Fortnite found itself involuntarily in the middle of some controversy last week after the studio behind PUBG blasted the game's Battle Royale mode as a rip-off. Still, this doesn't appear to have deterred players at all, as Fortnite's Battle Royale game mode managed to garner over one million players the …
Read More »Despite Nintendo Switch success, Sony has no interest in returning to handhelds
Nintendo has arguably reinvigorated the handheld gaming market this year with the launch of the Nintendo Switch. The two-in-one console is already getting a ton of third-party support from big publishers but it seems that Nintendo will be free to go uncontested, as Sony is still uninterested in pushing back …
Read More »Toshiba signs $18 billion deal to sell off its memory business
After months of back and forth, Toshiba has reportedly signed an $18 billion deal to sell off its chip business. In the end, Toshiba did not end up selling its stake to Western Digital, opting for a consortium led by Bain Capital LP instead. Interestingly, this consortium does include SK …
Read More »Bethesda is bringing a Survival Mode to Skyrim via the Creation Club
Bethesda's Creation Club may have had an unceremonious launch on Fallout 4 but it seems the publisher wants to make its launch on Skyrim at least a little more exciting. One of the first mods hitting Skyrim's new mod program will be a survival mode, adding hunger, fatigue and weather-oriented …
Read More »Volition reportedly hit with layoffs following poor sales of Agents of Mayhem
Volition found great success with the Saints Row series over the years, unfortunately the studio's most recent IP, Agents of Mayhem, couldn't quite live up to that legacy. Today it was revealed that Volition has suffered from layoffs, following poor sales of Agents of Mayhem. According to a report from …
Read More »Gigabyte may not release a custom RX Vega 64 at all
Update: It seems that Gigabyte ended up receiving a new batch of RX Vega64 chips just in the knick of time, as updated reports have shown Gigabyte's first custom-cooled Vega GPU in the flesh. You can find the update, HERE. Original Story: Over the last couple of weeks we have …
Read More »Persona 5 publisher tries and fails to get a PS3 emulator taken off of Patreon
As great as Persona 5 is, the game is held back slightly by being limited to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles. Many fans managed to work around this by using the RPCS3 PS3 emulator, but it seems this caught the unwanted attention of Atlus, who attempted to file …
Read More »Leaked roadmap details future AMD CPUs including ‘Pinnacle Ridge’ and ‘Matisse’
Following the launch of Ryzen this year, AMD has briefly discussed its future CPU plans. We have already heard that the company intends to release another round of Zen processors based on 14nm+, followed by Zen 2 and Zen 3 based on 7nm later down the line. However, we may …
Read More »Valve is cracking down on ‘fake games’, removes almost 200 titles from Steam
This year, Valve has been on a mission to be more transparent and turn Steam into a better place for gamers. Part of that involves cracking down on low-effort and poor quality titles being dumped on Steam. Yesterday, Valve began doing just that, taking close to 200 games off of …
Read More »Warner Bros finally opens up about charity DLC donations, claims legal red tape got in the way
Earlier this month, Warner Bros found itself in the middle of some controversy following its ‘Forthog Orc-Slayer' DLC announcement for Middle Earth: Shadow of War. This DLC is a tribute to one of Monolith's developers who passed away and was set to raise money for his family. At the time, …
Read More »The Ataribox will feature a custom AMD APU, will rival PS4 and Xbox One on price
Earlier this year, the internet exploded with news that Atari would be jumping back into the hardware business with its first game console in decades. The company announced the Ataribox a while back but few details were revealed. Now, we know a lot more, including the fact that the system …
Read More »Password stealing vulnerability discovered in macOS just as High Sierra starts rolling out
Today, Apple began rolling out its latest version of macOS, known as ‘High Sierra'. The update aims to give Mac users several new and useful features but unfortunately, it seems that the update also brought to light a flaw in Keychain- Apple's program to store and share passwords across multiple …
Read More »Video game publishers reach deal with voice actor union to end 11-month long strike
The massive video game voice actor strike has officially come to an end after a whopping 11 months of negotiations. The strike was organised by SAG-AFTRA, a union for American voice actors. Over the last year, members of the union have been trying to negotiate better pay and working conditions …
Read More »Win and review a pair of Grado PS2000e Headphones worth £2,700!
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Read More »Call of Duty: WWII open beta lands this week- content, system requirements and more
There might be quite a bit of buzz surrounding Call of Duty: WWII but the jury is still out on how good the game will actually be. If you would like to get a feel for the game's multiplayer ahead of time, then you can jump in to the open …
Read More »PUBG dev talks more about the studio’s issue with Epic Games and Fortnite
Last week, Bluehole studios bizarrely started publicly ragging on Epic Games, claiming that the studio created a ‘carbon copy' of PUBG with its new Battle Royale mode for Fortnite. At the time, it was said that Bluehole was contemplating “further action” and today, the studio clarified some of its comments …
Read More »Sharkoon launches AI7000 Silent case
At Computex earlier this year, we had a chance to swing by the Sharkoon booth to check out some new PC cases hitting the market. At the time, the Sharkoon AI7000 appeared to be the most premium model and this week, it finally launched in several versions- one silent and …
Read More »Report claims Intel’s 10nm Cannon Lake rollout may have been pushed back further
While Intel is still planning to roll out 14nm+ processors for the desktop market, the company has also been planning the jump to 10nm for quite some time now. Intel's Cannon Lake rollout has been pushed back a couple of times, though recently the company claimed that it would be …
Read More »The folks behind PUBG claim Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode is a ‘carbon copy’
It is no secret that PUBG is the biggest game in the world right now. In the last few months alone, the game has sold over 10 million copies and gone on to become the most played game on Steam. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege devs are reworking how weapon recoil works
Operation Health might finally be over but that doesn't mean the developers behind Rainbow Six: Siege are finished making big changes to the game. Quite recently, the dev team discovered an issue with weapon sights being misaligned with the camera. As a result, weapon recoil across all of the guns …
Read More »The Pixmax 8K virtual reality headset has surpassed its funding goal on Kickstarter
A couple of days ago, we got our first look at the world's first 8K VR headset– the Pixmax. It launched on Kickstarter and within its first day, the headset managed to raise almost $700,000, sitting just shy of its funding goal. Now, the project has surpassed its goal, with …
Read More »The UK’s average sale price for PCs has risen by 30% in the last year
We have seen plenty of companies raise their prices following Britain's EU referendum last year. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise to hear that the average trade price of PCs in the UK has shot up by almost a third in the year following. However, there …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Mario+Rabbids crossover is now the best-selling third-party release on Nintendo Switch
Ubisoft's Mario+Rabbids crossover may have been the most pleasant surprise of the year. In the months leading up to its announcement at E3, leaks and rumours didn't exactly paint the game in the best light. However, once it was finally shown in action, it didn't take long for people to …
Read More »The latest Radeon driver update focuses on improving multi-GPU performance for Vega
Multi-GPU users will find plenty to be pleased about with AMD's latest Radeon Software update. Version 17.9.2 will begin rolling out today and offers up some big performance gains when using a pair of RX Vega 56 or RX Vega 64 GPUs. Using Radeon Software version 17.9.2, the folks over …
Read More »The CCleaner hackers were trying to infiltrate major tech firms
Earlier this week, we learned that hackers had managed to infiltrate CCleaner, using a backdoor to infect hundreds of thousands. Since then more details about the attack have come to light, with researchers finding evidence that the attackers were using CCleaner to target some of the world's biggest tech companies, …
Read More »Need for Speed Payback system requirements and 4K gameplay footage released
EA is gearing up to launch Need for Speed Payback later this year, so it is time for the publisher to begin showing off more of the game. Payback is currently being supported by Nvidia on the PC side of things, so the GPU maker has had first dibs on …
Read More »The iPhone X may end up facing a delay due to short supply
We have already heard plenty of behind the scenes reports surrounding Apple's difficulties producing the iPhone X. These reports were essentially confirmed at Apple's launch event, when it was announced that the phone would start shipping in November, much later than the iPhone 8. Unfortunately, it seems that those looking …
Read More »Google is buying up HTC’s smartphone team for $1.1 billion
Google hasn't wholly acquired HTC, but the search giant has bought up HTC's smartphone team.
Read More »Valve won’t censor customers engaging in ‘review bombing’ but will add historical data to Steam
Whenever there is a major controversy surrounding a game or a developer, we often see fans resort to ‘review bombing'. This is essentially where players flood a game's Steam page with negative reviews as a way to get their point across. Sometimes these negative reviews aren't relevant to the game …
Read More »Square Enix is currently testing Final Fantasy XV on the Nintendo Switch
Earlier this month, Bethesda surprised us all by announcing that it would be bringing both DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus to the Nintendo Switch. Now, it seems other major publishers are also looking to bring their full-fat Triple A titles to the console, with Square Enix currently testing …
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