Tag Archives: Software & Gaming

Corsair's first laptop is finally here, but is it any good?

A few weeks ago, Intel shared the first gaming benchmark results for the Arc A750 graphics card. At the time, we only had performance comparisons between the A750 and RTX 3060 in five games, but now, Intel has benchmarked almost 50 titles and released the results today. 

It has been four years since Mountain burst onto the peripherals scene with a few excellent mechanical gaming keyboards. At this point, there are three keyboards to choose from, a detached numpad, a gaming mouse and other accessories, all of which are on sale at big discounts to celebrate the …

Solid build quality, amazing acoustics and a balanced build. What's not to like about the Ducky One 3?

This new headset from Razer can be connected to almost anything and used almost anywhere

A few weeks ago, we heard that Sony is in the process of making a push into the PC gaming peripherals market. Now, the company has officially revealed its new Inzone monitors and headsets, designed for both PCs and the PS5.  Sony has always had a great reputation in the …

NZXT is revamping its streaming hardware efforts this summer with the launch of two new external capture cards. The new Signal 4K30 and Signal HD60 cards are compatible with any HDMI device, so you capture footage from a console or PC for streaming or gaming videos. The NZXT Signal capture …

Recently, Square Enix sold off some of its most high profile western studios and IPs, including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, to accrue money to invest in future projects, including blockchain and NFTs. Since then, the crypto and NFT markets have been crashing, so Square Enix reconsidered slightly, confirming other …

Sony is much more than just a console manufacturer. The tech giant has its fingers in a wide number of pies, including but not limited to music, film, TV, and games – all of which Sony also makes hardware for. According to a new report, Sony is set to announce …

Is Leo impressed with the higher-end NZXT N7 Z690, priced at £270?

Leo checks out the new NZXT N5 Z690 motherboard - good value at £210?

If you have a Gigabyte RTX 3090 Ti Aorus Xtreme or the RTX 3090 Ti Gaming and you're not happy with its cooling performance, it might be worth knowing that Phanteks has just launched a new water block for those cards. The new Glacier water block is bundled with a …

Razer is revamping its headphone line-up this week with the new Barracuda series. The Razer Barracuda X, Barracuda and Barracuda Pro are all launching today, designed to be your go-to headphones for everything from gaming at your PC, to listening to music or watching videos from your phone while on …

Leo checks out the latest series of cases from NZXT - what does he reckon?

The Blade 15 is only 17mm thick but packs in an RTX 3080 Ti GPU

During its Q1 earnings call, AMD talked more about the Ryzen 7000 series. Besides mentioning the Raphael desktop CPUs, the company also announced the first Zen 4 mobile CPUs, which will aim to shake up the laptop market in early 2023.  AMD shared a slide where we can see the …

We review Intel's flagship i9-12900KS, priced at £750

Over the past year, Netflix has been working towards offering streamable games through its service, and has even gone on a little acquisition spree, bringing on board several game studios. This year, Netflix will be ramping things up considerably, with plans to offer 50 games before the end of this …

The Razer Leviathan is getting a long-awaited revamp for 2022. The new Leviathan V2 makes some key upgrades, adds RGB lighting, a bigger subwoofer and support for THX Spatial Audio.  Razer released the first Leviathan gaming soundbar in 2014. As an 8-year-old product, it was time for an upgrade, leading …

This Sharkoon case is about £100 and comes with four ARGB fans - but is it any good?

This week, Activision Blizzard announced that over 1,000 of its temporary contract QA testers will be converted to full-time contracts and getting a pay bump. The move follows on from months of unionisation efforts.  As reported by Bloomberg, the change will affect roughly 1,100 QA employees at Activision's US studios. …

If you are in the market for a peripheral upgrade or two, then you may want to check out Amazon over the next few days. This week, Razer is slashing prices on a range of gaming gear, including the Razer Viper Ultimate, the Razer Kraken and more. You will find …

MSI's Z690 Godlike motherboard is - and this is 100% accurate - priced at £1850

Shueisha, the company behind Shonen Jump and publisher of some of the most famous and recognisable manga series in the world, is now setting up its own game development operations. Traditionally, Shueisha has licensed out its IP to other game studios and game publishers, but moving forward, the company will …

We check out the latest GE76 Raider from MSI, priced at over £4000

Back in January, the ESA announced that E3 would be cancelled again this year, with no in-person events set to take place for the third year in a row. Now, we seem to have confirmation that we'll be getting an ‘all digital' E3 again this year, similarly to E3 2021.  …

Ever since the explosive success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the first-person shooter franchise has managed to keep itself at the top of the sales charts for every single year (with very few exceptions). The games’ annual release has started to show its cracks however, with COD missing …

We've seen a lot of lawsuits levied against game publishers over loot boxes over the years, although sports games tend to get a pass. With the exception of FIFA Ultimate Team, few have attempted to sue other sports game publishers over loot boxes, but that is beginning to change. Now, …

Leo checks out the latest generation of the Intel NUC, sporting an i9-12900 and RTX 3070

Since breaking onto the gaming keyboard scene in 2013, Xtrfy has continued to improve its design and offer a wider range of options. This week, Xtrfy is launching the new K5 Compact series, consisting of two ultra-customisable keyboards in a shrunk down 65% form factor.  The K5 Compact is part …