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ID-Cooling has announced a refresh of one of its affordable CPU tower coolers, the SE-224-XT has been upgraded with RGB illumination and features two 12V RGB lighting zones now with the SE-224-XT RGB while remaining at roughly the same price as the previous Basic model. In terms of thermal performance …

Gigabyte has launched its latest foray into the gaming peripherals market, the Aorus K1 is the company’s new mechanical gaming keyboard equipped with a combination of high-quality switches, understated looks and RGB lighting of course. The Aorus K1 mechanical keyboard is designed with gamers in mind as it features Cherry …

AMD is expanding its arsenal of EPYC powered data centre systems with a new venture in partnership with Oracle that equips the company’s latest Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform with 2nd generation EPYC processors, to bring a new level of performance to Oracle Cloud. The Oracle Cloud “E3 Standard” leverages …

We have already seen a few game delays in the last couple of months due to the impact of COVID-19, but there could be more delays brewing behind the scenes for games that have yet to be announced. Xbox in particular is keeping an eye on this, as Phil Spencer …

After cancelling the Game Developers Conference in March, the organisers behind the event turned their attention towards ‘GDC Summer’ instead, taking place in August. However, despite hopes of putting on an in-person event, GDC Summer will be shifting towards an ‘all digital’ approach. At this point, other events like Gamescom …

In the midst of the world feeling the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a market that is predicted to see noticeable growth – the global market for tablets. It's predicted that the global shipments of tablets will see a 45% increase in Q2 2020. First of all, the …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought a huge amount of disruption to global markets, including the technology sector. During Q1 2020, global smartphone production fell 10% on a year-on-year basis and that is now set to be followed by an even greater drop of around 16% in Q2 2020. The …

There has been plenty of discussion around the hardware inside of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 but we haven’t really had a chance to see what the games will look like. That will be changing starting next week, as Microsoft is going to be showing off the first …

AMD recently held an earnings call discussing its Q1 2020 financial results. During the call, Lisa Su – President and Chief Executive Officer of AMD – said that the company now has “more than 50% share of premium processor sales at many top global e-tailers”. It's no secret that AMD …

EK Water Blocks is introducing two new mounting brackets for pumps, reservoirs and pump/reservoir combos. These mounting brackets can be installed to either 120mm or 140mm fan mounting points and support an extensive set of custom cooling hardware. The EK-Loop UNI Pump Reservoir Bracket will be available in two models …

Epic Games Store's free games of the week are available now. Last week, Epic gave out the rogue-like title For the King, and this week it's offering the horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and the action-RPG Crashlands. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an immersive first-person horror game where you play as …

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EK Water Blocks has just launched a new VRM Bridge designed for the brand-new Asus ROG Maximus XII Formula. Featuring D-RGB lighting, this new cooling solution “bridges the existing integrated CrossChill EK III VRM cooling and the CPU water block into a single entity.” According to EK, the Quantum Momentum …

AMD has already got a bit of a foothold in cloud gaming, as Microsoft's Project xCloud runs on AMD silicon, and Google Stadia is powered by AMD Radeon graphics. Now, AMD is also partnering with Oxide Games to further its efforts in the cloud gaming market. Oxide Games was founded …

Today, Intel is announcing its 10th generation desktop processors, starting with cheap dual-core Celeron processors and ranging all the way up to the Core i9-10900K with 10-cores and 20-threads.  The Core i9-10900K is going to take over from its predecessor, the 9900K, as ‘the world's fastest gaming processor'. Under the …

We get hands on with eight brand-new Z490 motherboards

The last few months have seen an ever growing number of people relying on video meetings – either for work, learning from home or keeping in touch with their loved ones. Google's announcement will come as good news for those who are looking into different video conferencing options, as the …

RetroPie allows users to turn their single board computer into a retro-gaming machine – with the software supporting most SBCs except Raspberry Pi 4. Until now, that is, as RetroPie has announced that RetroPie 4.6 will launch with support for Raspberry Pi 4. It's difficult to deny the success of …

Following on from a lengthy teaser stream yesterday, Assassin's Creed Valhalla has been officially announced. Just as previous rumours predicted, the next mainline game in the franchise will focus on vikings.  There have been teasers discovered in some of Ubisoft's own games indicating that this would be the next step …

After spending one month as a PS4 exclusive, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered is heading to PC and Xbox One. The game chops out the multiplayer portion and is aimed squarely at those that want to revisit the blockbuster campaign from 2009. Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered …

A new Acer monitor has come to light after its product page was spotted on Taobao, a Chinese retailer. Part of Acer's Predator line of gaming devices, the new Acer XB323U is a top of the line 32-inch, high refresh rate gaming monitor. According to TFTCentral, the Acer XB323U is …

Back in 2005, when the original Destroy All Humans launched for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, the game became a “cult-classic”. Now, THQ Nordic has decided to remake the game, and it is set to be released on July 28. In Destroy All Humans you play as Crypto-137, an evil alien terrorising …

MSI is expanding its extensive portfolio of gaming monitors with the new Optix G27C5. This display was designed to deliver an immersive gaming experience thanks to its high refresh rate, screen curvature and borderless frame. The curved (1500R) Samsung VA panel used for the Optix G27C5 comes with a Full …

A couple of weeks ago, Valorant beta players were quick to discover that the game's anti-cheat system, Vanguard, loads a kernel-level driver on your system, meaning the anti-cheat is present the moment Windows boots up. There were of course some security concerns around this, but Riot has been explaining its …

Google Project Zero is still going and continues to uncover security flaws present in software from the biggest tech companies around. The latest Project Zero disclosure report details a set of bugs within one of Apple's tools, leading to zero-click vulnerabilities across iOS, iPad OS, macOS, WatchOS and also tvOS. …

The Nier franchise has gained plenty of new fans this generation thanks to the excellent Nier Automata. Now, we’ll have the chance to go back and revisit one of the older games, as Nier Replicant is being remastered for modern platforms. This will be more than a resolution upgrade though, …

On April 28, AMD reported its First Quarter 2020 Financial Results. The message was clear: AMD's revenue is enjoying healthy growth. The company also announced that its Research & Development budget is up 18% year-on-year. AMD's reports starts with the following overview: “Revenue grows 40 percent year-over-year; Gross margin expands …

Windows 10's May 2020 update is reported to bring a change in the way files are indexed. This is expected to make computers able to search for files faster – with the greatest gains seen from old computers with traditional hard drives.  Each major update of an operating system usually …

There have been plenty of leaks and rumours surrounding the next entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise but all of that will soon be put to rest. Today, Ubisoft went live with a teaser stream, with the next Assassin's Creed setting being slowly unveiled. The stream is an interesting one, …

Intel has been releasing graphics drivers for quite some time now. However, the latest edition – version 26.20.100.8141 released on April 27 – comes with a big change. Intel has decided to release an unlocked version of its graphics drivers. Until now Intel has released its graphics driver through its …