News Roundup: Modern Gears of Warfare

by: Randy - posted: 4/1/2009 12:39:00 AM

In GamingNexus news:

• Dawn of War II brings an interesting twist to the RTS genre.
• Elves and Cyborgs featured in new Sacred 2 video.
• Managing expectations and the Modern Warfare 2 trailer.
• Crafting and killing shown off in new LOTRO: Leaves of Lorien screenshots.
• Snowblind map pack available for Gears of War 2.
• GameFly's top ten lists for cross-platform, 360, PS3, Wii, and DS.
• Xbox Live, LA South Central, Rockstars, and fast cars.
• EverQuest II game update is called Elements of Corruption.
• Just Cause 2 screens say you want a revolution.
• Top 10 Direct2Drive games for the past week.
• GOG.com hires Teenagent--for free--to commemorate 100th game addition.

And in other news:

• Star Oceans: The Last Hope is all fancy 3D graphics and fast-moving plotlines.
• Gigabyte's latest mid-range X58 motherboard, reviewed at Techgage.
• The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series -- previously codenamed "Nehalem-EP" -- has breakthrough technologies working for it.
• Still, iXBT Labs is certain the Intel Xeon won't affect the mass market.
• XTracPads has excelled with their plastic adhesive Logic series mouse pads.
• Legit Reviews pushes the Corsair 6GB Dominator GT Memory past stock speeds.
• Tech-Reviews unrolls the first in its weeks-long power supply roundup.
• Could the Cooler Master Sileo 500 Mid-Tower Case be too budget?
• This is a handy product if you're considering a solid state drive for your main rig.

Thanks to Defunct Games, Techgage, Legit Reviews, Verdis Reviews, iXBT, Tech-Reviews.co.uk, TheTechLounge, and Tweaknews for today's news roundup.