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Battle Realms

Defend your village against enemies in this Asian-styled fantasy game.

No Man's Land

A real-time-strategy set in the period of early America. Experience the fascinating story of the settlement of the New World. Decide the fate of six different nations including the Spanish, North American Indians, English, Patriots and Settlers through 300 years of American history as you struggle for freedom and justice. Three campaigns allow you to experience the history surrounding the settlement of America.

Mortyr 2093 - 1944

In an alternate version of the 21st century, the Germans have taken over the world after winning World War II. The player is a scientist in the future and, with the help of a time machine, they travel back to the war to alter the outcome and find out how the Nazis managed to win it in the first place.

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

"In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders." - Steam store page

Couple of Reviews: Accell Cables DP to mDP 1.2 Cable & Power Squid

Posted a couple of reviews on the YouTube channel this week. First is for a DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort 1.2 cable from Accell Cables. Good quality product, priced just a few dollars more than the basic entry level DP 1.1 cables from Monoprice. Switching over to these cables eliminated my DisplayLink failures, particularly on the pair of 2560x1440 panels that I daisy chain.

Second review is of the Accell Power Squid. This is a 5-outlet surge protector with flexible outlet "tentacles", rather than the rigid body of a standard power strip. In particular, I looked at how this product might work as a replacement for the Ergotech ICE Cube - which is no longer available. The Power Squid did an excellent job, and is the best alternative I've found so far.

Battle Engine Aquila

In the future, on the planet Allium, the situation has become desperate. This world has suffered from global warming, causing the polar ice caps to melt. The rising sea has resulted in the amount habitable land to decrease dramatically. All that is left are island chains, making land the most valuable resource on the planet. The entire population must survive and compete over these islands.

Hammerwatch

Explore a dangerous dungeon in this Gauntlet-inspired hack and slash adventure.

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition

Windows 10 version of the popular game. Purchases of the computer version include access to the Windows 10 Edition.

Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - AMD GPU Shoot-Out

With the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I wanted to take a look at how how the game runs on a variety of GPUs and display configurations, and quality settings. I wanted to see what frame rates you could expect with each combination of GPU, display configuration and quality setting. This would allow me to help gamers figure out what GPU they might want to upgrade to, and/or see how a display upgrade would effect their performance.

With the release of the AMD Catalyst 15.5 Beta driver, I was finally able to do that. I spent a few weeks testing all the different iterations, but publishing of this article took a pause as I dealt with the arrival of the latest shipment of WSGF Stands (and filling those orders).

Back at the beginning of 2016, Club 3D reached out to the WSGF about reviewing some of their products. We previously took a look at their USB 3.0 4k UHD Graphics Adapter, and their MST Hubs (video review and article). They also provided us with a number of video cards for benchmarking and testing - R9 295x2, R9 290X royalAce, and the R9 285 royalQueen. This helped fill out our GPU stack, as we already had a R9 290 and R9 280X on hand.

Many, many thanks to Club 3D for supporting the WSGF with these cards. Without their assistance, we wouldn't have been able to do this testing.

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