The sequel to Topware Interactive and Reality Pump's RPG is finally announced for PC, Mac, and Xbox 360 this Winter. Said the press release, Two Worlds II will feature a completely overhauled AI and balancing standards, experienced authors, active combat system, bran-new engine and more.

There can be no doubt that some of the best gamers in the world are from South Korea. The WCG is a witness to what the Korean gaming force can do. Even outside the WCG, whether it's StarCraft, Warcraft, Counter-strike, and even Tekken, there's bound to be a Korean or two among the best. So now comes this Craiglist posting, where you get to learn StarCraft from a real Korean, and no not a fake one.

Good news to all PC gamers! After numerous delays, Electronic Arts and DICE has quietly released the much awaited free-to-play multiplayer action shooter game Battlefield Heroes. The cartoon style spin-off of Battlefield games was originally scheduled for release last summer has finally open its doors to the public.

Famous for creating beloved videogame software like Earthworm Jim, MDK and Messiah, designer, David Perry now busies himself with offloading seemingly arbitrary diatribes and opinions about the state of videogames. All this in between farting out the occasional crappy, free to play MMO, and carefully combing that immaculately coiffed do of his.

But... he does think EA's upcoming free to play online shooter, Battlefield Heroes is going to be a "phenomenon". Read on to find out why.

Been saving up for an upgrade? You might not have much time to penny-pinch, because we're told that the new Intel "Bloomfield" processors will be shipping a lot earlier than scheduled. Now we're at a crossroads, ladies and gentlemen: do we sally forth to the new Bloomfield CPU line and it's accompanying X58 chipset, or shall we hope that the release will force last generation's CPU retail tags to lower considerably? We'll tell you what: if you course through the new story, you'll find the choice gets even more complicated.

Coming up on the PC menu today is an update from Advanced Micro Devices for the Catalyst driver set. You lucky folks who've managed to nab a Radeon HD 4850 or a 4870 recently would be happy to hear this, because the driver engineers at ATI have really squeezed more performance from your boards via optimizations. Check out what the hardware enthusiasts have after updating their video drivers.

Remember Mark Rein's concern that not all PCs are capable of playing today's bleeding edge games? The PC Gaming Alliance was formed to relaunch the PC as the ultimate gaming platform, and but that hasn't helped much. Luckily, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) came up with a great idea: the Germany-based semiconductor giant has released AMD GAME! - a label akin to Game for Windows that would set standards for identifying game-capable hardware. More details in the full article.

As projected yesterday by Stardock and Ironclad Games, patch 1.04 of the Sins of a Solar Empire is already out this week. What are the new improvements for the latest build? More details over at the full article.

Battlefield Heroes was the first of surprises in the PC gaming scene in 2008, after the World War II, third-person strategy shooter's recent unveiling caught the attention of thousands of gamers around the globe. And we were no exception - Digital Illusions CE (DICE) pulled an awesome three-hit combo: the cartoonish art style, online multiplayer game concept, and - gasp! - a free-to-play business model. But how exactly will all this work for DICE? Get the answer at the full story.

David Hecq, a certified gamer who writes reviews and does other things video game journalists have on their to-do lists, is running for mayor of a small town in France. He's the president of AFRS (Française de Revendeurs Spécialisés, an association of video game retailers), runs a gaming website, yet still has time to play politics.

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