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Heroes of The Storm: Commander Raynor Gets Skin Changes

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Heroes of The Storm: Commander Raynor Gets Skin Changes


Commander Raynor received a significant Talent update on the Beta Patch 34053. Apart from Talent, he will also get a updated skin in the upcoming patch. Blizzard posted a preview of his skin on official Twitter. You can easily find some details of improvement on this new skin such as vest, saber, gloves and more. Much to my surprise, there are a Overwatch logo and Reaper's portrait(Maybe) on the black skin. Check it out!

Fast Paced MOBA-like 'Jurojin: Immortal Ninja' Soft Launched on App Store

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Fast Paced MOBA-like 'Jurojin: Immortal Ninja' Soft Launched on App Store


Jurojin: Immortal Ninja brings a unique fast paced, skill based, battle arena experience to mobile devices! It is for gamers who are not satisfied with the casual games populating the current mobile market and are looking for a unique adrenalin fueled online battle experience!

Revelation Guide: Social Systems

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Revelation Guide: Social Systems


Revelation has a unique social systems feature. Everyone has their own social level which is not the character level. Social levels allow character to unlock some important in game features such as:the storage

Crowdfunding Campaign Is Announced for Crowfall

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Crowdfunding Campaign Is Announced for Crowfall


A Kickstarter campaign was kicked off to crowdfund the highly-anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online game Crowfall. Backers have a chance to fund the project via multiple levels of giving, are of which are documented on the Kickstarter page.

League of Legends Reveals New Champion - Bard, the Wandering Caretaker

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League of Legends Reveals New Champion - Bard, the Wandering Caretaker


The celestial vagabond known only as Bard dwells beyond the physical universe in realms unknown to man. Manifesting when others threaten the cosmic equilibrium, the ancient caretaker acts with speed and intent, only returning to his endless watch once he has steered Runeterra from catastrophe.

Skyforge Early Level Paladin Gameplay

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Skyforge Early Level Paladin Gameplay


Watch Skyforge early-level Paladin's gameplay video. Skyforge is an action mmo rpg game currently on closed beta,this is one of the early dungeons of the game through the eyes o a Paladin.

ROSE Online's Latest Update Brings Various New Features

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ROSE Online's Latest Update Brings Various New Features


Coming soon to Warpportal's ROSE Online is an update of magical proportions! New dungeons, new bosses, new game features and more are to be announced soon for the Sikuku Catacomb Dungeon update

Star Citizen Finally Brings the Pieces Together

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Star Citizen Finally Brings the Pieces Together


Star Citizen has been on many players' radar since crowd funding began. With nearly $75M raised, the team has been hard at work creating the mosaic of the Star Citizen universe and the disparate pieces that will be knit together to create a whole

HD Retina Option and New Content Are Updated in Chain Chronicle

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HD Retina Option and New Content Are Updated in Chain Chronicle


Developer SEGA Networks and global publisher gumi announced the February updates for Chain Chronicle, adding a new HD Retina display option, the new story and more gameplay contents.

Echo of Soul: Warlock Skills Preview

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Echo of Soul: Warlock Skills Preview


The high anticipated MMORPG Echo of Soul.The game has 6 classes: Warlock, Archer Sorcer, Guardian, Rogue and Warrior.Let's start from the warlock, one of the best PVP classes. The Warlock uses special magic features with a mixture of Archer, Sorceress skills.

Korean Mobile Game Chaos Masters' First Gameplay Video Revealed

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Korean Mobile Game Chaos Masters' First Gameplay Video Revealed


Developed by Korean studio Neoact, known for its PC MOBA Chaos Heroes Online, the first gameplay video for Chaos Masters was recently revealed

More Details Revealed for the New Revenant Class of Guild Wars 2

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More Details Revealed for the New Revenant Class of Guild Wars 2


The team at ArenaNet recently touched on the Revenant class of Guild Wars 2 on its livestream, and many details were revealed

MMO! Show Episode 63 "Week 2/22/2015" When did MMO's Stop being about Skill?

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MMO! Show Episode 63


This week I wanted to touch on the lack of skill in MMO's now. Rather the direction games are taking. Skill is no longer the requirement in gaming

Diablo: Microtransactions Coming To Asian Servers

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Diablo: Microtransactions Coming To Asian Servers


A very interesting topic on the official forums caught my eye recently. It's the Community Managers talking about implementing a new feature for Diablo III, which will be region exclusive.

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Gold Saucer Arrives to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 07:48 AM PST

The iconic Final Fantasy VII’s theme-park comes back to life as the latest content update to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn introduces the Manderville Gold Saucer, a theme-park attraction inspired by the famous one from the Final Fantasy classic. Taking part in activities will award MGP which can be traded for new rewards like […]

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Dream Reactor Presents Spellweaver

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 06:28 AM PST

Our radars have caught signs of a new F2P Trading Card Game (TCG), which will become available in the near future. While open beta testing of Spellweaver is scheduled around April, Dream Reactor, the developing company behind this game, has just released the 1st teaser trailer you may watch further below. Spellweaver is set in […]

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Closed Beta Keys for Otherland

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST

One year ago, DRAGO Entertainment assumed the development of Otherland. And today, we have the following giveaway for you: Claim a CBT key to check out the re-worked version of this futuristic MMO and assist in the game’s development. As we already reported last week, the Closed Beta enhances the combat system and also introduces […]

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Huge Content Update for Heroes & Generals

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 05:04 AM PST

Heroes & Generals today finally receives the long-awaited Soviet Union faction as part of the Timoshenko update, which is named after the Soviet military commander Semyon Timoshenko. This 3rd playable faction is, of course, accompanied with new weapons, vehicles and tanks as well as multiple enhancements to the game. The Timoshenko update introduces completely reworked […]

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February 2015 Top 10 Free MMO

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 04:04 AM PST

As February is drawing closer to its end, it’s time for our exclusive selection of the top 10 free-to-play MMOs of the month. Be prepared for multiple changes in comparison to last month’s ranking, since there are 4 titles that (re)entered our list, shaking up the whole list quite a bit. New or back to our list […]

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Shuttle Taps Broadwell to Power Fanless DS57U Mini PC

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 11:11 AM PST

Shuttle DS57UWhere barebones and Broadwell meet

Shuttle's been a player in the small form factor (SFF) space ever since our cave dwelling ancestors first discovered the PC, which back then was made out of stone and dinosaur bones (this is why we don't teach history, folks). Fast forward to today and Shuttle is still making SFF systems, its latest creation the DS57U, the company's first mini barebones PC with a built-in Broadwell processor.

More specifically, it's rocking an Intel Celeron 3205U dual-core CPU clocked at 1.5GHz. The chip is built on a 14nm manufacturing process and sips less than 15W, allowing for Shuttle to go with a passive cooling scheme. There's no fan to be found in the DS57U, which not only makes it quiet, but also less prone to sucking in dust, Shuttle says. Nevertheless, we still advise popping it open every so often to clear it of any debris that might have floated inside.

That shouldn't be a problem -- there are two screws on both covers of the case. Just remove them and you have easy access to the DS57U's guts. Inside you'll find space for a 2.5-inch drive, two SO-DIMM sockets that support up to 16GB of DDR3L memory, and two mini-PCI Express slots, one of which is already occupied with a half-size WLAN module.

Other features include a pair of USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two RS-232 interfaces for connecting peripheral devices, DisplayPort, HDMI, audio ports, memory card reader, and included VESA mount.

The DS57U is currently available in Europe for 192 euros (~$218 in U.S. currency). No word on when Shuttle plans to offer the system in the U.S.

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Leap Motion Releases VR Plugin for Unreal Engine 4

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 10:47 AM PST

VR HandsPlugin allows developers to add virtual hands to games

Epic and Leap Motion have teamed up to create and launch an official Windows plugin for Unreal Engine 4 that's supposed to make it easy for developers to integrate virtual hands into their games. The plugin is available in the Unreal Engine 4.7 source code, which they can download from Unreal's GitHub repository to immediately start building and creating a custom VR experience.

The plugin will, which will also be bundled with future Unreal binary tool releases, works by mapping Leap Motion input to virtual hand meshes. These can then collide and interact with other objects that appear in the game. You can already view it in action, as Cherry Pie Games was the first to use the plugin in its Hollow game.

Check it out:

Leap Motion is billing the plugin as an "introductory release" that will evolve over the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, developers who are interested and planning to attend the 2015 Game Developers Conference (GDC) next will have access to a discout code available at the Unreal Engine booth.

As for Unreal's GitHub respository, you can find that here.

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AMD Details Carrizo Architecture, Promises Big Gains in Battery Life

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 10:02 AM PST

AMD CarrizoCarrizo's coming to town

AMD has high hopes for its energy-efficient Carrizo System-on-Chip (SoC) for laptops and low power desktops. The Sunnyvale Chip designer wants you to be optimistic as well, and so it shared several details about Carrizo's architecture at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), saying that Carrizzo will deliver a bunch of advanced power management technologies while also delivering substantial performance by way of new Excavator x86 CPU cores and a new generation of Radeon GPU cores.

On the technical side, Carrizo will feature 29 percent more transistors (3.1 billion total) in nearly the same die size as its predecessor, Kaveri. AMD also says its Excavator x86 cores provide an uplift in instructions per clock at 40 percent less power, hence the claim that Carrizo will offer double digit percentage increases in both performance and battery life.

The new GPU cores will have a dedicated power supply. In addition, there's a dedicated on-chip H.265 video decode for true 4K resolution support. And for the first time ever on a high performance AMD APU, there will be an integrated Southbridge, the company said.

AMD had to be a bit creative to cram several new technologies into Carrizo. As the company explains, microprocessor designs typically supply excess voltage -- up to 10 to 15 percent -- to account for transient drops in voltage known as droop. To avoid having to go that route, AMD said it developed a number of technologies to optimize voltage. In addition, Carrizo compares the average voltage to droops on the order of nanoseconds,

"Since the frequency adjustments are done at the nanosecond level, there's almost no compromise in computing performance, while power is cut by up to 10 percent on the GPU and up to 19 percent on the CPU," AMD said.

Carrizo will also be HSA 1.0 compliant, which translates into the GPU being able to perform compute tasks.

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Boxx Goes Big, Introduces Apexx 5 Workstation with Five GPUs

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 09:13 AM PST

Boxx Apexx 5Packed to the gills with hardware

Quick, hide your small form factor (SFF) PC and any NUC-like devices you might have hanging around, we wouldn't want any hurt feelings. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum of all these pint-sized PCs that are suddenly vogue is Boxx's new Apexx 5, "the world's most advanced professional workstation." A bold claim for sure, and one the company attempts to back up by cramming its system full of hardware, including five dual-slot GPUs.

Oh, but that's not all. In addition to five GPUs, the liquid cooled Apexx 5 can accommodate 36 cores and 72 threads of processing power. The chassis has a dozen slots and supports 7 total expansion cards with simultaneous utilization of four full x16 PCI-E 3.0 expansion slots, PCI-E 2.0 x8 (x4 electrical), PCI-E 3.0 x16 (x8 electrical), and PCI-E x8 (x8 electrical).

Boxx Loaded

A standard configuration comes with 32GB of DDR4-2133 RAM and a 240GB SSD, though the Apexx 5 supports up to 512GB of RAM and up to eight mechanical hard drives or 16 SSDs.

"We understand that Apexx 5 addresses a specific market segment and is obviously not for everyone," says Chris Morley, Boxx Sr. Product Marketing Manager. "But if a creative professional or organization requires this level of power and performance for perfecting their ideas, they can't get it from Dell, HP, and Lenovo. With APEXX 5, we're offering configurations once considered impossible, and that's what it means to be a true solution provider."

Because it's fun to dream big, I went and configured a setup that tallied $47,313 -- it consisted of dual Xeon E5-2699v3 processors, 256GB of DDR4-2133 ECC RAM (the highest the configuration tool currently allows), four Nvidia K6000 with Sync, dual 800GB SSDs, and a few other odds and ends. With the right drivers, I suspect it could run Crysis.

You can check out Boxx's new Apexx 5 here.

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