Wednesday, right smack dab in the middle of the wonderful work week. Well, hopefully you’re on summer break, or your summer classes aren’t too painful, or work has slowed down. While it might be about 100 degrees outside right now and everything has slowed to a crawl, PC gaming news certainly has not. Today in ALT+F4 there’s plenty of fun that doesn’t include sunburn. The Dawn of War II content patch is going into open in beta tomorrow, it looks like it includes quite a bit of awesome. If you’ve been wondering whether or not your computer will be able to huff and puff through Wolfenstein, wonder no more, as the system requirements have been revealed. World of Warcraft gains the controversial feature of allowing players to switch factions, while Street Fighter IV goes up for pre-purchase at Impulse and Steam. Check it all out after the jump.

-Dawn of War II: There is Only War Beta goes Live Tomorrow!

The previously mentioned “There is Only War” content patch for Dawn of War II has now gone into beta for anyone that owns the game. The beta is accessible through your Steam client and is scheduled to run from July 2nd until July 13th, offering players plenty of time to sink their chainswords into the 8 new maps, balance tweaks, and map editor. According to the information released on the relic blog the patch weighs in at a hefty 378 MB. There’s also a complete list of bug fixes you can check out at the link below.

Instructions on how to install the beta right here.

A complete list of the changes included in the patch right here.

[Source: Relic Blog]

-Wolfenstein Puts on Specs

Sokal, community manager of the Wolfenstein forums has posted up the minimum required PC specs for Wolfenstein. The game aims directly at the mid-range crowd, but there’s currently no telling how well it’ll run on the listed specs, check them out below.

• SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
• Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP or Windows Vista(R) (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
• Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c (included & required for Windows XP & Vista)

• HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
• CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ processor
• RAM: 1GB RAM
• Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA(R) Geforce(R) 6800 GT or ATI Radeon(TM) X800
• Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
• HDD Space: 8GB (Plus an additional 800MB for Windows swap file)
• Media: 100% Microsoft Windows compatible DVD-ROM drive
• Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer

Should be pretty playable on pretty much anything built within the last few years, hopefully the recommended specs will soon follow.

Check out the post for yourself, right here.

-World of Warcraft goes Turncoat

According to a Blizz post in the official forums, World of Warcraft is going to be getting an option that lets you change more than your appearance; you’ll be able to hop to the other side of the battle. In a move that’s sure to inspire a million demented, nasally screams from the hardcore community that seems to hate anything that makes the game more fun or approachable.

Had something like this been instituted earlier, I probably wouldn’t be writing this. I’d be eating cheese-puffs off of my stomach while healing a tank in some repetitive dungeon somewhere. Anything that makes it easier for you to get onto the same server and faction as your friends without having to run all the way through the leveling treadmill again is a good thing in my book.

Check out the official post right here. Then eagerly await the chance to give Blizzard more of your money.

-Street Fighter IV Steam Pre-Sale, Save 10% on a Virtual Ass Beating

Street Fighter IV for the PC is now on sale at digital distributors, Steam and Impulse. If you buy the game now, you’ll save 10% off of the asking price of $39.99, which will end up costing you $35.99. This offer will be available through July 7th when the game goes live.

If you’re hankering to see what all the buzz was about earlier this year, check out SF:IV PC in either Steam, or Impulse flavors.

Tags: ALT+F4, Dawn of War II, street fighter iv, Wolfenstein, World of Warcraft

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