SteelSeries Announce 7G Gaming Keyboard

SteelSeries today announced the 7G Professional Gaming Keyboard, but the price is a killer at $150 Dollars it is not your normal run of the mill keyboard.

Copenhagen, Denmark – November 13th, 2007 — SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, today announced the debut of the new 7G keyboard, the latest addition to the company’s growing portfolio of gaming peripherals. The SteelSeries 7G is a professional gaming keyboard aimed exclusively at professional and competitive gamers.

The SteelSeries 7G sets a new industry standard for gaming keyboards by allowing users to perform a new level of detailed and advanced key combinations. By utilizing the most powerful PS/2 buffer-system ever created for a gaming keyboard, the 7G redefines “anti-ghosting” by supporting as many simultaneous key press commands as there are keys on the keyboard. The keyboard features both PS/2 and USB connectors.

The combination of the powerful PS/2 buffer-system and 18K gold-plated mechanical switches, means that the SteelSeries 7G offers more Actions-Per-Minute than any other keyboard in the world. The keyboard was built specifically to offer gaming grade response times as well as an unmatched durability with a switch lifetime of 50 million operations.

The SteelSeries 7G keyboard is equipped with audio ports for headphone-out and microphone-in and features two port USB hub. In addition, the keyboard offers essential gaming features such as the compact SteelSeries Media Controls, which allows the user quick access to volume, mute and other audio controls.

“Somewhere the industry took a wrong turn when it came to gaming peripherals. It became more important to add colorful lighting and features that have no impact on professional gaming, than to create high quality products, ” says Tino Soelberg, Head of R&D for SteelSeries. “With the 7G keyboard, SteelSeries is following our company line of no-BS / no-nonsense, and to deliver a product that does what it’s supposed to do – help players perform better and faster in-game”.

“SteelSeries 7G was designed for players competing in the traditional eSports platforms, such as Counter-Strike, Warcraft III:TFT, World of Warcraft and many others,” says Jonas “Johnny R” Bollack, SteelSeries development team. “A keyboard has to help the player communicate with his computer by being responsive, durable, reliable and comfortable to use. SteelSeries 7G does just that.”

All keys are operated at 60g, with a travel time of roughly 50% compared to standard keyboards, making the SteelSeries 7G ideal for long gaming sessions. The mechanical tactile system is ergonomically designed to ensure ease-of-use, and the no-click switches makes the SteelSeries 7G both comfortable and pleasant to use.

The new SteelSeries 7G will be released in early December at an MRSP of $149.99 USD.

NVIDIA releases new Crysis driver 169.09

A new NVIDIA ForceWare beta driver version 169.09 is available today. This release promises “several game and application compatibility fixes,” and while this is a beta, the release notes also call this the “Recommended driver for Crysis.”

World Of Warcraft 2.3.0 Patch Released

World of Warcraft patch 2.3.0 has been released, updating v2.2.3 of the game to v2.3.0. The 281mb download introduces a new level 70 instance called Zul’Aman, over 50 new quests to Dustwallow Marsh, Guild Banks, changes and bug fixes, while also adding new gear and items for PVP Arena Season 3.

Offline Download:

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• Fileplanet

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Alone in the Dark Coming to Wii and PS2

Atari announces today some good news for Wii and PS2 users. Their upcoming version of the Alone in the Dark game will have Wii and PS2 versions. Developer Hydravision will port the game to those platforms while Eden Studios will continue work on the previously announced PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions.

Developed by Hydravision, Alone in the Dark for Wii and PS2 follows the same story as the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC version, where over the course of one apocalyptic night, hero Edward Carnby must uncover the earth-shattering secret hidden in New York’s iconic Central Park.

“Realizing the enormous ambition of Alone in the Dark is a huge technological challenge,” said Hudson Piehl, Vice President of Production, Atari, Inc. “Hydravision has risen to the occasion to ensure Wii and PlayStation 2 owners will be impressed by the gripping gameplay experience.”

The game still does not have a release date.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Trailer

EA Mythic Releases a new trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning or just WAR as some would call it. Video includes some of the first game play footage of Altdorf, the Empire capital city.

 

Aion: The Tower of Eternity Trailer

NCsoft released from its forthcoming MMORPG Aion: The Tower of Eternity a mouthwatering new trailer highlighting the Elyos and Asmodian races as they lock swords and battle deep within the Abyss.

Championship Gaming Series World Finals

The details on the world finals for the first season of the Championship Gaming Series, sponsored by DirecTV have been announced today. The finals will take place Dec. 6-14 at the Sony Studios in Los Angeles with 12 teams battling for a total of $1 million with $500,000 of that money going to the world champion team. Counter-Strike Source, FIFA 07, Dead or Alive 4 and Project Gotham Racing 3 are the tournament’s official games. In addition a World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade 2v2 tournament will also be held for a top prize of $30,000.

CGS World Final prize distribution is as follows:

TEAM WORLD FINAL
1st Place $500,000
2nd Place $150,000
3rd-4th Place $70,000
5th-8th Place $30,000
9th-12th Place $15,000
MVP $25,000

INDIVIDUAL WORLD FINAL
1st Place DOA4 (men’s) $5,000
1st Place DOA4 (women’s) $5,000
1st Place PGR3 $5,000 (x2) CORRECTED
1st Place FIFA 2007 $5,000
1st Place CS:S $5,000 (x5)

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BURNING CRUSADE ARENA 2V2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1st Place $15,000 (x2)

Grand Total Prize Purse $1,075,000

CGS WORLD FINAL EVENT SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:
December 6: CGS World Final press conference
December 6: First round day 1
December 7: First round day 2
December 8: WoW:BC 2v2 CGS Championship (Competition will be webcast on thecgs.com)
December 8: Individual World Final (Competition will be webcast on thecgs.com)
December 10: Quarterfinals day 1
December 11: Quarterfinals day 2
December 13: Semifinals
December 14: Final

The CGS official teams participating in the World Final are as follows:

Berlin Allianz
Birmingham Salvo
Carolina Core
Chicago Chimera
London Mint
Mexico City Furia
Rio Sinistro
Seoul Jinhwa
Singapore Sword
Stockholm Magnetik
Sydney Underground
Wuhan Dragon

Kwari – Frag For Cash Game Play Trailer and ScreenShots

Kwari the first-person shooter (FPS) with a difference; players make money off each other in real-time. Today they have released a new in-game Trailer and some new screenshots for your viewing pleasure. For more details on the workings of the game check out the FAQ.

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Dont Buy COD4 From Steam If you Live in Europe

It seems that if you want to buy Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on Steam and live in the USA it will cost you $49.95, but in Europe that price is $69.95. It’s also worth noting that users from Europe are also charged tax on top of their Steam purchase, bringing the price even higher. Valve has stated that “Pricing on Steam is set by the publisher.” which means it’s time to contact Activision and ask them why.

NVIDIA ForceWare Release v163.75 WHQL Drivers

NVIDIA offers the new WHQL ForceWare reference drivers (v163.75) for GeForce cards. The update features performance improvements for various games.

• Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 applications.
• Improved compatibility for The Way It’s Meant To Be Played™ game titles:
BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and World in Conflict.
• Added PureVideo™ HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
• Improved performance of the graphics memory manager on GeForce 8 series GPUs running DirectX 9 applications in single‐GPU and NVIDIA SLI configurations.
These improvements solve cases of reported performance slowdowns in some 3D applications with high graphics settings and resolutions.
• Improved compatibility with PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
• Added NVIDIA SLI profile for Team Fortress 2
• Improved compatibility for Half‐Life 2: Episode 2
• Added NVIDIA SLI profiles for Half‐Life 2:Episode 2, Portal, Clive Barkerʹs Jericho