While AMD's new RX 480 graphics card has launched with positive reviews, it did run into one issue last week when a few publications discovered that the GPU was demanding more power from the PCI-e slot than it should be. Fortunately, despite some early speculation, this issue is fixable through …
Read More »Apple might finally get rid of the 16GB iPhone
These days, most Android flagship handsets launch with 32GB of internal memory as standard. However, Apple has been a little slower to adopt this trend with iOS but that could change this year as current rumours indicate that the iPhone 7 won't have a 16GB version, instead the base model …
Read More »Footage of cancelled Call of Duty: Roman Wars appears online
Prior to Call of Duty's current batch of games set in the future, Activision was actually looking to experiment with the series and took pitches for various spin-off titles. This led to Call of Duty: Roman Wars, where the player takes on the role of a soldier in Julius Caesar's army. The game …
Read More »The Witcher 3 is getting a Game of the Year Edition
If you still haven't got around to picking up The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, then you might want to give it another month or so as word on the street is that CD Projekt Red is planning on releasing a Game of the Year Edition in August, packing in …
Read More »Nvidia’s Pascal Titan rumoured to launch in August
At this point, we have all had a good look at what Pascal can do following on from the launches of the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. However, there is a more powerful Pascal card on the horizon- Nvidia's next Titan, which is currently rumoured to launch at Gamescom in …
Read More »AMD’s Zen APU rumoured to launch in 2017 with Polaris GPU
It has been a while since we last heard anything regarding AMD's new Zen architecture. For now the first eight core desktop CPU is on track to launch late this year but there are also murmurs about future Zen APUs, which will launch next some time in 2017 and rumoured to …
Read More »Leaked image shows off Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in full
We have been hearing more and more about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recently, from the name, to the release date, to the internal specifications and now, we also know exactly what the phablet will look like thanks to an image posted online recently. Last month, EVLeaks/Evan Blass tweeted out …
Read More »Ubisoft to expand board to fight Vivendi takeover
Ubisoft has been fighting off a potential hostile takeover from Vivendi for a while now but this week the publisher announced that it has moved to expand its board of directors, which will in turn lessen the amount of leverage Vivendi could have should it keep buying its way into the …
Read More »Blizzard is suing the creator of an Overwatch cheating program
Blizzard has already taken an impressive stance against cheaters in Overwatch but now the studio is also going after the cheat creators. Blizzard is suing Bossland, a German cheat maker on the grounds of copyright infringement, unfair competition and a violation of the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause. The Overwatch cheat in question …
Read More »Win a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480!
The Sapphire RX 480 Nitro is the world's first custom RX 480 graphics card to be listed at retail and to celebrate its launch, we are teaming up with Overclockers UK to give one away! Sapphire's Nitro cooler is one of the best around and that additional cooling efficiency allows for …
Read More »Nvidia shows off the new GeForce Experience app
The GeForce Experience has been a part of Nvidia's software for some time now but this year it will be getting a big overhaul with a totally new UI and some changes under the hood, reducing the amount of memory the app uses and increasing the speed at which it …
Read More »Microsoft reportedly planning Surface all-in-one PC for this year
While we may have to wait until early 2017 for Microsoft's new Kaby Lake powered Surface tablets, that doesn't mean that there won't be a new Surface product at all this year as reports this week are pointing to the launch of a Surface all-in-one PC coming out in the …
Read More »Battlefield 1 closed alpha datamine reveals new maps and modes
EA did in-fact hold a Battlefield 1 closed alpha last month and as you might imagine, the alpha has already been data-mined, revealing new details about the game that have yet to be announced. The leak includes a level by level breakdown of the campaign, a full weapons list, a …
Read More »Xbox Play Anywhere launches in September
One of the biggest announcements that Microsoft made at E3 this year was the new ‘Xbox Play Anywhere' program, which allows you to buy a game once digitally and play it on both Xbox and PC. This program also means that all future Microsoft-published games will also end up on …
Read More »Microsoft now serving full-screen pop-up ads for Windows 10 upgrade
Microsoft has tried many tactics to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 over the last 12 months. However, from the 29th of July onward the update will no longer be free and will probably decrease the chances of some upgrading even further so in …
Read More »More GTX 1060 information leaks out, specs posted online
The midrange GPU market is starting to look very interesting as not only has the RX 480 from AMD launched but now we are starting to hear quite a bit about Nvidia's GTX 1060. Last night rumours pointed towards a launch taking place next week with a retail date set …
Read More »Blizzard continues hiring for unannounced Diablo project
Back in March it was revealed that Blizzard was looking for artists and programmers to start working on an unannounced Diablo project and now, the studio is looking for a director to spearhead the project. Blizzard's Irvine studio careers page has recently been updated with a listing for a ‘Game …
Read More »HTC’s Nexus is codenamed ‘Marlin’, specifications leak
We have been hearing for some time that HTC has taken over Google's Nexus line for 2016, with multiple smartphones in the works and this week, we got fresh news on the top-tier model thanks to a full specification leak. This year's flagship Nexus is currently codenamed ‘Marlin' while the …
Read More »If you own Bioshock 1 and 2 on PC you get the remasters for free
This week, following on from many, many leaks, Take Two officially announced that it would be launching the Bioshock collection in September, rounding up all three games and DLCs with graphical upgrades for the PC as well as current generation consoles. However, if you already own Bioshock 1 and 2 …
Read More »Apple might also be acquiring Tidal
It has been almost a year since Apple first launched Apple Music, which was first put in the works after the company acquired Dr Dre's Beats for $3 billion. Now, Apple is setting its sights on Tidal, the high-fidelity music streaming service that has been spear-headed by Jay Z since he …
Read More »The GTX 1060 rumoured to launch next week
AMD is taking the mid-range GPU market by storm with the RX 480 this week, which offers excellent performance for a $200 graphics card. However, AMD could end up with some competition quite soon as this week the first image of Nvidia's GTX 1060 appeared online and now, reports are …
Read More »Google has officially named Android N
Following on from earlier news that Android N is nearing its final release, Google has officially settled on a final name for its latest OS. After fielding some suggestions from the public, Google has decided that the next version of Android should be known as Android Nougat. Google first announced …
Read More »Apple might block iPhones from recording footage at gigs
Chances are if you can't make it to a gig, you can catch some videos of it later on YouTube, not all artists like this idea and it seems that Apple is also taking that stance as the company has been granted a patent for a new iOS feature that could …
Read More »Left 4 Dead 3 mistakenly appears in Valve employee screenshots
Valve is a very secretive company so it is hard to really know what is actively being worked on and when. However, right now it would seem that Left 4 Dead 3 is still actively being developed as new evidence came to light this week, with the upcoming game showing …
Read More »Orion: Prelude developer admits to ripping off Call of Duty assets
Trek Industries hasn't had the best week, the Steam Summer Sale is well under way but the studio found its game ‘Orion: Prelude' abruptly taken off of Steam due to a DMCA request from Activision, who claimed that the game ripped off gun models from Call of Duty: Black Ops …
Read More »HTC is spinning Vive VR off into a separate company
HTC hasn't been doing too well in the smartphone market lately but the company has become a huge name in Virtual Reality thanks to the Vive headset and now, Vive is spinning off into its own company, though it will still be owned by HTC. This was talked about during …
Read More »The Steam app is finally coming to Windows Phone
Valve has been promoting the use of its Steam mobile application for a while now as a way for users to enhance account security. Using Steam Guard has become tied to things like the marketplace trading system and there is even a new CS:GO matchmaking system that verifies users by …
Read More »Windows 10 Anniversary Update to launch in August
Windows 10 is almost one year old and to mark the occasion, Microsoft will be launching the ‘Anniversary Update' on the 2nd of August, just a few days after the official one year milestone. This new update will be free for all current Windows 10 users and will include some …
Read More »Overwatch’s Competitive Mode is now live
While Overwatch did initially have a competitive mode in its closed beta, Blizzard chose to take it out of the launch version of the game in order to rework it. Now, we can finally see the changes for ourselves as the Overwatch competitive mode has launched on the PC today, …
Read More »The AMD RX 480 is now available in the UK
The reviews are now live and those of you who were waiting to grab AMD's RX 480 now know exactly what sort of performance you will be getting for the money. So when will these cards be available to buy? Well stock has already landed at retailers and Overclockers UK is kicking …
Read More »