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As expected, today Microsoft officially announced Windows 11. A number of the new UI changes were already leaked earlier this month, but now, we have full details on new features, redesigned apps and other improvements. 

A lot of PC gamers at one point or another have used a VPN to buy a game from a country where it is sold at a cheaper price. Moving forward, doing this on Steam is going to be much more difficult, as Valve has implemented some changes to discourage …

We have yet to see Apple's plans for this year's batch of iPhones and yet, we're already hearing details on what's to come in 2022. Next year, it is expected that Apple will finally introduce an under-display version of Touch ID, as well as a price cut for its cheapest …

Ever since WarnerMedia announced plans to merge with Discovery to form a new company, we've been wondering what will happen to a number of WB Games' studios. While some studios will be staying, others are being sold off. The first studio to be sold is none other than Playdemic.  This …

Nvidia started off this month promising to bring over 30 games to GeForce Now. As we near the end of June, the final batch of GeForce Now games for the month have been announced, with another 13 titles joining the library. Due to the inclusion of DLSS and ray-traced lighting …

Samsung has another foldable phone coming later this year. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, which has yet to be officially announced, is currently going through FCC approval, giving us an early look at some of the features we can expect.  The Galaxy Z Fold 3 was certified by the …

To celebrate the ray tracing and DLSS coming to Doom Eternal, Nvidia and Bethesda have partnered up to create the Doom Eternal GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Limited Edition Demon Slayer bundle. The bundle is limited to 300 units, but first, you'll need to go through a lottery system just to buy one. 

Microsoft refuses to let up with its consistent addition of new games to its Game Pass subscription service. Though not the biggest month ever, the console manufacturer has now announced what games will be joining the service during the remainder of June and the beginning of July. The games which …

At the PS5 reveal event, Square Enix popped up to show off a new game announced at the time as Project Athia. This game, which appeared to offer a unique blend of identities, while showcasing fluid traversal and combat would later be officially titled Forspoken. Now, the team behind Forspoken …

Nvidia has just launched the public beta of Canvas, an app that turns sketches into beautiful landscapes. Using the real-time painting tool GauGAN, Canvas allows anyone with an RTX-powered system to create photo-like images out of their doodles. Through deep learning models and AI, Nvidia Canvas can turn basic strokes …

Sonic the Hedgehog is having a busy year. Though no new mainline game is coming out until 2022, the blue blur has had all manner of announcements, including the reveal that he is set to become a VTuber, will open up new theme parks and more. Sonic Prime is the …

Synology is about to release the DiskStation Manager 7.0 and update the C2 cloud platform with new services. While DSM 7.0 brings enhanced security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration, the C2 cloud service will feature a new password manager, directory as a service, cloud backup, and secure file …

One of the latest crazes to take over the internet is the invention of VTubers. Originally observed with the likes of Hatsune Miku and vocaloid singers, VTubers have taken a similar concept and adapted it to online streaming. Now SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is set to become …

Usually in precision platformers, we jump and dash around to get through levels. Super Magbot takes platforming in a different direction, with players using magnets to traverse around. Super Magbot launched this week for PC via Steam and on the Nintendo Switch. Players take on the role of the robotic …

Back in 2019, Microsoft became the third company to reach a $1 trillion market cap. Now in 2021, Microsoft has hit a new milestone, becoming the second company to be worth $2 trillion USD.  Microsoft reached the $1 trillion milestone in Q2 2019, just behind Apple and Amazon. In August …

Over the last few years, Epic Games has been working on making Fortnite’s online feature set accessible and free to all developers. Today, Epic has an update on just that, announcing that its voice chat technology and Easy Anti-Cheat system is free for developers to use in any game being …

Despite the fact that PS5s consoles continue to be out of stock everywhere, the system is selling just as fast as they are being made. With that in mind, it seems that Sony is confident that it can supply enough systems to meet demand, with the next fiscal year expecting …

2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. While SEGA's big anniversary game will not be released until 2022, the blue blur has been making his way into a number of other games. Now it has been announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is crossing over with Minecraft. Making the …

Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that it would soon be expanding Xbox cloud gaming to more devices and soon, servers would be upgraded from Xbox One S hardware to newer Xbox Series X server blades. Now, it looks like the rollout has begun, bringing next-gen console power to the cloud. …

Marvel’s Avengers released its latest content patch earlier this week and immediately, players noticed something very wrong. For some reason, the patch made it so that the game displays the player’s IP address on screen at all times.  This would be particularly problematic for anyone looking to stream the game, …

Microsoft has seemed to fully embrace the PC market with regards to Xbox and its exclusive games. That being said, it would appear as though some aspects to PC gaming, namely mod support and player tweaks, is a bit of a step too far. As part of the latest update, …

Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 was finally welcomed back on to the PlayStation Store after months of bug fixing patches. Now, Microsoft has announced it will be lifting the revised refund policy on purchases of the game on Xbox consoles.  As of the 6th of July, Xbox Store purchases of …

AVerMedia has been supplying game capture and streaming gear since the early days of gaming on YouTube and Twitch. If you're looking to get into streaming yourself, then we'd like to help you with that. This month, we're teaming up with AVerMedia to give away a 4K/HDR/240FPS capable capture card and a Full HD webcam. In all, this prize is worth around £330! 

Both Nier Automata and Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… are undeniable sales successes. This week, Square Enix revealed that both games have sold a combined 7 million copies digitally so far.  Back in February, Nier Replicant wasn't out yet, but Nier Automata had already amassed over 5.5 million copies sold for PS4, …

During a live stream where an ASRock representative was detailing the company's upcoming Desk Mini Max ITX system, something unexpected happened. When they were talking about the GPU compatibility, an unknown AMD Radeon P120 ITX card was mentioned. No details about the card were disclosed, but considering the looks, size, …

The DDR5-era is closer than ever. It has been noticed that the next beta release of HWiNFO will receive support for Intel XMP 3.0, the memory profile tool for DDR5 that allows users to overclock the memory modules more conveniently. The first DDR5 modules have already released, but there's no …

Although we have yet to see the first Exynos SoC featuring RDNA graphics, a new report claims that Samsung is already discussing the graphics unit successor with AMD. Moreover, some performance figures of the upcoming mobile GPU have also been shared, and as it seems, it's faster than the current …

Nvidia keeps expanding the DLSS environment. With 57 games and counting, DLSS is now also supported on Unreal Engine 5 through a free plugin. Moreover, Nvidia will also introduce support for its upscaling technology on Unity 2021.2, but an exact date hasn't been set yet. As of today, DLSS is …

The latest phase of overpriced graphics cards might be coming to an end. According to a 3DCenter investigation into GPU market prices for current-gen AMD Radeon RX 6000 series and Nvidia RTX 30 series cards, the pricing of these cards is slowly reducing and stock is beginning to improve too. …

Over the last couple of years, there has been a massive increase in the number of console gamers using gaming monitors, rather than TVs. Now, Xbox is partnering with monitor makers across the industry to deliver “Designed for Xbox” displays. All certified ‘designed for Xbox' gaming displays will have to …