Ubisoft this week published the first two teasers of the upcoming Far Cry 4 video game that is due to be released in mid-November on multiple platforms. One of the videos shows the beginning of the game and introduces the main villain of the title, another gives a glimpse at …
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Razer to license its case designs to third-party case manufacturers
Razer is probably among the most creative companies in the world of high-quality hardware for enthusiasts and gamers. The company has made numerous innovations and is clearly very respected by its customers. However, given the relatively limited resources of Razer, it is impossible to address every possible market segment, which …
Read More »AMD: wearable devices today are mostly a fad
While Intel Corp. is clearly interested in making chips for wearable computing devices as well as smart home appliances, Advanced Micro Devices plans to take a wait-and-see approach. The company believes that while wearables will have a lot of practical applications going forward, developing chips for them today is too …
Read More »Crashes of hard drives remain the leading cause of data loss
At present there are loads of various digital devices around, since every single one of them can fail, the chances to lose precious data are pretty high in general. However, according to a recent global survey by Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery and discovery products and services, …
Read More »Intel’s roadmap leaks: Broadwell-K, Broadwell-E and Skylake-K due in 2015
A desktop platform roadmap that Intel Corp. had reportedly demonstrated at a conference in Italy has been published by an unofficial source. A slide from the roadmap confirms that Intel intends to release both code-named “Broadwell” and “Skylake” microprocessors for desktops next year. In addition, the company intends to release …
Read More »Big data: helping build better bras
Big data is one of those buzzwords that company executives like to throw around, like blue sky, or the cloud. They're vague terms that unless they come from a tech versed mouth, are unlikely to be related to their real world function. However that doesn't mean the mass collection of …
Read More »Europe is suspicious of Apple’s Tax deals
The European Commission has officially opened up an investigation in to Apple's tax paying habits after growing suspicious that the company has made unwarranted deals that go against EU law. However, Apple has said plenty of times that it does in fact pay its fair share of taxes. The investigation …
Read More »Corsair Raptor K40 gaming keyboard
Mechanical keyboards have been popular with the gaming audience now for some time, but they can often be rather expensive. Corsair recently released their K40 gamer keyboard which uses more mainstream rubber domes but takes a leaf out of the ‘mechanical playbook' by keeping the switches separate from one another. It also …
Read More »Postal 2 is getting an expansion pack 11 years after release
Running with Scissors released its cult classic game, Postal 2, more than a decade ago, since then the developer has released the game on Steam and updated it fairly regularly with new features and even incorporating some fan favourite mods. However, despite the success, it never occurred to the team …
Read More »Destiny will now perform the same on Xbox One and PS4
Microsoft recently announced its intention to sell a Kinectless Xbox One bundle, which led to the introduction of its new SDK, which will allow developers to fully access the GPU without having to reserve 10 per cent for Kinect functions. Fortunately for Microsoft, this decision is already paying off as …
Read More »Mantle is making its way to three more EA titles
AMD's Mantle API had its début last year, promising performance boosts for AMD users in Battlefield 4 and Thief. Since then, Mantle has slowly been working its way in to more titles and now EA has announced that it will incorporate the API in three of its upcoming games. The …
Read More »They’re making a Sonic movie with live action
Despite being as fast as ever, Sonic doesn't quite have the same industry clout that he once had. While his long-time opposite number Mario continues to impress and delight fans the world over, Sonic has disappointed enough times that he's just not looked on with quite the same fondness. But …
Read More »RIAA revenue just bottomed out
The Recording Industry Association of America draws its funding from membership fees, paid to the the copyright lobby group to help it police the music industry. Unfortunately for those involved with it however, it seems that the group is continuing to lose members left and right as once again its …
Read More »Logitech announces pro esport team sponsorships
If you've seen any of the documentaries on pro-gaming, whether it's FRAG from a few years ago, or something like the more recent Free to Play from Valve, you'll know that getting sponsored is the holy grail of many an eSports team, save perhaps being given a salary by Riot. …
Read More »Nintendo shows off Mii combat in Smash Bros Wii U
Nintendo's pre-recorded press conference has now come and gone and while there was certainly a little more polish in its intro thanks to there being more than one possible take (giving them the chance to have a Robot Chicken sequence of all things), one of the first big take homes, …
Read More »Software developer confirms split-screen multitasking in Apple iOS 8
A software developer has confirmed that Apple’s next-generation iOS 8 operating system for mobile devices will support split-screen multitasking. While the feature will exist and will even allow some adjustments, only two applications at once will be able to work in a split-screen mode. Steve Troughton Smith, who designs Apple …
Read More »Sony preps white PlayStation 4, has no storage upgrade plans
Sony Computer Entertainment has introduced a new colour variation of the PlayStation 4 video game console at the E3 trade-show. The new flavour will come in “glacier white” and will be available worldwide starting this fall. Since the PS4 is already very successful on the market, the company decided not …
Read More »Intel to boost graphics performance of Skylake chips by 50 per cent
Intel Corp. has been consistently improving performance of its integrated graphics cores for several years now and the code-named Skylake family of microprocessors will not be an exception. According to an unofficial media report, the Skylake will bring a rather dramatic improvement in terms of graphics processing performance compared to …
Read More »Sony to release PlayStation TV micro-console in the U.S., Europe
While micro video game consoles only compatible with mobile and cloud games have yet to prove their feasibility, it looks like Sony Computer Entertainment is confident about its PS Vita-based non-mobile device. At the E3 trade-show the company said that later this year it will start to sell its PlayStation …
Read More »Razer Nabu goes in to limited beta
Razer revealed the Nabu smartband at CES earlier this year and since then more than 10,000 potential developers have signed up to test and create apps for the device. However, Razer wants to open up the testing to some of its best fans and as a result, 500 Nabu smartbands …
Read More »Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Ti iChill DHS 3072MB Review
If you are shopping for a new high performance graphics card, then Nvidia's GTX780 Ti surely has a spot right at the top of the list. Today we look at a highly overclocked and customised model – the Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti iChill DHS. This card ships with one of …
Read More »US firm accuses China of more hacking
Another US firm has stepped forward to condemn China's military for its digital attacks on US companies. This time CrowdStrike, a technology security firm is accusing China's unit 61486 of the People's Liberation Army of attacking networks of companies and organisations in the US and other Western nations for the past …
Read More »This 370-inch TV costs more than most houses
This 370 Inch TV costs more than most houses and I don't mean regular houses- for the price of this screen you could probably buy a mansion. The 4K TV is called the Titan Zeus and comes in at the £1,000,000 mark or, if you're in the US, then it …
Read More »You can sign up and play the Battlefield Hardline beta right now
EA and Visceral Games are taking a different approach to Battlefield Hardline, rather than having a “beta test” two weeks before the game's launch, they are holding a real beta test and its already live. The Battlefield Hardline beta launched last night at the end of EA's otherwise somewhat underwhelming …
Read More »Win prizes with Gigabyte, including Z97X-SOC motherboard!
We have had a lot of competitions running in the last month and today Gigabyte join the giveaway madness by offering up motherboards, coolers, pen drives and headsets! These prizes are open to residents in Europe. The 1st Prize is a Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Motherboard, Corsair Raptor HS30 Gaming Headset and …
Read More »Alienware reveals the specs of its Steam Machine
E3 isn't just about the game announcements, it's also about the hardware we play those games on so it's fitting that Alienware has finally revealed the specification for its Steam Machine, despite Valve delaying its controller until next year. The Steam box will be called the Alienware Alpha and it …
Read More »Google signs up to go after torrent site advertising
Britain's relatively newly formed Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has been making modest waves since it first appeared on the scene, stating that one of the fresh tactics it was going to bring to the war on piracy, was to try and eliminate advertising from torrent sites. In its …
Read More »Evolve has three monsters, 12 maps and lots of new footage
Turtle Rock and 2K haven't even taken to the stage officially or started their own tournament with the Nerdist crew, but already we've seen a lot of footage of their asymmetrical, coop, competitive shooter, Evolve, at E3. There was the initial quick glimpse of the new monster, The Kraken, in …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V has finally been announced for PC
I think some of us can admit that Rockstar really had us going for a while but Grand Theft Auto V has finally been announced for the PC as well as the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. The game released last September and went on to become the highest selling …
Read More »Gigabyte expert writes the book on overclocking, again
One of the most popular sites at any technology show, is that of an expert overclocker pouring LN2 into a record breaking build. Gigabyte's suits in Taipai 101 was no different. KitGuru gets an introduction. To say that someone ‘ Wrote the book on overclocking', might sound like an overstatement. …
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