After a little stumble earlier this week, Ubisoft's shockingly timed open beta for Rainbow Six: Siege is now live for everyone to try out. The open beta was due to start a few days ago but had to be postponed due to a last-minute matchmaking bug, which was identified and …
Read More »Sony will make PS4 remote play for PC official
This week, a developer launched an unofficial version of Sony's ‘Remote Play' app for the PC, allowing PlayStation 4 owners to stream their console games to a PC. The official version of Sony's program only works with the PS Vita but thanks to this little nudge, Sony has decided to …
Read More »OnePlus warns against using its USB Type-C cable with other devices
Over the last few weeks, one of Google's engineers has been on a quest to save you from dodgy USB Type-C cables that don't conform to the proper specifications. These under spec'd cables could potentially cause damage to other devices and overall, awareness has been raised quite a bit over …
Read More »The Fallout 1 story is still being re-made in New Vegas
Back in 2012, A group of modders set out to re-create the story of Fallout 1 within Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas. The mod is known as ‘Fallout the Story', which is currently up on NexusMods, while its development has been quite slow, the page was recently updated with its first …
Read More »MSI has rounded up its best Black Friday gaming laptop deals
We've got Black Friday coming up this week, which means we can expect a lot of sales across retailers but scouring the internet for the best deals can be a bit of a chore, so MSI has done most of the work for laptop buyers, rounding up some of the …
Read More »Ubisoft claims Rainbow Six: Siege will be fixed for launch
Ubisoft gave us cause for concern yesterday when it announced that it would be delaying the open beta for its upcoming shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege, due to matchmaking issues, particularly since the game is due to release on Tuesday. However, Ubisoft is now claiming that all issues should be fixed …
Read More »Dying Light’s season pass is getting a price bump
Over the summer, Dying Light developer, Techland, announced that the game would be getting an expansion called ‘The Following', months went by without much in the form of details and now we know why. It turns out that the project grew to be much bigger than anticipated, so much so …
Read More »Nvidia might be launching a GTX 960Ti soon
It looks like Nvidia is preparing an answer to AMD's recently released R9 380x, with a mid-range ‘sweet spot' card of its own- the GTX 960Ti. Right now, there is a pretty big price and performance gap between the GTX 960 and GTX 970, with the former coming in at …
Read More »Vibox wants to level up your GPU for Black Friday
Black Friday is coming up this week, so we can expect plenty of sales and discounts across a range of stores, but UK system builder, Vibox, is doing things a little differently this year by offering free graphics card upgrades to those looking to buy a pre-built system. This means …
Read More »Asus to launch 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GTX 980Ti
Asus is turning 20 this year and in order to celebrate the occasion, it is launching a 20th Anniversary Gold Edition graphics card, more specifically, a GTX 980Ti. Asus has gained a lot of experience with GPUs over the years, with several excellent custom cooler designs under its belt. This …
Read More »PS4 remote play is unofficially coming to the PC
We might not be able to play PS4 exclusives on the PC, but soon we can at least pretend that is a real option as a new application is bringing the PS4's remote play feature to the PC unofficially. Sony developed remote play to allow PS4 owners to stream their …
Read More »AMD moves pre-GCN hardware to legacy status
This week, AMD officially launched Radeon Software, putting the Catalyst Control Centre to rest and moving on to a new era of driver support. However, these changes don't just put Catalyst to bed, the new driver also drops support for some older Radeon graphics cards as well, meaning the 5000 …
Read More »Microsoft admits to Windows 10 privacy bug
If you're privacy conscious and have jumped on the recent Threshold 2 update for Windows 10, you may want to double-check your settings as reports are floating around that users had some of their that their options were reset. Users were coming back to their PCs to find things like cross-app …
Read More »Another arrest made in connection to TalkTalk hack
Arrests are still being made as the police continue to investigate exactly what went down in the TalkTalk hack, which saw customer details accessed, presumably to then be used as part of a mass phishing scam or sold on to others. The fifth arrest was made this week in connection …
Read More »PS4 sales hit 30 million units worldwide
Sony is continuing its on-going dominance in the console market, as the PlayStation 4 has hit the 30 million sales mark just two years after its initial launch. Sony revealed its latest milestone earlier today, which “demonstrates the fastest and strongest growth in PlayStation hardware history”. If things continue to grow …
Read More »The Rainbow Six Siege open beta has been delayed
Rainbow Six: Siege was due to kick off another beta test today, though this time it would be open to everyone. That is concerning enough given that the game actually releases next week but now the beta itself has been pushed back due to issues on the PC, Xbox One …
Read More »Killing Floor 2 is getting microtransactions too
Right on the back of the PayDay 2 microtransaction backlash, Tripwire Interactive has revealed that it will be putting microtransactions in to its Early Access title, Killing Floor 2. As you can imagine, a lot of players aren't too happy about it, despite the fact that Tripwire is only offering …
Read More »Fractal Design giveaway winner reviews
Last month, we announced the winners of our huge case giveaway with Fractal Design. We teamed up to give ten readers a case for review after submitting video entries to prove they could get the job done. Now, we have most of those reviews back to share with you all …
Read More »Bethesda warns Fallout 4 PC console could easily corrupt saves
It is common for PC gamers to use the developer command console within Bethesda games to access certain things, like secret rooms filled with every item in the game, or cheat a little by unlocking a door or adding a few extra experience points to your character. However, with Fallout …
Read More »Sandisk and Gigabyte have teamed up for motherboard/SSD bundles
This is a big week for sales, particularly with Black Friday happening, and it seems that SanDisk and Gigabyte are fully prepared for it, with some Z170 motherboard and SSD bundles, offering pretty great value for money if you're shopping around for PC components. Right now, you can pick up …
Read More »Radeon Software: Crimson Edition is here
Today marks the beginning of a new era for AMD, as the Catalyst Control Centre is being put to rest and we push forward with Radeon Software: Crimson Edition, the first step in AMD's plan to double its driver support efforts. From now on, we can expect six WHQL driver …
Read More »Here are the system requirements for Just Cause 3
Avalanche Studios has impressed us with its PC games in the past, with games like Just Cause 2 and Mad Max. However, we've not heard much about Just Cause 3's system requirements, which is odd considering that it is set to release next week. Now, the minimum and recommended specifications are …
Read More »Asus shows off Maximus VIII Hero Alpha motherboard
Asus is expanding its Skylake lineup with its new Maximus VIII Hero Alpha motherboard, bringing some important additions to the feature set, including a new USB 3.1 controller, support for memory speeds over 3800MHz, five-way optimisation and for the first time, RGB strip headers. Other key changes over the previous Maximus …
Read More »Google asked to take down 1500 links per minute
Media companies have lumped Google with a lot of responsibility when it comes to fighting piracy, so much so that Google now handles two million takedown requests every single day. According to Google's own transparency report, the company received 65 million takedown requests in the last month alone. The math …
Read More »Overkill apologises over recent Payday 2 updates
These last few weeks haven't been great for Overkill Studios. The team decided to silently put microtransactions in to the game, which caused a lot of uproar amongst players. Then things got worse when additional bonuses were added to the new microtransaction system, which caused the game's Steam Forum mods …
Read More »Valve to remove flash and daily deals from future sales
One of the hallmarks of PC gaming over the years has been the Steam sales. Over time, Valve has increased the amount of sales that take place and has even experimented with things like mini-games, flash sales and ‘Encore' weekends. However, this year's Autumn and Winter sale will change a …
Read More »Sony is working on PS2 emulation for PS4
Microsoft surprised us all at E3 this year with the announcement that it had managed to get backwards compatibility working for Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One. This was a great step for the company, especially since Sony had seemingly abandoned backwards compatibility in favour of starting up a …
Read More »LG pulls Watch Urbane 2 smartwatch due to hardware fault
The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition was the first smartwatch to feature LTE 4G connectivity. However, it seems that a hardware fault with the device has been discovered and now, the watch is being pulled from sale and refunds are being offered. LG confirmed that the hardware issue “affects the …
Read More »Apple is working on fixing major iPad Pro bug
Earlier this week, we learned that quite a few early adopters of the iPad Pro, Apple's new 13-inch tablet, were facing a bug where every time the device charged for more than an hour, it would become completely unresponsive and fail to wake. The only work around for this so …
Read More »Nvidia launches two SDKs to bring GameWorks to VR
Nvidia has been increasing its focus on virtual reality this year and now the GPU maker has launched two new software development kits known as GameWorks VR and DesignWorks to help developers build VR experiences. These SDKs include technology capable of bumping up performance as much as 50 percent in …
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