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Even though many game developers like to continue the march towards an inevitable day when graphics will become truly photo-realistic, often a title can feel much more engaging if it has a unique art style instead of one designed with the real world in mind. That's certainly something Little Devil …

In a bid to ensure that its Windows operating system can address all segments of the personal computer market, Microsoft Corp. in the recent quarters has worked hard with various hardware manufacturers to drive down prices of PCs to $200 and even $150 per unit. While hardware makers are hardly …

Negotiations between Intel Corp. and Altera have ended because the companies could not agree on price. The world’s largest maker of microprocessors did not want to pay a hefty premium for the company, which is more profitable than Intel itself. If the chipmaker really wants to get Altera, the talks will …

A web-site has published what it claims to be the first photos of the upcoming AMD Radeon R9 380-series graphics card. If the images depict what they claim to, then it confirms that AMD’s upcoming Radeon R9 300-series lineup will at least partly consist of rebranded current-generation products. The XFX …

We already know that eSports are becoming an increasingly big deal, even here in the UK, which is evidenced by the fact that the League of Legends World Championships Quarterfinals will take place at the Wembley Arena in London this year. Riot just made its announcement for the League of …

If you happen to have bought The Elder Scrolls Online and feel the need to switch over to the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 version when that launches in June, then you might be able to transfer your account over and get a digital copy of the game at a …

Whenever Apple releases a new mobile device, there is always a company waiting to cover it in diamonds and drive up the price. There is no exception with the Apple Watch as Goldgenie already has spruced up versions of the smartwatch available for pre-order. If you happen to have far …

EA’s technical director for the Frostbite engine, Johan Andersson, has expressed his hopes for the future EA games using the new engine. While it would be a bit of an aggressive move, Andersson would like to see Frostbite games requiring Windows 10 and DirectX 12 by the end of 2016. …

Back in February, we learned that Apple was finally working towards ditching iPhoto, along with Aperture, with a new ‘Photos’ app for the latest version of OS X, ‘Yosemite’. Now the time has finally come and the new app has been pushed out in an update. The developer version of …

Grand Theft Auto V for the PC is almost upon us but one question still remains unanswered: Will the game run well on a wide range of hardware? We already know what the minimum and recommended specifications are but now Rockstar has got a bit more specific. Kevin Hoare, President …

Samsung has come out and admitted that the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge may well be in short supply when it finally goes on sale tomorrow. This is mostly down to difficulties in manufacturing the ambitious curved display. The company is currently expecting demand to exceed supply at launch, according to …

It looks like Microsoft is renewing its interest in the Age of Empires series as it has announced that it will be working on a new expansion for Age of Empires II: HD Edition. Microsoft has brought in some outside help too. The team behind the fan-made Age of Empires …

Prices of AMD Radeon R9 290-series graphics cards seem to have stabilized both in the U.S. and in Europe. Apparently, supply and demand of such graphics adapters are now balanced and there is no need to further cut the prices. At present the most affordable AMD Radeon R9 290X boards …

At this point in time, only one of the original founders of torrent search site The Pirate Bay is still behind bars for crimes related to the site, and that's Fredrik Neij. Arrested last year after being picked up crossing the border between Laos and Thailand, he was sent back to …

One of the biggest revelations in tech in recent years, was that the United States' intelligence agency, the NSA, has spent a lot of time, money and energy recording and storing the digital communications of Americans and foreigners, regardless of criminal activity or intent. This was huge, but it turns …

Even though drones may bring the promise of faster deliveries, wonderfully gimballed footage and the ability to really up the ante on curtain peeping neighbours, they're also seeing a lot of use in military and policing sectors. In India for example, they've been trialling them for use with crowd control …

When Don Mattrick made a pig's ear of the Xbox One unveiling, suggesting that users without decent internet should just buy an Xbox 360 among other things, no one thought he would be hired on by another large gaming company, but that's exactly what happened. Just a short while after …

If you have an N64, one game you want to own is Conker's Bad Fur Day (BFD). Not only because it's worth a lot of money these days, but because it's one of the best games on the system and came too late to be fully appreciated. Despite that greatness …

Adoption of ultra-high-definition televisions is gradually increasing as prices are getting lower in well-developed countries and China. As a result, market share of UHD TV-sets could hit around 20 per cent globally already this year, according to optimistic predictions of makers of TV components. The production cost of a 4K …

Intel Corp. predicts that Moore’s law will last for at least another decade and the number of transistors per chip will keep doubling every two years. While there are challenges ahead, Intel’s engineers are going to solve them. Later this month Moore’s law will hit 50 years, an unprecedented date for the …

Samsung Electronics plans to concentrate on expansion of production capacities used to make its 3D V-NAND memory going forward. A media report claims that the South Korean conglomerate no longer plans to build new manufacturing facilities for production of traditional planar NAND flash. NAND flash was invented by Toshiba Corp. …

Asustek Computer has quietly added support of AMD FreeSync technology to its MG279Q gaming display introduced earlier this year. The new monitor, which is already a dream display for gamers, is going to face massive demand when it finally shows up in retail. The Asus MG279Q 27” monitor is based …

If you are based in Crimea, then it is about to become harder to game as thanks to sanctions imposed on the region by the US, Blizzard can no longer provide its service to those who live there. This means that those living in the area will no longer be …

Prey 2 was announced all of the way back at E3 2011. Over the next few years, we heard multiple rumors, suggesting that the game was being passed from studio to studio and was officially cancelled in 2014. However, it turns out that development on the project actually ceased altogether …

It turns out that Samsung might have hired 500 people to act as fans at the Galaxy S6 launch in China. According to reports, the Korean device maker paid around 500 people to attend its event, most of which were actually iPhone users. Samsung didn't go out and find all …

Popcorn Time, the so-called ‘Netflix for pirates' has managed to sneak its way on to iOS without the need to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad. The app is already available on most other major platforms but breaking on to Apple's terrain took a little extra work. The piracy app has …

Rumour has it that Sony is currently working on re-entering the phablet market with an Xperia Z4 Ultra smartphone. Sony’s new handset will reportedly come equipped with a new 6 inch display, launching alongside the smaller Xperia Z4. This information comes from DigiTimes (Via TechRadar), which spoke to an anonymous …

Although it's great to visit tech expos to see some of the new and exciting hardware and the innovative peripherals, it's also a great time to see some rather strange and often intriguing technology that doesn't get quite as much press as a new GPU or gaming mouse release. So …

The next Deus Ex game is on the way, it is called Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and details of the game just leaked yesterday while Square Enix was hosting an elaborate, strange reveal Twitch stream. The game is set in the year 2029, two years after the events of Human …

Netflix has recently updates its terms and conditions, adding in a new line that says Netflix can ban users found to be using a VPN to access libraries of content not available in your own country. However, it does seem unlikely that Netflix would actively enforce this new rule. While …