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Assemble to try the LEGO Minifigures Online open beta

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Assemble to try the LEGO Minifigures Online open beta


LEGO Minifigures Online has just entered open beta, is a very different experience, allowing players to take control of the many LEGO minifigures currently available to adventure in a variety of LEGO-themed environs.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Tips and Strategy Guide

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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Tips and Strategy Guide


World cup 2014 is in full swing in Brazil. If you are a football fan, you can't miss this wonderful football game, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which developed by EA Sport. The following tips and strategy guides will help you play this game more easily.

Swordsman Online CBT First Look 1080p

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Swordsman Online CBT First Look 1080p


Ok, since people are going to compare Age of Wushu with this game. I'll roll with it and make this review addressing that. To be honest Swordsman is a better game in almost every way. Age of Wushu is more of a trade skiller game. It's more about the little things in the culture of martial arts. Makes you micro manage things keep of like The Sims. This is great for people who like realism. The reason why you can't compare the two games. Is they have different approaches to the same type of thing. Swordsman Online doesn't make you do the little things. It's more about action combat and story.

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Now is On Android

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Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Now is On Android


It's your turn to put on your Space Marine suits to smash, stomp, and rip through chunks of Ork flesh, Android players. Yep, that's right: Roadhouse Interactive has released the Bronze Award-winning Warhammer 40,000: Carnage on Android.

Perfect World China Publishing New MOBA Title: Third Sword

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Perfect World China Publishing New MOBA Title: Third Sword


After successfully launching Dota 2 in China, Perfect World is now ready to dip its feet deeper into the MOBA genre, with the recent announcement of Third Sword. The game will feature not just the standard 5 vs 5 lane PvP, but also many PvE maps and modes, such as instanced dungeons.

Entropia Universe "Tips How to Make Real Money " by Rokwood

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Entropia Universe


Today Rokwood will show you how to get into this Beautiful game and start earning some Real Money.

WildStar's Something is Waiting Teasing Strain

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WildStar's Something is Waiting Teasing Strain


"Something is waiting" is now on the official website of WildStar. Well, I can't tell what the "something" is. But I believe it will be packaged in the game's first big update, called the Strain ultradrop.

Astro Lords - Closed Beta Ends, Open Beta Begins! Start Your Journey Now

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Astro Lords - Closed Beta Ends, Open Beta Begins! Start Your Journey Now


It's now the end of Closed Beta Testing for Astro Lords: Oort Cloud and the start of its Open Beta Testing. If you missed out on your chance to take part in the CBT, now's your chance to get into the Oort Cloud!

Wolf Knights Released New Class Pictures and Alpha's Coming Soon

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Wolf Knights Released New Class Pictures and Alpha's Coming Soon


Developed by Ragnarok Online's father Kim Hakkyu and IMC Games Korea, Wolf Knights proclaimed that the sexuality of the new class is alternative a few days ago, and also released pictures of the new class defender.

Closed Beta for Swordsman Online Starts Now

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Closed Beta for Swordsman Online Starts Now


Today, Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the close beta for their free-to-play martial arts MMO, Swordsman Online, has started in the west. Sharpen your blades, or you will miss this test, because the closed beta will end on June 27th. Besides, if you get into the game now, you will have opportunities to unlock items for the launched game.

Archlord 2 Closed Beta Test Has Started: Welcome to Chantra!

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Archlord 2 Closed Beta Test Has Started: Welcome to Chantra!


The closed Beta Test of Archlord 2 has gone live globally. It is finally time to start exploring the world of Chantra, improving your skills with your favourite weapons and letting the enemy taste your power. Here we will show you some useful details.

Offline Symposium Announced for Balance Adjustment of Classes in BnS

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Offline Symposium  Announced for Balance Adjustment of Classes in BnS


NCSOFT plans to throw a offline symposium on classes in Blade and Soul, which is supposed to be held on July 12th, and it will be taken as a reference in the new balancing adjustment of classes. The participators will have chance to win souvenir. Some Korean players believe that NCSOFT will not release huge update to Blade and Soul before this symposium.

BBall Tactics An Upcoming Turn-based Basketball Mobile Spin-off of Cult RPG Barkley 2

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BBall Tactics An Upcoming Turn-based Basketball Mobile Spin-off of Cult RPG Barkley 2


Tales of Game's Studio has confirmed that a Barkley 2 spin-off mobile game is on the way. And it's called BBall Tactics.It's a 3v3 turn-based basketball game that sort of resembles Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics.

MOBA Core Masters Gameplay Review and VPN Guide

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MOBA Core Masters Gameplay Review and VPN Guide


Hello guys this is Yuto Ishihara from MMOSITE introducing Core Masters, core masters is a very popular Moba that will cause a severe impact in the way we play mobas from now on, For those who are new to the term Moba, it stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena.

Angry Birds Epic Guides, Cheats And Tips

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Angry Birds Epic Guides, Cheats And Tips


Rovio Entertainment, the company behind Angry Birds Go and Angry Birds Star Wars 2 returns with Angry Bird Epic. This is Rovio's first RPG featuring the iconic Angry Birds characters as legendary heroes. In this epic adventure, you explore a fantasy version of Piggy Island full of mysterious caves, tropical beaches, frosty mountains and loads of other exciting locations. Stop King Pig, Wiz Pig and Prince Porky from scrambling your eggs. On that note, we'll help you get started with a few tips and strategies.

Angry Birds Epic: How To Get More Lucky Coins, Snoutlings And Essence of Friendship

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Angry Birds Epic: How To Get More Lucky Coins, Snoutlings And Essence of Friendship


One of the most challenging things to do in any mobile game is earn in-game currency, especially in Angry Bird Epic, Rovio's first RPG featuring the iconic Angry Birds characters as legendary heroes. If you're new to the game, we strongly suggest that you check out our beginner's guide to get started. In this guide, we'll help you get Lucky Coins, Snoutlings and Essence of Friendship to purchase items, blueprints and power up weapons to get through the game.

FFXIV A Realm Reborn: From The Frontlines

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FFXIV A Realm Reborn: From The Frontlines


Today's patch preview offers a closer look at Frontline, where adventurers will do battle to claim disputed territory in the name of their respective Grand Companies.

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$50 Item Box Giveaway for Luvinia World

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 01:32 AM PDT

  With our wonderful giveaway, it’s your time to enjoy Luvinia World. Each code (useable once per character) will grant you a plethora of different gifts, worth nearly $50 in total. Having claimed your code, you will receive a promotional box that includes a unique Weapon Pack, a level 60 Constallation Box, 5 bottles of […]

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LEGO Minifigures Online Enters Open Beta

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 11:28 AM PDT

Funcom today has launched the open beta testing of their free-to-play MMO LEGO Minifigures Online for Windows PCs on English servers, thus initiating the final beta phase before the title is supposed to be officially released later this autumn. The company plans on introducing localised game versions in German, French and Spanish as well as […]

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H1Z1: New Gameplay Trailer Released

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:12 AM PDT

Our civilisation will soon be at the brink of a post-apocalyptic state caused by the H1Z1 epidemic. Have a look at the only just released gameplay trailer in order to get to know what to expect of this zombie survival MMO game with dynamic environments and an in-depth crafting system. Currently on early access alpha, […]

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Tribal Wars 2 to Enter CBT on June 24

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:47 AM PDT

InnoGames has just announced that the beginning of closed beta testing of Tribal Wars 2 is scheduled for June 24. The English server will be the first to open, granting access to all who signed up. During the initial days, only a moderate amount of participants will be allowed though for the purpose of performance […]

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General Gaming Article


World's Largest Game Collection Changes Hands for $750,250

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 11:37 AM PDT

Michael ThomassonA better decision than trading them in at GameStop

Could you imagine if Michael Thommason would have taken his more than 11,000 video games to GameStop? Most of the games in his collection would probably have been rejected for being too old. Instead of going that route, Thomasson wisely took his games to auction where they fetched $750,250. That's a hefty sum for what's officially recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records 2014 Gamers Edition as being the biggest games collection in the world.

The auction included all 10,607 games that were verified by Guinness plus over 400 more that he collected since then. In addition, Guinness didn't count duplicates, so the new owner is getting quite the haul, including many sealed titles -- about a quarter of the games in the collection have never been opened.

When we first reported this story, the high bid was sitting at $50,000 and hadn't met the seller's reserve price. Few at the time would have predicted that it would balloon all the way up to three quarters of a million dollars.

"I simply have an immediate family and extended family that have needs that need to be addressed. While I do not wish to part with these games, I have responsibilities that I have made to others and this action is how I will help meet them. No worries, I've sold my collection many times in the past and still managed to capture Guinness' attention, and it is entirely possible that I may again," Thomasson stated in his auction.

Duly noted.

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AVG Warns Popular Websites Still Suffering an OpenSSL Security Issue

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT

CautionEven after applying a Heartbleed patch, many websites are still vulnerable

Heartbleed received a ton of media attention, and for good reason -- the security flaw in OpenSSL caught the Internet with its collective pants down, which in turn prompted website owners, IT workers, and web admins to all go scrambling for a fix. Now that there's a patch available, are we once again safe? Not really, says AVG, According to AVG, thousands of popular websites need to update their servers to stay protected from a new vulnerability.

The new vulnerability, known as a CSS Injection, has left potentially tens of thousands of the web's most popular sites vulnerable to attack. AVG said it scanned the servers of 45,000 of the world's biggest websites based on their Alexa ratings and found that around half use OpenSSL encryption. Of the potentially vulnerable sites, 75 percent are still not protected, leaving around 17,000 open to attack.

On the plus side, it takes a complex effort on the part of a hacker to exploit the vulnerability, AVG says. The attacker must intercept the connection between a client and a server, both of which must be using the vulnerable version, and engage a man-in-the-middle attack. Once they've done that, the attacker can decrypt and modify the traffic that flows back and forth.

This is a bit of a self-serving warning AVG has issued, which says it built additional functionality into its Web TuneUp product that will inform users with a banner when they vist a site that could be at risk from a CSS Injection. AVG Web TuneUp (beta) is free for the time being, though it doesn't support Windows 8/8.1.

Image Credit: Flickr (Michael Theis)

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Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force LN2 Motherboard Breaks Multiple Overclocking Records at Computex

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:53 AM PDT

Gigabyte RecordMotherboard built specifically for overclocking doesn't disappoint at Computex 2014

There's no mistaking Gigabyte's Z97X-SOC Force LN2 motherboard for a standard mobo. That slice of silicon is built for the extreme overclocking circuit, which is why there aren't any CPU fan mounting holes -- it's all about liquid nitrogen. Case in point, Gigabyte's Z97X-SOC Force LN2 broke multiple world records at Computex 2014, which includes the highest DDR3 memory frequency every achieved -- 4.56GHz, up from the previous record of 4.4GHz.

"One of the greatest parts of working for Gigabyte as an overclocker is the ability to come out with what at first seems like a crazy idea, have our skilled engineers be able to build it, and have the backing of our management to allow the concept to go into production for sale," commented Hi Cookie, Chief Overclocking Evangelist, Gigabyte Motherboard Business Unit. "The Z97X-SOC Force LN2 is a true testament to this forward-thing philosophy, and I can't wait for other overclockers around the world be able to use this motherboard to break even more world records."

Gigabyte's board set new records for Aquamark3 (both single GPU and dual-GPU), 3DMark05 (dual GPUs), 3DMark2001 SE, Unigine Heaven (single GPU), and more.

It's a gnarly board, though obviously the lack of CPU fan mounting holes limits its appeal to extreme overclockers. In that sense, the bevy of features are somewhat wasted, as this board will never serve as anyone's daily driver. That said, there is a version of this board that includes traditional CPU fan mounting holes -- the GA-Z97X-SOC Force.

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Asus Edges Out Gigabyte in First Quarter Motherboard Shipments

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Asus A88X ProJust 100,000 motherboard shipments stand between leader Asus versus Gigabyte in race for first place

It might be a photo finish at the end of the year to determine which top-tier motherboard vendor comes in first. As it stands, only 100,000 motherboard shipments separate Asus and Gigabyte, the big guns in the mobo shootout. For now, Asus can enjoy pole position with 10.4 million motherboard shipments -- just enough to keep Gigabyte at an arm's length with 10.3 million shipments.

Those figures come from news and rumor site Digitimes and are based on the "sources from channel retailers" it spoke with. The race for first place is solely between Asus and Gigabyte, both of which already widened the gap with competing motherboard makers. In addition, Digitimes says some of the smaller players may exit the market altogether in the near future.

Since Asus and Gigabyte are in a league of their own, companies like MSI and ASRock are turning their attention towards nabbing market share from even smaller players. These include mobo makers you might not have heard of, such as Colorful, which is the largest China-based mobo maker.

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Will.i.am and Coca-Cola Collaborate on Ekocycle Cube 3D Printer

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 08:13 AM PDT

Ekocycle Cube 3D PrinterA 3D printer that uses recycled drink bottles

To borrow an unnecessarily cruel analogy, the just launched Ekocycle Cube 3D printer kills two birds with one stone by using filament that comes from recycled bottles. Coca-cola and will.i.am are behind the Ekocycle brand, which is focused on "promoting sustainability through aspirational yet attainable lifesytle products" that at least partially utilize recycled materials, such is the case here.

Each Ekocycle cartridge is made in part from post-consumer recycled 20-ounce PET plastic bottles, resulting in what Ekocycle calls a groundbreaking new filament dubbed rPET. The flexible filament material retains full durability. Cartridges for the 3D printer are available in a curated color palette of red, black, white, and natural.

As with many 3D printers, cost might be factor for some. The Ekocycle Cube 3D retails for $1,199. Cost aside, it's supposed to be easy to use, and perhaps you'll sleep better knowing your printed creations are giving plastic bottles a new life beyond the landfill -- each Ekocycle cartridge represents the equivalent of three used bottles.

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Newegg Daily Deals: Seasonic 660W Full Modular Power Supply, WD Black 4TB Hard Drive, and More!

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:27 AM PDT

Seasonic 660Wnewegg logo

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