Company of Heroes 2 Closed Beta Kicks off April 2

If you’re a fan of military-themed real-time strateg games, you’re probably familiar with the game Company of Heroes. Sega has announced that the second game in the franchise is set to start its closed beta early next month. Company of Heroes 2 will kick off it closed beta April 2. That is next Tuesday if you don’t have a calendar in front of you.

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The initial phase of the closed beta is open to eligible pre-order customers only. Sega says that in the coming weeks it will have a second phase of the beta allowing a wider audience to take part. The closed beta will use Steam and players will need the free Steam client to redeem their closed beta access key.

During the closed beta, players will have access to multiple player and skirmish game play with six maps. The beta will support 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 competitive game play and single player game play. Players will have access to the first 40 levels of progression and will be able to customize load-outs. The full game is set to launch for PC gamers in June 2013.

[REVIEW UPDATE] Genius ‘GX Gaming’ Maurus gaming mouse

Genius sent over their Maurus mouse for testing (mentioned previously in this review). The Maurus was specially optimized for RTS/FPS games.
 
Specifications Maurus

Two instant shift macros (P1 to P2., P1 to P3)
On board memory enabled
Sleeping mode: disabled
USB data format: 16 Bits
Button lifecycle: up to 8 million
Weight of click button: 50-90g
Noise level of click button: Less then 50dB
3u gold-plated 1.8m braided USB cable
Resolution (dpi): 100-5700 dpi (user …

[REVIEW] Genius Cavimanus gaming headset

Introduction
A couple of weeks ago, Genuis (KYE) sent over one of their latest gaming headsets: The Cavimanus. Except for the special product name, Genius turned over a very decent features list for a particularly low price. But will these cans manage to live up to the expectations?
 
Specifications
“GX gaming launches its first professional 7.1 channel gaming headset, the Cavimanus. This hardcore headset is fully-loaded with many exciting features to pro gamers, including a foldable …

Command & Conquer Goes Free-to-Play

EA has announced something exciting that fans of the Command & Conquer franchise are sure to be happy about. The announcement came at Gamescom in Germany this week. It turns out that the previously announced Command & Conquer: Generals 2 has been transformed into a free-to-play video game, and will run on the Frostbite 2 engine, which powers the graphics in Battlefield 3.

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Of course as is the case with most free-to-play games, you can bet that if you want to advance, you’ll need to spend some money. Buying upgrades is how these free-to-play titles make their money. The game will allow players to play an all-out war and take control of multiple factions, compete for resources, and build up bases of operation.

Players will be able to command massive batteries of tanks, soldiers, and aircraft during battle. The game promises to offer fully destructible environments, highly detailed units, dynamic physics, and exciting visual effects. The free game will be offered for PC only sometime in 2013, and you can register for the Beta here.