We don't know what execs were thinking at the head of the big gaming entity that is Activision Blizzard, but they're definitely giving up something good here. Right now, we have heard official word that RTS-experts Massive Entertainment won't be a part of the deal anymore, but the developer doesn't seem jaded at all. Read on for more of Massive Entertainment's fate.

Remember when Piranha Bytes was reported to have been working on a new project that wasn't Gothic IV? That was more than a year ago, and only recently has clues into their new project been sprouting up from nowhere. We only know that Piranha did unite with Deep Silver on a new, yet confidential game a few months before. Little did we know that it was actually a new RPG called Risen. Find out how much we learned at the full story.

AMD isn't done serving the little market they managed to carve out of an idea brought about by Epic Games' Mark Rein. While folks new to the scene are probably still getting down and dirty with their AMD 780-based boards, the Germany-based company decided it was time to hike the bar a bit higher with the 790GX. Details come at you at the full story.

Oh yes, a lovely assistant while fighting for the Allied Forces will be coming back but no longer in the form of the Lt. Eva Lee (Athena Massey). No sirree. Electronic Arts decided it was best to turn in a new face for the voice behind the strategic interface of the new Allied Resistance, and they settled on one beaut you'd best recognize as Lisa Hunter of British television soap opera Hollyoaks. *clap clap* Hey! Focus! Full story for more on the Red Alert 3's new  Lt. Eva.

Five classes, Blizzard had said - five classes that the player will initially select from on his first run through of Diablo III. Two of those classes were revealed at the World Wide Invitational at Paris, France this year, and only one of them has returned from a 20-year furlough from the Lord of Terror's last campaign in Sanctuary. The other was a Witch Doctor, who's origins and lore do not disguise the fact that it has replaced the loved Necromancer. Lead designer Jay Wilson explains its absence in Diablo 3.

It's like a geek's dream come true - two ladies you've always wanted for the price (and mass-energy ratio) of one. Or something like that. While Intel's really busy with Larabee, the Germany-based Advanced Micro Devices decided that they could do with their own version of CPU-GPU technology. Everyone expected this from the beginning: the unison of CPU (AMD) and the GPU (ATI) into a mesmerizing package. How it took this long to come to realization, you won't find out at the full story. Read on for more claims, instead.

Uh oh. As MTV Multiplayer puts it, the tables have turned on the disgruntled fans. Diablo III's lead designer, Jay Wilson, finally stepped up to the plate to take on the fans' edited screenshots. And we can tell you right now that the full story isn't going to be music to your ears, if the edited art-style was your bread and butter. But what we can say is that Blizzard has their reasons. Learn more about how Diablo 3 matured to "rainbows."

And the technology wars begin. Just when you thought NVIDIA had the last say in the verbal bout of "who's processing power gargles nuts now?" Intel decided that it was time to take the graphics game to a higher level. Today, we're introduced to Intel's "Larrabee" - a much rumored CPU concept prototype designed to carry some form of graphics processing as well. Suddenly itching for more? Full story now, pardner.

Another week goes by, but we've been busy little bees, haven't we? While many have taken to experimenting with beam cannons and their relationship with space debris, others have been wrestling with balancing issues in an alternate era where the Cold War never really died. Still, news never stopped churning for enthusiasts and gamers on the PC, and we'll revisit what happened this week at this issue of the PC Weekend Warrior.

Yes, we do say, and it's backed by Microsoft's own words. Hot in the higher layers of IT smack talk is the recent bomb that the army of programmers in Redmond already have planned an operating system platform - an offshoot of the Singularity project, mind you. Can't keep up with the specifics? We'll prime you on all things techy, and what Microsoft envisions as their first OS to signal the beginning of a "cloud computing" future.