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Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight [39]
PC | 16th Mar 2010

The Tiberium Saga is finally coming to an end and Kane's plan for the future of mankind will come to either fruition or failure. We take a look at C&C4 to see if the series is going to go out with a bang or a plop and how it handles the new mobile base and RPG systems.

Dell U2711 27inch Widescreen Monitor Review

Dell U2711 27inch Widescreen Monitor Review [26]
Monitors | 16th Mar 2010

With 23 and 24in monitors now commonplace, we take a look at what many consider to be the next big thing. Dell's new 27in IPS monitor certainly has a sky-high specification but is it worth the outlay?

G.Skill Falcon 2 128GB SSD Review

G.Skill Falcon 2 128GB SSD Review [18]
Storage | 15th Mar 2010

G.Skill has taken a new version of the Indilinx Barefoot drive controller and paired it with Intel 32nm NAND flash to make the Falcon 2. Boasting claimed speeds of 220/110MB/s read/write, we've found its performance is surprising!

ATCS 840 Blue Power by Magnus Persson

ATCS 840 Blue Power by Magnus Persson [16]
Modding | 15th Mar 2010

Wolvie makes us a classic case mod featuring the Cooler Master ATCS 840 along with some blue angular inspiration to complement a lot of killer hardware.

Flotilla Review

Flotilla Review [9]
PC | 14th Mar 2010

We take a look at Flotilla, an indie game where you control a terminally ill space captain who has seven months to explore the cosmos. The universe is a dangerous place though, so be prepared to deal with space cats, confused crocodiles and reindeer armies.

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review [30]
Peripherals | 13th Mar 2010

The SteelSeries Xai may like like a pretty unassuming mouse, but it's packed with technology to cater for the twitchiest of twitchy gamers. Read on to see why this isn't just an IntelliMouse clone.

Heavy Rain Review

Heavy Rain Review [63]
Playstation 3 | 12th Mar 2010

We've been snowed under with a flood of games lately, but we've finally found time for Heavy Rain. Does Quantic Dream's latest adventure game manage to keep its head above water, or is this PS3 exclusive lost at sea? Join us in the hunt for the Origami Killer to find out!

How Games Tell Stories

How Games Tell Stories [24]
PC | 12th Mar 2010

Games tell stories - but do they work as well as films and novels? How should narrative work in a game? And exactly how awful was Phantasmagoria? Valve's Chet Faliszek, Mirror's Edge's Rhianna Pratchett, Braid's Jonathon Blow and others offer their thoughts.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Video

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Video [29]
PC | 11th Mar 2010

Join Harry and Antony as they take great pleasure in talking you through some HD footage of the excellent Battlefield Bad Company 2 - all the while destroying as much of the scenery as possible.

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review [68]
CPUs | 11th Mar 2010

Intel has finally released a CPU worthy of its premium Extreme Edition brand - the first six-core desktop processor. Previously known as Gulftown, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is not only brutally fast out of the box but also a fantastic overclocker thanks to its 32nm transistors.

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Ex-OpenMoko talent branches out.

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Co-op hack and slash.

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Ensemble and Pandemic discuss closures

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"PSP is a b*****king waste of space"

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Windows Phone 7 Series supports DirectX 9 and SM3

HDR on your mobile.

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OpenGL 4 specification released

Aims to match Direct3D 11.

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OnLive want to avoid hardware, console market

Set-top box integration would be better.

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Valve: "DRM damages value of games"

Should work for customers.

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2K Games defends BioShock 2 DLC

"To do with Engine structure."

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