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Rage 2 is coming out tomorrow, which is honestly quite hard to believe given how little noise there has been surrounding the game over the last few weeks. Either way though, Bethesda does have post-launch content plans for the game, which the publisher hopes will keep bringing players back throughout …

Over the last few years, a company known as ‘Xperi Corporation’ has been throwing patent infringement lawsuits at some of the biggest companies in tech. In 2017, Xperi won a settlement and license agreement with Broadcom and managed to achieve the same result against Samsung in December 2018. Now, Xperi …

Update (13.05.19): A couple of months ago, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 had officially surpassed 800 million installs. This milestone was not brought up again during Microsoft's Build 2019 developer conference, but new reports suggest that the number of active users has already risen to 825 million. According to internal …

While we usually get plenty of iPhone leaks well ahead of time, the rumour mill has been relatively quiet this year ahead of the iPhone 11. That is starting to change though, with reports this week indicating that production on the A13 processor has begun, which will be built by …

Final Fantasy 7 Remake finally resurfaced last week with a new teaser trailer debuting during a ‘State of Play’ live stream for PlayStation. At this point, the game was been through plenty of changes over the course of development and has even switched studios along the way. One thing has …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …

Last year, we saw ASUS enter the all-in-one liquid cooler market with the ROG Ryuo and ROG Ryujin CPU coolers. This year, the ROG Strix LC AIO will be joining the family, adding a lower cost option in 120mm and 240mm form factors. We had our first peek at the …

The latest Nvidia GeForce driver has arrived, bringing performance improvements and day-one optimisations for some of the biggest game releases this month. Today's driver release focuses on optimisations for Rage 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms but should also bring a hefty performance boost to World War Z. World War …

While a leak yesterday may have spoiled the surprise a bit, last night Ubisoft announced a brand new Ghost Recon game ahead of E3 next month. Ghost Recon Breakpoint is set to be a followup to Wildlands, focusing on co-op gameplay once again and taking players out of the cartel-infested …

Late last year, following Monster Hunter World's win at The Game Awards, Capcom announced that a full expansion would be heading our way this year called ‘Iceborne'. At the time, very few details were given but that changed last night, with the publisher giving us more details on the new …

Way back in 2015, during one of Sony's best E3 presentations to date, Final Fantasy VII Remake was officially announced. This naturally drummed up a ton of excitement but immediately after, Square Enix went quiet on the project. That is changing this year, as during Sony's State of Play stream …

While Apex Legends did experience explosive growth following its launch in February, things did start to slow down over March and April. Respawn already has a competitive season plan in place to keep people coming back regularly, but there are other ideas in place. Similarly to PUBG and Fortnite, Apex …

The Logitech G502 has gone on to become one of the most popular gaming mice of all time. Over the years, Logitech hasn't really got around to upgrading the mouse at all, but that is changing this month with the Logitech G502 Lightspeed wireless. Logitech's Lightspeed wireless technology first launched …

As PC enthusiasts, many of us here take pride in our overall setups and getting a nice desk is usually a big part of that. Over the last year, we have seen companies like Sharkoon and Aerocool showing off their own custom desk designs. Now, Thermaltake is joining the club …

SEGA's Yakuza series continues to expand on PC. Yakuza 0 kicked things off last year, followed by Yakuza Kiwami- an excellent modern remake of the classic PS2 game. Now Yakuza Kiwami 2 has officially made its way to Steam, with other games in the long running series set to follow. …

Back in March, Crytek debuted the ‘Neon Noir' demo at GDC, showing off real-time ray tracing in CRYENGINE for the first time, all running on an RX Vega 56. The demo does a good job of showing off ray-traced reflections specifically but now Crytek has shared an update diving deeper …

Back in December, Capcom and CD Projekt Red announced that they would be collaborating on a special quest line for Monster Hunter World. During the event, players will be placed in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, complete with his usual weapons and abilities. The crossover debuted on consoles back …

Intel's struggles to get 10nm off the ground are well documented at this point but it looks like 2019 will finally be the year. This week, Intel revealed its latest CPU roadmap, which says that the first Intel 10nm processor will begin shipping in June, with multiple new products coming …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC this year, starting off with Halo Reach. We are still waiting for the first public beta tests to go live but in the meantime, 343 Industries has spoken a bit more on what features we can expect, including cross-platform capabilities between …

Over the last couple of years, there has been plenty of debate surrounding in-game loot boxes and whether or not they should be considered gambling. Investigations have been launched and politicians have gotten involved all across the world. While some countries took the view that loot boxes were fine, others …

During our time at CES in January, we had the chance to check out what Cooler Master had coming up in 2019. Being the keyboard nerds that we are, the new SK621 caught our eye due to its ultra compact, 60% size. We've been waiting on this keyboard to launch …

Anthem may have been the biggest launch in BioWare's history but a long list of complaints from players and poor reviews slowed things down significantly after launch. At this point, meaningful content updates have been delayed in favour of fixing the game and many have left the game behind, leading …

It has been just over two years since Microsoft cancelled Scalebound and ended its partnership with Platinum Games. At the time, this was a huge blow for the Xbox One, as the console lacked a variety of big-name exclusives, particularly from third-parties. While many fans have blamed Microsoft for the …

Android has been around for over a decade at this point and while it had trouble competing with iOS in the beginning, that is no longer the case, with Android devices outnumbering iOS quite significantly. Today, Google announced that Android has set a new record, with 2.5 billion active devices. …

Over the last few months, we have been hearing consistent rumours surrounding a budget friendly Google Pixel 3. Last night, those rumours were confirmed with the Google Pixel 3a launching and becoming immediately available, bringing the entry level price down to £399. At Google I/O, Google announced the Pixel 3a …

Long before Xbox Game Pass became a thing, EA began testing the waters of gaming subscriptions with EA Access. The service granted people access to a growing vault of older games alongside early access and 10-hour trials to brand new titles. The service has been successful on Xbox One and …

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Samsung was taking in pre-orders for the Galaxy Fold with plans to ship the device this month. Unfortunately, those with review units swiftly discovered that their displays were breaking, forcing Samsung to delay the launch indefinitely while problems were investigated. Now, Samsung has …

Earlier this week, we learned that employees at Riot Games were planning a mass walkout due to growing issues with company management. At the time, it was estimated that around 100 employees would leave work to protest but the final number ended up being much higher than that. Over the …

The age of the traditional Hard Disk Drive has slowly been coming to an end over the years as SSD sales have risen and prices have dropped down. Here in Europe, the shift is more apparent than ever, with new statistics showing significant growth for SSD-based systems compared to one …

Apex Legends has been out since February and during that time, tens of millions of players have downloaded the game. Of course, as with any fast-rising, free to play multiplayer game, cheaters did flock in. In March, Respawn banned over 350K cheaters but new workarounds were eventually found. Now this …