With Ryzen having been out on the market for several months now, we finally have our first updated market share report, showing how much of a boost AMD has received thanks to its new architecture launch. Judging by the number of PassMark users, AMD has managed to claim back almost …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda won’t be getting any single-player DLC
At this point, many of the issues surrounding Mass Effect: Andromeda's development have come to light. However, while the final game did receive mixed reception, it wasn't completely irredeemable, after all, Bioware has a history of releasing really solid single-player DLC. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Andromeda will be getting …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront 2’s loot box system sounds pretty bad
Over the years, publishers like EA have experimented with microtransactions in Triple A games quite a bit. Over time though, game makers have found more forgivable ways to include them, for instance, most people seem to be willing to accept loot boxes. However, those loot box systems are usually confined …
Read More »Microsoft’s cancelled Surface Mini tablet has been unearthed
Way back in 2014, Microsoft was planning to expand its Surface tablet line with the launch of a Surface Mini. The tiny tablet was supposed to launch alongside the Surface Pro 3 that year but just a few weeks before the scheduled unveiling, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former Nokia …
Read More »Toshiba files £800m lawsuit against Western Digital for interfering with NAND factory sale
It looks like things between Toshiba and Western Digital are about to get ugly. Last week, we learned that WD was unhappy with Toshiba's efforts to sell its share of a NAND flash factory in Japan and now, Toshiba is firing back with a massive £835 million lawsuit, accusing Western …
Read More »Apple’s macOS High Sierra update is now in public beta
During Apple's World Wide Developer Conference earlier this month, the company unveiled its next version of macOS, known as High Sierra. The latest update won't be rolling out to users until later this fall but if for some reason you would like to be ahead of the curve, you can …
Read More »This week’s Petya ‘ransomware’ attack wasn’t ransomware after all, it was worse
Earlier this week, a malware attack referred to as ‘ExPetr' began infecting systems in a few countries, starting off in the Ukraine before spreading to Russia and eventually the US. The tricky thing with this attack was that it had all the signs of ransomware but after doing some digging, …
Read More »Steam support requests skyrocket as Summer Sale gets under way
The Steam Summer sale is a well-established tradition at this point and with everything on the store being cheaper, it's a great time to try out some new games that you may not have bought at full price. Unfortunately, not every purchase during a sale turns out to be a …
Read More »StarCraft Remastered launches in August for $15/£13
Earlier this year, Blizzard announced StarCraft Remastered, the first of its classic games to be brought back and upgraded. Now with a couple more months of development under its belt, Blizzard is ready to announce that we'll be able to get our hands on StarCraft: Remastered in August this year, …
Read More »Radeon Vega Frontier Edition already in hands of users, benchmarks posted online
With AMD's Radeon Vega Frontier Edition now available and shipping out to buyers, we are starting to see the first user benchmarks pop up. Interestingly enough, Vega Frontier Edition comes with two modes a ‘Pro' mode and a ‘Gaming' mode, so it seems AMD has kept gaming in mind with …
Read More »Palmer Luckey appears to be endorsing Project ReVive
Palmer Luckey spent several years building up Oculus before selling it to Facebook and eventually leaving the company entirely earlier this year. While Luckey might no longer be in the VR industry, it looks like he is still supporting it from the sidelines as today it is being reported that …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Game Ready driver preps for Spider-Man and Lawbreakers
Earlier this month, BossKey Productions announced that it would be fully releasing Lawbreakers fully in just a couple of months time. However, before that, there is going to be one last round in Beta- the Rise Up beta, which launches this week. Besides that, a VR experience is launching to …
Read More »AMD announces Ryzen PRO CPU lineup
Following on from its rollout of EPYC CPUs for enterprise and data centres, today AMD is announcing the new Ryzen PRO CPU lineup, adding another tier to the Ryzen portfolio. The PRO versions of Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 are intended for businesses, providing ‘professional-grade' performance and additional …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds could get cross-play between Xbox and PC eventually
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the latest early access game to hit the big time, shifting over four million copies in just three months on PC. However, the player base could increase even further later down the line as cross-play between Xbox One and PC versions of the game might be implemented …
Read More »Rust has been refunded close to 330,000 times
One of the biggest changes Valve has made to Steam in recent years is the introduction of the refund system. This is now a regularly used feature within Steam and while most developers choose to keep their refund statistics hidden, this week Garry Newman, creator of Rust, revealed that his …
Read More »Intel becomes first to market with 64-layer 3D NAND SSD
Today, Intel has announced that it has managed to deliver the world's first commercially available 64-layer TLC 3D NAND SSD- something that a number of SSD makers have been striving for recently. This new technology has made its way to market with the Intel SSD 545s, which is geared towards …
Read More »John Romero just auctioned off his Doom 2 floppy discs for $3000
John Romero is something of an industry legend at this point, having helped build id Software into the giant it is today. As someone who has been in the industry for so long, he also happens to have a good collection of rare memorabilia- including original Doom 2 floppy discs, …
Read More »Gigabyte launches AB350N-Gaming WIFI Mini-ITX board for Ryzen
This week, the roster of Mini-ITX motherboards for Ryzen is expanding, as Gigabyte has launched the AB350N-Gaming WiFi. Based on AMD's B350 chipset, this motherboard includes a bunch of features, including Gigabyte's Smart-Fan 5, server class components and an optimised layout to support AMD's Wraith Max cooler, which comes included …
Read More »SNES Classic Star Fox 2 launch surprised devs too
Earlier this week, Nintendo officially announced the SNES Classic, with an impressive games library to boot. The biggest surprise was that the previously unreleased Star Fox 2 would be included on the console. As it turns out, we aren't the only ones who were surprised by this, developers who worked …
Read More »Bioware is gearing up for a new Dragon Age game
Recently, there has been a lot of focus on Bioware's new IP, Anthem. However, that isn't the only game currently in the works as the Dragon Age team appears to be gearing up for production. Previously, members of Bioware have confirmed that early work on the next Dragon Age game …
Read More »European Commission hits Google with €2.42 billion fine over Shopping search engine
Over the last several years, Google has been battling it out with the European Commission in court over various antitrust allegations. One of the first antitrust cases to be levied at Google surrounded the company's ‘Shopping' search engine, with the EU claiming Google skews results and causes harm to competitors. …
Read More »Speedrunner beats Prey in just under 7 minutes
Since its launch, speedrunners have been having quite a bit of fun with Arkane's Prey reboot. Just a few days after launch, one speedrunner managed to beat the game in less than twenty minutes and now, it looks like someone else has joined the fray to challenge the record-holder. This …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds item spawning to be rebalanced this week
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been a huge success so far but there is still much work left to be done before the game exits Early Access. This week, Battlegrounds will be getting a new update that focuses on rebalancing the game's loot system, so different items should become easier to find …
Read More »AMD’s Radeon Vega Frontier Edition launches today for $999
Following on from yesterday's performance preview, today AMD officially launched the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, delivering AMD's latest GPU architecture to consumers for the first time. AMD is pitching this as the world's fastest graphics card for machine learning development and advanced visualization workloads. Pricing is also a bit different …
Read More »ASUS debuts two new Mining-series graphics cards
This year, crypto-currency mining appears to be making a bit of a resurgence, which has caused increased demand for mainstream GPUs, with popular options like the RX 570 and GTX 1060 consistently going out of stock and fluctuating in price. To help satisfy this demand for mining specific GPUs, ASUS …
Read More »Thermaltake unleashes trio of new tempered glass PC cases
This week, Thermaltake has launched a trio of new Tempered Glass edition cases. The new Supressor F, Core V71 full tower and Core V51 mid-tower now all come in tempered glass versions, featuring a 4mm thick window, a GPU riser support bracket and full capacity/expandability for custom watercooling. Tempered glass …
Read More »Cooler Master launches MasterKeys S and L with PBT keycaps
Cooler Master is bolstering its peripherals lineup this week with the launch of the MasterKeys S PBT and MasterKeys L PBT. Both keyboards take what was great about past MasterKeys boards and adds PBT keycaps, which are enhanced for a better typing experience. The MasterKeys S is the tenkeyless model …
Read More »Microsoft confirms some Windows 10 source code has leaked
Microsoft has confirmed this week that a portion of its Windows 10 source code has leaked online. However, the leak isn't quite as bad as first believed. Initially, a report over the weekend claimed that a massive 32TB of data had leaked from Microsoft, containing source code and unreleased builds …
Read More »Linux devs have discovered a microcode bug with Intel 6th-gen and 7th-gen CPUs
Over the weekend, developers for the Linux distro, Debian, discovered a bug with Intel's CPU microcode for Skylake and Kaby Lake. The issue can cause some systems to misbehave with Hyper-Threading enabled and lead to data corruption or loss. Given that Skylake and Kaby Lake have been around for quite …
Read More »EU court to make ruling on Intel antitrust case next year
Seven years ago, the European Commission hit Intel with a massive €1.06 billion fine, after ruling that the company had been trying to stifle AMD's own chip business. Since the fine came through, Intel has been working its way through an appeals process and after its most recent attempt in …
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