We've talked about it for a few weeks now, the stupendous rise of Bitcoin's value as Chinese investors jumped on board the gravy train and started buying up the digital currency in huge quantities and they're still doing it, but that doesn't mean the price is going to continue to …
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Gaming agency settles $1 million in bitcoin botnet case
Esports gaming organisation, ESEA, has settled out of court with its bitcoin botnet case, agreeing to pay the State of New Jersey a million dollars to make the case go away. That case of course, is the one where it illegally installed bitcoin mining software and spyware on its user's …
Read More »Corsair CS650M Power Supply Review
Today we review one of the power supplies in the new Corsair range, a semi modular unit featuring 80 Plus Gold Certification. Corsair are targeting a wide audience with this specific range … the CS650M unit we review today is priced at a very competitive £75 inc vat. Is this …
Read More »32 million people watched the League of Legends finals
If there's still any doubt that Esports isn't a modern cultural phenomenon that isn't going anywhere, just look at the numbers Riot is quoting for its recent Season 3 World Championships. According to the developer, as many as 32 million people watched it online and that's on top of the …
Read More »Black Mesa mod to go on sale on Steam officially
Mods are one of the best selling points of PC gaming. Not only can they add elements to gameplay that weren't there before, but they can improve the graphics and fix problems that the original developers never saw coming; or in the case of Black Mesa, it can completely remake …
Read More »Kawasaki showcase new three wheeler concept bike
Kawasaki have showcased an amazing looking bike concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. It has two wheels at the front of the body and vaguely resembles something out of the Tron movies. The presentation bike on show is finished in green and white and the ‘J' (as it is known) …
Read More »Command and Conquer down but not out
EA may have shuttered its purpose built CnC studio, Victory Games (RIP), but that doesn't mean the game it spent three years working on is done for. According to a support document unearthed by the boys over at IGN, Command and Conquer (Generals 2) may still see the light of …
Read More »Call of Duty Ghosts RAM requirement reduced
Call of Duty has never been the most demanding game so when it was announced that Call of Duty Ghosts would require 6GB RAM to launch, people thought that maybe Infinity Ward had stepped its game up, but when the game released it became clear that the game did not …
Read More »No Android 4.3 for Galaxy S3 users
Samsung Galaxy owners are usually accustomed to waiting long periods of time for Android updates but sometimes the updates aren't for the better. After about two weeks of complaints, Samsung has pulled its Android 4.3 OTA update leaving users stuck on 4.1 for the foreseeable future. Complaints ranged from phones …
Read More »YOYOTech offers cheapest Sapphire Radeon R9 290 in UK
When it comes to technology, value is everything. While some products can command any amount of money – most things in life come down to a balance. Looks like the balance point for Sapphire's Radeon R9 290 has moved. KitGuru packs a first aid kit as it checks for cuts. …
Read More »A next gen Tomb Raider port could be on the cards
Update: It looks like this could have been an Amazon retail partner listing, not Amazon itself. Sadly, that means the information found in the article could be fake and should be taken with a pinch of salt. Amazon is renowned for outing products before they are supposed to be announced and …
Read More »MSI shows off new Mini-ITX mobo and GPU
MSI has released some teaser images for its upcoming miniature gaming hardware, including a new motherboard and a small form factor GPU, both designed to fit into half size cases, whilst still giving you enough oomf for all the latest games. “We’re very close to expanding our #GAMING family with …
Read More »Fiatleak lets you watch global bitcoin buys live
As with every week for the past month, anyone that recently sold a bitcoin is feeling stupid, as the value is continuing to rise at an unprecedented rate (at the time of writing it's at $715). Suddenly people that spent a few hundred dollars back in September are sitting on …
Read More »Here’s all the Xbox One: Day One Countdown ads
Microsoft has been doing a lot of promotion for the Xbox One – understandably – but it's also been helping promote the countdown to launch show, set to debut on Spike a couple of hours before the 12AM official release, with a few short trailers hinting at upcoming games. I'd …
Read More »Win a STEAM game of your choice this week!
This week we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread and place a caption to a scene from Battlefield 4 on the PC. It means you can …
Read More »Valve to demo its own VR hardware next year
If you've been sat, drumming your fingers against your desk in your wait for the Oculus Rift HD version to become a mainstream consumer product, you're not alone; I've been doing it too. However there's nothing to speed up and improve an industry like competition, which is why I'm excited …
Read More »Donkey Kong, Kong Off 3 champion crowned
Another year is coming to a close and that means many things, but one of them is that a new Kong Off Champion has been crowned. Funnily enough, it's turned out to be the same as the old champion, but that's alright because it was well deserved, as Jeff Willms …
Read More »Watch the new Need for Speed movie trailer here
“That's Toby Marshall driving the chariot of the gods.” That line sums up the hammy nature of the new trailer for the upcoming Need for Speed movie featuring Jesse (Aaron Paul) from Breaking Bad, as a street racer guy, with presumably hundreds of thousands of dollars for cars and not …
Read More »Winner of Astro A50 Wireless headset announced
Our Astro A50 Headset competition proved popular, with many thousands of people entering for a chance to win a pair of these stunning flagship headphones. The answer to the question was simple, it was b: 5.8ghz STS Module. The winner was Ceelie, who has a shiny pair of Astro A50 …
Read More »Pal Robotics showcase new REEM-C robot design
The United Arab Emirates are helping to finance a robot project. Pal Robotics are based in Barcelona in Spain and almost 10 years ago they were contracted to create a robot that could stand head to head with the Honda ASIMO. Fast forward to today, and the company have unveiled …
Read More »ASUS GTX 760 MARS Review (1600p, Ultra HD 4k)
Today we look at the latest graphics card from ASUS, the GTX 760 MARS. This solution comprises two GTX760's in an SLi configuration, all on a single PCB. ASUS have incorporated a hefty DIGI+VRM configuration featuring 12 phase power. They are promoting this card to go head to head against …
Read More »Xbox One launch titles fail to impress
It's still a few days until the Xbox One officially goes on sale in most territories, but the first reviews for the launch titles have already started to appear and for the most part, while there's a couple of solid entries, some of the biggest and baddest just aren't that …
Read More »Battlefield 4 multiplayer struggling against DDOS attacks
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 …
Read More »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 …
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