, while the inclusion of enchantments and the large adventure area of Storm Horn mountains are celebrated.

But who cares about the past? Stupid past-dwellers, that's who. Onto the future stuff!

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EIDOS Montreal Talks THIEF Tech – Tessellation, FOV Slider, Multi-Core CPUs & Graphical Features

Posted on December 4, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure to interview EIDOS Montreal’s Jean-Normand Bucci who shared with us some new information about the PC version (as well as the console versions) of THIEF. THIEF PC will come with a FOV slider and will be based on the ‘next-gen’ version (guess we need to mention that after what EA Sports did with Fifa 14). Enjoy the interview after the jump. Continue reading →

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100 Titles Greenlit Today

5 December - Alden

Today we’ve Greenlit another batch of 100 titles to advance through Steam Greenlight, and be offered worldwide distribution via Steam.

These titles were selected on the same criteria we have been using in the past: Votes in Greenlight give us a hugely valuable point of data in gauging community interest along with external factors such as press reviews, crowd-funding successes, performance on other similar platforms, and awards and contests to help form a more complete picture of community interest in each title.

We've created a collection to list the items getting Greenlit in this batch for easy browsing:

December 4th Batch of Greenlight Titles

By: ChrisK

This is the collection of titles Greenlit on December 4th, 2013 and offered worldwide distribution via Steam. These titles were selected on the same criteria we have been using in the past: Votes in Greenlight give us a...

While they were Greenlit today, these titles will be released independently in the weeks or months ahead, as they complete development and integrate any Steamworks features they are interested in utilizing.

Make sure to stop back often to vote; the lineup continues to change quickly and new submissions are posted daily.

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I updated my list

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1. How good of a machine is it? Specs are below:

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
8GB of ram
Graphics card is an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800

2. It has Vista (ewww!) on it and I was wondering if anyone knows of a place where I can find a really cheap upgrade for preferable Windows 8.

Find a Radeon 7850/7870/7950 that's going for cheap. (Make sure the Powersupply is decent.)
Overclock the CPU to 3.4-3.6Ghz and call it a day, you could then do more than just play exclusives.
The hardware might be old, but it's still very capable, I doubt the CPU would break a sweat for Battlefield 4.

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yo_john117 said:

As for you OS as a student you should be able to get a student discount through your college which will knock a fair ammount off the price.

Yeah I did some further research and found that whilst the card itself is good even by today's standards, it absolutely sucks for gaming. Oh well I'm not going to complain since it was donated to me.

@perm: I may get a different graphics card but probably not for a good while. How does one go about overclocking the CPU?

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yo_john117 said:

zarx said:

yo_john117 said:

As for you OS as a student you should be able to get a student discount through your college which will knock a fair ammount off the price.

Yeah I did some further research and found that whilst the card itself is good even by today's standards, it absolutely sucks for gaming. Oh well I'm not going to complain since it was donated to me.

@perm: I may get a different graphics card but probably not for a good while. How does one go about overclocking the CPU?

Push the Front Side Bus clock up, maintain the Ram at it's default speed and when you encounter stability issues, push up the voltage, Core 2's can generally handle 1.4 volt just fine.
Plus, you may need to adjust the ratios for PCI/PCI-E busses too to keep them at default clocks.
That's provided the motherboard even lets you overclock to begin with.

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DayZ standalone alpha is a “recipe for disappointment” except for hardcore fans

DayZ’s upcoming standalone alpha isn’t going to be a lot of fun for those who aren’t excited by an inside look at development, creative lead Dean “Rocket” Hall has warned.

Prison Architect is still in alpha, but it has netted developer Introversion Software over $9 million. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with co-founder Mark Morris to chat about the game’s success and the model at large.

Call of Duty: Ghosts has received a hot-fix on all formats without the need for a download. It is said to take a bolt gun to two hacks that render enemies invisible and enter them into god mode.

Payday 2 DLC ‘Gage Weapon Pack’ is due out today on PC, according to Overkill Software. Get the details inside.

War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment has confirmed that the PS4, PC and Mac MMO will receive a new expansion in December. Say hello to Ground Forces, currently in beta on PC. If you haven’t been invited, you can pay a lot – and we mean a lot – of money to gain access.

Surgeon Simulator 2013 developer Bossa Studios has announced a new project called Time to Live, a deathmatch bloodsport gameshow. You can play the free demo right now.

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The Banner Saga’s latest “Rough Guide” video focuses on combat

The Banner Saga gameplay details have been released by Stoic. In the firm’s second “Rough Guide” video, the team gives you tips on combat. Highlights of the video include an overview of the hero stats a player should keep an eye on: armor, strength, willpower, exertion and break.The Banner Saga is currently in development and will be released on January 14 for PC and Mac.

Total War: Rome 2 has a new faction available today: Baktria. Originally a part of Alexander The Great’s empire, Baktria was a “crossroads of commerce between east and west.” Baktria offers players “a diverse battle experience blending units from the Greek rosters with those of Eastern cultures.” Baktria will download automatically for Rome 2 players via Steam, and will require players to restart if already in-game.

The Last Door episodic point-and-click adventure greenlit on Steam

The Last Door, the episodic point-and-click adventure title successfully funded through Kickstarter back in December 2012, has been greenlit on Steam – as noted last night. Even so, the team continues to seek funding for the fourth episode in the series.

Dark Souls 2 has a new batch of screenshots available and you can gawp at the lot below. The shots highlight Covenants, which are a large part of the online multiplayer, and while exploring online, each player can choose to “help, rescue, invade, protect, and take on several positions within the world.” Dark Souls 2 has range of exclusive goodies available throughout selected UK and Ireland retailers with pre-orders of the standard and collector’s edition as well as the Black Armour edition. The game releases March 14 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Dark, Realmforge’s blood-spattered, vampiric stealth action title, has some new DLC available. Titled ‘Cult of the Dead’ is now available for PC and Xbox 360. You can check out the launch trailer for the content below, which provides a look at the new environments and enemies the protagonist, Eric Bane, will encounter. Players will be tasked with finding the Book of the Dead, play through five new maps in challenge mode, face the Sniper, and try to best the new boss: the Cultist. It will run you $5.99/£3.99/€4.99.

Big Robot has announced the alpha test for Sir, You are Being Hunted, available on Steam and via the Humble Store, has reached its “Teapot” milestone. You can watch a video detailing the December update below, which addresses issues raised by players, and “introduces the long-awaited Poacher character.” This is the seventh update since the start of the alpha.

Final Fantasy 8 is now available through Steam and other digital outlets for $11.99, Square Enix has announced.

Capcom has provided a more ‘exact’ 2014 release window for Ultra Street Fighter 4 along with pricing as previously it only had a northern spring 2014 window attached.

Neverwinter’s second free module, Shadowmantle has launched, bringing with it the Hunter Ranger class; Artifacts and Collections systems; new Paragon Paths for the original classes; and the Dread Ring zone. The launch trailer is below.

Stick it to the Man, developed by Swedish team Zoink Games and published by Ripstone, will be released on PC through Steam later this month. The game is already available for PS3 and Vita. In the game, players explore a world make of stickers and paper while helping Ray, who has awoken from a bizarre accident and now has a pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain. The dialogue was written by Adventure Time writer Ryan North. The launch trailer is below. The game releases on PC December 13.

StarCraft 2 Patch 2.1 is now available for testing in the Public Test Realm. Those who test the patch will note the introduction of Extension Mods, Clan and Group additions via the new Events tab, AFK lobby hosts, and the ability to do all of this while listening to the classic StarCraft soundtrack. Unfortunately, due to an issue discovered “during internal PTR testing,” Mac users will be unable to access the Test Realm at this time. More information is posted on Battle.net.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed free this weekend on Steam

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is free this weekend on Steam; download it here to try the racer until 1PM PT on Sunday. If you like what you see, you can pick it up at 75% off until December 10, and it;s also available in a thrifty four pack so you can rope in three friends for multiplayer fun. More details on Steam.

Make Arma not War in €500,000 mod contest

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It’s time to win more money than you could possibly know what to do with. Bohemia Interactive are holding a contest next year for Arma 3 modders. The Make Arma Not War competition invites modders to make some amazing content for Arma 3 and stand to win prizes from a €500,000 deep kitty.

Entries will be split into four categories: Total Modification, Singleplayer Game Mode, Multiplayer Game Mode, and Addon. If you think you can make one of those no trouble at all, it’s time to put your coding hat on.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skywind Gets A Glorious Trailer – Morrowind Mod For Skyrim

Posted on December 6, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

Morrowind is still considered one of the best The Elder Scrolls titles, and a team of modders has decided to recreate it in Skyrim. So, ladies and gentlemen (*drumroll) meet The Elder Scrolls V: Skywind (*crowd applause). Truth be told, it’s been a while since our last look on this mod. In case you have forgotten, we took a look at Skywind back in September 2012. Continue reading →

Bethesda Crashes Fallout 4 Fans Dreams: “We Are Not Showing Anything At VGX”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

A lot of fans have been waiting VGX for a possible confirmation of Fallout 4. Well, it seems that ain’t gonna happen guys. As Bethesda’s Pete Hines has tweeted a couple of minutes ago that he will not be attending this show and that Bethesda will not be showing anything new at VGX. Continue reading →

Next Car Game – Technology Sneak Peek 2.0 Available To Backers

Posted on December 5, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

Bugbear Entertainment has released a new version of its tech demo – for its upcoming racing game, Next Car Game – to all its backers. In this new version, Bugbear has added new destructive machinery, more dynamic stuff to blow up, spectacular stunts and an awesome physics cannon that we use to play with its physics engine. Bugbear has released a trailer and alongside it we’ve included a video from our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’. Enjoy! Continue reading →

The Division – New Teaser Trailer Released

Posted on December 5, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

Ubisoft has released a new teaser trailer for The Division prior to the VGX show, in which we can expect to see some new footage (most probably in-game) from this upcoming next-gen title. Ubisoft claims that The Division will be THE next-gen title. The game is planned for release on next-gen consoles and PC. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! Continue reading →

The Witcher 3′s VGX Trailer Is All In-Game, “Will Be A Big Hit This Saturday”

Posted on December 5, 2013 by John Papadopoulos

As you may already know, a new trailer for The Witcher 3 will be unveiled this Saturday at VGX. And in case you’re wondering then no – this won’t be anything similar to the CGI trailer we got a while back. This time, CD Projekt RED is going all out and has prepared a trailer with 100% in-game footage. Hooray. Continue reading →

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Looking forward that Witcher 3 trailer, and I hope it's "in game" and not "in engine" or whatever other excuse they come up these days for simple cinematics.

Btw, does anyone know when (aproximately) will "Prison Architect" go gold? I'm interested in it but I don't want to be a beta alpha tester. It looks a bit like SimCity or even better, Zoo Tycoon, designing the "habitats" and the paths to connect them while avoiding that the inmates escape.

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War of the Vikings free this weekend with new gameplay mode, weapon

War of the Vikings, Fatshark’s in-beta followup to War of the Roses, is open to all comers this weekend, and even has some new content to show off.

Battlefield 4 developer DICE has decided to halt development of DLC packs and Star Wars: Battlefront 3 until it fixes bugs and issues within the shooter’s multiplayer component. The move is reported to have triggered a dip in EA’s shares.

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Speedball 2 HD has launched on Steam, and with it this hard-hitting launch trailer. It shows off several mechanics and gameplay at work.

The Walking Dead: Season 2 has been dated and priced on Steam, along with a synopsis from TellTale Games.

Dark Souls 2 will see covenants return, and it seems that From Software wants to really expand the game’s PvP format using their roles.

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn’s 2.1 patch ‘A Realm Awoken’ has been detailed by Square Enix ahead of its December 17 launch.

Just Cause 3 is on the table, but it’s too early to talk about it, according to developer Avalanche Studios. However, the team has given JC2-MP’s Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod its blessing, following confirmation that it’s headed to Steam.

Omerta – City of Gangsters has new DLC available for PC called The Japanese Incentive

Omerta – City of Gangsters has a new batch of DLC available for PC called The Japanese Incentive along with a free update adding improved AI, five new buildings and general gameplay fixes.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has told Eurogamer it is Dead Space developer Visceral Games making the shooter he was alluding to earlier this morning.

The Wolf Among Us has a couple new screenshots available, showing off Episode 2: Smoke & Mirrors.

Minecraft users can now download the latest snapshot which contains Twitch interrelation. The update notes that Twitch integration is only supported on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well as Mac OS X Lion 10.7 or higher. Along with Twitch, the update fixed render distances above 8 as well as “many bug fixes and optimizations.” More through the link.

South Park: The Stick of Truth VGX teaser trailer released

South Park: The Stick of Truth will be shown during VGX tomorrow night via a new trailer. Today, Ubisoft has released a teaser trailer for the reveal. Like the one for The Division released yesterday, it’s around 20 seconds long.

The Obsidian-developed RPG was previously set for a December 10 release, but will now be released on March 4, 2014.

Steam has put VGX nominated titles on sale. Games like BioShock Infinite, Metro: Last Light, Gone Home and others are 75%, 66% and 50% off respectively. Hit up the link and start saving. VGX will be livestreamed through Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Twitch, Hulu, Yahoo, Steam and through Viacom websites: Spike TV,ComedyCentral, MTV, MTV2, BET and GameTrailers on Saturday, December 7 at 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT on VGXLIVE.com.

EverQuest Next Landmark video released

SOE has released a new video for EverQyest Landmark. It basically gives you the rundown on what the game encompasses. Watch it below. You can still sign up for alpha access through here. Thanks, Erthazus.

Project Ascender is in development for PS4 and PC, and it’s from Duke Nukem creator and co-founder of 3D Realms, Scott Miller and Rise of the Triad developer Interceptor Entertainment. The project was spotted on Interceptor CEO Frederik Schreiber’s LinkedIn profile. The game has apparently been in development since September and has 19 staffer members working on it. The game is due in 2014. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Eldritch heads to the Mountains of Madness this Christmas

06 December 2013 • 1 hour 17 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

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Aww, Eldritch - the creepy Lovecraftian roguelike - is handing in its doom and gloom in exchange for some beautiful snowscapes and waddling penguins. Well, that would be the optimist view. If you’re a realist you’ll already know that what lies at the foot of the Mountains of Madness doesn’t really reflect on what’s at the peak.

That tends to be star gods and despair. Which is almost exactly what we expect will be delivered in Eldritch’s free DLC expansion, which will be released on December 19th.

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Gaijin Entertainment on free-to-play vs premium: “We’re not the greedy bastards here”

06 December 2013 • 1 hour 33 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

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War Thunder has screamed its way across the internet over the past year. In its first twelve months of open beta, the aerial dogfighting game has gathered 5 million players, with more coming in every day thanks to its debut on PS4. That makes it one of the most successful flight sims of the past decade, seizing a massive victory in a field believed to be the domain of just a few plane anoraks in this shooter-obsessed age.

Gaijin Entertainment’s CEO Anton Yudinstev has been speaking out on War Thunder’s triumphs, noting that in the battle between free-to-play and traditional paid-for games, his side is not the greedy one.

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Valve’s Bonkers Division experiments with tongue and arse control

06 December 2013 • 2 hours 42 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

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You don’t discover genius without venturing out to the farthest realms of insanity first. This would seem to be the mantra of Valve’s experimental hardware division, who presumably toyed with Matrix-style neck jacks before settling on thumb track-pad controllers for the Steam Machine. In a gleeful insight into the minds of Valve’s brightest thinkers, a couple of new videos show off prototype controllers operated by the least likely areas of your body: your tongue and your bum.

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Thanks to Starbound's first beta update, summoned guards now know to call you boss

06 December 2013 • 7 hours 7 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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Pixels are currency - not just in the sense that they’ve made Starbound developers Chucklefish an awful lot of money, but entirely literally. In Starbound’s beta, pixels are cashed in at on-ship 3D printers in exchange for items. Is that meta, or just silly? Dunno.

Anyway, you’ll have more of them. Chucklefish have “massively” reduced the pixel cost on early weapons and armour - in some cases making them completely free. And that’s just where it starts with this, the first, super-exciting update to Terraria’s unofficial successor.

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Being GOG: preserving a medium that doesn't want to be preserved

06 December 2013 • 8 hours 31 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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PC gamers tend to cast their eyes backwards more than most. Perhaps it’s simply that we tend to be older on average, or that our necks function as 360 degree pivots. Dissections have proven inconclusive.

I just know that, while next-gen console owners cast about desperately for something brand new to play, I’m reminded that we do precisely the opposite to test a new PC: dig out an old favourite and see what kind of magic the new context can pull out of it.

That’s exactly the business of GOG, incidentally. Though they’ve expanded their remit in recent years to incorporate the contemporary and the indie, the console manufacturers’ abandonment of backwards compatibility means their role as curators of gaming past is more vital than ever. Also, who else would stock Phantasmagoria?

We talked to GOG managing director Guillaume Rambourg about the consoles and the all-important catalogue.

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Neverwinter arrives on Steam, brings its new expansion

06 December 2013 • 13 hours 48 min ago • Story by Jeremy Peel

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Neverwinter’s now on Steam! It’s free, as is Shadowmantle, its new expansion.

As the layer between the Earth’s crust and its outer core, the mantle casts no shadow. Therein lies the intangible sense of foreboding which must fuel every RPG expansion. Neverwinter’s first appears less than six months after its summer release, and asks players to delve further into the well-trampled Neverwinter Woods than they’ve become accustomed to over this series’ 10 year history.

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