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While EA hasn't really managed to impress fans with its use of the Star Wars license so far, the publisher might make up for that relatively soon thanks to Respawn's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game is coming to PC soon as part of Origin Access Premier and for …

The smartphone market never slows down. As one device is released, another immediately enters the rumour mill with better specs and newer features. One rumour is concerning Samsung’s upcoming flagship for the first half of 2020, namely the Galaxy S11. The phone will allegedly come with a 108 megapixel sensor, which would …

Rambus has announced its GDDR6 PHY memory has achieved the industry’s highest performance figures at 18 Gbps. The company also said in the announcement that its PHY GDDR6 memory is best suited to artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous driving systems that require higher bandwidth memory. Rambus claims its GDDR6 …

It looks like Luigi might finally be stepping out from under the shadow of his older brother. Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become Nintendo’s fastest selling game of the year in the UK physical charts, outperforming The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and even Super Mario Maker 2. The action-adventure ‘horror’ …

Last month's Humble Monthly bundle was a big one, with subscribers getting Call of Duty: WWII, Spyro Reignited Trilogy and the Crash Brandicoot N.Sane trilogy amongst a few smaller hidden gems. This month's Humble Monthly bundle is looking like a good follow-up so far, with the first three early unlock …

While the game is unlikely to release until 2022, we could hear more info next month

The Aorus Gaming Box from Gigabyte will be getting a big boost in performance since the company announced it is launching a new version with Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti graphics. The Aorus Gaming Box offers users an ultra-quiet, external graphics solution. Gigabyte has unveiled the world’s first water-cooled external graphics. …

The second match of the League of Legends Worlds 2019 semifinals was so impressive that it broke two records: the most-viewed match and the most hours watched across an esports event. The number of unique viewers was close to 4M and the number of hours watched was over 125M. These …

At Blizzcon 2019, Blizzard announced the latest entry to the Diablo franchise, Diablo IV. During the conference, on a panel after the announcement of the game, Blizzard announced that Diablo IV won't be playable offline across all versions of the game.  At a panel after the official Diablo IV announcement …

At BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard announced sequels to some of its popular games such as Overwatch and the Diablo franchise, which will be coming soon. In addition, the developer announced the next expansion for World of Warcraft. As recently rumoured, the new World of Warcraft update will take players into the realm …

While most of the attention from Gigabyte over recent months has been on new motherboards for the 3rd generation AMD Ryzen platform, the company has been quietly working on boards for the upcoming Intel Xeon server platform too. To coincide with the recent announcement from Intel regarding new Xeon E-2200 …

Due to a recent fall in the price of NAND, the overall cost of SSD manufacture has become a little lower – this means companies are able to provide higher capacity drives at a more competitive price, in budget-friendly ranges. The BX500 series from Crucial is a popular budget-friendly SSD …

Early adopters of AMD Ryzen 3rd generation desktop processors will know only too well that the CPUs didn’t quite live up to the official specification regarding boost frequency figures upon launch. New motherboard BIOS updates with AGESA 1.0.0.4 B are aimed at addressing performance and are rolling out now. Gigabyte …

MSI offers a great range of laptops, everything from entry-level right up to the top tier gaming systems. The company has introduced a new line to its notebook range with the Modern 15, which is aimed squarely at content creators. The Modern 15 notebook will offer content creators the power …

An area which Intel still has a vast share of the market is with server CPUs – the company has announced that the new Xeon E-2200 processors are available now for entry-level servers. Intel’s Xeon E-2200 is designed to deliver essential performance for businesses, with advanced security features for cloud-based …

Responding to a question on Twitter, God of War (2018) director Cory Barlog added clarity to the deal struck between Hideo Kojima and Sony, with regards to Death Stranding releasing on PC. Ultimately it seems that the decision came from Hideo Kojima, not PlayStation. The discussion started when Barlog responded …

PC gamers won’t have to wait much longer to play the highly anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2. The games developer, Rockstar, has dropped a PC launch trailer and screenshots ahead of the 5th November launch. It wasn’t too long ago that there was some confusion over whether Red Dead Redemption …

It appears that Google Stadia is here for the long run. After recently announcing it would be opening its first games studio in Montreal, Stadia Games and Entertainment now look to be planning to open 2 more studios, one in London, and the other in Tokyo.  Google Stadia is Google’s …

BlizzCon 2019 kicked off yesterday with an apology from Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, regarding the controversial suspension of certain esports competitors over the Hong Kong democracy protests. The major points to come out of BlizzCon 2019 were the announcements of two big new games. If you are a fan …

PC gamers looking for large format displays with high refresh rates and Nvidia G-Sync technology don’t have much variation to choose from at the moment. Displays currently available aren't what you would call budget-friendly either. However, that might be about to change with Nvidia now implementing G-Sync compatible technology into …

Gigabyte’s range of Notebooks is getting a boost with the announcement that the company will be adding to its Aero series. At the Adobe Max event in Los Angeles, special celebrity guests will showcase the new products on behalf of Gigabyte. Visual Effects Supervisor, Mark A.J. Nazal, winner of the …

UK based headset manufacturer Venom has launched a new product to its already impressive gaming headset stack. The Venom Sabre Stereo headset is compatible with multiple platforms and features 50mm speaker drivers. The new Sabre Stereo headset from venom is marketed as a premium gaming headset that is compatible with …

Nvidia GTX 16 Super series custom cards keep on coming. INNO3D is the latest manufacturer to announce new versions of the GTX 16 series carrying the Super label. The company has introduced both GTX 1660 Super and 1650 Super iterations to its lineup. INNO3D is hoping to continue its success …

Rainbow Six Siege has had an incredible run, proving that you don't need large-scale warfare or a yearly sequel to be a successful multiplayer shooter. We are nearing the announcement for the game's fourth and final season of the year, wrapping up Year 4 content. The proper unveiling is due …

Just as the PlayStation halloween sale ended, the PlayStation Store is already back with another sale, this time targeting PlayStation Plus users. The ‘Double Discounts’ sale offers discounts to its regular users, but then doubles the discount percentage to all those with an active PS Plus subscription. Over 150 games …

Since the Nintendo Switch first launched, Nintendo has kept us updated with lifetime worldwide sales numbers for all of its first-party exclusives. During Nintendo's most recent earnings report this week, the publisher made adjustments to the list, giving us impressive sales numbers for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Super …

While most custom-cooled RX 5700 series GPUs to date have been promising,  the first attempt from XFX did draw criticism. Reviewers ended up encountering issues with the XFX RX 5700 XT THICC II due to design issues with the cooler's heatsink. Now, a revised version of the XFX THICC II …

It would appear that Chinese companies love to be inspired by Apple’s hardware designs. Following the recent leaks that Xiaomi is planning on releasing a smartwatch which is heavily inspired by the Apple Watch, Huawei appears to also be looking at Apple for inspiration – this time for its upcoming …

Google announced today that it would be purchasing the fitness tracking company Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The move is intended to assist Google in revitalising its Android-based smartwatch OS, ‘Wear OS’ which until now has lagged far behind the Apple Watch in both user experience, and sales. Fitbit was founded …

As testing waves continue for Halo: Reach on PC, the developers are getting closer to finalising controls and graphics settings, in addition to matchmaking and crossplay services. As part of the latest Master Chief Collection development update, the current recommended minimum system requirements were revealed, with specs targeting 60 frames …