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For years, the consumer tech industry has been trying to standardise the use of USB Type-C for all electronics from external harddrives to display ports to mobile phone chargers. Most of the world's tech has switched over to USB-C except for Apple’s iPhones and their peripherals. After almost a decade, …

Late last year saw the release of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, a re-release and remaster of the franchise's first 3D outings. Alongside the confirmation of this remaster was the announcement of a mobile release of this latest ‘Definitive Edition’. Originally intended to launch in the first half …

Just last week, ASUS launched its latest high-performance, creator and mainstream laptops, with a full range of new Zenbook and Vivobook models. Now, it is time to take a look at the gaming front, with Asus unveiling new ROG gaming laptops.  Today during a virtual event, ASUS ROG announced two …

The Blade 15 is only 17mm thick but packs in an RTX 3080 Ti GPU

Since the rise of the iPhone and iPad, Apple has slowly broken away from the iPod line-up. The iPod Classic was discontinued in 2014, followed by the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle in 2017. Now in 2022, we are saying goodbye to the iPod Touch.  In an announcement this week, …

Just over one year ago we reported that Call of Duty Mobile had reached a major milestone, surpassing half a billion downloads since its launch in late 2019. Over the course of the past year, the free-to-play game has continued to balloon in popularity, now surpassing 650 million downloads. In …

Today during its ‘Pinnacle of Performance' event, ASUS announced an all-new range of Vivobook laptops. While these aren't aimed at the gaming market, the new Vivobook series does pack some high-end options, including a 120Hz OLED display, and RTX 30 graphics in some models. The new Vivobook line-up is split …

Today during its ‘Pinnacle of Performance' digital event, ASUS launched an all-new line-up of laptops for 2022. We've already had a good look at the new Vivobook Pro and Vivobook S OLED laptops, so now it is time to turn our attention to the latest Zenbook models.  The Asus Zenbook …

As Leo was wrapping up his Razer Blade 15 review this weekend, something peculiar was noticed. For some reason, the laptop was being sold at £200 more on Razer's own website compared to UK retail. We pointed this out to Razer, who then corrected the pricing, but were disappointed to learn that there will be no refunds for anyone that paid the original price...

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues to chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $3 Billion on mobile alone. Genshin Impact is one of the biggest …

As we move towards an all-digital future where anything is accessible at the click of a button from the comfort of your home, there is still space for the traditional way of doing things. In an exciting move by Geoff Keighley, the upcoming Summer Games Fest showcase will be viewable …

Razer is upping the ante for laptop displays this month. This week, the Razer Blade 15 has been updated, adding the world's first 240Hz QHD OLED laptop display. Aside from the impressive display, the laptop also comes equipped with an Intel Core i9-12900H and an Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti.  Unlike …

Sonic the Hedgehog is on a bit of a hot streak at the moment. With the Blue Blur’s latest film breaking records at the box office and the potential of both Sonic Origins and Frontiers being good Sonic games, Sonic fans are eating well in 2022. Netflix has now given …

We have witnessed a recent resurgence in video game-based films, from the highly successful Detective Pikachu to the even more successful Sonic the Hedgehog and its recent sequel. One of the biggest mascots in gaming – Mario – was set to get his own film later this year, though it …

Apple is making some controversial changes to its App Store this year. Moving forward, any app that hasn't been updated for a certain amount of time will be automatically removed from the store, which is causing a panic amongst some indie game developers.  As part of Apple's new App Store …

Razer has been a key player in the high-end laptop market for years now, with each Razer Blade offering great performance for gaming and professional tasks. Now, Razer is looking to tackle a new market – workstations. Teaming up with deep learning specialists, Lambda, Razer has created the “world's most …

The Watch Dogs franchise is one of Ubisoft’s most frustraiting, not due to its quality, but simply due to the fact that it’s a series with a great deal of potential being hampered by typical Ubisoft gimmicks. It is therefore interesting to see that a manga based in the world …

2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog film surpassed many expectations, offering a fun and lighthearted family film while packing in enough references and easter eggs to excite even the most hardcore fans. The film was a commercial hit, spawning a sequel. Having concluded its first weekend in cinemas, Sonic 2 is already …

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an interesting game which went through a large number of development struggles ultimately concluding with a game that did not inherit all of the desired content originally planned. Despite this, the game was successful and a film was announced. Though never released, the original script …

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is one of the oldest awards ceremonies in entertainment, this year celebrating their 75th anniversary. The gaming BAFTAs have now concluded – with Returnal sweeping the event. First founded back in 2004, the latest BAFTA Games Awards just concluded, celebrating its 18th …

When Bungie was acquired by Sony, one of the primary reasons for it was claimed to be the fact that the console manufacturer has access to resources allowing for games to evolve into transmedia franchises. It looks like we are starting to see this tree bear fruit, as a Destiny …

Many major companies are positioning the metaverse as being the future of the internet but in its current iteration the concept is mostly being used to advertise to people. One of the latest examples sees Coca-Cola releasing a new limited edition drink in Fortnite. As reported by GamesBeat, Coca-Cola announced …

We got the chance to speak to AMD's Director of Technical Marketing on a variety of topics relating to the recently launched Ryzen 6000 Mobile Series of processors. Robert Hallock discusses the advantages for AMD's high-performance core design versus Intel's hybrid architecture, power efficiency, and there's discussion on the advantages brought about by RDNA 2 graphics...

The makers of the ubiquitous Gorillapod have now made a wireless mic setup

Apple dropped Touch ID from the iPhone in 2017 and 2018, choosing to go all-in on Face ID for biometric security. Still, Touch ID hasn't gone away completely, and is still in use on a few products. For a while now, we've been expecting Touch ID to return to the …

2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie surpassed expectations both critically and commercially, causing a sequel to be greenlit with future plans put into motion. With Sonic the Hedgehog 2 set to come to cinemas on the 1st of April, the film’s producer unveiled plans for a Sonic cinematic universe. The review …

Apple only just launched the new iPhone SE, but it appears the first few weeks of sales have not been encouraging. According to supply chain sources, Apple has cut iPhone SE production by 20 percent due to low demand.  According to sources speaking with Nikkei, Apple has cut production for …

Apple has shown interest in the gaming market a number of times over its history. The company's most recent effort in this area is Apple Arcade, a subscription service offering a library of ‘premium' iOS games. Soon, Apple may try to crack the console market again, as the company has …

In recent years, Apple has made a big push into subscription services, offering TV & films, music, news & magazines, and even a Fitness Plus subscription. Soon, Apple may even begin selling iPhones and iPads themselves under a new hardware subscription service.  According to sources speaking with Bloomberg, Apple will …

In recent years we have seen many film and TV adaptations of games come out from development hell, with the Uncharted film releasing to commercial success, and production on HBO’s The Last of Us going smoothly. Unfortunately, the Oscar Isaac-led Metal Gear Solid film is stuck in limbo. The history …