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To celebrate this festively horrifying season, League of Legends is joining in with its own “Harrowing,” update. This brings about new skins for champions, new wards and the potential to earn yourself some unique summoner icons too. New champion skins available, including a Haunted Zyra and Officer Vi, but they'll …

This has not been the week for Apple users, first the new Macbook Pro's with retina display were experiencing keyboard and trackpad issues and now the new iPhone 5S is suffering from a battery defect. These problems have come from Apple using a new battery that it said would last …

Following on from yesterday's news that Microsoft had hired TV presenter Jonathan Ross, laptop and tablet company, Lenovo, has now hired Ashton Kutcher as a Product Engineer. The first thing on his to do list was to star in a new advert for the Lenovo Yoga tablet: [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9K59G0Z0g'] “This …

It seems like every few months I write one of these pieces. Back in May I wrote about how the BPI was “still,” having torrent and download sites blocked by British ISPs, despite the fact that we all know it does diddly squat to those sites' usage numbers and if …

A little while ago there was a rumour that Titanfall could eventually land on the Playstation 4. This was sparked when lead artist, Joe Emsile, alluded to the possibility in an interview with Eurogamer: “It's definitely not out of the question, we have a huge appreciation for the fans. Coming out …

Since its initially frenetic launch, the Wii U has dropped off the map in terms of console sales. Nintendo managed to push around four million in its initial Christmas launch period, but since then numbers have been way down, prompting some to wonder if it was heading the way of …

Nearly two years on from the raid on his mansion that saw his personal fortune, computers and – most importantly in this context – his fleet of luxury vehicles confiscated, as part of an ongoing investigation into copyright infringement and money laundering, Kim Dotcom has hosted the Targa Rally starting …

Longtime video and DVD rental service Blockbuster, has for the second time this year, entered administration and is seeking a new buyer. It previously circled the the drain in February but was picked up by Gordon Brothers Europe in March – obviously that saving grace didn't last. The relatively new …

We have a very special Halloween prize up for grabs courtesy of DINOPC and powered by Gigabyte. DINOPC are giving away a Dark Reign PC to one lucky reader. KitGuru reviewed this system earlier this month and it earned our WORTH BUYING award. Check out the Kitguru review of the …

One of the biggest problems for any successful MMO, is how to deal with Gold farmers. The often bot-controlled, repetitive questers that just grind away in order to build up in-game gold and then sell it to other players for real-world cash, often through some illegitimate site. It not only …

A decision has come down from on high at EA Games and the free to play, Command and Conquer, pseudo Generals 2 title that's been in development for several years at this point, has been cancelled in its current form and the developer behind it, Victory Games, has been closed. …

Earlier this year we had the Phonebloks Kickstarter that aimed to create a fully modular smartphone with customisable hardware that you could swap out to suit your needs much like how you build a PC. Well it looks like Motorola thought that was a good idea as the company has …

Following on from its recent post about changes to vision items and map control in League of Legends season 4 and its preseason, Riot has posted up another break down of changes it's going to be making to the game, this time affecting supports and the items they usually take, …

Trine 2: The Complete Story will make its way to the Playstation 4 after being a PC exclusive for almost 2 years. The developers, Frozenbyte, still want their game to reach as many systems as possible and will be self publishing the title. The best news for Playstation 4 buyers …

Well I didn't expect this news when I woke up this morning. Radio and TV presenter Jonathan Ross has been hired by Microsoft to work as an executive producer on upcoming Xbox One titles at famed first party developers like Rare and Lionhead. It's not clear if there's some specific …

Microsoft has announced its new terms of use policy forcing users to agree to let Microsoft share your personal data with the company's partners. Don't worry though, it's committed to keeping your account secure – when did that ever go wrong for a gaming company? Microsoft wants users to be …

Even with its continued acceptance as a donation tool and online currency, Bitcoin is still intrinsically linked with sites like the recently closed Silk Road drugs marketplace, that use it as the exclusive currency of choice. It's also often considered as a tool for money launderers, since it's simple to exchange …

With the upcoming next-gen release of both Microsoft and Sony's systems, a lot of focus has been on native resolutions, frame rates and detailing – but all in fast paced, highly explosive shooters like Call of Duty: Ghosts. Surely the real beauty will be found on slower titles with less …

Star Citizen it's just the biggest crowd funded project ever, but it's also garnering a seriously rabid fan base around it, with early backers already thinking ahead to what the game will be like at full release. Some fans have even been making videos using some of the few assets …

For a few days now, the internet has been abuzz with claims that the next-gen Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Xbox One, wouldn't natively run at 1080p, but would instead run at 720p and then be upscaled the somewhat standard-these-days, HD resolution. As more information has come out, that …

This week we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread over here and place a caption to a scene from the latest Batman game. It means you …

Last week Apple introduced its new line of Macbook Pro laptops with retina displays and they were made immediately available after the event. Like with any Apple launch,  a wave of customers instantly ordered whatever they could afford but the usually happy and satisfied Macbook Pro owners aren't so impressed …

There's a slew of Nvidia news today, with an officially announced price tag for the newest card in its lineup, the GTX 780Ti. But much more than that, as it's also bringing with it a price crash on current 780 stock and even finding itself as part of new bundles …

Sony has released details of the Playstation 4 day one patch that will add in and enable a bunch of features for the console. The day one download will only be 300MB though so it shouldn't take too long for most people. The patch basically adds a few previously advertised …

Organisers of the Stop Watching Us protest rally that took place in Washington DC over the weekend, are calling it the biggest anti-mass surveillance protest in US history, as thousands arrived to listen to speeches, march and to deliver a petition to government, requesting an end to the mass collection …

It looks like the Xbox One's launch may very well not end up being the smooth affair Microsoft would want it to be, especially since it's happening so close to the launch window of its main competitor, the PS4. Rumours that are being cited by their sources as pretty concrete, …

Car mechanics and garages have a somewhat-undeserved, somewhat-deserved reputation for using their customers lack of knowledge on their vehicle to their advantage, perhaps charging more than is necessary, or taking longer than the job needs to get it done. OpenBay may help put a stop to that, pitting garages against …

Batman Arkham Origins has finally knocked GTA V off of the top of the sales chart this weekend, but it's sold only around half of the copies that Arkham City managed to push when it was released back in 2011. That said, the numbers are comparable to the original Asylum's, …

A man residing in Apple's home-turf, California, has filed a lawsuit against Tim Cook. Mark Menacher is seeking the removal of the IOS 7 install file from his and his family's IOS devices. You might be wondering how much money he wants to get out of suing Apple, after all …

If like me, you consider the first Walking Dead game from Telltale an emotional rollercoaster of a title, then you'll no doubt be as excited as I am for the second Season. Fortunately the wait isn't long at all, as Telltale has now teased a big reveal for the 29th …