Month: January 2018

Matrix Games today announced the release of Wars of Succession. Wars of Succession, the new turn-based grand strategy game developed by Ageod and published by Matrix Games aims to recreate these crucial wars with incredible accuracy. With a detailed selection of each historical unit involved in the conflict, you’ll have the chance to command over 200 different types of troops from Grenadiers and Musketeers to Winged Hussars and Cossacks, as well as a dozen types of different warships.

You will coordinate the movements of several armies across all major European countries, take care of supplies, fatigue and seek the most favourable conditions to engage in combat, hold sieges or retreat to recover.

To purchase Wars of Succession, please visit the games official product page.

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.

• Sharkoon Announces Skiller SGC1 ATX Midi Tower Series
• Mionix Announces Colorful Desk Pads
• Ozone Gaming Presents V30 Mouse, Latest Addition to the Exon Range
• SilverStone Intros Argon AR 11 Low-profile CPU Cooler
• Pioneer Launches Brand New USB Type-C Series Products
• DeepCool Launches New Ark 90 With Built-In Liquid Cooling
• Thermaltake Intros Pacific M4 Monoblock for ASUS TUF X299 Mk I
• MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 Graphics Card Pictured
• LG Releases 27″ 27UK850-W IPS HDR UHD 4K Monitor
• X2 Officially Releases Its High Performance Gaming Chairs
• Samsung Officially Launches SSD 860 PRO and 860 EVO Series
• ADATA Releases ED600 External Hard Drive Enclosure
• Sapphire Adds Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 to Lineup

Dynamic weather dated for release

Flight Sim World, developed by simulation specialists Dovetail Games, has entered its second phase of development.

This phase will see the sim released from Steam’s Early Access program as the development team moves towards making bigger, less frequent updates. “We have some really exciting updates planned”, said Stephen Hood, Executive Producer. “We are working on weather and world improvements, IFR, and the introduction of sleeker, faster aircraft from business jets right through to the all-important airliners all delivered with the key features that support them. The feedback our community has given during Early Access has absolutely steered the program for what we bring to Flight Sim World next.”

The Phase 2 content schedule includes:

• A variety of aircraft including airliners
• IFR and ATC upgrades
• World improvements
• Dynamic and live weather

“We are confident that our players will feel the benefit of us focusing on their feature requests now Flight Sim World’s foundations are in place”, said Rob O’Farrell, SVP of Development. “Larger updates will really allow us to deliver high priority community features and aircraft this year.”

Since initial launch in May 2017, 15 updates have been released for Flight Sim World which have included the addition of Steam workshop functionality, passenger models, the ability to start all aircraft from a cold and dark state, advanced weather featuring trueSKY technology, lighting and rendering updates, as well as countless fixes and performance improvements.

The first major Phase 2 update is will release on Thursday 1st February and will feature Dynamic Weather.

View the new Flight Sim World  “Moments” trailer HERE.

Flight Sim World is available to purchase from Steam or the Dovetail Store for £29.99/€34.99/$39.99

The right way to mess with success

By Jeff Kampman @ The Tech Report

Corsair has arguably been the company most responsible for ushering in the closed-loop liquid-cooled era of enthusiast PC hardware. The H60, H80, and H100, introduced in 2011, likely marked the crossover point where an all-in-one liquid cooler became an enduring and attainable option for enthusiasts versus a monster tower-style air cooler. The company later expanded its lineup with the H105, H110, and a variety of Corsair Link-compatible i-series versions of those coolers, and it sourced those products from Asetek (in GTX guises) and CoolIT Systems (with the GT tag line) alike. I’ve long used versions of these coolers on my personal systems and test benches alike thanks to their easy-to-use mounting systems, low stress on motherboards, and high performance. In light of that storied history, Corsair’s H115i Pro and H150i Pro coolers have a lot riding on their shoulders. The 280-mm H115i Pro is an evolution of Corsair’s existing H110i GTX, while the H150i Pro is the company’s first 360-mm closed-loop cooler ever.

Read The Review Here

By Joe Shields @ AnandTech

NZXT, a company much better known for products like cases, power supplies, and coolers, is dipping its toes in the motherboard waters with an Intel Z30 based motherboard named N7. The N7 is nearly completely covered with shrouds exposing only the pertinent parts, making for a unique looking motherboard. We’ll put it through its paces and see where it stands after our testing.

Read The Review Here

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD late Thursday released Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.1.1 Beta drivers to the public. Bearing the same version numbering as the early-January 18.1.1 Alpha release, these drivers have a more detailed change-log, which includes the game crash fix for DirectX 9 games; freezing experienced in DRM-protected video playback, a stability issue affecting Windows 10 “Movies & TV” app, color corruption on Radeon Overlay when running multiple game and 3D applications, PUBG menu flickering in multi-GPU systems, and more.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.1.1 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

Second Expansion Coming February 13th from Eugen Systems and Paradox

Paradox Interactive today announced the second DLC for Steel Division: Normandy 44. Back to Hell will be available February 13 on Steam for Windows PC. Featuring first-ever cooperative play and seven new historical missions (including five in co-op and multiplayer) based on real world operations, in Back to Hell, players take on the role of 11 never before seen divisions in new historically accurate battles like Operation Windsor and Operation Bluecoat. The DLC also adds four new divisions, 58 new units and two new exclusive Aces. Back to Hell is bringing a whole new realm of gameplay to one of 2017’s biggest RTS titles.

Click here to view the Steel Division: Normandy 44 – Back To Hell Announcement Trailer!

Back to Hell will arrive together with a free update available for everyone who owns the base game. The free update will add one historical mission available in cooperative play.

For more information on Steel Division: Normandy 44, visit the games official website.

Matrix Games has announced that Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985 has been updated to version 2.0! Version 2.0 is massive. It contains over 50 implementations and new features added, a completely revised UI, new graphics and visuals, new terrains, improvements on an already challenging AI, and a lot more!

To celebrate this important achievement, Campaign Series: Middle East is on sale for a week! 50% discount from today to January 25th!

Waste no time and join the fight!

Important information for the installation! This update is completely free but in order to play with the new version, please make sure to uninstall the old version of the game. You can find the Uninstall option in the game’s Start menu folder.

Check the whole changelog here.

We’ve gathered a bit more info regarding the Meltdown security exploit, which primarily affects Intel’s CPUs, but also has been confirmed to affect some ARM CPU designs. Also the Spectre exploit that every high-performance processor ever made – Intel, AMD, ARM, and POWER – is thought to be vulnerable to. Check out the links below for the latest news pertaining to the Meltdown and Spectre exploits.

• InSpectre Meltdown and Spectre Check Tool Released by GRC
• BSODs from Meltdown and Spectre Firmware Updates Are Spreading Like the Plague
• AMD Gets Hit With Two Class Action Lawsuits For Spectre Vulnerabilities
• Adding Insult to Injury: Fake Spectre, Meltdown Patch Pushes Malware to Users
• Motherboard Vendors Release BIOS Updates For Spectre

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.

• Caseking Starts Selling Skylake-X Direct Die Cooling Frame
• Thermaltake/Tt eSPORTS Announces New Iris Optical RGB Gaming Mouse
• DeepCool Intros Earlkase RGB White Edition
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Strix Fusion 500
• Sharkoon Announces Quickstore One 2.5″ External Hard Drive Enclosure
• Iiyama Prolite 5K Monitor 5120 x 2880 Pixel Display Now Available
• Ozone Introduces Alliance Gaming Keyboard – VIDEO