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Unreal Engine 3 ported to Windows RT by Geoff Gasior — 10:48 AM on August 29, 2012 ARM-based Windows tablets are a couple of months off, and their gaming potential just got a nice boost from Epic. Unreal Engine 3, the basis... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Gaming	54
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:16 AM on August 27, 2012 So, uh, Jr. Damage my oldest son just turned 13, and for his birthday, he requested a UT2004 LAN party. Of course, that's eminently... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	56
Is the subscription MMO model dead? by Geoff Gasior — 2:07 PM on August 24, 2012 Is there any future for MMOs that charge a monthly fee? Unless they're called World of Warcraft, maybe not. This article at Kotaku takes... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	87
Inside the second: Gaming performance with today's CPUs by Scott Wasson — 4:16 PM on August 23, 2012 We bring our signature latency-focused game testing methods to bear on the latest crop of desktop CPUs. In the process, we learn a some... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Gaming	357
Sleeping Dogs demo available on Steam by Geoff Gasior — 1:03 PM on August 23, 2012 Sleeping Dogs was released last week, and it seems to be pretty popular with critics and gamers. The PC version has a MetaCritic score... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	25
Stereoscopic 3D not a priority for EA games by Geoff Gasior — 10:00 AM on August 23, 2012 We took our first look at stereoscopic 3D on the PC back in 2009. At the time, we weren't sold on the technology. We... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	24
Ubisoft CEO claims PC piracy rate 93-95% by Geoff Gasior — 11:19 AM on August 22, 2012 Ubisoft has become somewhat infamous for obnoxious DRM. An increasing number of its... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	169
Right to resell downloaded music challenged in US court by Geoff Gasior — 2:46 PM on August 20, 2012 An EU court has already ruled that downloaded games and software can... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Gaming Internet	42
CS: Global Offensive trailer sets stage for imminent release by Geoff Gasior — 10:50 AM on August 20, 2012 As I type this, over 67,000 people are playing Counter-Strike on Steam. That's more than the number of Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and Skyrim combined.... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	21
Borderlands 2 goes gold by Geoff Gasior — 10:11 AM on August 20, 2012 It's official. Gearbox CEO and President Randy Pitchford has confirmed on Twitter that Borderlands 2 has gone gold. The game won't actually be released... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	31
Deal of the week: Graphics, RAM, PSUs, and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:18 PM on August 17, 2012 Let's kick off this deal post with Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which we reviewed yesterday and featured in our latest system... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Memory Gaming	11
UPDATED: Entire OnLive staff laid off by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:58 PM on August 17, 2012 Could the days of cloud gaming service OnLive be numbered? It's too early to know for sure, but according to a report by Mashable... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Internet Software	115
CS:GO to get zero-day zombie mod by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on August 17, 2012 Sick of zombies yet? No? Well, fear not, because game developers everywhere—both professionals and amateurs—are still working their hardest to run the whole thing into... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	43
Watch the Routine and Remember Me Gamescom trailers by Geoff Gasior — 12:47 PM on August 15, 2012 Numerous game trailers have been released to coincide with the ongoing Gamescom show in Germany. Some have been more impressive than others, and a... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	13
A Mac version of Origin is on the way by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on August 15, 2012 As determined as ever to boldly go where Valve has gone before, EA... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Mac	39
Mann vs. Machine co-op mode comes to Team Fortress 2 by Geoff Gasior — 1:42 PM on August 14, 2012 Team Fortress 2 is the game that keeps giving. Valve's class-based multiplayer hit has received a steady stream of updates since being released nearly... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	80
Could Half-Life 3 be unveiled at Gamescom this week? by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:44 AM on August 14, 2012 A certain PDF file has been making the rounds this morning. It's from the website of German gaming convention Gamescom, and it lists the... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	68
Borderlands 2 ''girlfriend mode'' stirs controversy by Geoff Gasior — 1:01 PM on August 13, 2012 Borderlands 2 lead designer John Hemingway appears to have stepped in it. In an interview with Eurogamer, he revealed that the game's fifth... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	307

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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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Xenolith

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

danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +32

lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +28

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