Over the last six months, there has been no shortage of politicians and regulatory groups getting involved in the gaming space due to the controversy surrounding loot boxes. Last week, the Netherlands Gaming Authority released the results of a study that found that four out of ten loot boxes did …

After spearheading development on AMD's Zen architecture and a brief stint at Tesla, chip designer Jim Keller is heading to Intel.

For months now, graphics card prices have shot through the roof at retail, making it much harder for gamers to upgrade their PCs at reasonable prices. However, we could be seeing a change on that front soon, as reports this week claim that demand from miners is dropping. According to …

Over the last few years, some enthusiastic modders have been restoring Microsoft's cancelled Halo Online project, giving fans of the series a way to play Halo 3 multiplayer on the PC for the first time. For a while, it flew under Microsoft's radar, but last week a major update dropped …

For years now, Samsung has been a giant in the SSD market thanks to consistent releases of high-performing drives. This week, Samsung is adding some new additions to its lineup, with the 970 EVO and PRO series NVMe M.2 drives.

Over the last few months, Bungie has been wrangling with Destiny 2 in an effort to turn it into the game that many fans expected at launch. The last few months have seen several quality of life updates, but the next major content addition is just around the corner, with …

We've been sifting through various OnePlus 6 leaks and rumors over the last several months, but it looks like the end is finally in sight. This week, OnePlus confirmed that it will be launching its next flagship at an event in May. At 5PM BST on the 16th of May, …

Shortly after Dark Souls: Remastered was first announced, publisher Bandai Namco mistakenly listed a ‘loyalty discount' for owners of the original game on PC, which would give them a 50 percent discount. At the time, they denied that such a discount would exist, but since then it looks like plans …

Back when AMD first launched the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56, the company attempted to get the cards into the hands of gamers through bundles. Unfortunately, this system led to a bit of a mess and plenty of confusion when it came to launch pricing. Now, AMD is …

Over the last year, plenty of hackers have been poking around the Nintendo Switch in search of ways to exploit the system. Things got off to a really quick start with a browser exploit and by January this year, kernel access was achieved, paving the way for Homebrew software. Now, …

It has been a long time coming, but today Bethesda has officially announced the release date for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus on Nintendo Switch. The game is arriving as part of Bethesda's effort to support Nintendo's latest platform, though frame rate and graphical compromises have had to be made. …

We've known for a while that Battlefield V is due to come out later this year, with a big showing set for E3 in June. With that in mind, it shouldn't be too surprising to hear that EA and DICE are winding down support for 2016's Battlefield 1, which has …

Bloodrayne and Nocturne developer, Terminal Reality, has joined up with Infernal Technologies to launch a lawsuit against Microsoft. The two companies claim that the tech giant infringed on two of its patents, which relate to shadow and lighting techniques within video games. Terminal Reality and Infernal Technologies claim that Microsoft …

Late last year, Apple announced plans to acquire Shazam, reportedly for as much as $400 million. However, it didn’t take long for anti-trust complaints to begin rolling in here in Europe, with multiple countries requesting that the European Commission investigate the deal. The EU launched an inquiry back in February, …

Microsoft has been on a roll recently, ensuring that the Xbox One supports as many different displays as possible. In March we received native 1440p and FreeSync support, and now in May the Xbox team will be adding support for 120Hz refresh rates. That might sound a bit redundant, particularly …

If anybody happened to pick up one of Apple's newer 2016 or 2017 13-inch MacBook Pros, then you may be able to get a free battery replacement. Recently, Apple announced that it has come across an issue with a number of its 13-inch laptops produced last year, which will require …

We've known to expect another Windows feature update in April for quite some time. Previously, it was thought that this update (codenamed Redstone 4 internally) would launch as the ‘Spring Creators Update', but it looks like that plan has changed, with Microsoft confirming that Redstone 4 will launch as the …

While God of War may have only just hit the spotlight, there is another major 2017 PS4 exclusive on its way soon- Detroit: Become Human, developed by Quantic Dream and spearheaded by David Cage. Back in January, the studio found itself in the middle of some controversy, as a French …

Last week, ZTE was hit hard as the US government banned the company. Under the ban, the China-based smartphone maker can't get hold of Qualcomm chips and it stands to lose its license to use Android. Now ZTE has spoken out on the subject, saying that the ban will “severely …

Ben Brode, the Game Director on Hearthstone, has announced that he is leaving Blizzard after spending 15 years at the studio. He started out as a game tester way back in the day and has spent the last ten years developing Hearthstone into the juggernaut it is today. Reflecting back …

Campo Santo captured the attention of a large number of gamers a couple of years ago with the release of Firewatch. Now, it looks like Valve was also suitably impressed as over the weekend, it was announced that Valve had acquired Campo Santo, who will now be releasing their next …

Back in May 2017, we learned that Netflix would be putting together a TV series based on The Witcher. Rather than taking notes from the video game series, the TV show will follow the original books. The pilot script has been written, we know about some of the characters set …

Over the last few years, Apple has gone through some internal changes. The iOS and macOS development teams were merged, which led to renewed speculation surrounding future plans to merge the two operating systems. While that may sound feasible to some, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, is very much against the …

The iPhone X is the most expensive iPhone that Apple has ever released, and part of the reasoning behind that is the cost of parts. The OLED displays Samsung supply for the iPhone X cost around $97 per unit, In order to reduce production costs in the future, Apple signed …

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into place fairly soon here in the EU, which means companies around the world are preparing changes to fall in line with the new laws. Facebook might be trying to skirt around it, but Oculus will be going in a different direction …

In need of a graphics card upgrade? Then look no further. This month, we have teamed up with Sapphire to give away a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G! You won't want to miss this!

Over the last six months, there has been no shortage of politicians and regulatory groups getting involved in the gaming space due to the controversy surrounding loot boxes. The Netherlands Gaming Authority recently conducted its own study of ten games featuring loot boxes, and while the majority of them were …

Today is launch day for AMD's 2nd Gen Ryzen processors, meaning the new CPUs and X470 motherboards have hit store shelves and begun shipping out to customers. To help bolster the launch, G.Skill has launched some new memory kits, bringing higher speed DDR4 to the new X470 platform. There are …

After just recently managing to dodge a hostile takeover, Qualcomm is looking to cut costs, with plans to let go of 1,500 staff members. A while back, Qualcomm's board promised investors that it would save $1 billion in operating costs this year, the layoffs are supposed to help the board …

Just a couple of weeks ago, Mozilla announced that it would be launching a dedicated version of its Firefox web browser for virtual reality and augmented reality headsets. Now it looks like Google had similar plans in motion, as Chrome now has native VR support. Currently, Chrome's virtual reality mode …