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I don't much care about Iris Pro IGP as I'll be getting a dedicated GPU anyway, but does this confirm higher end Broadwell desktop chips? I hope so. Seems a bit weird to put an IGP into higher end desktop chips, though. Won't the people in that segment of the market be getting a dedicated GPU anyway? It's down to Haswell refresh or Broadwell for me, I've mostly talked myself out of Haswell-E. I don't know if I trust Intel about the "Improved TIM". Does that mean they'll use better paste or just more of the garbage they've been using? I'll likely just drop 10 bucks on a small tube of Arctic Silver, it's a small price to pay for the peace of mind of knowing the chip will run nice and cool. The properly hardcore people will just run bare-die! But I'll take any improvement, really, I'm not even going to consider going at a $200-300 CPU with a knife or pliers just to get the heatspreader off (and of course, voiding the warranty).

If WW3 breaks out due to recent events, the market for this might explode! Now that's being market savvy.

Intel just had a conference call detailing their plans for the rest of the year - some new stuff amongst the old. - Socketed Broadwell with Iris Pro IGP - fairly niche use in my view and will likely be priced out of sensible range - Octacore Haswell-E with DDR4 support as expected - Haswell K series refresh featuring improved thermal interface to help with Haswell's notorious temperature issues, also new 9 series platform - Fully unlocked 20th Anniversary Pentium - uhhhh, okay.

Skyforge people want to make a tank game. Skyforge people are working with Obsidian already. "Hey, wanna do this other thing for us?" I mean if you've already got a good working relationship with an external studio, you're likely to give them first refusal on a new project rather than take the time and risk associated with finding another partner to do it.

Furthermore, a tank game WITH NO ROMANCES.

It's the same company, both games are listed amongst others here - http://games.my.com/ The decision to contract Obsidian of all companies makes a bit more sense in that regard - go with the company you know and have worked with, rather than a new partner. What I don't get is that Skyforge might be something just sold to the local Russian market, but this other thing might be sold internationally?

Heh, maybe I should go look up the Immature edition.

I guess the other thing is that, being stablemates, why this one is being given much more coverage than Skyforge, which as far as I know had no real reveal and no forum link here amongst other things.

A beta release for the new Tex Murphy game will be available shortly. While that's news, I find it more interesting (since I don't have access to it anyway) that the beta will be handled by GOG, unlike every other beta that's come before. I didn't know that was even a possible thing.

Got me stumped. On a more practical note, shouldn't the external link to the forums for that be down where the New Vegas one is?

This thread is even worse than the other one in terms of creating false hope, because I see "Official..." and think "oh hey, finally they've made an official announcement...."

You just need to listen to more 70s rock.

If someone is labelled Obsidian VIP, it's generally a former moderator.

GreenManGaming has just issued a new 20% code, which in itself is unremarkable, but unlike the previous one that just expired, this one works with Stick of Truth, which happens to be at a reduced price of $45 already. So it comes out to $36, which I imagine is the cheapest it's been. For convenience: PLOCVS-G2T5YX-DATY6M (P.S. I think a 'good game deals' thread might be a good thing to maintain around here since this doesn't really qualify as news.)

Goat Simulator, on the other hand, is being released on April 1st.

Yeah, sort of that, but also a large part due to them only really existing at the periphery of my awareness - not owning the platform they are native to. I'd give the example of the various generic rom-coms that get released each year, it's very easy to get them confused.

So who's the Ed Wood of games?

Looks like some outlets are using the terms publisher and distributor almost interchangeably in their reports, which is adding to the confusion here.

There's probably some nervousness due to the experience of CDPR and Namco-Bandai regarding The Witcher 2, what a farce that was. In that light, having someone jump in early and answer questions clearly and concisely is just what was needed - even when the answer is "we don't know yet". Too often other developers just respond with conspicuous silence.

It's based solely on the name, since I know nothing about the content of either game. I mean the commonality itself isn't that great, but for me it's just a combination of a negating prefix plus some random word. I also used to get Company of Heroes mixed up with Medal of Honor, up until the point I played the former.

There's still only so much disposable income and only so much disposable leisure time. But in acknowledging that, the restriction on both being videogame companies is fairly arbitrary, Obsidian and Bioware are about as much competitors as Obsidian and the local cinema, or Bioware and the weekend football match.

I always get Gears of War mixed up with Gods of War. I also mix up Uncharted with Infamous for some reason.

Hmm, only it actually is a good argument. ... no? Please, learn from Volourn how to formulate a counterpoint, then come back. You mean, pick any random two options of bold, italic and underline and apply it to the whole post?

I wouldn't see the page count from the front page, alas.

The most important question seems to have been missed: will there be a Paradox logo on the backer game boxes?