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MOBAs Dominate Raptr’s List of Most Played Games of April 2013

Posted 05/10/2013 at 1:51pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Dota 2 trails League of Legends

Gaming social network Raptr, which has over the past few years published yearly lists of the most popular games based on its users’ gaming habits, last month began doing so on a monthly basis. Earlier this week, it published the second such monthly list of “most played games.”

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AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3 Driver Boost Performance in SimCity and Far Cry 3

Posted 03/20/2013 at 8:30am | by Paul Lilly

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The latest graphics card driver from AMD offers double digit performance gains in some instances.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) no longer offers monthly Catalyst driver updates like it used to, instead choosing to dish out new drivers when it makes sense to do so. Now is apparently one of those times. AMD Catalyst 13.3 enters its third beta as it nears release, and if you're itching to upgrade your software, the latest beta build will reward you with performance gains and fixes in a handful of titles.

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EA Boss John Riccitiello Resigns Following SimCity Debacle

Posted 03/19/2013 at 9:17am | by Paul Lilly

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Disappointing financial results prompted John Riccitiello to step down as EA's chief.

The well documented issue with EA's SimCity launch may not have directly led to John Riccitiello's decision to resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the software publisher he's served for the past six years, but perhaps it hints at deeper problems, not the least of which is EA's view on Digital Rights Management. Since taking over as head of the company, EA's stock has fallen more than 60 percent.

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EA "Sincerely" Apologizes for SimCity Fiasco, Offers One of Eight Games for Free

Posted 03/18/2013 at 11:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Dead Space is among the titles SimCity gamers can choose to download for free.

Electronic Arts (EA) screwed up the launch of SimCity in a big way, and the company knows it. Well, sort of. It's not as though EA had an epiphany that overly restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes, such as requiring an always-on Internet connection, potentially cause more problems than they solve, and for that it should feel ashamed. But the games publisher is willing to admit that it was woefully unprepared on the server side to enforce its draconian DRM measure, and for that, it's throwing free games at disgruntled customers to compensate.

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EA Patches SimCity and Throws Free Games at Disgruntled Customers

Posted 03/10/2013 at 1:52pm | by Justin Kerr

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EA’s public relations team plays Spincity all weekend long.

SimCity made our list of “most anticipated games of 2013”, and with good reason. This PC reboot was not only long overdue, but the franchise itself is an all-time classic. We were confident Maxis was the studio to deliver a proper sequel, but the studio’s choice of an always online DRM solution has proven to be a complete disaster. Maximum PC online managing editor Jimmy Thang has criticized EA’s handling of the situation, and the company’s PR department has been pulling overtime trying to repair the games reputation.

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Column: EA Should Feel Ashamed About SimCity's DRM

Posted 03/08/2013 at 6:03pm | by Jimmy Thang

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disaster NOT averted

EA's SimCity DRM is bad and they should feel bad

Some people believe piracy has no negative effect on sales. I am not one of those people. So I sympathize with EA's desire to combat piracy with SimCity. However, I do not believe that requiring users to always be connected to EA's servers to be the best solution to the problem, especially when those servers come crashing down and prevent honest customers from playing legitimate copies of their game.

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13 Most Anticipated PC Games of 2013

Posted 01/31/2013 at 1:09pm | by Jimmy Thang

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The PC games of 2013 we're most excited about

Do you remember the "good old days" when console gamers would say, "PC gaming is dead?" Well, they're "dead" wrong and here are just 13 PC games in 2013 alone that are ample proof the platform is thriving.

So flip through the gallery below and click on the game titles to see trailers for each game.

What do you think of our list? Would your top 13 look any different? Let us know in the comments!

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