Apple is no stranger to fines here in Europe. This week, the tech giant was hit with another one, this time over supposedly dubious claims about how waterproof iPhones are. The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), Italy's competition regulator, announced today that it is issuing a €10 …
Read More »DOOM Eternal comes to Nintendo Switch in December
While there was some concern that DOOM Eternal for the Nintendo Switch had been cancelled, Bethesda confirmed that was not the case last week. Now, an official release date has been announced, alongside a trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Today, Bethesda announced that DOOM Eternal will …
Read More »Deck 13 is working on a new project, but it is not The Surge 3
For the last few years, Deck 13 has primarily been known for a series of Souls-like games, including Lords of the Fallen, The Surge and The Surge 2. While there were some fans hoping for a next-gen upgrade for The Surge 2, or perhaps a sequel, it appears that the …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV Announcement Showcase planned for early 2021
It has been a great year for Final Fantasy XIV, with the developers completely reworking the New Player Experience and wrapping up content development on its most recent expansion, Shadowbringers. Now, it is time to look towards what's next, all of which will be unveiled in a showcase event. Today, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla drops as low as 720p in performance mode on Series S
Recently we reported that Ubisoft had released a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which added the option to choose between performance and resolution modes across all of the new consoles. For the first time since launch, this allowed those with an Xbox Series S to play the game at …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 tops Steam charts ahead of December launch
Though the game saw multiple delays, it would seem that the much-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 will indeed be launching on the 10th of December. Though still a few weeks out, the first-person Sci-Fi RPG has been topping the Steam sales charts as fans gear up for its release. Each week, the …
Read More »Forza Horizon 5 is launching in 2021, claims insider
The Forza series is one of Xbox’s most prominent first-party franchises. The series often sees its Motorsport and Horizon sub franchises take turns to release its titles. While Microsoft already teased the next entry in the Motorsport series for the new generation of consoles, an industry insider has claimed that …
Read More »Bungie has been working on new games for the past 3 years
Ever since the launch of Destiny in 2014, Bungie have seemingly been putting their all into the successful live-service title and its sequel. That being said it would appear as though a new game has been permeating for a while now internally, as the studio’s CEO recently revealed that the …
Read More »Luke & Leo (Ep9) – Intel attack AMD in media presentation
Leo recently sat through an Intel briefing relating to benchmarking laptops and focusing on performance both with and without the power adapter connected. Throughout, Intel was keen to highlight the AMD drops performance by a higher percentage in their own testing. Luke and Leo discuss this briefing and wonder why Intel is so keen to publicise AMD's weaknesses rather than focusing on its own strengths.
Read More »MSI announces value-oriented RTX 3070 Twin Fan graphics card
MSI is getting ready to launch a new budget-oriented series of cards called Twin Fan. For now, it will only be available in RTX 3070 form, but we would expect to see a version for the rumoured RTX 3060Ti too eventually. Once available, the Twin Fan graphics card will feature …
Read More »Streacom introduces the DB1 Mini-ITX chassis and Nano90 PSU
Streacom has designed a new Mini-ITX fanless case in a small form factor of just 5L. The DB1 is Streacom's “most compact fanless case”, giving up to “45W of cooling”, making it the perfect case for power-efficient systems based on the likes of the latest Ryzen APUs and Intel CPUs with …
Read More »Luke & Leo (Ep8) AMD Ryzen 5000 Pricing
Ryzen 5000 has launched and both Luke and Leo are impressed by the performance offered up by the chips. Some of AMD's pricing decisions seem a bit bizarre, though, and have let Intel back into the picture with some of their ageing refined 14nm processors. Let's discuss Ryzen 5000, Zen 3, Intel competition, and more availability woes.
Read More »MSI EEC listing points to return of Aero and Sea Hawk series as well as RTX 3060Ti and RTX 3080 20GB
Although the RTX 3080 20GB was thought to be cancelled, MSI has just listed multiple models of this SKU on the EEC database. Alongside them, there's also the upcoming RTX 3060Ti models and the return of the Aero and Sea Hawk series of graphics cards. The 20GB version of the …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 DLC and expansions will be announced after launch
CD Projekt Red has previously said that it will reveal its Cyberpunk 2077 post-launch content plans before the game comes out. Since then though, the game has been delayed twice, so CD Projekt Red will be staying quiet on DLC until the game releases. Speaking with investors during an earnings …
Read More »Black Friday: Best Gaming Laptop Deals
Black Friday has officially arrived and with it, there are a ton of new deals floating around, making this weekend a great time to pick up a laptop. We've been on the lookout for the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals in the UK. Gaming Laptops: If you are in …
Read More »Some B450 and X470 motherboards support Smart Access Memory and Ryzen 5000 CPUs
AMD previously announced that 400-series motherboards would gain support for Smart Access Memory and Ryzen 5000 CPUs in January 2021. As it turns out, motherboard makers are eager to get the update out early, with beta versions of the BIOS already publicly available. Motherboard vendors have started shipping a beta …
Read More »UK government sets up new unit to regulate tech giants
With tech giants such as Facebook and Google having billions of consumers use their services, an argument has been made that firms such as these have in many ways stifled competition due both to their sheer size as well as their wealth of consumer data. The UK government has now …
Read More »Black Friday: Best SSD, HDD and RAM deals
Black Friday has officially arrived and with it, there are a ton of new deals floating around, making this weekend the best time to buy some new upgrades for your gaming setup. We’ve been on the lookout for some of the best storage and memory deals. SSDs: SSDs have become …
Read More »Interest in cloud gaming has increased following COVID-19
Though many industries have suffered in the wake of COVID-19 and the global pandemic, one industry which has seemed to benefit in some ways is the gaming industry. While the proportion of games bought digitally have increased over the course of 2020, it would appear as though interest in cloud …
Read More »Black Friday: Best Gaming PC Monitor Deals
Black Friday has officially arrived and with it, there are a ton of new deals floating around, making this weekend the best time to buy some new upgrades for your gaming setup. We’ve been on the lookout for some of the best gaming monitors on sale, so if you're looking …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid Remake rumoured to be in development by Bluepoint Games
Following on from the release of the Shadow of the Colossus remake in 2018, many fans speculated as to what franchise Bluepoint Games would remake next. The two frontrunners were Demon’s Souls and Metal Gear Solid. We now know that Bluepoint Games was working on the former. That being said, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla patch adds graphical options for next-gen consoles
One of the biggest positive surprises from the launch of the next-gen systems is the increased focus by developers on offering 60fps gameplay in open-world titles. One of the leading games in this regard is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched with 60fps as the standard on the PS5 and Xbox …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 3DMark Fire Strike and Time Spy scores have surfaced
Earlier this week, we got our first look at RTX 3060Ti performance thanks to entries on the Ashes of the Singularity and Geekbench databases. Now, 3DMark Time Spy and Fire Strike scores for the upcoming GPU have leaked. This latest leak comes to us via VideoCardz. Based on the results, the RTX 3060Ti …
Read More »3DMark can now estimate game performance based on graphics score
The latest update to the 3DMark benchmark suite has added some interesting new features, the biggest of which is ‘estimated game performance'. Based on the Graphics Score of your system, 3DMark will give an estimation for in-game frame rates for a selection of titles at different settings and resolutions. With new …
Read More »Far Cry 6 will support ray tracing and AMD’s FidelityFX features on PC
As part of the RX 6000 GPU launch, AMD has been delivering ‘partner showcases' showing off new and upcoming PC games running on RDNA 2 hardware. The latest shows off Far Cry 6, which will feature DirectX Ray Tracing and will include support for a few other FidelityFX features. The …
Read More »MSI delays SUPRIM GPU shipments to fix mysterious issue
Just recently, MSI announced a new line of ‘SUPRIM' graphics cards. These new RTX 3080s and RTX 3090s are set to be MSI's flagship models and were due to begin shipping to retailers before the end of this month. However, some last minute check-ups have delayed the process. A few …
Read More »Microsoft comments on recent Xbox Series X VS PS5 performance comparisons
The Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 have been out for a couple of weeks now and while Microsoft's console is ‘the world's most powerful' on paper, comparisons so far have given the performance edge to the PS5. The scales could start to tip though, as Microsoft has identified …
Read More »Off-road simulator MudRunner is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week the Epic Games Store offers a number of free games to those with an Epic Games account. This week, those who visit the store can get their hands on the off-road co-op simulation title, MudRunner. The game is available to download for free from now until the 3rd …
Read More »WoW Shadowlands server fixes are Blizzard’s ‘number one priority’
With each WoW expansion launch, players generally expect lengthy log-in queues and minor issues. Unfortunately, in the case of Shadowlands, servers are struggling far more than expected. Lengthy, several hour long log-in queues are one of the lingering issues, but some players are also experiencing disconnections and lag when finally …
Read More »Crysis Remastered patch aims to improve performance on PC
Crysis Remastered officially released a couple of months ago and PC gamers were quick to notice that the game is just as demanding now as it was back in 2007. Fortunately, Crytek is looking to bring a boost to performance with the game's next patch. Crysis Remastered patch 1.3.0 is …
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