A small village located in the Philippines is no longer allowing residents to play the original Dota mod for Warcraft III, following two deadly stabbings and other violent incidents. The original Dota mod is still popular in the Philippines today despite the launches of successors like Dota 2 and its …

Valve has added many useful features to Steam over the years but one that you may have overlooked is the Steam Stats page, which was updated to let you check the data rates and average speeds for different Internet Service Providers in each country and region. Valve is calling this feature …

It looks like Google may unfortunately be giving up on its Google Play Edition program, which saw popular Android devices re-released with stock Android pre-installed and fully unlocked. Devices to be included in the program included the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S5. SlashGear was the first to notice …

Overclockers UK is making a push to support professional gamers and more specifically, Twitch streamers this year, with a new sponsorship plan in place and a vision for the future. The OCUK team has kicked things off with a new PC build for Twitch streamer, Sacriel. The streamer's new build includes …

Google is apparently working on its own wireless service for mobile phones in the US, which would make use of the T-Mobile and Sprint networks. Google will achieve this by purchasing bandwidth from two of the four national carriers, rather than building its own network from scratch. Google has been …

Microsoft kicked off its Windows 10 event this evening, giving us a look at new additions to the operating system, plans for PC gaming and even announcing free upgrades to the new version for those on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Just as the previous rumours suggested, those who own …

EA Access will allow Xbox One owners to get early access to Battlefield Hardline when it launches in March this year. Those who subscribe to the EA Access service may even be able to get their hands on the game for free for a timed trial period, much like they …

The Samsung Galaxy S6 is due out sometime over the next few months and may include new “magnetic resonance” wireless charging technology, making it the first consumer device to implement what could become the new standard. This is all according to a new Korean report spotted by Patently Apple. If …

The iPhone's home button may be doubling up as a joystick some time in the future if this new Apple patent is anything to go by. The patent describes a “Multi-Function Input Device” and was granted by the US Patent & Trademark office just last week. The patent was filed …

Netflix has managed to add more new subscribers than it had anticipated during the fourth quarter, thanks to a constantly growing international user base. As you can expect, this has made investors pretty happy and shares rose swiftly following the announcement earlier this week. The company saw 4.33 million subscribers …

Microsoft's rumored Spartan browser may be a little more enticing than originally thought as it may include support for Chrome extensions. We may not have to wait long to find out for sure either as the browser is expected to be revealed at tonight's Windows 10 event. A report from …

It has finally happened, the business model for The Elder Scrolls Online has been revised. The game will be re-launched on the PC and Mac on the 17th of  March as The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, requiring a one-time game purchase and then no subscription fee after. Those who …

Sky, TalkTalk and Three are all interested in acquiring the O2 network. Sky and TalkTalk both want to launch their own mobile businesses in order to compete with the likes of BT, which recently snapped up EE, the largest network in the UK. Hutchinson Whampoa, owner of Three, is planning …

Towards the end of last year the Counter Strike: Global Offensive pro scene was hit with controversy following huge cheating allegations. Now things are riling up again after it was discovered that two teams fixed a match and then placed bets on the outcome in order to profit. The Counter-Strike …

Sky is backing David Cameron's mandatory porn blocking system with a new mandatory adult content filter, which will roll out to customers over the next ten days and switch itself on by default. In order to turn these blocks off, you will need to log in and manually switch off …

The Interview has now managed to generate more than $40 million from around 5.8 million purchases and rentals since the film's initial release. However, while the movie is still doing fairly well sales-wise, things are starting to taper off and slow down. The film made its initial $30 million within …

UK mobile service provider, EE, will be refunding a small portion of its customers after they were wrongly charged for using data abroad. The company blamed the issue on a “configuration error”. Those affected by the problem should receive a text message confirming that a refund would be tacked on to …

The Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition PC port has finally had its region lock patched out in a new update on Steam. The most recent update was announced by a Dark Souls developer on the Steam Community page. In an update on the Steam page, a developer wrote: “A …

Sony has announced that it will be closing down all of its stores in Canada within the next six to eight weeks. From now on, Sony will be selling and supporting its products through a series of authorized retailers and its own online store. Sony confirmed the cost cutting move …

Virgin Media, Vodafone and EE have signed up to support the Broadband Stakeholder Group's voluntary code for an open internet. The three providers are actually a little behind as Sky, BT, O2, TalkTalk and six others signed up all the way back in 2012. While the trio of providers might …

2K and Gearbox Software have announced Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for release on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The collection will contain Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel along with Borderlands 2 with all of the DLC included. The remastered titles will launch in the US on the 24th of March while …

It is pretty common for Steam sale veterans to accumulate an ever growing backlog of titles that will unfortunately remain uncompleted for the weeks, months or maybe even years following the initial purchase. At one point in time you have probably thought about conquering your backlog, and now you can …

If consoles don't work out then I suppose Sony could always get in to the Space exploration business as the CPU from the original PlayStation is currently powering a probe to Pluto. The old MIPS R3000 CPU was repurposed by NASA back in 2006 to monitor sensors, power thrusters and …

A man has been arrested at the Chinese border for attempting to smuggle in 94 iPhones strapped to himself like body armour. The man was a Hong Kong citizen and had strapped the iPhones to himself in rings around his torso, crotch, thighs and calves using masking tape and plastic …

Despite a couple of delays and a really long wait for PC gamers, Rockstar still wants you to pre-order its 2013 hit game, Grand Theft Auto V. Following this week's delay announcement, the company has decided to offer up a free game to those who pre-order for the PC, in …

Sony Online Entertainment launched its long awaited survival game, H1Z1 on Steam Early Access last night, unfortunately, the game people ended up buying didn't turn out to be the one that was initially promised in the months leading up to launch. There has been plenty of evidence going around, showing …

Hatred has caused quite a stir since its initial announcement, there have been petitions to stop its development, it was removed and reinstated on Steam Greenlight but the development team is still keen to release the game. Although it may have trouble getting on to consoles as the ESRB ratings …

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe apparently don't want to go to trial in April over a no-poaching class action lawsuit, filed by over 60,000 employees several years ago as the companies have all agreed to a $415 million settlement deal. The four tech giants originally offered $324.5 million to settle …

HTC's One (M7) and One (M8) flagship devices have been incredibly well received and were an integral part in turning around the company's fortunes. HTC is hoping to continue this winning streak with this year's HTC One flagship, which is due to launch on the 1st of March. HTC just sent …

The UK police have arrested a second member of online troll group, Lizard Squad, following the Christmas day DDOS attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. An 18 year old was taken in to custody today after being linked directly to the attacks. The arrest was carried out by …