Battlefield 4 has been out for about two weeks now and has had no shortage of post-launch problems. PC gamers have suffered from all sorts of problems ranging from frame rate issues and severe crashes to loss of campaign and multiplayer progress. DICE has been working on patching up all …
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Limited edition Ouya system being released for the holidays
A new Ouya system has been announced for pre-order in North-America featuring an all white look for the holiday season. The timing is a bit odd as it was just recently confirmed that the Ouya 2.0 will be coming out in 2014, which isn't far away now. We will also …
Read More »Nintendo not ruling out another Mario Galaxy game
Nintendo fans rejoice, you may get another Super Mario Galaxy game after all. During an ‘Iwata Asks' Q&A the current development team, who is at the moment working on Mario 3D land, talked about the possibility of taking Mario back to space. During the interview, Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto pointed …
Read More »Google and Microsoft to crack down on child abuse images
While search engines might be the first place most of us go when we're looking for pictures of anything, child abuse isn't something you'd expect either search engine to offer up. However apparently they can lead to it, which is why both Google and Microsoft have pledged to block results …
Read More »Colin Farrell thinks the Warcraft movie script is great
Colin Farrell and Warcraft aren't two name you'd juxtapose without a few drinks and some nerd speculation, but come together they may well do, as his rumoured involvement with the long delayed project just jumped up a notch, after he told IGN that not only had he read the script, …
Read More »Sapphire R9 270X Toxic Edition OC Review
Today we take a look at the latest addition to the Sapphire R9 family of graphics cards. The R9 270X Toxic Edition follows in the footprints of the class leading R9 280X Toxic Edition which we reviewed last month. Is our review subject worthy of the ‘Toxic' moniker? Sapphire have …
Read More »Next iPhone could have 3D technology
Apple users are known for getting rather excited about incremental updates to their latest handheld device, but the next-generation of iPhones and iPad's could have a lot more – a whole extra dimension – if Apple decides to leverage the Israeli firm it purportedly just bought for a whopping $345 …
Read More »UK spy heads given public hearing Qs in advance
Heads of the British intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ were quizzed at a public hearing earlier this month, where they answered questions on the UK's spying activities. However it's now being suggested that all three organisations struck a deal to let them see the questions they would be asked …
Read More »PS4’s Blue Light of Death channels RROD fears
The PS4 has been out in the US for a few days now and as with any console launch in recent years, there does appear to be a few suffering from a problem that renders them useless. It's being termed, the “blue light of death,” as you get this nice …
Read More »Corsair Hydro H75 CPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to take the look at the latest product in Corsair's Hydro series of liquid CPU coolers, the H75. This is a mid-range option, offering a standard 120 mm radiator with twin 120 mm fans. We have been very impressed with Corsair's previous Hydro models and are …
Read More »Introducing: The Four Players
Screen Writer Evan Daugherty, has partnered up with YouTube channel Polaris and Maker Studios to bring out quite a special re-imagining of one of the most famous franchises in video games history, and trust me, it's good. Titled ‘The Four Players,' each video features a short, under 5 minute clip …
Read More »Aerocool Strike-X One Advance Review
Today we are reviewing the new Aerocool Strike-X One Advance chassis. Aimed at the budget market, the Strike-X One Advance ships with two fans pre-installed and support for up to 6 storage drives … all combined with an aggressive looking design. So, is the Strike-X One Advance worth its £30 …
Read More »Man arrested after complaining his iPad was switched with clay
Father and family man Colin Marsh, woke up one day recently and decided to do something special. Feeling good about life and a little generous, he headed off to Tesco to buy his daughter a new iPad. Upon purchasing he walked out of the store – feeling like the dad …
Read More »AMD clarifies Battlefield Bundle
Earlier this week AMD released information on a new bundle with its latest line up of R9 series GPUs, that would see many of them come with a free copy of Battlefield 4. However, it's now released a clarification since there was apparently some confusion over how it would all …
Read More »If you thought Youtube comments were annoying before…
Youtube comments have historically been a place of rampant homophobia, spam links and the occasional witty one liner, but in the past few days they've changed drastically. Thanks to Google finally completing its transition to link Youtube comments with Google+, the user base has rioted. Google had pledged to twin …
Read More »PS3 and PS4 to get early access to Destiny beta
At E3 this year it was announced that Sony and Bungie had some form of partnership for Destiny, last night at the Playstation 4 event it was revealed that the PS3 and PS4 consoles will have early access to the beta next year. While it's not as big as a …
Read More »Want an Xbox One signed by Kim Dotcom?
It's still a week until the Xbox One is officially released, but even then you won't be able to get one signed by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom. But even if you could get him to do it, that wouldn't help typhoon Haiyan victims as well would it? Bidding on this …
Read More »Possible Fallout 4 game teased
A new teaser website has appeared, titled Survivor 2299, with a countdown date and a morse code background message, that some people believe could be hinting at a possible future release of Fallout 4, set 19 years after the last game in the series: New Vegas. The main reason for …
Read More »The sludge wars: nutritional drinks go head to head
In all facets of the technology industry, there's rarely one standout company – more-often a pair of giants go at it. There's Nvidia and AMD in the world of graphics, Android and iOS in smartphones, and now there's Soylent and Ambro, in the realm of nutritional drinks that give your …
Read More »Oculus Rift to support first 360 movie
Condition One, a developer of mobile software that allows user interaction with video playback (you control the camera angle), has announced that it's begun development of the world's first 3D, 360 degree movie where the viewer will be able to decide where they look at all times, thanks to its …
Read More »G.Skill announces new 8GB 2133MHz CL11 SO-DIMM kit
G.Skill is looking to push the current envelope as much as possible with the unveiling of its latest Ripjaws kit designed with laptops in mind. That's right, this new high performance DDR3 kit with an 8GB capacity (2 x 4GB) is a matched pair of SO-DIMM, featuring a bandwidth of …
Read More »ADATA Sponsors Accelerating Innovation Summit 2013
With a guest list of speakers that includes Intel, LSI, Box, VMWare and the Open Compute Project, AIS (Accelerating Innovation Summit) is a major conference aimed squarely at how the data processing market can handle the next generation of datacentric processing. Adata has put its hand in its pocket to …
Read More »YOYOTech launches multi-coloured range of silent systems
When KitGuru Labs put the Aerocool Dead Silence under the microscope, we were pleasantly surprised. The design was something much slicker and more advanced than we anticipated and it easily walked off with our top award. YOYOTech has now taken this chassis – in all 5 colours – and created …
Read More »AMD’s Project Discovery sneak peak
Earlier this week we saw AMD announce some key Mobile APU roadmap updates for 2014, in particular “Mullins”, the successor to the Temash tablet platform. According to AMD, these 2014 AMD Mobile APUs are expected to deliver significant improvements over previous generations including: longer battery life, unique user experiences, double-digit …
Read More »Sony is investigating PS4 issues
Poor PS4, the console barely has its foot out the door and we're already hearing reports of problems with it. The reports started with Kotaku's PS4 review, where it was noted that the first PS4 received didn't work. However, the publication had tried several other working PS4's. It gets worse …
Read More »Seasonic S12G-750 Power Supply Review
Today we look at the latest Seasonic S12G 750W power supply, a new 80 Plus Gold design using top grade Japanese components. This is the highest output model in the new Seasonic range, alongside a 450W, 550W and 650W unit. Seasonic are gunning for the mass market enthusiast audience, aiming …
Read More »Turn on your charger with this tap shaped adapter
The simplest way to charge your phone is to leave the charger plugged in all the time, but you're always having to flick that switch to save those pennies and the environment right? Well what if you could do it with just the twist of a tap? It might sound …
Read More »Nintendo Direct announcements
Another month, another Nintendo Direct presentation. This time we've been given quite a bit of 3DS news ranging from features and software updates to game releases. We start off with some Zelda: A Link Between Worlds news. First we're introduced to three new characters: Irene the Witch- She is there …
Read More »League of Legends ranked stats not resetting until 2014
If you've logged into League of Legends recently, you might have wondered why you ranked stats haven't been reset yet. The reason for this, is that it's not happening until the beginning of season 4 sometime in the next couple of months. While this might sound counter-intuitive, since season 3 …
Read More »Motorola unveils the Moto G
Earlier this year Motorola released the Moto X, a smartphone built in the US and exclusive to the US. The phone didn't feature high end specs but it did come with an optimised version of Android to deliver the features and experience the average user would expect from a high …
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