Samsung Galaxy S10 users in the UK may find themselves unable to log in to their banking apps using the phone's fingerprint scanner for a while. This week, some UK banks began disabling the feature in their apps due to an issue with the fingerprint sensor, leading to false-positive readings. …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic Onslaught expansion detailed
BioWare has kept SWTOR running strong for eight years now, with content updates and story-focused expansions bringing players back periodically. This week, the MMO’s next big story expansion has launched, with ‘Onslaught’ bumping the level cap up to 75 and adding a new story that will send you on a …
Read More »Kingston announce revamp to Canvas Select Plus SD line
For years, Kingston has been the go-to brand for many, the company produce high quality and high-speed memory in form factors ranging from 2.5-inch SSDs to their HyperX branded gaming RAM. Kingston also offers high-performance microSD cards suitable for a range of mobile devices. According to TechPowerUp, Kingston has announced it …
Read More »Bethesda is giving Fallout 76 a premium subscription
Despite controversies and poor critical reception, there is still a rather large group of dedicated players remaining active on Fallout 76. With some big content updates regenerating interest in the game, Bethesda appears to be looking to capitalise with a monthly/yearly subscription service that grants in-game benefits, access to private …
Read More »Wolfenstein developer weighs in on the Epic vs Steam debate
It seems like the ‘Epic Games Store vs Steam' debate isn’t going away any time soon. With that in mind, the senior level designer at MachineGames, Kristoffer Kindh, has provided his perspective on the matter, claiming that “people don’t really appreciate it (the competition)”. Speaking to PCGamesN, the Wolfenstein developer …
Read More »Micron unintentionally announce new enterprise SSD range
It seems someone was a little hasty at Micron recently after its website product page was updated with a new series of 5300 SSD enterprise devices, which had been unannounced up until this point. Spotted by the guys over at the Computer Base, a revision to the enterprise pages on …
Read More »Xbox Game Bar Update enables performance monitoring and achivement tracking features
Back in May, Microsoft revamped the Xbox Game Bar with a new UI, Spotify integration, and social and streaming features. Now, to complement the overlay, Microsoft's dropping the October 2019 Xbox Game Bar Update adding a customisable performance monitor and achievement tracking tools. These features were added based on the Xbox and Windows …
Read More »Lenovo’s Foldable ThinkPad X1 is scheduled for a Q2 2020 release
After its first foldable notebook prototype back in 2017, and the official announcement in May of this year, Lenovo is expecting to release the first foldable PC to the public in the second quarter of 2020. This past week, Lenovo showed a glimpse of the new ThinkPad X1 at Canalys Channels …
Read More »Pokémon GO Battle League coming in early 2020
The Pokémon Go team announced yesterday on their blog that the PvP element of Pokémon Go would be evolving in 2020. Dubbed ‘GO Battle League’, the new feature will build upon the already pre-existing Trainer Battles, creating a league which will require certain conditions to enter and compete. One of the …
Read More »AOC’s latest AGON monitor is QHD, 165Hz and supports FreeSync 2 HDR
AOC has had quite the year when it comes to gaming monitors, with new high refresh rate, HDR displays being announced consistently over the course of the year. As we enter the final months of 2019, AOC has another AGON series monitor to add to the roster, this time with …
Read More »Google is taking 30% of all donations gifted to developers
Google has begun to enforce its rules regarding donation buttons in apps, and the specificities surrounding them. Until now, Google has been relatively laissez-faire with regards to its rules on donation buttons. While the terms and conditions for developers has always stated that in order to include a donation button in its …
Read More »THQ Nordic Expands further, opening Japanese subsidiary
THQ Nordic announced yesterday that it was expanding its operations to the Japanese market. The subsidiary, THQ Nordic Japan KK, will be responsible for distribution, PR and marketing of both THQ Nordic, and HandyGames’ line up of video game experiences in the Japanese market. This makes the newly founded entity …
Read More »Nvidia rolls out Game Ready driver for The Outer Worlds and Modern Warfare
We have two major game launches heading our way this Friday. Not only is Obsidian returning to first-person, New Vegas style RPGs with The Outer Worlds, but Infinity Ward is back in the saddle with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Both games are coming on the 25th of October and …
Read More »Steam’s ‘Remote Play Together’ is now in beta
Less than two weeks ago, Steam announced that players would be able to force couch co-op games to work online through a feature it called “Remote Play Together”. The feature is now available to all in beta form. Announced in a blog post, Steam has detailed the exact specifics of …
Read More »Microsoft publishes CPU requirements for OEMs shipping Windows 10 1909 PCs
Since launch, Microsoft has been pumping out big ‘feature updates' for Windows 10 once or twice a year. The previous feature update in May 2019 doubled the operating system's minimum storage requirements and now as we near the upcoming 1909 November feature update, CPU requirements are being updated too, although …
Read More »EKWB releases new monoblock for Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
EK Water Blocks has released a new monoblock for AMD AM4 based CPUs, as part of its Quantum line of products. The EK-Quantum Momentum ROG VIII Hero D-RGB will specifically fit the AMD X570-based Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard. The new monoblock features digital addressable RGB lighting and will …
Read More »The Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch bumps game back into top ten UK chart
Somehow, against all odds, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt Complete Edition has arrived on the Nintendo Switch, packing all base game content, DLCs and expansions into a 32GB file size. It is truly a technical achievement, with handheld play being particularly impressive. As you might expect, the Switch version …
Read More »NordVPN, TorGuard and VikingVPN were hacked
Not only one, but three VPN providers had security breaches since 2017, but are only acknowledging it now. NordVPN seems to have been hit the hardest, but TorGuard and VikingVPN also admitted breaches. NordVPN, one of the most well-known VPN provider, had confirmed a security breach in early 2018. At fault, …
Read More »Final specification of Nvidia GTX 1660 Super revealed
After bucketloads of rumours and leaks regarding Nvidia GTX 1660 Super graphics cards over the past few weeks, it looks like we finally have confirmation of specifications, even though we probably knew most of them already. Last week, we reported on some Nvidia GTX 1660 Super leaks from various manufacturers, including …
Read More »TSMC will spend an extra $4B to meet 7nm and 5nm demand
Last month, we learned that TSMC might be struggling to meet demand for 7nm chip production, which could have raised production lead times from two months to as high as six months. This would be a major bottleneck in the supply chain but fortunately, TSMC is already prepared to invest …
Read More »Intel’s “Tremont” microarchitecture expected to be announced 24th October
Intel's race to ship 10nm started a few months ago when the first Ice Lake chips for laptops were released. Now it's time for the low-end, mobile, and IoT devices to get Intel's 10nm… hopefully. Tremont, the name chosen by Intel for the next-gen SoCs built for low-end, IoT, and …
Read More »WB Montréal’s new game is apparently called Batman: Arkham Legacy
It has been around one month since WB Montréal returned to Twitter to begin teasing a new Batman Arkham game. The studio has unfortunately been very quiet since then, meaning the full announcement is likely scheduled to take place at The Game Awards in December. In the meantime, more leaks are …
Read More »10th generation Intel Core i5 Comet Lake set for Hyper-Threading
For quite some time now, Intel has had a stranglehold on the desktop CPU market, especially when it comes to gaming. A recent resurgence from AMD has seen a large chunk of that market being taken away, with AMD Ryzen offering performance benefits for productivity, streamers and content creators. Due to …
Read More »Razer releases Razer Raptor, a gaming monitor
As if Razer's product portfolio wasn't big enough, back in January at CES, the Razer Raptor gaming monitor was announced. Now, it's available for purchase and looks as impressive as it did back then. The gaming peripherals market has some big players, and Razer is one of them, but up until …
Read More »Halo: Reach is getting its biggest PC beta test to date soon
Microsoft is still working away on bringing The Master Chief Collection to PC, starting with Halo Reach. So far this year, there have been three flight tests for Halo Insiders, one focusing on the first campaign mission, one for Firefight and another for multiplayer matchmaking. Now in the next few …
Read More »Square Enix releases new Final Fantasy XIV trailer, details patch 5.1 and NieR raid
A new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.1 patch has been released, detailing all the new additions and changes. The patch, titled “Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty”, will be bringing with it an abundance of new content. The patch itself shares its name with the new story quests being …
Read More »Kingston KC600 SSD launches with 3D TLC NAND and up to 2TB capacity
While new form factors and higher speed SSDs have been dominating much of the news cycle this year, there is still a big market for 2.5″ SATA SSDs. If you are looking to finally move on from that ageing high capacity HDD, then Kingston's new KC600 SSDs might be the …
Read More »Bungie removes a game breaking weapon from Destiny 2 which gave players instant supers
Bungie has had to disable an exotic rifle in all activities, amid the discovery of a glitch that allowed you to instantly charge your super. The offending weapon, the “Telesto”, is a fusion rifle which was released with the first Destiny 2 expansion “Curse of Osiris” back in December of …
Read More »Apple reportedly planning a big Augmented Reality push in 2020
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. Last month, a new Apple …
Read More »Blizzard rumoured to announce Diablo 2 Remastered, Diablo 4 and Overwatch sequel at Blizzcon
As we all know, Blizzcon 2018 was a bit of a mess, in large part thanks to the poor handling of the Diablo Immortal announcement. This year, Blizzard will be hoping to make up for that with a slew of non-mobile game announcements, with rumours pointing towards Diablo 4, Diablo …
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