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Bless Gives A 'Big' Christmas Surprise

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Bless Gives A 'Big' Christmas Surprise


Bless Online made a funny video and let a shapely female character taking a big surprise in the gift case. What's it? Watch the video below and find the answer.

Revelation New Christmas Fashion Makes Snow be Your Wings

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Revelation New Christmas Fashion Makes Snow be Your Wings


The fans of Chinese fantasy MMORPG Revelation can cheer up now. On Dec. 24, the first expansion of Revelation will be launched to all the gamers, bringing new scenes, new storyline, new weapons, new mount and new fashion for Christmas

A Quick Lunara Review & How-To

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A Quick Lunara Review & How-To


Lunara is currently too squishy to be considered a serious pick in Ranked professional gameplays. She's a really interesting Hero to play and maybe with future tweaks, she may be picked by teams during tournaments.

What's New for Today of Stellacept Online

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What's New for Today of Stellacept Online


The major update brings you new features of Stellacept Online in PVP, Boss time Trial and more.

3D Fantasy MMORPG Icarus 2.0 Teaser Trailers Released

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3D Fantasy MMORPG Icarus 2.0 Teaser Trailers Released


YD Online has released multiple teaser trailers for its 3D fantasy MMORPG Icarus 2.0 introducing the new pets, new outfits for characters, new dungeons, the improvement of in-game environment and more.

Resume Your Journey in Legendary MMORPG Lineage 2 Classic on Dec. 22

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Resume Your Journey in Legendary MMORPG Lineage 2 Classic on Dec. 22


Since the success of the petition of Lineage 2 Classic, European fans are now able to resume their journey in this legendary MMORPG via 4game platform. Lineage 2 Classic Releases in Europe on December 22nd

Winners Announcement of 2015 MMOsite Readers' Choice Award

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Winners Announcement of 2015 MMOsite Readers' Choice Award


The 1st Round of 2015 MMOsite Reader's Choice Event has come to an end now. We sincerely appreciate the love and support from all of our users and game companies! During these 20 days, we have received numerous votes from you, and we are glad to announce the result of this annual event now.

Shadow Complex PC Gaming Review (Excellent!) First Look

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Shadow Complex PC Gaming Review (Excellent!) First Look


This game caught me off guard. It's amazingly good and fun all around. This is a free game as long as you have the engine to play it. That is also free however, so if you want to dabble in game making go for it.

IMGamer Brings Christmas Event for Players

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IMGamer Brings Christmas Event for Players


IMGamer starts test and brings volunteers with Christmas events and mmore gifts. Log in now to enjoy it or sign up to catch the chance!

Five Must-Have New Mobile Games

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Five Must-Have New Mobile Games


Five mobile games debut with fascinating features stand out having caught my eyes, I think five of them are certainly worthy of your time.

MMOsite Morning Call: Weekly Cosplay Highlight [Dec.21st]

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MMOsite Morning Call: Weekly Cosplay Highlight [Dec.21st]


Hey MMOsiters~ it is your Cosplay time again. Today we've collected many great works for you here which besides the beautiful characters from League of Legends, Final Fantasy, Collection, Sword Art Online, etc. Read on below and have a great cosplay journey at the begining of this week!

Blade and Soul First Look by Raptorak

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Blade and Soul First Look by Raptorak


Blade and Soul is one of the most anticipated games to come shortly, with many players speaking about it for years. With the final beta kicking off, it was a great time to get a final look at what can be expected in the full release coming up soon.

Icarus : Assasin Skills Preview

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Icarus : Assasin Skills Preview


Today we will take a look at the Icarus Assasin Class.Assassins are designed to add powerful offensive abilities on top of the Thief's traditional utility functions

Black Desert CBT1 First Look Video

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Black Desert CBT1 First Look Video


Hello everybody, today I bring you another first look for a Buy to Play MMORPG called Black Desert Online. The closed beta was kinda buggy to be honest

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Keys for the Closed Beta of Paladins

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 04:33 AM PST

Do you want a key for the Closed Beta of Hi-Rez‘s newest free to play shooter meets MOBA, Paladins? Then this is your chance to get one since we’re raffling 300 Closed Beta keys. The raffle will feature 2000 codes. If you win, you’ll see a “you win” message along with the key. If you don’t win, […]

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Marvel Heroes 2015 Welcomes Iron Fist

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 03:09 AM PST

Gazillion has presented the 54rd playable character of Marvel Heroes 2015 (which soon will be called Marvel Heroes 2016): Iron fist, a superhero with amazing martial arts skills who is able to focus all his spiritual energy in his fists. Johnny Yong Bosch, known for having been the Black Power Ranger voices the new superhero. The character will be making […]

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Warframe’s Second Dream Update Live on PS4

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 02:06 AM PST

The Second Dream upgrade is now available for the PS4 version of Warframe (Xbox One will have to wait a bit more). This update adds the game a new Warframe, Ivara, a hunter that uses an array of tactical arrows to destroy their enemies, the Sortie missions and the game’s first cinematic mission, The Sentient Hunhow, where we can […]

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HTC Explains Vive Delay

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 04:50 PM PST

Htc Vive White

Back on December 9, HTC said that its Valve Software-backed "Vive" virtual reality headset wouldn't be released to consumers until April 2016. Originally, Vive was slated to launch as a retail unit by the end of the year. At the time of the announcement, the company didn't provide a reason for the delay.

"Since announcing the HTC Vive in March of this year we have focused on developing immersive content, refining both hardware design and user experience, and building relationships with new partners both inside and outside of the gaming industry," HTC said in an update.

However, now we have some idea as to why the VR headset was delayed. During the Vive Unbound developers forum in Beijing, HTC CEO Cher Wang said that the company and Valve Software made "a very, very big technological breakthrough."

According to Wang, this breakthrough was so big that HTC and Valve Software chose to set aside the version they had planned for the Q4 2015 release window and introduce the world to Vive using the improved model in April 2016 instead.

"We shouldn't make our users swap their systems later just so we could meet the December shipping date," Wang said.

The CEO wouldn't go into details regarding the breakthrough itself, but said the company will reveal the improved Vive next month during CES 2016 in Las Vegas.

On the pricing front, there's a possibility that the HTC Vive will cost more than the upcoming Oculus Rift. Wang said that HTC conducted a recent survey with its engineers and discovered that 80 percent of the group raised their hands when she gave them a price that seemed affordable based on their monthly income ($1,560 to $1,730).

Finally, Wang said that Audi plans to install Vive headsets in its flagship stores so that customers can test-drive a vehicle without hitting the open road. Other major car makers are expected to follow suit.

HTC is also pushing the idea of using Vive in schools and hospitals. Wang likes the idea of children donning the headset and "becoming" a blood cell that flows through a virtual human. Yes, that would be cool.

Looking ahead, 2016 will definitely be an exciting year in terms of virtual reality. While we already have Samsung's solution on the market, the wait for the highly anticipated HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and Microsoft's HoloLens has us sitting on the edge of our seats. Will they be worth the wait?

VIA: Engadget

Newegg Daily Deals: Gigabyte G1 GA-Z97X Gaming Motherboard, Asus GeForce GTX 970, and More!

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 10:37 AM PST

Gigabyte GA-Z97X

Top Deal:

It's been a long year and who really knows if you made the naughty or nice list, right? Rather than leave it up to chance, you can take matters into your own hands and treat yourself to a new system build to ring in the New Year. The question is, where do you start? If you're wanting to stick with a socket 1150 foundation, then check out today's top deal for a Gigabyte G! Gaming GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Motherboard for $149.99 with free shipping (normally $175; additional $10 Mail-in rebate). This one's geared towards gamers who care about audio -- it uses high end audio capacitors, gold plated audio inputs, and has a built-in rear audio amplifier. It also sports the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 software suite.

Other Deals:

Samsung 31.5-inch Curved 4ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor for $350 with free shipping (normally $400 - use coupon code: [EMCKNKW22])

Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support G-SYNC Support Video Card for $327 with free shipping (normally $345 - use coupon code: [EMCKNKW27]; additional $20 Mail-in rebate)

Intel 535 Series 2.5-inch 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive for $55 with free shipping (normally $60 - use coupon code: [EMCKNKW37])

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory for $70 with free shipping (normally $85)

Geek Holiday Gift Guide 2015

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 10:27 AM PST

Fallout 4 Addict Loses Job and Wife, Blames Bethesda in Lawsuit

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 10:25 AM PST

Playing the blame game

Fallout 4

A Russian gamer located in Krasnoyarsk has filed a lawsuit against Bethesda that essentially blames the developer for building a fun game. Of course, the lawsuit doesn't quite word it that way.

What's at issue here is the 28-year-old's obsession with Fallout 4 and the price he paid for spending too much time playing it. After seeing an advertisement for the game, he downloaded it to his PC with the intention of playing it here and there. Instead, he hunkered down and ignored the real world for the next three weeks, according to RT.

Bad things tend to happen when you suddenly shut yourself off from the outside world with no warning, or at least that's the case if you have responsibilities. This fellow did and because he skipped work in favor of Fallout 4, he eventually lost his job.

His decision to become a recluse also affected his relationship with friends, his wife ended up leaving him, and his health suffered from lack of sleep and eating. All of which are understandable consequences.

What's not so understandable is the lawsuit blaming Bethesda for turning his life upside down.

"If I knew that this game could have become so addictive, I would have become a lot more wary of it," the unnamed man said in a statement. "I would not have bought it, or I would have left it until I was on holiday or until the New Year holidays."

This isn't the first lawsuit of its kind, though it is the first one to come from Russia. The man and his lawyer are seeking 500,000 rubles, or about $7,000 in U.S. currency, with the law firm representing the man wanting to "see how far we can go regarding this case."

As idiotic as this lawsuit sounds, there's at least one other instance where a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff. It happened when Craig Smallwood sued NCsoft of South Korea over his addiction to Lineage II, in which he spent over 20,000 hours playing.

The suit was filed in federal court in Hawaii, and like this one against Bethesda, it attempted to hold the developer responsible for not warning gamers of the dangers of extended game play.

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Nvidia's VR Friendly GeForce 361.43 WHQL Drivers Now Available

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:50 AM PST

Contains GameWorks VR tweaks

Nvidia VR

Today's a good day for early adopters of virtual reality technology. There's an interactive version of Futuremark's upcoming VRMark benchmark to play around with on Steam, and if you own a GeForce graphics card, Nvidia has a new set of WHQL-certified drivers available, version 361.43.

The Game Ready driver update is primarily focused on GameWorks VR, which is Nvidia's set of APIs, libraries, and features aimed at VR headsets and game developers. It contains several related tweaks, bug fixes, and optimizations, all in the name of delivering the "ultimate VR gaming experience."

More specifically, GeForce 361.43 adds support for GameWorks VR 1.1, including VR SLI support for OpenGL applications and also for the latest Oculus software development kit (SDK), Nvidia says.

Nvidia also squashed several annoying bugs. Here they are for Windows 10:

  • Cleaned up flip timing and event notification bugs. [200151547]
  • Fixed a driver bug where if the output is active, hot unplugging a device will cause any following hot plug device to be ignored. [1707505]
  • Cleaned up unexpected behavior related to the multi-HMD (helmet-mounted device) use case. [200152110]
  • Return NVAPI_NO_CONNECTOR_FOUND from the NVAPI_GPU_GetAllDisplayIds() when headless GPUs are detected to allow for identification of the unsupported use case. [200155835]
  • [GM20x] Clock speeds remain above idle at 144 Hz on desktop. [1631144]
  • Lag in Star War

And here they are for previous versions of Windows dating back to Vista:

  • Prevented an extra hotplug/unplug for unconnected devices in escapeDirectModeEnable\DisableVRDirectMode(). [1707485]
  • Fixed windowed G-SYNC not being totally disabled at the UMD (user-mode display) when the VR display is active. [200146036]
  • Updated the whitelist entry regkey to allow multiple entries at once. [200155690]
  • [GM20x] Clock speeds remain above idle at 144 Hz on desktop. [1631144]

There are a few other tidbits, like the addition of certain SLI and 3D Vision profiles, which you can check out in the release notes (PDF)

When and if you're ready, you can download the latest drivers direct from Nvidia.

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Futuremark Adds Interactive Preview of VRMark to Steam

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:31 AM PST

Upcoming virtual reality benchmark

VRMark

Futuremark's set of benchmarks are well known and commonly used among reviewers and home consumers alike. Sometime next year, the company will add VRMark to the fray, a benchmark focused on virtual reality performance. Ahead of that release, you can take a sneak peek via an interactive preview that's now available on Steam.

The Holiday Beta preview, as Futuremark's calling it, allows you to move freely within one of VRMark's test environments. At this early stage, the preview exists just to give you a glimpse of what Futuremark is working on -- it doesn't output a performance score or any kind of comparable results.

VRMark is being designed to test VR systems and headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, though if you don't currently own a developer unit, Futuremark says the preview works on monitors, too. When finished (early 2016), it will examine things like VR system performance, latency, and accuracy.

The beta is open to anyone and everyone who owns the Steam version of 3DMark. To join the beta, just follow the steps in Futuremark's community post.

3DMark

In addition to providing a sneak peek of VRMark, Futuremark built a new UI for 3DMark, one that's "faster, more flexible, and more intuitive." One of the things some users might find helpful is that the makeover now shows the recommended benchmark for whatever system it's running on.

Beneath the surface, Futuremark tweaked the 3DMark app so that you can download, install, and update the tests individually. That makes the initial download smaller and also means you can choose to install only those tests that you plan to run.

"Say goodbye to massive downloads with every update," Futuremark says.

Cool stuff.

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Rig of the Month: The Riddler

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 12:00 AM PST

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