Back in May, we learned that Geralt of Rivia would be returning to our screens sooner than expected, as Netflix had picked up the rights to make a TV series based on The Witcher novels. It has been a while since we've had an update on the show's progress, but …
Read More »It looks like the latest Metro Exodus trailer is hiding the game’s release date
On Friday, the folks at 4A Games treated us to a brand new trailer for Metro Exodus, adding that the game is due out in ‘Autumn 2018'. However, it turns out that this trailer may have been hiding a more specific release date all along, pointing to the game launching …
Read More »RAMBUS begins discussing early specs for DDR5 and HBM3
This week, RAMBUS began unveiling its early specification outlines for DDR5 memory and HBM3. It will be several years before we see either put into action, but the early specs paint a bright picture for the future, with big performance and efficiency leaps planned for both. As part of an …
Read More »A Way Out gets a new trailer, release date and ‘Friends Pass’
It looks like previous rumors that ‘A Way Out' would be delayed until 2019 were incorrect. Last night at The Game Awards, director Josef Fares, took to the stage to not ramble about his love for the gaming industry, but to also show off new footage for A Way Out …
Read More »Bayonetta 1&2 are heading to the Switch, Bayonetta 3 is also on the way
With Xenoblade Chronicles 2 now out, we have come to the end of Nintendo's first-year roster of exclusive games for the Switch. Fortunately, 2018 is already looking bright as last night, Nintendo announced that Bayonetta 3 would be coming exclusively to the console. Bayonetta started out as a multi-platform release. …
Read More »Sea of Thieves gets a release date and a new trailer
Microsoft and Rare have been teasing Sea of Thieves for a long time now. At this point, we have a pretty good idea of what the game will be and quite a few have already had the chance to try it out in various alpha/beta tests. Now, we are gearing …
Read More »Metro Exodus gets a new icy trailer, targets an Autumn 2018 release
Just as promised, last night at The Game Awards, 4A Games debuted brand new footage for Metro Exodus. The game had its surprise reveal at E3 earlier this year on the Microsoft stage. At the time, we saw footage showing off scenery we wouldn't expect from a Metro game. This …
Read More »PUBG will leave Early Access on the 20th of December, new map is live on test servers
Last night, Geoff Keighley's annual ‘The Game Awards' show kicked off, bringing recognition to some of the best games of the year. Awards aren't the only reason to tune in though, as this year's show was also filled with announcements. One of the bigger announcements of the evening was PUBG's …
Read More »Nvidia has unleashed the TITAN V, the first Volta powered TITAN graphics card
Out of nowhere, Nvidia has announced the TITAN V- the first Volta powered Titan GPU with 110 teraflops of compute performance.
Read More »The Oculus Core 2.0 beta brings a fresh new experience to the Rift
If you happen to be an Oculus Rift owner, then you've likely gotten used to UI at this point. Previously when putting on a Rift headset, you'd find yourself staring at a floating screen, with quick access to the store, your list of installed games/apps and your friends list. Now, …
Read More »EVGA launches GTX 1070Ti FTW Ultra Silent GPU
While pricing across the board may be somewhat questionable, there may be a good number of you out there looking for a GTX 1070Ti with a beefy cooler to offer quieter operation. This week, EVGA has launched the GTX 1070Ti FTW Ultra Silent Edition, featuring a new 2.5 slot cooler …
Read More »Sony has sold 70 million PS4s, 617 million games and 2 million VR headsets
This time last year, Sony revealed that it had managed to sell over 50 million PS4s so far this generation. This announcement closely followed the launches of the PS4 Pro and PSVR, so how has Sony's hardware been doing since then? Well unsurprisingly, it is still selling at an incredibly …
Read More »New details of Uber hack and bug bounty cover-up come to light
A couple of weeks ago we learned that Uber suffered from a hack affecting 57 million users worldwide. The company only came clean about the hack 13 months after it took place, as Uber's former chief of security paid the hacker $100,000 under the guise of a bug bounty to …
Read More »Bitcoin surpasses $15,000 value
Earlier this week, we saw Bitcoin managing to hit the $10,000 value landmark. In the days following, it has shot up well past that number, with the cryptocurrency now sitting at $15,000 in value per coin. Bitcoin crossed the $15,000 mark for the first time earlier today, marking another major …
Read More »Sources point to a new metal-clad iPhone with LCD display in 2018
It looks like the rumors surrounding Apple's 2018 iPhone plans are already beginning to swirl. In November, an analyst predicted that Apple would release a bigger 6.1-inch iPhone next year but with a traditional LCD display, rather than the OLED tech used on the iPhone X. Now, another source has …
Read More »New footage for Metro Exodus will be shown at The Game Awards
The Game Awards is set to kick off later today at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. We already know that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro will be making an appearance, but it also looks like the folks at 4A Games will also be showing up. Earlier this week, …
Read More »AMD has quietly released a cut down RX 560, issues a statement
Update (06/12/17): AMD has released a brief statement regarding the recent RX 560 mix up. Earlier this week it came to light that an updated version of the RX 560 had hit the market with fewer Compute Units and Stream Processors. There was no clear separation of the two versions …
Read More »Yahoo and Mozilla are suing each other over messy search engine deal
It looks like Yahoo and Mozilla are getting into a legal scuffle. Back in 2014, Mozilla and Yahoo struck a deal, ensuring that Yahoo would be the default search engine on Firefox through to 2019. However, Mozilla has pulled the plug on the deal ahead of schedule, claiming that it …
Read More »PUBG’s desert map ‘Miramar’ detailed, new screenshots released
After plenty of teases and screenshot reveals, today Bluehole finally named PUBG's upcoming desert map and revealed key details about its various locations. The desert map is now called ‘Miramar' and it contains two major city locations ‘Los Leones' and ‘El Pozo'. In Los Leones, players will encounter the largest …
Read More »There’s a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were hoping for
It looks like there is a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were expecting. Rather than a Valve-made sequel to Portal 1 and 2, today ‘Headup Games' announced that they would be releasing ‘Bridge Constructor Portal', a spin-off of the Bridge Constructor series. Headup …
Read More »US lawmaker outlines plans for anti-loot box laws
Back in November, Hawaii representative, Chris Lee, rose to prominence in the gaming scene after he called out Star Wars Battlefront II's loot box system, blasting EA's microtransaction scheme as a ‘predatory practice'. He also branded the game as a ‘Star Wars-themed online casino' in a video announcing his plans …
Read More »AMD teams up with Qualcomm to bring Snapdragon LTE to Ryzen mobile laptops
While Qualcomm might be losing Apple's business next year while their legal quarrel rages on, the chip maker has found a new customer to sell its LTE modems to. This week, AMD announced that it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to get Snapdragon LTE modems working with AMD Ryzen mobile …
Read More »AMD has developed a GDDR6 memory controller for next-gen GPUs
It looks like AMD's next generation graphics cards will be getting a memory boost, as the company has begun work on a GDDR6 memory controller. We already know that companies like Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix have begun work on GDDR6. Now we know that AMD has its hands on …
Read More »Nvidia brings machine learning software to TITAN GPUs
This week, Nvidia has expanded the pool of GPUs that can take advantage of the Nvidia GPU Cloud, allowing developers and data scientists to build and test machine learning systems on their own PCs before moving on to something more powerful. The software tool released this week means that TITAN …
Read More »Cooler Master launches MasterLiquid ML120L and ML240L RGB AIO coolers
Cooler Master is bolstering its RGB efforts this week with the launch of two new all-in-one liquid coolers. Today, the MasterLiquid ML240L RGB and MasterLiquid ML120L RGB hit the market, both featuring a dual chamber pump for increased reliability and a low resistance radiator. Of course the big takeaway here …
Read More »Microsoft and AMD partner up to bring EPYC processors to Azure Cloud
It looks like AMD is gaining more traction with its server-oriented EPYC processors. These 32-core Zen-powered behemoths came out of the gate with wide support from tech companies and we even saw Dropbox sign a deal to start using EPYC to power its cloud storage platform. Now, AMD has scored …
Read More »Intel roadmap leak points to ‘Cascade Lake’ as the successor to Skylake-X
This has been a massive year for CPU launches, with AMD giving Intel a run for their money with the Zen architecture. There are no plans for AMD to slow down next year either, with Ryzen 2 planned for the first half of 2018. How is Intel going to respond …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider’s PSVR content is now available on PC
Last year to help kick off Sony's launch of the PlayStation VR, Square Enix released some virtual reality exclusive content for Rise of the Tomb Raider known as the ‘Blood Ties' DLC. Now, just over a year later, this content has broken out of platform exclusivity, meaning it can now …
Read More »Twitch issues 24-hour ban to streamer that broadcast UFC fight while pretending to play
Update: Over the weekend, a streamer managed to get away with streaming a UFC pay-per-view event on Twitch. He successfully dodged moderators at the time by pretending to play the latest UFC video game. The news quickly went viral and as you would expect, it caught up with him, with …
Read More »Google to have up to 10,000 employees manually moderating YouTube videos
YouTube has been at the center of plenty of controversy over the course of 2017. Back in January we saw advertisers pulling out due to questionable content uploaded to the site, which led to stricter policy changes and lots of demonetized videos. Now, YouTube has found itself in the same …
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