In 2008, 3DMark maker Futuremark launched Futuremark Games Studio, a new wing focused on making games rather than benchmarks, which went on to release space FPS Shattered Horizon, mobile puzzler Hungribles, and tower defense Unstoppable Gorg. Now, it's lopped that wing off and sold it to fellow Finnish company Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds.

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Fresh off its first foray into actual game development--Futuremark Games Studio's Shattered Horizon--software creator Futuremark has announced the latest iteration of its popular 3DMark benchmark tools.

Due out in the third quarter of 2010--a.k.a. between July 1 and September 30--3DMark 11 has been "designed to measure the performance of DirectX 11 gaming PCs" and "uses a native DirectX 11 engine created in-house," with a free version due upon launch. Read more »