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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
Portal 2 puzzle creator coming on May 8 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on April 27, 2012 You know those Portal 2 authoring tools we told you about in October? Well, they're finally on the way. Valve calls them the "Perpetual... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	26
EA showcases next Battlefield 3 expansion by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:55 AM on April 26, 2012 Battlefield 3 was exactly six months old yesterday, yet EA is still hard at work developing additional content for the game—bless them for that. The... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	28
Max Payne 3 to demand 35GB of storage by Geoff Gasior — 10:51 AM on April 24, 2012 Rockstar has released the official system requirements for Max Payne 3. Most of the specifications are standard fare. They call for at least... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	116
Crytek teases Crysis 3 trailer... with a shorter trailer by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on April 23, 2012 The first Crysis 3 footage is out! This isn't the full trailer we were promised last week, though—sorry to disappoint. Rather, it's a 19-second... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	27
Diablo III beta opens to the public today by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:39 AM on April 20, 2012 If you weren't planning to start your weekend early, well, now you might be. Blizzard Entertainment says that, in order to help "stress test" its... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	75
Prey 2 not canceled after all by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:47 AM on April 19, 2012 Well, good news: the rumors of Prey 2's cancellation have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the game hasn't been canceled at all. It just... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	32
Dishonored trailer sneaks onto the web by Geoff Gasior — 1:09 PM on April 18, 2012 Dishonored might just be my most anticipated game of 2012. It looks like a mash-up of BioShock, Thief, and Assassin's Creed set in a... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	46
Original Prince of Persia code released by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on April 18, 2012 Releasing source code for older commercial games isn't uncommon. In fact, id Software has done it with everything from Doom to Quake III to Doom... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	33
Crytek shows latest CryEngine features by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:41 AM on April 17, 2012 I don't know if this new CryEngine eye candy will make its way into Crysis 3, but I would certainly hope so. Crytek Type: News story Tags: Gaming	101
First Crysis 3 screenshots show overgrown New York by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:30 AM on April 16, 2012 EA made good on its promise to spill the beans about Crysis 3 today. It and Crytek have officially announced the game, posting... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	47
Deal of the week: SSDs, RAM, and other three-letter acronyms by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:01 PM on April 13, 2012 This week's deal post is all about three-letter acronyms and initialisms. Let's start with SSDs: Newegg is running one of its Shell Shocker promotions on... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Memory Gaming	13

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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... +24

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

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