About a week ago, we began hearing rumours that AMD was preparing a new special edition driver, much like last year's ‘Omega' update. However, it turns out that something much bigger was planned, Catalyst Control Centre is dead. AMD is now introducing ‘Radeon Software', which will completely overhaul the driver …
Read More »SK Telecom T1 become second time LoL World Champions
For the first time in its multi-year history, League of Legends' Worlds has recrowned a set of kings from a previous win. There have been many champions over the years, but never has a team come back from winning previously and done it again; and that's exactly what SK Telecom …
Read More »Mirror’s Edge Catalyst release date pushed back a bit
DICE isn't just working on Star Wars Battlefront right now, the studio has also been working on a brand new Mirror's Edge game, which acts as a reboot for the franchise rather than a sequel to the original game. Initially, the game was due to come out at the end …
Read More »The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt wins five Golden Joystick awards
The year isn't quite over just yet but so far, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt has been one of the best games to release and it seems that plenty of people agree as the RPG just won five Golden Joystick awards and was even crowned as the ‘ultimate game …
Read More »Google is apparently planning to merge Chrome OS with Android
In a not so unexpected turn of events, new reports are suggesting that Google is finally going to merge Chrome OS and Android, something that has been rumoured for a long time. The plan is to kill off Chrome OS and merge some of its better features in to Android, …
Read More »Second person arrested in TalkTalk hack investigation
The UK police have managed to track down and arrest a second suspect in the TalkTalk hacking case, which saw the personal information of the ISP's customers stolen. The second suspect was arrested in London on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences after detectives searched his home. The first arrest …
Read More »EA is expecting Battlefront to sell 13 million copies by March
It seems that EA has some pretty high expectations for its upcoming shooter, Star Wars Battlefront. The brand alone will of course help copies sell and thanks to heavy interest in the beta, EA has raised its sales expectations for the game- right now the publisher reckons it can shift …
Read More »Police push for ability to view web history without warrants
Police in the UK are lobbying the government to give them the powers to look at what they describe as the “where, when and what,” of online activities, essentially letting them view the browsing history of every single internet user in the UK, without being issued a warrant. The reasoning they …
Read More »EU Parliament calls on countries to pardon Snowden, give asylum
Despite the United States continued stance that Edward Snowden needs to come home from Russia and face the music of his document stealing actions, the European Parliament has further solidified his position as a whistleblower by voting – by a slim margin – for EU nations to pardon him for …
Read More »Need for Speed launch trailer channels The Wild Angels
The new Need for Speed from Ghost Games is designed as a full on reboot of the franchise, with a new look and feel to the arcade racing classic and it certainly has that in the new launch trailer. Channelling the likes of Peter Fonda from his 1966 classic The …
Read More »Microsoft to get more aggressive with Windows 10 upgrades
It seems that Microsoft is due to get more aggressive with its Windows 10 upgrades. While the new OS is already installed on 110 million devices, Microsoft is going to start presenting Windows 10 to users as a ‘recommended upgrade' update starting early next year. This means that the Windows …
Read More »Outlast 2 due to come out next year
Red Barrels, the development studio behind highly rated horror title, Outlast, has announced that it has a sequel in the making for release next year. The game was announced this week and according to the announcement, the game will be a ” twisted new journey into the depths of the …
Read More »Syber Consoles offer easy to build option for Steam or Windows
With Steam consoles nearing their launch date and VR almost ready to explode on to the scene, system maker Cyberpower is convinced that living room gaming will be a hot topic for 2016. David Scott explains his company's choice to opt for a self-assembly system using desktop parts – and …
Read More »Batman Arkham Knight has re-launched on PC, players still reporting issues
Batman Arkham Knight officially re-launched on the PC yesterday after four months of patching and extra development time over at Warner Bros. However, it would seem that some players are still running in to problems with the game, with complaints landing on Steam and Reddit. It would seem that some …
Read More »Quake Live is no longer a free to play game, player stats wiped
For the last five years or so, Quake Live has been a free to play game. However, much to the community's surprise, that changed all of a sudden this week when a patch for the game wiped player stats, dropped subscriptions, switched to SteamWorks servers and gave the game a …
Read More »Snowden blasts British government over contradiction on encryption
Encryption might be something the Germans are big fans of, but the British government and its intelligence agencies continue to paint it as a tool of evil, used to hide criminal activity from the authorities. However as opposition to this view point grows, it's attempted to mollify concerns that it …
Read More »Cameron promises automated filters after EU makes them illegal
David Cameron was said to have “spluttered over his cornflakes” when the ruling came in from the EU on net-neutrality, that said all data should be treated equally and therefore filters, like the ones put in place by ISPs to block pornography, would no longer be allowed under EU law. …
Read More »Account details of 2,200 British Gas customers posted online
British Gas has locked down the accounts of some 2,200 of its customers after details including usernames and passwords for them were posted online. The energy firm ensures the public that a breach has not happened at its end and that no payment details or information from unaffected accounts has …
Read More »SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion has officially launched
Over the last few months, Bioware has essentially turned Star Wars: The Old Republic in the a justifiable single-player experience. A lot of the grind has been removed and the XP curve has been tuned so that players can hit max level just by playing the story content. Now, the …
Read More »Here are the PC system requirements for the Overwatch beta
Blizzard just launched the Overwatch beta this week, following the game's original announcement over a year ago. Since this is a PC game, we do need to know the system requirements, though like most other Blizzard games, Overwatch isn't built to be particularly demanding on your hardware. Those targeting a …
Read More »Sony has now sold ‘well over’ 25 million PS4s
Sony has seen an unprecedented amount of PlayStation 4 sales since its launch at the end of 2013, the console had an extremely strong first year and things haven't slowed down at all. Now Sony has revealed that it has managed to sell ‘well over' 25 million PS4 units at …
Read More »AMD working on a new special edition driver like Omega
AMD first launched its Omega driver in December 2014. Almost a year has passed and now it seems that team red is working on a new ‘special edition' driver to launch this year according to new rumours. Radeon owners can expect the next big driver launch to happen at some …
Read More »We now know when to expect No Man’s Sky
Over the last year or so, Sony has been hyping up one game in particular- No Man's Sky, a space adventure game that will see players travel through a procedurally generated version of space, land on planes and even fire a few guns. The game has been talked about with …
Read More »Win STEAM game of your choice tonight!
We have another little competition running tonight on our Facebook page – the chance to win a STEAM game of your choice! Just give us a funny or entertaining caption to the image below from Assassins Creed: Syndicate and we pick a winner tomorrow. Open worldwide. It means you can …
Read More »Robinson: The Journey mixes portal with Ark’s dinosaur survival
We should have seen it coming. The '90s were all about dinosaurs, and the '00s were all about zombies, so of course this decade would be all about dinosaurs again. Not every game needs to be like Ark: Survival Evolved though. In-fact, the games we play with dinosaurs should be …
Read More »Apparently PayDay 2 needs microtransactions to survive
Over the last week, Overkill Studios have found themselves in quite a bit of trouble after introducing microtransactions to PayDay 2. The studio didn't offer any official comment until the weekend, when Overkill's Almir Listo responded to questions in a Reddit AMA, explaining that PayDay 2 needed the extra revenue …
Read More »UK Police make arrest in high-profile TalkTalk hacking case
The UK police have managed to track down and arrest a suspect in the TalkTalk hacking case, which saw the financial information of customers stolen. The suspect is just 15 years old and was arrested in Northern Ireland, the police's own report also says that the boy's premises will be searched …
Read More »You will be able to pre-load Fallout 4 on all platforms
Fallout 4 is exactly two weeks away from launch and since the game has already gone gold, meaning initial development has wrapped up and the game is ready to ship, Bethesda is now ready to talk about its pre-loading plans for PC and consoles. In short, Bethesda is joining the …
Read More »Xbox One to become backwards compatible on 12th November
One of the more requested features for the Xbox One, backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games, is coming in just a couple of weeks' time. Announced during the launch event for Halo 5: Guardians last night, 360 support will come hand in hand with a number of other improvements to …
Read More »Watch the entire launch event for Halo 5: Guardians here
Last night was a big one for Microsoft, a big one for 343 industries and a big one for British Halo fans especially, as along with Halo 5: Guardians being released, the UK had a huge launch event last night. Hosted by Xbox social marketing manager Graeme Boyd and TV …
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