Wings Over Flanders Fields – Expansion 3
OBD Software, known for their work on Wings Over Flanders Fields, released a third Expansion for the popular flight combat sim this week. This latest content release includes: New Aircraft and Damage models, New Shader and Lighting Effects, New Music, Campaign Changes, as well as numerous additions and tweaks to the game’s mechanics. Aircraft Additions […]
Arma 3 Update 1.58: Prepping For Apex
Arma 3’s next big expansion, Apex, is set to launch this summer, and Bohemia Interactive is continuing the tweak the core game in preparation for some big changes. While Bohemia has released a decent amount of info discussing some of these changes, I think the little tweaks released during the interim are the most telling […]
DCS World: P-51D High Stakes Campaign Released
Eagle Dynamics has released DCS World’s newest DLC, and this time you’ll be taking flight in the P-51D Mustang for a full-on story driven campaign. Coupled with the release is an overall update of the game to version 1.5.3.52478, or simply Update 4 of the current iteration. The P-51 Mustang was a long-range fighter that […]
Elite Dangerous: Engineers “Road To Beta”
As previously discussed, Frontier Developments is well underway into getting Elite Dangerous‘ next big expansion released to the public. After the initial announcement, FD wasted no time in releasing further information discussing some of the new content to come with Engineers. The 2.1 Engineers update, alongside the 1.6 global update, is reportedly one of the […]
Elite Dangerous 2.1: Engineers
Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Games is poised to release its second major content update to Horizons, in the form of a Beta, as early as the first week of May. The core additions coming with Engineers consists of looting, crafting, and improvements to the way players can upgrade their ships and components. From the developer: The Engineers […]
DayZ: Development Transparency And Updates
In recent weeks Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind the standalone version of DayZ, has been making a renewed effort to present their development goals to the community. A big hurdle that developers face in the Early Access stage is balancing realistic development timetables with player expectations. Players unfamiliar with just how much time and work […]
Naval Action – Final Voting Week For Player Ships
This week, April 11th, 2016, marks the final week for players to vote on the Player Ship Select 2016 poll for Naval Action. Those of you familiar with the previous poll winners, such as the Ingermanland and Santisima, will want to make sure and cast your vote this week. Out of the 15 ships available […]
Hardware: Picking The Right Monitor (Part 2)
In part 1 we took a look at Screen Size, Resolution, Aspect Ratio, and a couple different Display Panel types. In our final look at monitor features we’re going to check out Refresh Rate, Response Time, G-Sync and FreeSync, Inputs, and other Misc Features. Refresh Rate and Response Time Refresh rate is simply the number […]
Hardware: Picking The Right Monitor (Part 1)
I’ve been building my own PC’s for nearly two decades now, and, as I’m sure many of you have experienced, once people know you can do something like that, you will forever and always be known as the “Computer Guy.” Prepare to be solving all your friends’ and family’s computer problems for the rest of […]
IL*2 Sturmovik – Update 1.201 and Battle of Moscow Campaign
It’s been a long time coming, but today players will be able to get their hands on the Battle of Moscow campaign beta, Moscow maps, Ju 88 A-4, and the new 64-bit executable. All-in-all… quite a big day for the venerable flight combat sim. Battle of Moscow The next big campaign / map addition to […]
Tips to Improve Your Gaming Experience – Part 2
In part 1 we took a look at some basic computer maintenance and overclocking to get more juice for your gaming experience. In part 2, we’ll expand with a look at performance programs, graphic settings, mods, and finally, upgrading components. Performance Programs First things first, a small disclaimer: Using these programs may or may not […]
Tips to Improve Your Gaming Experience – Part 1
Being a PC gamer is a double-edged sword. Having so many options when it comes to hardware, software, and peripherals is great, but that also means double (or triple) the potential problems to deal with. Inevitably our gaming rigs will begin to slow down as newer gaming tech emerges that puts more and more strain […]