By Tim Hage on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 4:53PM
In honor of Supreme Commander 2’s release, Razer has planned a huge giveaway. All you need to do to enter is whore yourself out on Facebook, but it’s totally worth it. Follow the break to see what we mean.
By Tim Hage on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 12:32PM
This week’s midweek madness sale on Steam features several indie games getting their prices slashed. For $2.00 each, you can buy Altitude, BoB Came in Pieces, Bullet Candy, Galcon Fusion, Gridrunner Revolution, Space Giraffe or Super Laser Racer. If you’re the kind that demands variety, you can purchase all 7 games for a mere $9.99. No matter which option you choose, you’ll be supporting indie developers while getting an amazing deal at the same time. It’s an awesome win-win situation.
By Tim Hage on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 12:30PM
A sequel to 2006’s open-world online racer Test Drive Unlimited has been announced by Atari. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is scheduled for release on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC this Fall. It also seems we can expect great things from this sequel. Atari had the following to say:
“Test Drive Unlimited 2 expands on the traditional racing experience providing gamers with M.O.O.R.®: Massively Open Online Racing®; immersing drivers in a persistent online environment and revolutionizing multiplayer racing communities as players compete, team up, and share their achievements and creations online.
Unlike any other driving game, TDU2 blends the open world experience with realistic vehicles and performance dynamics and for the first time, TDU2 features vehicle damage, weather effects, day and night cycles, and a brand new island to explore.”
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 12:19PM
During CeBIT, Sapphire quietly unveiled their version of the Radeon HD 5970, which sports three fans and has 4GB of DDR3 memory. It’s been claimed to achieve a 22,000 score in 3DMark Vantage thanks to an overclocked 850MHz GPU and a memory clock of 1200MHz. As far as ports, it boasts dual DVI connections, as well as a mini DisplayPort. It’ll take two 8-pin connectors to power this baby and the entire card takes up a whopping three expansion slots. There’s no word yet on price or availability, but this honker definitely won’t be cheap. Follow the break for more photos.
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 12:20AM
Epic Vid of the Week is a new weekly series that showcases an awesome video that we or our readers discover. Some you may have seen before and others you may have not. If you’ve discovered any videos that are worthy of an Epic Vid of the Week title, let us know!
So we’ve all been in this situation before. The printer decides to act up and the only thing to do really is to smack it into oblivion…
By Tim Hage on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 5:20PM
In a press release that leaves us a bit confused, Activision announced some details that we already knew; Treyarch’s next CoD game is coming this holiday season and Modern Warfare 2’s DLC is still coming, but they also announced something very vague about the future of the series:
The company is also for the first time announcing that a new game in the Call of Duty series is expected to be released in 2011 and that Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed, wholly owned studio, is in development on a Call of Duty game that will extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre.
From the sounds of that, I see some kind of third-person platform in the future of the CoD series. What do you guys think?
By Tim Hage on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 4:25PM
Jonathan Blow, the man behind Braid, has recently announced his newest work. The Witness is “an exploration-puzzle game on an uninhabited island.” Through Blow’s development blog, we have been given some concept art and promises of further details in the future. The game’s release plans are understandably vague currently, with the game releasing “on multiple platforms — whatever makes sense in late 2011, when the game will hopefully be finished.” We’ll keep you updated as information releases.
via [Shack News]
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 2:16PM
A new version of “the world’s fastest browser” is now upon us. The new Opera 10.5 release has an all new look and features private browsing, improved support for HTML5, and Opera Unite, which allows you to share content with other Opera users. It’s already released for Windows machines and will be arriving to Mac and Linux “soon.” I know you all are dying to get your hands on this, so head over to Opera’s website and get in on the fun.
[Press Release]
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 2nd, 2010 at 12:32PM
Corsair is moving right along with what seems to be the company’s fastest USB 2.0 flash drive yet. The Flash Voyager GTR will come in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB flavors and deliver read speeds of 34MB/s with write speeds up to 28MB/s. No word yet on price or availability.
via [SlashGear]
By Tim Hage on Mar 1st, 2010 at 8:52PM
Looking through the news releases, one will find an update for Portal with the description simply reading “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations.” In the hours since the news release, Valve’s community has gone crazy looking into this mysterious update. On the surface, it seems to only add some new noises to Portal’s in-game radio and a new Steam achievement, but it is much more than that…