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Battleborn comes from the creators of Borderlands

Battleborn for PS4, Xbox One and PC is a fusion of FPS (first person shooter) and MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena). Developed by Gearbox and published by 2K Games, Battleborn out the May 3, 2016 for sale in physical and digital format. It is also known as a hero shooter, shooter game in which we can choose from a wide variety of characters, each with its own style, weapons and other abilities differences.

Battleborn has different multiplayer modes like Incursion a campaign mode and episodic format consists of nine episodes. Upon its release, Battleborn will feature several DLC. Some of the additional content will pay and other free of charge. Exactly, the DLC Battleborn payment will be five additional packs, each for 4.99 euros, which will include a story mission, apart from new models for heroes and more provocations. These five packs of Battleborn may also be achieved with the season pass of Battleborn for 19.99 euros.

The GeForce GTX 1080. 9 Teraflops. 8GB GDDRX5 $699 Founders edition. $599 MSRP. Available May 27th

Nvidia has just dropped a bombshell.

Its much anticipated flagship video card is set to cost $599.

The GeForce GTX 1080 with 8GB of RAM will cost $699, while the Founders Edition is priced at a very affordable $599 both will be available May 27th.

httpss://twitter.com/nvidia/status/728771223522410496

The new pricing scheme is a much welcomed addition in a world of $1,000 video cards.

httpss://twitter.com/arstechnica/status/728797022699032576

For half of the price of the Titan X The GTX 1070 is said to be faster.

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Battlefield 1 announced for the PS4, Xbox One and PC

Huge announcement! The new Battlefield game from DICE will be called Battlefield 1 and will lead us to fight in one of the most horrific wars of all times: the First World War. The company has already released its first official trailer that has allowed us to get an idea of weapons, vehicles and situations that we will see in this new Battlefield release, finally, we will no longer play in an alternative reality, but in a real conflict of the First World War. Then we go over the keys to this first trailer for Battlefield 1 and you have revealed the first details of the new shooter from DICE.

Check out the trailer below:

httpss://youtu.be/c7nRTF2SowQ

After several weeks of rumors that the next installment of Battlefield could be called Battlefield 5 Eastern Front or Battlefield 1944, DICE has opted for a simpler title and directly related to its setting: Battlefield 1. We remind you that the title leaked ago few hours through a promotional poster of the game already circulating in some shops.

DICE has satisfied a legion of fans who craved an atmosphere in the First World War for the new Battlefield. Denials and rumors about a possible alternative reality, Battlefield 1 will take us to the First World War to participate in some of its most important battles.

Although one of the strengths of the Battlefield experience is its powerful multiplayer, DICE has confirmed that Battlefield 1 will have a campaign that will take us to numerous locations like a French city under siege, wide open spaces of the Italian Alps or the deserts of Arabia. Intense dogfights and attacks from the sea with warships await us in Battlefield 1.

Battlefield 1 multiplayer promises to offer spectacular 64-player multiplayer games in which will drive tanks in dynamic environments and live a multiplayer open world experience.

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As for the weapons, the first trailer for Battlefield 1 has already allowed us to enjoy a preview of what we will have at our disposal to kill our enemies, such as machine guns, artillery, mustard gas and melee weapons.

Battlefield 1 will go on sale next October 21 on PS4, Xbox One and PC, although all those EA Access subscribers can enjoy the game via early access some days earlier. In addition, Battlefield 1 editions will include access to the game a few days before its official release on the platforms mentioned.

Its official launch will be on October 21, but DICE offers a short cut to play through an open beta for players and the promise of early access through Origins Access and EA Access. But that’s not all, Battlefield 1 will also be available for a demonstration of gameplay during the EA Electronic Arts Play event prior to E3 2016.

Battlefield 1 goes on sale accompanied by several editions. On the one hand, we have the classic basic edition of the game and a Deluxe Early Enlister Edition including the Hellfighter, Red Baron and Lawrence of Arabia packs loaded with special equipment and weapons, five additional Battlepacks full of great objects and access to the full game October 18, three days before launch. But that’s not all, it appears that Battlefield 1 Also will feature a spectacular Collector’s Edition with a figure, an exclusive metal box and propaganda poster.

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DOOM for PC begins Preloading via Steam on May 11

If you live in Australia and want to play DOOM on your PC you’re lucky since you will be the first in the world to play it, on May 11th that is.

DOOM (2016) will be released for PS4, Xbox One and PC is the reboot of the franchise developed by id Software. Edited by Bethesda, this reboot is based on the original DOOM released in 1993. It involves the return of the saga after the release of DOOM 3 in 2004 and the cancellation of the development of DOOM 4.

The new DOOM naturally is once again a FPS (first person shooter). Taking up the essence of the original game, DOOM is said to keep gamers unhedged in frantic action and fautomatic health regeneration, but you have to find first aid kits to recover. Designed by John Carmack, DOOM is set in Mars after an invasion of demons. Players will take control of a marine who will do his best to face off the hordes of hell bound monsters using a varied arsenal of weapons and without skimping on gore content, thank god.

DOOM has a main campaign mode as well as online multiplayer action with different game modes. It also includes a map editor, called SnapMap, to create our multiplayer levels. DOOM goes on sale on May 13 internationally in physical and digital format. In addition, DOOM has a collector’s edition.

PC System Requirements

Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions); Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better;
8 GB RAM; 55 GB free HDD space; NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better
Contains a single disc. Download of additional files from Steam (total amount 45 GB) is required to run the game.
Requires Steam activation and broadband internet connection for Multiplayer and SnapMap.

Recommended:

Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions); Intel Core i7-3770/AMD FX-8350 or better;
8 GB RAM; 55 GB free HDD space; NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB/AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB or better
Contains a single disc. Download of additional files from Steam (total amount 45 GB) is required to run the game.
Requires Steam activation and broadband internet connection for Multiplayer and SnapMap.

Check out these DOOM screenshots

Hope you got fast reflexes to take out these guys.

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AMD Radeon Pro Duo set to help VR developers

AMD is really pushing the envelope when it comes to VR technology so much so that they have released the AMD Radeon Pro Duo and according to sources its not really a “gamers” video card, in fact it is being marketed towards VR developers.

The specs below show that the AMD Radeon Pro Duo is quite powerful.

The Radeon Pro Duo is has two Radeon R9 Nanos sandwiched on a single PCB. Its price tag is $1500 one thing we should mention is that this video card will require minimum 350W to run.

Check out this massive cooler, liquid cooling of course!

AMD Radeon Pro Duo comes with a whopping and double the stream processors compared to the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X.

Source: AMD

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AMD Radeon R9 380X

The AMD Radeon Rx 300 series of video cards includes the popular R9 380X, nick named Antigua XT it was initially launched on November 2015.

Below you’ll find all the variant “R9 380X” video cards.

The base card features a decent core clock of 970 MHz while shader speeds are rated at 970MHz, enough to run Fallout 4 on high? hmmm. Perhaps its 2850 MHz memory clock could do it with good drivers. Its memory bandwidth is rated at 182.4 GB/sec.

It will require at least 190 W to run.

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Tom Clancy’s The Division, a great looking game with RPG elements

Tom Clancy’s The Division is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC this video game developed by Ubisoft Massive and published by Ubisoft. Designed with the graphics engine Snowdrop, it is a third-person shooter in open world and with a permanent connection with RPG elements. The adventure is set in a dystopian NYC, after falling victim to a pandemic.

Tom Clancy’s The Division is currently the best selling game in the history of Ubisoft in its first day on sale. Presented at E3 2013, The Division was delayed and was released on March 8, 2016 for sale worldwide. It is available in digital and physical format, in this case there are two different editions: standard and collector’s edition Sleeper Agent that including a bracelet, a watch, a poster and art book, among other extras.

Enjoy these screen shots !

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Great Nintendo games hit Humble Bundle

If you’re on a budget, or in my case my Wii U and 3DS are in hiding of late because of lack on interest now is a great time to pick up some great games for a good price, and most importantly for a good cause!

Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition looks good, here is an updated list of games available:

Runbow and Swords & Soldiers 2 for Wii U plus Nano Assault EX for 3DS are now available if you have paid more than the current average price of $9.75. More than a million bundles have now been sold.

For that average price you’ll get nine games and a 3DS theme, or if you pay a couple of dollars extra you’ll also get Darksiders 2 for Wii U and Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition.

Half a dozen indie games are included in the offer, alongside Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition for 3DS and Darksiders 2 for Wii U.

You can pay just $1 to get Retro City Rampage: DX on 3DS, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse on either 3DS or Wii U plus Affordable Space Adventures on Wii U. That really is affordable.

Pay more than the average of $9.75 and you’ll get Freedom Planet for Wii U, Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure for 3DS plus Citizens of Earth for either 3DS or Wii U.

Super Street Fighter 4 and Darksiders 2 come into play if you pay $13 or more.
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Overwatch PS4 Open Beta ready to play in The Japanese PlayStation Store

The somewhat controversial Blizzard’s Overwatch is set to finally be unveiled world wide as the company has stated that the open beta program will be a prequel of things to come. But some lucky folks over in Japan have gotten an early start.

As its being reported [via] that The Overwatch open beta has been made available for download a few hours ago on the Japanese PlayStation Store.

The beta comes features multiple languages, so you will just have to download it with a Japanese PSN account and later play it on your main account. It doesn’t take that long to create a Japanese PSN account, and you can follow some simple guides like this one to help you through the process.

Make sure your Xbox Live subscription is up to date as you will need it to play on your Xbox One.

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The Radeon R9 M480 will be based on the Polaris 11 AMD GPU

There is a rumor circulating on the web, that in the not too distant future notebooks will be using the Radeon R9 M480 that will feature the Polaris GPU. Where it seemed reasonable to think that the R9 M490 and R9 M480 would be the only Radeon M400 cards for portables.

TheR9 M480 GPU uses Device ID 67E0, that is running Baffin an alias of Polaris 11.

The AMD Radeon M480 is equipped with 4 GB GDDR5 with a clock frequency of 1.250 MHz, the GPU clock speed is at 1,000 MHz, although it may vary depending on the manufacturer.

It appears that both R9 M480 as well as the R9 M490 will utilize Polaris in its chips. Polaris 10 is said to be equipped with at least 2304 graphics processors, and Polaris 11 has a minimum performance of 1280 graphic cores.

Therefore, the AMD Radeon M480 can present the less powerful chip, while the Radeon M480X will have the full power of Polaris 11. Although AMD may decide to skip 4xxX and the R9 485/495 4XXX series to simplify its offer.

Stay tuned for more news about Radeon M400.

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