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Razer has announced a new product…if you can call it that. The Razer Salmosa Pro-Gaming Edition is a very limited run (50 units total) of a shrunken-down Salmosa. Other than that, it’s exactly the same hardware, color and price; $39.99.

It’s a very confusing and underwhelming announcement considering the Salmosa isn’t a very popular mouse, so wouldn’t it make more sense to give the Diamondback or Lachesis a new, improved and/or limited edition release? At any rate, the new version of the Salmosa is only available to North American buyers while the limited supplies last.

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As expected, Codemasters announced this week that their next upcoming racing game is F1 2010, which (according to Codemasters) will be the first F1 game on the PC in 8 years. The game is planned for release this September on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Read the press release after the break.

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Instead of bloating this post with filler, I’ll just get right to the images. You’re welcome. Follow the break.

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In such economic turmoil, who will you turn to for the best cheap games? Well, Tech Olive’s Bargain Bin, of course. Every week, we’ll pick a nice game for under $10 that you should check out. This week, we’ve got a horror title: Penumbra Black Plague; the newest game in the Penumbra series for the paltry sum of $4.97 (with shipping, my total was about $8).

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Finally, we get to see if Nvidia’s new Fermi card is any match for ATI’s monster HD 5870. Tom Petersen, Director of Technical Marketing at Nvidia gives us a quick walkthrough of their benchmark for the GTX 480 and how the new card really excels in tessellation, but looking at the graph of the results themselves doesn’t really make us ooh and ah. Yes, the GTX 480 does perform a bit better than its competitor, but isn’t this thing supposed to blow it out of the water? It’s a brand new card going up against another card that’s a half-year old….By any means, you can catch the video after the break.

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Bioshock 2’s DLC is scheduled to begin its release with the first piece coming next week on the 11th. The first release will be the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack. While 2K Games has only detailed a few multiplayer changes and additions, we have been assured that there will be even more new multiplayer features, as well as some new content for singleplayer. 2K has promised more details in the coming week. Until then, follow the break for a list of confirmed changes.

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While the console releases are still on-schedule for the May release date of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the PC version has been pushed back a month to June. Ubisoft has yet to explain why the PC release has been delayed, but I think it’s safe to assume that it has to do with Ubisoft’s recent experiments in copy protection.

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After Crystal Dynamics’ press release that only left us with more questions, GameSpot comes to the rescue with an exclusive preview of the game. It seems the developers are aiming for a retro-feeling, isometric platformer. Also, you should try and make some friends between now and the game’s Summer release because it will be featuring co-op.

“You’ll also encounter a number of tombs to explore. These indoor caverns offer up the chance to take a break from the frenetic combat to do some old-fashioned puzzle solving. Think booby traps that can only be overcome with two people working as a team, and you’ve got a good idea for how these puzzles will function. This co-op system will work both online and locally, featuring a drop-in system for adding a second player on the fly. The whole game can be played using a single player, as well.” – from GameSpot’s preview.

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Good news for fans of the strategy genre: Steam has announced that the public beta of R.U.S.E. is now pre-loading on Steam and will officially begin on March 9th.

According to Gamestop’s store listing for Portal 2, the upcoming game will feature online cooperative play and is scheduled for a release on October 26th. While it’s far from official details, I think we would be safe in assuming that Gamestop isn’t just making things up.  The boys over at Kotaku were quick enough to catch this nugget of info before Gamestop removed it from the product page. Follow the break for Gamestop’s unedited product description.

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