Oh Toshiba… anything they can do, you can do better, is it? While other companies announce laptops with 2,560 x 1,440 screens, Toshiba is one-upping everyone by showing off the Satellite P50t, a notebook computer with a 15.6-inch, 3,840 x 2,160 display. That also gives it a screen density of 282 pixels per inch – which is 294% more pixels than the standard 96DPI most Windows set-ups are catered for and thus results in some VERY small icons indeed. It’s unlikely you’ll appreciate the extra screen density for a while too given a distinct lack of Windows software or apps designed for such high resolution screens — but then this is a problem for high-res as a whole, not the laptop itself. Colours really pop however, and Toshiba have seen fit to ensure the screen is well-built enough to offer a range of viewing angles. The laptop is also planned to have a mix of Core i5/i7 processors, but nothing else is yet known specs-wise. We suppose all will be revealed when this finally goes on sale – which Toshiba tells us should be “sometime mid-year”.

Mirror’s Edge was an interesting title that didn’t quite work, so when EA’s Patrick Söderlund stepped forward in June last year and said a sequel was always going to happen, it came as a slight surprise to the rest of us. But even if Mirror’s Edge 2 is on it’s way, Rhianna Pratchett, who wrote the first one, isn’t on board. She’s a self-described “casualty of that [Mirror’s Edge] development process,” and wishes the new team all the best.

“Go with God, I say,” she Tweets. “Create cool stuff. We always need more of that.” When Pratchett came on the team, Faith was nothing more than a template; Pratchett created the character, and continued her adventures in the DC comic book version. Oddly enough, the comic was a prequel, and so is Mirror’s Edge 2, but that doesn’t seem to make a difference to EA; presumably the comic isn’t canon.

Pratchett’s sanguine about the whole thing. She knows she’s just hired help, and nobody from the studio’s talked to her in years, so she gave up on that possibility a while ago. “It was a difficult project for all,” she Tweets, “and I no longer have any contacts [at DICE].”

EA’s open-world Mirror’s Edge 2 adventure hasn’t got a release date yet, but when it does come out it will be for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

We’re in the midst of CES 2014’s gadget and computer hardware information avalanche and it’s starting to get a little difficult to separate the exciting announcements from the announcements we’ll forget about before the show’s over. For example, how do you feel about Razer’s announcement of Project Christine, a modular gaming PC? I mean, look at it. That doesn’t look like any PC I’ve ever seen. Where’s the dust-clogged exhaust fans, the fire-hazardous tangle of cables, and the unsightly, space-inefficient case?

Apparently, Razer has been working on this for two years. The idea is to eliminate one of the most prohibitive aspects of PC gaming—installing new components. Okay, we agree that plugging in a new graphics card or more RAM is not that difficult, but the sight of an exposed motherboard does fill some with debilitating fear. It’s why a lot of people buy consoles. They are simple, plug and play consumer devices that just work. Mostly.

Project Christine will allow you to plug in any optical drive, extra storage, GPU, or CPU, each of which is encased in a proprietary, water-cooled module. All parts will plug into the PCI-express, SLI enabled “backbone.” Need a better graphics card? simply buy a new module and exchange or add it to your existing one. That does sound convenient, and ideally it’s a foolproof system which makes upgrades quick and easy.

The machine is supposedly very quiet, without cables, and its touch LCD screen displays control and maintenance information. Razer didn’t say how much more expensive these modules are when compared with their regular counterparts, or if it will allow other manufactures to sell them.

Actually, it seems as if Razer is still undecided about a lot of the details here. As CEO Min-Liang Tan told The Verge, the goal of the announcement was to “throw it out to gamers and see if people like it.”

So, do you like it?

Evolve is a new co-op shooter from Turtle Rock Studios, the same people that brought you the post-apocalyptic hit Left 4 Dead. The February issue of Game Informer will feature a 12-page spread on the upcoming title that is described as a…

…sci-fi multiplayer-focused shooter pits a four-player crew of alien hunters against a separate player-controlled monster that grows larger and more powerful over the course of matches. Each hunter features its own unique items and abilities, and while the monster may be outnumbered, its size and an assortment of devastating attacks make it a more than formidable foe.
-Game Informer

Evolve is slated to release on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 this fall.

Well here’s some big news on one of the year’s most anticipated games. Titanfall only supports a maximum of 6 vs 6 players during online play.

Answering a fan query on Twitter, Respawn Entertainment’s Vince Zampella confirmed the news, saying that this, “turned out to be the best balance with AI for us.”

So how do you fill a map that only has twelve players in it? With AI soldiers. Zampella didn’t confirm exactly how many AI soldiers would be included, but did say it’d be “enough to make it fun,” before adding that it’s the players who are “the real threat”.

Zampella also added that every player can have a Titan with them, which he says will make firefights feel busy

“It is incredibly fun, we did a lot if testing. It is all about what we found most fun,” Zampella concluded.

Titanfall is an online only game and will therefore not include a campaign.

The game is due for release in March on PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One