Author - Jerry Paxton

Star Wars: The Old Republic Agent vs Consular

BioWare, LucasArts, and Electronic Arts have released a new trailer for their upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, showing off the gameplay of an Imperial Agent and a Jedi Consular (ed. note: I am still going Trooper!). Enjoy!

Trailer

Antec Unveils Cleaning Solution Line

Antec has released a line of specially-designed cleaning solutions and tools to keep your electronics clean. The cleaning system comes in the form of a spray cleaner, deep-cleaning gel, and cleaning wipes. You can get the full details of the product line below.

100% Natural cleaning solution

The cleaning solution cleans and protects devices with an ecologically-friendly formula. The wipes and 60mL spray are TSA-compliant and portable, perfect for on-the-go travelers. 100% Natural cleaning solution comes in the following SKUS:

• 240mL and 60mL combo pack with one 30×30 microfiber cloth- $18.99
• 60mL with one 30×30 microfiber cloth- $12.99
• individually wrapped product wipes in a 20 count box- $6.99
• individually wrapped product wipes in a 100 count box- $24.99

3X Strength cleaning solution

The cleaning solution has triple cleaning power that cleans, disinfects and protects devices with one formula. Another key feature is its non-drip formula that keeps the spray from running down your screen when applied. The wipes and 60mL spray are also TSA-compliant and perfect for portability for the on-the-go traveler. 3X Strength cleaning solution comes in the following SKUS:

• 240mL and 60mL combo pack with one 30×30 microfiber cloth- $18.99
• 60mL with one 30×30 microfiber cloth- $12.99
• individually wrapped product wipes in a 20 count box- $6.99
• individually wrapped product wipes in a 100 count box- $24.99

Deep Cleaning Gel solution

The gel solution offers maximum cleaning strength to effectively clean even the dirtiest of surfaces. The product is gel-based which allows it to get into small crevices to keep your products clean. Deep Cleaning Gel solution comes in the following SKU:

• 30 mL gel pack with a 20×20 microfiber cloth- $13.99

“We are expanding the horizon of what Antec can do in the electronics industry,” said Stavros Conom, Product Manager for Antec Advance. “With the increase in popularity of touch interface devices and other personal electronics, sanitation and maintenance are significant concerns. These cleaning products bring Antec’s expertise into this often overlooked area.”

Product Application Suggestions:

• Touchscreens: cell phones/smartphones, e-readers/tablets, GPS systems,
• Screens: notebooks, netbooks, laptops, TVs (plasma, LCD, LED)
• Controllers: video game controllers, remotes, mice, handheld projectors
• Kitchen Appliances: blenders, mixers, microwaves, slow cookers
• Wearables: sunglasses, eyeglasses, jewelry

Available:

Antec Advance Cleaning Kits are available at Fry’s, New Egg and J&R.

Stronghold 3 Gets New Feature Patch

7sixty Games and Firefly Studios have announced the release of a new patch for their castle-building and defense game, Stronghold 3. This new patch adds a new “free build” mode to the game where players can fully-test out their kingdoms by way of what the developer is calling an “experimentation panel”.

“Although Stronghold 3 wasn’t designed with a skirmish mode in mind,” said Simon Bradbury, lead designer, “we have listened to what the fans have been saying, so beefed up the Free Build mode to give players lots more flexibility and the ability to have increasingly powerful invasions attack their castle.”

The new panel gives players all sorts of methods to test their kingdoms out, such as activating usually-random events, disasters, etc.

World of Tanks Comes to More European Countries

Wargaming.net has announced that the boxed edition of their popular online tank action game, World of Tanks, is now available in the UK, Italy, Scandinavia, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and France. World of Tanks retail version from Wargaming.net and its partner Deep Silver available for EUR 9.99 comes with EUR 20 worth of bonus content. Apart from in-game gold and several days of premium account, the box edition contains the premium German tank PzKpfw 38H735 (f). The box also features the Newcomer’s guide that will help to master the essentials of World of Tanks.

Screenshots of the Premium Tank

KlickNation Acquired by Electronic Arts, BioWare Social Brand Created

Electronic Arts has announced that it has acquired social RPG-maker, KlickNation, and has re-branded it as BioWare Sacramento. That’s not the end of the branding, however, as BioWare Sacramento and BioWare San Francisco will be brought together as “BioWare Social”. BioWare Social will focus on RPG games for social platforms like Facebook.

“KlickNation’s expertise in building innovative and compelling RPGs for social platforms makes them a seamless tuck-in with the BioWare team at EA,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA’s BioWare label. “We share the same creative values. The new BioWare Social unit will bring BioWare and EA franchises to the growing audience of core gamers who are looking for high quality, rich gameplay experiences on social platforms.”

 

New Screenshots from Wargame: European Escalation

Focus Home Interactive has released some new screenshots form their upcoming Wargame: European Escalation, which is due out in early 2012 on Windows PCs.

Screenshots

3dMark Record Broken with 4-Way SLI System

Nvidia has announced that renown overclocker, Vince “Kingpin” Lucido, has broken the previous 3dMark record with a 3dMark11 score of X12,554.

I was able to get a score of X12,554 in 3DMark 11X (Extreme preset) a few days ago during a lab test session trying to push the limits of 4-WAY SLI benching. The former 3d11X record on previous generation chipset(X58) that stood for over 1/2 a year was X11,474 which was done using EVGA CLASSIFIED SR-2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and QUAD SLI technology.