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We are a few days away from the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, but the first benchmarks have already started to surface. The first benchmarks results are from Geekbench 5 and Ashes of the Singularity, which should give us a good idea of what to expect from …

We are back with another giveaway this month! This time around, we are teaming up with Asetek and XPG to give away a great hardware bundle, featuring a new 360mm AIO liquid cooler and a trio of peripherals to spruce up your gaming setup. 

The European Commission and the UK are launching separate investigations into Facebook citing antitrust concerns over the Facebook Marketplace and the company's use of classified advertisements on the platform. In particular, regulators are concerned that Facebook is unfairly using advertising data to distort competition. Speaking on the investigation, the European …

Minecraft is the best selling game of all time. With over 200 million copies sold, the next best-selling (GTA V) is over 55 million copies behind. With so many copies sold, it may be unsurprising to see a spin-off game perform well. Even so, Minecraft: Dungeon, the Diablo-style dungeon crawler, …

At Computex this week, AMD revealed the RX 6000M series of GPUs for laptops. As it turns out, AMD may have more graphics cards to announce very soon, with the latest leaks pointing towards a new flagship Radeon PRO with a massive 32GB of memory. Leakbench, a Twitter account dedicated …

While fans eagerly anticipate the new PlayStation VR hardware which Sony showed off recently, the console manufacturer continues to support and push the VR platform’s software side. As part of the latest PSVR spotlight, 7 new VR games were shown off, including Sniper Elite VR. The first game shown off …

We sit down with EKWB's Joe Robey for a wide-ranging discussion, looking at everything that EKWB announced at this year's Virtual Computex...

Back in 2018, Valve made the decision to stop charging for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, transitioning it into a free to play game. Now, the game is going through another major change, with free players losing access to ranked matches.  When the original transition happened, free players had access to drops, …

Sony recently held a State of Play, giving fans a first look at gameplay for the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West. Following this however, even more details have emerged regarding the much anticipated game thanks to a number of interviews – including confirmation of a 60fps mode. Following the most recent …

Back in February, CD Projekt Red suffered a major cyberattack, with hackers getting away with source code for all of the studio's major games, as well as copies of internal documents. Now, those stolen files appear to be leaking publicly.  As reported by Data Breaches, CD Projekt Red's stolen assets …

Unlike previous years, E3 in 2021 will operate slightly differently, due in part to the fact that the entire show will take place digitally. This has allowed for showcases to be more spread out than usual – though it has led to some confusion. The ESA has now released its …

Apple has only just released a new iPad Pro with an updated display, but the rumour mill is already churning out information on what's next. According to reports this week, Apple's next iPad Pro will feature another design change, namely, the aluminium back will be replaced with glass for wireless …

We first heard about the Gigabyte Aorus FO48U in April, although details were still scarce at that time. Now during the week of Computex, the full spec has been revealed, with Gigabyte's new giant monitor sporting an OLED panel and 120Hz refresh rate.  Featuring a 48-inch 4K OLED panel with …

When AMD announced FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) at Computex 2021, the company also revealed a list of compatible Radeon graphics cards, ending with the 4 year old RX 580 and RX 570. As it turns out, RX 400 series graphics cards will also be supported.  The announcement was made on …

Part 2 is here, where Luke and Jasmine put the PC together

During Computex, Micron announced its first PCIe 4.0 SSDs using 176-layer NAND flash memory, the Micron 2450 series and the Micron 3400 series. Besides the new SSDs, it also showed the 1α-based LPDDR4x and DDR4 memory modules. The Micron 2450 series will be available in three form factors: M.2-2280, M.2-2242, …

Back in 2017, Square Enix announced a deal with Marvel to produce two major video games based on the superhero franchise. The first was Marvel's Avengers, developed by Crystal Dynamics and released 2020. Now, it looks like the second game, developed by Eidos Montreal, is about to be announced.  Today …

NZXT has been slowly expanding its N7 motherboard line-up this year. In March, we saw the launch of the company's N7 B550 motherboard and now, the NZXT N7 Z590 is launching for high-end Intel-based systems.  The NZXT N7 Z590 retains the same sleek design as the company's other motherboards, simplifying …

With the RTX 3080 Ti now technically ‘available', it is time for a new Nvidia driver update. The latest GeForce driver brings day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, in addition to Nvidia DLSS and Reflex integration on several games.  Aside from day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, which …

Last month during Microsoft Build 2021, CEO Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft would soon be unveiling ‘the next generation of Windows'. As it turns out, the event will be even sooner than expected, with an event now announced for later this month.  For the last six years, Microsoft has continuously …

Valve has been working to make PC gaming more accessible on Linux systems for a long time now, culminating in Steam Proton, a feature that allows almost any Windows game to run on Linux. Soon, Steam Proton may get an upgrade, as Nvidia is working with Valve to get DLSS …

Many fans were left disappointed with the news that Days Gone, the open world zombie game, would not be getting a sequel. The team themselves at Sony Bend were reportedly interested in making a sequel. Despite not getting to work on a sequel, the knowledge gained from Days Gone will …

Sony recently announced that it had significantly reduced the size of its long-running Japan Studio, instead putting more focus on Asobi Team – the team within Japan Studio responsible for Astro Bot and Astro’s Playroom. Sony has now officially announced Team Asobi, the latest first party PlayStation studio. Making the …

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While Microsoft positioned itself as wanting to move beyond the notion of generations, Sony made a major point with the PlayStation 5 to claim that the idea of console generations remains important to their brand. Despite a few PS5 exclusives, it seems the majority of new 1st party games are …

ViewSonic is adding the Elite XG250G and Elite XG270QG to its portfolio of gaming monitors. Both monitors support Nvidia Reflex and G-Sync technologies while also boasting high refresh rates and low response times, making them fit for playing fast-paced games. The ViewSonic Elite XG251G is a 25-inch monitor with a …

Our latest 'Leo Reacts' video for Computex 2021 is devoted to EKWB and their enormous range of products for custom loop liquid cooling. In particular we were taken by the Nucleus AIOs and an enormous array of radiators... but EK had plenty more shiny and exotic items to unveil..

Last year, Sony showed off a number of upcoming games. One of the most exciting was the much anticipated sequel to 2018’s God of War. Tentatively named God of War: Ragnarok, the game was teased with little more than a logo and a release year: 2021. 6 months into 2021 …

Raja Koduri is back at it again, teasing the upcoming flagship Intel Xe-HPG graphics card. This week, the SVP of Intel Architecture, Graphics, and Software at Intel came to Twitter to share a photo of the Xe-HPG GPU with 512 EUs and stated that Intel is already looking into AMD …

EK Expo at Computex 2021 included many announcements from the company. Whether you're interested in new workstation and gaming systems, a new line of AIO coolers, the completion of the Quantum line of cooling components, the upcoming Velocity² and Vector² water blocks, or a brand-new case, EK has got you …