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Despite its early access status, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has many chicken dinners under its belt, even claiming the title of the most played non-Valve title ever on Steam. This time, the developer announced at Gamescom that the battle royale game has surpassed 8 million sales, all in just five months since …

We have known for some time now that the Windows Store is a bit of a mess but now it is starting to look like Microsoft has absolutely no approval process or quality assurance going on at all. It turns out that right now, there are a bunch of pirate …

Samsung's latest gaming monitor is a massive 49-inch 32:9 beast

Earlier this morning, Intel kicked off its series of 8th Gen CPU announcements by unveiling the low-power U-series for notebooks. However, there is still more to come, as Intel still has its desktop 8th Gen processors to announce. We have already heard several rumours about these processors and now, thanks …

After months of rumours and non-stop teasing from the game’s director, today, the PC version of Final Fantasy XV was officially announced at Gamescom 2017. It will be released on Steam, Origin and Windows 10, complete with all of the DLC released so far. The full title is ‘Final Fantasy …

Ever since its initial launch, Bioware has been working on addressing community feedback with patches for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Some visual changes were made, some cut scenes were remade but now, it looks like Bioware is ready to call it a day for this game. Over the weekend, the studio …

Back in July, Oculus began its big push against the HTC Vive by cutting prices down from £699 to £399 for the Rift+Touch bundle. At the time, it didn’t seem like HTC was feeling the pressure, as the company held on to its original price point for the Vive, It …

Microsoft kicked off Gamescom last night with its own press conference, during which the company spent a lot of time talking about Xbox One X. Not only are pre-orders now live, but there are multiple ‘special edition’ consoles and so far, close to 120 games are confirmed to be receiving …

Intel's 8th-Gen rollout kicks off with the U-series.

This week, we are giving away one Revo SuperSystem, which is a decked out, high-end speaker system for music - worth over £500!

UK online retailer GameSeek has made a name for itself with its radical discounts and aggressive promotions. The latest in this line is its heavily advertised Cyclonic Deal promotion, which has caused quite the commotion on its social media platforms. One of the most notable products in GameSeek’s Cyclonic Deal …

The first generation Asus ZenFone 4s kicked off the company’s attempt to break into the modern smartphone market back in 2014. Fast forward three years later and we are entering its fourth generation, with Asus announcing six new handsets in the ZenFone 4 line, each sporting dual lens cameras. The …

The Pokemon Company has been kind to fans today, releasing a bunch of new information regarding its effort in bringing Gold and Silver to the eShop and its sequels to last year’s Sun and Moon. In particular, the new trailer shows a very different side to the returning Alola region …

With Intel’s Coffee Lake announcement just days away, the leaks are starting to roll in. Today, slides from one of Intel’s presentations appeared on the web, showing the expected performance gains the company is expecting in the jump from Kaby Lake to Coffee Lake on desktop systems. This presentation reportedly …

A few months back, the WannaCry virus caused quite a panic, as it took down systems across the world and even knocked out the NHS here in the UK. Fortunately, a way to remove it was swiftly discovered and Microsoft issued patches for versions of Windows as far back as …

AMD's statement on the RX Vega64 pricing fiasco is ambiguous at best. Definitive answers are still nowhere to be found.

Valve has been making plenty of changes to Steam over the last year or so but it looks like the company is prepared to clamp down even further as this week, it was revealed that soon, Valve will begin denying developer requests for batches of keys to their games. This …

Updated with AMD's official statement.

It has been a couple of months since Microsoft first announced the Xbox One X alongside some of the more important details like specs, supported games, a release date and price. However, one important thing has been missing, as fans have been waiting on pre-orders ever since. Phil Spencer claimed …

Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced that soon, it would be bringing Operation Health to a close and getting back on track with future content releases, starting off with Operation Blood Orchid. We have already heard a bit about the next addition to Siege but this week, we got our first …

Bethesda has been working on bringing back the Quake franchise for quite some time, working closely with id Software to give it the revival it deserves. The next instalment is to be Quake Champions, that will now be set to jump from closed beta into Steam Early Access come August …

HBO has had a tough time with hackers lately, with sensitive information being ransacked and held to ransom. The American TV network has experienced yet another attack today, however in a twist of fate, the perpetrators are a lot more noble in their cause. Today’s attack came from OurMine, a …

We have been hearing about DRAM and NAND prices going on the rise since late 2016, with the most recent update showing that prices won’t be settling down any time soon. Now, it looks like part shortages are also leaking in to the graphics card market, with a report this …

Last year, Samsung had a major blunder with the Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled and eventually scrapped over issues with the battery catching fire. It seems this experience has spurred companies into being a bit more cautious going forward as today, it was announced that a network offering ‘refurbished’ …

Kickstarter backers have been waiting patiently on the release of Shenmue 3 since it was first announced back in 2015. While the game was initially expected to release late this year, it will now be coming in the second half of 2018. On the plus side though, this has given …

It looks like Apple is taking a leaf out of Netflix’s book and is now investing in creating its own original TV content to help push services. It has been known for quite some time that Apple wants to get into the television game, with previous plans to release a …

Just a couple of months ago, Microsoft confirmed that Crackdown 3 would be a launch title for the Xbox One X, sharing the console’s 8th of November release date. Unfortunately since then, plans appear to have changed, with Crackdown 3 being delayed until 2018. Crackdown 3 is heading to the …

Have you not been able to get hold of RX Vega in the UK? Many of our readers are in the same boat.

First impressions of the new AMD RX Vega 56 and 64 cards have been impressive, with the red team now rivalling Nvidia on most of its high-end cards, however one of the main complaints in our RX Vega64 review is that the cooler is “loud with sub-par cooling” that can …

We Happy Few has a lot of joyful news to share today, as Compulsion Games drops its last major update before the final release, as well as announcing a launch date and a partnership to ensure all versions will deliver a full game for a full retail price. Pairing up …