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Valve's inner workings always feel a little shady. It works on secretive projects we don't hear about for years at a time, has a strange, horizontal team structure – it's hard to figure out how it all works. We do know one thing though, and that's that it's run out …

Back at the start of this year, Steam's Hardware Survey showed that the GTX 970 had climbed the ladder to become the most popular graphics card amongst the users involved. Since then, we have had a slew of graphics card launches based on new architecture from both Nvidia and AMD …

Blizzard's approach to competitive play in Overwatch is a little different to other games. The competitive mode runs in seasons, during which players compete to reach the top 500 player list, if you break into the list at any time during the season, you get a unique player icon and …

There will be no early review copies of No Man's Sky but that hasn't stopped various press outlets and even regular gamers from getting their hands on early versions of the game through other sources. Unfortunately for those that have managed to start playing early, those save files will no …

It looks like Valve is opening up its room-scale tracking system for all hardware makers to play around with, allowing custom hardware to be built for the HTC Vive headset, which means companies could end up releasing their own custom motion controllers to compete with Valve's own wand-style design, which comes bundled with …

We already knew that Overwatch was off to a great start but it looks like Blizzard's latest franchise has really caught on, with over 15 million players worldwide already. The game officially launched on the 24th of May this year, so over the last two months, the player base has …

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update began rolling out this week, which means it is time for Microsoft to start talking about the future. Today, in a new blog post going over some new Windows update changes, Microsoft confirmed that there are no more feature updates planned for 2016. However, there …

  There could be more trouble brewing between Apple and Samsung right now as a recent Samsung patent filing just surfaced online and it seems to illustrate a smartwatch with the exact same design as the already released Apple Watch. The patent is for a ‘wearable device' and was filed …

Blizzard has been hiring people to maintain support for some of its older games for a while now. Games like Diablo 2 still get updates today to ensure they run on modern operating systems. However, it looks like Blizzard might have something bigger planned, with reports this week claiming that …

Kim Dotcom has been making headlines again recently following on from the announcement that he is reviving Megaupload, with a launch date set for January 2017. Since then, he has revealed a little more information on how the new Megaupload will work and as it turns out, every file transfer …

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update started rolling out this week and unfortunately, it has started causing some major issues for some systems, with users complaining about crashes and system freezes. Some users are reporting system freezes within seconds of booting up, while others are getting ‘Windows is not responding' errors. …

Steam's gifting feature has been very useful over the years but the system is open to some abuse, whether it be ‘gift sellers' on sites like G2A, or cheaters buying games for secondary accounts. However, it looks like Valve is now catching on, as it has been announced that Steam …

While the bulk of Bethesda's 2015 E3 presentation focussed on Fallout 4, the studio did also announce an Elder Scrolls themed spin-off card game known as Elder Scrolls: Legends. After sitting in closed beta for just over a year, Bethesda has now opened the floodgates, allowing anyone to download the …

If the in-built front-facing camera on the HTC Vive just isn't cutting it for you then it looks like Intel might have the answer to your problems as the company has developed a camera attachment of its own for the virtual reality headset. Given the amount of buzz around VR …

As we reported last night, this week, Newegg began sending out emails to Nvidia GTX 980, GTX 960 and even AMD R9 graphics card buyers, talking about a class-action lawsuit settlement. This was quite the surprise as we had never heard of any lawsuits occurring over these GPUs specifically and …

Nintendo is looking to put itself back on the map next year with the launch of the NX. However, it will be a tough fight given the popularity of the Xbox One and PS4 right now. Now a group of UK-based games retailers have weighed in on Nintendo’s options, saying …

Ark: Survival Evolved is one of the most popular games on Steam Early Access. It became so successful that the developer created a free to play spin-off game mode titled ‘Ark: Survival of the Fittest’. Unfortunately, since then, the studio has decided that it isn’t “cut out for free to …

People are a little on-edge in Turkey right now, following on from an attempted military coup last month but while the country gets back to normality, one Turkish news reporter has offered some comedic relief. This week, a TV news anchor went out looking for a scoop and ended up …

Rumours circulated earlier this week that Samsung and Oculus had a new Gear VR headset in the works and now those have proved true. Starting late yesterday, both companies made a second edition Samsung Gear VR headset available to pre-order in the U.S. for $100. The most obvious difference with …

If you have a virtual reality headset and a few hours during this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, then you might want to give the BBC's coverage a look. The broadcasting organisation has announced that over 100 hours of the Summer games will be broadcast in 360 degrees, …

Pokémon Go has shown that whether it's rushing around in parks, or rabidly speculating online, when rare Pokémon appear in one form or the other, people get very excited. Don't get too wound up though, as there's a good chance any footage you see of Legendary or Mythic pocket monsters …

Although the Tesla Model 3 has a lot going for it in terms of pricing, fuel economy and clever engineering, one area where it may really stand out is its ability to operate autonomously. While expected to have some form of Tesla Autopilot, it may be that by the time …

Another day and another Batman game released with a list of performance issues. With the debut of Telltale's detective-focused Batman game, a number of users reported terrible performance issues, but fortunately Telltale has released a patch for it, which seems to have cleared up problems for the most part. Although …

Update: Newegg has since retracted these emails and issued an update, stating that there are in-fact no lawsuits underway and confirming that this was a big mistake. You can read the full update, HERE. Just last week, Nvidia reportedly settled the class-action lawsuit surrounding the GTX 970 VRAM issue. While …

Earlier this year, Microsoft officially began selling its first Hololens devkit, though there were some hoops to jump through before purchasing one. For a start, you had to be a developer and you had to register for approval with Microsoft. Oh, and you also had to have $3000 handy. Now, …

The console market is gearing up for big changes this year. The days of being stuck with the same level of hardware for an entire generation are fading away as both Microsoft and Sony are planning to launch beefier consoles soon. While there was some initial speculation over developer/publisher reaction …

Activision re-released two well-loved Marvel action RPGs last week but unfortunately, the ports weren’t handled with much care at all. At launch, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1&2 had plenty of issues, which led to Marvel itself getting on the case to push Activision to fix its games. Now, the publisher has …

Bitcoin value has plummeted once again after $77 million worth of the digital currency was stolen during a hack on the Hong-Kong based exchange, Bitfinex. The security breach was discovered on Tuesday, all transactions have been suspended and an investigation is under way. In an update on the exchange website, …

In a move that can't please Yahoo or its potential new owners at Verizon, around 200 million of the web giant's customer details are said to be available for sale on the dark web. Yahoo has said since that it is aware of the claim and is working to confirm …

If you thought Tiltbrush was cool before, wait until you get a look at its new audio reactive mode. Now artists can make their virtual reality paintings come alive even more, by making certain strokes react when you're playing music. Ever wanted to create your own visualiser? Now you can. …