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A smaller, cheaper Xbox One is apparently in the works

AMD has apparently created a smaller and more cost-effective 20nm version of the processor found inside the Xbox One, opening the door for a slimmer and cheaper version of the console. During the last generation of consoles, we saw Microsoft release a re-designed Xbox 360 a few years in to the …

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Sony has managed to shift 13.5 million PS4 consoles

Sony has announced that it has managed to sell 13.5 million Playstation 4 consoles to consumers since launch, 3.3 million of those were sold over the third quarter, ending on the 30th of September. This is a step up from Q2, during which, Sony managed to sell 2.7 million consoles. …

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Mighty No. 9 is going for a third round of crowd funding

Keiji Inafune is attempting to crowd fund even more content for Mighty No. 9, his spiritual successor to Megaman. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year but Inafune attempted to gain more funding earlier this year by offering up more crowd funding incentives, such as an English language …

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Nexus 6 sells out in minutes

If you were planning to pre-order the Nexus 6 from the Google Play store then you'll be left waiting a while as the Motorola made handset sold out in just a handful of minutes last night. Pre-orders for Google's latest flagship went up for the US yesterday and things didn't …

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Xbox Entertainment Studios has officially shut down

The Xbox division's in-house made entertainment ambitions were short lived. It was announced earlier this year that Xbox Entertainment Studios, responsible for the Halo TV series and mini series, the upcoming Quantum Break series and several documentaries would be closing down and now it has fully disbanded, leaving an uncertain …

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First look at MSI’s upcoming GT80 Titan gaming laptop

MSI's latest gaming laptop, the GT80 Titan , has leaked ahead of its impending announcement. This is the first laptop in the world to incorporate a fully mechanical keyboard, built by SteelSeries with Cherry MX Brown switches. Additionally, the laptop is shaping up to be quite the power house as it will …

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Take-Two Interactive explains GTA V PC delay

Rockstar parent company, Take-Two Interactive, released its quarterly earnings this week and incidentally, that means we get a small peak inside the inner-workings of the publisher. Most companies have to justify or explain business decisions to investors so when the earnings report came around, Take-Two had to acknowledge the reasoning …

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Apple confirms that it will never make a budget iPhone

Leading up to the launch of the iPhone 5c, rumors were circulating that this would be Apple's first cheap alternative to the flagship iPhone. However, the plastic backed device turned out to still be fairly expensive and as a result, it didn't sell very well at all, at least at first. Now …

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Destiny’s first DLC is pretty expensive

Destiny's first expansion pack, The Dark Below, is due to launch on the 9th of December, exactly three months after the base game launched. However, Bungie's pricing model is raising some concerns amongst fans, the first expansion pack will set US customers back $19.99 and despite the exchange rate, it …

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Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB USB 3.0 Review

Kingston is already well known for its desktop RAM modules and Solid State Drives but they also make flash drives for those of you who need to back up data and take it on the go. Chances are, you have several USB sticks lying around already so what makes the …

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Alienware’s Area 51 triangular PC is now available

Alienware's strange looking, triangular PC, which was shown off at trade shows earlier this year, is now available to buy. The Area 51 pre-built PC can sport up to three GTX 980s, paired up with an extreme edition Intel Core i7 5930k. As you would expect, the base model is pretty …

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A new Humble Indie Bundle has launched

It has been a while since we've reported on a Humble Bundle but this month's indie bundle includes some pretty good games, such as Shadowrun Returns, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, four copies of Risk of Rain and OlliOlli. As always, more games will be announced for those that beat …

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Razer announces Leviathan 5.1 Surround Soundbar

Razer has officially announced its latest product, the Leviathan, a 5.1 Surround Soundbar featuring two 2.5 Inch drivers, two 0.74 Inch tweeters and a separate subwoofer unit. The Leviathan will take input from analog and digital optical sources such as consoles, blu-ray players, set top boxes as well as PCs. …

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Battlefield 5 may launch in 2016

According to recent reports from gaming industry analysts, EA is planning to launch Battlefield 5 in 2016. This way, DICE will have more time to work on its Battlefield 4 follow up while also giving Visceral Games plenty of time in the spotlight with Battlefield Hardline, which is due to …

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Alienware FX lighting to come to Roccat peripherals

Alienware and Roccat have just announced that they will be partnering up to bring Alienware FX lighting to several Roccat gaming peripherals. So far, supported products include the Roccat Tyon, which we recently reviewed, the Kone XTD mouse as well as the Isku FX gaming keyboard. Drivers for the compatibility …

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Alienware to launch external graphics adapter for laptops

You can get some pretty decent gaming laptops these days but they'll never be able to quite compete with a fully fledged desktop system, which is why Alienware has decided to launch a new desktop graphics card adapter for those who choose to game on a desktop replacement laptop. This isn't …

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Evolve Alpha system requirements revealed

If you signed up for the Evolve ‘Big Alpha' then you're going to need to make sure that your PC can actually run it, so TurtleRock Studios has released the system requirements alongside a few other details about the game and its progression system. Chances are you PC can run …

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Former EA head appointed Unity CEO

The former head of EA, John Riccitello, has now been appointed as the new CEO of Unity Technologies while company co-founder and ex-CEO, David Helgason, will be taking a step back to serve as the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Communications. Riccitello had resigned from EA during March of …

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