MSI launches new Z97 & X99 GAMING motherboards featuring USB 3.1 and support for upcoming 5th generation Intel processors Delivering blazing fast USB performance, up to 2 times faster than USB 3.0, MSI launches new Z97 and X99 GAMING models featuring USB 3.1.

AMD announced an initiative to deliver the best possible VR experience for developers and users through new AMD technologies and partnerships.

Nvidia at GDC announced a new product in the Shield lineup, a settopbox that is aimed at gaming. The unit is working on Android TV and gets the new Tegra X1 SoC. Internal storage memory is 16GB and the system work memory is 3GB. 

This new update for BF4 comes with several AMD Mantle optimizations and graphical performance improvements. In addition, this update adds Squad Obliteration game mode and brings a number of bug fixes. Battlefield 4's Winter Update is here, the patch weighs in at around 1.34 GB

ZOTACreleases the Steam Machine SN970. The groundbreaking gaming platform finally conjoins uncompromising graphical experience with the television, unchaining gaming from the desk to the home entertainment center.

HyperX announced HyperX FURY DDR4 memory. HyperX FURY DDR4 is the first product line to offer automatic overclocking via plug-and-play functionality for the next generation of high-end desktops featuring the Intel X99 chipset and Haswell-E processors. HyperX FURY DDR4 is available in 2133MHz, 2400MHz and 2666MHz frequencies, and in various kits configurations from 8GB to 64GB.

Tesoro announces the Excalibur Spectrum mechanical keyboard, featuring individual key-specific customizability in 16.8 million colors. The Excalibur Spectrum allows gamers to individually customize virtually any color, to any key.

Tagged in their L337 Gaming series, ECS released the Z97I Drone motherboard. It offers decent features at a very good price. ECS took the Z97 chipset and made a nice dark looking motherboard. It also comes with a custom audio solution. Join us in the Z97I Drone review, a product that will please the budget PC gamer with the hunger for a high-end PC at an incredibly small form factor.

Read the review right here.
 

EA have announced Battlefield Hardline Premium, a membership programme offering - amongst other things - early access to the game's DLC. Battlefield Hardline Premium will cost you $50 (on top of the cost of the game, which I imagine will be about $50) and offers "four super features".

On the AMD blog they have released a 450-page programming guide for its Mantle 3D graphics API + the reference API, the company said it will talk about the future of Mantle in its GDC presentation. AMD remains developing and supporting Mantle, while maintaining that it will participate in the development and support of industry-standard APIs such as DirectX 12 and GLnext.

Microsoft Windows 10 will get official support for USB 3.1 functionality such as dual-role peripherals, external displays and the new Type-C connector.

Epic  made Unreal Engine 4 available for anyone to download and use, for free. The download features the the full set of tool and includes 100% of the C++ source code. Future updates will also be added at no extra cost.

Rendered in Unreal Engine 4. Megascans is a massive online library of thousands of physically based material scans and fully scanned 3D assets. The purpose of Megascans is to provide artists with a next generation material library, ushering CG into a new era. The library is ever increasing, with dozens of new scans added every day. Every material scan is seamlessly tiled, 2x2 meters, 4-16K, HDR, and calibrated for all common BRDFs. An unprecedented range of fully separated material components have been scanned for each material, with consistent calibration across the entire library. Every asset is tiered for VFX as well as real-time use, for maximum ease of use.
 

We already reported about this last week, but Intel announced a series of mobile platforms including the company's new low-cost system-on-chip (SoC) for phones, phablets and tablets, a global LTE solution, innovative personal computing experiences, and a range of customers for mobile device and network infrastructure offerings. 

Phanteks introduce their first Mini ITX, a budget oriented chassis that uses metal exterior, to their EVOLV lineup in the Enthoo Series. The case has many useful features, such as a unique bracket solution for a radiator on top and a multi-functional mid plate bracket for a reservoir, pump, and SSD/HDD.

Samsung releases the 27" S27E510C, is has a subtle curve design. The panel technology is listed as MVA, a modern generation of VA technology.

Though GTA V might have been delayed from March 24th to April 14th on the PC, we do have some new screenshots to show you as released by Rockstar. Check them after the break.

Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1.Homeworld Remastered Collection
2.DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE
3.Grand Theft Auto V
4.H1Z1
5.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
6.Total War: ATTILA
7.Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado
8.Dying Light
9.Besiege
10.Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number