ESL launched Battle of the Brands at the beginning of the year, pitting four tech retailers in competition with one another in order to raise money for charity. Following its unmitigated success, Ebuyer, Scan, BOX and PC Specialist will take to the stage once again next year to see who …
Read More »Nvidia makes the Titan RTX official, launches this month for $2,500
Over the weekend, we began seeing teasers for Nvidia's upcoming Titan RTX graphics card. Now, Nvidia has officially announced the new flagship, complete with specs and a $2,500 price tag. As we expected, the Titan RTX is primarily being aimed at creators, AI researchers and data scientists. According to Nvidia, …
Read More »Huawei will debut the Nova 4 later this month, featuring a cutout selfie camera
Samsung debuted its Infinity O panel last month, expected to eschew the notch in favour of a “hole punch” cutout on the Galaxy S10 next year. It seems as though Huawei is once again keen to beat the South Korean manufacturer to the punch, pegged as the first to release …
Read More »Sony’s foldable Xperia smartphone could also have a transparent display
Standing out from the crowd is always difficult, especially when it seems there are so many upcoming entrants in the foldable smartphone market. While the handsets will undoubtedly vary given the experimental technology, Sony’s flexible Xperia offering is expected to feature a fully transparent screen. At the end of last …
Read More »Star Citizen’s free week brought in an extra $7 million in funding
The end of November was huge for Robert Space Industries, not only did Star Citizen fans get access to a new build of the game, but the game went free for a week, giving anyone a chance to jump in and try things out. That venture seems to have paid …
Read More »Crucial BX500 480GB SSD Review
SSD's are so competitively priced now, its mad not to own one. Is this Crucial drive worth £70 ?
Read More »Nvidia RTX Titan GPU is on the way
It has been a few months since the initial launch of Nvidia's new RTX graphics card series. The RTX 2080Ti has been in high demand even with its $1,200 price tag. However, the Ti is going to be usurped soon, as an RTX Titan graphics card is now on the …
Read More »MSI Trident X (i7-9700K & RTX 2080) System Review
Looking for a new console-killer desktop PC? The MSI Trident X could be just the thing
Read More »Apple is now getting sued for not putting dust filters in iMacs
Apple is no stranger to lawsuits, often finding itself in and out of court for patent infringement, allegedly borking its own software and clashing with its Android rivals. The latest class action complaint comes from MacBook and iMac users, who claim that the lack of dust filters has caused a …
Read More »Google has been accused of GDPR violations by seven countries
It seems as though Google is still having trouble with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as seven consumer watchdogs have claimed the firm has violated the regulation. The complaint alleges that Google has been deceptively using location tracking in order to distribute targeted advertisements. The EU’s GDPR went live …
Read More »Leo helps STORM to build her first GAMING PC!
So, the guys at KitGuru had a special project for me, they were affectionately calling ‘Project Storm’. Turns out I was to build my very first PC under the watchful eye of KitGuru Master, Leo.
Read More »Netflix drops Daredevil, but suggests that the character could return
The Marvel-Netflix alliance has been crumbling over the past couple of months, with half of its shows axed in October. The streaming giant has now announced that the highly successful Daredevil has ended its run after three seasons, but that might not be the end of the seminal show in …
Read More »Borderlands 2 VR could launch on PC in 2019
The Borderlands series has been on a bit of a hiatus over the last few years. We've known for quite some time that Borderlands 3 is in the works but so far, there has been very little noise on that front. However, Borderlands 2 is making a comeback this year, …
Read More »Bioware teases new Dragon Age announcement coming in December
The Game Awards are coming up in just under one week and as usual, big game reveals are already being teased. Not only is there evidence pointing towards the announcement of Alien: Blackout, but Obsidian is also set to announce its next project. Now, it looks like Bioware might also …
Read More »You can now sign up to take part in Bioware’s closed alpha test for Anthem
Bioware is currently hard at work preparing Anthem for its February launch but as with all ‘live service' games, plenty of player testing needs to take place beforehand in order to squash issues. With that in mind, EA has announced that Anthem will be going through an alpha test phase …
Read More »Artifact brought in over 60,000 players in the first 24-hours
The seemingly impossible happened earlier this week, as Valve finally shipped a brand new game in the form of Artifact. It might not be the project that many Valve fans had hoped to see, but the game appears to be doing incredibly well regardless, with a peak active player count …
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Intel's new Z390 chipset with ALL the connectivity.
Read More »According to analysts, the Nintendo Switch is unlikely to hit its two-year sales targets
Nintendo released the Switch console to critical acclaim in 2017, managing to surpass the lifetime sales of the GameCube in just a year and a half. With high success comes high expectations, however analysts are now predicting that Nintendo will miss its two-year sales target. The Switch still holds the …
Read More »Bethesda seems to have conned its most invested fans with Fallout 76 Power Armour edition
Bethesda has had to deal with some very unhappy fans lately, not only are many players upset with the state of Fallout 76, but those that shelled out for the Collector's Edition are receiving items of lower quality than initially promised. Bethesda's response to the situation hasn't necessarily helped to …
Read More »Epic Games trials gifting feature in Fortnite: Battle Royale, just in time for the holidays
Fortnite: Battle Royale might be free-to-play, but there are plenty of different cosmetics that get people diving into their own pockets. Developer Epic Games is in the giving spirit this holiday season, temporarily implementing the ability to send gifts to one another from the game’s store. The feature has been …
Read More »Valve’s Artifact launches to mixed reviews on Steam
Late last night, Valve officially launched Artifact and while the servers initially struggled to keep up with the influx in players, connectivity smoothed out fairly quickly. Still, it seems that plenty of players have their share of complaints, as evidenced by the mixed reception on Steam. Currently, Artifact has close …
Read More »Obsidian set to announce its next game at The Game Awards
Geoff Keighley's annual Game Awards ceremony is coming up fast. We already know to expect a handful of game reveals, one of which could be a new Alien game. Now, we also know that Obsidian will also be appearing at the show with an announcement. Obsidian Entertainment has had a …
Read More »UK Information Commissioner fines Uber over data breach and cover up
Back in late 2017, Uber came under fire for its security practises after a huge data leak was made public. One hacker had managed to obtain the details of millions of Uber drivers and passengers. Rather than take steps to fix the issue and warn customers, a former Uber executive …
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Read More »Yakuza Kiwami will be launching on PC very soon
Over the last couple of years, Sega has been doing a fantastic job of bringing the Yakuza series to the west. Not only did we get a brand new prequel game in the form of Yakuza 0, but all of the original games are being remade with modern graphics. For …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy S10 could break double digits in RAM
While renders have given us a vision of what to possibly expect from the alleged edge-to-edge display, it’s what is potentially under the hood that truly sets the Galaxy S10 apart. At least one of the four variants has now been reported to house an unprecedented amount of memory, said …
Read More »Valve launches SteamVR Motion Smoothing to enable VR gaming on lower-end PCs
Valve has been consistently working on improving its foothold in the virtual reality space over the last few years. High-end PC users are already covered, but over the last 12 months, much of Valve's focus has been placed on lowering the barrier of entry to use VR. That effort continues …
Read More »Fortnite hits 200 million registered players, with 8.3 million concurrent
Fortnite has experienced rapid growth since its release last year, taking just four months to hit 40 million players and nine months to surpass 125 million players. Epic Games is continuing this upward trajectory, celebrating 200 million players registered to its ultra-popular free-to-play battle royale. The developer confirmed the milestone …
Read More »Google employees pen an open letter chastising the firm’s Chinese-specific search engine
Google’s Chinese-catered search engine might be going “very well” behind the scenes, but that doesn’t mean staff are happy with the direction of the company. Instead, various employees have recently banded together to pen an open letter, pleading with Google to drop development entirely. Project Dragonfly, as Sundar Pichai dubbed …
Read More »Bethesda outlines plans for next two Fallout 76 patches
Fallout 76 has been out for a couple of weeks now and while the game has received a mostly negative reception, there are still a good number of players logging in regularly. Unfortunately, many of these players also have to deal with the game's many issues. Bethesda will be taking …
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