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Gears of War 3 Beta Players Offered Friend Codes on May 8th May 3, 2011

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The Gears of War 3 beta testers (myself included) are being notified by e-mail that Epic is going to be offering extra codes to offer to their friends, to bring more people into the Gears of War 3 beta.

By default, all Gears of War 3 Beta players with a valid e-mail address tied to their Live account are being offered at least one extra code to pass along to their friends on the 8th of May.

However, that’s not all.  Starting yesterday, any beta testers who do any or all of the following tasks will get one extra code to pass along, making for a total of five codes.

1.  Buy any Gears of War 3 content in the Marketplace, including avatar clothing or avatar items.

2.  Play 20+ hours of the beta since yesterday.

3.  Buy a new 12-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold,

4.  Log 100 hours of play in Gears of War 1, 2 or any of the DLC.  Single or Multiplayer.

Gears of War 3 is coming September, 2011 exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Duke Nukem Forever System Specifications May 3, 2011

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2K Games has announced today on their twitter feed and blog, exactly what the PC specifications are for the highly anticipated game, Duke Nukem Forever.

So, without further ado, here’s what you’ve been waiting thirteen years to read.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 1 Gb
Hard Drive: 10 Gb free
Video Memory: 256 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.6 Ghz
Memory: 2 Gb
Hard Drive: 10 Gb free
Video Memory: 512 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS / ATI Radeon HD 3850
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

OTHER REQUIREMENTS & SUPPORTS
Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft DirectX, Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (ATL), Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, and AMD Dual Core Optimizer. (AMD optimizer required only for specific AMD processors to run the game correctly, but installs for all of them.)

Those are some pretty steep specs. I like how the Dual Core Optimizer is included since it usually fixes most gaming problems for people with multiple core AMD processors, but it’s only needed if you’re using Win XP. It won’t even install if you have Vista or 7 installed.

Duke Nukem Forever will release June 14th, 2011 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.