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Digital Illusions CE (DI), the Swedish developers behind the critically acclaimed Battlefield franchise since 2002, have revolutionized the multiplayer FPS gaming industry with their innovative open worlds and action packed game modes. They continue as the years move forward with each new addition and adaptation to the franchise.

November 10th marked the release of one of this years most anticipated games yet. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. And the question on the majority of gamer’s minds is, “Will Modern Warfare 2 live up to the hype, or drown in its shortcomings?”
A few weeks prior to its release IW, the development studio behind the COD franchise, raised concerns about IW’s lack of perceived commitment to the PC platform. Posted on a fans podcast was information regarding changes to the MP aspect for PC gamers, but I’ll get into the details about the changes later. For now, lets just say it was enough to start a forum where 200,000+ PC gamers stated their intention to boycott the game. Needless to say, as an avid PC Gamer, I probably wouldn’t have thrown down 60 bucks for a game that disregards certain platforms if I hadn’t already pre-purchased it, but maybe I’m jumping to conclusions.

Halloween may have come and gone but that doesn’t stop NVIDIA from dropping a new freakishly branded Halloween addition to the GTX 275 graphics card just in time for you to ask Santa to buy you one. It seems as though NVIDIA has set a milestone for Dual GPU’s alike. They have taken two different GPU’s and crammed them onto one card.

It’s a great time to be a hardware guru…Intel’s recent release of the i5/ new i7 CPU and ATI’s unveiling of the 5000 series GPU’s at the end of September (Reviews: 5870 | 5850) are making more then one would-be DIYer salivate. The opportunity exists for both these manufactures to attack both the mid-range and the high-end markets, with the goal of making the enthusiast community want to rush out and get the latest for their new(ish) Win7 installs. The time to build a new system hasn’t been this good for a while, with this climate allowing many to build modest systems with their GPU as their biggest expense and not suffer a CPU bottleneck.

With the release of Modern Warfare 2 right around the corner, you cant’t help to feel a little anxious and a tad bit nervous that it will live up to its expectations. And Just when you thought the game we’ve all been waiting for couldn’t possibly have any hickups in the next 2 weeks before its released, Infinity Ward makes an announcement that could potentially cause them to loose their PC gamer backing. Well, I dunno if I’d even call it an announcement.