CD Projekt Red just recently wrapped up its series of free DLCs for its latest hit game, The Witcher: Wild Hunt and now all focus is turning to the expansions, the first of which shall be out in October. While we have known about the two planned expansions for The …
Read More »Android Wear is now compatible with iPhones
Several companies have launched Android Wear smart watches over the last year and while some of them do look pretty tempting, they are limited as far as platforms go. Now, iPhone users can buy an Android Wear smart watch thanks to an upcoming software update from Google. There are some …
Read More »The Apple TV may be getting a price bump
Apple hasn't updated its Apple TV set top box for quite some time now. As a result, the price is fairly low, coming in at $99 for a brand new model. We have been hearing about the new Apple TV for some time now and aside from the updated internals, …
Read More »Alienware updates X51 line up with Skylake
Following on from Dell's refresh of its Alienware gaming laptop line, the X51 slim desktops have also received a hardware update, bringing things over to Intel's latest Skylake platform and even adding in all-in-one water cooling units to keep the temperatures down. The Alienware X51 desktop systems have been around …
Read More »Deus Ex: Mankind Divided now has a release date
We now know when Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is due to come out. The sequel to Human Revolution was announced earlier this year alongside a début trailer giving us an early look at the story. While pre-orders have been available for a while, like with any Triple A title, we …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V PC retail version doesn’t contain any game files
While many PC gamers have moved on to the all digital trend, there are still some out there that prefer to buy their PC games on disc. This helps out those with slower internet connections as well as those who are tied in to bandwidth caps. Unfortunately, this method won't …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns has a release date
Back in January, ArenaNet announced the next Guild Wars 2 expansion, known as Heart of Thorns. Since then, we've heard a ton about the expansion and the future of Guild Wars 2. Current owners of the game even had a chance to get in to the beta and now, the …
Read More »Netflix 4K content starts leaking on to the web
Netflix has had 4K content for a while now. All of its original shows are filmed in ultra HD and it even has a few third-party offerings, like Breaking Bad. Unfortunately, only specific devices have access to 4K streaming on Netflix and that list mostly consists of smart TVs. This …
Read More »Divinity Original Sin 2 Kickstarter goals announced
Divinity Original Sin 2 is crushing it on Kickstarter right now. Not only did the game manage to hit its $500,000 funding goal within the first 24 hours, but now the campaign has managed to hit the first two stretch goals, which were just announced. Larian Studios announced its Divinity Original …
Read More »Nvidia has extended its Metal Gear Solid V GPU bundle deal
Update: Nvidia has announced that it will be extending its Metal Gear Solid V GPU bundle deal. The promotion was initially due to end on the 1st of September but thanks to the game's overwhelmingly positive reviews over the past week, this has now been extended until the 8th of …
Read More »XCOM 2 has been pushed back to next year
Earlier this year, Firaxis and 2K Games announced XCOM 2, a sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While at the time the strategy game was expected to launch towards the end of this year, it has now been pushed back a bit and will launch in 2016 instead. In a post on …
Read More »LawBreakers gets its first gameplay trailer
Cliff Bleszinski's next game with new studio, Boss Key Productions was revealed earlier this week. Set in a futuristic world where we have the technology to defy gravity, LawBreakers is set to be a 5 versus 5 free to play arena shooter, sort of like Overwatch from Blizzard. While at the …
Read More »The Alienware 18 is coming back, other laptops updated
Dell has gone ahead and refreshed the hardware inside of its Alienware gaming laptops, while also bringing back the massive Alienware 18. New features are also being added in, including support for USB Type-C and even Thunderbolt 3. However, the laptops aren't being updated to Intel's new Skylake platform, sticking …
Read More »Apple is now the second biggest wearable maker, behind Fitbit
Apple has managed to climb its way up to the second biggest wearable maker in the world, right behind Fitbit. According to market analysis from IDC, Apple's quarterly numbers show that the company managed to ship 3.6 million Apple Watch units following its launch in the second quarter. On the …
Read More »Google Chrome plans to combat auto-play videos
If there is one thing a lot of us don't take too kindly to on the internet, it is auto-play videos on sites in the background. Google already made finding which tab is playing audio a little easier last year with a new speaker icon displayed on tabs with audio, …
Read More »Ark and Company of Heroes 2 are free to play this weekend
If you have been thinking about trying out Company of Heroes or the latest hit survival game, Ark: Survival Evolved, then this weekend is the perfect opportunity as there will be a Steam free weekend for both of those games. Ark is probably the most surprising addition to the free …
Read More »Valve and HTC’s Vive will only see a limited launch this year
It turns out that HTC and Valve may have miscommunicated things just a bit earlier this year when it was announced that the HTC Vive virtual reality headset would be launching in Q4 this year. While it is still true that there will be some units available, they aren't necessarily …
Read More »The Steam Controller and Steam Link come with two free games
Earlier this year, Valve opened the flood gates for pre-orders of the Steam Controller and the Steam Link streaming box. Things were already off to a good start, with early bird stock selling out pretty fast but now Valve is looking to sweeten the deal with two free games for …
Read More »Google officially responds to EU anti-trust allegations
Earlier this year, after months of investigation, the European Commission formally accused Google of anti-trust practises, forcing the company to respond and give evidence that its business tactics aren't secretly squeezing out the competition. As you would expect, Google is arguing that the EU's allegations are “incorrect”. The European Commission's …
Read More »The next iPhone will be revealed on the 9th of September
Apple has gone ahead and sent out the press invites for its next iPhone reveal event, which will take place on the 9th of September. At the event, we are currently expecting to see a new iPhone 6S and an iPhone 6S Plus, with other possibilities including a new Apple …
Read More »Sony’s new speaker doubles as a TV remote
We have known for a while that Sony has been pushing for its Japanese employees to experiment a bit more with product ideas in order to try to turn its company financials around. We've seen Sony drones, paper smart watches and now, we have a speaker that also doubles as …
Read More »MacKeeper to pay $2 million in class action settlement
If you're an Apple user, then you may have heard of MacKeeper. It's one of those dodgy anti-virus programs that uses pop-up ads and scare tactics to trick the unsuspecting in to thinking their computers are infected and that they need to purchase the software to clean it up. Given …
Read More »Amazon is scaling back its hardware efforts
So, does anyone remember last year when Amazon attempted to release a smartphone? No? … I didn't think so. Since the Fire Phone flopped last year, costing Amazon as much as £100 million, the company has decided that it would be a wise idea to scale back its hardware efforts …
Read More »It looks like Fable Legends may not come to Steam
Fable Legends is on the way at some point this year as a free to play action co-op game. Up to this point, we have known that Microsoft is marketing this as a ‘Windows 10' game, though we did not know how the company intended to keep it exclusive to the …
Read More »Divinity Original Sin 2 Kickstarter goal reached in less than a day
Divinity: Original Sin 2's crowd funding campaign launched just yesterday and has already managed to surpass its $500,000 goal. At the time of writing, overall funding sits at around $660,000 with 33 days left to go. Right now, none of the stretch goals have been announced, though there will likely …
Read More »Microsoft’s Xbox One Preview Program has almost hit full capacity
Since the start of 2014, Microsoft has been working hard to take on fan feedback and incorporate new features in to the Xbox One. This was all helped by the Preview Program, which gave console owners access to beta features, like Xbox 360 backwards compatibility for instance. Unfortunately, it soon …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski’s next game has been revealed
Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski, has announced his brand new game today. It's called ‘LawBreakers' and is the début game from Boss Key Productions. LawBreakers is set in a futuristic world that has been changed by the destruction of the moon. The moon's destruction is an event that went down …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate PC will launch one month after consoles
Ubisoft really shot itself in the foot with PC gamers last year with Assassin's Creed: Unity and while most will likely remain untrustworthy this year, the publisher is attempting to make a bit more of an effort this time around. While the London-based Assassin's Creed Syndicate will launch on consoles …
Read More »Corsair teams up with Team Dignitas for special edition mouse and mat
Corsair has announced today that it has teamed up with eSports squad, Team Dignitas, to launch a special edition version of the Corsair Gaming Sabre mouse and the MM300 mouse mat. The new editions will feature the team's yellow and black colour scheme along with their logo. We have already …
Read More »Windows 10 has now been installed on 75 million PCs
Four weeks after the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has revealed that it has now been installed on 75 million PCs so far. Around 14 million of those installs took place within the first 24 hours, as we reported on at the start of the month. Microsoft's Windows 10 roll …
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