Frostpunks new trailer, release date officially confirmed

Jak Connor | Gaming | Mar 10, 2018 12:30 AM CST

The team behind the game This War of Mine has released a new trailer for their new upcoming title Frostpunk. Not only was a cool trailer released, the title also had its release date confirmed.

Frostpunks new trailer, release date officially confirmed

Director of Frostpunk, Grzegorz Miechowski originally wanted to release his new game in the first quarter of this year, but instead decided to delay the title to add the "final polishing required to deliver a game that, we believe, is the best 11 bit studios title so far."

Miechowski explains in detail why he decided to delay the title, here is what he had to say "We wanted to make it before end of Q1, but we ended up slightly moving the release further. The reason is simple - we needed this time for the final polishing required to deliver a game that, we believe, is the best 11 bit studios title so far."

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Super Smash Bros. director confirms working on a Smash title

Jak Connor | Gaming | Mar 9, 2018 10:30 PM CST

Yesterday, Nintendo held their Nintendo Direct which revealed a slew of new content coming from the developer, taking the cake for the biggest reveal would have to be the Super Smash Bros teaser trailer.

Super Smash Bros. director confirms working on a Smash title

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed on Twitter that he is apart of the next Smash project, whether it is a port of the Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U or a completely new game.

Sakurai took to Twitter to announce "Right now, we're just at the stage where we revealed this game, but I've been working on this game in silence day after day. Please wait until we can release more information, or until release day!"

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Bethesda Game Studios expands with Austin branch

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Mar 9, 2018 6:00 PM CST

Bethesda's development studio expands outside of Maryland and Montreal with a new Austin-based sister branch.

Bethesda Game Studios expands with Austin branch

We've known for a long time that Bethesda Game Studios is working on "two big and crazy projects" that are "totally different" than anything they've done before, and that The Elder Scrolls VI will indeed happen (just not for a long time). So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the developer is growing its ranks so it can fashion these ideas into actual tangible games.

"As the vision, scale and ambitions for our games continue to grow, so does Bethesda Game Studios," Todd Howard said in a press release. "We've had the pleasure to know the talented developers at BattleCry and knew we could do great things together."

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Nintendo Direct confirms Undertale for the Nintendo Switch

Jak Connor | Gaming | Mar 9, 2018 4:00 AM CST

So many cool games have been confirmed at the recent Nintendo Direct, one of them is Undertale which is making its way to the portable console.

Nintendo Direct confirms Undertale for the Nintendo Switch

Undertale is coming to the Nintendo Switch and from the above trailer we can see that the Nintendo is teasing everyone by not giving a release date for the game but instead just saying "eventually."

Undertale is now one of the most anticipated games coming to the Nintendo Switch, as Nintendo Switch fans on the /r/NintendoSwitch subreddit have said that there isn't a better platform for Undertale to come to.

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Crash Bandicoot Trilogy coming to Nintendo Switch July 10

Jak Connor | Gaming | Mar 9, 2018 3:00 AM CST

Early February we reported on a European supplier saying that the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy was going to step out of exclusivity and come to the Nintendo Switch and PC, well now we have confirmation.

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy coming to Nintendo Switch July 10

Originally a PlayStation 4 exclusive, Crash Bandicoot Trilogy will now be making its way to the Nintendo Switch and has been confirmed through Nintendo's latest Nintendo Direct.

The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will contain remastered versions of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped. The N. Sane Trilogy will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch July 10.

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Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion is a single-player adventure

Jak Connor | Gaming | Mar 9, 2018 2:00 AM CST

Nintendo revealed quite a lot in the latest Nintendo Direct and one of those reveals was the first paid DLC making its way to Splatoon 2, the Octo Expansion.

Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion is a single-player adventure

This is the first paid DLC to come to Splatoon 2 and will allow for players to play as an Octoling for the very first time. From the above video we can see Agent 8, who awakes without her memories in a dark subway platform.

Players will have 80 missions available to play, as well as a special reward that once the DLC is complete and Agent 8 reaches the surface, will be the ability to play as an Octoling in multiplayer matches.

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Gabe Newell says Valve is currently making NEW games

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Mar 8, 2018 11:46 PM CST

Valve is working on totally new games according to founder and PCMR figure Gabe Newell, with GabeN saying that Valve is getting back into making new games after its current fleet of multiplayer games.

Gabe Newell says Valve is currently making NEW games

Valve has been heavily focused on Steam and hardware over the last few years, stretching as far as getting knee deep in one of the best VR headsets on the market with the HTC Vive, but Gabe explained this as "an investment in the future". Newell added: "Artifact is the first of several games that are going to be coming from us. So that's sort of good news. Hooray! Valve's going to start shipping games again".

Artifact is a new Dota 2-themed card game that Valve has been working on, but it isn't the only new game the company has been developing. During the Reddit AMA back in January 2017, Newell said that Valve is working on at least one other fully-fledged singleplayer game.

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AMD Radeon RX 580 powered heater, warms house mining crypto

Anthony Garreffa | Cryptocurrency & Mining | Mar 8, 2018 9:57 PM CST

Last year when I first started getting into crypto mining, my 40+ graphics cards were an amazing thing during the Australian winter (June-August), warming my entire house even on 2C mornings.

AMD Radeon RX 580 powered heater, warms house mining crypto

But now French startup Qarnot has unveiled their new QC-1, a crypto heater that generates heat while mining cryptocurrency. Qarnot's upcoming QC-1 will be powered by two of AMD's Radeon RX 580s - specifically, SAPPHIRE's Nitro RX 580.

QC-1 will consume up to 500W of power, and has been designed for 20m2. Qarnot says that the QC-1 will make around $120 per month at the current price of Ethereum.

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In Win announces 2018 Mod in Taiwan 2.0 case modding event

Anthony Garreffa | Cases, Cooling & PSU | Mar 8, 2018 9:36 PM CST

In Win has announced its new 2018 Mod in Taiwan 2.0 event, something that is now open to case modders and will see the winning case mod mass produced by In Win.

In Win announces 2018 Mod in Taiwan 2.0 case modding event

The company has a total prize pool worth $12,000 as well as the notoriety of having In Win mass produce the best case mod, which is pretty awesome.

As for the prize pool, you definitely can't complain about this: In Win are giving away some pretty decked out custom gaming machines packing either an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or GTX 1070. The #1 prize winner also takes home $3000, while second place scores a cool $1000.

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AMD's next-gen Threadripper: 32C/64T @ 4GHz+ in 2019?

Anthony Garreffa | CPU, APU & Chipsets | Mar 8, 2018 7:34 PM CST

We're getting lots of rumors and leaked decks on AMD's future processors in the last few days, but now we have some more concrete details (I guess???) on AMD's next-gen Threadripper CPUs.

AMD's next-gen Threadripper: 32C/64T @ 4GHz+ in 2019?

Interestingly, AMD refers to Threadripper as "the monster truck of computing". Onto the slide, where in 2018 we're to expect the second-gen Threadripper CPU which will be made on the new 12nm node and feature Zen+ CPU cores, higher CPU clocks, and Precision Boost 2.0 technology.

Fast forward to 2019 where AMD will unleash the Castle Peak CPU architecture, which AMD says will see them with "dominant leadership in the HEDT market", much more performance and efficiency, and "new platform features" that will "take TR4 to the next level".

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