By Stuart Davidson @ Hardware Heaven
Past experience with Mad Catz products tells us that they are happy to step away from the norm when it comes to product design. The S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards for example are pretty unique in their design. And of course the R.A.T. mice with movable parts isn’t a design you see every day. So we always look forward to seeing what they have to offer and today we cover one of their latest mice in our Mad Catz M.M.O. TE review.
By Ian Cutress @ AnandTech
There are many ways to do something different in the motherboard space, especially with respect to functionality and design. In terms of the design element, we have seen many motherboards recently go for a black and red theme, but in the past we had yellow, pink, and all sorts of interesting combinations. Upon popular request, ASUS is releasing the ASUS Z97 Mark S, an arctic camouflage special edition version of the TUF Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1. We were lucky to get motherboard number #0001 for review.
Source: techPowerUp!
In what is NVIDIA’s third Game Ready driver release in the past three months, the new GeForce 344.65 WHQL is launched specifically for the week’s hottest game release, Assassin’s Creed Unity. The driver comes with optimizations for the game, its SLI profile, and optimal settings for GeForce Experience. The driver also tags along improvements to the optimizations of the past two “Game Ready” releases, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Civilization: Beyond Earth.
You can download the GeForce 344.65 WHQL drivers from the GeForce website.
Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.
Source: CVG
Ubisoft has released the Assassin’s Creed: Unity launch trailer. Primarily set during the French Revolution, the series’ first new-gen outing sees players embark on a quest for redemption in the violent and anarchic 18th century Paris. For a more detailed overview of the game’s key features, check out this seven minute Assassin’s Creed: Unity 101 trailer.
The Assassin’s Creed: Unity release date is November 11 in North America, November 13 in Europe and November 14 in the UK. The game will be available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Developer promises more free updates, with extra features and content currently in development
Firefly Studios has released a new update (1.0.19574) for Stronghold Crusader 2, the recently released ‘castle sim’ sequel. The update, which is now live on Steam, introduces a new skirmish map, unit stats, map balancing and bug fixes. Click here for full changelist.
In a new blog post on the official Stronghold Crusader 2 website, Firefly revealed that the majority of post-release content for the game will be made available for free. “We really are just getting started and, after we have finished working on fixes and optimisation, the team will be adding more features and content. Extra AI characters will come in the form of paid-for DLC, but the majority of this post-release content will be free and automatically downloaded through Steam.”
Stronghold Crusader 2 is out now on Steam.
For the very first time in the Company of Heroes franchise, players will be able to choose between three different Companies, all with their own unique abilities, to forge their path to glory. Customers who pre-order will gain access to a fourth company; “Fox” Company, led by Captain Monte Durante.
This video details some of the many exciting new options that Fox Company will bring to the game including, their devastating M83 Cluster Bombs, Pinpoint Accurate Artillery and their main weapon, the Fox Company Elite Infantry who will do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Pre-order Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault today to receive Fox Company free of charge and then look forward to the game’s release on November 18th, 2014.
For more information on Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault, log on to www.companyofheroes.com.
“And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.” – Revelation 6:2
As the world descends into the mists of the Dark Ages, civilization begins to crumble. Early Christians of Western Europe clamor to repent, stricken by looming omens of a divine apocalypse. In this climate of turmoil, the Eastern Roman Empire stands at a crossroads.
Secure behind the impenetrable walls of Constantinople, there are opportunities for fresh conquest. But with the warlike Visigoths to the North, the heathen Sassanids to the East, and their closest ally to the west stretched thin and tearing itself apart in its greed, is now truly the time to ride out and expand the Empire? And who will rightfully wear the crown?
Click here to watch the Total War: ATTILA – The White Horse Trailer.
Total War: ATTILA is due for release in 2015. More game information is available at the Total War: ATTILA website.
Source: The UbiBlog
Assassin’s Creed: Unity is nearly here. In advance of the launch of the franchise’s first true steps into the new generation, we’ve got an info-packed new 101 trailer, detailing everything from customization to co-op to the city of Paris. It even has new details on the mysterious time anomaly feature in the game.
Battlefront.com today announced its newest modern ground warfare simulation Combat Mission: Black Sea, depicting a fictional 2017 conflict between NATO and Russia in Ukraine! Combat Mission: Black Sea is a military simulation depicting a fictional 2017 conflict between NATO and Russia in Ukraine. Following the events in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine in 2014, the Kiev government and Russia continue to clash over the status of the contested regions. This culminates several years later in a dramatic announcement by Ukraine that they will be joining NATO and the EU. Tensions explode as Russia perceives a direct threat to Russian citizens and deploy troops to the Ukrainian border again, while Western governments, welcoming a chance to expand NATO and EU influence eastward, mobilize as well. The escalation continues until the summer of 2017, when a large firefight erupts between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the Donetsk region. The next day fighting flares up on the border, and on a dark early morning in June 2017, pre-positioned Russian and NATO forces roll forward into Ukraine.
Click here to preorder Combat Mission: Black Sea.
Click here to visit the official Combat Mission: Black Sea webpage for all the game details!
