Gamers with top-range laptops, this news is for you. NVIDIA spread the word that the GeForce 9M line for mobile computing platforms has been finalized and put to market, prompting the consumer electronics division of every laptop brand known to mankind to update their product portfolios. But are they worth the jump to the latest, greatest, and most undoubtedly, priciest? Find out at the full story.

A bit late in the news but still cinder-hot is the announcement from consumer graphics technology leaders NVIDIA which introduced two new players into the graphics solutions market. And as you can tell, they aren't the biggest ever. In fact, one of them has been spun over the rumor mill a few times before. The second is a new entry with some promise to get the lower end machine hopping onto the mid-level powerhouse range. Details at the full story.

Sometimes possessing the bleeding edge in consumer graphics isn't enough. Having cards dancing at the knife edge is also a quest for some. Its this fact in a hardware enthusiast's life that news of the official Beta drivers from NVIDIA ring like angels' voices in their ears, and you can be sure that the first few hundred thousand downloads are the guys with rigs to boast. Learn what's cooking with NVIDIA's latest official "test" drivers at the full story.

Hot in the industry today is news that two technological companies have joined forces to package both animations and physics to developer companies. NaturalMotion, responsible for the motion synthesis technology in Grand Theft Auto IV, announced together with NVIDIA, new proud owners of PhysX technology, that they will offer "highly-integrated" solutions for developing games on all current generation gaming platforms, including the PC. Find out how at the full story.

Attention, soldiers! An update about Frontlines: Fuel of War's upcoming patch, 1.1.0 has been released and the patch notes lists quite a number of planned changes, the addition of PunkBuster and Spawn Protection, and lots of other bug fixes and other stuff. Check out the current notes for patch 1.1.0 at the full article.

When the World of Warcraft edition Dell XPS M1730 laptop was first introduced, we imagined that a lot of you guys weren't able to purchase it because of its rather high price. Dell, however, has decided to slash around a thousand bucks from this gadget's price. Know more about this development after the jump!

If you're conscious about in-game dynamics, namely the physics behind games, then this update is definitely good news. Nvidia, a visual computing technologies company, has just signed an agreement to acquire Ageia Technologies, Inc., a company known for the PhysX software that is widely adopted by games spanning different platforms. Details in the full article.

Here's something for the Christmas list of World of Warcraft fans: in a joint project, Dell and Blizzard brings you the Dell XPS M1730, World of Warcraft Edition, the bigger badder brother of their WoW XPS M1710. The WoW Notebook PC is emblazoned with custom World of Warcraft artwork and comes with a ton of extras. Find out more in the full article.

 IDEA Games' member Black Element Software deals out a polished version of Alpha Prime, a first-person shooter that injects different elements into a single experience. Fresh from the makers of radically-received Shade: Wrath of Angels, Alpha Prime takes players through a sci-fi plot of guns and drugs and mysteries buried in rock.

Follow through to the comprehensive review at the full article.

Unreal Tournament III's launch was celebrated in Omega Sektor's Birmingham gaming center recently, and Epic Games' vice president Mark Rein was on board to get the party started. While special tournaments and hands-on demonstrations of the PlayStation 3 version of the game ensued around, the VP and spokesperson for Unreal Tournament III (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Windows PC) sat down for an interview and spilled beans on additional features unique to the PC and PS3 versions of the game.

More at the full article.