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Over the last eight years, BioWare has released three games- Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem. Each launch has been followed by stories from developers talking about how difficult the development process was, in large part due to changing over to the Frostbite engine. On paper, having all …

Lately, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming to PC and while we don't have any firm release dates yet, we do know that beta tests are planned. Last month, we were told that the first test would happen ‘sooner than we expect' …

A few days ago, Valve unveiled the first official teaser for its upcoming virtual reality headset, known as the Valve Index. The plan was to have a full announcement with more details in May. However, early versions of the Steam Store page for the headset went live beforehand. Valve has …

Intel has confirmed that former Nvidia technical marketing director and distinguished engineer, Tom Petersen, has joined the Intel Graphics team.

Last month alongside the launch of our brand new Patreon, we launched an exclusive giveaway for our supporters, bringing an XFX RX 590 Fatboy Edition to the table. We saw great support for this first giveaway and today, we are excited to announce the winner. We still run hardware giveaways …

Briony is back with her review of the new Razer Kraken - is it worth buying at £80?

Over the last couple of years, Google has been pushing its Android partners to do a better job of keeping on top of security updates. As one of the largest Android phone makers around, Samsung has been one of the focus points here. This week, Samsung updated its security patch …

A few weeks ago, we learned that Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown' Greene would be moving away from PUBG development after five years on the project. The game will continue to be supported but in the meantime, PlayerUnknown himself will be heading up a new division called ‘PUBG Special Projects'. This week, Greene …

Over the weekend, Valve unveiled the first official teaser for its first-party virtual reality headset. At the time, the teaser promised more information in May 2019, but it looks like a leaked Steam page beat them to the punch a little bit.

This week, the Assassin's Creed 3 remaster began rolling out as a standalone game, in addition to being part of the Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass. This game makes a number of graphical changes to the game, some of which will divide opinion. If you wanted to pick up the …

Last week, Gearbox Studios announced that not only would Borderlands 1, 2 and the Pre-Sequel be getting upgrades this year, but Borderlands 3 is also on the way. However, while the rest of the series has launched on Steam, Borderlands 3 will instead be heading to the Epic Games Store, …

KitGuru explores the many high-quality April Fools’ Day jokes that the tech world has put out in 2019.

CORSAIR has an excellent track-record when it comes to all-in-one liquid coolers but it looks like some faulty units managed to slip out into the wild this year. Late last week, Corsair announced that it was issuing a product recall on a select number of Hydro Series H100i RGB Platinum …

Many of you will remember the massive 2014 leak that saw private photos of various celebrities plastered all over the internet. Through a huge phishing scam, a group of people were able to gain access to the iCloud accounts of a bunch of celebrities and steal their private information. Most …

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg openly opposed the strict enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). More recently however, Zuckerberg has had a change of heart with aims of a more “privacy focused” Facebook, calling upon governments around the world to …

Even before Intel’s Bob Swan officially cemented his role as CEO, the company has been on a hiring spree picking up notable industry experts, reportedly including Nvidia’s Tom Peterson. Unfortunately, a shake-up in how the company runs its business in the Americas has seen a substantial amount of information technology …

At £119.99 does the DeepCool Captain 240 PRO include enough features to really be considered 'Pro'?

Over the last few years, Facebook has been pushing for live streaming to become a key part of the social network. Unfortunately, this feature isn't always used with good intentions in mind. This year alone, two mass shootings in New Zealand unfolded live on Facebook, with the resulting videos being …

Over the last few years, there has been a number of occasions where we have seen publishers deactivating batches of game keys after being sold on ‘grey market' selling sites. The most recent example now comes to us from Deep Silver, which has deactivated a batch of Metro Exodus Steam …

Bethesda announced that it would be holding its own E3 conference again this year. We already know that we can expect more information on DOOM Eternal. Unfortunately, those hoping for updates on The Elder Scrolls VI or Starfield will be left waiting. Now that Fallout 76 is out the door, …

Since launch, Artifact has slowly been dwindling and Valve has been suspiciously quiet when it comes to future plans and updates. Over the weekend, Valve finally spoke up, admitting that there are “deep-rooted issues” that need resolving. On launch day, Artifact brought in around 60,000 players but that quickly began …

Intel's hiring spree continues as reports claim that Tom Petersen has departed NVIDIA to join Team Blue.

Set to launch on July 26, developer Machine Games is giving Wolfenstein: Youngblood a nice co-op-based twist with its “buddy pass” feature. There’s no need to panic as this is not another season pass, but instead allows owners of the Deluxe version of the game to invite one friend at …

Star Citizen has already led quite a lengthy 8-year-long development, with a number of features still yet to arrive to the ambitious space simulator. Alpha 3.5 is set to land this weekend and while the team at Cloud Imperium Games will be dropping a number of new ships, weapons and …

It looks like the leaks were real. Today, Valve showed off its own VR headset for the first time, with a launch heading our way very soon.

Back in January 2018, the gaming world was hit by tragedy as a fatal swatting incident ensued. After pleading guilty to various charges last year, Barriss, the person behind the hoax swat call, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Swatting wasn't a new phenomenon when this story initially …

Way back in September 2017, Apple not only announced that it would be supporting Qi wireless charging on its iPhones going forward, but also announced the AirPower charging mat. This was a fairly ambitious product, which would support wireless charging for up to three devices at once. Apple has been …

As a thank you to our Patreon backers, we are giving away an RX 590 graphics card!

Apple’s butterfly switches on modern MacBook keyboards have been the subject of much controversy over the past few years, continuing to pose problems even after three revisions. Although the company has addressed these issues in the past, Apple once again feels the need to apologise to affected users for the …

It's a new TUF Gaming 7.1 headset from ASUS - does Briony rate it at £80?