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Carmageddon Reincarnation seeking Kickstarter funding by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 PM on May 21, 2012 Almost exactly one year ago, we learned that a new chapter in the Carmageddon franchise was in the works. The Stainless Games studio... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	21
Deal of the week: Cheap storage and game bargains by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:17 PM on May 18, 2012 No question about it: SSD prices have a taken a nosedive lately. Just look at Samsung's 830 Series 128GB SSD. Right now, it's on sale at... Type: News story Tags: Storage Gaming	17
Wired shows first Unreal Engine 4 screenshots by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:05 PM on May 18, 2012 Sadly, there's no video to go along with these—but the first Unreal Engine 4 screenshots are now available for your viewing pleasure. Wired inserted... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	24
LinkedIn profiles tease new Mirror's Edge, Bad Company titles by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:45 AM on May 17, 2012 Almost a year ago, EA Games President Frank Gibeau told GameTrailers that EA was "actively looking at how to bring [Mirror's Edge] back in... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	12
Steam's remote library management now out of beta by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 17, 2012 Stuck at work and eager to try a new game as soon as you get home? Too lazy to get out of bed to start... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	33
Wolfenstein 3D gets an official browser port by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 11, 2012 Feeling the urge to procrastinate today? Hey, it's Friday, and Bethesda and id Software have come up with a perfect time waster. To celebrate the... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	45
New Assassin's Creed III trailer shows in-game footage by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:13 PM on May 10, 2012 Finally, Ubisoft has released an Assassin's Creed III trailer that isn't all pre-rendered. The "World Gameplay Premiere" video is up now on YouTube, and though... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	32
BioShock Infinite postponed until next February by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:32 AM on May 9, 2012 You can scratch one game release off your calendar for this year. On the official Irrational Games blog this morning, company co-founder and design guru... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	75
User-friendly Portal 2 editor now available by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 9, 2012 Right on schedule, Valve has released its new Portal 2 level editor. The Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC automatically rolled out to all owners of... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	44
Deal of the week: Discount storage and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:10 PM on May 4, 2012 We've singled out a trio of storage deals for you all this week, starting with a pretty substantially discounted Crucial m4 256GB solid-state drive. Normally... Type: News story Tags: Storage Gaming	22
First Elder Scrolls Online trailer posted by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:44 AM on May 4, 2012 As we found out yesterday, Bethesda is cooking up an MMO set in its Elder Scrolls universe. The game is due out in 2013... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	61
The Elder Scrolls Online due in 2013 by Geoff Gasior — 12:34 PM on May 3, 2012 As if Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls games couldn't get any more addicitive, the franchise is going online. The RPG turned MMO will be... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Internet	55
Report: PC gaming hardware market will continue to grow by Geoff Gasior — 11:06 AM on May 3, 2012 The market for enthusiast-grade PC gaming hardware is doing well, according to the latest report from Jon Peddie Research. All told, it was... Type: News story Tags: Systems Gaming	40
New Steam beta offers remote library management by Geoff Gasior — 10:48 AM on May 2, 2012 Valve has made a habit out of deeply discounting games on Steam. There's a new deal every day and often a multitude of games... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Software	30
AMD baits gamers with GameFly offer by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 2, 2012 People buying AMD gear are getting all sorts of freebies lately. First, there was the Three for Free deal, which throws in free copies... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Gaming	34
Skyrim DLC coming this summer... for the Xbox 360 by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:25 PM on May 1, 2012 Well, it looks like Skyrim is due for its first expansion. Bethesda pulled the curtain back a few inches earlier today, posting a teaser... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	48
Ex-FutureMark devs working on first-person puzzle game by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:42 AM on May 1, 2012 I've been deceived by touching, poetic game trailers before—I'm looking at you, Dead Island—but it's nice to see game developers at least try. Well,... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	17
Three years of crowd-sourced Kickstarter funding visualized by Geoff Gasior — 12:44 PM on April 30, 2012 Kickstarter has been in the news quite a lot lately. The crowd-sourced funding site is being used to fuel the development of everything from... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Internet	34

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +25

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"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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