Valve has announced that Steam has surpassed a couple of milestones alongside the launch of the store's huge ‘Discovery' update. Over the past nine months alone, 3700 titles have been added to Steam, 1300 of which were actually new games. Additionally, the service now has 100 million active user accounts, …
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Playstation TV UK release date announced
Sony has officially revealed the release date for the Playstation TV in Europe as well as the list of games available on day one. The new device will allow you to stream PS4 games to another TV in the house via the ‘Remote Play' feature, you'll also be able to …
Read More »Double Fine on why it’s rushing Spacebase release
Double Fine has one of the better legacies in the industry in terms of games put out. It's responsible for Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Stacking, Costume Quest and its founder Tim Schafer was involved in some of the best point and clicks from the 90s and early 00s. However despite this …
Read More »Google drops US lobby group over climate change lies
Google has announced that it is distancing itself from a US based lobby group known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which the search giant claims has lied about climate change in order to further its own agenda in politics. ALEC describes itself as a group that hopes to: …
Read More »AMD FX8370E Review
AMD has updated its FX range of CPUs with three new models that use Socket AM3+. FX-8370 slots in above FX-8350, just as you would expect, but the real interest lies with FX-8370E and FX-8320E with a TDP that has been reduced from 125W to 95W. That ‘E' suffix appears …
Read More »Steam Discovery Update goes live
If you've booted up Steam this morning, you've probably bumped into Valve's latest update for the digital distribution platform, called the, “Steam Discovery Update,” which changes how the store operates quite drastically, in order to make the ‘discovering' and purchase of new titles that bit easier. As Valve's platform has …
Read More »New Lords of the Fallen gameplay footage debuted
With all of six months between today and the launch of Dark Souls II earlier this year, chances are the sadomasochist gamers out there must be champing at the bit to abuse themselves by playing something that's ungodly difficult; and has giant boss fights. Fortunately then, it looks like they won't …
Read More »Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China
Microsoft Corp. has decided to delay the launch of its Xbox One video game console in mainland China. The company said that it needs some additional time to polish the system before it reaches the market. Microsoft’s Xbox One will be the first foreign gaming console officially sold in China …
Read More »First weekend iPhone 6 sales top 10 million units, new record set
Apple on Monday said that it has sold over 10 million iPhone 6 units in three days after the devices were launched last Friday. The record sales were conditioned by broad geographical availability of the new smartphones as well as the fact that many customers were eager to get iPhones …
Read More »Microsoft Windows 9 to support 8K UHD resolution, improved scaling
One of the things that Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system is criticized for is poor scaling. As a result, it is sometimes inconvenient to work on Windows 8-based PCs with high-resolution/high-DPI displays. According to a new media report, the next Windows operating system will address such issues. PCPortal web-site has …
Read More »ARM: Mali graphics tech does not infringe Nvidia’s patents
Chief executive officer of ARM Holdings on Monday defended the company’s Mali graphics technology in connection to a patent suit by Nvidia Corp against Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm. The executive of the technology developer said his company will assist Samsung in its legal fight with Nvidia. Samsung uses ARM’s Mali …
Read More »Sony: Project Morpheus VR headset is 85% ready
Sony is expected to release its virtual reality headset code-named Morpheus sometimes in 2015. Apparently, the device is nearly ready. Last week the company displayed its VR hardware at the Tokyo Game Show and the product was well received by gamers, which confirms the fact that its development is basically finished. …
Read More »EE and Vodafone buy almost 200 Phones 4U stores
EE and Vodafone have gone ahead and bought almost 200 former Phones 4U stores, despite serious allegations that UK networks colluded to drive the company out of business. The former phone retailer entered administration last week, after EE and Vodafone unexpectedly decided to not renew their contracts, a move that Phones 4U …
Read More »Rockstar accidentally lists new features for GTA V PC
Rockstar may be adding in a new first person view mode to Grand Theft Auto V for the PC, Xbox One and PS4 along with a few other new features. We've already had a glimpse at GTA V in first person thanks to a very impressive mod from a while …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs follow up ‘Triad Wars’ to be announced today
If you were a fan of Sleeping Dogs when it first came out back in 2012, then chances are, you've been eagerly awaiting a sequel for quite a while. Well, we have some good news and bad news- United Front Games is set to announce its PC exclusive follow up …
Read More »Here’s why the authorities can’t take down the Pirate Bay
Considering all of the block orders issued against its multiple domains and many proxies and that its founders are in jail or on the run, it's amazing that The Pirate bay torrent search site is still one of the most visited websites online, with millions of unique visitors a day. …
Read More »eBay fails to fix security flaw despite consistent reports since February
eBay hasn't been entirely upfront with its users this year when it comes to site attacks and information being stolen. Some eBay listings have been found to automatically redirect users to malicious websites via cross-site scripting on listing pages using Javascript, a problem that has existed and been consistently reported to the …
Read More »Google Nexus 9 tablet ‘coming very soon’
HTC hasn't made or released a tablet for a number of years but that will change very soon as the company is gearing up to reveal the Google Nexus 9, the first Nexus device from HTC since the Nexus One. According to The Wall Street Journal‘s sources, the Google-HTC partnership …
Read More »Dotcom’s Internet MANA alliance fails to win seat
Over the weekend votes were cast and counted in New Zealand's latest general election, following weeks and months of campaigning by all parties. Most notably in the tech press, Megaupload and Mega founder Kim Dotcom has appeared, alongside his Internet MANA party creation, with hopes to win one of its …
Read More »Synology 2015 event coverage
Mike Chen, Managing Director of Synology UK, kicked off the annual Synology event with a bit of history. Synology was founded in 2000 and created its first NAS in 2004, which means that Synology 2015 (yes, held in September 2014) heralds the tenth anniversary of the first Synology NAS. In …
Read More »New Smash Bros to boost damaged player knockback power
If you've been playing Smash Bros on Nintendo's various consoles over the years, then chances are you've felt the panic of being on your last life against an opponent with more life than you. You need to be nimble and keep moving, as just one hit will send you flying …
Read More »Startup apps might be about to get a lot more secure
Startups are a great thing for any industry, as they bring in new people, new ideas and often that leads to innovation. However when it comes to smartphone apps, it can also lead to vulnerabilities and stolen data, as the developers don't quite cover the bases in terms of security. …
Read More »Oculus VR shows off new Crescent Bay prototype
Oculus VR's second devkit might not have been in the wild for long, but it's already gotten a successor in the Oculus VR offices. We're not quite ready for a consumer version yet, but back at HQ, Oculus has been playing around with a new prototype it's called, Crescent Bay. …
Read More »Nvidia GAME24 event coverage
As promised, here is our weekend coverage for those of you who missed out on Friday night's Nvidia Game24 event in London to celebrate the launch of the highly rated GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards. There was plenty going on at the venue, we got to take …
Read More »AMD to use Synopsys IP to design 14nm/16nm, 10nm APU, GPU products
Advanced Micro Devices and Synopsys, a company that helps to implement complex semiconductor devices like APUs, CPUs and GPUs, this week signed a multi-year agreement that gives AMD access to a range of Synopsys DesignWare intellectual property on advanced 16nm/14nm and 10nm FinFET process technologies. In exchange, AMD transfers certain …
Read More »Intel reportedly looking for another x86 SoC partner in China
Earlier this year Intel Corp. signed an agreement with Rockchip semiconductor, a developer of low-lost application processors based in China, under which the latter would develop a quad-core SoFIA system-on-chip for affordable tablets based on Intel's Silvermont cores. Apparently, Intel is now looking for another SoC partner in China in …
Read More »Evolution of tech to quickly make Apple Watch obsolete
It took Apple three years to develop its Watch and the result so far seems a lot better compared to other similar devices, at least from a lifestyle standpoint. Fine design and quality materials mean that Apple Watch will be quite expensive, on par with competing devices from renowned manufacturers. …
Read More »Internet MANA in big final push before NZ election
With the New Zealand national elections set to take place tomorrow, Kim Dotcom and Laila Harré's Internet MANA party has been firing off its last salvos to try and get people out to vote, including encouraging people to vote for someone other than the Internet MANA party if it means …
Read More »Gratuitous Space Battles 2 shows of colours, ship editing
If you could have levied one complaint against the visual stylings of the original Gratuitous Space Battles, you could say that the colours weren't the most eye catching. There wer lots of greys and muted blues, which is fine if you're making Man of Steel, but not necessarily what you …
Read More »Digital tokens could help ease congestion zone traffic
Congestion is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for many countries around the world. Especially those that have a lot of older cities which were built before the advent of the car. Congestion charges have been tried in some places, London's most famously, began in 2003, but it's far from …
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