Nvidia announces new console, codenamed Project Shield

Nvidia, who I am sure you are mostly familiar with for their high-end graphics card and mobile processors, have announced something radical in their usual product line, a dangerously brand new console. Introducing the Nvidia project Shield. The controller is also the console, packing inside Nvidias brand new Tegra 4. The chip will help power the 5-inch 720p "retinal" multitouch display and the incredible sound system. The controller layout looks to be a hybrid that of both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The Shield will run on the Android OS, most likely Jellybean. It has a battery life of up to 5-10 hours gaming and up to 24 hours for viewing HD movies. One other feature of the Shield is its ability to connect to your PC and stream games to back to the console. There are requirements to streaming though, you need to have a PC equipped with Nvidia Geforce GTX GPU. If you do have PC with that GPU, you can access titles from the STEAM games library right from  the comfort of your couch. 

No pricing yet for this monster but expect for it to ship sometime around Q2 of 2013.  

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TEAM Fortress 2 is now Free to Play!

Well Valve has finally given people who missed out on their Orange Box exclusive game: Team Fortress 2 an opportunity to jump in. Team Fortress 2 is now free to play (f2p) on steam. This is still the same first person team based game and no features were dropped to make the game f2p. Valve does offer Micro transaction on in-game items used to customize your characters but no purchase is necessary since most items can be obtained during gameplay. Check it out if you haven't already.

Available for Mac or PC. Get it here: Team Fortress 2 Download

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Link Source: http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/