New hardware, new color scheme Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) dialed up the hype machine to 11 to announce its new flagship Maximus VIII Extreme/Assembly motherboard and Matrix GTX 980 Ti graphics card. Part of the source of the hype is a “Plasma Copper” color scheme that’s new to the ROG line. “To be ROG…
Leaked confession As consumers, we’ve always been told that data caps exist for our own good. Just think, without them, Internet users who consume a lot of data with reckless abandon will congest the network and the rest of us will suffer because of it. Oh no! We certainly don’t want that to happen, right?…
Calling BS on Bulldozer AMD took a unique approach to mutli-core processing with its Bulldozer architecture and that decision has now led to a class-action lawsuit, according to LegalNewsline. A one ticked off Tony Dickey filed the suit in California alleging that AMD’s marketing of Bulldozer processors violated the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and California’s…
In Nuclear Throne, your goal is simple: reach the Nuclear Throne. It’s a brutal mix of fast-paced, top-down action, random generation, permadeath, and player choice — and honestly, you probably won’t stand a chance. More than anything, the result of your run will be seven simple words: “You did not reach the Nuclear Throne.” To…
The irradiated remnants of civilization are your new playground. The legendary open-world series from Bethesda Game Studios has returned. Fallout 4 is out this week on PS4. As the lone survivor of Vault 111, plunge into the devastated landscape of the Wasteland in this sprawling open-world RPG. Fight against the twisted abominations that infest the…
Okay people, we are less than one month away from PlayStation Experience 2015. It’s time to lock in those travel plans, if you haven’t already! In slightly more… present news, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is out now so you should go play that. You should also enter to win a big ‘ol Juggernog…
My love of the Mass Effect series brought me to BioWare in 2012. I’ve connected to it on an emotional level I never thought possible with video games. I still recall the pivotal moments throughout the trilogy with fondness, and think about all the time I spent with the Normandy crew, laughing, crying, and saving…
Last month, Humble Bundle announced a new monthly subscription. Priced at a fixed rate of $12 per month, subscribers will receive a collection of new games on the sixth of each month, as long as they want to keep playing…er…paying. You can start or stop at any time, including jumping on and off if you…
Valve software boss Gabe Newell recently talked with Develop about the upcoming Steam Machines, which are slated to go on sale next week along with the Steam Controller and Steam Link. He said that at console price points, there will be Steam Machines such as Alienware’s model that will be faster than the PlayStation 4…