Owlchemy Labs, the developer behind early break out virtual reality title, Job Simulator, has announced that its upcoming Rick and Morty game, Virtual Rick-ality, is going to be shown off for the first time at PAX East 2017 between the 10th and 12th of March. It also highlighted a short …
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With the launch of AMD's Ryzen CPUs just a few weeks away at this point, motherboard manufacturers around the world are starting to debut their supporting hardware. Gigabyte has now done so in a recent Facebook post, showing off its new AORUS AM4 motherboard, complete with orange LEDs and large …
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Win a complete AMD Sapphire system including the monitor and accessories!
Read More »ADATA’s XPG SX950 brings 3D NAND and superior speeds to gaming PCs
ADATA is completing its transition into 3D NAND this month with the launch of its new XPG SX950 SSDs. These new drives are loaded with up to 960GB of 3D MLC NAND paired with an SMI controller along with SLC Cache and DRAM Cache Buffer to maintain speeds for extended …
Read More »HTC will launch a mobile VR headset later this year
Companies like Oculus, Samsung and Google have been in the mobile VR game for a while now and it looks like soon HTC will be joining the ranks. However, HTC's offering won't be a simple case of slapping a smartphone into a headset, instead it will be a new spin …
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Read More »Parachuting parcels: Amazon’s new plan for drone delivery
There are a lot of problems associated with drone delivery, from safe landings and take offs, to the family dog attacking it. But a new patent filed by Amazon suggests that dropping parcels by parachute could be a way to alleviate most of the issues and maybe even ditch the …
Read More »Gabe Newell and Valve talk 200Hz VR screens, next-gen headsets and more
Valve CEO Gabe Newell and members of the company's virtual reality developmental team sat down recently with the Valve News Network to talk about what it's been working on lately and what we can expect in the future. During it they discussed the idea of content before price cuts, newer, …
Read More »Asus was the top gaming laptop seller in 2016, closely followed by MSI
Similarly to how ASUS has risen to the top of the gaming monitor market, the company has also found itself at the top of the ladder when it comes to gaming laptops. This week, sales figures for gaming laptops throughout 2016 were published, showing growing demand and singling out Asus …
Read More »Nvidia and AMD release new GPU drivers for upcoming games
February is a pretty good month for PC gaming. For Honor and Sniper Elite 4 both launched today and Halo Wars 2 is coming early next week. However, game launches also bring along new graphics card drivers, with AMD and Nvidia both dropping new drivers today with support for upcoming …
Read More »This month’s Humble Bundle is all about benchmarking
The Humble Bundle is often a great place to get some deals on games and support charity. However, recently, there have been more and more ‘software' bundles coming and this month's focusses on PC benchmarking. If you have ever wanted to put your rig through its paces or see how …
Read More »Chelsea manning welcome home fund nears $80,000
A GoFundMe page set up to help whistleblower Chelsea Manning get back on her feet after leaving prison has received more than $80,000 in donations in just six days. With a $100,000 goal in mind, it seems likely to be met and will be handed over in its entirety to …
Read More »Disney, Maker Studios dropped Pewdiepie over ‘offensive’ jokes
Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg, by far the most subscribed Youtuber in the world, has lost the backing of the Disney owned Maker Studios, over what has been termed offensive jokes in some of his recent videos. In a trial of the service platform, Fiverr, he paid to have a pair of …
Read More »Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Review
A new MasterCase from Cooler Master - can it justify the £139.99 price tag?
Read More »AMD’s full Ryzen lineup reportedly leaked, quad-cores start at $129
Late last week, we got our first pricing leak for AMD's Ryzen 7 processors, which are set to be the high-end 8 Core/16 Thread SKUs sitting at various clock speeds and price points. Since then, it appears the rest of AMD's six core and quad core Ryzen CPU lineup has …
Read More »Razer Blade 14 updated with Kaby Lake and GTX 10-series graphics
The Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop has won plenty of awards over the years for its sleek design and high performance. Now this year, it looks like the laptop is getting a performance bump with a move up to Intel Kaby Lake processors, GTX 10-series graphics and new 4K display …
Read More »Apple to suspend sales of LG 5K monitor over hardware issues
Late last month, LG’s UltraFine 5K monitors finally began shipping out to Apple customers but unfortunately, buyers of the $1300 monitor quickly discovered that the monitor didn't work as well as it should, particularly when in the same room as a wireless router. LG has since said that it is going …
Read More »Gears of War 4 install has ballooned to 100GB+
Microsoft really wants you guys to buy bigger SSDs. Or at least that's what it seems, as the install size of its Gears of War 4 is just going up and up. Already a big install at around the 80GB mark when it was released, the game has since ballooned …
Read More »Journalists who report leaked information could be jailed under amended act
The British government has announced plans to criminalise the practice of reporting on leaked documents, in an update of the Espionage Act. The move, which could see journalists jailed for as much as 14 years, is being called a campaign against whistleblowing, by detractors. Over the past few years, as surveillance …
Read More »Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 AIO Review
Cooler Master have released a new 280mm AIO - how does it stack up against the competition?
Read More »Steam Greenlight is going away for good, will be replaced by Steam Direct
Steam Greenlight started off as a noble idea to help smaller developers get their games onto Steam by riling up community interest. Unfortunately, the service was quickly taken advantage of and led to more than a few awful games landing on Steam's front page. As a result, Steam Greenlight will be …
Read More »Intel confirms 8th-generation CPUs will stick to 14nm node
In a somewhat confusing move, this week Intel confirmed that its next 8th generation Core processors would remain on the 14nm node, despite previously saying that it would have 10nm ready to go later this year. Speaking at its annual investor day in California, Intel spoke about its plans for …
Read More »Retailers appear to be leaking AMD’s Ryzen pricing
At this point, we know quite a lot about AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors but one very important detail has remained missing for some time- pricing. How much are AMD's new CPUs actually going to cost? There has been a lot of talk about the top end Ryzen chip competing with …
Read More »EVGA launches new ICX technology for GTX 10-series graphics cards
EVGA this week has launched its all new ICX technology, which will serve as an upgrade to its ACX graphics card cooler. ICX makes use of additional sensors on the graphics card PCB and a newly designed diecast baseplate and backplate with directed airflow chambers to give users more ways …
Read More »Cooler Master is offering AM4 upgrade kits
A few weeks back, we learned that a few CPU cooler makers were preparing to offer up AM4 upgrade kits to ensure compatibility for AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors. Since then, a few cooler makers have confirmed compatibility via upgrade kits, including Phanteks and Noctua but this week, Cooler Master is …
Read More »Gigabyte Aorus Z270X-Gaming K5 Motherboard Review
How does Gigabyte's take on the mid-range gaming-orientated motherboard stack up to the competition?
Read More »Activision admits Infinite Warfare ‘didn’t resonate’, will return Call of Duty to its roots
Call of Duty has hit a rough patch over the last few years, sales have been declining as players began getting sick of the franchise's on-going futuristic themes. It seems that Infinite Warfare's jump to full-blown Sci-Fi was a step too far, resulting in a low point for the series …
Read More »Valve has three full VR games in development, compares new strategy to Nintendo
Valve appears to be opening up quite a bit this year. Last month, Gabe Newell held an impromptu AMA on Reddit and now just a few weeks later, Valve has held a long three-hour press briefing at its offices, giving people plenty of time to ask questions and figure out …
Read More »Castlevania TV show to be made in style of Game of Thrones
Castlevania is coming to TV screens around the world and it's going to have a gritty (maybe even sexy) Game of Thrones vibe, according to series producer Adi Shankar. The Netflix exclusive animation will be based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and there are already two seasons booked and funded. Video …
Read More »Buffalo TeraStation TS3210DN 2-Bay NAS Review
The TS3210DN is an entry level 2 bay model and is aimed at small business and SOHO users.
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