While Nintendo is no stranger to downloadable content (DLC), it is a practice that the company doesn’t use as often as its rivals. It seems that Nintendo is increasingly warming up to the popular games-as-a-service model, however and wants to start placing more emphasis on DLC to make titles last …
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Corsair goes wireless – unboxing video with the K63 Wireless and DarkCore SE
As part of Corsair's new focus on wireless peripherals, we were sent a special 'wireless kit' just for reviewers. Inside that big box of goodies we found the new K63 wireless mechanical keyboard, a DarkCore SE wireless mouse, the MM1000 mousepad, a Void Pro RGB wireless headset, and a special lapboard designed for sofa gaming. To be able to share this experience with our readers , we of course filmed the whole thing.
Read More »Facebook managed to cut the time its users spent on the platform by 50 million hours in Q4 2017
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that Facebook has managed to cut the time its users spend on the platform by 5%, which is roughly 50 million hours a day total during its fourth quarter. This is just the beginning, however, as Zuckerberg has more features in the works …
Read More »BioWare tries to dampen worries of microtransactions in its unofficially announced Dragon Age sequel
Given the impending return of microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II after EA’s recent controversy, the publisher has expressed its support of monetisation and said that the practice can be good for games. This has sparked worries regarding the recently announced Dragon Age sequel, however CEO Andrew Wilson says that …
Read More »Google Pixelbook giveaway winner announced
Earlier this month we decided to run a bit of a different competition for our readers, giving you guys the chance to win a brand new Google Pixelbook, complete with an Intel processor, fast SSD storage and an impressive display. We received many entries for this one, but we've had …
Read More »Google managed to purge 700,000 dodgy apps from the Play Store last year
Over the years, there have been plenty of ill-meaning app developers pushing malware and adware onto the Google Play Store. Over time, Google has gotten better at squashing these apps out and removing them, which is shown by the company's 2017 stats. According to Google, it removed 700,000 bad apps …
Read More »PUBG’s new anti-cheat measure targets third party applications, including ReShade
PUBG Corp. is currently hard at work, testing its new anti-cheat measures on the test server for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. While the primary aim is to get rid of the host of new cheats that wormed their way into the game this year, it will also target third-party apps that alter …
Read More »Elon Musk sells all 20,000 Boring Company branded flamethrowers
Elon Musk set Twitter alight over the weekend when his Boring Company started selling $500 flamethrowers. Attracting 7,000 sales over the course of its first day, it hasn’t taken too much longer to sell all 20,000 as Musk tweeted out that the product was sold out as of today. Despite …
Read More »Nintendo has big plans for Mario, with a new mobile game and a movie in the works
Nintendo has been experimenting with mobile games for a couple of years now, with smartphone games covering Super Mario, Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing. Now Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart Tour will be its next big mobile gaming project. Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe recently surpassed the seven million …
Read More »Acer Switch 5 Review – Convertible Tablet with Liquid Cooling
is this new Acer machine better than the iPad and Surface Pro?
Read More »Nintendo’s paid online service for the Switch arrives in September
Back when Nintendo first announced the Switch, we also learned that Nintendo would be hopping on the ‘paid online' bandwagon, requiring a subscription fee to play multiplayer games similarly to Xbox Live or PSN. At launch in March 2017, Nintendo didn't have everything ready yet, so for the time being, …
Read More »Kingston DCP1000 1.6TB SSD Review – 7GB/s beast!
This drive really is a beast. If you need to move big files as quick as possible, you need this!
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