Tag Archives: gamers

Just 50 years ago the number of people, who played video games, was less than a hundred on the planet. Nowadays hundreds of millions of people play games on various devices from smartphones to premium PCs built by boutique PC makers. In the future, the number of gamers will increase even further …

Even though Valve appears to have made the correct decision when it comes to pleasing its fan base by removing the paid-for mod feature on Steam – for now at least – it's a classic tale of not being able to please everyone, as there are certainly a number that …

While we might not all be thrilled with the way Valve handled this year's Steam Summer Sale, in terms of getting people to play games, it was a resounding success. Over this weekend the digital distribution platform broke all previous records for concurrent players, topping eight million. This is its …

Think what you will of the guys behind Penny Arcade with all their dickwolf antics, the Child's Play charity they set up back in 2003 has been a resounding success. Not only has it become a household name in the gaming scene, especially thanks to its cooperation with sites like …

Well who'd have thunk it? The average gamer isn't a young homophobic teen, but someone in their mid 30s, with a job and a steady relationship. It wasn't long ago that the world was shocked to learn that the average gamer was 31 years old, now they're 35. What's going …

I imagine most of us play shooters with the keyboard in-front of us, slightly over to the left perhaps, whilst the right hand sits on top of the mouse and we're two to three feet from the screen we're staring intently at. Apparently that's not a method everone enjoys though. This image …

Today we are going to look at the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming motherboard.  It's MSI's latest model, targeted at the enthusiast audience, more specifically enthusiast gamers.  It boasts an impressive feature set which is specifically tailored for those gamers who want the best possible performance from their system. MSI are one …

It's been almost a year since Valve announced that it had hit five million concurrent gamers on its Steam digital download platform and now it's crested that wave, reaching the lofty heights of six million gamers at one time. Perhaps what's more impressive about this stat, is that there wasn't …

Today we are going to look at Asus' latest gaming headset in the Republic of Gamers line, the Vulcan Pro. It's very similar in design to the Vulcan ANC but with two differences. It boasts a slightly different microphone which is longer and easier to adjust and is supplied with an external USB sound card which features virtual surround sound and a built in headphone amplifier.