Month: October 2019

Matrix Games today announced that Armored Brigade Nation Pack: France – Belgium is now ready to join the conflict with hundreds of new units and aircraft, on a completely new map centered around the Bastogne area. All the Armored Brigade titles are available on Steam as well.

To celebrate this important milestone, Armored Brigade (base game) and the first Nation Pack (Italy – Yugoslavia) are being discounted, you can get them at 30% off. This promotion will last an entire week, until November 8th. In addition, you can get the Armored Brigade Complete Bundle – featuring all the Armored Brigade titles at 15% off.

Source: Blue’s News

War in the Pacific is now available for Battlefield V, adding new content to the World War II shooter. This page promises all you need to know about this along with this trailer and a reminder that another free weekend for the game kicks off tomorrow. For newcomers to the game, they also announce the availability of a new Battlefield V Year 2 Edition that includes some additions they outline below:

The Battlefield V Year 2 Edition arms you with the base game and its vast arsenal, together with a catch-up of all weapons and vehicles rewarded across year one of the Battlefield V Tides of War Chapters (Chapter 1 to 4). On top of that, you’ll get to customize your Company with two Epic soldier outfits and stand out on the battlefield with the most popular weapon and vehicle skins rewarded during the year.

Let’s break it down. Below is the content of the Battlefield V Year 2 Edition.

Battlefield V base game: WW2 as you’ve never seen it before. Deploy into all-out war multiplayer and experience gripping single-player War Stories.

In addition to all the base game weapons, vehicles, and outfits, you’ll also get these Tides of War rewards from year one:

• 17 Primary Weapons: Powerful firearms you missed during Tides of War await, including the Boys AT Rifle, MAB 38, ZK-383, and many more.
• 4 Vehicles: Pilot heavy machinery including the Archer tank destroyer and three other vehicles rewarded during the year.
• 2 Epic Soldier Outfits: Fight with flair with the Double Down and Baron von Zorn uniforms.
• 10 Weapon Skins: Adorn your arsenal with Epic skins like the Napalm and White Tiger.
• 4 Vehicle Skins: Give vehicles like the Stug IV and Spitfire Mk VB paint jobs of the Epic kind.

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.

• EVGA Unveils its GeForce GTX 16-series SUPER Graphics Card Lineup
• Antec Announces NeoECO ZEN 80 PLUS Gold Power Supplies
• Thermaltake Releases High-Frequency TOUGHRAM RGB DDR4 Memory Kits
• Glorious PC Gaming Race Intros Model D Gaming Mouse
• AORUS Gen4 AIC SSD 8TB Elevates Storage Performance
• GIGABYTE Outs AORUS RGB Memory with AORUS Memory Boost Feature
• MSI Announces New GeForce GTX 16 SUPER Series Graphics Cards
• TEAMGROUP Offers a Variety of Comprehensive Products for Upgrades to Ride the Wave of Creating Video and Audio Media Together
• Crucial Expands BX500 SSD to 2TB
• Maingear Announces VYBE 9900KS Edition Gaming Desktop

Dozens of other new vehicles introduced in the Shark Attack Update include the legendary HMS Belfast cruiser

Gaijin Entertainment announces the release of a major Content Update “Shark Attack” for the military online action game War Thunder. Players will be able to try the Ka-50 “Black Shark” and the Mi-28 “Night Hunter” helicopters, the legendary British light cruiser HMS Belfast and the first fighter planes for a new nation tech tree that represents Sweden.

Named after the Swedish word for “barrel”, based on its shape, the J29D Tunnan was an awkward-looking machine, but one with superb flight characteristics for the time, enabled by its swept wings. J29D and the Finnish fighter VL Pyörremyrsky are available as a part of Swedish tech tree preorder packs. The closed beta testing of that tree will start later, with the release of the next major Update.

Watch the trailer HERE!

The Shark Attack update also adds new modern ground vehicles for several nations. For example, the Chinese tech tree now has the ZTZ96 with its powerful 125mm smoothbore cannon supported by an autoloading mechanism and new composite armor protection, and US armed forces fans can now use M1A2 variant of the Abrams tank with depleted uranium armor components. The Soviet tech tree now has the BMP-3 – a lightly armoured and vast vehicle with a diverse set of weapons. Its 100mm primary gun can also be used to launch ATGMs, while a 30mm automatic cannon paired with the primary gun has high-explosive incendiary, tracer, armour-piercing, and APCR shells that can take down enemy helicopters and light tanks. There is also a 7.62mm PKT machine gun.

Larger-sized ships are gradually coming to War Thunder – this time the star of the show is the American heavy cruiser Pensacola, the first rank V ship in the game. Military history fans should also try the British light cruiser HMS Belfast. During World War II it was used to escort the Arctic convoys to the USSR and to provide cover for the troops in the famous D-Day landings that took place in Normandy. Since 1978, the light cruiser Belfast has served as a self contained exhibit for the Imperial War Museum and is permanently moored on the river Thames in London.

The full list of the new vehicles and other updates is available at the official War Thunder website.

Over $600 Million sell-through in the game’s first three days

Source: Activision Blog

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare had more than $600 million in sell-through worldwide in its first three days of release. The title has sold more units in its first three days than any other Call of Duty game sold in its first three days in this console generation, and is the top-selling new premium game release of 2019. Modern Warfare also established a new record as the #1 top-selling digital opening in Activision history. With its blockbuster launch, in its first three days of release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare more than doubled the box office opening of Joker.

Modern Warfare set new records on the PlayStation Network for the highest digital pre-orders and highest three-day digital sales ever on PlayStation 4. Modern Warfare also has become the #1 top-selling Call of Duty PC launch ever, as opening weekend PC sales on Blizzard Battle.net were significantly up over last year.

“Through the first three days, Modern Warfare has more total players and total hours played than any Call of Duty opening release in the last six years. More importantly, our players are having a great time playing,” said Rob Kostich, president, Activision. “Congratulations to Infinity Ward and all our teams involved on an incredible game and its spectacular launch. We also want to thank the community for your incredible support. The launch of Modern Warfare is only the start. There’s much more to come.”

You heard it right. Command: Modern Operations has entered its final phases of internal testing and developers are ready to reveal the release date. The most comprehensive and realistic simulator on operational level ever created will be released on our store and on Steam on November 14th.

In few weeks you’ll have the chance to simulate every military engagement from post-World War II to the present day, thanks to his unmatched database covering Aircraft, ships, submarines, ground forces, installations, satellites and even strategic weapons from almost every nation in the world.

At release, you’ll find all the original Command official scenarios remastered from scratch and integrated, plus brand-new official and community scenarios to quench your wargaming appetite (more detail to follow).

Updated cold-war and modern-day databases with the latest in hardware and systems mean you’ll never run out of setups to try out. Seamlessly import and use your existing Command scenarios, saves, .inst files and more!

Stay tuned for further updates and get more information about the game from its official product page.

Electronic Arts and Valve Announce Partnership to Bring EA Access Subscription and EA Games to Steam

Subscription Arrives for Steam Players this Spring, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Will Be the First Game Available at Launch.

Today, Electronic Arts Inc. and Valve announced a partnership to put EA games into the hands of players on Steam. EA Access will launch on Steam next spring, giving players another place to subscribe to a great collection of EA games and member benefits on PC. The first new EA game launching on Steam will arrive on November 15, when the eagerly anticipated title, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™, debuts worldwide. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is available to pre-order on Steam beginning today.

“This is the start of an exciting partnership with Valve that will see us innovating for PC players around the world,” said Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts. “Through our subscription, great games and more, we’re excited to bring players in the Steam and Origin communities together with access to the best games, whenever and wherever they want to play.”

“This is a good day for gamers,” said Valve’s Gabe Newell. “We’re excited to partner with EA to not only bring their great games and subscription service to Steam, but also to open up our communities to each other in an unprecedented way that will benefit players and developers around the world.”

EA Access will give subscribers access to a broad portfolio of EA games, valuable member benefits and discounts on full game purchases, expansions, in-game items and more. EA has been offering subscription services since 2014, and currently reaches players on the Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and Origin™ platforms.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™ – the new single player, third-person action adventure Star Wars™ game from Respawn and EA – launches to players worldwide on November 15, 2019. Click HERE for more game information.

You can pre-order the game on Steam now!

In the coming months, players on Steam will be able to play other games such as The Sims™ 4 and Unravel™ 2. Multiplayer games like Apex Legends™, FIFA 20 and Battlefield™ V will become available next year, and players on Origin and Steam will have the ability to play together.

Source: Blue’s News

A post from Ubisoft explains a “radical and immersive” overhaul they are working on for Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Word is: “In line with this vision and the feedback we received, we are working on a more radical and immersive version of Ghost Recon Breakpoint. We also want to let you tailor your experience to the way you want to enjoy the game, since freedom of choice has always been part of the Ghost Recon DNA.” Here’s their assessment of the current state of the game that introduces the plan:

Our first priority is to improve the technical state of the game. We know many players had a difficult time with game bugs and unexpected stability issues at launch and we are making every effort possible to address these issues as soon as we can.

With Title Update 1.0.2, released on October 15, our team made numerous improvements to the game, focusing on the most pressing issues that could be addressed in this timeframe. We are working on further improvements that will be coming soon with TU1.0.3 in mid-November, including fixes on the Drone deployment, on changing the fire rate, on NVGs blocking crosshairs and on the Mission Completion notification pop-up.

Title Update 1.0.3.1, coming around end-November, will include further improvements and updates on the most pressing community feedback.

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released the GeForce Software 441.88 WHQL drivers with a few major feature updates. To begin with, the drivers add support for the freshly minted GeForce GTX 1660 Super. NVIDIA updated NULL (NVIDIA Ultra-Low Latency), an input-lag reduction feature, with support for G-Sync. You can now use the two together to make the input latency “cost” of G-Sync practically “free.” Next up, NVIDIA updated Freestyle and Ansel with support for ReShade filters, with some riders. You can’t use custom ReShade filters in competitive games, but can use some official ReShade filters. Lastly, NVIDIA enhanced its Image Sharpening features to reduce its performance cost, and added support for DirectX 11 – something the competing Radeon Image Sharpening feature lacks.

You can download the GeForce Software 441.88 WHQL drivers via GeForce.com.

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.

• NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Graphics Card: GDDR6 Makes A World of Difference
• Inno3D Announces its GeForce GTX 16-series SUPER Graphics Cards
• ZOTAC Unveils its GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Graphics Cards
• Colorful Unveils its GeForce 16-series SUPER Graphics Cards
• EK Waterblocks Reveals EK-Classic Distribution Plate for Lian Li PC-O11D Case
• Sharkoon Announces the TG6 RGB Mid-tower Chassis
• GIGABYTE Z390 Motherboards With AORUS AIO Coolers Are Ready For The Intel® i9-9900KS CPU
• Intel Announces Core i9-9900KS, World’s Best Processor for Gaming Made Better
• Crucial Reveals its First External X8 USB SSD
• Raijintek Intros EOS 360 RBW Liquid CPU Cooler
• Anidees RGB VGA Cooler Adds Airflow and Bling to Your Graphics Card
• ASUS Rolls Out the TUF Gaming VG249Q Monitor