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January 9th, 2014, 00:48 Posted By: wraggster
A recently-released patch for the Steam version of Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3 suggests that its Games for Windows Live support and DRM is being removed, likely in response to the service's decline and marketplace closure.
NeoGAF reports that the update removes Fallout 3's SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard, ShowCDKeyOnLaunch, and legacy key registry functions -- all key components of Games for Windows Live integration. Blue's News finds that the game still installs the Games for Windows Live client upon launch, however. Uninstalling the client currently renders Fallout 3 inoperable.
Several games have ditched Games for Windows Live support in recent months, including BioShock 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2. Several Microsoft-published PC releases and high-profile games likeDark Souls and Grand Theft Auto 4 still require Games for Windows Live to function.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/08/fa...-drm-on-steam/
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January 9th, 2014, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster
 Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Developer: In-house Format: PC Origin: US Release: TBA
With Mists Of Pandaria, Blizzard expanded World Of Warcraft to the point where it encompassed every continent and otherworldly territory referenced in the trilogy of strategy games that preceded it. Azeroth is, in a word, done, but the work of expanding the world’s most enduringly popular MMOG is not.Blizzard’s pitch for Warlords Of Draenor is rather conservative. The expansion adds a new continent and extends the level cap, but there are no new races or classes. Instead, all of the original WOW races will be receiving a visual upgrade, part of an extensive reworking of the game’s engine that suggests Blizzard is thinking about the future, but is doing so, tellingly, by looking at the past.In WOW’s 5.4 patch, players defeated rogue Horde chief Garrosh Hellscream and dragged him away to answer for his crimes. In the events leading up to Warlords, he’ll escape and, with the help of a time-travelling ally, head to the orc homeworld of Draenor in the years before the events of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. His mission: to prevent the orcs from becoming corrupted and invading Azeroth. Then he plans to shape them into his own Iron Horde and invade Azeroth anyway.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/...rate-a-legend/
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January 9th, 2014, 00:40 Posted By: wraggster
Currys/PC World owner says it's keeping close tabs on Valve's new Steam Machines to bring devices to the High Street.
Valve took to the stage at this year's CES show to lift the lid on the long-awaited devices and confirmed 13 partners would produce their own iterations of the device, ranging in price from $500 to $6,000.
Now, Dixons Retail has told MCV the new hardware, in addition to Valve’s newly launched SteamOS, will play an important role in the firm's reaffirmed focus on PC gaming in 2014.
"We are watching with great anticipation for further information about the operating system and hardware as it trickles out and we have our own ideas of how it could impact our PC gaming business," said Simon Urquhart, category manager of PC gaming, components and upgrades.
"The team here are keen gamers and as excited as everyone – when they arrive, we want to have the right offering."
Dixons' renewed focus on PC gaming began last year as the retailer opened the doors to the Gaming Bunker – an in-store initiative located at the Tottenham Court Road store, designed to allow gamers go hands-on with the latest PC tech and titles.
Moving into 2014, Urquhart says the Bunker will be the go-to location for the latest PC tech like the Steam Machines.
"PC Gaming is still growing and we want to be a place where the most exciting PC gaming technology, like Oculus Rift can be experienced and the Gaming Bunker is a perfect place for this."
"The Gaming Bunker has been a great success and we’ve been really pleased with the reception from the community and the support from our suppliers. We have listened to feedback and are looking to improve this store as a destination and looking to take elements of it to more of the UK and Ireland."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/dixon...chines/0126495
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January 9th, 2014, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster
To impress us with a gaming laptop these days requires more than just spec-bombing, but Gigabyte's Aorus has grabbed our attention. For starters, the 17.3-inch model is a mere 0.9 inch thick and weighs 6.4 pounds, rather insane numbers considering that it packs a pair of NVIDIA GTX 765M chips in an SLI configuration. In comparison, the 17-inch Razer Blade Pro is almost exactly the same size with a single GPU. To achieve that, Gigabyte made the case out of solid aluminum with a sculpted look only a gamer could love, while packing copious vents and ports to duct away the hot air. The rest of the specs are also top-tier: a 17.3-inch 1080p display, Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU, up to 32GB of RAM, three USB 3.0 slots, 500GB of mSATA SSD storage max and up to 1TB of 2.5-inch HDD storage. Gigabyte calls it a "powerplant on your lap," and it'll arrive around March for $2,099 - $2,799 depending on options. If you're interested, some heat-proof pants might also be in order.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/g...-gpu-one-inch/
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January 9th, 2014, 00:14 Posted By: wraggster
Valve has launched Steam Family options for all users of the digital distribution service, the company confirmed Wednesday.
Steam Family options afford users the ability to "limit an account's access to a subset of its content and features", whether it be your own account or your child's.
 "We understand every family has its own approach to establishing rules and setting limits when it comes to media, entertainment, and games," said Valve in the announcement.
"We hope most families talk through these issues together and find ways to agree on what's realistic and fair. It sometimes seems there are as many family policies as there are families. So with Family Options, we're introducing a new way for parents and families to establish their own rules together, using Steam."
Here are full instructions on how to use Steam Family options, courtesy of Valve:Setting up Family Options for your or your child's Steam account
We encourage you to create a Steam account with your child. If you and your kids find Steam to be a bit too overwhelming when parents aren't around to help, now you can manage access to content and features using Family Options. You may also choose to enable Family Options on your own Steam account, if, for example, you're worried about the kiddos going crazy with the credit card or the scary zombies while using Steam on your computer.
To enable Family Options, log into the account your child will use and visit Settings, where you'll find the option to manage "Family Options" under the Family tab (or from the Family Options button in Big Picture mode). From there, step through the wizard to select the content and features you'd like to be accessible while in a PIN-protected Family View.
Family View
An account with Family Options enabled will be set to Family View by default. In this view, content and features that you have restricted will be unavailable. To access additional Steam features, click on the Family View button on the main Steam view and enter your Family Options PIN. This will switch your account out of Family View, remaining this way until you return to Family View (via that same button) or log out.
Family Games
If you've opted to only allow access to a subset of the account's library, your account's library will include a new group called Family Games. Family Games are the games you've chosen to remain accessible while in Family View.
Managing your list of Family Games
There are multiple ways to add and remove games from this list. First, log into the account, select the Family View icon and enter your Family Options PIN to exit Family View. Then, either:
- Find the game in your Library and either right-click on the game or visit the links section of the game's view to locate "Add to / Remove from Family Games."
- Visit Settings and select the button to manage "Family Options." From there, run through the Family Options wizard again to select new content and features for Family View.
Once you're happy with the set of content and features you've selected, then return to Family View by selecting the Family View icon and confirming your choice.
Modifying your Family Options or Resetting your PIN
To modify your Family Options, first log into the account, select the Family View icon and enter your Family Options PIN to exit Family View. Then visit Settings, where you'll find a button to manage Family Options. From there, you can run through the Family Options wizard again to select new content and features for Family Mode. You'll also be asked to select a PIN, which you're welcome to leave the same or change.
Disabling Family Options
To remove Family Options from your or your child's account, exit Family View and then visit Settings, where you'll find a button to manage Family Options under the Family tab. From here, select "Disable Family Options" or, if using Big Picture, uncheck the box in the first page of the Family Options wizard. This will remove all restrictions from the account.
Valve confirmed 14 third-party Steam Machines at the CES expo in Las Vegas on Monday, with hardware pictures, specs and pricing details for all but two of them.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...for-all-users/
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January 8th, 2014, 23:18 Posted By: wraggster
ARRRRGH what is it what is it?!      http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-mad-or-genius
An ultra-modular PC - "the world's most modular PC design" - called Project Christine and made by Razer.The idea is to make all of your computer's major mechanical organs easily transplantable; you just pull one out and replace it with another, or add an extra graphics module to beef the whole thing up."For more than 30 years, only the most hardcore enthusiasts were able to take advantage of PC customisability..." reasoned Razer. Not quite true, but it can be a faff.Mind you, I'm not sure who, other than enthusiasts, would pick a sci-fi-strosity like this rather than po-faced Dell box anyway.The PCI-Express modules synchronise on the fly, and each module is self-contained with its own liquid cooling and noise cancellation. There's a control panel display on the stand to boss them around with.No price, no date.Nifty, then, but victim to the same concerns of other modular PCs: they require bespoke hardware modules. You can't simply grab an off-the-shelf graphics card to stuff in there.How often Razer will put new modules out, and how much they'll cost, remains to be seen.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-mad-or-genius
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January 8th, 2014, 23:15 Posted By: wraggster
Blizzard has made a change to parental account controls that, by default, set kids' accounts to 'not allowed to buy stuff'.This applies to the in-game World of Warcraft shop and to real-money purchases in WOW, Hearthstone and the Auction House in Diablo 3 (which is being closed on 18th March, good riddance)."We're making this change to ensure that Parental Controls users will have more control over real-money purchases in Blizzard games," explained Blizzard in an email - yes I set my daughter up with a Hearthstone account so I could at least win against someone."No action is needed to keep this default setting and prevent in-game purchases."You can of course enable in-game purchases again by logging-in to Battle.net, clicking Retrieve Parental Controls, following the various on-screen instructions and selecting 'allow in-game purchases'.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-no-buy-state
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January 8th, 2014, 23:13 Posted By: wraggster
A sequel to Killing Floor is likely in the works, based on a glitch on Steam earlier today that swapped its stats page for a list of titles not yet announced. Half-Minute Hero.
As captured by NeoGAF, the list contains mostly known quantities, but there are a few surprises on there like Killing Floor 2 and Half-Minute Hero Two ostensibly making its western debut. There's also a Steam port of Battleblock Theater and an HD version of the Vita and 3DS Batman: Arkham Origins spin-off Blackgate.Half-Minute Hero Two was released in Japan last year, but has yet to see a western release. In November publisher Marvelous AQL's producer, Esteban Salazar, toldSiliconera "It's considerably more expensive to put out the sequel and we need to sell a lot more of the first game on PC to begin to justify it."This Steam leak isn't conclusive, though, as some of the listed titles are clearly just testing grounds for larger projects. For example, there's a listing called "Counter Strike: Global Offensive Beta Dev PS3". As such, it's not 100 per cent clear if the games listed here are actually going to see the light of day, but it's a promising sign at any rate.We've reached out to a handful of developers and publishers attached to the leaked titles to try to confirm the report, but we've yet to come up with any official confirmation.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-leaked-rumour
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January 8th, 2014, 00:49 Posted By: wraggster
"Edison is based on Intel’s Quark chip, which it launched last year as its attempt to muscle in on that other flavour-of-the-month market: the so-called Internet of Things. It also reflects the company’s new-found keenness on the 'maker' community. Quark, a 22nm low-power x86 processor with two cores, sits inside Intel’s Arduino-compatible Raspberry Pi-alike Galileo board computer. Edison takes the same chip, connects it to a wee bit of LPDDR2 memory and Flash storage, and plugs in Bluetooth 4.0 Smart — aka LE — and Wi-Fi for broader connectivity
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...d-sized-casing
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January 8th, 2014, 00:25 Posted By: wraggster
Toshiba will launch its first Chromebook next month in the US priced at $279.99.
The 13.3-inch Toshiba Chromebook will feature a diagonal HD TruBrite display with a native 1,366x768 screen resolution. It weighs 3.3 pounds, features a slim 0.8-inch profile and is powered by a Haswell-based Intel Celeron processor.
The Chromebook has 2GB of RAM and a 16GB solid state drive with a battery life of up to nine hours. It's equipped with 100GB Google Drive storage out of the box, and has two USB 3.0 ports, a full-size HDMI port, security lock slot and a memory card reader, plus Bluetooth 4.0 and dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi.
“The Toshiba Chromebook will super-charge productivity for consumers, schools and businesses, with its 13-inch screen and long battery life,” said Caesar Sengupta, vice president of product management, Google. “With this new addition to the Chromebook family, consumers have even more choices at very affordable prices.”
Carl Pinto, vice president of marketing, Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Products Division, added: “We see great potential in Chrome OS as it offers both consumers and educators a simple and easy-to-use computing experience.
“We believe that bringing a more versatile 13-inch model to market will help drive the entire category forward by giving customers an option that opens new doors for productivity, not only for consumers, but also students and educators.”
The Toshiba Chromebook will be available beginning February 16th at major retailers, etailers and direct from Toshiba online.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...-market/032873
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January 7th, 2014, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster
Android tablet manufacturer Wikipad is developing a snap-on controller peripheral for Android and Windows 8 tablet devices, VentureBeat reports.
The Gamevice accessory, shown above, features two analog sticks, a d-pad, four face buttons, four shoulder buttons, and a pair of option buttons. The peripheral fits over a connected Android tablet, turning supported devices into gaming-capable controllers that roughly resemble the Wii U GamePad in form.
The Wikipad gaming tablet launched last year, offering a 7-inch touch display surrounded by a custom-built, detachable controller interface. A release date for the Gamevice has not been announced.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/wi...droid-windows/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
IBuyPower built its Steam Machine, the SBX, to compete in the console market. It looks like a console – a rectangle smaller than the Xbox One with the Steam logo pressed into the top – and it's priced to compete with new systems at $500. A few details make it a Steam Machine rather than another new console: It has no disc drive, it runs SteamOS only, and it will ship with the Steam Controller and in-home streaming capabilities.
"We're telling all of our vendors that this is not a PC," Tuan Nguyen, iBuyPower director of product and marketing, said during a demo at CES. "Valve doesn't like to admit that they're really competing with the consoles, but they are."
The retail SBX should include built-in wi-fi, Bluetooth, an internal power supply, a 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, quad-core Athlon X4 740 CPU, and a Radeon R7 260X graphics card supporting AMD's Mantle API, iBuyPower's Brad Soken said. Those specs aren't expected to change too drastically leading up to launch.
"With Mantle and everything, and the whole GCN up and running, you're very much on par at least with the current generation of consoles, if not even better," Nguyen said.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/th...r-is-not-a-pc/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
Origin PC, not to be confused with EA's Origin service, announced two of its own Steam Machines today. Dubbed the "Chronos" line, the Steam boxes will run Valve's SteamOS operating system, first announced in September 2013.
Origin will launch both the normal and SLI-Edition versions of Chronos this year for an undetermined price. Both versions are customizable, though the noteworthy differences between the two is the 32 GB of memory, up to 14 TB of combined solid-state and hard drive space, as well as a 40-in-1 card reader in the SLI-Edition compared to the normal version's 16 GB of memory, and up to 6 TB of storage space. Both Chronos systems will include the ability to dual-boot a version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 in addition to SteamOS.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/or...nes-this-year/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
At CES, Valve premiered its third-party Steam Machines from 13 ground-floor manufacturers: Alienware, Alternate, Cyberpower PC, Digital Storm, Falcon Northwest, Gigabyte, iBuyPower, Materiel.net, Next Spa, Origin PC, Scan, Webhallen and Zotac. The cheapest Steam Machine clocks in at $500, Valve said, and already Digital Storm unveiled its hybrid PC model that starts at $1,900. The Falcon Northwest Tiki costs up to $6,000.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/th...team-machines/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:41 Posted By: wraggster
Over one million players have committed cash to Starbound, Chucklefish's pixel-based sci-fi sandbox game. The official Twitter account for the gamebroke the news earlier today.
An ongoing beta is available to anyone who pre-orders the game. OverStarbound's pre-order period, Chucklefish secured over $1 million in revenueprior to the beta's launch in December.
In Starbound, players maintain a ship and are beamed down to randomized worlds in order to scavenge for supplies, hunt local wildlife and interact with the indigenous peoples of each land. Starbound also supports multiplayer and gives players access to a variety of different races and genders for their character.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/ov...ore-starbound/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:32 Posted By: wraggster
American McGee's Grimm is now available on Steam. Developed by Spicy Horse, the game includes 23 half-hour-long episodes based on fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood, The Golden Goose, Cinderella, Pinnochio, Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk. The developer stresses that the contained episodes can be enjoyed in any order, so players that want to see the "darkly twisted" side of Cinderella can start with that.
The 23 episodes are available for 99 cents apiece ($25.77 total when purchased individually). Players can buy the first eight-episode season for $3.99, which is listed at $8.00 on Spicy Horse's website. Otherwise, the game's complete packis available for $9.99. American McGee's Grimm first launched for Windows in July 2008, and arrived on Steam's Greenlight service in July 2013.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/07/am...ales-on-steam/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:28 Posted By: wraggster
Who's humble and ready to bundle? Is it you? Are you sure you're humble enough? The tenth Humble Indie Bundle launches today, offering up to six DRM-free, cross-platform PC games for a buyer-chosen price.
All bundle buyers will receive Steam-redeemable copies of Hello Games' motorcycle stunt sim Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Freebird Games' elegiac RPG To the Moon, Minority's fantasy-themed adventure game Papo & Yo, and Gaijin Games' autoscrolling rhythm-platformer Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.
Chip in a little extra cash to beat the bundle's average purchase price and you'll also receive Bossa Studios' super-gross/super-hilarious Surgeon Simulator 2013 and Abbey Games' planet-shaping strategy game Reus. Humble Indie Bundle X also includes a collection of soundtracks for all featured games, and if past bundles are of any indication, a bonus game or two are likely to be added at a later date.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/07/hu...eon-simulator/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster
In KickBeat, players battle waves of enemies while timing button presses to the beat of a song. Today, Zen Studios has announced the game is being upgraded for Steam.
KickBeat Steam Edition is an updated version of the PS3 and PS Vita cross-buy game. The PC port features enhanced visuals, an expanded soundtrack featuring six new tracks from Electronic Super Joy and adjustments to difficulty and player progression through the campaign based on player feedback from the initial release on PS3 and PS Vita.
KickBeat Steam Edition also adds fully customizable keyboard controls and support for controllers, Steam achievements, Steam Trading Cards and cloud support. Kickbeat Steam Edition will be available for $10 on January 20.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/07/ki...am-january-20/
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January 7th, 2014, 23:23 Posted By: wraggster
 Tucked away in a shrouded corner of Razer's booth at CES 2014 lies Project Christine, a stackable, customizable PC that looks unlike any gaming machine you've ever seen.
The idea behind Project Christine is simple: Remove the hassle and expense of constantly upgrading a computer by making each of its crucial parts modular and self-contained. Instead of opening a tower and slotting more memory or a new graphics card into your computer, Project Christine allows users to simply snap a new module containing any desired upgrades on to their current configuration. As a result, Project Christine should have a far longer lifespan than conventional computers, as modules containing your desired upgrades can simply be swapped in as necessary.
Helpfully, Razer's design negates most of the configuration issues you'd encounter when building your own traditional PC. Project Christine isn't just physically modular, it also divides the motherboard into components which are spread across the system's various modules. Instead of having to match your new components to the specifications of your old motherboard, each new module includes all of the technology it needs to function, save the power it will draw from the rest of the system.
Each Project Christine module features a mineral oil cooling system which should come in handy, as Razer promises configurations of the device featuring up to four graphics cards aligned in a quad-SLI array as well as factory-overclocked components. Every module also comes equipped with noise cancelling insulation, preventing your fancy new gaming machine from driving you mad with incessant noise.
While Razer will be the sole manufacturer of Project Christine modules, the company is still debating which business model to adopt for this new take on the PC. "We're really looking at other models," Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan toldEngadget. "Perhaps to say a subscription model of sorts, that we could interchange modules when they come in. Users don't have to worry about a huge bump every time there's new architecture out there."
Though Project Christine is still in the early stages of development, Tan hopes support for the idea will be strong enough to convince Razer to begin manufacturing modules at some point during 2014.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/07/me...lar-gaming-pc/
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January 7th, 2014, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster
It seems reports of the desktop PC’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
Contrary to popular belief, the desktop is thriving today in the high-end space thanks to a brave wave of British manufacturers.
Rafi Razzak, owner of UK IT giant Centerprise International, believes the UK PC manufacturing industry is “back with a vengeance” – and more than capable of competing with China’s production lines.
Speaking to PCR, Razzak said: “By the year 2000, some of the bigger boys wanted to grow their marketshare. And as they went for it, they had the war on price. But it got to the point where they had to outsource back to the Far East, and they managed to probably decimate the PC industry in Europe.
“In the last three or four years we’ve seen the revival of the desktop in the UK, not only in the gaming arena but in business. The bigger boys are aiming at market sectors, but when it comes to custom configuration, being able to react and smaller volume, their model doesn’t work very well.”
Razzak added: “If I’m going to make 100,000 computers all the same, I’ll go to China. But that’s not the market. Not in gaming. People want choice. And that’s why the desktop is alive again today – because no large manufacturer could meet the needs for 100 to 1,000 custom computers.
“In 1995 Toshiba said the desktop was dead. But we are now in 2013 and we still have desktops. The desktop and the British manufacturing industry is alive and coming back with a vengeance – we still produce excellent high-performance computers here in the UK.”
Centerprise acquired YoYoTech last year, which formerly operated out of a single London store but now supplies products to the trade from its Hemel Hempstead office.
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