Macbook overheating while gaming in Windows 7?

I was playing WoW in Windows 7 in boot camp and the laptop felt hot to the touch to the point that if i were to leave my finger there it would start to burn. The hottest part of the laptop was the top left corner. Thinking it was overheating, I downloaded a GPU & CPU monitoring program. The CPU and GPU were both sitting around 70 deg celcius and i could hear the fan blowing at max speed. Is this normal operation temps for the new model of macbook pros?
The system I am using is the 15-inch Macbook Pro, the model that just came out. Thanks for the help!

Yes, 70°C at the CPU and/or GPU is far below the danger threshold for your machine. If it goes over 100° and stays there in spite of the fans, that's when you should be concerned.

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