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Yesterday we saw the first demonstration of Unreal Engine 5 – Epic Games’ next generation game engine. Boasting impressive new features, the engine will be available to developers in 2021. Though it’ll likely be a few years before games developed on the engine are ready for release, Epic’s own franchises …

Edifier has just released the TWS6 earbuds in the UK. Featuring Bluetooth 5.0, IPX5 water and sweat resistance, and up to 32 hours of battery life, these earbuds come equipped with high-clarity balanced armature drivers from Knowles to deliver “outstanding sound quality”. Winners of an iF Design Award 2020 for …

AMD has unveiled its latest workstation graphics, the Radeon Pro VII. Designed for broadcast and engineering professionals, the Radeon Pro VII is capable of “delivering exceptional graphics and computational performance” while offering a number of unique features. The Radeon Pro VII was created to power broadcast and media projects, computer-aided engineering …

Starbreeze has been working on getting back to good financial footing over the last year and while it is still an ongoing process, things appear to be going well. After restarting Payday 2 development late last year, the publisher's losses have begun to slow down.  For Q1 2020, ending on …

We have another Z490 motherboard to add to the growing list, this time from Supermicro's gaming sub-division- SUPERO. The SuperO Pro Gaming C9Z490-PGW launches this week alongside the new 10th generation of Intel Core-series desktop processors.  Supermicro is best known in the server motherboard space, but some of that expertise …

Following on from the paper launch two weeks ago, Intel's 10th Gen Core desktop CPUs have landed in the UK...

There has been plenty of talk around next-generation consoles, but we have heard less about the next-gen engine tech that will enable developers to push graphics further. That changes today, as Epic Games has announced Unreal Engine 5 and showcased what it is capable of in a real-time demo running …

Today, Dell is bringing new life to its XPS line of laptops, including the long-awaited return of the XPS 17 option. Today's launch sees details and pricing released for both the new 2020 XPS 15 and the new XPS 17. It has been a really long time since Dell last …

This week, we are teaming up with be quiet! to give away one of two excellent bundles to get your next PC build started. The bundle includes the new Pure Base 500DX chassis, a Pure Rock 2 CPU cooler, Pure Power 11 600W power supply and a goodie bag!

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the latest title in Ubisoft’s popular series. With the release of Assassin’s Creed Origins back in 2017 however, the franchise saw a shift in direction, focusing more heavily on RPG elements. Unfortunately this meant that the iconic insta-kill hidden blade was altered too. With the upcoming …

Marvel’s Iron Man VR has had a tumultuous release schedule. Originally set to release back in February, the game was delayed to the 15th of May. The PSVR exclusive later saw another delay, due to the effects of COVID-19. Alongside The Last of Us Part II, Iron Man VR was …

Microsoft is continuing to make swift progress with bringing Halo: The Master Chief Collection to PC. Halo: Reach arrived in December 2019, followed by Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary in March and now, Halo 2: Anniversary has joined the list. Halo 2: Anniversary officially became available on PC today, across the …

We first saw Gigabyte's RGB memory modules about two years ago, and now the company has updated its DDR4 series. Alongside the plentiful RGB lighting, the memory kits now sport frequencies of up to 3600 MHz. One of the main features of the AORUS RGB modules from Gigabyte is the …

ADATA has launched a new M.2 SSD drive. The Falcon SSD is capable of reaching sustained read/write speeds of up to 3100 and 1500MB/s respectively, using a PCIe Gen3 x4 interface that complies with the NVMe 1.3 standard. This new solid state drive from ADARA uses the M.2 2280 form …

In the past few months, PlayStation has been relatively quiet. It seems the console manufacturer is finally ready to break its silence however, as alongside the announcement of PlayStation Studios, a State of Play has been announced. Focusing exclusively on Ghost of Tsushima, fans will be given “an extended look …

SilentiumPC has just added to its already extensive CPU cooler portfolio, with two new products belonging to the Grandis 3 series. The Grandis 3 and the Grandis 3 EVO ARGB both use a dual-tower design with two fans, and are capable of cooling up to 12-core CPUs thanks to the …

PlayStation is well known for developing consistently high quality and innovative games. Studios such as Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, and the recently acquired Insomniac Games all have well-loved franchises under their belts. It would appear that leading into the next generation, the console manufacturer is looking to tie all …

Lenovo has just released a new 2-in-1 portable Chromebook, which it claims is ideal for mobile productivity. Lenovo says the IdeaPad Duet Chromebook is “one of the thinnest, lightest and most hotly anticipated Chromebooks in the world” thanks to its feature set, specifications and affordable pricing. Featuring an 8-core MediaTek Helio P60T …

Patriot has been producing desktop memory modules for a long time now. Starting at 3000MHz speeds and going up to 3600MHz, Patriot claims its new Viper 4 Blackout 64GB memory kits were designed to offer “gamers and video content creators” an easy upgrade to increase their performance. Patriot says the Viper …

The Tony Hawk Pro Skater series may have fallen flat with its most recent entry, but there is still plenty of love for the older games. Vicarious Visions, the studio behind the excellent Crash Bandicoot remakes, are working on bringing Pro Skater 1 and 2 back for the modern era. …

With the cancelation of E3 2020, it seems as though a dozen separate events have been created in order to fill the gap left behind. The latest event to be announced is the Guerrilla Collective, an “all new online digital games festival to reveal fresh announcements, trailers, gameplay and more …

Earlier today, a job listing for Sony Interactive Entertainment seemingly pinpointed the PS5 launch date for October. This tied in with other rumours, as the news release for Dirt 5 labelled the game as coming to ‘next gen consoles' in October too. As it turns out though, October won't be …

Two prominent Respawn Entertainment developers, Drew McCoy and Jon Shiring, have spun off to create their own AAA gaming studio. Gravity Well, as it is called, has been built “to last for decades” and aims to put developers’ health first with a focus on “creative freedom” and “anti-crunch.” Drew McCoy …

The Elder Scrolls VI was announced nearly two years ago now alongside Starfield. Bethesda warned at the time that both games are still a long way from release, but that point is being reiterated this week, with Bethesda saying that we are still ‘years away’ from getting The Elder Scrolls …

Cincoze recently revealed the GM-1000, a compact GPU computing platform that supports MXM GPUs. Cincoze claims it offers all the features required for “field applications in machine vision, image processing, and artificial intelligence.” Cincoze's GM-1000 is based on the Intel Coffee Lake-R platform and supports 8th/9th generation workstation-grade processors with …

With the upcoming release of next-gen consoles comes the expectation of a major leap in both graphical prowess as well as performance. Those who were hoping to play Assassin’s Creed Valhalla at 60fps on either the PS5 or Xbox Series X may end up disappointed, as a recent statement by …

We don't typically think of HP as a storage manufacturer, but the company does have a pre-existing SSD product stack. Now, a new drive has appeared on the HP website known as the HP EX900 Pro M.2 SSD, sporting read and write speed of up to 2100MB/s and 1500MB/s respectively. HP's …

AMD is inviting everyone to attend its online relaunch of GPUOpen this Friday, May 15th. During the event – called ‘Let's build… 2020' – AMD will share six video presentations with topics ranging from optimisations, developer tools, and new effects. GPUOpen is an initiative that AMD began back in 2016 …

Back when the ESA confirmed that no E3 would be taking place this year neither physically nor digitally, Ubisoft was one of the first publishers to announce that it would be aiming to create a replacement event where it could host its summer announcements. The company has now officially announced …

An entry for Intel Xe DG1 graphics has appeared in the SiSoftware database, alongside a leaked slide suggesting the GPU is aimed at the laptop market. This new entry confirms some specifications of Intel's upcoming chip, including the video memory, number of execution units, and shader processors. According to the …