It looks like Facebook might be taking notes from YouTube as the social network has come out and said that it wants to share more videos and offer posters a cut of the ad revenue generated from them. The move would likely challenge YouTube's dominance when it comes to video …
Read More »The Star Wars Battlefront alpha client leaked
EA is holding a closed alpha test for Star Wars Battlefront this month and while many of us got rejected, some people managed to claw their way in to the test phase and have since leaked the game's client, which is now floating around the web if you know where …
Read More »The Dota 2 International prize pool has hit $15 million
The prize pool for Valve's huge annual Dota 2 tournament, The International, has just hit its biggest milestone so far, with $15 million raised for the prize pool. This also means that all of Valve's crowd-funding stretch goals up to this point have been hit. The prize pool is mostly …
Read More »Sources claim Warner knew about Arkham Knight PC issues way in advance
It was already pretty obvious that something went very wrong over at Warner Bros leading up to the PC release of Batman: Arkham Knight but now some sources have come out to provide some additional inside details in to the troubled development of the game's PC port. You can't buy Arkham …
Read More »It looks like Apple might release some new iPods this year
It looks like Apple might not be done with the iPod range just yet after all as new models of the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have been spotted in an image thanks to the latest version of iTunes, which launched yesterday to bring Apple Music to OS …
Read More »UK to get more Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Editions for pre-order
Those of us in the UK are going to get one more chance to grab the Pip-Boy Edition of Fallout 4 as GAME has announced that it will have more stock up for sale this week, on Friday the 3rd of July. Pre-orders will be taken in both in-store and …
Read More »Sony launches its own crowd-funding platform
Sony has launched its own crowd-funding platform, with the intention of financing the company's own projects. The platform is called First Flight and is supposed to promote new business ideas in an effort to bring the company back in to profitability after a few years of bad financial performance. The …
Read More »Apple to start replacing dying batteries quicker for iOS devices
Apple has gone ahead and updated its Apple Care extended warranty, allowing users to secure battery replacements for their devices faster than before. Previously, those with Apple Care could only get their batteries replaced should its overall health fall to 50 per cent, or fail completely. However, now Apple's premium …
Read More »Microsoft has started hyping up its Gamescom announcements
Microsoft's E3 conference this year was packed with announcements, all of which were pretty well received but there were some notable games missing from the conference, including Quantum Break, Crackdown 3 and Scalebound. However, Gamescom is just around the corner, with Microsoft promising even more announcements on the 4th of August. …
Read More »Microsoft adds another Surface Pro 3 to the range
Microsoft has gone ahead and added in a sixth model to its line up of Surface Pro 3 tablets. The new model comes equipped with an Intel Core i7 processor clocked in at 1.7GHz and 8GB of RAM just like the more expensive models but in order to cut down …
Read More »Amazon’s one hour delivery service has hit the UK
Amazon Prime Now launched in the US for trial runs back last year in select cities. The new service brought one-hour delivery to Prime customers in the area and now, it is starting to work its way over to the UK, with Prime Now becoming active in London. Given that …
Read More »Star Citizen’s FPS module has been delayed
Star Citizen, the largest crowd funded video game effort to date has been under development for some time now, with Robert Space Industries giving backers regular updates on the development process and roadmap to release. So far, the game has been released in modules, with the first person shooter module …
Read More »Apparently Visceral’s Star Wars game resembles cancelled 1313
One of the most anticipated Star Wars games a few years back was 1313, unfortunately once Disney took over the franchise and shut down the Lucas Arts game studios, Star Wars 1313 was cancelled. However, EA has since taken the reigns on games in the franchise, with Battlefront coming out …
Read More »Rocket carrying HoloLenses blows up on the way to Space Station
The HoloLens is some pretty impressive and exciting tech. While Microsoft first showed off its augmented reality headset publicly back in January, what we didn't know is that NASA already had access to the devices and has been actively using the headsets as a communication tool for remote teams on …
Read More »Apple to pay $450 million in e-book lawsuit
Apple has been fighting many legal battles over the years, with one of the most prolific being the e-book price fixing lawsuit. Today, Apple lost its appeal in the case and will have to pay up $450 million, mostly back to customers that ended up having to pay more due …
Read More »The EU agrees to get rid of roaming charges
The European Union has finally reached an agreement that will result in the end of roaming charges for those travelling within the 28 member countries of Europe, though this new plan doesn't start until June 2017. The new agreement was made after several months of planning, the deal also means …
Read More »Apple Music and iOS 8.4 arrive today
Apple is all set to launch Apple Music later on today, alongside the latest iOS update, bumping things up to iOS 8.4. Right now everything is expected to launch at 4PM here in the UK or 8am PST in the US. iOS 8.4 will début the new music app for …
Read More »Mojang is killing off Scrolls
It looks like Mojang is pulling the plug on Scrolls, its battle card game, which launched some time after Minecraft rocketed in to popularity. Scrolls did not achieve the same level of success as Minecraft did and now it will be shutting down entirely, although the game will continue to …
Read More »Early stock of Steam Link and Controller now sold out
A few weeks back, Valve announced the final version of the Steam Link and the long-awaited Steam Controller, along with pre-orders for both. At the time, those hoping to be early adopters could pre-order and get the hardware a few weeks early in October. However, early stock has now sold …
Read More »Getting Arkham knight PC port up to par ‘will take some time’
Warner Bros has spoken out on the on-going efforts to bring the Batman: Arkham Knight PC port up to par, warning gamers that these fixes are indeed “significant” and will “take some time” to implement. In other words, if you are waiting to play Rocksteady's final title in the Arkham …
Read More »Eve Online currently has its lowest player count since 2008
Eve Online has reported its lowest player numbers in the last seven years. The space-based MMORPG has been one of the most popular subscription based games over the last few years and is one of the few that have lasted this long without switching to a free to play model. …
Read More »The first One Plus Two images have hit the web
The follow up to the OnePlus One, currently unofficially known as the OnePlus Two, is set to be revealed In just less than a month at an event on the 27th of July (which will be viewable in virtual reality should you have a Google Cardboard headset). However, as with …
Read More »Apple has kicked off production of the iPhone 6s
Apple has apparently officially kicked off production of this year's pair of iPhones, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Since these devices are now in the pipeline, we also have some unofficial first details of the devices, namely the new force touch display. Apple seems to be quite proud of …
Read More »This is what Mario looks like in Unreal Engine 4
We've seen some pretty cool experiments in the Unreal 4 Engine, we've had a look at what the original Bioshock would look like in the engine, the temple of time from The Legend of Zelda was rebuilt in the engine and now we've got a look at what Super Mario …
Read More »Samsung to stop disabling Windows Update this week
Last week, Samsung ran in to quite the PR nightmare when it was discovered that the company's own SW Update tool contained a little program titled ‘Disable_WindowsUpdate.exe', which did exactly what the name suggests. Samsung laptop owners weren't happy and neither was Microsoft. Microsoft was swift to point out that …
Read More »The first patch for Arkham Knight on PC has landed
Rocksteady has finally got its act together and is working closely with the team over at Iron Galaxy Studios in order to get the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight up to scratch after its initial release fell flat and had to be pulled from Steam entirely. The first patch …
Read More »Fallout 4 Pip-Boy editions have hit eBay at crazy high prices
As with any limited edition release, the scalpers have successfully secured their pre-orders for the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy edition, which has now sold out pretty much everywhere. Now, the pre-orders have started hitting eBay with some trying to sell them for anywhere between £150 and £600, with most auctions currently …
Read More »Valve to stop giving scam victims their items back
It looks like Valve is changing its policy on item recovery for trade scam victims. Ever since trading was implemented on Steam, phishing and scams have become a bit of a problem but up until now if you let Valve know, they would reverse the transaction, keeping your potentially valuable …
Read More »Here’s a list of smartphones that will fit the Pip-Boy
So Fallout 4 was announced recently, as was the collector's edition, which comes with a Pip-Boy included, the only downside to which is the fact that you have to supply your own display for it. Now Bethesda has revealed exactly which smartphones will fit in the Pip-Boy edition of Fallout …
Read More »It looks like Apple might be planning a 4K iMac
It looks like Apple may be planning to launch a 4K iMac alongside of its 5K model later this year, according to references found in the code for the OS X El Capitan beta. Apple doesn't currently sell a 4K Retina Display iMac, having jumped straight to 5K last year …
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