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X-Wing and Tie Fighter special editions headline new GOG deal with Disney

There's a special place in many Star Wars fans' hearts for the classic X-Wing and Tie Fighter games. In fact, they ranked #79 and #15 respectively on our Shacknews Chatty Community Top 100 PC Games of All-Time list. They're also games that have been long overdue for digital remasters and, thankfully, GOG.com is ready to release these LucasArts classics as part of a new deal with Disney/LucasFilm.

'Several Thousand' Hearthstone Bots Receive Blizzard's Banhammer

Blizzard is finally doing something about the ongoing bots problem in its popular online collectible card battling game, Hearthstone.

The company announced in a new Battle.net blog they have recently banned “several thousand” Hearthstone accounts that were allegeded bots, and the banning of these particular accounts won't be lifted “until 2015.”

Alienware 13 And Graphics Amplifier Hands-On: Big Things In Small Packages

It’s been four years since Alienware released a notebook with the Alienware M11x, although the company has certainly been going strong with its releases of gaming laptops. After a rather long hiatus, the company has brought back its gaming notebooks with today’s announcement of the Alienware 13. I was invited by the company to check it out first-hand late last week, and here’s what I took away from our meeting.