Back in January, we learned that Italy's antitrust watchdog had begun investigating both Apple and Samsung over software updates. Complaints of ‘planned obsolescence' appear to have carried a bit of weight, as the Italian anti-trust team has passed down fines to both companies. The theories behind planned obsolescence reached a …

Yesterday, we learned that Oculus co-founder and former CEO, Brendan Iribe, would be leaving the company. At the time, some reports claimed that his departure was due to another internal shake-up, which saw work on a new Rift headset scrapped. It turns out that this rumour was inaccurate as Facebook …

After seven years of work, one of the most ambitious Fallout mods is finally available. Fallout: New California builds on the much-loved New Vegas, adding a new, fully-voiced campaign, a new map and lots of new content. Fallout: New California is the ‘unofficial prequel' to Fallout: New Vegas, a fan …

While Bungie has arguably only just got Destiny 2 back on its feet, it looks like the studio is already moving on to the next big thing. According to a known Destiny leaker, production on Destiny 3 kicked off this week, adding that a ‘solid base version' of the game …

Earlier this year, it was announced that EA's Patrick Soderlund would be leaving the company. Now, the publisher is losing another high-profile executive, as Jade Raymond will be stepping down after three years. Upon joining EA, she headed up EA Motive, the studio that took over Visceral's Star Wars project …

Intel speaks out to refute claims that it has 'killed off' work on 10nm CPUs. Launch is still on track for 2019.

Over the last year, Sharkoon has been expanding in to the gaming chair market with affordable, sub-£200 options. Now this week, the company is aiming to tackle the high-end too, with a new premium chair with real leather, rather than faux leather or cheaper fabric. The Sharkoon SKILLER SGS5 is …

After years of rumours, a few leaks and lots of fan support, Spyro is finally making a comeback this year. Following in the footsteps of the excellent Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited Trilogy is launching in just a few weeks and the latest trailer gives us our best look …

Oculus began as a small startup led by Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe. The duo found great success on Kickstarter and successfully pushed the industry towards VR quicker than anticipated. This all ended in a huge buyout from Facebook and since then, Oculus has gone through many changes. Palmer Luckey …

With Nvidia's RTX 20-series graphics cards now being out in the wild, we weren't expecting much more GPU news for 2018. However, from the sounds of it, both Nvidia and AMD have one more thing cooking. AMD is rumoured to be launching an RX 590 and Nvidia could be prepared …

Just last week, it was revealed that Lucasfilm had sent a cease and desist order to the team behind Apeiron, a small project aiming to rebuild Knights of the Old Republic in Unreal Engine 4. This wasn't a total surprise as similar projects have been shut down in the past. …

Over the weekend, Treyarch found itself called out by fans after it was discovered that the servers for Black Ops 4 had their server update rates downgraded at launch. During the beta, the game's servers operated at a 60Hz rate while the official release saw this chopped down to just …

Shadow of the Tomb Raider may have reviewed fairly well but it looks like Square Enix has managed to upset a portion of fans who bought the game early. Over the weekend, Shadow of the Tomb Raider went on sale on Steam, chopping up to 47 percent off of the …

Earlier this year, the European Commission planted a record breaking $5 billion fine on Google over antitrust charges. The EU took issue with Google's use of pre-installed apps and services on Android smartphones, which stops consumers from seeking out alternatives and thus prevents competitors from rising up. Google is appealing …

During the build up to Fallout 76's launch, there has been some confusion surrounding the Fallout lore and the presence of The Brotherhood of Steel. One quest in the game spotted during previews seemed to retcon the Brotherhood's origins. Fortunately, Bethesda has now explained the situation, providing an explanation that …

Back in June, Microsoft announced plans to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion. Since then, the code repository has found a new CEO and discussed plans for the future under the Microsoft banner, although the deal had to get through the EU's antitrust commission before closing. Fortunately for Microsoft, a ruling …

February is looking like a crowded month for video game releases. Not only do we have BioWare's Anthem launching late that month, but Metro Exodus and Crackdown 3 are also set to launch, all within a less than two-week time span. Initially, PS4 exclusive ‘Days Gone' was also supposed to …

It has long been rumoured that Apple is looking to move away from Intel and x86 onto their own custom ARM silicon. Today we'll be taking a look back at Apple's history, to assess the chances of such a major shift in direction taking place on one of their biggest product lines.

It has been a few months since we last discussed Apple potentially switching to ARM processors for Macs. Microsoft is moving in on the ARM laptop market in partnership with Qualcomm and from the sounds of it, Apple hopes to compete in this area too. According to analysts this week, …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out for a little while now and Ubisoft is already gearing up with post-launch content. One way Ubisoft plans to bring players back in is with a weekly event, setting players on limited-time quests to take down world bosses. The first one was due to …

There has been some hype surrounding Blizzard's Diablo plans this year. Not only is Diablo III coming to the Nintendo Switch, but ‘multiple Diablo' projects are confirmed to be in the works at Blizzard. Unfortunately, it sounds like we are unlikely to get any big news at Blizzcon this year, …

Last year, Cooler Master launched the C700P, a big return for the massive Cosmos case line. Now this year, the Cosmos is set to be celebrated once again, this time around with a limited edition Carbon Fiber version. The Carbon Fiber Limited Edition C700P case originally started off as a …

It has been a few months since Microsoft first formed ‘The Initiative', an ambitious first-party studio aiming to produce new, high-quality games for Xbox and PC. We've seen a wave of hires already, including top talent from other acclaimed studios. Now, The Initiative has added another big name to its …

It looks like Netflix is about to but heads with the EU, as the streaming service has begun calling out Europe's ‘content quota' plans for online video services. Apparently the EU is considering a new law that would require streaming services to “devote a minimum of 30 percent of their …

Want a console replacement but demand maximum performance? MSI's new Trident X (2018) can ship with an Intel Core i9 9900k and RTX 2080 ti graphics card. Its a beast!

Corsair has a long-standing reputation in the SSD world and while the company has remained quiet on the storage front this year, that is changing today. This week, Corsair announced the new Force Series MP510 M.2 NVMe SSD, delivering more performance in capacities all the way up to 2TB. The …

Over the weekend, a nasty PS4 messaging bug came to light, which would ‘brick' consoles by sending them into a constant crash loop. Some players used this to their advantage by sending a string of characters to PS4 players on opposing teams to force them out of a game. It …

Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading our way at the end of next week, which means it is all hands on deck at Rockstar as the team prepares for launch. As part of an interview this week, Rockstar did manage to spark some controversy, after talking about 100-hour work weeks …

Paradox is well-known for some of the best grand strategy games around, including the likes of Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron and Stellaris. In the future, Paradox will be working to make its titles easier to mod, in large part thanks to an upgraded engine. In an interview with VentureBeat …

We've seen weird messaging bugs creep into the smartphone space over the last couple of years but it looks like this issue is starting to affect consoles too. Over the weekend, numerous reports surfaced of PlayStation 4 consoles crashing after receiving a malicious message. As HuntStark notes on Reddit, some …