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Hardware Peripherals
by
Ben Biggs
. 14 Jan 2010
Sennheiser is a brand with a sterling reputation for audio products, so there’s a degree of quality we’ve come to expect even from something as simple as this headset. The PC 300 G4ME isn’t short on features or build quality, so we weren’t disappointed when we opened the pocket-sized, magnetically sealed case to a very functional pair of ear buds…

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Latest PC News
by
Ben Biggs
. 13 Jan 2010
Looking forward to the release of Mass Effect 2 at the end of this month? In case you weren't excited enough, fans of the series should know that Bioware has just announced an exciting addition to the Mass Effect series.

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Hardware Peripherals
by
Ben Biggs
. 13 Jan 2010
Lefties haven’t been left out of Roccat’s latest innovative gaming mouse design. Ben Biggs lines Roccat’s latest innovation up against the competition. Read on to find out how it fared…

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Graphics Cards Hardware
by
Russell Barnes
. 13 Jan 2010
It’s nearly 30 per cent cheaper than its bigger brother the HD 5870, but is it 30 per cent slower? Russell Barnes tests HIS's latest high end DirectX 11 card to find out…

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General
by
Ben Biggs
. 13 Jan 2010
Allods Online, the new F2P from gPotato,  is currently in closed beta but from tomorrow afternoon it opens for its thrid phase to everyone and anyone! Here's the lowdown from Gala Networks: "From tomorrow afternoon GMT, servers will reopen with a new level cap of 34. (the level before the Astral Ships quest chain becomes available). We are also doing stress testing of our servers with a series of in-game events going under the name of Slaughter ...

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Features MMORPG Rants
by
Kelly Wand
. 11 Jan 2010
Total PC Gaming Columnist Kelly Wand makes a compelling argument for developers rewarding online gamers for playing their games- with real money.

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Features Industry
by
Ben Biggs
. 6 Jan 2010
My New Year's day hangover was mercifully shorter than my fading fond memories of 2009, but looking back through that skid-tinted pane and with the aid of a little perspective from M2 Research, I've realised just how bloody awful 2009 was for many people in the games industry:

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Announcement Competition MMORPG
by
Ben Biggs
. 5 Jan 2010
We've got 250 beta keys for Allods Online to give away to our forumites, courtesy of gPotato.

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Latest PC News MMO
by
Ben Biggs
. 5 Jan 2010
The recent Eve Online expansion, Dominion, has given rise to player corporations trying out the new sovereignty system with truly stellar-scale battles.

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Features Industry Rants
by
Kelly Wand
. 4 Jan 2010
True story: at a recent screening of a finished chunk of James Cameron’s 3D magnum opus Avatar, a director friend of mine realised abruptly that sitting in the row in front of him was Cameron himself, alongside Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Briefly before the lights went down, he overheard them discussing the glorious future of 3D filmmaking. All three men were embracing the notion that soon everything was going to be shot in 3D – not just big CGI ...

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Features MMORPG
by
April Madden
. 3 Jan 2010
It’s easy to be popular in an MMO – you just don’t do anything wrong. It’s far harder to nerf it completely, but there are a few things you can do to ensure that your guild comes across as something no sane player would touch with a Perfect Barge Pole of Deliberate Ignorance inscribed with ‘Do Not Want’.

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Features MMORPG
by
Ben Biggs
. 2 Jan 2010
The Endless Forest Possibly the only MMO to double as a screensaver and let you play as a deer, which is surely reason in itself to give it a play and frolic in the woods....

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Features Hardware
by
Luis Villazon
. 1 Jan 2010
To avoid going insane, Luis Villazon keeps taking the tablets 1. Be not a skinflint Trying to network on the cheap is the single biggest cause of LAN hassle. I’m talking about that horrible, Indonesian, no-name, two-port router that you thought was all you would ever need and those scabby Cat5 cables with no sleeve at the connectors. Cheap components like these make your network more complicated, less reliable and harder to troubleshoot. Overspecifying your kit at the start will ...

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Features Rants
by
Ben Biggs
. 31 Dec 2009
Continued from yesterday. Catch the first part of Lara Crigger's insight into in-game advertising here.

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Announcement
by
Sam Bandah
. 31 Dec 2009
How It Works moves from strength to strength as first issues have sold fantastically across the board. With a record uptake for subscriptions after just two issues, as well as a growing staff of editorial experts, How It Works magazine looks set for a bright future. With issue three of the magazine on sale from 31 December, this amazing new title from Imagine Publishing dedicated to explaining all things science and technology, is continuing with its penchant for accessible, entertaining articles ...

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