Steam has been around for 15 years now, with over 1 billion registered accounts and an estimated 95 million active monthly users throughout 2019. The Epic Games Store has been looking to supply some competition and it looks like the strategy is working, with EGS rising to an average of …
Read More »AMD EPYC processor is making its way into supercomputers
This week, AMD announced that its EPYC processors are starting to be adopted in many supercomputers, including “the seventh fastest supercomputer in the world and four of the 50 highest-performance systems”. Twice each year TOP500 releases a list ranking the top 500 supercomputers in the world. The latest update to the …
Read More »Apple is officially moving to ARM processors in Macs
While there wasn't much hardware news from Apple at WWDC last night, one particularly big announcement was made. Apple is indeed moving over to ARM processors, referred to as ‘Apple Silicon', for future Mac computers. The change will occur over the next two years, giving developers a ‘transition period' for …
Read More »More EA games revealed for Nintendo Switch
During the recent EA Play 2020 stream, Electronic Arts announced that it would be bringing a number of its games to the Nintendo Switch. Four of the games were announced during the stream, though we now know what the other titles set to arrive on the hybrid console are planned …
Read More »Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 goes into production at TSMC facility
TSMC is reported to have scaled up its production capacity of 5nm and is said to have started production of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 875 SoC as well as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X60 5G modem. According to the Chinese tech website 快科技 (meaning ‘fast technology') TSMC has officially started production of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 875. This means …
Read More »Apex Legends mobile planned for release “by the end of the year”
During Electronic Arts’ ‘EA Play 2020’ event, the publisher announced that it would be bringing its popular Battle Royale shooter Apex Legends to the Nintendo Switch. Now, in its most recent investor fireside chat, EA announced its intentions to bring Apex Legends to mobile platforms “by the end of the …
Read More »Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
Despite years of heavy investment and even bringing in some huge streamers on multi-million dollar contracts, Microsoft's streaming platform, Mixer, has been unable to catch up and compete with the bigger sites like Twitch, YouTube and even Facebook gaming. Now, Mixer will be shutting down, with the service set to …
Read More »Marvel’s Avengers will be upgraded for next-gen “at no additional cost”
With many big titles releasing later this year for current-gen systems, it begs the question as to how exactly each publisher will deal with the generation transition. Luckily, those who are planning to purchase Marvel’s Avengers at launch will be able to upgrade to the next-gen versions for free – …
Read More »AOC unveils its latest 4K IPS monitor, the U28P2U
AOC has listed a new 4K IPS monitor on the Chinese branch of its website. The AOC U28P2U features a sleek design, with wide colour gamut coverage, making it appealing to those needing a high resolution, colour-accurate display. Featuring a 28-inch IPS panel with 4K resolution, 4ms G2G response time, …
Read More »Studio behind The Order: 1886 is joining Facebook
With the recent announcement that Facebook is buying Mixer, it is becoming clear that the social media platform is looking to compete in the games industry in a major way. Now, the company has announced that it has acquired Ready At Dawn, the studio responsible for The Order: 1886 and …
Read More »CrossfireX beta comes to Xbox this week
At E3 last year, one of Microsoft's big announcements was that it would be bringing CrossfireX to the west. Remedy Entertainment has been working on a campaign for this new western release and starting today, the game will enter closed beta, with an open beta following later in the week. …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is a sequel to the original trilogy
There have been many Crash Bandicoot games following the original trilogy but now, a couple of decades later, we are getting a proper sequel. Today, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was officially announced. We got our first hint of this last week, when box art for the game leaked. …
Read More »Bungie creates Black Lives Matter pin and Destiny 2 emblem
Ever since George Floyd was murdered by police officers on the 25th of May, there have been global protests for racial equality and justice, with many companies announcing and offering their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, Bungie has announced that it will be selling a collectible pin …
Read More »Samsung patents tilting cameras for smartphones
Samsung has a new patent that shows a smartphone equipped with an array of six camera lenses. What makes the patent special is that the cameras are capable of tilting to capture a scene or object with greater detail. Each year brings new innovations that further advances the functionalities available …
Read More »The Last of Us Part II is the biggest game of the year in the UK
For years, fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of The Last of Us Part II. Following on from Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3 swan song, the game’s sequel was set to continue the story of Joel and Ellie. There was no doubt that Part II would be one of the …
Read More »Apple expected to release game controller for the next Apple TV
Apple is believed to be working on a game controller for the 2020 Apple TV to promote its Arcade gaming service. The upcoming Apple TV is expected to feature an A12X Bionic processor, which should provide the necessary levels of performance for smooth gaming. The gaming industry has a worldwide …
Read More »Warner Bros. registers domains for multiple Batman games
In preparation for the reveal and release of a new game, publishers will often register domain names related to the title in question. As it is done prior to the announcement, these domains can give fans an idea of what to expect from a publisher in the future. Such is …
Read More »Marvel’s Spider-Man game trailer pulled from PlayStation’s YouTube channel
The recently announced Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5 had its trailer taken down from the official PlayStation YouTube channel. The trailer is still up on Marvel's YouTube channel, but due to a copyright claim from Gameloft, Sony has removed the trailer from its channel. Gameloft has been involved in …
Read More »Dutch retailer lists Acer laptops equipped with Intel Tiger Lake processors
Dutch retailer Centralpoint listed two new Acer Swift 5 laptops featuring Intel Tiger Lake i5 and i7 processors. These listings, which have since been removed, pointed to a July 27 release date for both of these laptops, meaning that we might see Intel Tiger Lake in the market before the …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot 4 confirmed with official reveal announcement
A few days ago, we reported on the alleged existence of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, which showed up via a Taiwanese Games ratings board alongside box art. Now, the game has been officially confirmed to be real, with the Crash Bandicoot Twitter announcing that an official reveal is …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3000 GPU specs surface, Ampere 3DMark Time Spy score leaked
The latest Nvidia 3000 leaks seemingly detail some technical specifications of the RTX Titan, 3090, and 3080, while a 3DMark Time Spy score for one of the Ampere GPUs has also been uncovered...
Read More »Gigabyte announce R292 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable rack servers
Following the announcement of Copper Lake 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors by Intel just a few days ago, Gigabyte has now unveiled a new range of serves featuring the Xeon Scalable CPUs. Gigabyte’s R292 server series is equipped with four of the new Xeon’s. The R292 series comprises of two …
Read More »EKWB introduce new enterprise grade GPU water blocks
EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs. The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the …
Read More »HANNspree reveal two new portable monitors
Portable monitors designed to extend the desktop of your notebook are becoming ever more popular, with all the main players in the desktop display market releasing their own versions of the compact devices. HANNspree has thrown its hat into the ring now by adding two new portable monitors to its …
Read More »Corsair unveil new Vengeance Gaming PCs
Corsair has launched a new range of gaming PCs this week, the Vengeance series includes the a4100 and i4200 gaming PC systems with dazzling aesthetics and powerful gaming performance. Vengeance Gaming PCs are equipped with either AMD Ryzen 3000 or Intel 10th generation Core processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics. …
Read More »Thrustmaster reveal Airbus licensed civil aviation flight sim accessories
A new range of accessories for flight sim lovers has been launched by Thrustmaster this week, the civil aviation range from the company is officially licensed by Airbus and includes a new flight stick, throttle quadrant and the TM Flying Clamp mounting system. Thrustmaster and Airbus have launched a new …
Read More »Synology launch new two and four bay Plus series NAS
Data management specialist Synology has announced the launch of a new generation of two and four-bay Plus series NAS enclosures, designed for home or business deployment. New additions to the Plus series include two new four-bay and two-bay enclosures equipped with Intel quad-core and dual-core processors. New additions to the …
Read More »European Commission opens antitrust investigations into Apple Pay and iOS App Store
Apple is under scrutiny once again in Europe due to its various business practises. This week, the European Commission opened up two separate antitrust investigations against Apple, one into the App Store and another into Apple Pay. The first investigation focuses on the App Store's 30% revenue cut on sales …
Read More »CD Projekt Red discusses Cyberpunk 2077 delay and next-gen console support in Q&A
Following on from Cyberpunk 2077's latest delay, CD Projekt Red held a Q&A meeting with investors to discuss the decision. That entire call is now on the web, with CD Projekt Red heads explaining the delay itself, plans for next-gen console support and upcoming press previews. As far as the …
Read More »The next Crash Bandicoot game has leaked via ratings board
Activision has previously told investors that it is open to bringing back key franchises following some very successful remakes. The Crash Bandicoot trilogy is what kicked this all off and now, it looks like we will be getting an official Crash Bandicoot 4 soon. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time …
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