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Just one day after Bethesda's toolset was released, the Skyrim section of the Steam Workship is overflowing with new content. Someone has been busy, including Valve!

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As promised, Bethesda launched its Skyrim Creation Kit on Tuesday along with the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack, both free to download from Steam. With the release of the Creation Kit, fans can now upload, download, and install custom content through the Skyrim section of the Steam Workshop, making sharing mods easier than ever before.

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Indie developer Adhesive Games has given giant robot fans the news for which they've been waiting: Hawken has a launch date, and it's going to be free to play.

Based heavily on the fondly-remembered and soon-to-be-revived MechWarrior franchise, Hawken is an effort to create a modern multiplayer first-person shooter evoking memories of its spiritual predecessors. While Adhesive is working on keeping the game fast-paced, it's also ensuring that players really get the feeling that they're piloting a building-sized multi-tonne machine of futuristic war.

Response to videos released by the group have been overwhelmingly positive. Developed in Epic's Unreal Engine, it's undeniably attractive. Sadly, the company has been quiet of late, breaking silence in early January simply to confirm the project was still on track.

Now we know precisely where that track leads: a release before the end of the year. According to an update published by the company yesterday, Hawken will be released on the 12th of December this year: 12/12/12. In addition, it's going to be a free-to-play PC-only multiplayer title.

Details of the precise model being adopted by Adhesive for Hawken are not yet available. The company will likely be looking to monetise its efforts, but with the game being free there are limited options. It's possible the company will opt for a microtransaction model, where in-game upgrades can be purchased for real-world money. Alternatively, it may be looking into a 'freemium' model whereby players can progress only so far into the game before having to start a new character from scratch or pony up some cash.

For those curious as to how the game will work, there's an extra bit of news: registration has opened for a closed beta. To build up buzz surrounding the title, Adhesive has opted for a pyramid scheme-style system: registering on the official site provides a link, and if a player can convince three of his or her friends to sign up they get their callsign reserved. Sadly, that's about it: there's no guarantee of entry into the beta, no matter how many sign-ups you get under your belt.

While you wait, it's worth checking out the game's screenshot and video gallery for a hint of things to come. If Hawken plays as good as it looks, you can consider us officially excited.

Will you be signing up for the closed beta, or has the ponzi-style nature of the marketing effort turned you off? Share your thoughts over in the forums.

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Microsoft has removed the 'Start' menu button from its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, according to a consumer preview released earlier this week.

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Microsoft's rebooted Flight Simulator franchise for the PC -- AKA Microsoft Flight -- will officially take to the virtual skies on February 29. Interested PC gamers worldwide will be able to download it for free and explore the Big Island of Hawaii without having to shell out a dime. Even more, players who sign in to their Games for Windows -- LIVE account automatically receive additional free content, including the Boeing Stearman plane, supplementary missions, and access to Achievements and an Online Pilot Profile.

The news of the February launch follows the conclusion of a successful beta program that reportedly reeled in more requests than Microsoft anticipated.

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AMD has released details of three new FX-series processors as the company hints that it might look to a deal with British chip giant ARM for future low-power processor projects.

Spotted by the guys over at CPU World, the three new processors include AMD's first production chip to feature a default clock speed above 4GHz. The FX-4170 is a quad-core part featuring 4.2GHz stock clock with Turbo Core functionality pushing it to 4.3GHz in single- or dual-core mode. 8MB of L3 cache is included, while the chip - in common with all the new FX series parts - has a thermal design profile (TDP) of 125W.

Joining the FX-4710 is the FX-6200, a six-core 3.8GHz part which hits 4.1GHz under Turbo Boost conditions. As with the FX-4170, 8MB of L3 cache is included and the chip is rated at a 125W TDP.

Finally, AMD has opened pre-ordering for stock of its FD8150FRGUWOX, also known as the FX-8150 WOX. Designed as an alternative to the standard FX-8150, the WOX edition has the same eight processing cores running at 3.6GHz and Turbo Core capabilities up to 4.1GHz but swaps the retail heatsink for a stock liquid cooling system.

Available for pre-order from AMD now, the new chips should start to appear in the UK supply channel soon. The FX-4710 is already showing as available from two retailers priced at around £120, while the FX-6200 and FX-8150 WOX have US pre-order prices of $188.48 and $398.29 (around £119 and £252 before taxes) respectively.

News of the new chips comes as AMD chief executive Rory Read quietly let slip that the company's accelerated processing unit (APU) product families are now produced by both spin-off foundry GlobalFoundries and computing giant IBM. Although no reason was given, it seems likely the move to IBM is as a result of poor yields for the chips that have led to certain models - in particular the A8-3850 - being near-impossible to buy.

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Thanks to increasing world market prices of copper, the major retail motherboard manufacturers are looking at increasing their motherboard prices by about 10 percent or so come April.

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