The Oculus Rift may have been the first major VR headset to hit the market, but since then it seems that the HTC Vive has found stronger footing in the market, with many preferring the motion controls and room-scale capabilities. Oculus has a plan to combat that, with Oculus Touch, …
Read More »Pokemon Company CEO talks about Nintendo NX hybrid console
While Nintendo is keeping quiet on exactly what its next console is, other companies are being a little bit more open with what they know. More specifically, the CEO of the Pokemon Company recently had some interesting things to say about the Nintendo NX, while also promising to release games …
Read More »Battlefield 1 launch maps and game modes revealed
The Battlefield 1 beta wrapped up last month and now DICE is preparing for the game's final launch in late October. If you have been waiting to see how much content is going to be in the final game then look no further as this week we got the final …
Read More »Leak claims specs and release dates for Vega GPUs
While AMD has been focussing on the mid-range graphics card market this year with Polaris, next year we will see the launch of Vega GPUs, AMD's next batch of high-end cards to take on the likes of Nvidia's GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. We haven't heard much about Vega but …
Read More »You can now try and buy the Oculus Rift at UK retail
The Oculus Rift is now readily available for anyone who wants one, with no more long waits or pre-order queues. However, if you are still on the fence, or don't fancy waiting for shipping and delivery, you can now find the Oculus Rift headset available at UK retail stores. This …
Read More »Google has three EU antitrust charges to fight off in October
Update: Right now, the European Union has an anti-trust case out against Google over Android and the amount of Google-owned apps and services that come pre-installed with the OS. Google was initially supposed to present its defence back in July but had the deadline extended to September. However, it looks …
Read More »Here’s what you’ll need to run Battlefield 1 on PC
The Battlefield 1 beta wrapped up a few weeks ago with over 13 million players trying out the game. Now, DICE is on the road to release and in preparation for launch, the studio has put out the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for the game. Battlefield 1 continues …
Read More »2K has a patch coming for Bioshock remastered PC issues
The Bioshock Collection made its debut on the PC last week but unfortunately, quite a few players ran into issues, ranging from poor Field of View and mouse control to lack of support for 21:9 ultra-wide resolutions. Fortunately, 2K has acknowledged the problems and is planning on fixing them up …
Read More »Google’s new Pixel Smartphones might just be weeks away
We have been hearing bits of information about Google's future smartphone plans for months now, with the recent rumours indicating that the company will be ditching the Nexus branding this year in favour of new ‘Google Pixel' devices. On top of that, it looks like we won't have to wait …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous to drop support for DX10 and 32-bit Windows
Elite: Dangerous is a constantly evolving game with new content and features arriving fairly regularly. However, in order to keep evolving, it looks like Frontier needs to drop support for older tech like DirectX 10 and 32-bit versions of Windows due to various limitations involved. Most Triple-A releases these days …
Read More »Samsung’s rush to compete with Apple led to Note 7 issues
At this point, the Galaxy Note 7 launch has been completely botched and whatever lead Samsung hoped to have over the iPhone 7 has been squandered due to battery failures leading to a global recall of 2.5 million handsets. So how did Samsung end up in this position? Well it …
Read More »GlobalFoundries to skip 10nm, will focus on 7nm by 2018
While Intel is gearing up to launch its first 10nm processors in the second half of next year, Globalfoundries has decided to go in a different direction, skipping the 10nm entirely and instead choosing to focus on 7nm FinFET production instead. Globalfoundries explained its reasoning behind this in a statement, …
Read More »Microsoft is ‘making sure’ first-party Scorpio games run at native 4K
While we already know quite a bit about the PS4 Pro and its capabilities, we don't know nearly as much about Microsoft's upcoming competitor, Project Scorpio. However, following the PS4 Pro announcement Microsoft has been coming across as very confident and this week, they began claiming that all first-party titles …
Read More »YouTuber with 1.3 million subs charged in FIFA gambling crackdown
Update: Earlier this week we learned that two YouTubers were charged with advertising unlawful gambling and inviting children to gamble here in the UK. At the time we didn't know which channels were affected by this or what game these two were leveraging to promote gambling to youngsters. However, now …
Read More »Shuhei Yoshida agrees No Man’s Sky PR wasn’t great
During the build up to No Man's Sky's launch, a lot of the marketing push came from interviews with Sean Murray, the game's director. Unfortunately, once the game came out, a lot of people felt like the game was over promised and ultimately under-delivered. It turns out that even Sony …
Read More »Valve boots indie studio off Steam for being hostile to users
This week, it came to light that indie studio Digital Homicide had been granted a subpoena order against Valve in order to obtain the identities of 100 Steam users in order to file an $18 million lawsuit against them over “personal injury” caused by those speaking negatively about the studio …
Read More »We now know what replaced the headphone jack on iPhone 7
We knew that the iPhone 7 would drop the headphone jack as far back as 2015 and nobody could really figure out the benefits to doing so. One of the reasons Apple gave was to save space inside of the iPhone 7 for other components. Given that the headphone jack …
Read More »Sony defends PS4 Pro 4K marketing, claims its not misleading
While 1080p/60 may have been a better target for the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony has been keenly pushing the promise of 4K gaming. This has been achievable for some games, like The Elder Scrolls Online and even The Last of Us Remastered but other titles, like Horizon: Zero Dawn will …
Read More »Dishonored 2 play tests confirm longer time to beat, new trailer released
As great as the original Dishonored is, it was a little on the short side as far as the main story is concerned. If you are hoping to spend a little more time with the main story in Dishonored 2, then you may be in luck as according to play …
Read More »Two people charged over videogame gambling in UK
Gambling has been a big subject in the videogame world recently after it was discovered that a few large YouTubers were leveraging their influence to promote betting sites to a young, impressionable audience. Since then, authorities in the UK have been digging around and now, the first prosecutions have been …
Read More »We may see FreeSync technology come to TVs
Since launch, variable refresh rate technologies like FreeSync and G-Sync have gone on to become staple features for PC gamers, removing things like screen tearing while making games feel smoother by letting the GPU control the monitor's refresh rate so that it matches your frame rate. However, there are plenty …
Read More »macOS Sierra GM Build launches
If you have been trying out the macOS Sierra beta builds ahead of the update's official launch on the 20th of September, then you can actually get your hands on the release version now as the Gold Master build has been released for all testers. macOS Sierra (formerly known as …
Read More »Microsoft is focussing on putting desktop apps on Windows Store
Since the Windows Store debuted alongside Windows 8 several years ago, Microsoft has been pushing its universal apps and mobile games, rather than the useful tools most desktop users like to have. However, that will be changing soon as Microsoft has finally prepared the Desktop Bridge for developers, which will …
Read More »South Park: The Fractured But Whole delayed to 2017
We finally got our first good look at South Park: The Fractured But Whole at E3 this year and since then, quite a few people have managed to get some hands-on time with the game, leaving with positive impressions. While we were initially expected to get our hands on the …
Read More »11,000 CS:GO cheaters were banned today
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can quickly become a frustrating game if you encounter cheaters, especially in a competitive match. However, today it looks like someone revved up the Valve Anti-Cheat engine as more than 11,000 players were hit with the ban hammer in one of the largest ban waves of the …
Read More »Tim Cook thinks Augmented Reality will be bigger than VR
While Virtual Reality has created a lot of buzz over the last couple of years, ever since Microsoft's Hololens announcement, interest in Augmented Reality has been growing. We have heard rumours about Apple experimenting with both VR and AR but this week, Tim Cook spoke out about which of the …
Read More »The EU will have 5G by 2025, free WiFi in cities by 2020
Back in July, we heard about a group of European mobile networks banding together, asking that the European Union weaken net neutrality laws in exchange for 5G connectivity by 2020. That plan, fortunately, didn't pan out but the EU has not given up on its 5G rollout plan, it'll just …
Read More »Windows 10 Anniversary Update rollout could last until November
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update rollout did kick off back at the start of August and while Microsoft did confirm that the update would be staggered out, things do seem to be moving along quite slowly, in fact, some users may not even get the update until November, which is …
Read More »For Honor is getting an alpha test this weekend
For Honor isn't set to launch until mid-February next year but that doesn't mean you won't get the chance to try it out ahead of time. In fact this weekend Ubisoft will be holding a closed Alpha phase for the game, including three PvP game modes and three of the …
Read More »Here’s what you need to run Mafia III on PC
Mafia III is just a few weeks from release but before you jump in and start a war with the Italian Mob, you may want to check out the game's PC system requirements, which developer Hangar 13 released this week. For minimum requirements, the game calls for an Intel Core …
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