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Despite the continued maturity of Virtual Reality, Beat Saber remains one of the best titles utilising the unique hardware capabilities of VR to its fullest. Thanks to this success, the team has continued to evolve the game, adding new features and songs. The latest addition to Beat Saber has now …

Apple hosted an event to introduce what they've been working on. Named “Time flies”, this event showed us the new iPad Air powered by the 5nm A14 Bionic SoC, the 8th Gen iPad, the Watch Series 6 and SE featuring Family Setup, the Fitness+ service, and the Apple One subscription …

Sony's PS5 showcase last night started off with a bang, with Square Enix announcing Final Fantasy 16. The next mainline game in the long-running JRPG series is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC – there is no release date news just yet, but we do have a lengthy trailer to …

The last couple of weeks have been filled with next-gen console news. Last week, Microsoft kicked things off with the announcement of the Xbox Series S and pricing, pre-order and launch dates for both of its next-gen consoles. As of last night, Sony has joined the club, announcing a November …

New photos of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards show two different coolers, one featuring a 3-fan design and the other featuring a 2-fan design. Additionally, a Linux kernel patch submitted by AMD suggests that the upcoming RDNA2 graphics cards will support AV1 decoding. Revealed by JayzTwoCents, the first photo …

Does PCIe Gen4 make a difference for the RTX 3080? Were we wrong to use Intel's Comet Lake-S platform for our RTX 3080 review data? Let's answer that question by directing comparing RTX 3080 performance on AMD's X570 platform with PCIe 4.0, versus Intel Z490 and PCIe 3.0.

In recent years, DONTNOD has become one of the prime creators of interactive story based video games, featuring interesting concepts and emotional storytelling. While the studio is currently part way through the release of its episodic Xbox-exclusive ‘Tell Me Why’, DONTNOD has also been hard at work with another game: …

CES 2020 was able to take place this year just ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. That won’t be the case for CES 2021 though, which will be an all-digital event due to continuing health concerns. Still, big names will continue to be involved, including AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, who …

This week was somewhat eventful for Microsoft studio acquisition news. Reports from a couple of notable outlets claimed that Microsoft had been in and out of talks with Bungie to re-acquire the studio following their split from Activision, an idea that would excite many Xbox fans.  Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat …

Our RTX 3080 review is here - just how fast is this card really?

Ever since Apple first launched the AirPods, a number of smartphone makers have followed suit with their own wireless in-ear buds. The latest is OnePlus, but the company may struggle to sell its own ear buds in the US, as shipments are being seized as counterfeit Apple products.  The US …

While ad revenue is fundamental to the current set up of the internet and internet-based entertainment platforms, the existence of ads has often frustrated users. That being said, while in many instances these ads are intelligently placed for minimal negative impact, sometimes platform holders take it too far. This may …

New reports about the Intel Xe dedicated graphics solutions show that a Xe-HPG graphics card with 960 EUs is being evaluated and that the DG2 graphics card might come with up to 8GB of GDDR6 memory. As per MebiuW, the Intel DG2 is expected to come with 128, 384, and 512 …

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remake recently released to high praise. The first game in the series since the widely panned ‘Pro Skater 5’, 1+2 proved that the franchise can still offer an enticing and fun skateboarding experience. It appears as though this critical success has turned into commercial …

With Nvidia's ARM acquisition, the company is in a good place to start producing its own CPUs. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, already hinted at it but only time will tell how this goes. Besides, regulators might prevent the acquisition altogether, but Jensen is confident that the “regulators are going to …

With the Xbox Series X and S launching on the 10th of November, and pre-orders set to go live in just under a week, demand for the next generation consoles is likely to be at its peak. Meanwhile the effects of COVID-19 has led to various complications both for production …

With RTX 30 series' imminent launch, we finally get a look at the reference boards of both RTX 3080 and 3090. Both GPUs will be mounted on PG132 reference boards to produce the AiB partners' graphics cards, while the Nvidia Founders Edition will be based on PG133 and PG136 PCBs …

Watch Dogs: Legion is coming out in just over a month and as one of the biggest ray-tracing supported games of the year, we're expecting big things from the PC version. What hardware will it take to run the game at low, medium, high or ultra settings? Ubisoft answered that …

Earlier this year, it was announced that Rocket League will be going free to play and re-launching on the Epic Games Store. The big change is officially kicking off on the 23rd of September, at which point, Rocket League will no longer have a price tag.  In an announcement made …

We are on the verge of next-gen consoles officially launching but if you want one at release, you may struggle to find stock. This week, Sony has reportedly cut its production order on PS5 consoles down by four million units, in part due to yield issues.  According to Bloomberg, Sony …

With the upcoming generation of graphics cards about to release, Acer is about to launch a new 4K IPS gaming monitor with a high refresh rate. Besides both high resolution and high refresh rate, the Acer XV282K also features a simplistic black design, an adjustable stand, and a set of gaming-oriented …

Corsair has joined the party with its new 4000-series cases

The future of RGB is here! Corsair Elite Capellix AIO coolers.

When Immortals Fenyx Rising was first revealed, it was known as Gods & Monsters. As the title was not originally presented as being a work-in-progress name, the brand shift caused some confusion for fans. It now appears as though the decision to change the name was not a creative one, …

IKEA has teamed up with Asus ROG to create gaming furniture for your home. Ikea's upcoming line of gaming furniture will consist of 30 new products and it will be initially available only in China, coming to other countries in October 2021. With an ever-increasing number of gamers worldwide (currently …

Throughout each month, Microsoft announces and adds new titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. While the titles joining the service for the first half of September were already announced, the console manufacturer has now revealed what titles subscribers can look forward to for the rest of the month …

We are roughly six weeks away from AMD's RX 6000 launch, but AMD is bringing the teasers early - this time with an unveiling of the new RX 6000 GPU cooler design.

Intel’s corporate vice president of client computing, Boyd Phelps, has confirmed that the company is developing Tiger Lake-H processors with 8-core configurations. These 8-core processors are expected to feature 45W TDP, while the 35W TDP ones should only feature 4-core configurations. In a blog post on Medium, Boyd Phelps confirmed …

Could this be the worst product name for a laptop yet?!

There's no denying that excitement surrounding next generation consoles is beginning to heat up. With just under two months until the launch of the Xbox Series S/X and the assumed launch of the PlayStation 5, some fans have expressed concern at the possible shortage of stock – especially due to …