Samsung has began working on its next flagship device for 2015, the Galaxy S6 and rumor has it that some major changes could be coming in to play. The Galaxy S6 project is currently codenamed ‘Project Zero', which is slightly different from what the company has used in the past. …
Read More »Asus reveals new Z97-Pro Gamer motherboard
Asus is set to launch a new Z97 motherboard in Europe, the Z97-Pro Gamer, built with all of the gaming necessities at a fairly affordable price point. The motherboard will come with a handful of ROG series features such as the Asus Sonic Radar II overlay and Supreme FX audio. …
Read More »Xbox Head Phil Spencer teases future plans for PC gaming
The head of Microsoft's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, has teased future plans for PC gaming on Windows based machines, which are set to be revealed in 2015, stressing the fact that he remains committed to PC gaming, despite Microsoft's heavy focus on the Xbox console. Talking on Major Nelson's podcast, …
Read More »First look at Microsoft’s first Windows Phone
Microsoft recently dropped the Nokia and Lumia brands for its mobile devices and has begun creating its own smartphones under the Microsoft brand. The first device the company has planned, the RM-1090, has leaked, showing off a Lumia-like design. The new dual-sim handset has arrived at the FCC as well …
Read More »Logitech reveals G302 Daedalus Prime MOBA gaming mouse
Logitech has officially launched its brand new gaming mouse, made specifically with MOBA gamers in mind. The Logitech G302 Daedalus Prime is built for high speed clicking, featuring a metal spring tension system, improving left and right click responsiveness , the G302 is capable of registering up to five clicks per …
Read More »World of Warcraft to go on for at least another decade
World of Warcraft is now ten years old and Blizzard is fully expecting it to still be around when it turns twenty, according to lead designer, Ion Hazzikostas. With Blizzard's recently cancelled MMO, Titan, now out of the picture, it looks like to publisher is throwing its resources back in …
Read More »Acer launches Aspire V 4K gaming laptop
Acer is set to launch its own 4K gaming laptop, the Aspire V Nitro Black Edition, featuring a 15.6 Inch 3840×2160 IPS display, an Intel Core i7-4710HQ CPU, 16GB of DDR3 RAM and an Nvidia GTX 860M GPU- so don't expect to actually do any gaming at 4K. Additionally, the …
Read More »Apple Watch to launch in Spring 2015
The Apple Watch will be arriving a bit later than expected, the wearable was originally expected during the first quarter of 2015, possibly even as early as January but it looks like the product launch has slipped a bit. According to a leaked message to Apple Store retail employees, the …
Read More »UK government may force carriers to allow roaming between networks
A new UK law could help end mobile black spots as a new legislation is currently being considered that would require network providers to introduce “roaming”, allowing users to switch networks when they have no signal from their normal provider. Sajid Javid, the Culture Secretary, is the one behind the …
Read More »Super Smash Bros 3DS players hit with 136 year bans
A few Super Smash Bros 3DS players have been hit with massive 136 year bans from playing the game online. The lengthy penalties seem to have been dished out due to a bug in Nintendo's automated anti-griefer system, which is designed to punish anyone aggressively targeting a specific player during …
Read More »LG to launch IPS monitor with ‘true 4K’ resolution
LG is set to launch a new IPS monitor sporting ‘true 4K' resolution (4096×2160), the new panel is aimed at professionals and is marketed as a ‘Digital Cinema 4K monitor'. Most 4K monitors on the market have a 3840×2160 resolution but the Ultra HD resolution is an easy to work …
Read More »Intel Skylake-S CPUs to support new LGA 1151 socket
Intel's upcoming Skylake-S 14nm CPUs are set to replace Intel's Haswell refresh line some time next year, bringing with it a new socket, chipset and motherboards. The new socket is called LGA 1151 and has just one pin more than Haswell, Intel's current generation architecture. The new CPU will support …
Read More »Star Citizen gets new FPS module
Star Citizen is getting a first person shooter module, the new game mode was shown off during a fan event at PAX Australia a few days ago, showing off the game's shooting mechanics, animations and environmental features. According to Chris Roberts himself, whatever the character is doing in third-person within …
Read More »Bungie insists that it didn’t cut Destiny content to sell as DLC
Destiny launched with a massively underwhelming story, in-fact, many fans are a little surprised that Bungie released something that felt so half-baked. However, the developer is insisting that it did not cut out content in order to sell as DLC prior to release. This comes after gamers discovered bugs within …
Read More »The Crew PC specifications released
While Ubisoft has been at the center of much controversy lately, in no small part due to Assassin Creed Unity's high PC system requirements, the publisher's upcoming racer, The Crew, seems to have a much more reasonable spec list. While the game will only support 64-bit operating systems, it does …
Read More »James Cameron isn’t too impressed with Virtual Reality technology
Famed Director, James Cameron, has given his thoughts on current Virtual Reality technology and it turns out, he's not too impressed, stating that he sees absolutely no real place for it other than video games. In-fact, he described virtual reality as “a yawn”. Speaking at a Wall Street Journal Conference …
Read More »Pirate Bay founder found guilty in hacking trial
Gottfrid Svartholm, the founder of notorious torrent site, The Pirate Bay, has been found guilty of hacking crimes by a Danish Court. Svartholm and an unnamed accomplice were found to have illegally accessed systems operated by IT company, CSC. The TPB founder was originally arrested way back in 2012, so …
Read More »Win three years worth of Haribo with Overclockers UK
Overclockers UK is making trick or treating a little easier this year by offering up three years worth of Haribo and better yet, you don't even need to leave the house to bug any strangers- you will need to snoop around the OCUK site though. Overclockers has hidden the word …
Read More »A smaller, cheaper Xbox One is apparently in the works
AMD has apparently created a smaller and more cost-effective 20nm version of the processor found inside the Xbox One, opening the door for a slimmer and cheaper version of the console. During the last generation of consoles, we saw Microsoft release a re-designed Xbox 360 a few years in to the …
Read More »Samsung announces Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 super slim smartphones
Samsung has been a leader in the Android smartphone market for a few years now and today it has announced its “slimmest smartphones to date”, the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3. Both devices do away with the traditional plastic build that Samsung is known for, they also come in at …
Read More »Sony has managed to shift 13.5 million PS4 consoles
Sony has announced that it has managed to sell 13.5 million Playstation 4 consoles to consumers since launch, 3.3 million of those were sold over the third quarter, ending on the 30th of September. This is a step up from Q2, during which, Sony managed to sell 2.7 million consoles. …
Read More »Mighty No. 9 is going for a third round of crowd funding
Keiji Inafune is attempting to crowd fund even more content for Mighty No. 9, his spiritual successor to Megaman. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year but Inafune attempted to gain more funding earlier this year by offering up more crowd funding incentives, such as an English language …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor Lord of the Hunt DLC content announced
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor turned out to be a pretty good game, we even did some basic testing with it. Now Warner Bros is hoping to keep players hooked in with its new DLC, Lord of the Hunt, which will add in mounted warchiefs, new monsters and expand the …
Read More »Nexus 6 sells out in minutes
If you were planning to pre-order the Nexus 6 from the Google Play store then you'll be left waiting a while as the Motorola made handset sold out in just a handful of minutes last night. Pre-orders for Google's latest flagship went up for the US yesterday and things didn't …
Read More »Google Glass banned in US cinemas due to piracy concerns
The MPAA and National Association of Theater Owners have officially banned Google Glass from US based cinemas due to piracy fears. Those wanting to go to the movies will need to take their smart glasses off as even though the internal space on the device is small, it can still …
Read More »First look at a working Project Ara, modular smartphone prototype
Yesterday Google promised that it would reveal major advancements and changes to the Project Ara modular smartphone project and now we actually have our first look at a working prototype. The video was uploaded to the Phonebloks YouTube channel, in the video you can see the phone running stock Android …
Read More »Xbox Entertainment Studios has officially shut down
The Xbox division's in-house made entertainment ambitions were short lived. It was announced earlier this year that Xbox Entertainment Studios, responsible for the Halo TV series and mini series, the upcoming Quantum Break series and several documentaries would be closing down and now it has fully disbanded, leaving an uncertain …
Read More »First look at MSI’s upcoming GT80 Titan gaming laptop
MSI's latest gaming laptop, the GT80 Titan , has leaked ahead of its impending announcement. This is the first laptop in the world to incorporate a fully mechanical keyboard, built by SteelSeries with Cherry MX Brown switches. Additionally, the laptop is shaping up to be quite the power house as it will …
Read More »Take-Two Interactive explains GTA V PC delay
Rockstar parent company, Take-Two Interactive, released its quarterly earnings this week and incidentally, that means we get a small peak inside the inner-workings of the publisher. Most companies have to justify or explain business decisions to investors so when the earnings report came around, Take-Two had to acknowledge the reasoning …
Read More »Apple confirms that it will never make a budget iPhone
Leading up to the launch of the iPhone 5c, rumors were circulating that this would be Apple's first cheap alternative to the flagship iPhone. However, the plastic backed device turned out to still be fairly expensive and as a result, it didn't sell very well at all, at least at first. Now …
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