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Deal of the week: Cheap storage and discounted graphics by Geoff Gasior — 11:45 AM on March 25, 2011 We've got a little bit of everything in this week's deals post. Let's start with storage, which is a popular category for deep discounts.... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Storage Gaming	35
Duke Forever release pushed back a month by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:40 AM on March 24, 2011 It was all too good to be true, wasn't it? A release date set in stone, May 3, for what's probably the world's most... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	20
Report: Sandy Bridge coming to 11.6-inch gaming notebook by Geoff Gasior — 11:10 AM on March 23, 2011 Alienware's M11x laptop is a curious beast: an 11.6" ultraportable designed specifically with gamers in mind. The current version is a little thicker and... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	18
Duke adds a little more controversy by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:59 PM on March 22, 2011 If you've seen the various Duke Nukem Forever trailers and video clips, you've probably figured out that this is hardly a kid's game. The Type: News story Tags: Gaming	49
Trailer reveals Deus Ex prequel gameplay by Geoff Gasior — 10:54 AM on March 22, 2011 The original Deus Ex will probably go down as one of the greatest PC games of all time. Unfortunately, its Invisible War sequel wasn't... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	30
Prey 2 to feature new character, gameplay mechanics by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:19 PM on March 21, 2011 Last week, we found out that Prey 2 is in development at Human Head Studios. Details are now starting to trickle about exactly what... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	11
AMD's Huddy: developers want DirectX to 'go away' by Geoff Gasior — 12:23 PM on March 21, 2011 One week after graphics programmer extraordinaire John Carmack noted that DirectX is much improved and even preferable to OpenGL, AMD developer relations manager Richard... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	58
Portal 2 TV spot hits YouTube by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:09 PM on March 18, 2011 Valve is pulling out the big portal guns to tease the sequel to its infectiously fun puzzle-action game. An "upcoming TV spot trailer" for Portal... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	26
Volition brings PC development in-house by Geoff Gasior — 12:45 PM on March 18, 2011 While some developers farm out work on the PC versions of games they're building primarily for consoles, Volition is bringing its PC efforts in-house. ... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	17
Nazis, dinosaurs collide in Dino D-Day multiplayer shooter by Geoff Gasior — 10:39 AM on March 17, 2011 Sometimes, I get the feeling that modern games take themselves too seriously. While browsing Shacknews this morning, I noticed one that definitely doesn't:... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	16
Doug Church joins Valve software by Geoff Gasior — 10:03 AM on March 17, 2011 If you've ever heard about Deus Ex, System Shock, and Thief, odds are it was from an old-school gamer who wouldn't shut up about how... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	11
Batman: Arkham City trailer shows gameplay footage by Chip Fursdon — 6:00 AM on March 16, 2011 Batman: Arkham Asylum was a big hit in 2009, drawing excellent reviews that led the PC version to an impressive meta-score of 91... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	20
Prey 2 primed for a 2012 release by Chip Fursdon — 10:40 AM on March 15, 2011 Time to fend off yet another alien invasion. Bethesda announced yesterday that Prey 2 is set to arrive for the PC and consoles... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	19
John Carmack thinks DirectX is better than OpenGL by Geoff Gasior — 10:15 AM on March 14, 2011 For what seems like forever, id Software programming guru John Carmack has built his legendary game engines around the cross-platform OpenGL API. That trend... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	28
Winners selected in MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti screenshot contest by Geoff Gasior — 1:37 PM on March 11, 2011 We've chosen the winners for our in-game screenshot contest. There were a lot of great entries; some made us laugh, while others had... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	55
Tribes: Ascend promises jetpack-infused goodness by Geoff Gasior — 11:21 AM on March 11, 2011 When was the last time you went skiing... with a jetpack? If you've been at all, chances are it was a while ago in... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	21
EA president claims renewed focus on PC games by Geoff Gasior — 12:06 PM on March 10, 2011 In an interview with Gamasutra, EA president Frank Gibeau reveals that the company has a renewed focus on developing for the PC. A... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	45
HD video of next-gen Unreal Engine 3 demo posted by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on March 9, 2011 If you thought those next-gen Unreal Engine 3 screenshots from the Game Developers Conference were impressive, wait 'til you see the engine in motion.... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	54

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +36

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Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +34

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