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The Epic Games Store is continuing to offer users of its platform a number of free titles each week. This week’s offerings are Offworld Trading Company, a fast-paced RTS set on Mars, and GoNNER, a score-based procedurally generated roguelike platformer. Both of these titles are currently available to purchase for …

While we had our first apparent leak of the upcoming OnePlus 8 back in October 2019, news on the 2020 flagship has been slow since. That changed a little this week, as hardware specs and feature details have begun doing the rounds on the web.  As reported by 9to5Google, two …

Back at the start of the year, the ESA announced that it was making efforts to ‘revamp' E3 in order to provide a more engaging and improved show floor experience. We've already seen Geoff Keighley step back from the event this year and now this week, gaming collectables and memorabilia …

Mortal Kombat 11 was one of the best selling games of 2019. Released in April, the game has continued to be supported through the addition of new fighters including the Terminator T-800. The latest guest character to be released as part of the game’s ‘Kombat Pack’ DLC is The Joker. …

Researchers claim to have found a new security vulnerability inside the ROM of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) that is impossible to fix since firmware errors are hard-coded into the Mask ROM of Intel microprocessors allowing processors to be compromised at hardware level. The latest security vulnerability …

One of the highlights of AMD's Financial Analyst Day yesterday was the insight given about the new RDNA 2 GPU architecture, which has now been codenamed “Navi 2X”. During AMD's Financial Analyst Day, the company shared data about its financial developments. The company also revealed technical details about coming releases and …

After a six month stint as an Epic Games Store exclusive, Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam on March 13th just in time for the latest story expansion. In preparation for the Steam launch, an FAQ has been published, revealing how to transfer save files to the Steam version, cross-play …

Talk of a film adaptation of The Last of Us has been ongoing for years now, ever since March 2014, when Sam Raimi was announced to be producing the adaptation. Since then, the film has gone through script rewrites, a shift in focus, and creative disputes, amongst a litany of …

AMD has announced that the world’s fastest supercomputer is set to be powered by the company’s next-generation EPYC processors and AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs to unleash power exceeding 200 of today’s fastest supercomputers combined. The El Capitan system will be the second All AMD CPU and GPU exascale supercomputer in …

The Wonderful 101 Remastered is on the way this year, with PlatinumGames' Kickstarter campaign coming to a close as a success. Last night, the crowdfunding campaign crossed the $2 million mark, meaning the new version of the game will come with two new DLC missions, although not all of the …

EK Water Blocks is launching what the company calls its most extreme fan to date, the EK-Furious Meltemi is a 38mm thick high static pressure fan designed purely for raw thermal performance, with a maximum speed of 3500 RPM. EK-Furious Meltemi fans are based around the popular EK-Vardar fan design. …

As we near the launch of the next generation of consoles, there are only a handful of AAA games left to be released in the months prior. One of the PlayStation 4’s swan songs is Ghost of Tsushima – an open world action-adventure game with stealth elements set in Feudal …

If you're still using Windows 7, it would seem you are far from alone. New data shows that more than a quarter of desktop OS users are still using Windows 7 as their operating system of choice. NetApplications recently updated its data on Operating Systems market share. The data from the …

The roadmaps cover the next two years, with AMD planning more RDNA based graphics cards, as well as Zen 3 and Zen 4 processors...

Earlier we reported that Shannon Studstill, the Head of Sony Santa Monica and Executive Producer of 2018’s God of War would be leaving the studio in order to join Google Stadia as Head of their second studio. PlayStation have now announced Studstill’s replacement. Yumi Yang, the Director of Product Development …

InWin announced it would be entering the all-in-one CPU cooler market earlier this year during CES 2020. The SR series is the company’s first attempt at engineering an all-in-one liquid cooling solution that has a unique feature to set it apart from products by rival manufacturers. The SR series of …

Last year, Nitro Concepts expanded beyond gaming chairs and into the gaming desk space, starting off with the height adjustable D16E and D16M  desks. Now, there is a more budget-friendly option available in the lineup, with the D12 desk launching today.  The Nitro Concepts D12 is smaller than the D16, …

Though Google Stadia hasn't exactly enjoyed great success since it launched, the game streaming platform isn’t ready to give up just yet. Though the platform is lacking any major exclusive titles, it would appear as though Stadia is gearing up for a second wind. Making the announcement on their blog, Stadia …

As we approach the launch of Operation Void Edge and the addition of two new operators, Rainbow Six Siege is having another free weekend. Those who have yet to try, or have not bought Ubisoft's competitive shooter can download the game and play for free this week across all platforms.  …

Stadia is getting another big game this month, as Ubisoft is bringing The Division 2 to the platform in addition to the brand new Warlords of New York expansion. In a move that should be standard for pretty much all co-op, service-style games, The Division 2 on Stadia will also …

Sony's next console – the PS5 – is set to launch by the end of this year. Now, new information suggests it is possible the next-gen console might be released together with a more powerful big brother, the PS5 Pro. According to an article at Tom's Guide, Sony's PS5 Pro is …

There was once a time when the thought of Xbox and PlayStation players being able to play together was nigh-on-impossible, however over the course of this generation the console manufacturers have embraced the more positive aspects of each other and have begun to allow their respective players to enjoy gaming …

A few days ago, following the cancellation of GDC, the ESA reaffirmed that E3 2020 was still set to go ahead as planned. Since then though, the City of Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, putting the event in question once again.  Currently, the …

Microsoft has been steadily adding titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. The console manufacturer has now announced which games will be joining the service in the first half of March for both PC and Xbox. The titles include first-party additions such as ‘Ori and the Will of the …

Western Digital has announced a new line of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems, the WD Gold series offers small and medium-size enterprises a range of products for a simple transition to NVMe storage and improved system performance. The new series of Western Digital enterprise SSDs are the company’s first to …

Asus has announced a new curved gaming monitor, the TUF Gaming VG328H1B. As the name implies, this new monitor is aimed at gamers that are looking for a big screen with a high refresh rate, delivering an immersive gaming experience. The ASUS TUF Gaming VG328H1B display comes with curved 31.5-inch VA panel …

EK Water Blocks has expanded its high end desktop custom cooling products this week with the introduction of a new motherboard monoblock for the AMD sTRX4 platform. The new HEDT water block for AMD socket sTRX4 is specifically designed and engineered for the Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme motherboard. The …

Intel’s CFO George Davis has stated that the company's 10nm process node will be ‘less productive' than its predecessors, but it is targeting a “better profile of performance” for its “7nm period”. Additionally, Intel's road to 5nm will be shorter thanks to the company's investments in this technology. During a …

This could mean we will see the new mobile GPUs any day now...

While OLED is still seen as the cream of the crop when it comes to displays, the last year has seen a surge of interest around Mini LED. There have been rumours of Apple switching to this new display technology in particular, with the latest reports indicating that the MacBook …