After 12 years, Microsoft is ending support for its Windows XP operating system tonight at midnight. After this point, the company will no longer offer security updates and technical support for the OS. If you are still using XP, Microsoft urges you to migrate to a “modern operating system” like Windows 8. Support for Office […]
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Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS launch window will be revealed today
April 8th, 2014 
Mark Writing on Twitter today, Nintendo teased that it will announce the launch window for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. game for Wii U and 3DS during this afternoon’s Nintendo Direct video presentation. This news “and much more” will be announced during the event, Nintendo says. The upcoming Super Smash Bros. game is confirmed only for […]
AMD looking to beat the performance of Nvidia’s $3000 graphics card at half the price
April 8th, 2014 Mark Just weeks after Nvidia announced its $3000 GTX Titan Z graphics card, competing company AMD is here with a gaming-related announcement of its own. The company today officially announced the AMD Radeon R9 295X2, which the semiconductor outfit calls the “world’s fastest” GPU. The liquid-cooled GPU features 11.5 TFLOPS of compute power, 4K display support, […]
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April 8th, 2014 Mark The Kinect camera is an “unnecessary” add-on for the Xbox One and overall its inclusion is a “joke,” according to industry veteran and longtime former Microsoft employee Peter Molyneux. “I actually wish Kinect wasn’t a requirement,” Molyneux, who now runs his own indie studio 22Cans, told Edge. “It feels like an unnecessary add-on to me. […]
Yes, there will be a EA Sports UFC demo
April 8th, 2014 Mark EA has confirmed that its upcoming MMA fighter EA Sports UFC will be getting a demo, allowing players to check out the publisher’s take at creating a virtual Octagon ahead of launch. The demo will presumably be available on both of the game’s platforms: Xbox One and PS4. Over the weekend it was revealed that […]
5.4.7 Hotfixes – April 7
April 8th, 2014 Mark Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.4.7. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm […]
Carbot Animation’s “StarCrafts” – Season 3 Episode 3
April 7th, 2014 Mark Carbot Animation’s weekly vignettes on the trials and tribulations of life in the Koprulu Sector may only be a minute or two long, but they’ll keep you laughing for hours. Check out this week’s episode of “StarCrafts” below, and share it with your friends after you manage to catch your breath. New episodes of “StarCrafts” […]
Artcraft – Running of the Bulls
April 7th, 2014 Mark Hey there everyone, I’m Steve Aguilar, lead animator for the World of Warcraft animation team. Today we’re showing off the male Tauren, and with some help from the rest of the animation team, we’re going to give you a look at the animation processes we use to bring this big guy to life. Before we […]
2014 Season 1 is now locked.
April 7th, 2014 Mark At the end of each ladder season, leagues are “locked,” which means players can no longer be promoted or demoted out of their current league or division, and bonus pools will stop growing. That’s no reason to quit playing: even after leagues are locked, players will still be able to play out their remaining bonus […]
Watch this robot play Threes at a pro level
April 5th, 2014 Mark (Editor’s Note: The Twitch stream broadcasts intermittently, but will be playing during the weekend). Depending on how good your are at the mobile game Threes, you can either watch the stream above and scoff at the computer’s rookie mistakes, or despair that you’ll ever be anywhere near as good. (I’m in the latter camp). Threes […]
