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Razer shows off a “true gaming laptop”
Hardware engineers at Razer seem to have found a niche in the videogame laptop market. While most laptops designed for gaming either sacrifice performance for portability or vice versa, Razer believes that their newest creation, the Blade, is the best of both worlds. Weighing in at just under seven pounds and less than an inch thick, the Blade is certainly easy to carry around. Razer’s laptop ...read more
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Halo Anniversary adds 3 more maps, including PC version's 'Timberland'
Reports from the frontlines of Halo Fest, as relayed by Major Nelson, have revealed three new multiplayer maps for the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The highlight of the bunch is probably Timberland, the pine-studded arena from the PC version of Halo (original version pictured), suitable for 8 to 16 players. Next up is Prisoner, a symmetrical map with bridges designed for 2-8 ...read more
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Game denies Steam blackmail claims
UK retailer Game Group has emphatically denied that it has been coercing publishers into guaranteeing it a period of exclusivity before PC games are made available through Steam. Yesterday a poster on the Facepunch forum claimed: "Some time around the start of this year Game started talking to multiple publishers regarding their games being available on Steam. They basically want (at least) ...read more
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EA backtracks (slightly) over disturbing data-mining Origin user agreement
We’ve been grudgingly getting used to the idea of being forced to play EA’s PC games through its Origin download service, but things just took a turn for the invasive. Like 'constantly-watching-from-just-outside-the-window' invasive. A frankly terrifyingly worded End User License Agreement for Origin states that, in theory, EA can swim through all of your hard drive contents, like a data ...read more
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Play Battlefield 3 This Bank Holiday Weekend in the UK
This weekend UK gamers can play the hotly-anticipated Battlefield 3 at insomnia43, the UK's biggest gaming festival. The event has already been confirmed as the biggest ever UK LAN party. But it isn't all purely for fun, with over £50,000 to be won by those entering the tournament. Other games featured in the competition include FIFA 11, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Counter-Strike: ...read more
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Minecraft 1.8 Gets First Look at PAX Prime
Minecraft's highly anticipated update 1.8 also known as The Adventure Update will be playable at PAX Prime. Confirmed just recently by Marcus Perrson via Twitter, the developer of Minecraft has said that the finishing touches of this playable build for the game is uploaded and ready to go as early as tommorrow. Of course, you'll have to wait just like everyone else for the doors to open at PAX ...read more
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Spec(tacle) ops: Gunnar making Modern Warfare 3-branded glasses
Gunnar Optiks is offering glasses that don't just make it easier to look at screens, they're clearly labeled with what you'll be looking at. Just as it did with Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2, Gunnar is producing a version of its "Advanced Gaming Eyewear" bearing the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 logo. The yellow-tinted $99 glasses, like other Gunnars, are designed to reduce strain and enhance ...read more
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Bethesda talks Skyrim - Tonnes of gameplay footage
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim director Todd Howard's sat down (well, stood up really) to talk to CVG's video team about all things dragons. The Bethesda man also touched on the studio's post-release plans for the highly-anticipated sequel, telling our men and women behind the cameras that Skyrim's DLC will be "between Point Lookout for Fallout 3 and Shivering Isles for Oblivion" in scale. "Some of the ...read more
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Minecraft creator to fight over Scrolls game title "for as long as it takes"
Earlier this week Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson challenged the team at Bethesda Softworks to a Quake III match in order to settle a lawsuit. Bethesda claims that Scrolls, the title of the next game from the Minecraft team at Mojang, is in violation of its trademark for its long running Elder Scrolls RPG series. Now in a new article at Wired Persson admits that perhaps the idea of a ...read more
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Call of Duty: Elite Beta Opens Wider
We finally recieved our invite to the Call of Duty: Elite Beta earlier in the week, and have had a chance to test drive some of the features of the upcoming service that is dedicated to all things Call of Duty. My quick impressions of the service are pretty favorable. Its an extremely comprehensive stack tracking site for the hardcore Call of Duty fan that wants more information about his play ...read more
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