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At CES today, we had the chance to catch up with the folks at Dell. We've already seen the company's early 2018 Alienware lineup but we also had a chance to check out some of the new XPS and Inspiron gear on show. Kicking things off is the impressive XPS …

At CES today, we had the chance to catch up with the folks at Dell, who were armed with top of the line Alienware gear for 2018. For starters, there is a new 21:9 3440×1440 monitor on show, with an IPS screen and a 100Hz refresh rate. However, there are …

Following Computex 2017, Riotoro received a lot of good feedback when it came to the CR1288 PC case. Now at CES, the company is showing the new and improved version, which takes much of that feedback on board and makes improvements all over the place. With a target price of …

If you've been looking forward to Rare's pirate sim, Sea of Thieves, then you're in luck as this month, there will be another beta test ahead of the game's release in March. You'll need to be signed up as a ‘Sea of Thieves Insider', but once that is out of …

CES is well under way at this point, we received a ton of new announcements yesterday and it looks like we have even more to look forward to. Today, Vertagear announced its new gaming chair, the Vertagear PL4500, the world's first gaming chair to feature wireless RGB LEDs. The RGB …

ASUS might not be the first brand buyers look towards for gaming keyboards, but the company has made an impressive effort over the past few years to establish it among the heavy hitters. Now, in an attempt to appeal to the e-sports scene, ASUS has kicked 2018 off by unveiling …

With Call of Duty: WWII’s first major expansion approaching at the end of the month, with it comes the next chapter in the incredibly popular Nazi Zombie saga. Activision has released a 2-minute trailer on what to expect as our heroes step foot on The Darkest Shore. “The Darkest Shore …

While ASUS has taken CES by storm with its new displays alongside it entry into the Windows Mixed Reality platform, that’s not all the company has in store. Its Republic of Gamers line in particular is getting some new additions, a standout of which is the ROG Strix SKT T1 …

Weighing in on the trend of mobile computing, ASUS has unveiled its new ProArt PQ22UC monitor, an Ultra HD monitor for professionals on-the-go. Along with 4K resolution, the new ProArt display boasts an OLED panel and HDR compatibility on a 21.6” screen. Mobile gaming and workstations seem like tantalising ideas. …

Razer has announced its new line of Nommo speakers, aimed at delivering premium audio to gamers around the world. The cannon-shaped speakers come in three editions, the Razer Nommo, Razer Nommo Chroma and the Razer Nommo Pro. “We created the Razer Nommo line as an ultimate entertainment speaker line for …

Every year, Razer brings something unique and interesting to CES and 2018 is no different. This time around, the company announced ‘Project Linda', a new smartphone/laptop hybrid concept that extends the Razer Phone into a laptop. Razer hopes that Project Linda will be a new era for mobile computing, blending …

Fresh off the announcement of Corsair’s wave of wireless peripherals, Razer is throwing its hat into the ring with its new HyperFlux technology. The difference here, is that the Razer Mamba HyperFlux and the Razer Firefly HyperFlux manage to shed the need for a battery while maintaining cordless use. This …

NZXT is jumping in to the motherboard arena for the first time ever. At CES this week, the company launched the N7 Z370, designed with a completely new approach in an effort to make PC building easier than ever before.

At CES this week, Toshiba Memory announced plans to bring NVMe M.2 SSDs to the mainstream market with the RC100 NVMe SSD series. These new drives come with a new cost-effective design, allowing NVMe storage to become more accessible to system builders. The RC100 series SSDs are built using Toshiba's …

CES 2018 has kicked off and we are already starting to see some exciting announcements. Today, HyperX launched its new Predator DDR4 RGB Memory, which leverages IR technology to synchronize lighting across all channels. This new HyperX Predator memory has IR communication channels embedded onto each memory module, allowing for …

Following on from last week's news of a kernel bug affecting x86 systems, OS makers began preparing patches. Microsoft's Windows 10 patch to mitigate this issue was due to arrive today but it seems that it caused issues with AMD systems. As a result, the patch is being halted on …

Activision isn't the only publisher patenting worrying new matchmaking systems designed to raise spending on microtransactions. This week, it came to light that EA has filed for two patents that could impact fair competition in multiplayer games, with one pertaining to Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment and another detailing an ‘Engagement Optimized …

CES is kicking off today, so we can expect plenty of announcements across the board over the course of this week. Today, Deepcool kicked things off with the announcement of three limited edition launches for the Quadstellar case, a new ARK 90 case and finally, the Captain 240EX RGB AIO …

It looks like the next big jump for virtual reality is happening sooner than we expected. This week at CES, HTC announced the HTC VIVE Pro, an upgraded HMD with a higher resolution display, offering 78 percent more pixels compared to the original VIVE headset. The new Vive Pro HMD …

Due to its initial cost and intensive requirements, virtual reality has taken a little while to get off the ground in the consumer market. Now, with the platform being much more accessible, Nvidia has revealed at its introductory keynote at CES that it expects 50 million devices to be sold …

Corsair is prompting its fan base to ‘Unplug and Play’ at CES this year as it introduces a bunch of new wireless peripherals to its line-up. This includes a new gaming keyboard, gaming mouse, Qi wireless charging mouse pad and even a lapboard. The company has carried three core principles …

It seems bigger is better at this year’s CES, as monitors and televisions are reaching record consumer sizes. Earlier this morning, we learned that Nvidia is partnering with companies such as ASUS, Acer and HP to bring 65-inch 4K G-Sync powered monitors into the hands of customers. Now, Samsung is …

Considering the last week of 2017 ushered in discussions of “gaming disorder” to become a recognised mental health condition by the World Health Organization, it’s no surprise that addiction in the digital world is a prevalent topic. Now, after the classification has been made official, Apple shareholders are calling for …

Following on from Nvidia's BFGD announcement earlier this morning, Asus has officially announced its ROG Swift PG65 Big Format Gaming Display. When Nvidia announced BFGD, we knew that Asus, Acer and HP would be among the first companies to bring out displays supporting this and now, we know what Asus's …

Asus is kicking off the 2018 wave of Windows Mixed Reality headsets, bringing its own HMD to CES this week. The Asus Mixed Reality headset will be launching in Q1 of this year and like other headsets built for Windows 10, it features built-in motion tracking and two wireless motion …

Around a month ago, we learned that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine's impact and used it in two games without permission. Now, CIG has …

It has been almost five years since Microsoft brought Steven Spielberg on stage to announce a full-fledged Halo TV series. The announcement was a key part of the Xbox One's initial reveal presentation but in the years since, things have been almost silent. For a long time, we assumed that …

Earlier today, AMD officially updated its 2018 roadmap with new information on its second generation Ryzen CPUs, APUs and 400-series motherboards. However, CPUs weren't the only focus of AMD's pre-CES festivities, as a small update has also been made to AMD's 2018 to 2020 GPU roadmap. Last year, AMD launched …

We are just 24 hours away from the start of CES, which means we'll be getting plenty of major announcements today ahead of the show. We've already seen some of what Nvidia and Intel are bringing to the table this year, but now it's AMD's turn. Today, AMD announced its …

Intel has unveiled its full lineup of G-series processors sporting Radeon RX Vega M graphics. We have the full spec sheet, alongside some early indications of performance.