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Apple is making some controversial changes to its App Store this year. Moving forward, any app that hasn't been updated for a certain amount of time will be automatically removed from the store, which is causing a panic amongst some indie game developers.  As part of Apple's new App Store …

Razer has been a key player in the high-end laptop market for years now, with each Razer Blade offering great performance for gaming and professional tasks. Now, Razer is looking to tackle a new market – workstations. Teaming up with deep learning specialists, Lambda, Razer has created the “world's most …

The Watch Dogs franchise is one of Ubisoft’s most frustraiting, not due to its quality, but simply due to the fact that it’s a series with a great deal of potential being hampered by typical Ubisoft gimmicks. It is therefore interesting to see that a manga based in the world …

2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog film surpassed many expectations, offering a fun and lighthearted family film while packing in enough references and easter eggs to excite even the most hardcore fans. The film was a commercial hit, spawning a sequel. Having concluded its first weekend in cinemas, Sonic 2 is already …

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an interesting game which went through a large number of development struggles ultimately concluding with a game that did not inherit all of the desired content originally planned. Despite this, the game was successful and a film was announced. Though never released, the original script …

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is one of the oldest awards ceremonies in entertainment, this year celebrating their 75th anniversary. The gaming BAFTAs have now concluded – with Returnal sweeping the event. First founded back in 2004, the latest BAFTA Games Awards just concluded, celebrating its 18th …

When Bungie was acquired by Sony, one of the primary reasons for it was claimed to be the fact that the console manufacturer has access to resources allowing for games to evolve into transmedia franchises. It looks like we are starting to see this tree bear fruit, as a Destiny …

Many major companies are positioning the metaverse as being the future of the internet but in its current iteration the concept is mostly being used to advertise to people. One of the latest examples sees Coca-Cola releasing a new limited edition drink in Fortnite. As reported by GamesBeat, Coca-Cola announced …

We got the chance to speak to AMD's Director of Technical Marketing on a variety of topics relating to the recently launched Ryzen 6000 Mobile Series of processors. Robert Hallock discusses the advantages for AMD's high-performance core design versus Intel's hybrid architecture, power efficiency, and there's discussion on the advantages brought about by RDNA 2 graphics...

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Apple dropped Touch ID from the iPhone in 2017 and 2018, choosing to go all-in on Face ID for biometric security. Still, Touch ID hasn't gone away completely, and is still in use on a few products. For a while now, we've been expecting Touch ID to return to the …

2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie surpassed expectations both critically and commercially, causing a sequel to be greenlit with future plans put into motion. With Sonic the Hedgehog 2 set to come to cinemas on the 1st of April, the film’s producer unveiled plans for a Sonic cinematic universe. The review …

Apple only just launched the new iPhone SE, but it appears the first few weeks of sales have not been encouraging. According to supply chain sources, Apple has cut iPhone SE production by 20 percent due to low demand.  According to sources speaking with Nikkei, Apple has cut production for …

Apple has shown interest in the gaming market a number of times over its history. The company's most recent effort in this area is Apple Arcade, a subscription service offering a library of ‘premium' iOS games. Soon, Apple may try to crack the console market again, as the company has …

In recent years, Apple has made a big push into subscription services, offering TV & films, music, news & magazines, and even a Fitness Plus subscription. Soon, Apple may even begin selling iPhones and iPads themselves under a new hardware subscription service.  According to sources speaking with Bloomberg, Apple will …

In recent years we have seen many film and TV adaptations of games come out from development hell, with the Uncharted film releasing to commercial success, and production on HBO’s The Last of Us going smoothly. Unfortunately, the Oscar Isaac-led Metal Gear Solid film is stuck in limbo. The history …

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Netflix has leaned heavily over the past few years on producing original anime content based on popular video game franchises. Following adaptations of Castlevania, Dragon’s Dogma, and Cuphead to name a few, Netflix has now announced an anime based on the classic fighting franchise Tekken. Releasing some time in 2022, …

Since the start of COVID-19 and the global pandemic, many aspects of every industry had to be shuttered or reduced in some way. For the video games industry, live events were no longer possible. Years on from the start of the pandemic, industries are opening up, and the annual Summer …

The Apple M1 series of processors are still relatively new, limiting new Macs to Apple's own operating system. That is starting to change this year, with Asahi revealing itself as the first Linux distro to work on M1-powered devices.  Currently, Asahi Linux for M1 Macs is still in alpha, so …

It's not really a laptop - it's a gaming tablet. And it can connect to external RTX 3080 graphics

Apple just recently announced the M1 Ultra flagship SoC, but the next generation of chips is just around the corner. According to new reports, the M2 SoC will debut later this year, powering a new Mac Mini, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.  As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple will redesign the …

Nintendo has a storied and rich history both inside the video games industry as well as outside of it. With so many iconic characters and IP, it makes sense to expand beyond one medium. They have done just that with the Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan. Following that, …

Apple only just announced the M1 Ultra processor a couple of days ago, but benchmark results are already making the rounds. The M1 Ultra has been spotted on Geekbench, showcasing impressive multi-core performance. 

The music industry is notorious for having rather harsh copyright laws with a recent example seeing Nintendo forcefully remove over 1000 songs from YouTube. Fortunately not every company takes this approach, as Square Enix has now uploaded over 5000 songs to YouTube for all to enjoy for free. In late …

Last night during Apple's streamed product launch event, the company surprised us all with the announcement of the Mac Studio. This super-charged Mac Mini packs the brand new M1 Ultra chip, enabling impressive performance for its form factor. The M1 Ultra is a new SoC from Apple. As we reported …

As if the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max weren't enough, Apple has now announced the M1 Ultra. Based on the same 5nm process node, the new M1 series chip consists of two interconnected M1 Max chips using UltraFusion packaging architecture, totalling 20x CPU cores and 64x GPU cores in …

With the Apple Pro Display XDR turning three later this year, it's only reasonable to expect a successor soon. The Cupertino-based company hasn't revealed anything official about such a product, but recent rumours claim it's already in development. According to 9to5Mac, the upcoming “Apple Studio Display” will feature up to …

This week, Apple officially announced its next hardware launch event, taking place on the 8th of March. We've already heard plenty of rumours around what to expect, and now, Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, has revealed more details on what should be the star of the show – the new iPhone …

The latest Mac Mini was the first of its kind to feature an M-series chip, and despite using a smaller motherboard, the overall size remained the same as its predecessors. Unhappy with the 2020 Mac Mini size, a modder transplanted the system to a smaller chassis, reducing its volume by …