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With Microsoft’s renewed brand focus for Xbox revolving around making games as accessible to players as possible, the console manufacturer has been putting more effort into the PC market than ever before. According to industry insider Jeff Grubb, Xbox is set to provide an update on its commitments to the …

Back when Microsoft first introduced Windows 10, it had a lofty goal of reaching 1 billion active users within its first three years. That milestone ended up taking five years to reach, with Windows 10 being found on 1 billion active devices by March 2020. Now a year later, Microsoft …

Microsoft revealed its quarterly earnings results last night, giving us a good idea as to how well Xbox is doing right now to start off the new console generation. Microsoft unfortunately doesn't reveal specific sales numbers, but everything appears to be on the up, with the gaming division generating $15 …

Sony just released its quarterly earnings report, giving us a look at how well PlayStation has sold during its first full quarter on the market. At this point, Sony has sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles, boosting gaming revenues to new heights.  By the end of 2020, Sony had sold …

Oh dear, Corsair have somewhat missed the mark with this new kit

Razer is back with another gaming mouse this week. This time around, the Razer Orochi is getting a tune up with the Orochi V2, a compact and ultra lightweight wireless gaming mouse capable of up to 900 hours of use on a single charge. The Razer Orochi V2 is equipped …

NFTs have become the latest controversial blockchain technology, allowing people to (in theory) sell digital art in a similar way to that of a physical piece of media – offering an authenticated sense of ownership over a particular piece. The practice has been steep in controversy due to a number …

An unknown AMD processor has appeared online, known as the ‘4700S'. The specifications of this processor don't line up with any of AMD's announced CPUs or APUs, but based on some of the details, this could be a reused Xbox Series X|S APU with the graphics cores disabled.  As per …

The chip shortage is really causing quite the stir in the electronics industry. Besides GPUs and cars, display panels are also severely affected by the ongoing chip shortage and could end up halting their production. According to Samsung, while this year's supply is under control, 2022 could see a turn …

Last week, when AMD released the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1, the patch notes included a slew of upgrades, features, and optimisations, but as it turns out, there was another sneaky improvement that we weren't told about. Reportedly, the new driver also improves GPU power consumption, reducing it by as much …

Super Mario Party is one of the best selling games on the Nintendo Switch. Despite this the game saw very little in the way of post-launch support, with many fans left disappointed by Nintendo’s treatment of the game. In a surprise update, the console manufacturer has announced that the party …

Apple embarked on a journey to create its own processors several years ago, which culminated in the launch of the M1, an ARM-based chip that now powers Macs and iPads. A successor is already in the works though and according to sources this week, Apple's M2 chip is already in …

Godfall was the first game to be announced exclusively for the PlayStation 5. Positioned as the first true next-gen game, the ‘looter-slasher’ received a lukewarm reception – though it was technically impressive in a number of ways. Despite its marketing, it would appear that the game can run well enough …

When Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launched late last year, it offered a native next-gen version, which took advantage of many of the new consoles’ enhancements including 120fps support, FOV sliders and much more. Activision’s arguably more popular Call of Duty game, Warzone, did not receive such treatment. …

The European Commission has launched several antitrust investigations against Apple over the years, including a big investigation over iOS App Store policies and Apple's 30 percent revenue cut. Now, Apple will reportedly face antitrust charges in the EU later this week.  According to Financial Times (via The Verge), the European …

Back in July 2016, Twitch banned James “PhantomL0rd” Varga from streaming to his 1.4 million followers for connections and promotion of gambling site, CSGOShuffle. Two years later, Varga filed a lawsuit against Twitch, alleging a breach of contract and in return, Twitch counter-sued the streamer. Now, the case has come …

In late 2020, Square Enix finally brought Dragon Quest XI over to the Xbox platform and better yet, the game was also available on Game Pass. Now, it looks like Xbox will be getting more Dragon Quest games, including the excellent spin-off Dragon Quest Builders 2.  Dragon Quest Builders 2 …

MSI has been dabbling in the world of all-in-one PCs for a while now and this week, we're getting some brand new models. Today, MSI announced the Modern AM241 and Modern AM271 series of all-in-one PCs, featuring Intel 11th Gen processors. The new Modern 24 and 27 series PCs are …

Last week during Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase stream, the publisher announced that Resident Evil Village will indeed be getting a demo. There was just one problem – it would only be available in a small 24 hour window. Fortunately, Capcom has decided to reconsider and as a result, the demo …

Last week, a lot of PC gamers ran into issues after updating Windows 10. The update seemed to diminish performance and introduced errors with V-Sync and BSOD crashes. If you've been experiencing these issues then we have some good news for you, a new update is now available to fix …

As great as large-scale entertainment subscription services can be, over time, price hikes tend to occur. Those who use Spotify in the UK and Europe are about to be hit by one such price hike, raising the monthly fee across all tiers.  As reported by Android Police this afternoon, Spotify …

Back when the Xbox One launched in 2013, one of Microsoft's big exclusives, Ryse Son of Rome, released to middling critical reception. As the years have gone on though, the game has developed a cult following and soon, those long-time fans may have a sequel to look forward to.  Crytek …

Despite Apple's focus on developing its own chips, it looks like the company still needs AMD's help for higher-power workstation GPUs. That's according to new entries on the Geekbench 5, showing an unannounced ‘Radeon Pro W6900X' SKU powering an Apple Mac Pro 7.1. With the launch of macOS Big Sur …

Acer is pushing the limits of refresh rate with its new gaming monitor. Until now, a 360Hz refresh rate was the highest we have ever seen on gaming monitors, but Acer decided to go beyond by launching the XV252Q F, pushing its refresh rate as high as 390Hz through overclocking. …

Earlier this week as part of CD Projekt Red's 2020 financial report, the company revealed that it sold 13.7 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077 in December, and fulfilled 30,000 pre-order requests through its Help Me Refund program. As it turns out, the documentation was a little misleading, as the real …

This week, DICE and EA began teasing this year's Battlefield game, promising bigger battles and more destruction than ever before. Battlefield 6 isn't the only new project in the works though, EA is also planning a Battlefield mobile game to compete with the likes of Call of Duty Mobile and …

The D.I.C.E. awards have returned again this year, awarding developers for their hard work on some of the best games released last year. This time around, Hades takes home the GOTY trophy, and a bunch of PlayStation exclusives were also highlighted.  As far as PlayStation exclusives go, Ghost of Tsushima, …

The team at iiyama is getting into Fast IPS gaming displays with the iiyama GB2770QSU. The latest monitor has a 165Hz refresh rate, QHD resolution and is certified for HDR, delivering a solid selection of technologies to enhance gaming.  The Fast IPS QHD panel of the iiyama GB2770QSU has a …

AMD may have a more powerful version of the RX 6900 graphics card up its sleeve. According to newly leaked images, there is a Radeon RX 6900 XTX floating around, equipped with an all-in-one liquid cooling solution.  The pictures of the alleged AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX graphics card were …

The rumour mill has been churning out new information on Nvidia's future graphics card plans lately. Specifically, it was recently reported that the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti would launch in May. Now, updated reports claim that while the RTX 3080 Ti is launching next month, the RTX …