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Minecraft creator explains why game isn't on Steam by Geoff Gasior — 10:22 AM on August 30, 2011 Although one might assume that indie darling Minecraft would be a natural fit for Valve's online distribution service, you won't find the game on Steam.... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	18
Serious Sam 3, Torchlight II undercut competition by Geoff Gasior — 10:22 AM on August 29, 2011 We've all heard complaints about the high cost of the latest blockbuster games. $60 seems to be the norm these days, but not every... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	69
Deal of the week: Deus Ex: HR for $35, plus dirt-cheap SSDs and RAM by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:52 PM on August 26, 2011 I sang the praises of Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution this morning, and as luck would have it, the game came up in... Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory Gaming	43
StarCraft: Coming to a sports bar near you by Geoff Gasior — 11:28 AM on August 26, 2011 Unless they're sitting next to me on the couch, I've never been all that interested in watching other people play video games. But some... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	132
Valve shows Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gameplay by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:37 AM on August 26, 2011 Two weeks after revealing that it's working on a new Counter-Strike game, Valve has given us mere mortals a first look at the game.... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	45
Point of View insults intelligence with GeForce 550 Ti 4GB by Geoff Gasior — 12:14 PM on August 25, 2011 Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the world's most pointless graphics card. Nvidia partner Point of View has come up with a... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	87
Portal film features live-action testing by Geoff Gasior — 11:25 AM on August 24, 2011 When video games get film adaptations, I usually cringe and then run as fast as I can in the opposite direction. If director Dan... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	36
Serious Sam 3: BFE due October 18 by Geoff Gasior — 12:07 PM on August 23, 2011 Croteam has finally announced an official release date for Serious Sam 3: BFE. The game was supposed to come out this summer, but... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	16
From Dust being liberated from pesky DRM by Geoff Gasior — 11:21 AM on August 23, 2011 Victory! Rock, Paper, Shotgun is reporting that Ubisoft has reversed its position on DRM for the PC version of From Dust. ... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	11
Battlefield 3 ditches in-game server browser by Geoff Gasior — 11:04 AM on August 22, 2011 Man, I don't know what to make of Battlefield 3. For every trailer and gameplay video that makes me drool, I learn something about... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	34
Prepare to resume testing: Portal 2 DLC due in September by Geoff Gasior — 9:39 AM on August 19, 2011 Way back in May, Valve said that a free Portal 2 DLC was due to come out this summer. The season officially runs... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	8
DRM debacle plagues From Dust PC release by Geoff Gasior — 9:53 AM on August 18, 2011 I've heard a lot of good things about From Dust, which has been billed as the spiritual successor to Populus. The Xbox Live Arcade... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	29
Build your own Crysis with free Crytek SDK by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on August 18, 2011 Think you can do a better job of arranging high-polygon concrete barriers than the folks at Crytek? Good news. The developer Type: News story Tags: Gaming	18
Guild Wars 2 trailer loaded with in-game footage by Geoff Gasior — 1:23 PM on August 17, 2011 Although I've never really been into MMOs, I've always liked the fact that Guild Wars didn't require a monthly subscription. Shell out for the... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	16
Ubisoft relaxes Driver DRM by Geoff Gasior — 10:36 AM on August 17, 2011 DRM doesn't get much worse than "always on" implementations that require an Internet connection to experience a game's single-player component. That's the kind of... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	19
Battlefield 3 trailer showcases stunning multiplayer combat by Geoff Gasior — 3:48 PM on August 16, 2011 Battlefield 3 has been in the news quite a bit recently, but for all the wrong reasons. We've spent so much time talking about... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	37
Hard Reset videos offer peeks at gameplay, story by Geoff Gasior — 10:30 AM on August 16, 2011 PC exclusives are hard to come by, so we've been paying particular attention to Hard Reset, a sci-fi shooter being developed by some of the... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	7
Gearbox teases Borderlands 2 by Scott Wasson — 9:16 AM on August 16, 2011 Yeah, it isn't much, but the Borderlands fan in me is vibrating with anticipation after watching this quick teaser trailer for Borderlands 2. Type: News story Tags: Gaming	15

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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. +32

lilbuddhaman

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

danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +25

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