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We've got a mix of workstation hardware and enthusiast gear in this week's release roundup. Announcements from Cooler Master, Kingston, and Sapphire have all made...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Multimedia Storage

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ubisoft has become somewhat infamous for obnoxious DRM. An increasing number of its...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

An EU court has already ruled that downloaded games and software can...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Gaming Internet

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

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

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

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

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

Creative is rolling out a new family of sound cards at the Gamescom convention this week. The Sound Blaster Z-Series appears to use the...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia

Over the past few years, H.264 video compression has permeated just about every corner of the tech world—YouTube, Blu-ray, cable and satellite HDTV, cell phones,...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia

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

As determined as ever to boldly go where Valve has gone before, EA...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Mac