Here’s your chance to show off your knowledge on all things Mass Effect. All you have to do is complete the five Mass Effect 3-based trivia questions for your chance to win. Just for participating, you’ll get access to an exclusive Mass Effect 3 digital asset. There’s a new one each week, so keep playing! Plus, you can win awesome prizes like graphics cards—or even a complete gaming rig. Make the right choice. Enter today and gear up for victory!

Week 1 is now over, but Week 2 just started!

Week 1 prizing: Zotac 560 Ti, 570 and 580 (1 winner each) Complete

Week 2 prizing: 3 GTX 570 (1 winner each)

Week 2 Grand Prize: A MAINGEAR gaming PC valued at over 3K!

Mass Effect 3 Trivia Sweepstakes Global Landing Page:

http://www.geforce.com/LandingPage/me3-sweeps

Mass Effect 3 Trivia Sweepstakes US Contest Page:

http://www.geforce.com/LandingPage/mass-effect-3-sweepstakes

Borderlands 2

I know many of you are Borderlands fans. Good news everyone. We have a launch trailer that came out today. Borderlands 2 anyone? Hopefully this will be just as good as the first. Can anyone say "MORE GUNS"? 

Wednesday is back and that means its time for Gaming News. Nvidia has a new GPU driver out this week, Cities XL 2012 is the Midweek Madness sale, Alan Wake has made its money back in 48 hours, is SLi broken in Alan Wake? LAN support has been confirmed for DOTA 2 and Gaming Nights are back! Update that tired old computer, Gaming News is ready!

Vienna, February 21st 2012 - Noctua today presented its new NH-L12 low-profile cooler for Small Form Factor cases and HTPC environments. The NH-L12 features a flexible NF-F12 (120mm) / NF-B9 (92mm) dual PWM fan setup that can be configured either for full performance in dual fan mode or extra-low profile (66mm) with the top fan removed.

Does PC gaming need a doctor? Does it need an undertaker? German Gaming Manufacturer Challenges Fans to Give Opinions, Launches Countdown Leading to Big Announcement

Hamburg, February 21, 2012 – With the headline "Isn't PC Gaming Dead?" emblazoned across the screen, German gaming peripherals manufacturer, ROCCAT Studios, today unveiled a website where they ask for fans' opinions on the state of PC gaming.

SANRAD VXL Software and OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD Transform Storage Management for Cloud and Enterprise Datacenters with a Seamless, Easy-to-Deploy Replacement for Tier-1 SAN-based Storage

SAN JOSE, CA—February 21, 2012—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the immediate availability of the OCZ-SANRAD VXL enterprise storage accelerator, delivering flash caching and VMware acceleration for virtualized environments including VMware® ESX and Citrix® Xen.

Taipei, Taiwan, February 21, 2012 - Leading memory storage brand, SP/Silicon Power announces the launch of the Year of the Dragon Souvenir Edition Touch 836 USB flash drive to welcome this lucky Chinese Zodiac Year with customers. The Chinese dragon has a legendary mystery and symbolizes good fortune and luck. SP/ Silicon Power combines traditional Chinese spirit and brilliant design into modern technology to create a unique and excellent product.

20 February 2012, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd, the award-winning aluminum computer chassis manufacturer, will once again be attending the digital industry's biggest, most international event - CeBIT 2012 - to be held at the Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany from March 6 to March 10, 2012. Lian Li invites and welcomes all distributors, system integrators, media, and technology enthusiasts to visit their booth (#J18 in Hall 17) and get a hands-on preview of the new line before they enter the market later this year.

We do have news for you: From now on the award-winning Kulo gaming headsets will be shipped with a new set of earpads – the Velvet Donut earpads. Equipped with both the popular Memory+ earpads and this new model ROCCAT™ is giving gamers a new option for customization.

Taipei, Taiwan, February X, 2012 –Leading memory storage brand, SP/Silicon Power today announces to launch the newest SSD Extreme E25. It fits 2.5”SATA interface with excellent transmission rate of 278MB/s maximum reading speed. It supports TRIM Command allowing Windows 7 users to power on their computers within tens of seconds.

PC Enthusiast’s dream chassis is now shipping from Newegg and Amazon

Islandia, NY -- Feb 16, 2012-- MaxxVault LLC is pleased to announce the release of MaxxVault Enterprise Server 5.2 on February 21, 2012. MaxxVault LLC specializes in developing business software solutions, the chief of these being the Enterprise Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) MaxxVault Enterprise Server, which provides enhanced document security, cost reductions through improved efficiency and tools to ensure regulatory compliance. Wit h the release of MaxxVault 5.2, MaxxVault Server and MaxxCloud users will benefit from over 50 new feature additions and enhancements.

Award-winning system integrator commemorates a decade of cutting-edge innovation & unrivalled customer support

10th anniversary special pricing on gaming PCs – biggest discounts ever

Fremont, Calif. - (February 16, 2012) – Digital Storm, the predominant name in computer system integration and engineering, proudly marks its 10th anniversary. From humble beginnings in an East Bay garage, to an expansive facility that produces thousands of custom built PCs a year, Digital Storm's relentless pursuit of innovation has transformed the brand into one of the world's foremost system integrators.

AVADirect is proud to bring our customers one of many Enterprise Level Solutions offered on our website. This behemoth beauty is manufactured by Supermicro, has a 4U form-factor, and can fit up to 36 3.5" hard disks within the chassis; supporting SATA or SAS.

Razer Enhances Your Competitive Advantage in Mass Effect 3 on the PC and Xbox 360 with Official Licensed Peripheral and Gear Collection

Carlsbad, Calif. – Feb 16, 2012 – Award-winning developer BioWare, a label of Electronic Arts Inc. along with Razer, the world leader in high performance gaming hardware, reveal today peripherals and gear created for the highly anticipated Action RPG Mass Effect™ 3.  Fans of the Mass Effect series can arm themselves for the all-out galactic war with the Razer Mass Effect 3 Edition peripheral line which includes a Razer Imperator gaming mouse, Razer Vespula dual-sided gaming mouse mat, Razer BlackWidow Ultimate gaming keyboard, Razer Onza Tournament Edition Xbox 360® controller, and Razer Chimaera Xbox 360 gaming headset. The cutting-edge peripherals will give fans of the series a competitive advantage in the epic battle to save the galaxy from the ancient alien race known only as the Reapers.

450W, 550W and 650W PSUs provide superior efficiency, reliability and performance at a mainstream price

Fremont, CA – February 16, 2012 – Antec, Inc., the global leader in high-performance computer components, announces EarthWatts Platinum, the latest in its series of power supplies. With the addition of EarthWatts Platinum, Antec has effectively upgraded the EarthWatts family of energy-conscious power supplies to the highest standard of efficiency.

Kickstarter project seeks funding to bring active iPhone 4/4S case to thrill seekers worldwide

Park City, Utah – February 15, 2012 – Snow Lizard Products, designers of mobile accessories that enhance usability, increase security and protect the latest technologies, unveiled the AQUA TEK S, the first ever battery powered, solar charged, rugged under water iPhone 4/4S case on Kickstarter. Snow Lizard is looking for support from technology enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies alike to make this product a reality.

If you are playing the latest hot PC games like Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you will definitely want to upgrade to the latest GeForce R295 drivers, posting today. These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality enhancements and are now Microsoft WHQL-certified.

GeForce R295 highlights include:

• Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title in Steam’s history”
• Over 90% SLI scaling in Mass Effect 3.
• GeForce-exclusive
• New 3D Vision and SLI profiles for over 50 titles.
• New PhysX software for the best experience in top PhysX titles like Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.

For more details, please read the GeForce R296 article on GeForce.com located here: http://www.geforce.com/News/articles/nvidia-geforce-295-73-whql-drivers-released

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Penny Arcade had the chance to take a tour and a few pictures of the Valve offices. You shouldn't miss out on reading this one!