From the moment you feast your eyes on the Tiamat, it's clear that Razer set out to create the Cadillac of video game headsets. Even the device's packaging showcases a level of attention and presentation that most alternatives never receive. But the Tiamat's appearance, despite being extremely attractive, isn't what you drop $180 for, that pleasure is reserved for the 10 individual drivers built within, making this a true 7.1 headset.


The leather ear cups and headband are extremely comfortable and resulted in no gripes over long gaming sessions. Additionally, the over-ear design does a fantastic job of keeping sound in and out.

A solid-built retractable microphone is included that looks good but only delivers decent sound quality at best. In-game chat and S

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AMD’s last processor launch, the FX chip, turned out to be a bit of a damp squib for desktops. But the company is hoping that the CPU architecture behind it will be more of a success on laptops. Today it’s launching an updated version of its hybrid GPU/CPU A-series processor, codenamed Trinity, which uses a revamped Bulldozer core to offer twice the performance per watt of its predecessor, Llano. Or that’s what AMD says, anyway.


The CPU part of Trinity uses a core codenamed ‘Piledriver’, which is almost identical to the Bulldozer core of the FX desktop chips but with better clock for clock performance and lower power consumption. It features one or two of the dual execution core modules, which gives AMD calls dual or quad core processors (whether they are or not is a d

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You can never have too many Yordles, as proven by our own Owen Hill’s acute obsession with only playing characters of that tiny, furry creature species in League of Legends. A new Yordle has made its way into Summoner’s Rift, along with new textures and animations, as a part of Riot’s graphics update for the entire map.

It looks like Riot has temporarily removed the graphics announcement post. We’ll update as we find out more.

Riot has decided to roll out graphic updates gradually over time instead of in one sweeping revamp. Several champions have seen updates to their visuals so far and this latest update brings the big changes to the Summoner’s Rift map–by far the most popular map in the game. readmore!

There’s already a spectator mode in League of Legends, but it’s pretty bare bones and not many people use it currently. But all that’s about to change with the official release of spectator mode, coming in the next patch, that adds a ton of new features and awesome ways to watch your buddies dominate in the Fields of Justice.

The four main features of the new system are outlined in the video above. My personal favorite is the ability to simply right-click someone’s name on your friends list and click Spectate to immediately jump into their game and see how they’re doing. Is Lucas really dominating as Anivia, or is he lying to cover his shame of being 0-21?

Now, you can only view live games and the tool will not support saving videos of matches or watching replays

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