Microsoft has worked on some incredible research projects over the years, from desks with holographic displays, to a full room augmented reality effort reminiscent of the holodeck. This time around, Microsoft Research has focused its efforts on new forms of long-term data storage, with Project Silica storing data on quartz …
Read More »Are Playtonic Games joining Microsoft? Studio says no, fans say yes
Microsoft have been on an acquisition spree in the last year, preparing itself for next gen. Eagle-eyed people on ResetEra are now speculating that Microsoft might be acquiring Playtonic Games, the studio consisting of ex-Rare devs, who worked on Yooka-Laylee. With the recent resurgence of Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. …
Read More »Epic Games Store DRM policy makes headlines and subscription service rumours begin to appear
The Epic Games Store is often in the news, primarily due to various store-exclusive deals for big games. This time around, EGS is making headlines for two reasons, the first is criticism over a perceived flaw with the launcher, allowing users to play games they don't own. The other is …
Read More »Dell announce the Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme 12-inch tablet
Dell has announced a new product to meet the demands of users working in harsh environments. According to Dell, its new Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme device is the most powerful 12-inch fully rugged tablet on the market. The new Latitude 17220 Rugged Extreme tablet is designed to meet the needs …
Read More »Steam Cloud Gaming might be on the way
Valve has been working on in-home game streaming for years now, allowing you to stream your Steam games from a gaming PC, to any other compatible device in the house. There is even an option to stream to devices not on the same network, turning your PC into a personal …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 PC performance issues creep up
Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally made its way to PC this week and while it is visually impressive, a lot of early players have run into bugs and issues at launch...
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 fixes its loot boxes
Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …
Read More »Biostar motherboard firmware enables entire AM4 range to support Ryzen 9 3950X CPU
AMD’s commitment to providing support for latest generation processors on the entire range of socket AMD motherboards is set to continue with BIOS updates being released by several manufacturers. Gigabyte recently announced a firmware update of its X570 motherboard lineup and now Biostar has new updates ready across its socket …
Read More »New Azure virtual machines powered by AMD EPYC
A year ago, Amazon added AWS EC2 instances powered by AMD EPYC processors. A few months later, Microsoft did the same to its Azure instances. Now, it's expanding the array of instances to choose from with new v4 Azure D-series and E-series with AMD EPYC processors, and the latest NV-series …
Read More »Square Enix is working on a new “next-generation action game experience”
As this generation of consoles start to wind down, we’re beginning to see developers transition towards working on games for the next generation of consoles. It appears that Square Enix’s First Development Division, whom are responsible for the Final Fantasy VII Remake, as well as Kingdom Hearts III, are looking …
Read More »Thermaltake expands its Level 20 chassis series
Thermaltake is extending its Level 20 chassis range with two new additions. Both the Level 20 HT and HT Snow Edition takes Thermaltake’s latest case innovations and wraps them in a completely unique modern design that stands out from the traditional black box appearance. The new Level 20 cases feature …
Read More »Cray Shasta Supercomputer selected by AWE to support security and defence of the UK
Another day, another Cray. The HP supercomputer specialist subsidiary just signed another big contract on UK soil. Cray's latest supercomputer will be handed to AWE, Atomic Weapons Establishment, a company contracted by the UK government responsible for providing and maintaining warheads. Only last month, Cray was chosen by the UK government …
Read More »PlayStation Now’s November games announced; including Persona 5
PlayStation gave the PlayStation Now Streaming service a soft relaunch last month, where it cut the price of the service significantly as well as introduced blockbuster titles such as God of War (2018) and GTA V on a monthly basis. The list of high quality titles continues with November’s lineup: …
Read More »Custom 3rd Gen Ryzen power profile enables improved boost speeds, core load balance and idle temps
AMD has found plenty of success this year thanks to the launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen but there was at least one issue around launch that stuck out. Some early adopters found that their new CPU wasn't hitting its rated boost clock speed. AMD has been ironing out this issue …
Read More »Nitro Concepts D16E gaming desk arrives with electric sit/stand height adjustment
Over the course of this year, we have seen an uptick in the number of ‘Gaming Desks' hitting the market. We kicked off 2019 with the ultra-expensive Thermaltake Battlestation, then in April a more affordable desk arrived from Sharkoon. Now this week, Nitro Concepts is adding a gaming desk to …
Read More »AOC launch the Studio F. A. Porsche designed Q27T1 monitor
AOC has launched its new Q27T1 monitor designed by Studio F. A. Porsche. Since it was announced earlier this year, design-conscious users have been anticipating the arrival of the Q27T1 which AOC describes as a true piece of art. A unique design feature of the AOC Q27T1 is the asymmetric …
Read More »Kojima Productions will make films in the future
It's always been well documented that Hideo Kojima likes films. From his Twitter bio saying “Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies” to his inclusion of TV and film actors into his games, and even to the extreme lengths of some of the cutscenes in his games, …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn 2 seemingly confirmed by job listing
While there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Horizon Zero Dawn would be getting a sequel (even the game itself teased that there was more to the story), it has seemingly now been confirmed through a job listing that the next project coming from Guerrilla Games will be set …
Read More »Here are all the different graphics settings in Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC
Rockstar continues to impress with its latest PC release. Here, we dive into Red Dead Redemption 2's vast array of graphics options.
Read More »Suda51 reveals more information on No More Heroes 3, Hotel Barcelona
No More Heroes 3 has been long anticipated by its fans. The game was officially announced back in June at E3, but people have been waiting years for news of a numbered sequel. Speaking at a developers’ conference, Suda51 was interviewed by Wccftech, and unveiled new details not only on …
Read More »New images of TRX40 motherboards appear
We are possibly only days away from the latest generation of high-end desktop processor wars between AMD and Intel. Until now, AMD has been rather quiet about information and specification of its new 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper platform, although we expect some official details very soon. There has been a …
Read More »Phanteks renames the Enthoo Luxe 2 case to Enthoo 719
If you are looking to purchase the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe 2 PC case today, you may find that it no longer exists – well, the name doesn’t that’s for sure. It seems that there has been a little discussion over the Luxe 2 name and whether it breaches copyright from …
Read More »Call of Duty: Modern Warfare datamine reveals new maps, game modes, and cosmetics
Dataminers have been digging in Modern Warfare's files and uncovered 38 new maps, 23 new game modes and a lot of cosmetics...
Read More »Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan says leaks are ‘extremely demoralising’
Blizzcon came and went over the weekend with three major announcements- Diablo IV, Overwatch 2 and a new WoW expansion. Of course, most details around Overwatch 2 leaked in the week or so prior to the event, so the big reveal wasn’t a huge surprise. Since then, Overwatch director, Jeff …
Read More »Latest AMD driver preps for RDR 2 and fixes issues with The Outer Worlds
Nvidia began rolling out its GeForce driver update for Red Dead Redemption 2’s launch this week and AMD has its own prepared too. The latest version of the Radeon Software driver adds day-one optimisations for Rockstar’s cowboy adventure, while also fixing some issues with The Outer Worlds, OBS encoding, Vulkan …
Read More »The Witcher showrunner has seven seasons in mind so far
Just last week, the full trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher TV series landed with an accompanying release date. The first season set to debut on the 20th of December but of course, a story as large as the one found in The Witcher novels can’t be told in a single …
Read More »New references to Navi 22, Navi 23, Navi 12 Lite and Navi 14 GPUs spotted
Over the course of this year, AMD has been making headway in the GPU market with its RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT GPUs. A while back, AMD CEO, Lisa Su, did mention that high-end Navi was ‘on track', so there is a bigger, more powerful version to come later …
Read More »Photoshop for iPad releases today; missing features
Announced at last year’s Adobe Max conference, Photoshop for iPad was intended to bring desktop-class photo editing to Apple’s tablet. After a year of waiting, version 1.0 is finally here, but first impressions aren’t looking very positive. Adobe says “[t]his is just the beginning of our journey.” The iPad is …
Read More »Wild rumour claims Apple is partnering with Valve on Augmented Reality tech
We have known for some time now that Apple has big plans for Augmented Reality technology. A good chunk of Apple’s engineers are working on various projects and we have seen Apple buying up AR specialist companies to help pave the way for a wearable. We've seen a few patents …
Read More »Keanu Reeves will play a much larger role in Cyberpunk 2077 than thought
The most memorable moment from E3 2019 was undoubtedly Keanu Reeves’ surprise appearance as Johnny Silverhand in the upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves was always confirmed to be playing a pivotal role in the story, guiding the main character ‘V’ throughout the game. It appears that Keanu Reeves enjoyed playing the …
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