The Windows 10 Anniversary Update began rolling out this week, which means it is time for Microsoft to start talking about the future. Today, in a new blog post going over some new Windows update changes, Microsoft confirmed that there are no more feature updates planned for 2016. However, there …
Read More »Samsung’s new patent sure looks a lot like the Apple Watch
There could be more trouble brewing between Apple and Samsung right now as a recent Samsung patent filing just surfaced online and it seems to illustrate a smartwatch with the exact same design as the already released Apple Watch. The patent is for a ‘wearable device' and was filed …
Read More »Rumour claims StarCraft HD remake is on the way
Blizzard has been hiring people to maintain support for some of its older games for a while now. Games like Diablo 2 still get updates today to ensure they run on modern operating systems. However, it looks like Blizzard might have something bigger planned, with reports this week claiming that …
Read More »Megaupload revival will link file transfers with bitcoin transactions
Kim Dotcom has been making headlines again recently following on from the announcement that he is reviving Megaupload, with a launch date set for January 2017. Since then, he has revealed a little more information on how the new Megaupload will work and as it turns out, every file transfer …
Read More »The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is causing problems for some
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update started rolling out this week and unfortunately, it has started causing some major issues for some systems, with users complaining about crashes and system freezes. Some users are reporting system freezes within seconds of booting up, while others are getting ‘Windows is not responding' errors. …
Read More »Valve is introducing new restrictions to Steam Gifting
Steam's gifting feature has been very useful over the years but the system is open to some abuse, whether it be ‘gift sellers' on sites like G2A, or cheaters buying games for secondary accounts. However, it looks like Valve is now catching on, as it has been announced that Steam …
Read More »Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls: Legends is now in open beta
While the bulk of Bethesda's 2015 E3 presentation focussed on Fallout 4, the studio did also announce an Elder Scrolls themed spin-off card game known as Elder Scrolls: Legends. After sitting in closed beta for just over a year, Bethesda has now opened the floodgates, allowing anyone to download the …
Read More »Intel has built a camera add-on for the HTC Vive
If the in-built front-facing camera on the HTC Vive just isn't cutting it for you then it looks like Intel might have the answer to your problems as the company has developed a camera attachment of its own for the virtual reality headset. Given the amount of buzz around VR …
Read More »Update: Newegg clears up lawsuit email confusion
As we reported last night, this week, Newegg began sending out emails to Nvidia GTX 980, GTX 960 and even AMD R9 graphics card buyers, talking about a class-action lawsuit settlement. This was quite the surprise as we had never heard of any lawsuits occurring over these GPUs specifically and …
Read More »UK Retailers say sub £200 price essential for Nintendo NX success
Nintendo is looking to put itself back on the map next year with the launch of the NX. However, it will be a tough fight given the popularity of the Xbox One and PS4 right now. Now a group of UK-based games retailers have weighed in on Nintendo’s options, saying …
Read More »Ark’s free to play spinoff is going away (sort of)
Ark: Survival Evolved is one of the most popular games on Steam Early Access. It became so successful that the developer created a free to play spin-off game mode titled ‘Ark: Survival of the Fittest’. Unfortunately, since then, the studio has decided that it isn’t “cut out for free to …
Read More »News reporter mistakes GTA cheat codes for secret military intel
People are a little on-edge in Turkey right now, following on from an attempted military coup last month but while the country gets back to normality, one Turkish news reporter has offered some comedic relief. This week, a TV news anchor went out looking for a scoop and ended up …
Read More »Newegg sending out emails regarding GTX 980, 960 and AMD R9 lawsuits?
Update: Newegg has since retracted these emails and issued an update, stating that there are in-fact no lawsuits underway and confirming that this was a big mistake. You can read the full update, HERE. Just last week, Nvidia reportedly settled the class-action lawsuit surrounding the GTX 970 VRAM issue. While …
Read More »You no longer have to be a developer to buy the Hololens
Earlier this year, Microsoft officially began selling its first Hololens devkit, though there were some hoops to jump through before purchasing one. For a start, you had to be a developer and you had to register for approval with Microsoft. Oh, and you also had to have $3000 handy. Now, …
Read More »EA is pleased about PS4 Neo and Project Scorpio
The console market is gearing up for big changes this year. The days of being stuck with the same level of hardware for an entire generation are fading away as both Microsoft and Sony are planning to launch beefier consoles soon. While there was some initial speculation over developer/publisher reaction …
Read More »Activision gives update on the state of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Activision re-released two well-loved Marvel action RPGs last week but unfortunately, the ports weren’t handled with much care at all. At launch, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1&2 had plenty of issues, which led to Marvel itself getting on the case to push Activision to fix its games. Now, the publisher has …
Read More »Bitcoin value falls after $77 million exchange hack
Bitcoin value has plummeted once again after $77 million worth of the digital currency was stolen during a hack on the Hong-Kong based exchange, Bitfinex. The security breach was discovered on Tuesday, all transactions have been suspended and an investigation is under way. In an update on the exchange website, …
Read More »The world’s largest SSD could be yours for $10,000
Back in March, Samsung officially launched the world's biggest SSD, packing in a massive 15TB of storage into a standard 2.5-inch enclosure. At the time, it was pointed out that this drive isn't really aimed at consumers but since then, some retailers have started making the SSD available, it'll cost …
Read More »Washington state suing Comcast for $100 million over near-worthless service
Comcast has found itself on the wrong end of a $100 million lawsuit, with the state of Washington suing the provider, claiming that it illegally deceived customers with a ‘near-worthless protection plan’ and received $73 million over five years for it. According to the lawsuit, Comcast failed to disclose the …
Read More »The Xbox One S has an overclocked GPU, improves some games
Microsoft announced two new Xbox consoles at E3 this year, one of them being the Xbox One S, a smaller, slimmer version of the standard Xbox One with support for 4K TV and HDR content. However, there was an additional feature Microsoft isn’t advertising with the One S, it comes …
Read More »Triggerbot users aren’t pleased about their Overwatch bans
Blizzard has had a strict zero-tolerance policy for Overwatch cheaters since day one. However, there are always going to be some that try to cheat anyway and this week, Blizzard had a major ban wave for Overwatch players using Triggerbot and it seems quite a few of those affected don’t …
Read More »BBC iPlayer will require a TV license from next month
For years, plenty of cord cutters have managed to avoid paying for the UK’s antiquated TV license by using on-demand services like BBC iPlayer instead of watching live. However, it looks like the rules are set to change soon as from the 1st of September, BBC iPlayer watchers will apparently …
Read More »Nvidia’s Pascal Titan X has launched, UK pricing revealed
Just a couple of weeks ago, Nvidia dropped the surprise announcement of the new Titan X, based on the new Pascal architecture equipped with 3584 CUDA Cores, 11 TFLOPS of compute power and 12GB of GDDR5X VRAM. Today, this monstrous graphics card officially launched, meaning you can now buy one …
Read More »Nvidia’s M-series Pascal GPUs rumoured to launch at Gamescom
While we won’t be getting the Pascal Titan launch at Gamescom this month as previously rumoured (spoiler, it already happened), we will apparently see Nvidia’s M-series of Pascal graphics chips for the first time if new reports this week are to be believed. Rumours surrounding Nvidia’s laptop GPU plans for …
Read More »Oculus Rift components cost $200 according to IHS Teardown
The Oculus Rift’s price is once again making headlines this week as a comprehensive component teardown and analysis performed by IHS revealed that the components used to build the headset are worth $200. The CV1 was initially expected to cost in the ‘ballpark’ of $350 but as we found out …
Read More »Warner Bros sets sights on Reddit with new Google DMCA requests
Google gets millions of DMCA takedown requests per day for search results but once in a while, we come across specific requests that really stand out. This seems to be the case this week as it looks like Warner Bros latest batch of link removal requests contained a link to …
Read More »You can still get Windows 10 for free
On Saturday morning, Microsoft's free year-long upgrade offer for Windows 10 officially ended. We were expecting this to mean that from now on, those looking to upgrade will need to pay the £99/£179 license fee depending on whether they wanted the Home or Pro edition. However, it looks like Microsoft has …
Read More »Unlicensed remake of Battlefront 3 shut down by EA and LucasFilm
Back at the start of June, A Russian developer known as FrontWire announced that it would be remaking and finishing the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3 project and bringing it to Steam under the title ‘Galaxy In Turmoil'. While this did lead to an initial rush of excitement amongst series …
Read More »Someone spent $1250 on an early version of No Man’s Sky
It looks like someone was able to grab a retail copy of No Man's Sky a few weeks ahead of time and as you might imagine, this was quickly followed up by gameplay videos, showing off the game. This has obviously been disappointing for Hello Games founder, Sean Murray, who …
Read More »The HTC Vive is getting a £70 price bump in the UK
If you were planning on picking up a HTC Vive headset in the UK at some point this year, then you may want to do it before Monday as HTC has announced that due to Brexit and the subsequent falling value of the pound, the headset will be getting a …
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