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Chaos in the frozen north.

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A powerful, portable desktop.

You're Guilty in the Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 21, 2011 9:34 AM | Comment

This time next week, you'll be knee deep in Battlefield 3. And as a reminder that DICE's anticipated shooter is right around the corner, the official launch trailer is here. Click on through for a healthy dose of Battlefield 3's single-player storyline. Read More »

Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

Preview: War of the Worlds Looks, Sounds Great

By Mike Nelson | Xbox 360 Previews | Oct 21, 2011 9:00 AM | Comment

Whenever Halloween comes around I always look forward to the re-broadcast of a significant radio drama. On October 30th, 1938, Orsen Wells directed and narrated an adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel, The War of the Worlds. Read More »

Preview: War of the Worlds Looks, Sounds Great

FileSpy: The Week's Best Demos, Mods, and More

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 21, 2011 7:14 AM | Comment

Welcome, PC gamers, to GameSpy's weekly rundown on the best content our sister site, FilePlanet, has to offer. We serve as the Knights of New, sorting through all of the demos, mods, patches and promos FilePlanet posts each week and pick out the best of the best for you to download right here every Friday. Looking for more test chambers for Portal 2? Interested in taking Dungeon Defenders for a spin? Want to spruce up Minecraft? Inquire within. Read More »

FileSpy: The Week's Best Demos, Mods, and More

Rumor: Bethesda, Zenimax Media Pull the Plug on id Software's Doom 4

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 21, 2011 6:33 AM | Comment

Rage, id Software's long-awaited first new franchise since Quake launched in 1996, failed to meet critical and commercial expectations, and as a result, Doom 4 may have been placed on the chopping block. According to an unconfirmed report, parent company Zenimax Media and publisher Bethesda have decided to "indefinitely postpone" id's next project, Doom 4. Read More »

Rumor: Bethesda, Zenimax Media Pull the Plug on id Software's Doom 4

BioWare Announces Mass Effect 3 Demo

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 21, 2011 6:07 AM | Comment

BioWare is plugging a co-op multiplayer mode into Mass Effect 3, and gamers will get the chance to try it out for themselves in the ME3 demo. BioWare announced today the Mass Effect 3 demo will kick off in January, and your ticket in is Battlefield 3. Read More »

BioWare Announces Mass Effect 3 Demo

Might and Magic: Heroes VI Review

By Nathan Meunier | PC Reviews | Oct 20, 2011 5:03 PM | Comment

Raising huge armies of gnarled fantasy creatures, thundering across the loot-laden countryside, and thrashing the kingdoms of rival heroes in epic turn-based battles is still every bit as awesome as it was when I first dove into Heroes of Might and Magic as a kid. Don't let the name switcheroo fool you: Might & Magic Heroes VI primarily sticks to the franchise's roots. It's laden with all of the excellent nitty-gritty details that strategic fantasy warfare nerds like me salivate over, but it also incorporates some updates to the formula that may not sit well with the hardcore set. As great as the underlying gameplay is, a few heinous design missteps nearly kill the experience outright, especially Ubisoft's hideous Uplay requirements. Read More »

Might and Magic: Heroes VI Review

BlizzCon 2011 Set to Kick Off Tomorrow

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 20, 2011 1:53 PM | Comment

Since 2005, BlizzCon has been the place to celebrate all things Blizzard, with various World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo events and announcements. And with Diablo III and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm on the way, an eSports prize pool of more than $300,000 to be won, and a close-out Foo Fighters concert, BlizzCon 2011, set to kick off tomorrow, is looking to be the biggest yet. Read More »

BlizzCon 2011 Set to Kick Off Tomorrow

Arkham City PC Requirements Silently Arrive

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Oct 20, 2011 1:28 PM | Comment

Earlier today Steam posted the System Requirements to run the PC version of Batman: Arkham City when it launches next month. While we don't get a "Minimum" or a "Recommended" setting, we do have a very basic idea on what's going to be needed to run the game. Read More »

Arkham City PC Requirements Silently Arrive

DICE: Commo Rose in Day One Battlefield 3 Patch

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 20, 2011 12:14 PM | Comment

Communicating with your squad was a chore in the Battlefield 3 beta, what with no VOIP and the Commo Rose conspicuously absent. And while VOIP will not be in the game at launch (party chat will still go through Battlelog), DICE has confirmed that the Commo Rose will make its return to the franchise in a day-one Battlefield 3 patch. Read More »

DICE: Commo Rose in Day One Battlefield 3 Patch

Lock and Load for the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tournament Gameplay Video

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 20, 2011 11:33 AM | Comment

Interested in getting a good, long look at Valve's next installment in its hallowed Counter-Strike franchise? Look no further. Courtesy of the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge, we've got an hour's worth of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gameplay footage. Get your ticket into the tournament within. Read More »

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Gameplay Video

Infinity Ward Talks Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Strike Packages (Video)

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 20, 2011 11:11 AM | Comment

Along with the new co-op Survival Mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the biggest new features the shooter offers are found in its Strike Packages. Whether you're a lone wolf, a team player, or a CoD expert, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have a Strike Package for you. See the devs talk about them all within. Read More »

Infinity Ward Talks Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Strike Packages (Video)

Preview: Star Wars: The Old Republic's Origin Worlds

By Mike Nelson and Mike Sharkey | PC Previews | Oct 20, 2011 7:18 AM | Comment

BioWare recently opened up Star Wars: The Old Republic's early Origin Worlds levels to journalists, giving us the most lengthy, personal experience we've had with SWTOR to date. And while Electronic Arts is keeping an NDA lid on a number of features we'd love to tell you about, the publisher is allowing us to share a great deal. Click on through to learn how GameSpy's Mike Nelson and Mike Sharkey fared in their online adventures in a galaxy far, far away. Read More »

Preview: Star Wars: The Old Republic's Origin Worlds

Massivity #4: So What If Star Wars: The Old Republic is a World of Warcraft Clone?

By Leif Johnson | PC Previews | Oct 20, 2011 6:39 AM | Comment

Let's get this out of our systems right now. For all of its focus on a well-written story, its player ships, and a fortune's worth of excellent voice acting, BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic still feels very much like that hulking leviathan created by the boys at Blizzard, especially in its earlier expansions. It's true. Indeed, if you're looking for an MMO that challenges conventions of how you level, how you fight, and even how you interact with other players, you'll be better off looking elsewhere (maybe even at Guild Wars 2). Rather than bash it for unoriginality, however, I'm here to argue that that's not such a bad thing. Read More »

Massivity #4: So What If Star Wars: The Old Republic is a World of Warcraft Clone?

Four Features that Could Make Star Wars: The Old Republic Strong with the Force

By Leif Johnson | PC Previews | Oct 20, 2011 5:51 AM | Comment

The folks at BioWare did something a little crazy recently -- they allowed us to preview the first few levels of the Republic side of Star Wars: The Old Republic at our own leisure (and just in time to steal some buzz from BlizzCon, too). It also gave us the chance to see if four of SWTOR's most hyped aspects really made the game as unique as we've been hearing -- specifically its story, extensive voice acting, science fiction setting, and unique use of companions. They're unique, all right, but are they unique enough? Read More »

Four Features that Could Make Star Wars: The Old Republic Strong with the Force

Pay Day: The Heist PC Release Date Announced

By Bennett Ring | PC News | Oct 19, 2011 6:23 PM | Comment

Being a PC gamer isn't always fun. Sure, we get crisp 1080p visuals running at framerates that make a Bullet train feel slow, but we also have to wait longer than our lucky console brothers to get our mitts on many of the latest games. Take Sony's Pay Day: The Heist for example; it's been out on the PS3 for a couple of days already, yet PC gamers are still waiting to get our bank robbery on. Thankfully the wait for the PC version isn't approaching Arkham City levels; turns out PC gamers will have access to the game tomorrow, the 20th of October! Read More »

Pay Day: The Heist PC Release Date Announced
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