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Update (23/11/18): Now that Black Friday is officially here, PC Specialist has lowered prices event further on its range of laptops and desktops. Best of all, inputting a voucher code of PCSBF will net prospective buyers another £20 off the deal price. The only caveat is that the discount code …

Earlier this week, Apple reportedly cut down on the production of its current generation iPhone XS, XS Max and XR amid slow sales. The weaker demand has caused the firm to bring back last year’s iPhone X, which has once again entered production. With the XS series debatably acting as …

It's a thin and stylish laptop for £1199 - but is the beauty only skin deep?

Like the falling of golden leaves, Steam prices are dropping left, right and centre for the platform’s Autumn Sale. Discounts range across 14,272 different titles, with plenty of this year’s releases available cheaper until November 27th. Those looking to grab 2018’s biggest and best are in luck, with Far Cry …

Reports have cropped up detailing a bug in HTC’s Vive wireless adapter, showing a “compatibility issue” with Ryzen-based PC systems. HTC has launched an investigation to determine and fix the problem, even offering refunds on the $299 accessory to those affected. Being one of the first of its kind, the …

RAM prices have risen significantly over the last couple of years and while things are starting to settle down a bit now, there are still many who believe that something shady was going on. In December 2017, China's economic regulator began investigating Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron in order to …

Ever since the announcement of Diablo Immortal at Blizzcon, we've all been wondering what state Diablo 4 is in. At points throughout the year, it seemed like a shoe-in for a big end of the year reveal, but that didn't turn out to be the case. Now, multiple sources have come forward to share the story of Diablo 4's development and why it seems to be further behind than others had hoped.

It is a game under a lot of controversy - but Melissa is a big fan, does she like it or is it as bad as some people are making out ?

The European Parliament is currently in talks with the European Council and Commission to implement Article 13, a law that would make YouTube directly responsible for the potential copyright infringement of its users. While the platform has already been vocal about its opposition to the proposal, Music chief Lyor Cohen …

Valve cautioned publishers and developers last month that Steam would finally be ushering in support for Australian currency, requiring each listing to be manually changed or risk being omitted from the store. The Australian dollar has since arrived, but some developers have yet to adapt resulting in many titles being …

Those that missed out on Amazon’s incredible M.2 SSD deals yesterday have been given another chance. WD is slashing prices across its M.2 and SATA offerings for Black Friday, including its “Must Have” WD Black NVMe M.2. WD Green 240GB 2.5″ 7mm Solid State Drive While WD Green lacks the …

Last year, we witnessed the biggest cryptocurrency boom to date, with Bitcoin peaking at a $20,000 value in December 2017. This was followed by a swift decline and by January 2018, Bitcoin was back down below the $10,000 mark. Now, the coin seems to keep falling, with another sudden decline …

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is Obsidian's second Kickstarter hit and while the sequel may not have sold as well as the first game, there is still more content coming for those that did pick this one up. Next month, Pillars of Eternity 2 will get its third and final …

We recently learned that AMD has launched a fantastic free game bundle for RX Vega and RX 590 graphics cards. Now, Nvidia is getting its free game bundle, giving GeForce RTX buyers a free copy of Battlefield V- the first game to actually support raytracing. Battlefield V is the first …

The range is called the Prevail Pro, and we took a look at the version with mobile Quadro P4000.

Ubisoft has spent years building up good will with players of Rainbow Six Siege. A chunk of that work was undone in recent weeks, as the publisher announced plans to expand the game into China. Since China has strict content laws, Ubisoft's plan was to censor the game by making …

Two “individuals of extraordinary talent” partially responsible for TalkTalk's major data breach in 2015, each receiving jail sentences.

Back in June, we had the chance to check out G.Skill's booth at Computex. This is when we got our first look at the company's new Trident Z Royal memory series, bringing a new, distinct look. It has been several months since we last saw it, but the carriage has …

If you have been saving up for a few PC upgrades, then now might be the best time to shop around. Black Friday deals are already starting to do the rounds and Amazon has some pretty great ones for SSDs today, including a 1TB Samsung 970 M.2 drive for just …

It may not sound like it, but £1150 for this is an absolute bargain

Recently, Microsoft announced two new studio acquisitions- Obsidian and InXile. Obsidian wasn't much of a surprise, as various leaks and rumours had pointed towards this for a while. However, nobody saw InXile as a potential suitor. It came as a shock to many fans of Wasteland and the studio's traditional …

Google’s Pixel 3 is running up quite the list of bugs under its belt, this time breaking its flagship feature. Yet another software glitch has appeared, now preventing a range of users from accessing the smartphone’s official camera app. As usual, those afflicted flocked to Google’s Pixel User Community Forums …

Valve's first foray into designing its own hardware brought the Steam Link and Steam Controller into the world. Both devices were designed with the goal of tackling PC gaming in the living room. Nowadays, Steam Link is available as an app for in-home streaming, so Valve is discontinuing the physical …

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is lighting the gaming world up, gliding to the top of the UK charts ahead of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Fallout 76. For all the remake has gotten right, it seems that its distinct lack of subtitles is a fundamental accessibility feature some are finding difficult …

Following the public collapse of Telltale Games, The Walking Dead: The Final Season was left noticeably unfinished with just two of its four episodes released. Fortunately, Skybound Games picked up the remaining episodes, which are now in development. Skybound Games, formed by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, picked up …

Google maintains that it might retract its News feature from Europe, should the EU push Article 11's "link tax."

Its pretty special, but can this keyboard justify the £169.99 asking price ?

Apple recently made the decision to stop disclosing iPhone sales numbers as part of its quarterly earnings reports. Taken on its own, this could be a sign that iPhone sales are slowing down as prices begin to rise. Now this week, new reports are claiming that Apple has also cut …

We are coming towards the end of this current generation of consoles but Microsoft apparently has one more hardware revision to get out of the door first. In order to create a cheaper model, Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch a disc-less Xbox One console. This would be a revision …

Last month, rumours surfaced surrounding a new animated series for The Legend of Zelda. At the time, Netflix's Castlevania producer, Adi Shankar, was confirmed to be in talks to produce a new animated TV series based on an iconic Japanese video game series. Movie sites began digging and heard that …