Some new information regarding the ever elusive Half-Life 3 has been found in a file within the latest update to Dota 2. Steam Database came across several new files, including one titled ‘hl3.txt', along with a few other out of place text files, which detail RPG style quest mechanics, virtual reality …

Sony's range of smartphones is actually quite well received and liked by many. We know quite a few of our readers are sporting Xperia devices but unfortunately, Sony hasn't been making any money off of its smartphones for years, in-fact, it has been causing losses. Now, Sony's CEO has said …

Microtransactions in full-priced $60 game releases is a trend that is catching on scarily fast at the moment. The latest title to incorporate them is Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to the highly rated 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, you won't be buying …

Windows 10 has been out for a few months and for the most part, people seem to like it. However, at the moment there are two systems for changing system settings, the classic control panel that we've grown familiar with over the years and the new ‘Settings' menu. Now as …

The Star Wars Battlefront open beta kicked off yesterday and swarms of players have rushed to try it out, so much so that EA and DICE need to round up a few more servers to support the load. According to the Battlefront Beta support page, new servers are currently being …

Earlier this week, Riot officially took a stance against the controversial, grey market key selling site G2A. The site was banned from sponsoring any more professional League of Legends teams and its logo was to be immediately removed from any merchandise or marketing material present at the up coming League …

Ark: Survival Evolved was set to be one of the first popular titles to support DirectX 12 this year following the release of Windows 10 back in July. The highly anticipated DirectX 12 update was originally set to release back in August, before being delayed in order to wait for …

This week the rumour mill is churning out some news about Nvidia's budget friendly GTX 960 graphics card. According to an add-in board partner source, Nvidia wants to reduce product supply of the 2GB GTX 960 and eventually only offer a 4GB version. This move could potentially put the GTX 960 …

CPU watercooling has become fairly simple over the years, these days you don't even need to throw together a custom loop, as we have plenty of decent all-in-one units around. So what's the next step? Well some researchers working at Georgia Tech University have come up with something a little …

MSI is well-known for its gaming laptops and today it is revealing its brand new GS40 Phantom series of notebooks, based on Intel's latest generation Skylake processors and Nvidia's Maxwell-based graphics chips all packed in to a powerful 14-inch form factor, bringing you a truly capable gaming experience on the …

Yesterday news spread that one version of the iPhone 6s seemingly greatly outperforms the other. The A9 chip inside of the new iPhone could be manufactured by either TSMC or Samsung, with the former's version expanding battery life by as much as 20 per cent. This news has since reached …

Corsair and MSI recently revealed that they would be teaming up to launch the GTX 980Ti Seahawk edition, featuring an all-in-one liquid cooler for better temperatures, quieter operation and a higher out of the box overclock. Now potential buyers can get a look at what that extra performance will get …

It looks like SanDisk and Toshiba could both be targets of a take over by the Chinese state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, according to industry sources. SanDisk and Toshiba currently jointly create NAND flash technology, though each company currently sits on shaky ground as far as financials are concerned. In addition to …

Bethesda announced its first venture in to the free to play realm back in 2014 with Battlecry, which was set to be a team-based multiplayer game but it looks like the project is having some issues. According to Bethesda, the company has “concerns” regarding the project, noting that right now …

Sony has a tough holiday season ahead of it. Microsoft's Xbox One has been slowly gaining popularity over the year and while Sony still has a lead in terms of PS4 sales, it doesn't have a lot of first party titles on offer this Christmas, leaving Microsoft to lure people …

It has been reported in the past that Samsung is working on its own graphics chip for smart devices and now it looks like we may finally see it in 2017/2018. Current reports claim that Samsung wants to unite its well-performing Exynos CPUs with its own graphics unit in order to …

Sony might be in a tough financial position right now but it still has some cash left to acquire new technology. Today, it was announced that Sony has acquired SoftKinetic, a start up company responsible for body-sensing and image-recognition technology- two things that would be perfect for virtual reality,  which …

The Witcher 3's first big expansion, ‘Hearts of Stone' is on the way next week and accompanying that will be another massive patch. CD Projekt Red has today released the full details surround patch 1.10, which will contain hundreds of fixes, along with the enhanced romance options for Geralt, Triss …

Judging by the level of comments we get over on our Facebook page, a good chunk of you are planning on picking up Fallout 4 this year. Now you can see if your rig is up to the task, as Bethesda has just released the PC system requirements for the …

Earlier this week, a Twitch streamer got a visit from the police. It wasn't a false swatting complaint, this time it was a noise complaint from a neighbour in the same apartment complex. Unfortunately for this streamer, the police turning up at his door was just the start of his …

Last year, when Apple launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the company had a bit of a PR nightmare when ‘bendgate' began making headlines. Now this year, Apple faces a new problem, which is currently being dubbed ‘chipgate'. To put it simply, the A9 processor inside of the …

Samsung recently launched its own mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, which does the same thing as Apple Pay and Android Pay, allowing users to use their smartphones to pay for items rather than pulling out their credit card. However, it now looks like some Chinese hackers may have stolen the …

If you happened to pick up one of EVGA's Titan X, GTX 980Ti or GTX 980 HYBRID graphics cards, then we have some good news for you. Owners of those cards can claim a brand new GPU shroud, updating the look of their card, complete with a nice new LED. …

There are plenty of reasons one might want to grab a gaming laptop. However, not everyone has the budget for a monstrous desktop system and a capable gaming laptop, with many of the top 1080p performers sitting well over the $1000 threshold. If you don't demand top graphics performance while …

Windows 10 has been out for desktop users since the end of July, with it already being installed on 110 million devices. However, Microsoft is also bringing the operating system to other devices, in December, starting off with Windows 10 for smartphones, launching alongside the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. …

Last year, Apple surprised us all with the launch of the 5K iMac all in one machine, featuring a custom built display timer in order to get such a monstrous resolution running smoothly with OS X. However, Apple's 21.5-inch models have gone quite a while without a display upgrade, with …

Bethesda is gearing up for Fallout 4 in a few weeks time and in order to keep the hype train going, the company kicked off a new video series a short while back, with the goal of providing an entertaining look at how the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat system works in the …

MSI is branching out in to headsets this year, with the brand new DS502, a gaming headset featuring 7.1 virtual surround sound, high quality drivers and Hi-Fi sound quality. The DS502 headset offers premium build quality, lightweight and ergonomically designed with a self-adjusting headband which ensures a comfortable fit during …

Over the last year, key reselling sites like G2A have come under increased scrutiny. Despite their popularity, more often than not you don't actually know where your game code is coming from and plenty of people have ended up having games revoked from their libraries. Now League of Legends developer, …

Samsung recently launched its own mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, which does the same thing as Apple Pay and Android Pay, allowing users to use their smartphones to pay for items rather than pulling out their credit card. However, it now looks like some Chinese hackers may have stolen the …