Money sure has been hard to come by lately, and if lack of upgrade dough has left your PC a little dry, then you'd better take a look at these system requirements for Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) - that is if you have plans of playing it on the PC.

Capcom has unveiled the system requirements for the upcoming Resident Evil 5 on the PC. The game which features include support for NVIDIA’s new GeForce 3D Vision technology, new costumes and a new and improved mercenaries mode will be released on September 14.

Battlefield 2 is still going, folks. EA/DICE has just rolled out Patch 1.50 Beta 2. Included in the new features list would be the addition of support for Windows Vista, Widescreen resolutions, and Novint Falcon controller.

Battlefield 2 fans, this one's for you. Version 1.50 beta patch is now out and available, ready for you to download. Arriving along with is the new Operation Blue Pearl Map, as well as some quickfix in gameplay. List of new features after the jump.

DirectX 11 - the one sure thing you'll want as soon as Windows Seven ships to shelves a few years from now. Revealed back in Gamefest 2008, DirectX 11 turned heads with its venture into multithreaded computing territory and support for using shader processors as additional processing power. Today, however, Microsoft's Kevin Gee detailed what the software engineers at Redmond had planned for the API, and we've compiled a summary at the full story.

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.

Sometimes possessing the bleeding edge in consumer graphics isn't enough. Having cards dancing at the knife edge is also a quest for some. Its this fact in a hardware enthusiast's life that news of the official Beta drivers from NVIDIA ring like angels' voices in their ears, and you can be sure that the first few hundred thousand downloads are the guys with rigs to boast. Learn what's cooking with NVIDIA's latest official "test" drivers at the full story.

We know - releasing Games for Windows LIVE for free looks something short of a desperate plea to get the platform running. But on top of that, it looks like Microsoft wants to take control of download content distribution on the PC as well. That's right - there a Windows LIVE Marketplace announced as well. But the biggest news we get from the XNA Gamefest 2008 is the fact that Windows LIVE Gold services are now completely free. Get the primary details at the full story.

Even though the army at Redmond has just started to layer the icing on DirectX 10.1, plans to revamp Microsoft's popular application programming interface (API) to the next major level hasn't been held back. DirectX 11 appears to be Microsoft's answer to the growing use of multi-core machines, as well as NVIDIA's looming CUDA technology. Got to know more? Read more to find out how DX11 aims to leave Windows XP and Xbox 360 gamers back in the Ice Age.

It looks like Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment are finally getting ready to spill more details about their upcoming psychological action thriller, Alan Wake (Xbox 360, PC). The game will apparently be present at this year's Tokyo Game Show according to a Vista gaming contest. More in the full article.