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Update: In a surprise move, the Telltale Summer Update 2017 has revealed that there will be a season 2 of The Wolf Among Us, along with a new entry to its Batman and The Walking Dead series. Season 2 will be a separate entry to the first season, leaving the …

This week, Samsung has begun ramping up production of its second generation High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) DRAM chips in preparation for increased demand. Samsung will be producing 8GB stacks with speeds as high as 256GB/s, offering the highest performance to date. Both AMD and Nvidia currently use HBM2 chips for graphics …

Just recently, Overwatch added its newest character, Doomfist, and while the unveiling was exciting, some were disappointed in the lack of Terry Crews. Despite plenty of teasing since late 2016, Blizzard ended up going with another voice actor for Doomfist. However, Crews is still keen to do something with Blizzard …

Over the last couple of months, Apple and Qualcomm have been embroiled in an ugly legal battle. Apple and the FTC are suing Qualcomm over anti-competitive behaviour, meanwhile Qualcomm is counter-suing Apple for patent infringement. While this is a case that could take years to go through the court system, …

It has been a couple of years since Google took its experimental smart glasses off the market and while we have heard whispers about a Google Glass 2, nothing had come to fruition. However, this week, Google is giving Glass a second shot at success, though things will be very …

Back in January, Netflix sat at just over 93 million subscribers, with plans to spend around $6 billion producing new original shows and movies in an effort to boost the company over the 100 million subscriber mark. Now, that milestone has been achieved, with Netflix announcing that it now has …

The Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy got off to a great start last month with chart topping sales. However, some players did find the game much harder than they remembered. Now we know why, as developer Vicarious Visions has confirmed that the N.Sane trilogy does contain some “subtle differences” from the …

Its worth pointing out that this particular keyboard is not full RGB (they have the Alloy Elite RGB for that), however for an extra £20 spend over the Alloy FPS you get a wrist rest, volume slider, dedicated media keys and one button LED controls. Seems like money well spent to us.

The Xbox One X is set to arrive in November, with Microsoft promising plenty of titles that will be playable in ‘4K Ultra HD'. We already have a list of games getting Xbox One X enhancements but this week, two more were added to it, with Wolfenstein II and The …

Apple is no stranger to rumours of delays in the run up to the release of its flagship devices, but recent weeks have seen claims boosted beyond the norm. Recently, Apple is said to have been exploring potential fixes for its OLED shortage but now with all three iPhones yet …

Before Intel ushers in 10nm with the launch of Cannon Lake, we still have one more round of 14nm CPUs to get through in the form of Coffee Lake. We are expecting to see Coffee Lake make its way to the desktop in 2018 but it looks like some details …

The Wolf Among Us is certainly one of Telltale’s most beloved games, with fans still eager to return to the world several years later. Fans of the original may just get their wish too, as this week, Telltale is said to be unveiling details on The Wolf Among Us Season …

Back in December we heard that Nokia would be returning to the smartphone market in 2017 and while we have seen some budget devices already, we have been waiting on the flagship. This week, the Nokia 8 leaked out, showing off the new flagship while also giving us details on …

We recently heard that Amazon might just be looking to return to the smartphone business, after the company's original Fire Phone failed commercially. Now this week, we are hearing even more about Amazon's future mobile plans, with the retailer apparently planning to launch its own messaging service in an effort …

It is Bungie's time to shine this week as the Destiny 2 beta will be going live tomorrow for console, starting with PS4 owners. So what will be included in the beta, what issues can you expect to be present in this early build and what time do servers open? …

This year, it looks like Dell is planning on trading in the traditional laptop power brick and replacing it with wireless charging. Dell has just launched its latest 2-in-1, the Latitude 7000 series, the first laptop in the world to utilise wireless charging. The downside is, it will cost quite …

The well known Amazon GPU return scam is now spreading to CPUs.

It has been almost 12 years since Kingdom Hearts II first came out and since then, fans of the Final Fantasy/Disney crossover have been eagerly awaiting Kingdom Hearts 3. The game was initially unveiled at E3 in 2013 with no release date but at Disney's D23 expo over the weekend, …

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It’s still early days for the Galaxy S8 line of smartphones, but it seems like Samsung might already be gearing up for a new variant. The existence of a Mini or ‘Lite’ version of the handset has been unearthed and might actually be a bit more powerful than the S8 …

During this year’s E3, Wolfenstein fans were treated a big reveal of Wolfenstein II during Bethesda’s conference. With its 2017 release date crawling nearer, a new trailer has dropped for the Nazi-infested adventure. The Wolfenstein series is known for not holding back on its levels of violence, but the new …

Three months on from the release of the Galaxy S8 range of smartphones, Bixby has been stuck in the early stages of beta testing in the US with it supposedly being a little while longer before fully releasing. Those still waiting might finally catch a break as a leak suggests …

Yesterday's CPU news was mostly dominated by AMD's announcement of two Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, the 16C/32T 1950X and the 12C/24T 1920X. However, AMD also snuck in some Ryzen 3 news, revealing that two 4C/4T SKUs would be launching later this month for the mainstream desktop market. At the time, AMD …

The Destiny 2 beta is launching next week for consoles and next month for PC, so what can we look forward to content-wise? Today, Bungie has unveiled the content available in the Destiny 2 beta, which will give players a taste of the story, PvP and a strike. Those of …

Earlier this week, Oculus kicked off its Rift Summer Sale, cutting the price of the Oculus Rift and Touch controller bundle down to just £399. The only downside to this deal, is that it is temporary. However, today Oculus announced that when the Rift/Touch bundle sale is over, a new …

While Nintendo is keen to keep the 3DS on life support for the next year or two, the company will be killing off a member of the 3DS family. This week, Nintendo confirmed that it has discontinued ‘The New 3DS' in Japan as well as Europe. Since the handheld was …

One of the things that made Just Cause 2 such a good PC game was undoubtedly the multiplayer mod. While the creator of the JC2-MP mod did initially begin working on a similar mod for Just Cause 3, he ended up dropping it to go and work at Avalanche Studios …

Last year, we saw Samsung launch the world's largest 2.5-inch SSD in the form of the $10,000 15.36TB PM1633A. While Samsung did have a lead in the capacity race for a while, this year, they have been beat, with Viking Technologies launching a 25TB and a 50TB SSD this week. …

A year ago, buying into VR was an expensive endeavour, particularly if you didn't already have a well spec'd PC. Fortunately, prices have been getting lower as we can see by Overclockers UK's new VR PC and Oculus bundle, which is quite the steal compared to VR costs just one …

Apple has been in the running to become the first trillion-dollar company for a few years, sitting with a value double that of its closest competitors. Apple's bank account appears to keep on growing too, with reports this week indicating that soon, Apple could become the world's first trillion-dollar company. …