After Nintendo discontinued its popular NES Mini, speculation began that it would be to make room for the upcoming SNES Mini. Now officially confirmed, the SNES Mini will launch in September with 21 games pre-loaded onto the system. Officially titled the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the console …
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Linux devs have discovered a microcode bug with Intel 6th-gen and 7th-gen CPUs
Over the weekend, developers for the Linux distro, Debian, discovered a bug with Intel's CPU microcode for Skylake and Kaby Lake. The issue can cause some systems to misbehave with Hyper-Threading enabled and lead to data corruption or loss. Given that Skylake and Kaby Lake have been around for quite …
Read More »EU court to make ruling on Intel antitrust case next year
Seven years ago, the European Commission hit Intel with a massive €1.06 billion fine, after ruling that the company had been trying to stifle AMD's own chip business. Since the fine came through, Intel has been working its way through an appeals process and after its most recent attempt in …
Read More »Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs Titan Xp performance detailed
While the enthusiast gaming audience will need to wait a little longer to get their hands on the RX Vega, we will be getting our first taste of AMD's latest GPU architecture quite soon. The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is supposed to start shipping next week and while it isn't …
Read More »Microsoft has ‘a lot of big titles’ in the works but it’s not ready to talk about them yet
At E3 this year, Microsoft had a rather impressive showing, with 42 game reveals on stage. However, only a handful of those were exclusive first-party games, leaving many still wondering what's next for Xbox following the launches of Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves. Fortunately from the sounds of it, …
Read More »Take-Two will relax on single-player mods, Rockstar confirms OpenIV is back
Update: Following on from our original story published this morning (see below), Rockstar has been in touch with us to say that OpenIV has been reinstated, with a new build now being pushed out to users. OpenIV will remain available for the foreseeable future. A tweet from the GTANet forum …
Read More »The Galaxy Note 8 may be Samsung’s most expensive phone yet
There have been a lot of rumours and leaks surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 over the last few weeks. So far, we are expecting to see a larger version of the Infinity Display, more RAM and a dual-camera design. All of that hardware doesn't come cheap though, with a …
Read More »Microsoft insists Fireball malware has not infected 250m PCs despite security firm claims
Fireball has been a hot topic lately, with security firm, CheckPoint, claiming that this branch of Chinese malware has infected 250 million computers worldwide. However, it turns out that the number of infected PCs may have been massively overestimated, as Microsoft has since spoken out against this claim, asking for …
Read More »Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear Wireless (M2 IEBT) Earphones Review
It's a stylish pair of wireless earphones from Sennheiser. Worth the £169.95 asking price?
Read More »The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is available to buy, shipments to go out soon
While gamers do have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the upcoming Radeon RX Vega, for Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is launching before the end of the month for the professional crowd. AMD promised a late June launch for this GPU and it seems they will …
Read More »Which Power Supply do you need? – Seasonic showcase 2017
Buying the correct power supply should take a little thought. Some people think they can just buy the cheapest power supply, slap it in a system and forget about it. How wrong they are.
Read More »AOC add two curved, 144Hz “frameless” monitors to its AGON line-up
Known for its award winning monitors, display specialist AOC has two new entries in its AGON premium gaming line-up. Immersion is at the heart of these screens, with both sporting a bezelless design, a small curvature and 144Hz refresh rate. The 31.5” QHD AG322QCX and the 27″ Full HD AG272FCX …
Read More »Respawn is still dropping free Titanfall 2 content
After speaking out against the Season Pass model, Respawn has brought some much needed change to the way EA handles DLC, with free maps and game modes promised for Titanfall 2 throughout its lifespan. Respawn is keeping up the regular content drops too, with ‘The War Games' DLC expected to …
Read More »Valve’s new ‘Knuckles’ VR controller offers full finger tracking, starts shipping to devs
Late last year, Oculus launched its own Touch Controllers. These were a significant step up for virtual reality, improving on both the traditional gamepad and even the wands that come with the HTC Vive. However, Valve isn't too far behind and this week, the company began shipping out its own …
Read More »Nintendo denies claims that it is holding Switch stock back on purpose
Over the last few months, the Nintendo Switch has been pretty difficult to get hold of in some countries, as demand is constantly outstripping availability. In some cases, the Switch will go out of stock the same day retailers get a fresh shipment in. This has led to some claiming …
Read More »Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds has sold four million copies in just three months
Over the last few years, two major trends have taken over the Steam Early Access program- survival games and ‘battleground' games. Initially, the Battlegrounds game mode was a mod, which was eventually adapted, with the same formula being used in other popular games like H1Z1, Ark, The Culling etc. With …
Read More »PCMark 10 Free and Advanced Editions now available
Futuremark, the company behind the widely used PCMark, 3DMark and VRMark benchmarking tools has now released PCMark 10 for all users. This is an updated version of the benchmarking tool for Windows 10, featuring new and improved workloads all wrapped up in a faster, more user-friendly application. Previously, only PCMark …
Read More »Intel Core-X series and X299 motherboards are now up for pre-order
At Computex earlier this month, Intel officially lifted the curtain on its new family of processors- the Core-X series, alongside the new X299 chipset. Now with retail availability not too far off, we are starting to see the first X299 motherboards and Core-X CPUs go up for pre-order. Let's start …
Read More »It looks like the iPhone 8 is popping up in the wild
There have been quite a few leaks regarding the next iPhone over the last few months, some more trustworthy than others. Today's leak comes from a very trusted source, giving us our first decent look at the front and back of the next iPhone redesign. This is the iPhone currently …
Read More »Asus GR8 II Mini Gaming PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060, Aura Sync)
In the market for a 1080p console replacement? Then the Asus GR8 II Mini Gaming PC might just tick all the boxes.
Read More »Nintendo Switch gets a new wave of third-party peripherals
Traction has picked up for the Nintendo Switch as owners will not only be receiving a new Metroid and Pokemon RPG in the future, but a selection of peripherals to choose from. Two companies this week unveiled their new additions to the Switch lineup, with new SNES-style wireless controllers on …
Read More »Central Park transforms into the Mushroom Kingdom in new HoloLens AR Game
Since the success of Pokemon GO the augmented reality scene has received a lot of attention, with many developers trying recreate the same achievement with other beloved franchises. Abhishek Singh seems to be getting closer, bringing Mario’s world to life on Microsoft’s HoloLens. It’s difficult to bring Mario to AR …
Read More »Bend your mind around Lenovo’s flexible laptop concept
Bendable displays seemed like a pipedream when Samsung showcased its foldable smartphone back in 2013. With more companies investing into the idea, it looks like the reality is edging closer as the latest concept comes from Lenovo wanting to implement the technology into its laptops. This isn’t Lenovo’s first concept …
Read More »DRAM and NAND supply shortage expected to last until 2018
Over the course of this year, we have been consistently hearing reports surrounding DRAM and NAND shortages, causing a strain on supply and ultimately, pricing. When these shortages first crept up in late 2016, it was thought that everything would go back to normal in the second half of this …
Read More »The first Ryzen-powered gaming laptop is up for pre-order
Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD and while these processors are already well-established in the desktop space, we are still waiting on laptop versions. Fortunately, it doesn't look like we'll be kept waiting much longer, as the first Ryzen-powered gaming laptop has gone up for pre-order at UK …
Read More »US Judge calls for ZeniMax and Oculus to settle their differences
The legal battle between ZeniMax and Oculus continues this week. Following the original trial, ZeniMax filed an injunction, asking a court to remove the Oculus Rift from sale or grant the company a 20% royalty award for sales over the next ten years. The hearing for that injunction kicked off …
Read More »Venturer PrimePro 12 TS 2-in-1 Review
It's a £350 2-in-1 laptop/tablet from Venturer. Good enough to replace your iPad?
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones won’t just be PvP, a campaign mode is included
At E3 this year, one of Ubisoft's surprise announcements was Skull & Bones, a game essentially built around the pirate ship combat introduced in Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. When the game was presented, we only really saw the PvP portion of the game. However, it turns out there will be …
Read More »The latest Overwatch update is quietly destroying aimbots
Since the launch of Overwatch, Blizzard has taken a hard stance against cheats and while some have managed to find holes in Blizzard's anti-cheat system, they don't tend to last for long. This week, some players discovered that the hard way, with an update this week making paid aimbots less …
Read More »Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale following Apple split
Earlier this year, Apple made the surprise announcement that it would not be renewing its GPU licensing deal with Imagination Technologies. The decision clearly caught Imagination off guard and while no lawsuits have been filed yet, the company has put itself up for sale in an attempt to try and …
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