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Just as a note, i've just read that ALL FUTURE CONTENT for BF4 will be free. This includes future content released after the stuff they are releasing this Summer. I misinterpreted the news first time and thought it was just this new batch of content but apparently it is ALL content from now on.

Hotline Miami, Don't Starve, The Stanley Parable and Factorio are four that I have recently played and would strongly recommend any of them. The Stanley Parable, in particular, will probably only give you 6 hours or so of enjoyment but it is one of the most interesting and unique games I have...

I keep my machines until they are run into the ground. I tend to build a new one every 3 years or so and use the older ones for little projects here and there. Often i'll take a few of the parts from a machine to put into the new build and replace them with something cheap. The PSU i'm currently...

As the title says, ARMA 3 is free on steam until the end of the weekend. If you haven't played the ARMA series, I seriously suggest giving it a go, especially if first person shooters are your thing. For those who haven't heard of them before, the ARMA games bring a degree of realism and...

Dice have been working on night maps and a new community map. Along with a few new weapons, there is supposedly some unannounced content too. I was excited enough to play the new content. However, the best bit of all this is that Dice have announced that all this content will be free for both...

It is looking like AMD's new Zen CPU's might become viable contenders against Intel's Haswell chips. They are set to feature multithreading and instructions per clock that really do put them on the same field as Intel's best. I've also heard that these 8 core CPUs will have a 95W TDP. That...

I have played most of them, but Pro Skater 4 was my favourite. Playing as Chad Muska and Rodney Mullen, flipping mad tricks over all the animals at the zoo... probably a highlight of my gaming career. Seriously though, the TH games were so damn good for picking up and playing with friends.

Depending on what RAM and CPU you have, you can run pretty decent games on integrated graphics. I have been playing the original Bioshock with minimal lag on my i7 with 4gb RAM. More recently, Cities: Skylines has had me occupied for many hours. Much better than Sim City in my opinion. For a...

There is a performance gain to be had but I can't imagine it being worth developers' time to utilise it. In theory, you could push a portion of the physics, for example, onto the integrated card (or some similarly suitable division of the compution). I can imagine the time spent developing is...

Square Enix have released a tech demo utilising the inbound DirectX 12 and it looks incredible. Admitedly, they were running four GeForce Titan X cards. It is exciting to see Square Enix do their thing with a new Final Fantasy, ts exciting to see DirectX 12 in action and it is exciting to know...

Square Enix have released a tech demo utilising the inbound DirectX 12 and it looks incredible. Admitedly, they were running four GeForce Titan X cards. It is exciting to see Square Enix do their thing with a new Final Fantasy, ts exciting to see DirectX 12 in action and it is exciting to know...

Its insane. Honestly, it has certainly had me gripped far more than GTA 4 ever did. In particular, the multiplayer gameplay is exceptionally good partiuclarly when playing with friends. I also thought they did a better job than before on all the minigames and additional content outside of the...

The Steam greenlight platform is really good for promoting indie developers' work. I would definitely go and have a look. It is hit and miss. Indie developers do release some interesting stuff often with new mechanics that you won't find anywhere else. It does mean that a lot of the content is...

It has been suggested that the project codenamed Nintendo NX is due for release in early 2016. As to whether or not itll be released with the Wii name I find it hard to say. It looks like they are bringing out something different so a divergence from the name wouldn't be a surprise to me.

Counter Strike: Source. It's the only game I played at any competative level and become more than a hobby. I don't regret it as such but looking back, I sank a lot of hours with very little to show for it. At least it was sociable playing with friends. A close second has to be the Elder Scrolls...