Kim Dotcom has been legally embattled since January of 2012, following his arrest after the raid on his home. This legal action takes place all over the world, with court cases and lawyer wrangling in the US, Hong Kong and New Zealand, as some try to extradite him, while others …
Read More »Riot Games to offer carrot as well as stick, to stop toxic play
Riot Games runs one of the most popular games in the world, so it makes sense that some of those players aren't going to be the nicest people. When you factor in that League of Legends is a stressful MOBA with deep mechanics that take a long time to learn …
Read More »Ubisoft accuses AMD of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s poor performance, bugs
Ubisoft, which faced massive amount of criticism this week because of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s launch bugs, has issued a statement blaming AMD hardware of poor performance and glitches of the game on PC platforms. The company believes that the AMD-related problems only affect a handful of users and does not …
Read More »FreeSync-enabled displays will cost $100 less than Nvidia G-Sync displays
One of the main advantages of the FreeSync technology that Advanced Micro Devices has been communicating for many months now is the fact that since FreeSync is based on open-standards and does not require custom hardware, monitors supporting the feature will not be too expensive. According to a new claim …
Read More »Another round of Radeon R9 290 price-drops may be incoming
At least two online stores in North America recently started to sell AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon R 290X graphics cards at or below $300, a price-point that is unprecedented for high-end graphics adapters. While the deals seem to be limited by time, it is possible that AMD …
Read More »Asustek and Lenovo prep $149 Chromebooks – report
Asustek Computer and Lenovo Group are about to offer Chromebooks – notebooks powered by Google’s Chrome OS operating system – with incredibly low price-tag of just $149, according to a media report. The new price-point for notebooks may cause further erosion of notebook ASPs [average selling prices], a bad news …
Read More »Android Lollipop hits older Nexus devices
Google has finally begun rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to older Nexus devices, including the Nexus 5, 2012 Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10. Google originally announced the latest OTA update on Wednesday but the update isn't available for all devices so far. 3G and LTE versions of …
Read More »Microsoft pushes out second update to the Windows 10 Preview
Microsoft has pushed out the second build update to Windows 10 preview users. Build 9879 is now available to download, bringing with it a ton of new changes and a few noteworthy additional features, which were created due to user feedback. The first new change made is to the design …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online is finally getting the Heists update
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto Online will finally be getting one of its most anticipated updates, the heists game mode will finally be arriving, coming to both last generation and current generation consoles shortly after Grand Theft Auto V re-launches on the Xbox One and Playstation 4. Rockstar doesn't say exactly …
Read More »FCC might reject Obama’s net neutrality proposal
Earlier this week President Obama announced his support for Net Neutrality, calling for the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility. Unfortunately, the FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, has other ideas and has indicated that he will be rejecting the proposal put forward by the president. According to The Washington …
Read More »Samsung vs. Nvidia and Velocity Micro: A deeper look
Samsung Electronics this week responded to Nvidia Corp.’s allegations with its own lawsuit, where it accuses Nvidia and its partner Velocity Micro of infringing its patents. While the main reason why Samsung sued Velocity Micro, a well-known privately-held PC maker, is tactical, it should be noted that the charges which …
Read More »Overclockers UK begin selling GTX 970s with reference style cooler
If you've been shopping around for a new graphics card recently, then you probably noticed that reference model GTX 970s are impossible to find, presumably because nobody is making them. However, OCUK have taken things in to their own hands and have designed an Nvidia style reference cooled GTX 970 …
Read More »Nvidia to launch Grid – the Netflix of PC gaming
Nvidia's Shield tablet is going to receive some massive updates over the next couple of months. We've known for a while that Android Lollipop will be coming to the device but Nvidia has a lot more than that up its sleeve. Game streaming has become very popular over the past …
Read More »Intel to launch its own wireless charging technology next year
Intel looks set to launch its own wireless charging technology early next year according to new reports. The Intel-made solution should also begin shipping in upcoming smartphones, although it is not yet clear which devices will make use of the new technology. According to FocusTaiwan, Intel's General manager of Wireless …
Read More »Dark Souls 2 can be beat in less than an hour
The original Dark Souls game was a hit with speed runners, so it makes sense that fans of the series would also want to try and beat Dark Souls II as fast as possible. Speed runner, Allakazzaror has set the new world record for a glitch free Dark Souls II …
Read More »Amazon to trial drone delivery in the UK
Remember that video from late last year that seemed to show Amazon's plans to use unmanned drones to deliver packages to customers that live near distribution centres? It was initially thought to be a bit of an attention grabber leading up to Christmas, but apparently there was some truth to …
Read More »YouTube debuts Music Key subscription platform beta
YouTube has been rumoured to have been working on a music streaming subscription service for some time now, with hints earlier this year that it would be called ‘Music Key.' It turns out that all of that is true, as owner Google has now unveiled the platform, announcing it as …
Read More »Sony celebrates 20 years of PlayStation
December 1994 was a fateful month in gaming. It represented an end of what had become a two horse race in the home console wars, with Sega and Nintendo battling it out for dominance. Now though, a new player had entered the game: the PlayStation. While the rest of the world …
Read More »GoG’s DRM-free ‘Big Fall Sale’ begins
One of the best parts about GoG, is that whether you're buying one of the site's newest games, or its oldest, you get a DRM free installation that isn't beholden to some archaic software or login system. It's a beautiful experience for a PC gamer and it continues to be …
Read More »Sales of Microsoft Xbox One hit nearly 10 million units
Microsoft Corp. late on Wednesday said that the life-to-date (LTD) shipments of its Xbox One video game console are about to surpass 10 million units. As expected, sales of XB1 are significantly behind those of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 4, which is shipments have set multiple records for Sony. “As we …
Read More »Asustek readies GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with hybrid cooling
Asustek Computer is working on what could eventually become one of the highest-performing GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards on the planet. The forthcoming Asus Poseidon GTX 980 will feature a hybrid cooling system and proprietary design of printed-circuit board to enable unprecedented overclocking potential. The Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 980 …
Read More »TSMC begins to risk-produce 16FF+ chips for Nvidia, MediaTek, LG, Xilinx, others
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Wednesday said that it has begun producing chips using its 16nm FinFET+ (16FF+) manufacturing technology. The new process technology will be used by a number of TSMC’s partners to make their leading edge chips due next year. Among the first companies to adopt the improved 16nm …
Read More »AMD’s Radeon R9 390X ‘Fiji XT’ may feature 4096 SPs, extreme memory bandwidth
Advanced Micro Devices’ next-generation graphics processing unit is still several months away, but it looks like it is worth waiting. According to unofficial information from SiSoft Sandra benchmark’s database, the forthcoming GPU features unprecedented compute horsepower as well as uses multi-layer high-bandwidth memory with extreme bandwidth. If the listing in …
Read More »Amazon won’t charge Prime customers extra for 4K content
A few months ago Netflix announced its new price plans, which involved charging new customers a little extra to stream Ultra HD 4K content. Now Amazon, arguably Netflix's biggest competitor, has announced that it won't be following the same path, keeping 4K content free to Amazon Prime customers. In a …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Unity launch bugs bring stocks down
Ubisoft's stock is currently down by 9.12 per cent to $3.29 thanks to Assassin's Creed Unity's buggy launch, in-fact the game is so glitchy that you can already find compilation videos on YouTube. It's not just PC users having problems either, review outlets noted heavy performance issues on both the …
Read More »World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor release imminent
The next expansion for mega MMO World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor (WoD) will go live on the US and EU servers in the next few hours. This will be the fifth expansion to the game, which was originally released 10 years ago this month. Warlords of Draenor will be …
Read More »BT admits to falling well below its fibre broadband target
At one point in time, BT claimed that it would deliver fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband to a quarter of the UK, this obviously hasn't happened yet, causing the company to drop its original FTTP target. Since then, BT has been focusing on bringing speed bumps to the slower …
Read More »343 Industries to fix Master Chief Collection matchmaking today
Halo developer, 343 Industries, is planning on rolling out a number of server updates today to help fix The Master Chief Collection's broken matchmaking system. The four in one Halo package launched on the Xbox One earlier this week but unfortunately, the multiplayer side of things didn't get off to …
Read More »iOS 8 now installed on 56% of iPhones and iPads
After a few updates and plenty of bug fixes, iOS 8 adoption is finally on the rise. Adoption has crawled to a halt back in September after it was revealed that the latest mobile OS from Apple was causing far too many problems such as bad WiFi reception, loss of …
Read More »Nvidia responds to Samsung counter lawsuit
Two months ago, Nvidia filed patent lawsuits against both Samsung and Qualcomm, claiming that the two companies used patented GPU technology without permission or compensation. In response, Samsung has launched a counter-lawsuit against Nvidia but it looks like the graphics chip maker was expected this to happen. In a post …
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