Month: July 2016

By Robert M. Citino @ Historynet.com

History little notes the final great confrontation in the West European theater, and not without reason. When supercharged American armies were encircling and—in an ironic echo of the Blitzkrieg—crushing the last Wehrmacht force there, Germany was scant weeks from unconditional surrender. Amid the war’s final tumult, peals of relief at Adolf Hitler’s downfall, and horrifying revelations about the Final Solution, it’s easy to overlook the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, the climax in a tale of two armies.

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Source: Blue’s News

A tweet from the Battlefield teases news about beta testing Battlefield 1, the upcoming World War I shooter. EA promises inside information for insiders, saying, There’s news coming about the #Battlefield 1 Beta. Become a Battlefield Insider so you don’t miss it.

You look into the distance and see planes torn apart by gunfire, their debris raining down over London. In war-torn France to the east, horrible armored tanks tear holes in walls as they roll through crumbling cities. To the south, past the burning Italian coast, men charge over the sand dunes of the Arabian Desert, armed to the teeth with the most powerful weaponry the world has ever seen. This is what the dawn of all-out war looks like, and it’s Only in Battlefield 1.

Find out more about Battlefield 1 at the game’s official website.

By Avery Little @ Tom’s Hardware

German PSU, cooling and case manufacturer be quiet! has won numerous awards including Manufacturer of the Year nine times in a row from the German PC Games Hardware magazine. Its Base chassis product line is joined by new high end cases, which include the feature-packed Dark Base Pro 900. The be quiet! Dark Base 900 and Dark Base Pro 900 are identical on the inside and both offer tons of options for enthusiasts. Today we test the Pro version.

Read The Review Here

By E. Fylladitakis @ AnandTech

Today we are having a look at the K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE, the keyboard born from another exclusive deal that Corsair has made with Cherry’s new mechanical key switch, the “RAPIDFIRE”. It is a switch designed specifically for gaming by combining light actuation force and higher actuation speed. On paper it does sound interesting, and today we’ll put its design to the test to see if there’s any actual improvement over Cherry’s “classic” designs.

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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.

• EK Water Blocks Ready with Radeon RX 480 Full-coverage Block
• GeForce GTX 1060 Launch Imminent + Leaked Specs
• AMD Launches New Radeon.com Website
• Phanteks RGB LED Strip 400MM, RGB LED Combo Set, and Extension Cable Combo Set Launch
• G.SKILL Offers Major Software Update for the RIPJAWS KM780 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
• GIGABYTE Unveils The GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC
• Calyos Unveils High-end Fanless Gaming PC